§ Mr. David Martinasked the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has on the introduction of the technical and vocational education programme in Portsmouth.
§ Mr. CopeThe Hampshire local education authority, which covers the Portsmouth area, has indicated its intention to submit to the Manpower Services Commission a proposal to extend its technical and vocational education initiative pilot project from September 1988. The authority has until 1 October 1987 to submit such a bid.
Subject to the proposal being accepted by the commission, the authority will be responsible for phasing in the extension of the TVEI amongst the individual schools and colleges in the county which will take part. This process will normally take three years from the extension starting date.