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Written Answers to Questions
Tuesday 19 February 1991 ENERGY
Electricity
Mr. Salmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what was the amount of electricity generated in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years ; what proportion was generated from (a) coal, (b) oil, (c) gas, (d) nuclear and (e) renewable energy sources ; and what proportion of the electricity from each of these sources was (1) generated and (2) consumed in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : The amount of electricity generated by the major generating companies in the United Kingdom in each of the past five years was as follows :
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Electricity generated<1> Year |GWH --------------------------------- 1986 |282,272 1987 |282,696 1988 |288,543 1989 |292,911 1990 |<2>299,712 <2>estimate
The proportion of electricity generated by the major generating companies in the United Kingdom from coal, oil, gas, nuclear and renewable sources was :
Percentage share of fuel used in electricity generation<2> Fuel<3> |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Coal |72 |76 |72 |69 |70 Oil<4> |9 |7 |8 |8 |10 Nuclear |17 |16 |18 |21 |19 Renewable energy sources<5> |2 |2 |2 |2 |2
The amount of gas used to generate electricity accounted for less than 0.1 per cent. of the total.
The proportion of electricity generated by the major generating companies in the United Kingdom from each of the previous sources in Scotland, England and Wales, and Northern Ireland for 1986 to 1989 was as follows. Data for England and Wales are not available separately and data for 1990 are not yet available.
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Percentage share by country of fuels used<2>
Fuel<3>
|Coal |Oil<4> |Nuclear |Renewable
|energy sources<5>
|per cent. |per cent. |per cent. |per cent.
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1986
Scotland |6 |12 |22 |95
England and Wales |94 |65 |78 |5
Northern Ireland |0 |22 |0 |0
1987
Scotland |7 |7 |22 |94
England and Wales |92 |65 |78 |6
Northern Ireland |1 |27 |0 |0
1988
Scotland |6 |20 |23 |95
England and Wales |94 |53 |77 |5
Northern Ireland |0 |27 |0 |0
1989
Scotland |5 |6 |26 |95
England and Wales |94 |71 |74 |5
Northern Ireland |1 |23 |0 |0
The amount of gas used to generate electricity accounted for less than 0.1 per cent. of the total.
The proportion of United Kingdom electricity sales in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland was as follows. Data for 1990 are not yet available.
per cent.<2> Sales of electricity<6> |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scotland |10 |10 |10 |10 England |82 |82 |82 |82 Wales<7> |6 |6 |6 |6 Northern Ireland |2 |2 |2 |2
Sales of electricity cannot be linked to fuels used in generation.
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(1) Information published in Energy Trends Table 15 and in Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (1990 Table 53). Coverage is for the major generating companies in the United Kingdom formerly comprising the public supply system : National Power, PowerGen, Nuclear Electric, National Grid Company, Scottish Power, Scottish Hydro, Scottish Nuclear, Northern Ireland Electricity Service, Midlands Electricity and South Western Electricity.(2) Due to rounding the sum of the constituent percentage may not equal 100.
(3) Information published in Energy Trends Table 16 and in Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (1990 Table 49). Coverage is for the major generating companies in the United Kingdom formerly comprising the public supply system (see note 1).
(4) Includes oil used in gas turbines and diesel plant, for lighting up coal fired boilers, and Orimulsion.
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(5) Includes natural flow hydro, wind and refuse-derived fuel. (6) Information published in Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (1990 Table 58).(7) Relates to sales in Wales by MANWEB and South Wales Electricity.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Solicitors
Mr. O'Hara : To ask the Attorney-General if he will describe the current arrangements for senior solicitors to become judges in respect of (a) the procedures that are followed when solicitors put themselves forward as potential candidates for judicial office and (b) the measures he is taking to invite solicitors to apply for judicial office ; and if he will make a statement on future proposals in this area.
The Attorney-General : The Lord Chancellor's general policy is that before being considered for a full-time judicial post a candidate must first have served in a part-time capacity for long enough to establish his or her competence and suitability. Those wishing to become judges usually serve initially as assistant recorders or deputy district judges. All applicants are considered on their merits, having regard to the numbers of appointments required.
