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Teachers (Statistics)
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers are employed in schools in the state sector ; and if he will break the figures down according to age and sex.
Mr. Butcher : The total number of teachers and instructors employed in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools sector in England in January 1988 (the latest date for which figues are available) was 425.5 thousand, including those employed part-time or on an occasional basis. Their total full-time equivalent was 401.5 thousand.
More detailed information by age and sex on the breakdown of teachers is available only in relation to qualified teachers in full-time regular service and at an earlier date (March 1986). The figures (in thousands) are :
|Men |Women |Men and women
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Under 30 |17.0 |41.8 |58.7
30-34 |27.9 |35.6 |63.5
35-39 |37.3 |39.6 |76.9
40-44 |23.7 |33.5 |57.2
45-49 |18.4 |32.9 |51.3
50-54 |14.0 |26.8 |40.8
55 or over |11.7 |16.8 |28.6
|--- |--- |---
All ages |150.0 |226.9 |376.9
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Computer Consultants
Mr. Tim Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total amount spent by his Department in 1988 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases ; and if he will list each management or
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computer consultancy contract awarded by his Department in 1988, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.Mr. Butcher : This Department spent £438,127 on computer and management consultancies in 1988. Contracts awarded in that year were as follows :
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Consultant |Assignment
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Logica Ltd. |Technical study in connection with the Department's education information strategy
Logica Ltd. |Review of teacher information needs
Peat, Marwick McLintock |Study of requirements for an integrated vote and management accounting system
CMG |Specification of needs for the Department's core resource information system
BIS Applied Systems |Communications strategy for HMI
FI Group |Study of ORACLE implementation
Ernst Whinney |Management system for HMI travelling and subsistence
ITS Ltd. |Training review
Coopers and Lybrand |Study of holding board models for the ABRC
Coopers and Lybrand |Management framework for the control of information systems projects
Deloitte Haskins and Sells |Advice on computer accounting systems for the Department
Deloitte Haskins and Sells |Financial management advice and assistance to the University Grants Committee (UGC)
Loughborough Consultants Ltd. |Research selectivity project for the UGC
City University |Financial services for the UGC
Royal Society |Analysis of the earth science review for the UGC
Over-16s
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of young persons in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Durham continue in formal education beyond their 16th year.
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Mr. Jackson : The available information is given in the table.
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|c|Participation in education, 1986-87|c|
Percentage of
population
Age 16 Age 17
|full-time |part-time day|full-time |part-time day
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United Kingdom<1> |50 |15 |32 |12
Durham<2> |39 |15 |26 |14
<1> Home students only.
<2> Excludes independent schools and private further education establishments.
Higher Education
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of young persons in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Durham attend full-time higher education.
Mr. Jackson : The available data are listed below. The percentages are based on the numbers of students in 1986-87 who received a new full- value award from an LEA. Comparable figures are not available for the United Kingdom.
|c|New full-value awards<1> to students as
a percentage<2>|c|
|c|of 18 to 19-year-old population:
1986-87|c|
|Per cent.
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Durham LEA |14.9
English and Welsh LEAs |21.3
<1> Includes awards made to students
attending universities, polytechnics and
other colleges.
ace The percentage is based on the number of new award holders as a proportion of the relevant single year age group ; this was calculated by adding half of all 18-year-olds to half of all 19-year-olds. Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has to encourage more students to enter full-time higher education.
Mr. Jackson : We already have record participation in all forms of higher education. The Government's policies for better schools and greater flexibility in further and higher education will build on this, helping to offset the effects of the substantial decline in the young entrant age group.
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Students and Academic Staff
Mr. Galbraith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many full-time students, undergraduates and post-graduates there were at universities studying (a) arts, (b) business, (c) science and (d) engineering for the years 1975, 1980, 1985 and 1988 ;
(2) how many full-time academic staff were employed by universities for art, business, science and engineering for the years 1975, 1980, 1985 and 1988.
