Education Leeds

Mr. Battle
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the contractual period of  appointment is for (a) the Chairman and (b) the Director of Education Leeds; and if he will make a statement. [114358]

Mr. Miliband
The Chairman has been appointed for five years. I understand from Education Leeds that the company does not have a Director of Education, but has a Chief Executive who was appointed for five years by the company's Board of Directors. There are four directors on the company's Board in addition to the Chairman: two of them have appointments which end when the partnership agreement between the council, Education Leeds and Capita terminates; the other two appointments are not time-limited.