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School Premises Regulations
Mr. Nigel Spearing: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what review has been conducted on the adequacy and operation of the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1981 prior to the decision to modify the regulations; who was responsible for the review; what were their qualifications and experience; what was its cost; where and by what means its findings were publicised; and whom she consulted concerning its conclusions. [4492]
Mrs. Gillan: The review was announced on 2 October 1990. The terms of reference were to consider the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1981 in the light of changes in educational practice over the last 10 years and to review priorities in the light of these.
The review team was led by a professional architect in my Department with 22 years' experience. The team included other experienced professional advisers and senior officials from my Department, representatives of the Welsh Office and Her Majesty's inspectorate of schools, and an observer from the Scottish Office.
No separate estimate was made of the cost of the review, as distinct from my Department's other work on school organisation matters.
As required in the terms of reference of the review, its findings were reported to the Secretary of State for Education and to the Secretary of State for Wales.
A consultation letter was sent out on 25 February 1991 to local education authorities, teachers' associations, voluntary bodies and other interested organisations. A similar letter was sent to grant-maintained school governors. The Welsh Office sent their own consultation letter to LEAs and organisations in Wales. Following the announcement of the Government's intention to bring
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forward a revised set of Education (School Premises) Regulations, a second consultation letter was sent out on 14 July 1995 to the same range of bodies as the previous letter.
Mr. Ian McCartney:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if she will list all companies, by region, that have provided work placements for 50 or more unemployed people on community action programmes over the past 12 months; [4597]
(2) if she will list the companies that provide work placements to unemployed people on the community action programme, who will have their contracts reduced at the end of November, by region, indicating in each case the level of the reduction; [4601]
(3) what was the cost per unemployed person placed with the community action programme in the current financial year; [4599]
(4) how many people in each region are currently on community action programmes whose placements will be curtailed; [4603]
(5) what was the cost to public funds of the community action programme in the current financial year; [4598]
(6) what factors underlie the reduction of contracts to companies that provide work placements to unemployed people on the community action programme at the end of November 1995; [4602]
(7) if she will make a statement about the future of the community action programme; [4596]
(8) if she will list the companies that provide work placements to unemployed people on community action programme, by region, who will have their contracts withdrawn at the end of November indicating the reasons for the withdrawal of contracts; [4600]
(9) how many unemployed people are expected to be recruited onto the community action programme between 29 December 1995 and 31 March 1996. [4604]
Mr. Forth:
Responsibility for the subject of the questions has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
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