HC Deb 19 April 2000 vol 348 cc562-5W
Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) consultation documents, (b) regulations, (c) revised and corrected regulations, (d) guidance notes, (e) requests for statistical information in addition to form 618G and (f) letters from Ministers, were sent to local education authorities by his Department between April 1996 and April 1997. [118277]

Jacqui Smith

[holding answer 7 April 2000]: Between April 1996 and April 1997 this Department sent local education authorities the following:

1997
Consultation papers
Topic:
Early Years 3
Further and Higher Education 13
Literacy and Numeracy 0
Primary Schools 3
Secondary Schools 9
School Curriculum 0
School Discipline 0
School Finance 3
School Governance 0
School Health and Safety 0
School Miscellaneous 5
School Organisation 1
School Premises 0
School Standards 6
Special Education 0
Teaching Profession 5
Regulations 87
Guidance
Employment 9
Early Years 12
Further and Higher Education 10
Literacy and Numeracy 1
Primary Schools 5
Secondary Schools 14
School Curriculum 2
School Discipline 0
School Finance 14
School Governance 4
School Health and Safety 1

Topic: April 1996 to April 1997 May to December 1997 1998 1999 2000
Consultation papers
Early Years 0 1 0 1 0
Literacy and Numeracy 0 0 1 0 0
Primary Schools 1 1 2 1 0
Secondary Schools 2 6 5 4 1
School Curriculum 0 1 0 4 0
School Discipline 0 0 4 0 0
School Finance 0 2 2 6 0
School Governance 0 1 2 5 0
School Health and Safety 0 0 0 0 0
School-Miscellaneous 2 2 0 1 0
School Organisation 0 1 0 0 0
School Premises 0 1 0 0 0
School Standards 0 1 3 1 0
Special Education 0 2 0 0 0
Teaching Profession 5 1 4 3 3
Guidance
Early Years 6 0 1 0 0
Literacy and Numeracy 0 0 5 15 2
Primary Schools 4 1 6 3 5
Secondary Schools 12 10 14 12 0
School Curriculum 0 0 2 14 5
School Discipline 0 1 4 2 0
School Finance 1 1 2 7 3
School Governance 0 1 2 10 1
School Health and Safety 4 1 2 3 1
School-Miscellaneous 3 2 2 8 0
School Organisation 7 1 2 5 1
School Premises 2 1 0 0 0
School Standards 6 3 3 8 1
Special Education 1 2 0 3 0
Teaching Profession 8 3 9 17 13

1997
School Miscellaneous 14
School Organisation 9
School Premises 8
School Standards 17
Special Education 4
Teaching Profession 10
Data collection
Topic:
Further and Higher Education 4
Literacy and Numeracy 1
Primary Schools 1
Secondary Schools 2
School Curriculum 0
School Discipline 0
School Finance 1
School—General 6
School Premises 0
School Standards 0
Teaching Profession 1
Letters from Ministers 1

Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) consultation documents, (b) regulations, (c) revised or corrected regulations, (d) guidance notes, (e) requests for statistical information in addition to form 7 and (f) letters from Ministers, were sent to schools by his Department between April 1996 and April 1997. [118278]

Jacqui Smith

[holding answer 7 April 2000]: Since April 1996 this Department has sent schools the following:

Topic April 1996 to April 1997 May to December 1997 1998 1999 2000
Data collection
Early Years 1 1 1 1 2
Primary Schools 1 1 2 2 1
Secondary Schools 1 2 3 1 2
School Finance — 1 0 0 0
School-General 7 4 9 11 9
School Premises — 0 0 0 0
School Standards — 0 0 0 0
Special Education — 1 1 1 1
Teaching Profession — 0 0 0 1
Letters from Ministers — 2 5 5 3

Note:

Regulations are not sent to schools