§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is her policy in respect of whether all schools will have to ballot parents on opting out. [37989]
§ Mr. Robin SquireMy right hon. Friend has no present plans to require all schools to hold a ballot of parents on the question of grant-maintained status.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what target she has set for the number of schools opting out by the end of the present academic year. [37935]
§ Mr. SquireMy right hon. Friend does not, and never has had, a target for the number of schools to be grant-maintained by the end of this academic year, or by any other date.