§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary for Education and Employment what representations she has had from(a) Somserset local education authority, (b) other local education authorities in the southern examination group and (c) other local education authorities alleging (i) inadequacies and (ii) errors in the discs supplied by her Department on key stage 2 and key stage 3 results. [15451]
§ Mr. PaiceRepresentations have been received from a number of local education authorities, including Somerset, concerning the discs supplied. The data supplied to LEAs were collected for national analysis and are reliable for that purpose. LEAs were sent school level data in response to pressure from LEAs themselves but were warned that some of the data for individual schools were incomplete or had not satisfied the relevant national checks. Data collection procedures for 1996 are being amended and will be fully robust and suitable for providing school-by-school information for school performance tables.