§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when she expects to announce confirmation of the schedule 5 enactment in respect of the grant-maintained status of the Liverpool Blue Coat school; and if she will make a statement. [8871]
§ Mr. Robin SquireLiverpool local education authority has requested that the Secretary of State declares void the ballot for grant-maintained status in respect of the Blue Coat school. No decision on grant-maintained status can be made until the investigation into the ballot complaint has been completed. That investigation will be completed shortly.