Mr. Jackson : The information is shown in the table :
|c|Full-time equivalent student load and full-time academic staff, in|c|
|c|universities|c|
|c|Great Britain|c|
Academic year
beginning in
|1975<1><2>|1980<1> |1985 |1987<3>
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Full-time equivalent student load
Total of which |272,865 |311,985 |307,741 |318,496
Arts |128,897 |146,367 |129,669 |135,569
Business |6,051 |7,720 |14,237 |15,715
Science |91,376 |102,224 |106,110 |108,083
Engineering |28,072 |34,267 |35,949 |37,379
Other<5> |18,469 |21,407 |21,776 |21,750
Full-time academic staff<4>
Total of which |31,094 |42,478 |43,435 |45,348
Arts |12,199 |14,620 |12,702 |12,633
Business |576 |852 |1,275 |1,395
Science |11,495 |15,964 |16,642 |17,447
Engineering |3,480 |5,042 |5,731 |6,058
Other<5> |3,344 |6,000 |7,085 |7,815
<1> Information for 1975 and 1980 is based on subject group of academic department that
for later years is based on cost centres.
<2> Information for academic staff in 1975 are full-time staff paid directly from
university funds.
<3> Provisional.
<4> Excluding a small number of staff in adult education departments, libraries and
museums. In 1987-88 these numbered 530.
<5> Clinical medicine, dentistry and veterinary science.
Licensed Teachers
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will make a statement on his policy on providing financial support to local education authorities in (a) 1989-90 and (b) 1990-91 in connection with his proposals to introduce licensed teachers ; whether he has yet held any discussions about financial support arrangements for these proposals ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) if he will describe the expenditure consequences of his present proposals to introduce licensed teachers, including an illustrative cost of training for one such teacher ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Rumbold : The cost of providing training for licensed teachers will vary considerably according to the previous experience and training needs of the individual concerned. The costs of such training will be eligible for support under the local education authority training grants scheme.
Pensions (Abatement Provisions)
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his answer to the hon.
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Member for Bridgend of 15 March, Official Report, column 223, what was the total number of notifications from teachers received by the Paymaster General'sOffice in the year ended 31 March 1988 concerning re-employment after retirement ; in what circumstances individual cases among this total number were considered under the abatement provisions ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Butcher : The Paymaster General's Office does not keep the detailed information requested but I understand that inquiries are received from some 2,000 teachers each year about re-employment after retirement. Individual cases are considered under the abatement provisions when the employment is of the kind to which the abatement provisions can apply and the income from it approaches the earnings margin.
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Bridgend of 15 March, Official Report, column 223, whether the current review of the policy of abatement is taking account of the problems of teacher shortages identified by his Department ; when he expects this review to reach a conclusion in relation to teachers ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Butcher : The review will take account of factors relating to recruitment and retention in all of the main public services including education. The review is expected to be completed this summer.
Voluntary Youth Workers
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will reinstate eligibility for voluntary youth workers under the local authority training grant scheme.
Mr. Butcher : The eligibility of these workers is under review.
London Residuary Body
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received from the London residuary body in respect of the draft Education (Reorganisation in Inner London) (Compensation) Regulations 1989 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Rumbold : Letters have been received from the chairman of the board of the London residuary body and from the LRB's director of personnel. These acknowledge that the terms proposed under the draft regulations are very similar to those available under the Local Government Reorganisation (Compensation) Regulations 1986, but make a number of suggestions for the most part reflecting the experience of the board in operating the 1986 regulations.
DEFENCE
Military Equipment (Export)
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what provision is made by his Department for measuring and regulating the export of military equipment from the
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United Kingdom through collaborative projects ; what provision is made for measuring and regulating the re- export of this equipment to third countries ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Sainsbury : Exports from the United Kingdom of goods controlled under the Exports of Goods (Control) Order 1987, as amended, are subject to export licensing in accordance with procedures operated by the Department of Trade and Industry.
There are no special provisions for collaborative projects ; the same export requirements and procedures apply to them as to any other export of defence equipment.
In general, the export or re-export of collaborative equipment to third countries calls for the agreement of all the collaborative partners although each project has its own memorandum of understanding and procedures differ slightly between them.
