§ Mr. WatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what recent independent research the Government have commissioned into(a) the extent of homophobic bullying in schools and (b) the attitudes of teachers to section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988. [107271]
§ Ms ArmstrongThe most recent research into homophobic bullying in schools and teachers' attitudes towards section 28 of which we are aware was published in November 1997 by the University of London's Institute of Education. The Government itself did not commission this, or any other recent research on these issues.