§ Mr. John MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools applied to become voluntary aided schools during each of the past four years; in how many cases were the applications supported by the local education authority; and how many of these applications were subsequently approved by the Secretary of State.
§ Mr. FallonThe information on the number of independent schools which have applied to the Secretary of State since 1987 for voluntary-aided status is provided in the table.
Year proposals published Number of proposals published Number supported by LEA Number approved 1987 2 2 1 1988 0 0 0 1989 1 0 1— 1990 1 1 0 1991 1 0 1— 1 Still outstanding.