§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to give a substantive reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed of 19 July about the application of Nunnykirk Hall school, Northumberland, for non-maintained status, and to the application made by the school to the Department on 9 February; and whether he will make a statement as to the reason for the delay.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe preparation of a substantive reply to the letter received from the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed has required detailed research, but I shall reply shortly.