asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will make a statement on the use by Portsmouth Polytechnic of the grant made to it by the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work for the current financial year.

No grant is made by the Central Council but, under the present arrangements for financing social work education, we reimburse the cost of the child care training which the polytechnic provides. Forty-four child care students are at present in training there.