§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 18 January 1999,Official Report, column 351, if he will list the 27 consultation documents issued by his Department in 1998 for which a response time of 10 weeks or more was given. [67579]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe consultation documents and response times were as follows: 85W
Month Consultation Document Response Time Locally agreed syllabuses for religious education: Draft order 15 weeks Targets for reducing exclusion and unauthorised absence 10 weeks New requirements to make goods and facilities and services more accessible to disabled people 10 weeks October Ingredients for success: a consultation paper on nutritional standards for school lunches 12 weeks Draft regulations under Section 494 of the Education Act 1996 10 weeks School and business—Sustaining partnerships 10 weeks December Draft regulations on the statutory arrangements for induction 10 weeks Teachers: Meetings the challenge of change (green paper) + summary and questionnaire 16 weeks