HC Deb 18 March 1999 vol 327 c758W
Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if he will provide a breakdown of the ethnic origins of inspectors carrying out Ofsted inspections of schools in each of the last three years; [77207]

(2) what training is provided by Ofsted for inspectors carrying out inspections of schools; [77208]

(3) what procedures Ofsted uses to monitor how many of its inspectors have experience of work in areas with significant ethnic minority communities. [77209]

Ms Estelle Morris

These are matters for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools and I have therefore asked Chris Woodhead to write to my hon. Friend and to place a copy of his letter in the Library.