§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many representations have been received in opposition to educational attainment testing at seven years for primary school children.
§ Dr. MawhinneyApproximately 5,500 responses to the consultative document have been received, but not all of these have been analysed at this stage. However, many of the submissions contain detailed and constructive comments upon particular aspects including testing at age seven and these simply could not be summarised in general categories such as "for" and "against".