§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) pursuant to his letter to the hon. Member for Cardiff, West dated 10 March, what period Of time was requested by the proprietors of Bryn Alyn Hall school, Clwyd, to enable them to remedy those matters referred to in the866W OHMCI Wales letter of May 1994 in relation to the school's approval to admit local education authority placements of special educational needs children; [17692]
(2) pursuant to his letter to the hon. Member for Cardiff, West of 10 March, if the Department has received the detailed plan of action from the proprietors of Bryn Alyn Hall school to remedy the matters pointed out in the OHMCI Wales letter to the school of May 1994; what further proposals he has made to inspect the school; and if he will make a statement. [17691]
§ Mr. RedwoodIn line with the legislation, my Department agreed the request of the proprietors of Bryn Alyn Hall school to allow a period of time to remedy the shortcomings identified by OHMCI. The period of time requested was not specified, but in a letter 5 July 1994 to the school proprietors my Department allowed an extension of time in two phases: receipt of an action plan within four weeks and, subject to receipt of that plan, a period of four months to address the breaches in approval requirements; the action plan was received. It was also made clear in the Department's letter that OHMCI would be asked to carry out a further inspection of the school in November 1994 to assess progress. The Department is currently considering what, if any, action needs to be taken in the light of the information received from OHMCI following that inspection.