Higher National Diploma

HC Deb 19 December 1979 vol 976 cc191-2W

Mr. Beith

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he

	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Primary Schools	…	…	22	17	22	14	45
Middle Schools	…	…	—	—	—	—	—
Secondary Schools	…	…	11	25	34	32	46
Total	33	42	56	46	91

	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979*
Primary Schools	…	…	14	13	4	55	66†
Middle Schools	…	…	—	—	1	3	14‡
Secondary Schools	…	…	11	10	5	12	20
Total	25	23	10	70	100
* provisional
†includes 80 in the National First Schools Survey
‡includes 10 in the National 9/13 Middle Schools Survey

Her Majesty's Inspectorate also conducts full inspections of independent schools and of maintained and independent special schools, as well as many other formal inspections of various types. The latter included 600 primary schools between 1974 and 1977, and 413 secondary schools between 1975 and 1978, for

intends to continue to enable polytechnics to award the higher national diploma.

Mr. Macfarlane

It has been the policy of successive Secretaries of State that the Technician and Business Education Councils should assume full responsibility within their respective fields for all qualifications administered by joint committees. While higher national diplomas provided under joint committee auspices continue to be offered by polytechnics and other colleges, the Department will be associated with their provision through its membership of those committees.