§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what extra resources in terms of finance, new equipment, in-service training and new textbooks have been made available for the introduction of the new general certificate of secondary education in Humberside.
§ Mr. Chris PattenIn support of expenditure on in-service teacher training for the GCSE, Humberside local education authority has been allocated £135,860 under the in-service teacher training grant scheme. My right hon. Friend has proposed making available £20 million under the education support grant programme to enable local authorities to make additional provision for books and equipment for the first GCSE examination courses. My right hon. Friend is consulting the local authority associations about the arrangements for this provision which will be in addition to the resources which local authorities may otherwise allocate to the GCSE.