§ Dr. HampsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science to which organisation or company public funds have been granted for the making of the video "Industry Links"; how much money was involved; what information he has on which local authorities intend to use it; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe Department of Education and Science has paid £12,000 to the company Dialogue to support the making of the video "Industry Links", slightly less than half the total cost of production. The balance is being met by contributions from Walsall local education authority, local and national businesses, and by sales of the video.
The video has been very well received. The Department intends therefore to fund its free distribution to every local education authority in England and Wales. The additional cost of this will be £1,924.
I am informed that the video has been in demand by chambers of commerce, compacts and businesses, and that copies have been bought by officers and advisers in some 30 local education authorities, and by some 70 individual schools and teachers' centres.