§ Sir Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many referendums on the future of grammar schools are in progress; and if he will make a statement. [138390]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisOfficials are aware of three separate petitions to determine whether ballots on the future of selective admissions to grammar schools should be held. One petition concerns the grammar schools in Buckinghamshire, and two concern the two groups of grammar schools in Birmingham.
It is for campaigners to use existing mechanisms and raise petitions requesting a ballot of local parents to decide the future admission arrangements of grammar schools.