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Written Answers to Questions
Wednesday 15 March 1989
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Turkey
Mr. James Lamond : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will raise at the first meeting of the conference on the human dimension in Paris the treatment of political prisoners in Ankara central prison by the Turkish Government.
Mr. Waldegrave : It is open to participants at the Paris human dimension conference to take up any matter of concern to them. It is too early to say precisely which issues Britain will raise.
Decade of Disabled Persons
Mr. Hannam : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what support his Department is giving to the United Nations global project to promote the decade of disabled persons ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : The Department of Health is the lead Department on domestic issues relating to this project. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has, through the Overseas Development Administration, funded a three -month consultancy at the United Nations office in Vienna to identify projects and funds for the world programme of action for disabled persons.
Civil Servants (EC)
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the number of civil servants in his Department whose main task is work related wholly or mainly to the European Economic Community ; and what is the gross annual cost of travel and accommodation to and from Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg in connection with this work.
Mr. Waldegrave : There is a total of 56 staff in the diplomatic and aid wings whose work is related wholly or mainly to the EC, including clerical and secretarial staff. The annual cost of official travel and accommodation to and from Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg on EC work is approximately £34,000.
Brazil
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the official visit to London of the Secretary General of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in March.
Mr. Eggar : My right hon. and learned Friend and I, as well as senior officials in the FCO, including the ODA, and my hon. Friend the Minister for Trade, had very useful discussions with Mr. Flecha de Lima during his visit last
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week. We covered a wide range of international issues including environmental problems, notably the future of the Amazon rainforests. We drew Mr. Flecha de Lima's attention to the strong concern felt in Britain on this issue, but stressed that our overall approach was to work with the Brazilian Government.ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Civil Servants (EC)
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Attorney-General what is the number of civil servants (a) in his office and (b) in the Lord Chancellor's Department whose main task is work related wholly or mainly to the European Economic Community ; and what is the gross annual cost of travel and accommodation to and from Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg in connection with this work.
The Attorney-General : The number of civil servants whose main task is work related wholly or mainly to the European Economic Community is as follows :
Law Officers' Department, nine ; Lord Chancellor's Department three.
The estimated gross annual cost of travel and accommodation to and from Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg for the current financial year is :
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Law Officers' Department |6,004
Lord Chancellor's Department |8,423
Codebreaker Extraordinary"
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Attorney-General if he proposes to take any steps in the Australian courts to seek to prevent the publication of the book known as "Codebreaker Extraordinary" by retired captain Eric Nave.
TRANSPORT
Unleaded Petrol
Mr. Stern : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set a date by which no new car may be sold in the United Kingdom if it is incapable of using unleaded petrol.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : Regulations made in September last year require all new model types from 1 October 1989, and virtually all existing model types from 1 October 1990, to be capable of running on unleaded petrol. Special arrangements for the less than 2 per cent. of new cars which would need major engineering changes will expire on 1 October 1993.
M4 Elevated Section
Mr. Shersby : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what consideration he is giving to the longer-term case for repairing, improving or expanding the capacity of the M4 elevated section on the approach to central London ; what forecasts have been prepared of increased traffic volume resulting from the continued expansion of traffic to and from Heathrow airport ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Peter Bottomley : Consultants were appointed last year to develop a strategy for management of the motorway and trunk road network within the M4/A4 corridor from London to Heathrow. The aim is to improve the reliability of journey times by making the best use of the existing system. A report on this study is expected during the summer of next year. It will incorporate all relevant traffic forecasts, including those relating to Heathrow.
Vehicle Licensing (Computerisation)
Miss. Emma Nicholson : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the present position concerning the computerisation of the vehicle licensing system.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : Vehicles licensed for use on the public road in Great Britain have to be registered on the computer at the driver and vehicle licensing centre. Computerisation there began in 1974 with new vehicles and was gradually extended to older vehicles as they were relicensed or re-registered. Since November 1983 registration marks of older vehicles not on the computer record have only been added in exceptional circumstances. These vehicles are usually given alternative numbers whose history cannot be disputed.
Computer Safety
Miss Emma Nicholson : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the security of on-line computer files in his Department is regularly checked for breaches by unauthorised outside access.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : Yes. Procedures too are reviewed regularly.
Sealink Harbours Ltd. (Special Constables)
Mr. Shersby : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Essex as to (i) the powers of and (ii) the nature of the warrant card required to be carried by special constables employed by Sealink Harbours Ltd. at Parkeston quay and as to which police authority such constables are accountable.
