§ Mr. Barry FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he intends to issue guidance to governors and parents of schools who have voted to become grant maintained but whose plans are hindered by the actions of the local education authority.
§ Mr. ButcherMy Department has issued a circular (10/88) on grant-maintained schools and has also published a booklet for school governors on how to apply for grant-maintained status for their school. We have no plans to issue further guidance but these documents give the names of officials in my Department who are ready to answer requests for advice from individual schools, governors and parents on particular questions of concern to them.