Views are sought from those able to comment on an applicant's practice, professional standing and other qualities. Interviews are also held.
Applications from suitably qualified solicitors for judicial appointment are welcomed. The Lord Chancellor has taken steps to encourage more solicitors to put themselves forward for consideration. Such measures include continuing discussion with the Law Society, public speeches, meetings with solicitors' groups and the publication and wide distribution of a booklet explaining the judicial appointments system. In 1988 a special pilot scheme was set up, involving senior solicitors on local review committees, with the aim of testing a further method for identifying solicitors for potential appointment : the results of this scheme are currently being evaluated.
Innocent Dissemination
Mr. John Garrett : To ask the Attorney-General if he will make a statement on his consultations on the Faulks committee's proposal that the defence of innocent dissemination should be available to printers.
The Attorney-General : In a consultation paper published in July 1990 the Lord Chancellor invited views on whether the defence of innocent dissemination should be made available to printers. The Lord Chancellor is now concluding his consideration of the responses received and hopes to make a statement in the near future.
Bailiffs
Mr. Madden : To ask the Attorney-General what representations he has received calling for bailiffs to be certificated ; what plans he has to introduce legislation making such a requirement ; and if he will make a statement.
The Attorney-General : The recently published National Consumer Council report on private bailiffs recommended that the Community Charges (Administration and
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Enforcement) Regulations 1989 be amended to require all bailiffs to be certificated. That is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment.The Government have no plans at present to introduce legislation requiring all bailiffs to be certificated.
Leybucht Bay
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Attorney-General when he expects the decision to be reached by the European Court of Justice on the Leybucht bay case : European Commission v. the Federal Republic of Germany.
The Attorney-General : The Advocate General gave his opinion in ECJ Case C57/89 Commission v. Germany on 5 December 1990, and it is expected that the European Court of Justice will deliver its judgment on 28 February 1991.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Refugees
Mr. Fraser : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions have taken place with other European Community states about a common approach to refugees.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Asylum policy has been discussed in a wide range of meetings at both ministerial and official level between member states of the European Community. The Dublin convention, signed by 11 member states last June, seeks to clarify responsibilities for considering individual asylum cases.
Racial Equality
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he last met the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Rumbold : My right hon. Friend met thechairman of the Commission for Racial Equality on Thursday 14 February to discuss current issues affecting community relations.
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what resources at 1990 prices have been allocated by the Government to the Commission for Racial Equality for each year since its creation.
Mrs. Rumbold : The information is as follows :
|Actual grant|At 1989-90
|(£) |prices
|(£)
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1977-78<1> |3,150,000 |8,172,266
1978-79 |4,900,000 |11,464,938
1979-80 |5,900,000 |11,831,234
1980-81 |7,000,000 |11,862,396
1981-81 |7,475,000 |11,552,073
1982-83 |8,287,000 |11,957,462
1983-84 |8,629,000 |11,900,591
1984-85 |9,359,000 |12,283,441
1985-86 |9,447,322 |11,759,029
1986-87 |10,583,000 |12,737,251
1987-88 |10,845,000 |12,378,300
1988-89 |11,256,000 |11,973,449
1989-90 |11,805,000 |11,805,000
1990-91<2> |13,512,400 |12,511,481
<1> Part.
<2> Based on latest GDP deflator available in
November 1990.
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many magistrates there are in Britain ; and of these how many are (a) black, (b) Asian and (c) women.
The Attorney-General : I have been asked to reply.
As at 1 January 1991 there were 29,062 lay magistrates in England and Wales. Of these, 12,964 were women. Records are not kept of the racial origins of magistrates. However, surveys in 1987 indicated that 528 were members of an ethnic minority and an informal count since has shown that the number of such appointments has exceeded the proportion in the population age groups from which appointments are normally made.
Animal Experiments
Mr. Lawrence : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has on the numbers of, or trend in, the numbers of animal experiments since the implementation of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
Mrs. Rumbold : The number of scientific procedures performed on living animals since the introduction of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 is given in table 23 of "Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain 1989"--Cm. 1152--a copy of which is in the Library. The table shows that the use of living animals in scientific procedures has been declining steadily for many years. The 1986 Act has given further impetus to this encouraging trend.