Mr. Portillo : These special constables are employed by Protective Security Systems Ltd. under exclusive contract to Sealink and do not come under the county police authority. The local harbour legislation incorporates a common provision under which persons nominated by the harbour undertaking may be sworn in as special constables for its premises and one mile beyond them. Sealink has stated that these staff will not be used outside port limits, save in emergency and in support of Essex police. They have photocards, issued by Sealink, identifying them as special constables.
Mr. Shersby : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport to which police authority special constables employed by Sealink Harbours Ltd. are accountable in cases where members of the public have recourse to the Police Complaints Commission in connection with the actions of any such constable.
Mr. Portillo : Under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 authorities other than police authorities which maintain a body of constables may, with the Home
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Secretary's approval, make agreements with the Police Complaints Authority, establishing police complaints and discipline procedures similar to those laid down in that Act. There is no such agreement at present between the authority and Sealink, which introduced its new security arrangements on 1 February 1989.Mr. Shersby : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Essex as to whether the special constables employed by Sealink Harbours Ltd. have been trained at district training centres in order that they are able to comply with the provisions of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act and other legislation to which constables employed in the regular police forces are subject.
Mr. Portillo : I understand that before these staff were sworn in as special constables they took a three-week training course, to which the Essex police contributed, and had to pass a written examination. The security manager and two of his staff formerly belonged to Essex police.
Traffic Lights
Mr. Nicholas Baker : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will consider introducing different shaped traffic lights so as to be discernible to colour-blind motorists and pedestrians.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : No. The present designs provide for colour blind people by standardising the positions and sequence of the red, amber and green lamps on traffic light signals and on the positions of the red and green people symbols on traffic light signals controlling pedestrians.
Rail Freight
Mr. Walters : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps are being taken to encourage greater use of the railways for the haulage of heavy goods to alleviate the environmental damage caused by heavy commercial lorries.
Mr. Portillo : Grants are available under section 8 of the Railways Act 1974 to assist the transport of goods by rail if the environmental benefits of keeping lorries off sensitive roads can be secured at reasonable costs and if the correct commercial decision, in the absence of grant, would be to use road. Since 1974 the Government have awarded 189 such grants totalling £64 million and we estimate that, as a result, about 3 million lorry journeys are removed from unsuitable roads every year.
M1 (Traffic Lights)
Mr. Greg Knight : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport why temporary traffic lights were in operation on Saturday 4 March and Monday 6 March on the island at junction 25 of the M1 motorway.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : The temporary traffic signals were installed to cater for increased traffic flow resulting from the temporary closure of the southbound exit slip road at M1 junction 28 for reconstruction works from 4 to 10 March. The signals were installed to prevent queues forming back on to the M1 carriageway. At junction 25 the lights were in continuous operation from 4 to 6 March and then at peak periods only as agreed with the police.
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EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Standards in Education 1987-88"
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what arrangements he has made for the distribution of the annual report of Her Majesty's senior chief inspector of schools "Standards in Education 1987-88", to those within the education service ; and whether copies are to be sent to every school ;
(2) what was the cost of printing the annual report of Her Majesty's senior chief inspector of schools "Standards in Education 1987-88" ; and how many copies were printed.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : Ten thousand copies of the senior chief inspector's annual report were printed at a total cost of £2,340. The report has been sent to all chief education officers, to major national bodies within the education service, and to a number of other interested parties. The report has never been sent automatically to every school, but any institution or individual asking for a copy of the report will be sent one.
Deaf-blind People
Mr. Ashley : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what steps he proposes to take to increase the number of qualified teachers of deaf-blind people ;
(2) what steps he has taken to improve the education of deaf-blind people ; and how many qualified teachers for deaf-blind people there are in Britain ;
(3) what discussions he has had with SENSE, the organisation for deaf-blind people ; and if he will meet its officials to discuss funding ;
(4) if he will conduct a special survey of the educational requirements of deaf-blind adults and children to evaluate their needs and to enable him to make adequate provisions.
Mr. Butcher : I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 9 March to my hon. Friend the Member for Hyndburn (Mr. Hargreaves) at column 604. Officials of the Department have met representatives of SENSE on a number of occasions. They were particularly helpful in assisting the Department prepare its statement on the educational needs of deaf-blind children, a copy of which I have sent to the hon. Member. This is relevant to the points he raises.
The funding of provision of services for the deaf-blind is the responsibility of local authorities. The statement does not envisage that the development of services for the deaf-blind should involve significant additional expenditure. However, the Department intends to follow up progress on local education authorities' consideration of the Department's statement.
