Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Thursday, 10 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 March 2005. It was answered by Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour) on Wednesday, 16 March 2005 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many responses she has received to her consultation on the databases provision of the Children's Act 2004; and if she will publish them.

Answer: Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many responses she has received to her consultation on the databases provision of the Children's Act 2004; and if she will publish them. [222046] Margaret Hodge: We received 317 responses. We are now considering these and will publish a summary of the responses and the Government's decisions on the way forward. We will include in the summary a list of respondents, and will make available copies of individual responses, where the respondent has given permission for this to be done, on request.

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