Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 July 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 31 July 1998. It was answered by Charles Clarke (Labour) on Friday, 31 July 1998 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many head teachers have been (a) suspended and then re-instated and (b) dismissed following investigations of financial irregularities concerning their school's finances in each year since 1987; and how many were subsequently convicted of a criminal offence. - Disproportionate cost.

Answer: Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many head teachers have been (a) suspended and then re-instated and (b) dismissed following investigations of financial irregularities concerning their school's finances in each year since 1987; and how many were subsequently convicted of a criminal offence. [54435] Mr. Charles Clarke: Of the information requested (a) is not collected centrally, and (b) could be provided only at disproportionate cost, since manual searches through individual records would be required.

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