HC Deb 29 February 1988 vol 128 cc403-4W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will indicate the number and the nature of responses from organisations and individuals involved in the field of adult education within inner London in response to his consultative document on the organisation of education within inner London, published in September 1987; and if he will make a statement;

(2) how many responses to the consultation document issued on 11 September 1987 indicated support for the retention of the Inner London education authority in its present unitary form;

(3) if he will indicate the nature of responses from the churches within inner London to his document on the organisation of education within inner London, published in September 1987; and if he will make a statement;

(4) how many responses have been received since he issued his consultative document on the organisation of education in inner London on 11 September 1987; and how many of these relate to the inner London education authority in particular, and to education within inner London in general;

(5) if he will indicate what the views of voluntary groups working in the field of special education were on his consultative document on the organisation of education within inner London, published in September 1987; and if he will make a statement;

(6) if he will indicate the numbers of parents expressing concern about the future of nursery education within inner London in response to his consultative document on the organisation of education within inner London, published in September 1987; and if he will make a statement;

(7) if he will indicate the response of business interests, in particular the London Chamber of Commerce, to his consultation document issued on 11 September 1987 on the organisation of education in inner London; and if he will make a statement;

(8) if he will indicate the views expressed by voluntary organisations within inner London in response to his consultative document on the organisation of education within inner London published in September 1987; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Dunn

The Department received some 5,500 responses on the proposals contained in the consultative document on the organisation of education in inner London, issued on 11 September 1987. Copies of the responses, other than those from individuals, have been placed in the Library of the House. My right hon. Friend has made it clear that we do not intend to publish analyses of these responses.