Correspondence with Gillian Shepherd, Secretary of State for Education and Employment, and officials at the DFEE on a range of topics regarding education and employment policy. Subject covered include: grant maintained schools; proposed introduction of an education vouchers system; Student Loans Bill; Labour's training policy; future of the Teachers' Pensions Agency; funding for school security; policy for administering medication in schools; and appointment of members to the Funding Agency for Schools and the Board of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).