Written question asked by Andrew Miller (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 October 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 October 1999. It was answered by Malcolm Wicks (Labour) on Wednesday, 27 October 1999 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, when he proposes to undertake a review of the Basic Skills Agency. - Includes ref to copy of letter to Sir Clause Moser, Chairman of the Basic Skills Agency.

Answer: Mr. Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when he proposes to undertake a review of the Basic Skills Agency. [96392] Mr. Wicks: The Government have a policy of conducting five-yearly reviews of all non-departmental public bodies. As the Government are the major contributor to the funding of the Basic Skills Agency, we believe that the Agency should be subject to comparable review procedures. Since the last review of the Agency was in 1994, the Department has commissioned a new review of the Agency. I am placing in the Library a copy of a letter to Sir Claus Moser, Chairman of the Basic Skills Agency, setting out further details of the review, including its terms of reference.

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