Education Action Zones

HC Deb 07 July 1998 vol 315 cc485-6W

Mr. Cunliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on the terms of the education action zone to be implemented in Wigan. [48447]

Mr. Byers

Wigan Education Action Zone, which covers the West Leigh area of Wigan, will start in January 1999. It will receive some £3,000,000 in additional funding over a 3 year period.

Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the names of each school covered by each of the education action zones announced on 23 June, indicating for each the latest available GCSE results or Key Stage 2 results as appropriate. [47815]

Mr. Byers

The information requested is shown in a table, copies of which have been placed in the Library.