HC Deb 08 November 2001 vol 374 cc406-7W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the local education authorities which are(a) partly and (b) wholly run by private sector entities; which they are; and if she will make a statement. [11487]

Mr. Timms

[holding answer 5 November 2001]: There are 10 interventions that involve private sector companies delivering services or functions under contract. The LEAs still remain responsible and accountable for the services in question.

Intervention authorities where private sector involved in the delivery of services

  • Bradford
  • Hackney
  • Haringey
  • Islington
  • 407W
  • Leeds
  • Sandwell
  • Southwark
  • Thurrock
  • Walsall
  • Waltham Forest.