§ Mr. Sydney Irvingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when she hopes to receive the results of the survey on regional discrepancies in discretionary awards.
§ Mr. OakesThe report of the Department's discretionary awards survey, which was intended to identify national trends in provision rather than to examine regional variations, was published in February last year. I am sending a copy to my hon. Friend. I would also refer him to the reply to a question from the hon. Member for Sudbury and Woodbridge (Mr. Stainton) given today.
§ Mr. Staintonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, following her Department's survey in 1978 of local authorities' discretionary awards policies for students, she is now in a position to make a statement on the consequent review set in hand by the Council of Local Education Authorities with which she has co-operated.