HC Deb 15 December 1980 vol 996 cc45-7W
Mr. Field

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list those reports from Royal Commissions, official departmental committees or from ad hoc advisory groups established by his Department which have been published during the past 10 years by his Department (either totally or jointly with other Departments) and which have yet to be debated in the House.

Mr. Mark Carlisle

The details are:

1971

  • Report of the Working Group on Biological Manpower. Cmnd. 4737.
  • Report of the Study on the Support of Scientific Research in Universities. Cmnd. 4798.
  • Second Report of the Committee on Research and Development in Modem Languages.

1972

  • Speech therapy services. (Chairman: Professor Quirk)
  • The education of the visually handicapped. (Chairman: Professor Vernon)
  • Children with specific reading difficulties. (Chairman: Professor Tizard)

1973

  • School transport. Report of Working Party appointed by Secretary of State for Education and Science and Secretary of State for Wales.
  • Report on the collapse of the roof of the assembly hall of the Camden School for Girls. Prepared for the Secretary of State for Education and Science by the Building Research Establishment.
  • Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the disputes involving teachers 46 in the area of the Teesside Local Education Authority.
  • Provincial museums and galleries. Report of Committee appointed by Paymaster General.

1974

  • Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the pay of non-university teachers. (Chairman: The Right Hon. Lord Houghton of Sowerby).
  • Report of the Joint Advisory Committee on Agricultural Education. (National Advisory Council on Education for Industry and Commerce)
  • Vocational courses in art and design. Report of the Working Group on vocational courses in the design technical area appointed by the Secretary of State for Education and Science.
  • First report of the Advisory Board for the Research Councils.

1975

  • A language for life. (Chairman: Sir Alan Bullock)
  • Catering in Schools. (Chairman: Mr. J. A. Hudson)
  • Committee on Inquiry into the Veterinary Profession. (Chairman: Sir Michael Swann)
  • Fifth form girls. Survey carried out by the Office of Population.
  • Censuses and Surveys on behalf of the Department of Education and Science.
  • Public libraries and cultural activities. Joint report of the Library Councils for England and Wales.
  • Automation guidelines for public libraries. Report of an investigation on the use of computers in public libraries carried out by Aslib under commission of the Department of Education and Science.
  • Nutrition in Schools. (Chairman: G. F. Cockerill).
  • Advisory Committee on the Supply and Training of Teachers. The training of teachers for further education.

1976

  • Report of the Working Party on the Practice of Genetic Manipulation.
  • A report of the research undertaken by Local Authorities Management Services and Computer Committee of the Department of Education and Science.
  • Second Report of the Advisory Board for the Research Councils 1974–75.
  • Report of a Committee of Inquiry into the problems at Fircroft College under the chairmanship of Andrew Leggatt QC.
  • Adult literacy: Progress in 1975–76. Report to the Secretaries of State for Education and Science and for Scotland by the Adult Literacy Resource Agency's Management Committee on the first year's operation.

1977

  • A study of school building. Report by an Inter-Departmental Group.
  • Adult literacy: Developments in 1976–77. Report to the Secretary of State for Education and Science by the Adult Literacy's Resource Agency's Management Committee on the second year's operation.
  • Prevention and health. (The Department of Health and Social Security/ Department of Education and Science/Scottish Office/Welsh Office.)
  • A new partnership for our schools. (Chairman: Tom Taylor)
  • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. Report of the Working Group on the prevention of drug misuse. Drug misuse among children of school age.

1978

  • Report of the Working Group on the Management of Higher Education in the Maintained Sector. (Oakes Report)
  • Special educational needs. Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the education of handicapped children and young people. (Chairman: Mrs. H. M. Warnock)
  • First Report of the Genetic Manipulation Advisory Group.
  • School examinations: Report of Steering Committee. (Chairman: Sir James Waddell)
  • Primary education in England: A survey by HM Inspectors of Schools. Adult literacy in 1977–78; a remarkable educational advance.
  • Report of Secretary of State for Education and Science by Adult Literacy Resource Agency's Managament Cotnmittee on the third and final year's operation.

1979

  • Third Report of the Advisory Board for the Research Councils 1976–77.
  • Second Report of the Genetic Manipulation Advisory Group.
  • Local Authority arrangements for the school curriculum. Report on the Circular 14/77 review.
  • Aspects of secondary education in England; a survey by HM Inspectors of Schools.
  • Proposals for a Certificate of Extended Education. (Chairman: Professor K. W. Keohane).
  • Management review of the Department of Education and Science. A report of the Steering Committee.
  • Educational credit transfer: Feasibility study, funded by the Department of Education and Science.

1980

  • Boarding education. Report of a Department of Education and Science/Council of Local Education Authorities' Working Group.
  • First Annual Report of the Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education.
  • Adult literacy: 1978–79. Report to the Secretary of State for Education and Science and the Secretary of State for Wales by the Adult Literacy Unit's Management Committee on the first year of operation.
  • Report by HM Inspectors on Educational Provision by the Inner London Education Authority.
  • Mathematical Development. Primary Survey Report No. 1.
  • Mathematical Development. Secondary Survey. Report No. 1.