HC Deb 29 March 1999 vol 328 c500W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will set out the procedures by which his Department monitors the receipt of payments in(a) cash and (b) kind from businesses to education action zones. [79034]

Ms Estelle Morris

The Department monitors the receipt of business contributions by education action zones through the financial returns which zones make. A summary of these contributions will be available as part of the audited accounts for each zone for the financial year 1998–99.

Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if Ofsted will be given responsibility for inspecting education action zones. [79033]

Ms Estelle Morris

Yes.