HC Deb 14 June 1994 vol 244 c475W
30. Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that schools nurture in their pupils an appreciation of responsible citizenship.

Mr. Forth

Schools have a statutory responsibility under section 1 of the Education Reform Act 1988 to promote pupils' spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development, and to prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experience of adult life.