HC Deb 13 July 1988 vol 137 cc221-2W
Mr. John Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, what action he intends to take to ensure that provision for under-fives in primary school is appropriate to their stage of development.

Mr. Dunn

Where such provision is adequately resourced, it can and does fully meet the needs of the four-year-olds concerned. One current problem some LEAs face in this area is a shortage of teachers with relevant experience and my right hon. Friend has recently proposed a new national priority area addressed directly to this in my Department's 1989–90 training grants scheme for in-service teacher training.