Dr. Tony WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish(a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement. [69950]
§ Mr. Mudie[pursuant to his reply, 8 March 1999, c. 71]: The original answer failed to differentiate between those bodies that publish information and those that make it available to the public on request. It also failed to 692W differentiate between those bodies that publish or make available minutes of meetings and those that publish or make available summary reports of meetings.
The Education Transfer Council makes minutes available to the public on request; the Funding Agency for Schools publishes a bulletin which includes summary updates of key points of meetings; the Further Education Funding Council publishes summary reports of meetings; the Higher Education Funding Council for England makes summary reports of meetings available to the public on request; the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority publishes summary reports of meetings; and the Teacher Training Agency makes minutes available to the public on request. The publication of minutes is not a statutory requirement.
The Teacher Training Agency makes agendas available to the public on request. The publication of agendas and documents is not a statutory requirement.
The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency; the Education Transfer Council; the Funding Agency for Schools; the Higher Education Funding Council for England; the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority; and the Teacher Training Agency, make registers available to the public on request. The Construction Industry Training Board; the Engineering Construction Training Board; the Further Education Funding Council; Investors in People UK; and the Student Loans Company publish registers. Publishing the members' register of interests is not a statutory requirement.