MPs' academic qualifications

Dear Mr Croucher

Thank you for your request for information dated 2 January, received by us on the 4 January, which is copied below.

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Yours sincerely

Vanessa Cubillo
Freedom of Information Assistant

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Dear Mr Croucher

Thank you for your request for information which is copied below.

The House of Commons does not keep records showing MPs academic qualifications. However, information of this nature is publicly available. Links to brief biographies on Members of Parliament and to their websites can be found on our external website via the following link: http://www.parliament.uk/mpslordsandoffi.... These links may contain references to the education history of the Members of Parliament. Other useful reference sources for this information include http://www.dodonline.co.uk/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki.

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Yours sincerely,

Bob Castle
Head of Information Rights and Information Security

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