HC Deb 09 February 1989 vol 146 cc748-9W
Mr. Murphy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement about the future of adult education in inner London following the abolition of the Inner London education authority.

Mr. Jackson

Inner London councils have been asked to set out their intentions with regard to adult education fin their development plans for education in their areas after 1 April 1990. We shall be giving careful consideration to these plans which are required to be published by the end of February 1989.

Mr. Murphy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the level of resignations of adult education lecturers in inner London.

Mrs. Rumbold

The Department has no data on the level of resignations of adult education lecturers in inner London. The inner London boroughs have made clear in their draft development plans their intention to provide an adult education service which is responsive to local needs, and are considering various approaches to staffing, principally through statutory transfer or block recruitment, in order to secure this provision.