HC Deb 12 March 1999 vol 327 c437W
Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if his departmental press office staff telephoned media outlets in Cumbria asking them not to use press notice LPN 41/99; [76186]

(2) on how many occasions since 1 May 1997 his Department's press notices have been withdrawn for reasons other than that they contained inaccuracies; [76187]

(3) on how many occasions his Department has withdrawn a press notice because of representations from a county council since 1 May 1997; [76188]

(4) if press notice LPN 41/99 was (a) issued and (b) officially withdrawn. [76192]

Ms Estelle Morris

LPN 41/99 was issued on 24 February 1999. No local or national press notices have been withdrawn since 1 May 1997.