HC Deb 26 January 1990 vol 165 cc891-5W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the title and numbers of all his Department's circulars issued since June 1979; and what action has been taken to ensure that they have been implemented.

Mrs. Rumbold

Following is a list of the titles and numbers of all circulars issued since June 1979. Circulars give guidance on the implementation of Government policy on education matters and progress is kept under review in a number of ways.

Circular number Date Title
Circulars 1979
1/79 24 January Rate Support Grant Settlement 1979–80
2/79 29 March The Government's Expenditure Plans (Cmnd. 7439): Implications for Local Authority Expenditure 1979–83
3/79 27 March Tuition Fees in Further Education 1979–80
4/79 9 July Local Authority Expenditure in 1979–80
5/79 12 July Tuition Fees and Admissions to Further Education Establishments and Awards 1979–80: Race Relations Act 1976
Amendments to Circulars

Circular number Date Title
31 October Circular 295 (Amendment No. 22) Education Grants for Service Children [Circular 295 Issued 8 November 1955]
Circulars 1980
1/80 2 May Education Act 1980
2/80 14 July Procedure affecting proposals made under Sections 12–16 of The Education Act 1980
Amendments to Circulars
10 June Circular 295 (Amendment No. 23) Education Grants for Service Children [Circular 295 issued 8 November 1955]
10 October Circular 295 (Amendment No. 24) Education Grants for Service Children [Circular 295 issued 8 November 1955]
Circulars 1981
1/81 5 March Education Act 1980: Admission to Schools, Appeals, Publication of Information and School Attendance Orders (Sections 6–11 and Schedule 2)
2/81 16 June Falling Rolls and Surplus Places
3/81 23 June Boarding Education for Service Children
4/81 30 June Education Act 1980: School Government
5/81 31 July Directive of the Council of the European Community on the Education of the Children of Migrant Workers
6/81 1 October The School Curriculum
7/81 21 October Education Act 1980: Sections 27 and 33(3): Regulations
8/81 7 December Education Act 1981
Circulars 1982
1/82 9 February Approval of Advanced Further Education Courses in England
2/82 April RE: Disabled Persons Act 1981
3/82 27 May Section 14 of The Education Act 1981: Discontinuance of Maintained Special Schools
4/82 8 June Statutory Proposals for Secondary Schools and Falling Rolls
5/82 25 June Approval of Advanced Further Education Courses in England: Revised Arrangements
6/82 8 September The Youth Training Scheme: Implication for the Education Service
7/82 15 October Education Act 1980, Sections 27 and 33(3): Regulations: Teachers
Circulars 1983
1/83 31 January Assessments and Statements of Special Educational Needs
2/83 18 February The Initial Training and Qualification for Teaching of Holders of Certain Specialist Qualifications
3/83 31 March The In-Service Teacher Training Grants Scheme
4/83 14 July Arrangements for The Approval of Advanced Further Education Courses in England
5/83 22 July Reduction of Teaching Posts in Advanced Further Education: Redundancy Compensation
6/83 2 November The Approval of Special Schools
7/83 6 December Education Act 1980: Application of Section 2 to Maintained Special School
8/83 8 December The School Curriculum
Circulars 1984
1/84 30 January Crime Prevention
2/84 29 March Certification of Local Authority Claims for Exchequer Grants and Subsidies

