§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in what form, for what purpose, and what categories of information she expects will be made available to providers of funded nursery education, their employees and directors under the powers contained in schedule 2 (1)(1)(b) to the Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Bill; and what comparable provisions are contained in any Education Act. [22766]
§ Mr. Robin SquireSchedule 2 to the Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Bill will allow any staff of the Department for Education and Employment and the Welsh Office and any contractor appointed by the Secretary of State to have access to such social security information as is necessary to administer the voucher scheme. It is expected that the information will be limited to relevant information from the child benefit database. Providers of nursery education, their employees and directors will not have access to this information. There are no comparable provisions in other Education Acts. Similar provisions are, however, to be found in part VII of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.