To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many meetings have taken place between officials from (a) his Department and (b) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and Professor John White in the last 12 months. (124836)

Officials from the Department and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) have met Professor John White through his attendance at meetings of QCA’s Secondary Curriculum Review External Committee. My officials have not met separately with Professor John White.