§ Mr. PickthallTo ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what measures he is taking to ensure the viability of enlarged in-school initial training for teachers in small primary schools;
450W(2) what information he has received on the effect of his proposals for changes in teacher education for the primary sector on teacher supply.
§ Mr. ForthMy right hon. Friend has made no proposals for changes in the training of primary school teachers. He intends to introduce changes to primary training, to improve its quality by making it more school-based and more closely related to what schools will need to achieve the higher standards envisaged in "Choice and Diversity", by no later than September 1994.