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Written Answers to Questions

Monday 15 January 1990

EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

Primary Schools, Doncaster

Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list by school within the Doncaster local education authority (a) the present and (b) the forecast figure for pupils in primary schools ; and what additional funding he intends to provide for new schools in this area.

Mr. Alan Howarth : No proposals for new schools in Doncaster are currently before my right hon. Friend for decision. I understand, however, that the Doncaster education authority is intending to publish proposals shortly for a new 9-13 age range middle school in the Balby Woodfield area. Priority is given in the allocation of annual capital guidelines for new school places needed as a result of population growth.

The following information was provided by the Doncaster local education authority :


                                    Number on roll                                    
                                   |September 1989  |1993-94 forecast                 
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First Schools                                                                         
Adwick Washington                  |316             |317                              
Carcroft                           |198             |247                              
Owston Skellow                     |289             |269                              
Sprotbrough Orchard                |106             |130                              
Woodlands                          |178             |231                              
Balby Central                      |292             |322                              
Balby Nightingale                  |371             |461                              
Balby Waverley                     |255             |262                              
Hexthorpe                          |226             |200                              
Woodfield                          |325             |360                              
Askern Littlemoor                  |209             |253                              
Askern Moss Road                   |192             |157                              
Norton                             |194             |211                              
Intake                             |520             |534                              
Kingfisher                         |172             |198                              
Park                               |366             |351                              
Sandringham                        |207             |235                              
Town Field                         |216             |288                              
Bentley High Street                |156             |178                              
Bentley Kirkby Avenue              |161             |208                              
Bentley New Village                |217             |264                              
Scawthorpe Castle Hills            |160             |203                              
Edlington Hill Top                 |222             |201                              
Edlington Victoria                 |203             |216                              
Tickhill                           |137             |171                              
Warmsworth                         |104             |117                              
Warmsworth CE                      |79              |65                               
Bessacarr                          |190             |175                              
Cantley Hawthorn                   |147             |172                              
Cantley Sycamore                   |115             |114                              
Hyde Park                          |307             |352                              
South Cantley                      |270             |302                              
Stirling                           |151             |182                              
West Bessacarr Willow              |280             |242                              
Fishlake Endowed                   |24              |36                               
Hatfield Crooksbroom               |207             |225                              
Hatfield Dunsville                 |169             |181                              
Hatfield Sheep Dip Lane            |253             |228                              
Hatfield Travis CE                 |247             |347                              
Hatfield Woodhouse                 |89              |84                               
Stainforth Eastgate                |109             |150                              
Stainforth Kirton Lane             |147             |184                              
Stainforth Westgate                |220             |290                              
Sykehouse                          |10              |10                               
Barnby Dun                         |116             |139                              
Doncaster St. George's CE          |56              |60                               
Kirk Sandall                       |257             |251                              
Grange Lane                        |269             |346                              
Tornedale                          |290             |317                              
Scawsby Rosedale                   |128             |147                              
Scawsby Saltersgate                |218             |248                              
Sprotbrough Richmond Hill          |230             |295                              
Greentop                           |266             |220                              
King Edward                        |285             |413                              
Moorends                           |200             |197                              
Moorends west road                 |186             |212                              
South Common                       |147             |163                              
                                                                                      
Infant Schools                                                                        
Armthorpe CE                       |58              |51                               
Armthorpe Shaw Wood                |221             |211                              
Armthorpe Tranmoor Lane            |159             |151                              
Conisbrough Rowena                 |201             |185                              
Denaby Main                        |128             |143                              
Doncaster Road                     |96              |122                              
Park Road                          |168             |188                              
                                                                                      
Infant/Junior Schools                                                                 
Armthorpe Southfield               |178             |167                              
Conisborough Balby Street          |180             |200                              
Conisbrough Ivanhoe                |256             |270                              
Conisbrough Station Road           |258             |204                              
Auckley                            |169             |128                              
Bawtry Mayflower                   |189             |187                              
Branton CE                         |140             |149                              
Finningley CE                      |93              |79                               
Finningley Hayfield Lane           |223             |274                              
Highwoods                          |225             |369                              
St. John's CE                      |219             |176                              
Windhill                           |296             |308                              
Armthorpe Our Lady of Sorrows      |154             |151                              
Bentley Our Lady of Sorrows        |139             |143                              
Conisbrough St. Albans             |224             |230                              
Doncaster our Lady of Mount Carmel |225             |273                              
Doncaster St. Francis Xavier       |203             |261                              
Doncaster St. Peter's              |275             |301                              
Edlington St. Mary's               |195             |209                              
Rossington St. Joseph's            |211             |259                              
Stainforth Holy Family             |218             |248                              
Woodlands East                     |154             |189                              
                                                                                      
