§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many parliamentary questions tabled in the last session of Parliament were not answered on the ground that the information sought was not held centrally by the Department.
§ Mr. BoswellThe POLIS database records 50 answers given to parliamentary questions by the Department during the last session as including a reference to the information1s requested not being held centrally, was 50.
§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the original cost in 1990 of the property formerly owned by the National Curriculum Council which was sold at auction on 7 December at the NCC warehouse, Kettlestring lane, Clifton Moor, York, and the amount of money paid for this property at the auction.
§ Mr. ForthSome 80 per cent. of the furniture and equipment of the former National Curriculum Council, including nearly all items of value and in good condition, was transferred to the Department, the Funding Agency for Schools and the Schools Curriculum and Assessment Authority. The residue, consisting of items for which the Department had no use, many of them in poor condition, was offered for auction on 7 December, and realised just over £12,000. The auctioneers estimated its value at purchase as £90,000 plus VAT.