Headquarters Contracts
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report the precise amounts paid to each of the 10 contractors which received the largest shares of headquarters contracts awarded by his Department in each of the five years to 31 March 1988.
Mr. Sainsbury : The 10 contractors receiving the most payment in respect of headquarters contracts in the five years to 31 March 1988 were as follows :
|£ million
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1983-84
1. The General Electric Co plc |690
2. British Aerospace plc (Dynamics) |615
3. Rolls Royce Ltd |485
4. British Shipbuilders |400
5. The Plessey Co plc |365
6. Royal Ordnance Factories |340
7. British Aerospace plc (Aircraft) |340
8. Ferranti plc |180
9. The British Petroleum Co plc |170
10. Westland plc |155
1984-85
1. The General Electric Co plc |805
2. British Aerospace plc (Dynamics) |685
3. British Shipbuilders |535
4. The Plessey Co plc |415
5. Royal Ordnance plc |410
6. Rolls Royce Ltd |410
7. British Aerospace plc (Aircraft) |320
8. Ferranti plc |215
9. Esso UK plc |205
10. British Petroleum Co plc |175
1985-86
1. The General Electric Co plc |800
2. British Aerospace plc (Dynamics) |715
3. British Shipbuilders |590
4. The Plessey Co plc |440
5. Rolls Royce Ltd |435
6. Royal Ordnance plc |370
7. British Aerospace plc (Aircraft) |300
8. Ferranti plc |225
9. Westland plc |180
10. Hunting Associated Industries plc |160
1986-87
1. The General Electric Co plc |850
2. British Aerospace plc (Dynamics) |610
3. Rolls Royce Ltd |425
4. The Plessey Co plc |365
5. Vickers Shipbuilders and Engineering |345
6. British Aerospace plc (Aircraft) |320
7. Royal Ordnance plc |245
8. Hunting Associated Industries plc |205
9. Ferranti plc |200
10. Thorn EMI plc |155
1987-88
1. The General Electric Co plc |1,035
2. British Aerospace plc (Dynamics) |545
3. Vickers Shipbuilders and Engineering Ltd |465
4. Rolls Royce plc |420
5. British Aerospace plc (Aircraft) |330
6. The Plessey Co plc |305
7. Royal Ordnance plc |225
8. Devonport Management Ltd |225
9. Ferranti plc |200
10. Hunting Associated Industries plc |195
Contractors
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report the precise amounts paid to each of the following contractors by his Department in the year ended 31 March 1988 : (a) J. S. Chinn & Co. Ltd., (b) Abbey Panels Ltd., (c) Self Changing Gears Ltd., (d) Noel Penny Turbines Ltd. (e) National Plastics Ltd., (f) Commercial Hydraulics Keelavite Ltd., (g) Coventry Motor & Sundries Ltd. and (h) Armstrong Equipment plc.
Mr. Sainsbury : The payments made to each of these companies in the year ended 31 March 1988 in respect of headquarters contracts were as follows :
1987 |£ million ---------------------------------------------------- J. S. Chinn & Co. Ltd. |0.06 Self Changing Gears Ltd. |0.40 Noel Penny Turbines Ltd. |0.04 National Plastics Ltd. |5.71 Commercial Hydraulics Keelavite |2.03 Coventry Motor & Sundries Ltd. |0.16
We have no record of any headquarters contracts having been placed with either Abbey Panels Ltd. or Armstrong Equipment plc.
Missiles
Mrs. Mahon : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the current purchase costs of (a) one Exocet MM38 missile and (b) one Trident 2D5 missile.
Mr. Sainsbury : It is no longer our practice to publish unit production costs for equipment purchased by the Ministry of Defence.
Submarines
Mr. Foulkes : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what claims for damages caused to boats by submarines are currently being considered ; what total sum is involved ; and what sums have been paid for damages in each year since 1979 and for the current year to date.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The Ministry of Defence deals on a legal liability basis with claims for compensation arising from incidents involving Royal Navy submarines. In each of the last 10 years, the following sums have been paid out as compensation :
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Year |£ ------------------------ 1979 |750 1980 |Nil 1981 |Nil 1982 |Nil 1983 |2,800 1984 |157,850 1985 |236,100 1986 |15,000 1987 |100,400 1988 |Nil
Four claims are currently being considered, the details of which are regarded as private between the claimants and the Department.
