Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 21 November to Questions 113368, 113370 and 113371, for what reasons those answers did not refer to discussions with (a) the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (b) Sir Paul Jenkins and (c) fellow shareholders in the Student Loans Company on the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of the chief executive of that company.

I have had no discussions with either the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Sir Paul Jenkins, or fellow shareholders in the Student Loans Company (SLC) on the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of the chief executive of that company.

As I stated previously, the dismissal of Steve Lamey following independent investigations into allegations raised was a matter for the SLC to consider as his employer, in line with established SLC processes.