§ 33. Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on his Department's consideration of possible central Government funding of research projects into conductive education.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe Department has so far received two requests for funds to help support projects on conductive education. One was from Mr. Andrew Sutton for a project in Birmingham. It was decided after very careful consideration that it would be inappropriate for us to support this particular project. The other request was from the Spastics Society for a study of current provision and an evaluation of the implications of wider development of the system in this country. No decision has been taken on this application as yet but our officials and officials from the Department of Education and Science will be discussing the application with the Spastics Society in the near future. We will, of course, be happy to consider any other requests for funding of research projects in this field.