Schoolboy gets letter from Michael Gove after sending note tied to ballooon In his reply, dated March 30, Mr Gove, who has a son and a daughter, wrote: "Thank you for your letter, which landed right outside my office, the Department for Education, here in Westminster today. I imagine your classmate let go many other letters by balloon. I wonder who else will write back? I enjoyed reading that you like Star Wars, I like those films too. Eddie's father, Henry Nicholls, posted a copy of Mr Gove's letter, written on official headed paper, on Twitter, saying he found the episode "hilarious." In response, Sam Freedman a policy adviser at the Department for Education, posted a photograph on the social networking site showing Eddie's note, still attached to the blue balloon. We've still got the balloon and the letter," he wrote. Mr Nicholls, an author and journalist, said: "Eddie was absolutely thrilled to receive a letter back from Michael Gove. He was one of only three of four in his class who got responses. I've tried my best to explain to him who Mr Gove is but he doesn't really understand. I was really impressed that he [Mr Gove] had managed to send such a nice letter. Eddie, who turned five earlier this month, was unavailable for comment yesterday evening as it was past his bed time.