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Business of the House

On Wednesday 20 July, I received a written answer from the Department for Education on the use of e-mails. It was very clear:"““Never use non-DfE email services…to carry out Departmental business.””—[Official Report, 20 July 2011; Vol. 531, c. 1017W.]" It then became equally clear that officials were using Hotmail accounts to advise people in relation to academy status. I raised this issue at business questions on 8 September, when the Leader of the House helpfully said I would get a reply from the Secretary of State. In that reply, the Secretary of State made it very clear that this was one rogue official, and I accepted that response, but we have now heard, as recently as the Select Committee on Education's session this week, that there is still a lack of clarity about how the Secretary of State himself is using private e-mail accounts. May we have a statement by the Secretary of State in the House to clear up this issue?