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Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will set out the additional revenue related to start-up costs, for each of the city technology colleges ; (2) if he will set out the sum allowed for central administration in the budget of each of the city technology colleges, and the calculation behind the sum in each case ;
(3) if he will set out (a) the revenue costs per pupil, for the current year, of each of the existing city technological colleges, and (b) the basis of the calculation for the revenue costs in each case.
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply of 31 October 1990, Official Report, columns 517-18, at what per pupil rate, for pupils (a) under and (b) over school leaving age, annual capitation grant has been paid during the 1990-91 academic year to city technology colleges operating in the London area ; and what has been the total amount of annual per capita grant paid to each of these colleges for this year.
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Mr. Eggar : The table sets out the recurrent grant available to each of the existing city technology colleges in the current academic year. The grants comprise an annual per capita grant (APG) in respect of each pupil ; and earmarked annual grants (EAG) covering initial stocks of consumables and IT software, and continuing requirements for school meals, pupil support and INSET. The basic per capita grant this year is £2,075 for pupils under school leaving age, and is weighted in respect of those pupils over school leaving age. It is derived from actual LEA out-turn expenditure in financial year 1988-89, the latest year for which such information is available. An allowance of 7 per cent. has been added to the LEA figure to cover central administration costs, and the figure is repriced to 1990-91 values.
Provision is made within annual per capital grant for diseconomies of scale during college's start-up period, reflecting good practice in respect of new schools within the LEA maintained sector. The annual per capital grant for colleges in the London area contains a further enhancement to reflect necessarily higher operating costs.
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Recurrent funding of existing CTCs-academic year 1990-91
College Academic Year 1990-91 At full capacity
Basic Weighted Pupils APG EAG Total Unit Pupils Unit
APG APG Numbers recurrent costs per Numbers costs per
|costs |pupil |pupil<1>
|£ |£ |£ million|£ million|£ million|£ |£
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Kingshurst |2,075 |2,300 |USLA |540 |1.900 |0.195 |2.095 |3,036 |USLA |900 |2,459
|OSLA |150 |OSLA |200
Teesside |2,075 |2,300 |USLA |372 |1.288 |0.137 |1.425 |3,830 |USLA |900 |2,450
|OSLA |OSLA |200
Nottingham |2,075 |2,280 |USLA |336 |1.387 |0.142 |1.529 |3,940 |USLA |835 |2,430
|OSLA |52 |OSLA |165
Bradford |2,075 |2,365 |USLA |180 |0.975 |0.200 |1.175 |6,527 |USLA |750 |2,540
|OSLA |OSLA |230
Harris |2,345 |2,600
OSLA |744 |2.671 |0.281 |2.952 |3,899 |USLA |900 |2,736
|OSLA |13 |OSLA |200
Dartford |2,105 |2,305 |USLA |825 |2.543 |0.326 |2.869 |3,173 |USLA |1,050 |2,448
|OSLA |79 |OSLA |200
Gateshead |2,075 |2,285 |USLA |150 |0.900 |0.181 |1.081 |7,206 |USLA |750 |2,430
|OSLA |OSLA |150
<1> The unit cost at full capacity (see column 10) assumes recurrent funding at constant 1990-91 prices.
Notes:
1. The per capita grant is enhanced in the early years, but on a progressively diminishing basis as student numbers build-up, to recompense
the CTC for the abnormal costs in the start-up period. The unit cost in the early years before reaching full pupil capacity is therefore higher
than that applying in schools which are full.
2. The weighted APG at column 3 is based upon the planned mix of pupils under school leaving age (USLA) and over school leaving age
(OSLA) at full capacity.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his answer of 26 June, Official Report, columns 466- 67, to the hon. Member for Leeds, Central (Mr. Fatchett), if he has yet reached a decision as to whether any redundancy payments are to be made to teaching and non-teaching staff at Bacon Church of England secondary school who have not been offered equivalent employment at the new Bacon city technology college.
Mr. Eggar : I have nothing to add to the reply that I gave to the hon. Member for Leeds, Central (Mr. Fatchett) on 26 June 1991 at columns 466-67.
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Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what advice he has issued on admissions policy for city technology colleges in respect of admission of siblings.
Mr. Eggar : None. It is for colleges to determine such details of admission procedures in accordance with funding agreement requirements.
Standard Assessment Tasks
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children who were tested as seven-year-olds in the summer term of 1991 were (a) in mixed-age classes and (b) in classes of 30 or over.
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Mr. Eggar : The information requested is not available nationally.Schools (Swimming)
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make it his policy to ensure that all education authorities and maintained schools make provision for the teaching of swimming.
Mr. Atkins : The national curriculum working group on physical education has considered questions concerning the teaching of swimming. My right hon. and learned Friend is currently considering the working group's final report. The Government's response to the group's report will be published shortly.
