HC Deb 18 June 2003 vol 407 cc312-3W
Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make it his policy that all official (a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version. [118862]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

I can confirm it is this Department's policy to use the English spelling of words in preference to the US version and to write all correspondence in plain English. Departmental publications are prepared in line with Guidance on the Work of the Government Information and Communication Service.