§ Mr. Cyril Smithasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish a list of the authorities where parents serve on school governing bodies as of right, and also of establishments that organise courses of education for school governors and managers on their duties and rôles.
§ Mrs. ThatcherThis information is not collected centrally on either of these requests but I understand that the following 18 authorities have made provision for parents to be represented on school bodies:
- Dorset.
- Northumberland.
- Oxfordshire.
- Rutland.
- Suffolk West.
- Westmorland.
- Yorkshire North Riding.
- Inner London Education Authority.
- Barnsley.
- Barrow in Furness.
- Bolton.
- Bradford.
- Ipswich.
- Rochdale.
- Sheffield.
- Stockport.
- Stoke-on-Trent.
- York.