HC Deb 28 February 2002 vol 380 cc1553-4W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many visits she and ministers in her Department have made since 7 June 2001 to(a) comprehensive schools without specialist status, (b) comprehensive schools with specialist status, (c) grammar schools, (d) secondary modern or high schools in wholly selective LEA areas and (e) independent schools, broken down by each category and each minister. [38858]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The following visits, on departmental businesses, have been made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Skills and Ministers in her Department since 7 June 2001.

The Secretary of State made two visits to comprehensive schools without specialist status and three visits to comprehensive schools with specialist status.

The Minister of State for School Standards made 13 visits to comprehensive schools without specialist status, seven visits to schools with specialist status and one visit to an independent school.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Early Years and School Standards made one visit to a comprehensive school without specialist status and one visit to an independent school.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Adult Skills made one visit to a comprehensive school without specialist status.

I have visited four comprehensive schools without specialist status and five comprehensive schools with specialist status.