Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 6 January 2014.
Adrian Bailey
Chair, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, Chair, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
2:30,
6 January 2014
The PISA report emphasised the potential benefits of raising standards through collaboration between schools. The 2010 teaching white paper committed £35 million to school collaboration. Why has that commitment not been fulfilled?
A document issued by the Government laying out its policy, or proposed policy, on a topic of current concern.Although a white paper may occasion consultation as to the details of new legislation, it does signify a clear intention on the part of a government to pass new law. This is a contrast with green papers, which are issued less frequently, are more open-ended and may merely propose a strategy to be implemented in the details of other legislation.
More from wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_paper