The Gulf
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many meetings he has had with representatives of the Asian community in Britain to discuss the Gulf war ; and if he will list the organisations concerned.
Mrs. Rumbold : My right hon. Friend recently attended the annual banquet of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. A visit to the Glasgow central mosque, planned for 18 January, had to be postponed and rearranged for a date in May. However, I met representatives of the United Kingdom action committee on Islamic affairs on 23 January. Such meetings reflect continuing contacts at ministerial and official level.
North Yorkshire Police
Mr. Caborn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many additional uniformed police officers, excluding special constables, have been authorised to be added to the strength of the North Yorkshire police in each year from 1975 to 1990.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : It is not possible to distinguish between increases in uniformed and non-uniformed police officers as such information is not held centrally. The establishment of the North Yorkshire police has been increased in the following years between 1975 and 1990 :
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Year |Police Posts --------------------------------------- 1975 |111 1979 |40 1989 |15 1990 |25
The police authority did not request establishment increases in the years 1980-81 to 1987-88 inclusive.
Mr. Caborn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were (a) recorded and (b) detected by North Yorkshire police in each year from 1975 to 1990.
Mr. John Patten : The requested information for 1975-1989 is published in the annual reports of the chief constable of North Yorkshire for the years 1976, 1978 and 1989. Copies of these publications are available in the Library. Statistics for 1990 are not yet available.
Electoral Registers
Mr. Darling : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by parliamentary constituency the number of electors listed in the draft electoral register for 1991-92 and the number listed in the register for 1990-91.
Mrs. Rumbold : Figures on the number of electors included in draft electoral registers for England and Wales are not held centrally. Figures on the number of local government electors included in the register for 1991-92 will be published by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys in the spring ; parliamentary constituency electorates will be published in the summer in the OPCS annual reference volume on electoral statistics. Figures relating to the electoral register for 1990-91 were published in the last year's annual reference volume, a copy of which is in the Library.
Immigration
Mr. Darling : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the average cost in 1990-91 of processing each application for (a) registration as a British citizen, (b) naturalisation on grounds of marriage and (c) other naturalisation ;
(2) what is the average cost in 1990-91 of processing applications for (a) registration as a British citizen, (b) naturalisation on the grounds of marriage and (c) other naturalisations where the application is withdrawn or abandoned.
Mr. Peter Lloyd: The average cost of processing applications in each of these categories during the period April 1990-January 1991 is shown in the table. Average cost of withdrawn applications is not computed separately :
J
Category of application Average cost of processing
|Successful |Unsuccessful
|££
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Registration |79.51 |58.00
Naturalisation of a person married
to a British citizen |143.95 |135.95
Naturalisation on grounds of
residence in the United
Kingdom |175.50 |140.16
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Iraqi Nationals
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is his estimate of the number, to the latest available date, or Iraqi nationals and other nationals, required to register under the Immigration (Variation of Leave) Order 1991, who, to date, have failed to register ; what are the requirements of registration ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) how many Iraqi nationals are currently registered with the police ; what fee is charged for registration ; and how many such registrations since the coming into force of the Immigration (Variation of Leave) Order 1991 have been made.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : On 21 January 1991, a total of 3,484 Iraqi nationals were registered with the police. Information is not yet available centrally showing the number who have registered since coming into force of the Immigration (Variation of Leave) Order 1991 which required all Iraqi nationals with a limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom to register with the police. The requirements of registration are to supply within seven days of the requirement being imposed certain details to the police, such as name, date of birth, address, together with a recent photograph and to keep the police informed of changes in circumstances. The fee for registration is currently £36.
Metropolitan Police
Sir John Wheeler : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what will be the total cost to public funds of the Metropolitan police in 1991-92 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : As police authority for the metropolis, I have approved estimates which provide for net revenue expenditure of £1, 415.167 million in 1991-92. There will be a cash limit on current expenditure of £1,370.423 million. Capital expenditure is subject to separate control.
