HC Deb 24 February 1988 vol 128 c210W
Mr. Ashley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many of those organisations which responded to the consultation paper on the keeping and disclosure of pupil records and expressed a view on whether references should be disclosable stated that(a) they should be and (b) they should not.

Mrs. Rumbold

Sixty one organisations commented on the disclosure of references. Twenty four favour disclosure, 27 do not. The remainder did not express a preference.