HC Deb 21 February 1995 vol 255 c175W
25. Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps she is taking to improve the accessibility to all parents of(a) primary and (b) secondary schools with grant-maintained status.

Mr. Robin Squire

The continuing expansion of the GM sector—from 20 schools five years ago to well over 1,000 today—gives growing numbers of parents the opportunity to send their children to grant-maintained schools, both primary and secondary. We shall continue to foster that expansion, including through the distribution of factual information about grant-maintained status and how to attain it.