To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he proposes to take in respect of the requirements on schools to complete the annual curriculum returns.

[pursuant to his reply, 27 February 1990, c. 167]: My proposals were published today. They simplify those provisions of the Education (Schools Curriculum and Related Information) Regulations 1989 which cover the annual curriculum return. Copies of the proposals have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.