§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when he expects to publish the outcome of the current consultation exercise on special educational needs; how many responses he has received to that consultation exercise; and if he will publish those responses. [76764]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Department expects to issue a first draft of a revised Code of Practice on the identification and assessment of special educational needs in the Autumn. There have been over 600 responses to the consultation document issued on 12 January 1999. Under the Code of Practice on Open Government, any responses to the consultation document will be made public on request unless respondents have indicated that they wished their responses to remain confidential.