HC Deb 08 March 1988 vol 129 cc122-3W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the achievements of his Department with respect to education in the inner cities.

Mr. Dunn

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer which I gave him on 1 December at column539. In addition, the city technology colleges programme continues to expand, and the Department is to co-operate with the Department of Employment and the Manpower Services Commission as announced on 7 March 1988 in backing 12 new compacts between groups of employers and schools and colleges in inner cities.