§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if she will 135W publish details of the educational backgrounds of Her Majesty's inspectors in terms of private and State sectors, including universities and distinguishing between Oxford, Cambridge and other universities;
(2) how many of Her Majesty's inspectors have experience of teaching within the State sector of education.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsI regret that this information is not available in the form requested. Regard is had to qualifications and teaching experience when recruiting candidates to Her Majesty's Inspectorate and in their subsequent deployment. The nature of Her Majesty's inspectors' qualifications and teaching experience reflect the range of work they are called upon to inspect in the maintained and non-maintained sectors of schools and further education, and higher education—other than universities. It follows that the great majority of Her Majesty's inspectors will have taught in the maintained sector before being recruited to Her Majesty's Inspectorate.