§ Mr. Joseph Deanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has any plans to increase the number of nursery places in primary schools.
§ Dr. BoysonLetters were sent to local education authorities on 14 June announcing reductions in the allocations they received under the 1979-80 nursery education building programme, these reductions having been made as part of
368Wtabular form details of the various dental research projects which are currently being supported from public funds by the Science Research Council, the Social Science Research Council and the National Research Development Corporation, together with the name of the research establishment at which such research is being conducted, the amount of money being allocated annually to each project and the name of the researcher in charge of each project
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThe information in respect of the Science and Social Science Research Councils is as follows:
the Government's plans to reduce public expenditure. The letter expressed the hope that authorities would make the best possible use of surplus primary school classrooms, with a minimum of adaptation, for nursery education purposes. Decisions on building programmes for future years have not yet been taken.