HC Deb 17 January 1989 vol 145 cc133-4W
Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether his Department has any plans to provide additional funds for the development of records of achievement for pupils in secondary education; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Rumbold

Specific grant funding will be available in 1989–90, as in 1988–89, to support pilot projects in a number of areas and to support in-service training of teachers in all local education authorities. The final report of the records of achievement national steering committee will be published for consultation shortly. Decisions on future developments will be taken in the light of those consultations.