§ Mr. Baldryasked the Secretary of State for Employment why Oxfordshire education authority will not be able to start projects under the technical and vocational education initiative in September.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe Manpower Services Commission was advised by its technical and vocational education initiative national steering group on which of the 79 proposals for projects under the initiative should receive support this year. The membership of the group includes educational interests and representatives from 275W local authority associations, industry and commerce. In making its recommendations the group took into account the degree of innovation; the cohesion and focus of the projects; the extent to which they met the nationally agreed requirements for the scheme and the extent to which they could be used as a model elsewhere. Taking a broad view of all these factors, the group decided not to include Oxfordshire in the list on which negotiations should proceed. Its recommendations were accepted by the commission and Ministers.
§ Mr. Baldryasked the Secretary of State for Employment which local education authorities will be ready to start schemes under the technical and vocational education initiative in September
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe local education authorities in England and Wales and education authorities in Scotland due to start pilot projects this autumn subject to the successful conclusion of current negotiations are:
England and Wales Richmond on Thames Berkshire Somerset Bury Suffolk Cleveland Tameside Croydon Buckinghamshire Doncaster Cheshire East Sussex Coventry Gwent Derbyshire Havering Durham Mid Glamorgan Gloucestershire North Tyneside Hampshire Powys Lincolnshire Solihull Norfolk Stockport Northumberland Surrey Shropshire West Glamorgan South Tyneside Bolton Suderland Cambridgeshire Warwickshire Cornwall Cumbria Scotland Dudley Borders Essex Dunfries and Galloway Gwynedd Fife Isle of Wight Strathclyde (in respect of Newcastle Glasgow and Renfrew) Northamptonshire