Student Grants
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his estimate of the cost at 1988-89 prices of ending parental contributions in respect of student grants.
Mr. Jackson : Approximately £340 million.
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what would be the cost at 1988-89 prices of restoring students to their 1979 grant level.
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Mr. Jackson : The cost of restoring the student maintenance grant in the current academic year to its 1978-79 level would be approximately £125 million.
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what would be the cost at 1988-89 prices of restoring the level of student transport costs to their 1979 level.
Mr. Jackson : I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish (Mr. Bennett) on 28 November 1988 at column 78.
Educational Maintenance Awards
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what would be the cost at 1988-89 prices, of introducing educational maintenance awards for 16 and 17-year-olds in full-time education in schools and colleges at (a) the same rates as income support for young people and (b) the same rates as training allowances paid to 16 and 17-year-olds on YTS.
Mr. Jackson : After deducting child benefit and existing maintenance payments from LEAs, the annual cost of paying maintenance allowances to all 16 and 17-year-olds currently in full-time education in schools and colleges, is estimated to be as follows :
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(a) If the allowances are paid at the same rate as income support |320
(b) If the allowances are paid at the same rate as YTS allowances |675
Notes:
1. These figures are based on the number of 16 and 17-year-olds in full time
education in 1986-87, the latest year for which figures are available.
2. The figure at (a) is based on the 1988-89 income support level of £19.40 for 16
and 17-year-olds, less child benefit at the 1988-89 rate of £7.25.
3. The figure at (b) is based on the 1988-89 YTS allowances of £29.50 per week for
16-year-olds and £35 for 17-year-olds, less child benefit at the rate of £7.25 per
week.
4. Both figures assume no change in the 1986-87 level of local authority spending on
maintenance payments for 16 and 17-year-olds, which has been converted for the
present purpose to 1988-89 prices using the GDP deflator.
Student Fees
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what would be the extra cost in 1988-89 prices of full fee remission for all home students, in respect of part-time degree courses in (a) universities, (b) polytechnics and other colleges and (c) the open university.
Mr. Jackson : Estimates of the extra costs are about £1 million for the universities in Great Britain, £4 million for the polytechnics and colleges in England and £15 million for the open university.
Polytechnics and Colleges (Grant)
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total Government grant both to the polytechnics and other colleges in each of the last 10 years ; and if he will express each annual change and the total change since 1979, in real terms with 1979- 80=100.
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Mr. Jackson : Block grant to local authorities is not hypothecated to particular services or institutions.
The total allocations from the advanced further education pool plus capital expenditure by local authorities on polytechnics and colleges in England each year since 1979-80, (a) in cash terms, and (b) indexed in real terms as measured by the gross domestic product deflator, are :
Financial years |(a) Cash £ million|(b) Index ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1979-80 |465 |100 1980-81 |493 |89 1981-82 |519 |86 1982-83 |614 |95 1983-84 |634 |94 1984-85 |657 |92 1985-86 |703 |94 1986-87 |748 |97 1987-88 |810 |99 1988-89 |887 |102
Students (Expenditure)
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total Government expenditure (a) per student for all students in full-time higher education, (b) per university student and (c) per student in polytechnics and other colleges in each of the last 10 years ; and if he will express each annual change in real terms with 1979-80=100.
Mr. Jackson : The available data are as listed. The figures show the expenditure at 1986-87 prices per full-time equivalent student in universities, in polytechnics, and in higher education at other maintained establishments. The 1986-87 real terms figures have been indexed using 1979 -80 as the base year.
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|c|Expenditure<1> per full-time equivalent student<2> at 1986-87 prices indexed to 1979-80|c|
Financial Year
|1979-80|1980-81|1981-82|1982-83|1983-84|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87
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Universities (Great Britain)
real terms |5,126 |5,533 |5,355 |5,502 |5,542 |5,484 |5,349 |5,276
indexed (1979-80 =100) |100 |108 |104 |107 |108 |107 |104 |103
Polytechnics<3> (England)
real terms |4,179 |4,207 |4,001 |3,777 |3,421 |3,300 |3,255 |3,325
indexed (1979-80=100) |100 |101 |96 |90 |82 |79 |78 |80
OMEs (HE) (England)
real terms |3,451 |3,588 |3,493 |3,376 |3,444 |3,398 |3,121 |3,170
indexed (1979-80=100) |100 |104 |101 |98 |100 |98 |90 |92
<1> The figures for universities are for Great Britain and are based on recurrent expenditure
financed by UGC grants and tuition fee income for home and overseas students. The figures for
polytechnics and OMEs are for England and are net recurrent institutional expenditure per full-time
equivalent student. This includes direct and indirect costs of providing tuition but excludes
financing cost of capital expenditure, student support and central administration costs. As the
relevant expenditures are differently defined it is not possible to give an overall cost per
student.
