§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps she intends to take to ensure the long-term financial future of the national co-ordinating mechanism for reading recovery schemes.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe institute of education, university of London has been funded to provide advice and support to local education authorities during the final two years of the national pilot of reading recovery. My right hon. Friend has no plans to fund the institute beyond the end of the pilot programme.