HC Deb 22 October 1993 vol 230 c367W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what representations he has received on the impact of granting budgeting powers to individual schools on local education authority outdoor education centres; what research has been conducted by his Department on the subject; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Forth

My right hon. Friend has received a number of representations. The Department has not commissioned any research into this question, but the Sports Council is undertaking a research project into LEA residential outdoor centres as a community resource for sport and education: the Department is keeping in touch with that work.

Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Education by whom his Department was represented at the national conference on local authority outdoor education centres held at 1 Kensington Gore, London, on 16 July.

Mr. Forth

There was no representation from this Department at the conference, but officials from the Department for National Heritage, which is the main parent Department for sport and recreation, were present.