§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his answer of 27 November, why his Department decided not to fund research into the validity of assessing children's IQ; and what plans he has to fund such research in the future.
§ Mr. EggarThe Department has only a limited budget for the support of educational research work: priority has to be given to policy-related projects needed to; guide policy decisions; improve the quality of the educational process in areas of policy concern; facilitate the implementation of policy decisions; or which evaluate the effects of the implementation of policy decisions. There are no plans at present to fund research into the validity of IQ as a measure in the light of these criteria.