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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the circular documents that were sent by his Department to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools between (i) 1 September 2002 and 31 August 2003 and (ii) 1 January and 31 December 2003; how many were on teacher workload; and how many pages each document contained. [148559] Mr. Miliband: The following pages show the documents that were sent in the period 1 September 2002 and 31 August 2003 to (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools. In total 37 documents were sent to all primary schools and 41 documents were sent to all secondary schools. On teacher workload one document was sent to all primary schools and all secondary schools in the period 1 September 2002 and 31 August 2003. This document contained 32 pages. The following pages also show the documents that were sent in the period 1 September 2003 and 31 December 2003 to (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools. In total 14 documents were sent to all primary schools and 20 documents were sent to all secondary schools. On teacher workload two documents were sent to all primary schools and secondary schools in this period. The total number of pages contained in these documents were three. Where a document has been sent to all primary and all secondary schools it will appear in the totals for both primary and secondary above. Details of each document and how many pages each contained have been placed in the Library.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

416 c1332W;416 c1331-2W; 148559

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Bureaucracy Primary education Schools Teachers Working hours Secondary education Circulars Department for Education and Skills

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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