§ 18. Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are his plans for improving the quality of education in inner London.
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§ Sir Keith JosephThe Government have proposed, in their White Paper, "Streamlining the Cities", that education in inner London should continue to be administered as a unified service for the whole area but by a joint board composed of members drawn from the councils of the inner London boroughs and the City of London. The objective is to improve the standards and cost-effectiveness of the service by securing that education policies are developed within the context of the totality of demands being made on inner London ratepayers. I should add that the policies and objectives set out in my speech at the north of England education conference at Sheffield for raising school standards and pupils' achievements will, of course, apply to the ILEA area as elsewhere.