Vehicles
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the current purchase costs of (a) one FV432 armoured personnel carrier and (b) one FV18067 ambulance (Rover .75 tonne).
Mr. Sainsbury : It is no longer our practice to publish unit production costs. No recent purchases have, however, been made of either of these vehicles.
Multiple-launch Rocket System
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the current purchase cost of one M270 multiple-launch rocket system.
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Mr. Sainsbury : It is no longer our practice to publish unit production costs for equipment purchased by the Ministry of Defence.
Computer Consultants
Mr. Tim Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total amount spent by his Department in 1988 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases ; and if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by his Department in 1988, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.
Mr. Sainsbury : The Ministry of Defence is estimated to spend £8.5 million in the financial year 1988-89 on management and computer consultancy contracts. Details of the management consultancy contracts are listed. Contractual responsibility for computer consultancy contracts has been transferred from the Ministry of Defence to the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency. CCTA does not currently maintain separate details of consultancy contracts, which, in many cases, form part of wider computer procurement and support contracts. Details of individual contracts could therefore be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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|c|Management consultancy contracts|c|
Firm |Subject of assignment
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Arthur Anderson & Co |Support to the RAF TOPMIS Team
W. S. Atkins & Partners |Support to the PE TOPMIS Team
W. S. Atkins & Partners |Assistance for the Defence Works Planning Team
Charles Barker plc |Implementation of the Internal Communications Strategy for DGA(N)
Deloitte Haskins & Sells |Study into Spares Procurement
Deloitte Haskins & Sells |Study into Spares Procurement
Deloitte Haskins & Sells |Support to the Army TOPMIS Team
Deloitte Haskins & Sells |Follow on Study into Initial Provisioning
P. A. Consulting Services Ltd |Study into the Long Term Support for Tri Star
P. A. Consulting Services Ltd |Study into the Management and Control of Consumable Air Stores
Peat Marwick McLintock |Study into the RN Representational Task
Peat Marwick McLintock |Support to the Navy TOPMIS Team
Peat Marwick McLintock |Study into Ethnic Minority Recruitment to the Armed Forces
P. E. Consulting Services Ltd |Support to the PE TOPMIS Team
Touche Ross & Company |Assistance with Financial Management in the DGA(N) Area
Touche Ross & Company |Assistance with Next Steps and the Meteorological Office
Touche Ross & Company |Assistance to the British Forces Germany Financial Scrutiny
Harold Whitehead & Partners |Review of Productivity Scheme
Harold Whitehead & Partners |Review of Productivity Scheme
Arthur Young |Study into EX Works Transport
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United States Competitive Strategies Doctrine
Mr. Martyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with his United States counterparts regarding the new United States competitive strategies doctrine.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : My right hon. Friend has not recently discussed the subject of competitive strategies with his US counterparts.
Private Security Firms
Mr. Livingstone : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to the Member for Brent, East of 7 March, Official Report, column 517 (a) which private security firms have been used by his Department, (b) where they have been deployed and (c) at what cost to his Department in each year from 1979 to the current date.
Mr. Sainsbury : The following private companies have been employed by the Department to provide security guarding services :
Airwork Ltd
Burns International Security Services (UK) Ltd
Care Security Services Ltd.
Centuryan Security Ltd
Chubb Wardens Ltd
Custodian Security Guards Ltd
Medway (Chatham) Dock Co Ltd
Shorrock Guards Ltd (Formerly Pritchard Security Services Ltd) RCO Contract Services Ltd
Reliance Security Services Ltd
Royal British Legion Attendants Co Ltd
Securiguard Services Ltd
Securi-Guard (SW)
Securicor Ltd
SERCO Ltd
Thorn EMI Electronics Ltd
UK Security Ltd
These firms have been employed at more than 30 establishments but it would not be in the interests of security to reveal their locations.
