§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many applications have been received for funds available under the scheme announced earlier in the year to allow schools to reform school curricula so as to enable more children to learn about the microchip; and if he will make a statement.
§ Dr. BoysonOver 200 applications for financial support from the microelectronics in education programme 437W have been received, of which a substantial number are concerned with curriculum development. Thirty projects have been approved in 1980–81 and the education departments will shortly be publishing criteria for the allocation of the resources available in the remaining three years of the programme.