§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he intends to publish the 1988 annual report by Her Majesty's inspectors on LEA provision for education and the quality of response in schools and colleges in England, 1987.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe report is to be an annual report on the education service in England from the senior chief inspector to me, based on a full year's work by HMI. The extent to which it deals with LEA provision is for the SCI to determine, on the basis of HMI findings. I understand that the report is being prepared and that it is well on the way to completion. I should, therefore, receive it from the SCI in the very near future and, when I do so, I will publish it.