Educational Disadvantage 25. Mr. Marks asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has reconsidered his decision to close the Centre for Information and Advice on Educational Disadvantage. 27. Mrs. Renée Short asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to be able to make a further statement on the future of the Centre for Information and Advice on Educational Disadvantage. Mr. Mark Carlisle I have given careful consideration to the representations I have received from the centre's governors and others about my decision to close this body, including a detailed document submitted by the governors which described the centre's current work and argued for it to remain open. I have, however, concluded that my decision to close the centre should stand, and I have written accordingly to the centre's acting chairman.