Circular number Date Title
3/84 13 April Initial Teacher Training: Approval of Courses
4/84 4 May The In-Service Teacher Training Grants Scheme
5/84 10 July Arrangements for the Approval of Advanced Further Education Courses in England, 1985–86
6/84 18 July Education Support Grants
7/84 15 October Education Act 1980: Application of Sections 2 and 3 to all maintained schools
Circulars 1985
1/85 26 March Youth Service
2/85 16 April Arrangements for the Approval of Advanced Further Education Courses in England, 1986–87
3/85 5 June The In-service Teacher Training Grants Scheme
4/85 28 June The Future of one-year Certificate in Education Courses for Secondary Teachers of Business Studies and of Craft, Design and Technology
5/85 7 August Education Support Grants
5/85 Addendum 20 December Education Support Grants: Midday Supervision in Schools
6/85 16 September The Further Education Act 1985: Commercial Activities in Further Education
Circulars 1986
1/86 2 January The In-Service Teacher Training Grants Scheme: Arrangements for the Academic Year 1986–87 and Revised Arrangements to Support GCSE Training in the Academic Year 1985–86
2/86 10 February School Attendance and Education Welfare Services
3/86 21 April Arrangements for the Approval of Advanced Further Education Courses in England, 1986–87 and 1987–88
4/86 17 July Protection of Children: Disclosure of Criminal Background of those with Access to Children
5/86 25 June Education Support Grants
6/86 29 August Local Education Authority Training Grants Scheme: Financial Year 1987–88
7/86 29 August Approval of Courses of Further Training for School and Further Education Teachers in England 1987–88 and Notification of Intended Arrangements for 1988–89
8/86 19 December Education (No. 2) Act 1986
Circulars 1987
1/87 18 February Follow up to HMI Reports
2/87 17 March Education (Publication of Proposals to Change Status of a Controlled School) Regulations 1987
3/87 6 May Providing for Quality: The Pattern of Organisation to Age 19
4/87 13 May Arrangements for the approval of Advanced Further Education Courses in England, 1977-78 and 1988–89
5/87 15 May School Teachers' Pay and Conditions of Employment
6/87 24 July Education (No. 2) Act 1986; Regulations made under Sections 51, 61, and 62 and 3rd Commencement Order
7/87 7 August Education (No. 2) Act 1986: Further Guidance
8/87 11 August School Teachers' Pay and Conditions of Employment
9/87 26 August Local Education Authority Training Grants Scheme: Financial Year 1988–89

Circular number Date Title
10/87 26 August Approval for Courses of Further Training for School and Further Education Teachers in England 1988–89
11/87 25 September Sex Education at School
Circulars 1988
1/88 22 January Physical and Mental Fitness to Teach of Teachers and of Entrants to Teacher Training
2/88 1 February Disabled Persons (Services Consultation and Representation) Act 1988–Implementation Section 5 and 6 LAC88(2)
3/88 16 June School Teachers Pay and Conditions of Employment
4/88 6 July Working Together for the Protecton of Children from Abuse: Procedures within the Education Service
5/88 15 August Local Education Authority Training Grants Scheme: Finance Year 1989–90
6/88 18 August The Transfer of Responsibility for Education in Inner London
7/88 6 September Education Reform Act: Local Management of Schools
8/88 12 September Education Reform Act 1988: Governance of Maintained Further Education Colleges
9/88 13 September Education Reform Act 1988: Local Management of Further and Higher Education Colleges: Planning and Delegation Schemes and Articles of Government
10/88 14 October Education Act 1988: Grant Maintained Schools
11/88 20 October Admission of Pupils to County and Voluntary schools
12/88 9 December Joint Circular Home Office/Department of Education and Science/Department of Health and Welsh Office–Protection of Children: Disclosure of Criminal Background of those with Access to Children
Circulars 1989
1/89 9 January Education Reform Act 1988: Local Arrangements for the Consideration of Complaints
2/89 12 January Education Reform Act 1988: Charges for School Activities
3/89 20 January Education Reform Act 1988: Religious Education and Collective Worship
4/89 20 February Alcohol Misuse
5/89 22 February Education Reform Act 1988: The School Curriculum and Assessment
6/89 7 March Education Reform Act 1988: National Curriculum: Mathematics and Science Orders under Section 4
7/89 22 March The Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 1989
8/89 4 April Ethnically-based Statistics on School Teachers
9/89 19 May Education Reform Act 1988: Modern Foreign Languages in the National Curriculum
10/89 31 May Education Reform Act 1988: National Curriculum: English Key Stage One Order under Section 4
11/89 31 May Education Reform Act 1988: Statutory Approval of Qualifications under Section 5
12/89 30 May School Teachers Pay and Conditions of Employment

Circular number Date Title
13/89 9 June Local Management of Schools and Further and Higher Education Colleges: Order Under Section 222 of the Education Reform Act 1988
14/89 12 June Education (School Curriculum an( Related Information) Regulations 1989
15/89 11 July Education Reform Act 1988: Temporary:: Exceptions from the National Curriculum
16/89 25 July Ethnically-based Statistics on School Pupils
17/89 27 July The Education (School Records Regulations 1989
18/89 16 August The Education (Teachers) Regulation: 1989
19/89 17 August Adult Continuing Education and the( Education Reform Act 1988: Planning and Delegation Schemes
20/89 18 August Local Education Authority Training Grants Scheme: Financial Year] 1990–91
21/89 23 August Grant-Maintained Schools: Financial Arrangements
22/89 29 September Assessments and Statements of Special Educational Needs: Procedures within the Education, Health and Social Services
23/89 8 November Special Schools for Pupils with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
24/89 10 November Initial Teacher Training: Approval of Courses