HC Deb 28 February 1989 vol 148 c145W
65. Mr. Ashley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he plans to make any change in the local education authority training grants scheme so as to encourage an enhanced take-up of places for in-service training to become a specialist teacher of deaf children.

Mrs. Rumbold

Training to become a qualified teacher of deaf children will again be a national priority area under the scheme in 1989–90 and grant-aided allocations to support our target number of 110 trainees were announced to authorities last autumn. My right hon. Friend will shortly consider detailed arrangements for the scheme in 1990–91.