To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment she has made of the role played in the formulation of her Department's policy by (a) the figures for those unemployed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will estimate how many play groups have gone out of business as a result of the nursery voucher scheme. [7052]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment she has made of the report of the International Labour Organisation concerning levels of unemployment; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what new proposals she has on returning excluded pupils to full-time education. [7054]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when she next plans to meet representatives of training and enterprise councils to discuss the future of training. [7055]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what policies she intends to pursue to increase the opportunity for full-time employment for people on jobseeker's allowance. [7056]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many local education authorities increased the amount spent on administration and reduced the amount spent on schools in the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when she last met the representatives of other member states in the Council of Ministers to discuss job creation. [7058]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what educational criteria she uses to assess the case for the retention of small village schools. [7060]

Mr. Alan W. Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what steps she plans to take to reduce class sizes in primary schools. [7061]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what additional financial assistance is being proposed for local education authorities and schools to tackle the problems of school...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what representations she has received in respect of the method by which the education standard spending assessment is derived. [7063]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what account she takes of the relationship between the levels of (a) unemployment and (b) employment in formulating her Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans she has to review provision for assisted places in 1997–98. [7065]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans she has to extend training opportunities for those aged under 25 years. [7066]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many (a) grant-maintained and (b) local education authority schools are represented in the top 50 state schools measured by A-level...