HC Deb 01 December 1987 vol 123 c530W
47. Mr. Haselhurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received in response to his consultation document about testing and assessment.

Mr. John M. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received on the effects of competition and testing in the schooling of children.

Mrs. Rumbold

By 20 November, some 8,800 individuals and organisations had responded to the Government's consultation document on the national curriculum. Many of these have expressed a variety of views about, among other issues, the place of testing and assessment in the national curriculum.