§ 21. Mr. Nicholas BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what measures she is taking to monitor standards in the grant-maintained sector. [37289]
§ Mr. Robin SquireI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave earlier to my hon. Friend the Member for Sutton and Cheam (Lady Olga Maitland).
§ Sir Irvine PatnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list for each local education authority in England and Wales the number of children aged five to 16 years attending grant-maintained schools as a percentage of all children aged five to 16 years resident in the authority's area. [39560]
§ Mr. SquireI will write to my hon. Friend with the information requested and place a copy of my reply in the Library.