§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information has been given by his Department or by those acting on its behalf, directly or indirectly, to journalists or others, which has specified in respect of complaints relating to the conduct of ballots for grant-maintained schools, the names of the local education authority concerned and the nature of the complaint; when; by whom; and to whom.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerWhen asked about concerns relating to the conduct of ballots my Department has referred to reports which have appeared in the media.
§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what decisions he has made on the applications which he has received for grant-maintained status.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerI have today informed the governing bodies of Skegness grammar school, Lincolnshire and Audenshaw high school, Tameside that I have approved their proposals that their schools should become grant-maintained from September 1989.