§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will place in the Library copies of representations received in connection with the Department plans for faith schools. [19200]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 29 November 2001]: Our policy of faith schools was part of the White Paper "Schools: achieving success", which was the subject of wide-scale consultation. A copy of the interim report on the consultation has been placed in the Library and the full report will be published in due course.
Publishing letters sent by members of the general public to this Department without their prior permission would represent a breach of confidentiality.