<2> The numbers of full-time and part-time students have been expressed as full-time equivalents. It
is not possible to separate out the costs of full-time students.
<3> The figures for polytechnics include a small proportion of FE work.
UGC (Grant)
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total Government grant to the University Grants Committee in each of the last 10 years ; and if he will express each annual change and the total change since 1979, in real terms with 1979-80=100.
Mr. Jackson : Total recurrent and capital grants made to the universities on the advice of the University Grants Committee were set out in my reply to the hon. Member's question on 10 February at column 844. The corresponding real terms figures, as measured by the gross domestic product deflator, are :
Financial years |Index ------------------------------------------------ 1979-80 |100 1980-81 |108 1981-82 |101 1982-83 |113 1983-84 |111 1984-85 |109 1985-86 |106 1986-87 |107 1987-88 |111 1988-89 |113
Capital Expenditure
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was (a) the capital expenditure funded by the University Grants Committee and (b) the same figures for capital expenditure on polytechnics and other colleges, for each of the last 10 years, expressing each annual change in real terms with 1979-80=10.
Mr. Jackson : The table shows capital grants made to the universities on the advice of the University Grants Committee and gross capital expenditure on further and higher education by local authorities, together with capital grants to voluntary and direct grant colleges, expressed as indicated in real terms as measured by the gross domestic product deflator.
Financial years |Universities (Great |Polytechnics and other
|Britain) |colleges (England)
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1979-80 |100 |100
1980-81 |94 |109
1981-82 |90 |98
1982-83 |87 |115
1983-84 |81 |110
1984-85 |79 |115
1985-86 |83 |116
1986-87 |89 |123
1987-88 |84 |86
1988-89 |86 |n/a
Teachers (Incentive Allowances)
Mr. Evennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what information is available to his Department concerning the numbers of incentive allowances paid to teachers in primary, secondary and special schools in or shortly after October 1988, including in particular the numbers of allowances paid on discretionary grounds ; whether the numbers of each type of allowance paid in 1987-88 closely matched the numbers advised by his Department as being available to be paid ; and if he will make a statement ; (2) if he will publish a table showing, for each type of incentive allowance payable to teachers in primary, secondary and special schools in September 1988, the total number of allowances available to be paid by employers as advised by his Department and the proportion of these which were available to be paid on discretionary grounds ; if he will distinguish between allowances already allocated to individuals and those newly available to be paid on discretionary grounds ; and if he will make a statement ;
(3) if he will publish a table showing the required minimum payments of incentive allowances to teachers in primary, secondary and special schools in October 1987 according to type, value and number of the allowances payable (a) by reason of a teacher's transfer to the new main salary scale, (b) by reason of the minimum requirements for rate A and B allowances in larger schools and special schools, and (c) by reason of other requirements ; and if he will make a statement ;
(4) if he will publish a table showing, for each type of incentive allowance payable to teachers in primary, secondary and special schools in October 1987, the total number of allowances available to be paid by employers as advised by his Department and the proportion of these which were available to be paid on discretionary grounds ; and if he will make a statement ;
(5) what information is available to his Department concerning the numbers of incentive allowances paid to teachers in primary, secondary and special schools in or shortly after September 1988, including the numbers of allowances paid on discretionary grounds ; whether the numbers of each type of allowance paid in 1988-89 closely matched the numbers advised by his Department as being available to be paid ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Rumbold : Circulars 8/87 and 3/88 set out the approximate number of incentive allowances the Government wished to see awarded in October 1987 and September 1990 respectively. These were as follows :
|c|October 1987<1>|c|
|Primary |Secondary
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A |14,000 |11,000
B |<2>16,000|<2>53,000
C |- |-
D |- |28,500<2>
E |- |6,500<2>
Total |30,000 |99,000
September 1988
A |24,000 |19,000
B |16,300 |43,300
C |1,300 |8,000
D |- |27,000
E |- |8,000
Total |41,600 |105,300
<1> All main-scale teachers in special
schools received at least a B allowance
from October 1987.
