Support Kent Schools

Summary of Responses to Support Kent Schools' Survey asking:

"Are you in favour of grammar schools continuing to select all their pupils by academic ability"

Constituency	Name	Party	Response
Ashford	Mr John Adams	Labour	No response received
Ashford	Mr Keith Fitchett	Liberal Democrat	No response received
Ashford	Mr Damian Green MP	Conservative	Yes
Bexleyheath & Crayford	Mr Nigel Beard MP	Labour	No response received
Bexleyheath & Crayford	Mr David Evennett	Conservative	Yes
Bexleyheath & Crayford	Cllr Nick O'Hare	Liberal Democrat	No response received
Canterbury	Mr Julian Brazier TD MP	Conservative	Yes
Canterbury	Ms Emily Thornberry	Labour	No response received
Canterbury	Mr Peter Wales	Liberal Democrat	No response received
Chatham and Aylesford	Mr Sean Holden	Conservative	Yes
Chatham and Aylesford	Mr Jonathan Shaw MP	Labour	Declined to answer
Dartford	Mr Bob Dunn	Conservative	Yes
Dartford	Dr Howard Stoate MP	Labour	No response received
Dover	Mr Antony Hook	Liberal Democrat	Yes, but - see 5
Dover	Mr Gwyn Prosser MP	Labour	Declined to answer
Dover	Mr Paul Watkins	Conservative	Yes
Erith & Thamesmead	Mr John Austin MP	Labour	No - see 2
Erith & Thamesmead	Cllr Mark Brooks	Conservative	Yes
Faversham and Mid Kent	Mr Grahame Burchill	Labour	No response received
Faversham and Mid Kent	Mr Hugh Robertson	Conservative	Yes
Faversham and Mid Kent	Mr Mike Sole	Liberal Democrat	Yes
Folkestone and Hythe	Mr Peter Carroll	Liberal Democrat	No response received
Folkestone and Hythe	Mr Albert Catterail	Labour	No response received
Folkestone and Hythe	Rt Hon Michael Howard QC MP	Conservative	Yes
Gillingham	Mr Tim Butcher	Conservative	Yes
Gillingham	Mr Paul Clark MP	Labour	No response received
Gillingham	Mr Jonathan Hunt	Liberal Democrat	Favours comprehensives
Gravesham	Mr Jacques Arnold	Conservative	Yes
Gravesham	Mr Bruce Parmenter	Liberal Democrat	No - see 2
Gravesham	Mr Chris Pond MP	Labour	See 4
Maidstone and The Weald	Mr Mark Davis	Labour	No response received
Maidstone and The Weald	Mrs Alison Wainman	Liberal Democrat	No response received
Maidstone and The Weald	Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe MP	Conservative	Yes
Medway	Mr Geoffrey Juby	Liberal Democrat	No response received
Medway	Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews QC	Labour	Declined to answer
Medway	Mr Mark Reckless	Conservative	Yes
Old Bexley & Sidcup	Mr Derek Conway	Conservative	Yes
Old Bexley & Sidcup	Mr Jim Dickson	Labour	No response received
Old Bexley & Sidcup	Rt Hon Sir Edward Heath KG MBE	Conservative	Yes
Sevenoaks	Mr Michael Fallon MP	Conservative	Yes
Sevenoaks	Mr Clive Gray	Liberal Democrat	No response received
Sevenoaks	Ms Caroline Humphreys	Labour	No response received
Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Mr Adrian Lee	Conservative	Yes
Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Mr Derek Wyatt MP	Labour	No response received
Thanet North	Mr Roger Gale MP	Conservative	Yes
Thanet South	Dr Stephen Ladyman MP	Labour	No - see 1
Thanet South	Mr Mark MacGregor	Conservative	Yes
Tonbridge and Malling	Dr Merilyn Canet BDS	Liberal Democrat	See 3
Tonbridge and Malling	Ms Victoria Hayman	Labour	No response received
Tonbridge and Malling	Rt Hon Sir John Stanley MP	Conservative	Yes
Tunbridge Wells	Mr Keith Brown	Liberal Democrat	Favours comprehensives
Tunbridge Wells	Mr lan Carvell	Labour	No response received
Tunbridge Wells	Mr Archie Norman MP	Conservative	Yes

1 - Favours a comprehensive system which allows a degree of selection by aptitude or interest and with "setting" by subject 2 - Favours all through 11 - 18 comprehensives based on neighbourhood schools 3 - Dr Canet supports measures to address under performance by some Kent schools and the LEA 4 - Mr Pond says "The future of grammar schools must be left to parents rather than politicians or pressure groups" 5 - Mr Hook says "My support is on the basis that reorganisation would be too costly. There should be no extension of selection as advocated by Blair" Note: All questionnaires were despatched before the end of March; all responses received by 25th April have been included. Back to Newsletter June 2001