§ 17. Mr. David EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a further statement on the implementation of the recommendations of the Elton report on school discipline.
§ Mr. ButcherMy right hon. Friend has announced a range of measures in response to the Elton report. These include two planned education support grant activities, to tackle truancy and to address the problem of difficult120W pupils. In each case expenditure of up to £2.5 million will be supported in 1990–91. In addition, we are proposing that the management of pupil behaviour should be a national priority area within the local education authority training grants scheme for 1990–91, with grant to support £1.7 million of expenditure.