HC Deb 05 May 1998 vol 311 c280W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list all applicants to run education action zones separately identifying those applicants which are profit-seeking companies or subsidiaries of such companies. [39481]

Mr. Byers

We have received 60 applications from partnerships of various kinds and are arranging visits to most of them in May and early June. We expect to announce which applications have been successful later in June.