§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many inquiries he has received about petitions for ballots on the future status of grammar schools. [91202]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisA number of inquiries have been made about petitions but no central log has been made of these. The ballot administration company has received formal requests to calculate the number of signatures required for any petitions submitted by 31 July in order to trigger a ballot for the following areas: Barnet, Birmingham, Kingston-upon-Thames, and Ripon. To date, no petitions have been sent to the ballot company for checking and no ballots have taken place or are scheduled to take place.