Hackney Borough Council (Hansard, 24 January 2002)

HC Deb 24 January 2002 vol 378 c1007W 1007W

§ Mr. Moss
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what intervention powers her Department has used in respect of Hackney borough council since May 1997. [29732]

§ Mr. Timms
In July 1999 the Secretary of State directed the council to outsource its school improvement service and ethnic minority service to Nord Anglia plc under powers set out in the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
In October 2001 the Secretary of State directed the council to implement arrangements to establish a new body to run the education services in Hackney from August 2002 under powers set out in the Local Government Act 1999.