§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
Who will employ the mentors referred to in the statement Excellence in Cities; how they will be funded; what their pay scales will be; and on what basis they will be deployed. [HL1741]
§ Baroness BlackstoneLearning mentors will be based in schools and answerable to headteachers. £17 million of the £350 million we announced for the whole Excellence in Cities package will be available in 1999–2000 to fund over 800 mentors, as well as to provide learning support units.
We will be discussing the detailed arrangements for the pay, employment and deployment of learning mentors with the headteachers' group we are setting up to help take forward work on Excellence in Cities, and with the relevant local education authorities.