In addition, I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Knowsley, South (Mr. Hughes) on 23 March at column 761.
Northern Ireland (Border Crossings)
Mr. Livingstone : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Brent, East of 10 January, Official Report, column 541, how many service personnel have (a) breached regulations governing off-duty soldiers crossing into the Republic of Ireland and (b) been dealt with by the service authorities, in each year from 1972 to the current date.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The information is not available in the form requested, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Contractors
Mr. Livingstone : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Brent, East of 1 February, Official Report, column 244, how the prior agreement of his Department is sought by contractors wishing to employ persons with access to classified information.
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Mr. Sainsbury : It would not be appropriate to give details.
Economic League
Mr. Livingstone : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Brent, East of 1 February, Official Report, column 244, whether any speakers have been provided by the Economic League for training courses for military personnel in each year from 1979 to the current date.
Mr. Neubert : No record of guest speakers is held centrally and there is no requirement for permanent records to be maintained locally. However, inquiries have been made at staff colleges and other training establishments where guest speakers are regularly invited. The staff of those colleges and establishments have been unable to identify any invitations to the Economic League to provide speakers for their courses.
Army Operations (Forged Materials)
Mr. Livingstone : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his policy towards the use of forged materials in Army operations at home and abroad.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : It is not the practice to comment on operational matters.
Keenie Meenie Services
Mr. Livingstone : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report the text of the letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Hove (Mr. Sainsbury) to the hon. Member for Brent, East on 9 February about Keenie Meenie Services and related matters.
Mr. Sainsbury : The letter was sent openly and is therefore in the public domain ; the text is as follows :
Thank you for your letter of 23 January concerning my written reply to you of 15 December (Col. 684 of the Official Record). In that reply I stated that I was not aware of any advertisements having been procured or placed in the Ministry of Defence publications by KMS and that remains the case.
The extracts you provided with your letter were from a brochure which was produced as a commercial venture by International Military Services Ltd. (IMS) in 1985. Although wholly owned by MOD, IMS is a private Limited company incorporated under the Companies Act and is a distinct and separate entity from MOD. In contracting for Defence Exports it adheres to Government policies and to guidelines issued by the MOD. But within these limitations it is free to pursue business and to take initiatives in exactly the same way as any other commercial company. It can be engaged by other private companies and on occasions by HMG in connection with contracts for the export of British defence equipment and associated services in the commercial environment.
The brochure concerned was entitled Internal Security--Counter Insurgency'. Entries were paid for by various advertisers as a means of publicising the services they offered. Presumably IMS at the time regarded the publication as a viable commercial venture but I understand that it was not a regular publication and has not reappeared since 1985. This was a matter for the commercial judgment of IMS and there is no suggestion that they in any way transgressed the guidelines under which they operate.
You also asked about the nature of the services provided by IMS to overseas armed forces and paramilitary organisations. This can and does cover a wide range of activities but it can be defined in general terms and in the
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words of the pamphlet itself as the supply of military equipment and the provision of "associated support such as the installation, commissioning and maintenance of equipment and the training of personnel". I must emphasise that IMS works within the constraints of Government policies which in this field, as you know, take account of a wide range of political, security and humanitarian conditions. MOD was not and did not expect to be involved in either the publication of the brochure by IMS or the placing of the KMS advertisement and there is therefore no question of correcting or amending the Official Record of my answer of 15 December 1988.Guns
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the current purchase costs of (a) one 9mm L34A1 sub machine gun and 34 round magazine, (b) one 5.56mm individual weapon L85 (Endeavour) and 30- round magazine and (c) one 12 bore, L32A1 automatic shotgun and five rounds.
Mr. Sainsbury : It is no longer our practice to publish unit production costs.
ENVIRONMENT
Government Cars
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many gallons of petrol were consumed for 1987 and 1988 by cars in the Government car pool.
Mr. Chope : Figures for the number of gallons of fuel consumed are not readily available and could be obtained
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only at disproportionate cost. But in 1987 the Government car service spent £190,317 on petrol. In 1988 that figure was £183,008 (both figures are exclusive of VAT).
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