§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many complaints were received about the accuracy of the data published by his Department about the public examination results achieved by schools, further education and sixth form colleges in the 1992–93 academic year.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe Department has received 146 complaints. Investigation of these complaints has indicated 47 errors for which the Department or its contractors were responsible; 34 errors for which the school or college was wholly or partly responsible; 11 errors for which no responsibility was attributable; and 54 instances where the complaint was unsubstantiated. Fewer than 1 per cent. of schools and colleges had incorrect entries in the tables as a result of an error by the Department or its contractors.