§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the cost of the advertisements relating to opting out of schools which have appeared in recent editions of theRadio Times.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe total cost of the recent advertising campaign, which was designed to give governors, schools and parents access to the factual information published by the Department on grant-maintained status and which ran for five weeks, was around £200,000. The advertisements appeared inThe Independent, The Guardian, the Sunday Times, The Mail on Sunday, The Observer, The Times Educational Supplement, as well as the Radio Times. It is not possible to disaggregate the cost of the advertisements that appeared in the Radio Times.
§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many respondents there have been to the advertisements regarding the opting out of schools which appeared in recent editions of theRadio Times.
§ Mr. Robin SquireTo date there have been almost 3,000 responses. The advertisements appeared inThe Independent, The Guardian, the Sunday Times, The Mail on Sunday, The Observer, The Times Educational Supplement, as well as the Radio Times. Almost 500 of the responses were related to the advertisements in the Radio Times.