HC Deb 09 March 1994 vol 239 cc236-7W
Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make a statement on what form performance league tables will take this year and the probable date of publication.

Mr. Robin Squire

On 21 February my right hon. Friend launched the consultation on the content, format and distribution of the 1994 school and college performance tables. He proposed that two sets of tables should again be published, covering secondary schools and institutions catering for students in the 16 to 18 age group. The secondary tables would include data on authorised absence, together with data on unauthorised absence published for the first time in 1993, and information on the length of the taught week. The tables would also contain extra information on vocational qualifications. As in previous years, they would be published in November.