Adult Education Centres
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received about the future of adult education centres, consequent on the publication of his White Paper "Education and Training for the 21st Century" ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : We have received several hundred such representations.
Primary School Class Sizes
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has to ensure that class sizes in primary schools are not above 30 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Fallon : I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Redmond) on 13 June 1991 at column 642 .
TRANSPORT
Motorway Bridge Numbering
Mr. Allason : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made with the motorway bridge numbering scheme.
Mr. Chope : Instructions to begin implementing the motorway bridge numbering scheme will be issued to the Department's regional offices and agent authorities by the early autumn. The work should be completed in two to three years.
Orange Badge Scheme
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his timescale for reviewing agreements amongst user groups concerning new regulations for the orange badge scheme for disabled people ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Chope : I have had further helpful discussions with representative organisations and hope to make an announcement shortly.
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Greater Manchester Relief Road
Mr. Lewis : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his written answer of 15 July, if he will give the number of route options which will be open for public consultation in the autumn, in respect of the Greater Manchester western and northern relief road.
Mr. Chope : This is a matter still to be decided. Information on the form of public consultation will not be given until the start of that process.
Mobile Telephones
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce a specific category on police accident fault report forms to enable the identification of whether the use of a mobile phone may have been a factor in the accident.
Mr. Chope [holding answer 18 July 1991] : The police complete a STATS19 accident report form for each personal injury road accident that occurs in Great Britain. This form records 70 different items regarding the attendant circumstances of the accident and the vehicles and casualties involved. It does not record the cause of accidents or attempt to apportion blame or find fault,as this is often difficult and sometimes impossibleto determine objectively. Some police forces record additional information on injury road accidents for local purposes, but this is not collected centrally. The content of the STATS19 form is the responsibility of the Standing Committee on Road Accident Statistics, which meets twice a year and includes representatives from the police, local authorities and central Government.
M11 Link Road
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what plans he has to upgrade the M11 link road through Leyton and Leytonstone in the light of his Department's document entitled "Transport and the Environment" ;
(2) if he will reissue the booklet "Transport and the Environment", with a case study on the M11 link road through Leyton and Leytonstone.
Mr. Chope [holding answer 18 July 1991] : I have no plans for a further reissue of the booklet "Transport and the Environment" as the latest edition was published only a few weeks ago. The booklet is descriptive and does not prescribe standards to mitigate environmental impact. There are no plans to change the design of the A12 Hackney-M11 link road consequent upon publication of the latest edition.
WALES
Dentists
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for each health authority in Wales the number of general dental practitioners on whom the Dental Practice Board has placed prior approval by targeting.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : No general dental practitioner in Wales has been placed on prior approval by targeting.
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Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the areas of Wales which family health services authorities have identified as being in need of more dentists.Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Family health services authorities have notified to our Department the following areas, as being in need of dentists, for the purpose of meeting the qualifying criteria for payment of grants under the location incentive scheme.
FHSA |Area
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Clwyd |Queensferry
Dyfed |Gwendraeth Valley
Gwent |Ringland-Newport
|Blaenau Gwent
Gwynedd |Whole of Gwynedd
Mid Glamorgan |Upper Rhymney Valley
|Central Ogwr
Powys |None
South Glamorgan |Pentwyn-Cardiff
West Glamorgan |None
Mental Handicap Review
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was his original target for the publication of the "Review of the All Wales Strategy for the Development of Services for People with a Mental Handicap" ; what is the latest estimated date of its publication ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The original target date for publication of an analysis of responses to our November 1990 paper on key issues together with our outline proposals for the future was the end of April 1991. We have received almost 120 responses which, taken as a whole, are particularly detailed, thoughtful and helpful. We have been concerned to do full justice to these comments in our consideration of the programme of action from 1993. Our proposals will be published shortly, and comments invited on them by the end of November, with the aim of having as much time for responses as the original timetable.
Home Energy Efficiency
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many dwellings have (a) been draught proofed and (b) had loft insulation carried out under the home energy efficiency scheme in Wales, and in each county : and what are the estimated numbers of properties which qualify under the scheme.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The information on dwellings which have been draught-proofed is not collected.
A total of 238,900 homes have been included in the homes insulation scheme, since its introduction in September 1978 up to the first quarter of 1991. The scheme came to an end in April 1990. A county breakdown is available only from 1984 to 1991. The county totals for this period are as follows :
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Number of dwellings insulated
1984 to 1991
County |Number
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Clwyd |13,496
Dyfed |12,075
Gwent |15,416
Gwynedd |8,414
Mid Glamorgan |26,568
Powys |3,207
South Glamorgan |16,702
West Glamorgan |14,888
|-------
Wales |110,766
Children (Hearing Loss)
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what new measures he intends to take in schools in Wales to assist children who suffer severe hearing loss.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Local education authorities have the responsibility for securing appropriate provision in schools for children with special educational needs, including those with a severe hearing loss. The Welsh Office has made support available to local education authorities under the grants for educational support and training programme for the in- service training of teachers of children with a hearing impairment. This support will also be available in 1992-93.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many children there are in Wales by each county and by category who suffer hearing difficulties ;
(2) how many unfilled vacancies there were in Wales for teachers of children suffering hearing loss in January 1991 and January 1990 ; (3) how many qualified teachers employed in each of the local education authorities in Wales are engaged in teaching those who suffer hearing difficulties.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The information is not collected centrally.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what measures he has so for taken to assist children with severe hearing loss.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply that I gave him on 6 June 1991. It is the responsibility of the relevant statutory authorities to provide services which meet the needs of all those with disabilities.
