HC Deb 20 November 2001 vol 375 c262W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) circulars and (b) consultation documents were issued by her Department in each of the last four years. [11826]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The numbers of consultation documents issued are:

Year Number
1998 148
1999 185
2000 74
2001 (to November) 65

The Department has not issued any documents labelled as "circulars" since 1999. The figures include numbers for 2000 and 2001 for documents which would have previously fallen into the category of circulars.

Year Number
1998 29
1999 48
2000 55
2001 (to November) 39