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Headline: Call for new inquiry into Blunkett
Description: David Blunkett is facing calls for an inquiry into new allegations that he abused his position as a Cabinet minister.

Mr Blunkett denies getting an official to check whether his son was caught up in an exam-marking fiasco while Education Secretary. But Tories and Liberal Democrats said a probe was needed, particularly given his previous resignation over the Nannygate visa affair.

An official is claimed to have contacted the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority on Mr Blunkett's behalf when a computer error caused widespread concern over incorrect grades in 1998.


Nick Tate, QCA chief executive at the time, told the Sunday Telegraph the son's possible involvement was an issue but said there was "no phone call from David Blunkett or his official".

However, that was contradicted by at least one anonymous source said to be a senior QCA executive at the time.

"There was a call (from the Department of Education) to Nick along the lines of 'the Secretary of State is concerned that his son's results may be affected'," the source told the paper. The feeling was, you know, that we or someone was being asked to do something without being asked to do it."

Mr Tate, head of the International School in Geneva, spoke at the time of facing a potential moral dilemma because of Mr Blunkett's son, an anonymous source told the Observer.

"The request had come from an official or through an official at the Department of Education," the source said.

A QCA spokesman said there were currently no plans to see whether an inquiry had been made on Mr Blunkett's behalf. A decision on whether to launch one could be made on Monday, he said.

It was an inquiry into claims that Mr Blunkett fast-tracked a visa for his former lover Kimberley Quinn's nanny that prompted his emotional resignation as Home Secretary less than a year ago. He returned to Cabinet as Work and Pensions Secretary following the May election, less than five months after being forced to quit.

Date: 18.09.2005
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