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Teachers: Councillors
Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what restrictions there are upon teachers serving as councillors on local authorities which are local education authorities; and if he will make a statement. [266169]
Jim Knight: Teachers are not permitted to serve as councillors of the local authorities in which they are employed. Section 80 of the Local Government Act 1972 states that a person shall be disqualified from being a member of a local authority if employed by (or holds a post confirmed by) the local authority or any of the committees of the local authority.
Teachers: Vetting
Tom Brake:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of teachers recruited to maintained (a) infant, (b)
primary and (c) secondary schools were the subject of a completed Criminal Records Bureau check before starting work in each year since 2002. [265041]
Beverley Hughes: The Department does not hold this information.
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