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Written question asked by Baroness Whitaker (Labour) on Monday, 23 February 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 March 2015. It was answered by Lord Nash (Conservative) on Monday, 9 March 2015 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Travellers: Education

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 6 May 2014 (WA 346), whether the new web portal to improve access to 16–18 performance data has been developed; and what data they expect it to yield on the experience of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma young people.

Answer

The School Performance Web Portal as alluded to in the Written Answer on 6 May 2014 (WA 346) has not yet been developed. The programme to develop it in the way envisaged at the time was discontinued in August 2014. It had become apparent that the programme was going to experience some delays to delivery and with a significant IT transformation programme taking place within the Department, and other changes across Government, it was clear that it was not the right time to progress with this work.

The Department for Education remains committed to the objective of improving access to performance data.

We are currently conducting small scale research with groups of parents, school leaders, governors and Department for Education officials. This is to ensure any future web presence for performance data meets both the priorities of the Department and the needs of users.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL5043
Session
2014-15
Related items
Subjects
Internet Standards Schools Travellers Sixth form education
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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