§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to publish the first report of the Rampton committee; and if he will publish with it the criteria which were used in the surveys of academic achievement which it contains.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleI hope that the report will be published later this month. I will inform the House of the exact date as soon as possible.
The report refers to various published studies and surveys. It also draws on information obtained from the DES School Leavers Survey for 1978–79 which collected statistics on the educational qualifications, age on leaving school and first destination of a 10 per cent. sample of all school leavers. At the committee's request, six local education authorities, which cover approximately half the ethnic minority school leavers in the country, were asked a supplementary question about the ethnic origin of the leavers in the survey.
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§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the reasons which led him to request the resignation of Mr. Anthony Rampton from the chairmanship of an inquiry set up by his Department; and how many other members have now asked to resign.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleAs I told the House on 19 May, Mr. Anthony Rampton resigned as chairman of the Committee of Inquiry into the Education of Children from Ethnic Minority Groups because of the greater demands of the committee's future work on his time. Two other members have since tendered their resignations from the Committee.
§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what requests for additional research to be commissioned were made by Mr. Anthony Rampton prior to his resignation on 20 May.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleNo such requests were made.