First/Middle Schools                                                                  
Brodsworth CE                      |36              |34                               
Highfields                         |156             |190                              
Hooton Pagnell CE                  |54              |54                               
Arksey                             |180             |169                              
Bentley Toll Bar                   |126             |137                              
Scawthorpe Sunny Fields            |252             |240                              
Braithwell                         |98              |82                               
Tickhill Estfeld                   |250             |223                              
Wadworth                           |138             |109                              
Edenthorpe Hall                    |251             |311                              
Edenthorpe Popham CE               |197             |202                              
St. Michael's CE                   |228             |202                              
Barnburgh                          |224             |222                              
                                                                                      
Middle Schools (deemed primary)                                                       
Adwick Park                        |278             |316                              
Carcroft                           |186             |198                              
Owston Skellow                     |311             |289                              
Sprotbrough Copley                 |118             |106                              
Woodlands                          |165             |178                              
Askern Sutton Road                 |336             |401                              
Norton                             |170             |194                              
Bentley High Street                |158             |156                              
Bentley Kirkby Avenue              |153             |161                              
Bentley New Village                |185             |217                              
Scawthorpe Castle Hills            |162             |160                              
Edlington Hill Top                 |234             |222                              
Edlington Victoria                 |153             |203                              
Tickhill CE                        |133             |137                              
Warmsworth                         |167             |183                              
Barnby Dun                         |166             |116                              
Doncaster Curlew                   |43              |56                               
Kirk Sandall                       |255             |257                              
Holmscarr                          |218             |269                              
Pheasant Bank                      |270             |290                              
Scawsby Rosedale                   |126             |128                              
Scawsby Saltersgate                |255             |218                              
Sprotbrough Richmond Hill          |195             |230                              
                                                                                      
Junior Schools                                                                        
Armthorpe Shaw Wood                |325             |362                              
Armthorpe Tranmoor                 |212             |213                              
Conisbrough Morley Place           |208             |267                              
Denaby Main                        |186             |184                              
Doncaster Road                     |111             |138                              
Montague                           |194             |220                              
                                   |-------         |-------                          
Total                              |24,524          |26,508                           
Footnote; The total pupil capacity of the schools listed above was 32,271 in          
September 1989.                                                                       

School Building (Doncaster)

Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what level of funding he has made available for the Doncaster local education authority for new school building for the years 1990 and 1991.

Mr. Alan Howarth : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Banbury (Mr. Baldry) on 20 December 1989, ( Official Report, columns 254-58, with the correction that "Primary" should be substituted for "Private"). ACGs are made on an annual basis. It is for Doncaster LEA to decide how to use the resources available and to make decisions on expenditure on school buildings in the light of local needs and circumstances.

Human Frontier

Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will name the board of trustees and the council of scientists administering the Human Frontier science programme.

Mr. Jackson : The information is as follows :

Board of Trustees--

Canada

Dr. Henri C. Rothschild,

Director General, Technology Policy Branch, Department of Industry, Science and Technology

Mr. Allan S. Pool,

Director, Science and Technology Division, Department of External Affairs

France

M. Jean de Gliniasty,

Director of Development and Co-operation for Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

M. Claude Amiel,

Director, Division of Biology, Medicine and Health, Ministry of Research and Technology


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Federal Republic of Germany

Dr. Helmut Klein,

Head of Projects Management for Biology, Ecology and Energy, Nuclear Research Centre, Julich

Dr. Heinrich Pfeiffer,

General Secretary, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Italy

Mr. Michele Lener,

Multilateral Units Manager, International Relations Office, Ministry of University and Scientific Research

Professor Alberto Albertini,

President of the Scientific Committee of the National Research Council's Finalised Project on Advanced Biotechnologies

Japan

Ambassador Hiromichi Miyazaki (Chairman),

Committee on Policy Matters, Council for Science and Technology Dr. Kozo Iizuka,

Special Adviser to the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry United Kingdom

Mr. Robin Ritzema,

Head of International Science Division, Department of Education and Science

Dr. Victoria Harrison,

Head of Policy Planning and Assessment, Agricultural and Food Research Council

United States of America

Dr. Katherine Bick,

Deputy Director for Extramural Research, NIH

Dr. Mary Clutter,

Assistant Director for Biological, Behavioural and Social Sciences, NSF

Council of Scientists--

Canada

Dr. Francis S. Rolleston,

Director of Scientific Evaluation Division, Medical Research Council

Dr. James D. Friesen,

Department of Biochemistry, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute

France

M. Pierre Chambon,

Professor, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg,

Director of a Joint CNRS-INSERM Laboratory

M. Jean-Pierre Chageux,

Professor, College de France, Director of Research at the Pasteur Institute

Federal Republic of Germany

Dr. Dieter Oesterhelt,

Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry

Dr. Ernst-Ludiwg Winnacker,

Institute for Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University Italy

