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Written question asked by Brian Jenkins (Labour) on Thursday, 4 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 March 2004. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 March 2004 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.


Dept for Education and Skills

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school governor places in England are vacant; and what percentage this represents of capacity. - Including figures.
Answer

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school governor places in England are vacant; and what percentage this represents of capacity. [160078] Mr. Miliband: There are approximately 350,000 school governor places at maintained schools in England. At any one time, across the country, around 12 per cent. of these places are vacant.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
418 c1517W;418 c1519W; 160078
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Governing bodies Schools Vacancies
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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