HC Deb 23 November 1992 vol 214 c447W
Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will make it his policy to amend the draft medical questionnaire distributed to initial teacher trainees so as to reflect a more positive attitude to disablement and disabled people;

(2) if he will consult the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation in connection with the draft medical questionnaire sent out to prospective teachers;

(3) if he will make it his policy to issue guidelines to local education authorities to secure the retention of disabled teachers.

Mr. Forth

Officials from the Department have recently met representatives from the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation to discuss these matters. Further representations from RADAR have been invited. I shall consider them carefully.