HC Deb 30 January 1990 vol 166 cc155-6W
38. Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the progress of the implementation of the national curriculum.

99. Mr. Riddick

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the progress of the implementation of the national curriculum.

Mrs. Rumbold

I refer the hon. Members to the reply I gave to the hon. Members for Truro (Mr. Taylor), for Nuneaton (Mr. Stevens) and for Edmonton (Dr. Twinn) on 19 December 1989 at col.201.

51. Ms. Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much time he recommends teachers in primary schools should spend on assessment of the core curriculum.

66. Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much time he recommends teachers in primary schools should spend on assessment of the core curriculum.

83. Mr. Murphy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much time he recommends teachers in primary schools should spend on assessment of the core curriculum.

Mrs. Rumbold

Assessment should be an integral part of teaching. It is not possible, therefore, to say precisely how much time teachers should spend on it.