§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will deposit the analysis of the responses to his consultation documents being prepared for him in the Library.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerNo. We do not intend to issue summaries of all the responses received, although I do not at this stage rule out the possibility of doing so in relation to some aspects of the consultation.
§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will arrange for copies of all responses to his consultation documents to be deposited in the Library.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerI refer the hon. Member to the answer which my hon. Friend the Member for Mitcham and Morden (Mrs. Rumbold) gave to the Member for Newham, South (Mr. Spearing) on 21 October 1987.
§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing each of the consultation documents published by him in respect of the forthcoming Education Bill, and in respect of each (a) the date of publication, (b) the closing date for receipt of responses, (c) the number issued of each document and (d) the number of responses from: (i) individuals and (ii) bodies and institutions.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe information is as follows:
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Consultation document Date of publication Closing date for responses Number issued Responses from individuals Responses from bodies and institutions Changes in structure and national planning for higher education (contracts between the funding bodies and higher education institutes) 8 May 30 June 2,750 5 142 Changes in structure and national planning for higher education (Universities Funding Council) 8 May 30 June 1,955 3 96 Maintained further education: Financing governance and law 7 August 9 October 6,750 30 220 Academic tenure and related matters 16 September 15 October 32 23 2 Organisation of education in inner London 11 September 16 October 3,922 3,407 719 Accounting and auditing in HE 20 October 30 November 588 0 0