HC Deb 05 July 1991 vol 194 c223W
Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what provisions govern the consultations which local education authorities are obliged to undertake with governing bodies of schools over(a) use by outside organisations of unused portions of buildings which are otherwise in use as schools and (b) shared use of school facilities by outside organisations.

Mr. Fallon

Section 16 of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986 provides for the conduct of county, voluntary and maintained special schools to be under the direction of the governing body. Outside school hours, section 42 of the Act provides, in the case of county and maintained special schools, for the use of school premises to be under the control of the governing body, subject to any direction given by the local education authority. A similar provision for voluntary schools is contained in section 22 of the Education Act 1944.