HC Deb 06 November 1991 vol 198 cc135-7W
Mr. Cartwright

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps his Department is taking to review the Education (School Buildings) Regulations 1981; which bodies are being consulted; and when new draft regulations will be proposed.

Mr. Eggar

Work is currently in progress on a range of topics as part of the review of the School Premises Regulations. The following organisations were sent a consultation letter by DES. Others were consulted by the Welsh Office.

Local Authority Associations

  • Association of Metropolitan Authorities
  • Association of County Councils

Local Education Authorities

Chief Education Officers—England

School Governors

National Association of Governors and Managers

GM Schools

Grant Maintained Schools Trust

City Technology Colleges

CTC Trust

Religious Bodies

  • Catholic Education Council
  • General Synod of the Church of England
  • London Board of Jewish Religious Education
  • Methodist Church Division of Education and Youth

Teachers Associations

  • National Union of Teachers
  • Secondary Heads Association
  • Professional Association of Teachers
  • National Association of School Masters/Union of Women Teachers
  • National Association of Head Teachers
  • Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association

Special Education Needs

  • Local Authority Social Services Department
  • Centre for Studies of Integration in Education
  • National Council for Special Education
  • Royal National Institute for the Blind
  • Royal National Institute for the Deaf
  • The Spastics Society
  • Special Educational Needs National Advisory Council
  • National Association of Independent and Non-Maintained Special Schools

Local Authority Professional Associations

  • perSociety of Education Officers
  • Society of Chief Architects in Local Authorities (SCALA)
  • Association of Heads of County Property Departments
  • Society of Chief Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
  • Society of Chief Building Surveyors

Ethnic Minority Organisations

  • Afro-Caribbean Teachers Association
  • Asian Teachers Association
  • British Association of Muslims
  • Board of Deputies of British Jews Education Office
  • Federation of Bangladeshi Associations
  • Caribbean Teachers Association
  • Greek Cypriot Teachers Association
  • National Association of Hindu Associations
  • National Muslim Education Council for UK
  • Sikh Education Council
  • Standing Conference of Asian Organisations UK
  • The Islamic Academy
  • The Council of Mosques: UK and EIRE
  • The Islamic School Trust
  • Muslim Educational Trust
  • Muslim Educational Services
  • Muslim Education Co-ordinating Council UK

Other

  • The Chartered Institute of Building
  • National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations
  • Association of Community Councils in Rural England (ACRE)

Organisations maintaining non-maintained special schools

  • Royal National Institute for the Blind
  • Barnardo's
  • National Children's Home
  • The Shaftesbury Society
  • Invalid Children's Aid Nationwide
  • Order of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Essex)
  • Order of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Merseyside)
  • The English Province of the Daughters of the Cross
  • The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
  • Order of the Dominicans
  • Royal London Society for the Blind
  • Christian Service Union
  • Boys' and Girls' Welfare Society
  • The Royal Eastern Counties Schools Ltd
  • Mind
  • Henshaw's Society for the Blind
  • The Birmingham Royal Institute for the Blind
  • The Smith Foundation
  • The Royal Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton

Other Bodies

Local authority social services departments.

The results of the review are expected to be available towards the end of next year, at which stage decisions will be taken about the necessary action.

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