To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which hon. Members have been invited to visit the National College for School Leadership since its inception. (214798)

During the early set-up years of the National College for School Leadership, between 2002 and 2005, a public relations campaign was undertaken, under the leadership of its first chief executive, to raise its profile. Invitations to visit the college were sent to the following hon. Members:

Ian Cawsey

Tim Collins

Vernon Coaker

Valerie Davey

David Drew

Damian Green

Mark Hoban

Geoffrey Robinson

Barry Sheerman

Phil Willis

Tim Yeo

Since 2006, the hon. Member for Nottingham North, (Mr. Allen) in whose constituency the college is located, and the hon. Member for Huddersfield, (Mr. Sheerman) have been invited to visit. Since the college's inception, invitations have also been extended to hon. Members in ministerial posts in the Department for Children, Schools and Families and its predecessors.