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Written AuswEPE
9 FEBRUARY 1976
The Reverend Peter J. Reilly, Diocesan Schools Commission, Archdiocese of Birmingham.
Mrs. J. Sallis, Parent. 1.3 Mrs. J. Stone, Parent.
Mr. K. J. Turner, Headmaster, Foxbayes Combined County Primary School, Devon.
The Reverend Canon R Waddington, Bishop's Adviser for Education, Diocese Carlisle.
Members may claim the usual allow. ances for travelling, subsistence and loss of campings. It is hoped that the com- mittee will report within the next year or
Maintained and Voluntary Aided
Schools
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Mr. John Moore asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the total numbers of maintained and
'voluntary-aided schools in England, Wales and Scotland; and whether they each have individual managing governing bodies.
Miss Joan Lestor: In January 1975 there were 26,079 maintained primary middle and secondary schools in England , and 2,212 in Wales, of which 4,894 and 175, respectively, were voluntary aided schools. Every maintained school in England and Wales is required to have a body of governors-secondary schools-
Local or managers-primary schools. education authorities
are, bowever, empowered to make arrangements for the grouping of any two or more schools under a single managing or governing body, and some have done this. Schools 'in Scotland are the responsibility of my right bon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.
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Comprehensive Schools
Mr. Macfarlane asked the Secretary of
State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report the 'estimates submitted by each local educa. tion authority as a result of the Govern. ment proposals to require only compre. hensive schools in secondary education.
Miss Joan Lestor: My right hon. Friend has received DO such recent . estimates.
Undergraduate Students (Maintenance)
· Mr. Brotherton asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he is
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considering plans to introduce a loan element into maintenance grants for undergraduate students at universities and polytechnics in England and Wales.
Mr. Gerry Fowler: No.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
AFFAIRS
Hong Kong
Mr. Ron Lewis asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what policy is being followed in Hong Kong with a view gradually to reduce pollution, including air and noise pollution.
Mr. Eanais : As part of their compro- hensive approach to environmental protection, the Hong Kong Government are preparing legislation to control all forms of pollution and
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proposals for the establishment of central unit for environmental protection. Meanwhile, industrial pollution is con trolled under the conditions of grants for industrial sites; and air pollution by means of the Clean Air Ordinance.
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Mr. Ron Lewis asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make regarding the expansion in new public housing in Hong Kong over the last five years and details of plans for the next two years.
Mr. Ennals : About 1·95 million people -44-6 per cent. of the population-were accommodated in public housing at the end of September 1975. Accommodation for some 481,000. people was built in the period 1971-72 to 1975-76. Production plans for the next two years are designed to accommodate about 220,000 people in public housing, mainly in new towns.
Sir P. Bryan asked the Secretary of State Tor Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how the prices paid by the popula. tion of Hong Kong for consumer goods and foodstutis from China compare with world prices.
Mr. Ennals : It is not possible to inako a direct comparison between the prices paid for Chinese goods and foodstuffs im- ported into Hong Kong and world prices for the same items, since statistics are not compiled on a uniform basis. . The
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