§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make arrangements for the secondment to full-time teaching in schools of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Wales.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsMy right hon. Friend has no plans at present to do so.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the names of each of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Wales, together with the date of their appointment.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is given in the following table:
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Names Date of appointment to present grade Chief Inspector I. R. Lloyd 9 August 1982 Staff Inspectors P. C. Webb 5 November 1970 R. Thomas 1 January 1975 M. J. F. Wynn 1 January 1977 P. Thomas 1 October 1982 R. L. James 1 September 1984 S. J. Adams 1 January 1985 Dr. T. A. Parry 1 February 1986 Inspectors G. Warren 5 November 1970 N. B. Evans 1 September 1971 G. D. Jones 1 February 1971 M. W. Stone 1 February 1971 O. E. Jones 1 April 1971 Miss D. Selleck 1 September 1972 W. R. Jenkins 1 January 1973 T. G. Prosser 1 September 1973 A. Higgins 1 September 1974 H. W. Davies 1 January 1975 J. Nicholas 1 January 1975 Miss P. A. Nicholas 3 February 1975 I. M. Lewis 1 September 1975 I. G. Morgan 1 October 1975 A. H. Jones 1 January 1976 G. O. Roberts 2 October 1978 B. Wigley 1 November 1978 P. B. Walker 1 January 1979 M. J. Law 1 January 1979 G. Thomas 1 September 1979 J. M. Laugharne 1 September 1979 R. Taylor 1 September 1979 R. G. Davies 5 September 1979 Mrs. L. Gainsbury 1 September 1979 C. Abbott 1 September 1983 Dr. J. R. N. Evans 1 September 1983 Mrs. R. James 1 September 1983 A. Morgan 1 September 1983 Mrs. V. Scott 1 September 1983 Miss L. Thomas 1 September 1983 Mrs. G. Briwnant Jones 1 September 1984 A. G. George 1 September 1984 J. Griffiths 1 September 1984 M. John 1 September 1984 J. R. Lewis 1 September 1984 D. G. H. Rees 1 September 1984 Mrs. I. Thomas 1 September 1984 W. E. L. Williams 1 September 1984
Names Date of appointment to present grade D. G. Evans 1 September 1984 Mrs. A. Keane 1 September 1984 Mrs. E. Ogwen 1 September 1984 W. H. Raybould 1 September 1984 Dr. D. P. Williams 1 September 1985 Miss S. Lewis 1 January 1986 M. G. Haines 1 January 1986 G. Adams 4 April 1986
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he has any plans to increase the size of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Wales.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI have at present no plans to increase the complement.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will arrange for the two of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Wales who do not possess a specific degree or diploma in education to attend an appropriate course of training leading to an appropriate qualification;
(2) if he will make arrangements for those five of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Wales who have had no school teaching experience to gain that experience.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsNo. These inspectors were appointed on the basis of experience in other aspects of education which it is considered necessary to have within the inspectorate.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the number of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Wales who have been appointed with specific responsibility for subject areas, separately distinguishing those subject areas.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsHer Majesty's Inspectorate of Schools are recruited on the basis of successful experience as teachers or lecturers. None is appointed solely on the basis of subject expertise and all have subject, territorial and phase responsibilities. In the specialism of its members Her Majesty's Inspectorate covers most of the subjects offered in schools and colleges.
Subject areas for which there is a first point of contact are identified in the Directory of HM Inspectors in England and Wales. I will place a copy of the directory in the Library.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will arrange for Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Wales to be seconded on a full-time basis to industry.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsMy right hon. Friend has no plans at present to do so. I would refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave him on 15 April 1986, at column349.