HL Deb 23 February 2004 vol 658 c7WA
Lord Astor of Hever

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are the issues for further study arising from the quinquennial review of the Duke of York's Military School and the Queen Victoria School. [HL1299]

Lord Bach

The issues for further study are:

work to establish legal constraints implicit in the warrants;

examining the potential advantages of increasing bed-spaces at Queen Victoria School;

the establishment of a tiered system of fees for the Duke of York's Royal Military School, which will increase the charges for non-serving parents;

addressing the problems relating to the make-up and recruitment of commissioners at both schools;

investigating the efficiency of continuing agency status of the two schools; and

examining the possibility of using spare capacity to provide education to day pupils.