I have also approved the issue of a precept of £123.74 per head of relevant population for Metropolitan police purposes. This is not the sum levied on individual community charge payers, but will be levied on local authorities' collection funds which include income from revenue support grant and national non-domestic rates as well as the community charge.
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Sports Facilities
Mr. Higgins : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has on sports facilities provided by local authorities at community charge payers' expense which are not being used because contracts for their operation have not been put out to tender.
Mr. Atkins : I am unaware of any cases where local authority sports facilities are not being used because contracts for their management have not been put out to tender. SI 1990 No. 1564 specifies that competition in the management of sports and leisure facilities should be phased in by steps from 1 January 1992 to 1 January 1993.
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Mr. Higgins : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether it is his policy that contracts for the operation and maintenance of sports facilities provided by local authorities must be put out to tender if there is no possibility that the revenue from them will cover costs.
Mr. Atkins : The Government are introducing compulsory competitive tendering in the management of local authority sports facilities because they believe it will result in better value for money from local authority expenditure.
Data Protection Act
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has made an estimate of the total cost of registration of all schools under the Data Protection Act ; and whether he has any plans to increase grants in order to cover these costs.
Mr. Fallon : No information is available on the extent to which schools make use of personal data held on computer which would make registration necessary.
West Midlands (Minister's Visit)
Mr. Terry Davis : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what official engagements were undertaken by the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Mr. Howarth) during his visit to the west midlands on 30 January.
Mr. Alan Howarth : As sponsor Minister for the Birmingham city action team and the East Birmingham task force, I visited the Hodge Hill access centre, based at Hodge Hill girls' school in Birmingham, and attended a special meeting of the Birmingham city action team at the Birmingham area office of the Employment services in New street. In the afternoon, I visited Coventry polytechnic, particularly the department of health sciences and the department of mechanical engineering and held meetings with academics and students.
Teachers (North Yorkshire)
Mr. Caborn : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the full-time equivalent number of teachers employed in North Yorkshire secondary schools in each year from 1974 to 1990, in each of the following subject areas (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) physics, (d) chemistry, (f) technology, (g) history, (h) geography, (i) economics, (j) French, (k) German, (l) Spanish, (m) Italian, (n) Russian, (o) other modern languages, (p) religious education, (q) art, (r) music and (s) physical education.
Mr. Fallon : Information on the deployment of teachers within individual local authorities is not centrally available.
Mr. Caborn : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many (a) heads and deputy heads and (b) other teachers in North Yorkshire infant and primary schools, and North Yorkshire secondary schools, have (i) left the profession, (ii) sought early retirement and (iii) taken early retirement in each year from 1974 to 1990.
Mr. Fallon : The table gives information on teachers leaving the profession and those retiring before age 60, for
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the years 1985-86 to 1987-88. Information for earlier years is not readily available, and for later years is not yet available. The number of teachers seeking early retirement is not centrally available.Column 77
Full-time teachers in maintained schools in North Yorkshire
Number leaving teachNumber retiring before 60
|Heads and|Other |Heads and|Other
|deputies |teachers |deputies |teachers
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Nursery and primary
Year to 31 March
1986 |4 |49 |18 |37
1987 |8 |52 |22 |31
1988 |5 |42 |17 |22
Secondary
Year to 31 March
1986 |0 |108 |7 |72
1987 |0 |100 |7 |43
1988 |1 |106 |2 |35
Note: "Leaving teaching" excludes those who were barred, died or
moved into service in special or further education or in independent
schools. Some of those leaving may have since returned to teaching.
Mr. Caborn : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the full-time equivalent number of teachers employed in (a) North Yorkshire infant and primary schools, and (b) North Yorkshire secondary schools in each year from 1974 to 1990.
Mr. Fallon : The number of full-time equivalent qualified teachers employed within maintained primary and secondary schools in North Yorkshire were as follows :
January |Primary<1> each year |schools |schools -------------------------------------------------------- 1975 |2,661 |2,805 1976 |2,718 |2,945 1977 |2,744 |3,059 1978 |2,727 |3,126 1979 |2,698 |3,160 1980 |2,648 |3,219 1981 |2,529 |3,197 1982 |2,402 |3,178 1983 |2,304 |3,205 1984 |2,282 |3,197 1985 |2,271 |3,073 1986 |2,274 |3,017 1987 |2,322 |2,938 1988 |2,356 |2,852 1989 |2,411 |2,814 1990 |2,450 |2,795 <1> All types of primary school including infant schools. <2> Includes middle schools deemed secondary.
