HC Deb 18 June 2002 vol 387 cc301-2W
Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to ensure that educational institutions in receipt of public funds publish a full list of governors. [61781]

Mr. Miliband

Maintained schools are already required to publish a list of governors, including each governor's category and the date their current term of office ends, in their annual report.

City academies are required to notify the Charity Commission and Companies House of their trustees (governing body), and public access is through these bodies. For city technology colleges, the same applies to trustees. A list of governors is generally available through the governors annual report to parents. Although there is no specific requirement on further and higher education colleges to do so, public access requirements to FE college minutes mean that this information is in the public domain and most HE institutions publish the names of governing body members in their annual reports or elsewhere.