HC Deb 14 December 2000 vol 359 cc242-3W
Mr. Pond

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what joint progress the Department for Education and Employment and the Cabinet Office Regulatory Impact Unit have made in reducing bureaucracy and red tape in schools. [142682]

Marjorie Mowlam

The Department for Education and Employment and the Cabinet Office have today published a joint report setting out the outcomes of their project to reduce school paperwork. The estimated potential savings for schools are around 4.5 million hours every year. For a typical school, that constitutes a saving of over 200 hours per year.

Copies of the report have been placed in the Libraries of the House.