Data for 1974 are not readily available.
ILEA
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his estimate of staff numbers in his Department involved in full or part-time work arising from abolition of the Inner London education authority.
Mr. Fallon : The DES has an inner London unit with 14 staff. Most of the work of the unit is in connection with schools in the new inner London education authorities. There is however still some residual business arising from the abolition of ILEA.
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Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his current estimate of the financial and staff savings arising from the abolition of ILEA ; and when the figures were last assessed.
Mr. Fallon : There are already encouraging signs that many of the new inner London LEAs are seeking to increase efficiency in their education service ; it is too early to assess precise savings.
Special Schools
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will list, for those local authorities for which numbers are available for the latest date available, how many pupils with statements of special educational needs are recorded as attending maintained special schools under arrangements made by the authority ;
(2) if he will list, for those local authorities for which numbers are available, and for the latest date available, how many pupils with special educational needs are recorded as attending non-maintained special schools and independent schools under arrangements made by the authority.
Mr. Fallon : The number of pupils in maintained special schools, non -maintained special schools and the number of pupils with statements of special educational needs in independent schools in each local education authority in England in January 1990 is given in the table.
Pupils with statements of special educational needs
January 1990
Special schools<1> Independent
schools
|Maintained |Non-
|maintained
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City |0 |0 |0
Camden |421 |0 |1
Greenwich |744 |0 |0
Hackney |663 |0 |4
Hammersmith |481 |0 |2
Islington |336 |0 |0
Kensington and
Chelsea |98 |0 |1
Lambeth |958 |0 |0
Lewisham |505 |0 |1
Southwark |578 |0 |0
Tower Hamlets |484 |0 |0
Wandsworth |740 |0 |3
Westminster |219 |0 |21
Barking |190 |0 |0
Barnet |345 |0 |26
Bexley |268 |0 |0
Brent |372 |0 |0
Bromley |384 |43 |3
Croydon |488 |0 |12
Ealing |442 |0 |37
Enfield |416 |0 |1
Haringey |329 |0 |0
Harrow |245 |0 |1
Havering |268 |0 |0
Hillingdon |381 |101 |0
Hounslow |495 |0 |0
Kingston upon
Thames |255 |0 |0
Merton |254 |0 |0
Newham |479 |0 |0
Redbridge |409 |16 |69
Richmond upon
Thames |177 |0 |0
Sutton |299 |0 |67
Waltham Forest |755 |0 |0
Birmingham |2,864 |56 |12
Coventry |860 |0 |1
Dudley |546 |0 |0
Sandwell |889 |0 |0
Solihull |246 |0 |2
Walsall |577 |0 |0
Wolverhampton |501 |0 |0
Knowsley |668 |0 |0
Liverpool |1,560 |155 |0
St. Helens |479 |0 |99
Sefton |452 |178 |122
Wirral |790 |83 |0
Bolton |456 |41 |0
Bury |285 |0 |1
Manchester |1,731 |0 |0
Oldham |627 |0 |0
Rochdale |540 |0 |0
Salford |666 |0 |1
Stockport |397 |322 |7
Tameside |417 |0 |0
Trafford |389 |0 |0
Wigan |795 |0 |0
Barnsley |220 |0 |0
Doncaster |731 |317 |129
Rotherham |613 |0 |32
Sheffield |868 |0 |0
Bradford |965 |0 |0
Calderdale |232 |87 |33
Kirklees |652 |39 |0
Leeds |1,132 |200 |22
Wakefield |635 |0 |1
Gateshead |415 |0 |0
Newcastle-upon-
Tyne |638 |153 |5
North Tyneside |425 |137 |0
South Tyneside |305 |0 |0
Sunderland |644 |0 |53
Isles of Scilly |0 |0 |0
Avon |2,047 |0 |225
Bedfordshire |1,123 |0 |1
Berkshire |1,497 |240 |58
Buckinghamshire |1,512 |0 |68
Cambridgeshire |1,035 |0 |88
Cheshire |1,430 |173 |1
Cleveland |1,379 |0 |1
Cornwall |313 |0 |34
Cumbria |425 |0 |334
Derbyshire |1,453 |136 |271
Devon |1,713 |348 |458
Dorset |1,117 |86 |148
Durham |1,010 |0 |2
East Sussex |1,361 |445 |377
Essex |2,592 |168 |112
Gloucestershire |1,241 |67 |89
Hampshire |3,820 |287 |415
Hereford and Worcester |1,326 |164 |242
Hertfordshire |1,907 |67 |85
Humberside |1,269 |0 |0
Isle of Wight |273 |47 |0
Kent |3,346 |483 |174
Lancashire |3,238 |192 |25
Leicestershire |1,114 |0 |61
Lincolnshire |1,163 |0 |64
Norfolk |884 |0 |215
North Yorshire |1,067 |209 |15
