HC Deb 22 January 1997 vol 288 cc633-4W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how many people have (a) applied to become a nursery education inspector, (b) embarked on the course to become a nursery education inspector and (c) successfully completed that course and qualified as a nursery education inspector; [11561]

(2) how many providers participating in phase 1 of the voucher scheme have been found by inspectors to have unacceptable standards of provision; [11562]

(3) how many and what proportion of private and voluntary sector providers in phase 1 of the voucher scheme have been inspected by Ofsted, at the most recent date for which figures are available; and how many such inspection reports have been published; [11564]

(4) how many nursery education inspectors have successfully completed training; and what is the target number of nursery education inspectors for phase 2 of the nursery voucher scheme; [11566]

(5) when the Ofsted report on the operation of the voucher scheme in the phase 1 areas will be published. [11574]

Mr. Robin Squire

These are matters for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools. I have asked Mr. Chris Woodhead to write to the hon. Member.

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