What recent representations he has received on the effects on schools of Ofsted's role in inspecting the safeguarding of children.

Safeguarding is not a new aspect of school inspection, but it has been given increased focus in the new inspection framework. Ofsted has issued detailed guidance on how safeguarding should be assessed during its school inspections.

I am grateful to the Minister for her answer. Does she agree that what is important is safeguarding children, not sticking to rigid rules, and that if, for example, Ofsted finds that there is a problem with the single central record but that is put right, afterwards there is no need for the school in question to be judged inadequate in that regard, because that undermines the morale of the whole school for no good reason?

As the hon. Gentleman knows, schools are not marked down solely on account of minor administrative issues; Ofsted has assured us that that is the case. The hon. Gentleman raises the issue of a failure being identified during an inspection that is corrected subsequently. If it is corrected before the inspection is completed, that can be added to the assessment, but as he knows, the inspection is a snapshot and there is a gap between its taking place and the publication of the findings, so in some circumstances even though schools may have corrected matters, that snapshot cannot be changed. If the hon. Gentleman is worried about a particular issue, I will be more than happy either to speak to him about it, or to receive details in writing and look into it further.