Public Service Agreements (Hansard, 2 February 2001)

HC Deb 02 February 2001 vol 362 c306W 306W

§ Mrs. May
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the public service agreements set up with local authorities and set out the inhibitors to achieving educational targets that have been identified by local authorities. [148351]

§ Ms Estelle Morris
The negotiations on local PSAs centre on giving pilot authorities greater flexibility in exchange for more demanding performance targets. These negotiations are still in progress. We expect to conclude agreements with the first pilot authorities shortly.