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Mrs. Browning
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will place in the Library before the summer adjournment a list of his Department's current consultation exercises initiated since 1 May. [11796]
Dr. Howells
Since 1 May, the Department for Education and Employment has carried out, and is presently undertaking, the following consultations:
Consultations exercises which have ended
Introduction of a single school leaving date for 16-year-olds in 1998—ended 28 July
National curriculum assessment and reporting arrangements—ended 18 July
Current consultation exercises
Adult guidance
Arrangements for publication of primary school performance tables by local education authorities in 1997
Design and Implementation Advisory Group—university for industry
Draft amendments to the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulation 1995
Early years development plans for 1998–99: draft guidance for consultation
Education (Assisted Places) Regulations: statutory consultation
Employment-based routes into teaching
First aid in schools
Funding of in-service training for those involved in careers education and guidance
Higher education
Initial training and qualifications of careers advisers
Investing in young people: the right to study
New deal building partnerships
New deal national design consultation—(three events)
New deal regional conferences and events (28 in total)
Preliminary study into public sector financial control training for training and enterprise councils
Regulations to govern the approval of qualifications under section 37 (1) (b) of the Education Act 1997
School security: dealing with troublemakers
Smaller infant classes
"Successful careers in the 21st Century"—policy document on the future of the careers service
Teaching: high status, high standards—General Teaching Council
TECs and welfare to work
White Paper "Excellence in schools"
Youth service audit
The list includes both small and large-scale consultation exercises. In certain instances, the consultation is limited to a small number of key organisations and not to a scale normally associated with consultation exercises. The list does not include consultation exercises within the Department.