HC Deb 29 March 1994 vol 240 c733W
16. Mr. Riddick

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has concerning the publication of examination league tables this year.

Mr. Robin Squire

My right hon. Friend is currently considering the responses to consultation on the content and format of the 1994 school and college performance tables. He intends to build on the considerable success of previous years' tables and is minded, as in 1993, to publish in November two sets of booklets, covering secondary schools and institutions catering for students aged 16 to 18. He has also proposed that the secondary school tables should, for the first time, include data on authorised absence as well as on unauthorised absence from school, and information on the length of the taught week.