Northamptonshire |1,169 |32 |65
Northumberland |542 |0 |50
Nottinghamshire |2,156 |79 |40
Oxfordshire |820 |141 |50
Shropshire |611 |89 |177
Somerset |592 |62 |252
Staffordshire |2,001 |0 |164
Suffolk |747 |0 |111
Surrey |1,775 |638 |92
Warwickshire |1,383 |0 |10
West Sussex |1,214 |101 |254
Wiltshire |698 |62 |26
England |93,051 |6,244 |5,623
<1> All pupils in special schools.
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will place responses to his circular regarding the application of local management of schools in the Library ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Fallon [holding answer 18 February 1991] : It is not our normal practice to publish responses to consultation on draft circulars. We are considering the responses carefully and will take full account of them in drawing up the final version of the circular.
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effect of (a) retention of funds for special needs by the local education authority in the LMS formula and (b) delegation of special needs funds to maintained schools in the LMS formula.
Mr. Fallon [holding answer 18 February 1991] : We are monitoring and reviewing all aspects of the effects of local management-- with the help of LEAs, the local authority and head teacher associations, and Her Majesty's inspectorate. Close attention will be paid to the effects of different ways of managing provision for pupils with special educational needs within the context of LMS--local management of schools.
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what account he has taken
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regarding the responsibilities of local education authorities under the Education Act 1981, when considering the application of LMS to (a) special schools and (b) children with special needs in mainstream education.Mr. Fallon [holding answer 18 February 1991] : Circular 7/88, which guided the preparation of LMS schemes for mainstream schools, stated that the Secretary of State expected LEAs to include within schemes provision for taking into account pupils with special needs as defined under the 1981 Act, including both pupils with and without statements made under that Act. Where provision for pupils with statements of special needs is delegated to schools under schemes of local management, the Secretary of State expects to see LEAs place conditions on governors of schools with delegated budgets, binding them to deliver the provision required by the statements. My right hon. and learned Friend is currently consulting on proposals to extend local management to special schools.
Sport and Physical Education
Mr. Pendry : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he will publish the interim report of the working group on sport and physical education in the national curriculum.
Mr. Atkins : I refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. and learned Friend gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby and Kenilworth (Mr. Pawsey) on 18 February, Official Report, column 23.
School Premises
Mr. Pendry : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science on what date the public consultation stage of the review of the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1981 will commence ; what time scale has been decided for the completion of the consultation stage ; and if he will list the organisations invited to take part in the public consultation.
Mr. Fallon : We expect consultation to begin within the next week. Comments will be invited by Friday 22 March. We shall be writing to the following organisations :
Local Authority Associations :
Association of Metropolitan Authorities
Association of County Councils
Local Education Authorities
Chief Education Officers--England
School Governors
National Association of Governors and Managers
GM Schools
Grant Maintained Schools Trust
City Technology Colleges
CTC Trust
Religious Bodies
Catholic Education Council
General Synod of the Church of England
London Board of Jewish Religious Education
Methodist Church Division of Education and Youth
Teachers Associations
National Union of Teachers
Secondary Heads Association
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