§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list, for each local education authority found to be failing by Ofsted,(a) the date of inspection, of report, and of receipt of action plan by her Department, (b) the date of second inspection, of report, and of receipt of action plan by her Department, (c) the date of subsequent milestone events such as decisions to involve private partners in the management of local education authority services, to award, implement or terminate contracts with private partners, and to assist in or restructure the local education authority and (d) the names of partners to whom contracts have been awarded. [9909]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 24 October 2001]: There have been 21 authorities in which the Secretary of State has intervened following a critical Ofsted report. The information requested is contained in tables, which have been placed in the Library.