<2> These allowances were awarded
automatically to teachers on scale 3,
scale 4 or the senior teacher scale at
30 September 1987.
The overall limits on the number of incentive allowances to be awarded in schools of a particular size in October 1987 were set out in annex A to the school teachers' pay and conditions document 1987, a copy of which is in the Library. A minimum of 2 per cent. of teachers were to receive A allowances in schools of group size 6 or above, and a minimum of 12 per cent. were normally to receive B allowances in schools of group size 7 or above.
Circular 8/87 envisaged that by September 1990 there would be 55, 000 allowance holders in primary schools and 110,000 in secondary schools. Following the recommendations of the first report of the interim advisory committee on school teachers' pay and conditions the planned introduction of A allowances was accelerated. Circular 3/88 envisaged that there would be an extra 6,000 A allowances above previous plans in September 1988.
LEAs have the discretion to pay incentive allowances, within certain limits, to any teacher being paid on the main scale who satisfies one or more the criteria laid down in the school teachers' pay and conditions document. They do so in the light of local needs and priorities. It is unlikely that the numbers of teachers holding incentive allowances at any one time will coincide precisely with the Government's plans.
The only information presently available is contained in a survey undertaken by the local authority conditions of service advisory board in September 1988. This showed that 61 LEAs had together awarded about 77,000 allowances to full-time and part-time regular teachers. The distribution among the 61 LEAs was as follows :
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September 1988
A |6,878 |6,343
B |9,922 |30,305|7,504
C |318 |2,772 |960
D |148 |16,152|149
E |19 |3,939 |55
Total |17,285|59,511|8,668
Retired Teachers
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will make it his policy to review the abatement provisions concerning school teachers' pensions in order to remove any financial disincentive for part-time work in the maintained sector after retirement ; and if he will make a statement ;
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(2) what numbers of retired or prematurely retired school teachers are known to his Department to be working either part-time or full-time in maintained schools ; and if he will make a statement ;(3) if he will describe the abatement provisions concerning teachers' pensions in the case that a retired or prematurely retired school teacher takes up part-time employment in a maintained school ; when these provisions were last reviewed ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Butcher : The general principle which applies across all the public service superannuation schemes is that a re-employed pensioner should not be better off as a result of being in receipt of a pension in addition to remuneration from further service than if he or she had not retired. Where the combined pay and pension are greater than the earnings on which the pension was based, the pension is reduced by the excess.
Detailed information on re-employed teachers is not available. I understand, however, that in the year ending 31 March 1988, 302 teachers re -employed full-time and 660 teachers re-employed in a part-time capacity were considered by the Paymaster General's office under the abatement provisions.
The policy of abatement in all public service schemes is currently being reviewed. I shall write to the hon. Member to let him know the outcome in due course.
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make it his policy to encourage the possible part-time or full-time employment of retired teachers in the maintained sector ; what contribution such part-time or full-time employment can make towards filling the shortages of teachers identified by his Department ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Butcher : The employment and deployment of teachers is a matter for local education authorities and schools. As part of our action programme to remedy teacher shortages we advise authorities to assess their recruitment needs and to develop a strategy for staffing their schools. The re-employment of retired teachers may in some circumstances form part of such a strategy.
London Docklands
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps his Department is taking to assist training in London docklands with a view to ensuring that jobs go to local people.
Mr. Nicholls : I have been asked to reply.
The Government's training programmes are designed to ensure that local people are equipped with the skills to meet the growing needs of employers.
Under employment training specific steps taken to improve the targeting of training and job opportunities in Docklands include : compacts with employers and training providers which give priority consideration to local people ;
a customised training and priority hiring programme with construction companies to help local long-term unemployed people into jobs ;
a partnership project with Jarvis plc to integrate English as a second language and construction training to improve job opportunities for the local Vietnamese community.
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Funding has also been provided for the development of compacts between employers and schools covering the docklands area. If successful they will help to provide new job and training opportunities for local school leavers.In addition local collaborative action is assisting local small businesses to identify skill needs and develop enterprise opportunities.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Civil Servants (EC)
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the number of civil servants in his Department whose main task is work related wholly or mainly to the European Economic Community ; and what is the gross annual cost of travel and accommodation to and from Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg in connection with this work.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The number of social security staff dealing wholly or mainly with matters relating to the European Community is 88. This figure includes 79 staff at Newcastle central office dealing with payment of benefits/pensions to beneficiaries resident in other EC countries.
In addition, there are four members of staff in the legal branch shared with the Department of Health who deal exclusively with EC matters.
A small number of these staff attend EC meetings abroad when necessary but I regret that records of costs incurred for travel and subsistence are not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Other staff may also be involved in EC work from time to time.
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