HC Deb 02 November 1988 vol 139 c639W
Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he has taken to ensure that, following the launch of the enterprise and education initiative on 28 September, co-ordination is being achieved at local level in Bolton between Government Departments, local government departments and the private sector; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Butcher

The local implementation of the enterprise and education initiative, in Bolton as elsewhere, is primarily a matter for the Department of Trade and Industry, which will fund the appointment of at least one adviser in each local education authority area to encourage the development of links between local employers and schools. The initiative itself is the product of co-operation between my Department and the Departments of Trade and Industry and of Employment, which are all agreed on the value of its aims.