§ Mr. John Garrettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, further to the reply by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the hon. Member for Norwich, South on 23 February, what output measures have been developed for educational spending programmes; and if he proposes to publish them.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleMy Department is examining whether simple measures, such as the number of school pupils or of students in higher education progressing through the system, can be extended to allow for a measure of the quality of the output and hence to an assessment of the financial return on educational expenditure. If the studies lead to the identification of suitable indicators, publication will be considered in due course.