Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Wednesday, 5 July 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 12 July 2000. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 July 2000 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what circular documents are in preparation to send to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the next six months. - Will write.

Answer: Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what circular documents are in preparation to send to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the next six months. [129785] Jacqui Smith: Following the commitment made by the Secretary of State to cut by one third the number of documents and by a half the number of pages sent automatically to all schools in the next school year, this Department is reviewing all plans to send documents to schools from September 2000. When that review has been completed, I will write to the hon. Member with a list of planned documents and place copies in the House of Commons Library.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 353 c556W;353 c554W; 129785
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Publications Schools Department for Education and Employment Circulars
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk