§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many complaints have been received by his Department regarding campaigning literature(a) supporting the retention of grammar schools and (b) supporting the abolition of grammar schools, stating (i) the date when the complaint was first received,(ii) the date when a final decision was announced and (iii) whether the complaint was upheld. [101702]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 7 December 1999]: The information requested is shown in the following table.
All complaints are considered by officials at the Department for Education and Employment. So far officials have investigated, or are investigating, 16 complaints about campaigns relating to the future of selective admissions to grammar schools. Details of these are included in the following table.
Decisions made by Ministers on complaints about petitions and ballots are in accordance with Section 107 of the Standards and Framework Act 1998, the Ballot Information Code as set out in Schedule 4 to the Education (Grammar Schools Ballots) Regulations 1998, and the Guidance to Petitions and Ballots.