HC Deb 08 January 2001 vol 360 cc400-1W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many individual schools in the United Kingdom have not received a superhighway safety information pack. [143772]

Mr. Wills

[holding answer 21 December 2000]: The superhighway safety pack has not been despatched to all schools in England, not least because we are trying to reduce burdens on teachers by strictly limiting what is sent to all schools. Information about the pack, including details of where to obtain it, is made available in a number of different ways, including the regular listings in DfEE publications sent to all schools; Teachers magazine and various departmental websites. Since its production in October 1999, around 18,000 copies of the guide have been despatched.

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what data he collects on the format of email addresses given by schools to individual pupils. [143773]

Mr. Wills

[holding answer 21 December 2000]: We do not currently collect details on the format of email addresses allocated to individual pupils. We are currently developing guidance on the format of email addresses for pupils and this will be issued in due course as an update to the national grid for learning website. This will include examples of good practice from schools where pupils are using emails.

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will issue guidance to schools on the format of pupils' email addresses in order to prevent the identification of individual children; and if he will update the superhighway information pack to include such guidance. [143774]

Mr. Wills

[holding answer 21 December 2000]: Guidance is already issued in the superhighway safety pack which states that it is the school's duty to ensure that every child in their care is safe and therefore that no individual child can be identified or contacted by visitors to the school's website.