§ Dr. Julian LewisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if she will make it her policy to publish data on levels of indiscipline in state schools; [22258]
(2) pursuant to her answer of 6 December on levels of indiscipline, for what periods since 1987 data 2001, Official Report, column 450W on levels of indiscipline in state schools are available on a consistent basis; and if she will publish such data. [22257]
§ Mr. TimmsWe do not have consistent data on levels of indiscipline in schools. Methods for gathering information about pupil behaviour changed after Ofsted was set up in 1992, and a further change took place in 1996–97.
Information gathered by Ofsted inspectors about indiscipline in schools informs statements given in the annual reports of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools. I have therefore asked Mike Tomlinson to write to the hon. Member and to place a copy of his letter in the Library.