§ Mr. Clemitsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she is satisfied that in their plans for the coming financial year local education authorities are making sufficient provision for the funding of adult literacy programmes; and what steps she is taking to monitor progress in this regard.
§ Mr. OakesI am confident that local education authorities will have regard to the need for adult literacy provision when assessing their priorities in the light of local requirements and resources. The report made annually to me by the Adult Literacy Resource Agency has contained an assessment of local authority provision, and it is my hope that future reports from the Adult Literacy Unit will, so far as possible, provide similar information.