HC Deb 15 March 1977 vol 928 c145W
22. Mr. Forman

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans her Department has for increasing the strength and effectiveness of Her Majesty's Inspectorate.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

Competitions to recruit Her Majesty's inspectors continue to be held regularly. The Schools Inspectorate adopted new patterns of working in 1976 to facilitate its contributions to national policy thinking as well as its monitoring of standards and developments on a territorial basis.