HC Deb 30 March 1993 vol 222 cc157-8W
Mr. Tyler

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will give an estimate figure for the proportion of primary schools in(a) Cornwall and (b) England under the separate classification of local education authority and grant-maintained schools, which cannot deliver the requirements of the national curriculum because of a lack of appropriate buildings, equipment or facilities for physical education.

Mr. Forth

No such figures are available.

Lady Olga Maitland

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what monitoring has been carried out on progress on improving primary education since the publication of the National Curriculum Council's and Office for Standards in Education's report in January.

Mr. Forth

The National Curriculum Council and Ofsted continue to monitor the progress of the national curriculum with particular regard to primary education in the light of their recent reports. Ofsted will provide my right hon. Friend with a further report in the new year.