Admissions and Exclusions Appeal Committees

HC Deb 14 June 1994 vol 244 cc483-4W

Dr. Wright

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many lay members have been appointed to admissions and exclusions appeal committees in England and Wales from January 1994 under the provisions of the Education Act 1993.

Mr. Robin Squire

Information on the number of lay members who have been appointed to appeal committees in England is not collected by the Department. The constitution of appeal committees is the responsibility of the local education authorities in the case of county and controlled schools, and the governing bodies in the case of voluntary-aided, special agreement and self-governing—grant—maintained—schools.

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales has responsibility for education matters in Wales.