§ Mr. Evennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether his Department issues any guidance to local education authorities on the selection of pupils for technical and vocational education initiative courses; and if he will make a statement.
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Local authority homes and hostels for people with mental handicap and menial illness Number of premises and places at 31 March 1986 (provisional) Local Authority Local Authority homes and hostels for the mentally handicapped Local Authority homes and hostels for the mentally ill Staffed Unstaffed Staffed Unstaffed Premises Children Adults Premises Children Adults Premises Places Premises Places Northern Region Non-Metropolitan Counties Cleveland 13 41 161 8 0 36 3 58 4 15 Cumbria 6 8 112 6 0 23 1 11 7 27 Durham 11 40 207 5 0 18 2 20 10 39 Northumberland 5 0 113 3 0 12 1 8 3 12 Metropolitan County Tyne & Wear Districts: Gateshead 2 0 33 0 0 0 1 14 0 0 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3 0 66 4 0 15 2 48 5 20 North Tyneside 4 16 5 7 0 14 1 6 6 23 South Tyneside 2 0 40 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 Sunderland 5 20 89 1 0 4 1 19 0 0 Total 16 36 233 12 0 33 6 99 11 43 Regional total 51 125 826 34 0 122 13 196 35 136
§ Mr. TrippierI have been asked to reply.
The criteria for both the pilot phase of the technical and vocational education initative (TVEI) and its national extension, which have been sent to all local education authorities, indicate that the initiative is intended to cater for students of both sexes across the whole ability range. Proposals for TVEI funding must meet that requirement. However, detailed decisions in respect of the programmes to be followed by individual pupils within the curricular structure offered by individual schools taking part in TVEI are matters for the schools and pupils themselves and the pupils' parents.