HC Deb 28 March 2001 vol 365 cc674-5W
Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) consultation documents, (b) regulations, (c) revised or corrected regulations,(d) guidance notes, (e) requests for statistical information in addition to form 618G and form 7 and (f) letters from Ministers, have been sent to local education authorities by his Department since May 1997. [153489]

Jacqui Smith

Since May 1997 this Department has sent local education authorities communications on the following topics. Very few of these items were sent to schools.

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Consultation documents
Topic
Early Years 1 6 3 0 0
Further and Higher Education: 17 16 20 2 1
Literacy and Numeracy 1 1 3 0 0
Primary schools 2 3 3 1 0
Secondary Schools 6 6 5 5 0
School Curriculum 5 1 5 1 0
School Discipline 4 6 3 1 0
School Finance 9 14 17 7 0
School Governance 2 5 4 3 1
School Health and Safety 1 3 2 5 0
School — Miscellaneous 4 10 18 5 1
School Organisation 1 3 5 2 0
School Premises 0 1 7 2 1

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
School Standards 6 3 4 0 0
Special Education 5 1 5 — 1
Teaching Profession 9 ll 7 13 1
Regulations 35 132 191 57 6
Guidance
Topic
Early Years 1 4 11 19 5
Further and Higher Education 13 12 22 9 5
Literacy and Numeracy 0 4 19 17 1
Primary schools 2 8 11 7 0
Secondary Schools 9 9 17 8 1
School Curriculum 0 2 3 13 5
School Discipline 0 2 4 4 0
School Finance 5 15 33 18 5
School Governance 1 4 11 4 2
School Health and Safety 0 2 6 6 4
School—Miscellaneous 3 3 9 32 0
School Organisation 0 7 12 3 0
School Premises 5 4 8 5 3
School Standards 3 9 26 1 1
Special Education 6 3 7 9 2
Teaching Profession 7 17 11 23 7
Data collection
Topic
Early Years 0 3 3 6 1
Further and Higher Education 4 4 28 8 0
Literacy and Numeracy 0 0 0 0 0
Primary schools 1 1 2 0 0
Secondary Schools 2 4 1 4 0
School Curriculum 0 0 0 0 0
School Discipline 0 0 2 6 0
School Finance 1 0 3 8 3
School—General 4 8 15 10 1
School Premises 0 0 0 2 0
School Standards 0 0 0 1 0
Special Education 1 1 1 1 0
Teaching Profession 1 4 5 8 0
Letters front Ministers 1 2 4 6 2