§ Lord Eatwellasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they propose to undertake a review of the Basic Skills Agency. [HL4419]
§ The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Baroness Blackstone)The Government has a policy of conducting five-yearly reviews of all non-departmental public bodies. As the Government is the major contributor to the funding of the Basic Skills Agency, we believe that the Agency should be subject to comparable review procedures. Since the last review of the Agency was in 1994, the Department has commissioned a new review of the Agency.
I am placing in the Library a copy of a letter to Sir Claus Moser, Chairman of the Basic Skills Agency, setting out further details of the review, including its terms of reference.