§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance his Department gives to local authorities and to grant-maintained schools regarding adopting guidelines in respect of racial incidents in and around schools.
§ Mr. ForthReports of the Inter-departmental Racial Attacks Group in 1989 and 1991 recommended that local education authorities and schools which had not already adopted policy statements on race relations and developed guidelines for responding to racial incidents should reconsider their positions. They also recommended that guidelines should reflect local consultation and policy statements should be widely distributed. Copies of both the group's reports—"The response to racial attacks and harassment: guidance for the statutory agencies" and "The response to racial attacks: sustaining the momentum"—are in the Library.