To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which databases and data sets key agencies have appropriate access to, as referred to in the document "Making a difference—reducing Red Tape and Bureaucracy in Schools—Second Report", published in March; and which agencies have had such access since October 2002. [104416]

Key partner agencies, and local education authorities, have access to the National Pupil Database. They can also interrogate Edubase, a database of information on schools. Local education authorities can also access the related Key to Success service.Since October 2002, the following organisations have accessed data: the Office for Standards in Education; the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority; the National College for School Leadership; the General Teaching Council; the British Eductaional Communications and Technology Agency; 149 local education authorities; and Service Children's Education.