HC Deb 01 February 2000 vol 343 c497W
Mr. Ottaway

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the impact on schools' budgets of the use by parents of mobile phone numbers as a point of contact for school staff. [107610]

Jacqui Smith

We have made no such estimate. It is for individual schools to determine, and agree with parents, the most cost-effective way of contacting parents in particular circumstances.