Professor Glauco Tocchini-Valentini,

Director of Cellular Biology, Laboratory of CNR, Rome


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Professor Giorgio Parisi,

Professor of Theoretical Physics, II University of Rome (Tor Vergata)

Japan

Professor Masao Ito,

Institute of Physical and Chemical Research

Professor Akiyoshi Wada,

Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo

United Kingdom

Sir Walter Bodmer,

Director of Research, Imperial Cancer Research Fund

The Lord Adrian,

Professor of Cell Physiology, University of Cambridge

United States of America

Dr. Joseph E. Rall (Chairman),

Deputy Director of Intramural Research, NIH

Dr. Joseph E. Varner,

Professor of Biochemistry, Washington University in St. Louis

Data Protection

Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress has been made in issuing guidance concerning the responsibilities of governors of state schools under the Data Protection Act and the purposes for which the governors may hold personal data ; and whether he will make a statement.

Mrs. Rumbold : The necessary guidance will be issued as soon as possible.

Local Government Finance

Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received concerning the way colleges and universities respond to requests from a community charges registration officer concerning students ; whether he will allocate additional grants so that these institutions need only disclose information about students resident in a particular charging authority area ; and whether he will make a statement.

Mr. Jackson : Apart from the question asked by the hon. Member on 26 October 1989 ( Official Report, col. 536 ), my right hon. Friend has received no representations concerning the way colleges and universities respond to requests from community charges registration officers (CCROs) about students. As I said in reply to the earlier question, the information needs of CCROs are a matter for my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Environment.

History and Geography Working Groups

Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many copies of the interim report of the geography working group and the history working group were sent to local education authorities for consultation.

Mrs. Rumbold : Each of the 104 local education authorities in England and Wales were sent 10 copies of the history and 10 copies of the geography interim reports


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at the time they were published. Further copies were offered to authorities and others on application to the Department and many availed themselves of this offer.

Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many people with inner-city school experience are members of (a) the history working group and (b) the geography working group in the preparation of the national curriculum.

Mrs. Rumbold : Two members of the history working group and three members of the geography working group have had experience either of teaching in inner cities or of working closely with school teachers in inner-city areas.

Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many people with primary teaching experience are members of (a) the history working group and (b) the geography working group in the preparation of the national curriculum.

Mrs. Rumbold : Four out of 12 members of the history working group and four out of 12 members of the geography working group have had teaching experience in primary schools or are employed as advisers with responsibilities for primary schools.

Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many school pupils aged 14 to 16 years are currently studying (a) history and (b) geography expressed in total numbers and as a percentage of the total numbers of school pupils.

Mrs. Rumbold : The latest readily available information--taken from the 1988 secondary school staffing survey--indicated that the following numbers and percentages of pupils were studying history, geography and combined courses which might include history and geography in the third, fourth and fifth secondary years in England :


                                  Year group                     
                                 |3      |4      |5              
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Pupils studying history                                          
  number                         |490,000|225,000|250,000        
  as a percentage of all pupils                                  
   in the year group             |90     |40     |42             
Pupils studying geography                                        
  number                         |490,000|260,000|275,000        
  as a percentage of all pupils                                  
   in the year group             |90     |46     |46             
Pupils studying combined                                         
   courses within the arts/                                      
   humanities/social science                                     
   fields                                                        
  number                         |60,000 |50,000 |45,000         
   as a percentage of all pupils                                 
   in the year group             |11     |9      |7              

The secondary school staffing survey was carried out in March 1988 based on a representative 10 per cent. sample of maintained secondary schools in England.

Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science which organisations, other than local education authorities, have been sent copies of the interim reports of (a) the history working group and (b) the geography working group ; and how many copies were sent to each organisation.

Mrs. Rumbold : Copies of the interim reports of both the history and the geography working groups were sent to


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over 200 organisations. A total of 17,500 history and 26,000 geography reports have been distributed up to 31 December last.

Special Educational Needs

Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what account he has taken in considering schemes from local education authorities for local management of schools, of special educational needs provision.

Mrs. Rumbold : In considering schemes for local management of schools submitted by local education authorities, my right hon. Friend has been concerned to ensure that appropriate and effective provision is made for pupils with special educational needs. This follows the requirement in circular 7/78 on local management of schools that LEAs' schemes should reflect the incidence of pupils with special educational needs in their schools.

Financial Delegation

Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will identify those local education authorities for which he has agreed schemes for financial delegation of colleges where the costs of premature retirement, severance and dismissal are treated as exceptions to the scheme ; and if he will make a statement ;

(2) if he will number those local education authorities for which he has agreed schemes for financial delegation of colleges where the costs of premature retirement, severance and dismissal are treated as exceptions to the scheme ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Jackson : Of schemes approved to date, the following local education authorities allow for the costs of premature retirement, severance and dismissal to be treated as an exception to the scheme :

Tameside

Northamptonshire

Cheshire


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