§ Lord Dormand of Easingtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools have applied for grant-maintained status; how many of each have obtained grant-maintained status; how many applications are currently being considered; and what is the target for each category by the end of 1994.
The Minister of State, Department of Education (Baroness Blatch): We do not set targets for numbers of grant-maintained schools because the rate of growth of the sector is determined by parents at individual schools. Details of proposals for grant-maintained or self-governing status which have been published and approved, or are still under consideration, are as follows.
Proposals published Proposals approved Proposals under consideration Secondary 653 571 43 Primary 398 298 66 Total 1,051 869 109 These totals are for schools in Great Britain as at 31 January.