§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list(a) those local education authorities which have had their system of local management of schools approved by his Department and (b) those local education authorities whose schemes have been refused.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe following local education authorities have had their schemes for the local management of schools formally approved for introduction in April 1990 or are being consulted about proposed modifications prior to approval:
- Avon
- Barking
- Barnet
- Barnsley
- Bedfordshire
- Birmingham
- Bolton
- Bromley
- Buckinghamshire
- Bury
- Calderdale
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Lancashire
- Lincolnshire
- Liverpool
- Merton
- Newcastle
- Norfolk
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Oxfordshire
- Richmond
- Rochdale
- Rotherham
- Sandwell
- Devon
- Doncaster
572 - Dudley
- Durham
- East Sussex
- Essex
- Gateshead
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Harrow
- Havering
- Humberside
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Kingston
- Salford
- Sheffield
- Shropshire
- Solihull
- South Tyneside
- Staffordshire
- Stockport
- Suffolk
- Sunderland
- Surrey
- Sutton
- Trafford
- Wakefield
- Warwickshire
- Westminster
- West Sussex
- Wiltshire
We have indicated to two authorities—Leicestershire and Hereford and Worcester—that their schemes cannot be approved in their present form and that formal implementation will therefore be deferred until April 1991.