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to take in respect of the direct grant means of the public appeal launched by schools.
a photographic magazine on their behalf.
Mr. Skeet asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many direct grant schools are affected by his proposals; and what is their location by county.
Mr. Prentice: There are 174 direct grant grammar schools in England and Wales. Their location by county is as follows: England
Avon
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Cambridgeshire Cheshire
Cornwall
Devon
Dorset
Durham
Leicestershire
...
1
NWW-
2
22
East Sussex
Essex
2
Greater London
20
Greater Manchester
23
Hampshire
4
Hereford and Worcester
2
Hertfordshire
3
Humberside
2
Kent
‚2
Lancashire
12
2
Lincolnshire
2
Merseyside
16
Norfolk
3
Northamptonshire
3
Oxfordshire
Salop
Somerset
South Yorkshire
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Suffolk
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Staffordshire
Surrey
Tyne and Wear
Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire
Wales
Gwent
Gwynedd
Mid Glamorgan
National Portrait Gallery
Mr. Faulds asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a special grant towards the purchase of the Julia Margaret Cameron folio of photographs of eminent Victorians for the National Portrait Gallery.
Mr. Hugh Jenkins: The trustees of the National Portrait Gallery hope that the necessary funds will be raised by
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Medical Students
Mr. Jim Lester asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will encourage consultants in non-teaching hospitals to take some part in training students in order to improve the number of places available at moderate cost.
Mr. Prentice: I understand that some medical schools are now making use of hospital facilities not previously used for teaching as part of their contribution to the expansion of medical education. It is in the first instance for universities together with the area, health authorities to consider whether this practice could usefully be extended.
Teachers (Petrol Allowances)
Mr. Watkinson asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will consider raising the petrol allowance for teachers attending courses approved by local authorities.
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Mr. Prentice: The amount of any pay. ment to a teacher in respect of the use of his private car for attendance at a course is a matter for the local education authority concerned.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS Hong Kong (Chinese Refugees)
Mr. Biggs-Davison asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the policy of the Hong Kong Government regarding the admis- sion, and repatriation, of refugees from the mainland of China.
Mr. Ennals: Total immigration into Hong Kong from China has greatly increased in the last three years, to a level-estimated at 74,000 in 1973, com- pared with less than. 13,500 in 1971- which Hong Kong cannot absorb. Illegal immigrants into Hong Kong are, therefore, now being refused permission to enter. But full account is taken of any special circumstances or cases of genuine bard- ship.
France (Road Tolls)
Mr. Bryan Davies asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
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