To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2010, Official Report, column 650W, on Education Maintenance Allowance and the answer from the Minister for Further Education, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs of 3 December 2009, Official Report, column 987W, on the Learning and Skills Council for England's correspondence, if he will review his Department's processes to ensure that all letters from the Learning and Skills Council in response to Parliamentary Questions are sent to the Editor of the Official Report for publication. (319985)

I have reviewed the process for responses to parliamentary questions with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). Service standards have been agreed between my Department and the LSC, setting out that responses should be sent to the Editor of the Official Report within 10 working days of receipt.