HC Deb 17 December 1996 vol 287 c484W
Mr. Faber

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will use the introduction of mandatory baseline assessment to provide effective screening for children at risk of literacy and numeracy difficulties. [9496]

Mrs. Gillan

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Exeter (Sir J. Hannam) on 3 December 1996,Official Report, column 611.