HC Deb 26 February 1985 vol 74 c109W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what assistance he proposes to give to the school curriculum development committee in promoting arts teaching in primary and secondary schools.

Mr. Dunn

The school curriculum development committee, which is funded jointly by the Department and the local authority associations, has recently announced that it is to spend £300,000 on a new curriculum development project to give practical support to primary and secondary schools in developing effective curricula in the arts for all pupils.