Dark Lane Infill Site
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he has received any complaints about tipping at the Dark lane, Rossett, Clwyd infill site ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : A number of representations have been made by the hon. Gentleman to the Welsh Office in the past year.
British Airways
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had concerning the future of British Airways in south Wales with the chairman of the Welsh Development Agency.
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Mr. David Hunt : I have regular discussions with the chairman of the Welsh Development Agency about a range of matters concerning the development of the Welsh economy.Veterinary Officers
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many veterinary officers are employed in Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food earlier today.
EMPLOYMENT
Woollen Textiles
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies in the wollen textile industry in West Yorkshire have been notified for 1991 to the most recent practicable date ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Jackson : The number of redundancies confirmed as having taken place in the textile industry in the Yorkshire and Humberside region during the first four months of 1991 is 584. Information is not available for the woollen textile industry, nor for West Yorkshire county.
Health and Safety
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many prosecutions for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Factories Act 1961 and associated subordinated legislation have been undertaken so far to the most recent practicable date in 1991 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : The information is not available in the form requested. The table shows the number of informations laid by Health and Safety Executive inspectorates and local authorities for the period January 1975 to March 1990. Figures for the period April 1990 to March 1991 are not yet available.
Information laid by HSC/E enforcing
authorities and local
authorities 1975-1989-90
Date of |Number of
hearing |informations
|laid
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1975 |<1>2,956
1976 |<1>2,174
1977 |<2>3,023
1978 |<2>3,012
1979 |<3>2,730
1980 |<3>3,169
1981 |<4>2,408
1982 |<4>2,819
1983 |2,749
1984 |2,794
1985 |2,772
1986-87 |2,812
1987-88 |3,062
1988-89 |3,059
1989-90 |3,366
<1> Information laid by Her Majesty's
factory inspectorate.
<2> Information laid by Her Majesty's
factory inspectorate and local
authorities.
<3> Informations laid by Her Majesty's
factory and agricultural
inspectorates and local authorities.
<4> Informations laid by Her Majesty's
factory, agricultural and
mines and quarries inspectorates and
local authorities.
Minimum Wage
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list those countries in the EC which have minimum wage legislation ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : Belgium, France, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain have statutory national minimum wage laws, though in Belgium the legal minimum applies only to those not covered by local sector -led agreements reached by both sides of industry. In the United Kingdom and Ireland minimum wage rates are set for some industries. Statutory wage fixing destroys jobs and should have no permanent place in the labour market.
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many prosecutions for breaches of the minimum wages legislation have been undertaken so far to the most recent practicable date in 1991 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : Up to 17 July, eight employers have been prosecuted for offences under wages council legislation during 1991. The policy of the wages inspectorate under all Governments has been to seek compliance by advice and persuasion and to consider prosecution only where there is deliberate or repeated disregard for the law.
Tourism
Mr. Fearn : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of Britain's gross national product is attributable to tourism for the years 1989, 1990 and 1991 to date.
Mr. Forth : The latest available estimates show that about 5 per cent. of the gross national product of the United Kingdom was attributable to the tourism industry in both 1989 and 1990.
Job Search Seminars
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many job search seminars have been held in each of the counties of Wales.
Mr. Jackson : Questions on operational matters in the Employment Service Executive Agency are the responsibility of Mike Fogden, the agency's chief executive, to whom I have referred this question for reply.
DEFENCE
Quality Assurance
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what will be the impact on the future staffing of the directorate general of defence quality assurance of his Department's decision to rely on NACCB--National Accreditation Council for Certification
Bodies--certification rather than carrying out its own routine assessments of potential contractors.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : The contractor assessment branch has been disbanded and the work has been passed
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to DGDQA's regional directors. The number of full-time staff engaged on assessment has been reduced from 60 to 30 and it is expected that a further 10 full-time posts will be saved. DGDQA staff will continue to assess contractors' capabilities where access to highly classified records or material is involved or where no NACCB accredited organisation is able to cover the full scope of the contractor's work.Armed Forces Rugby Unions
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 15 July to the hon. Member for Wakefield, whether the recently advertised post of youth development officer for the Royal Naval Rugby Union is to be funded from within his Department's budget for the Royal Naval Rugby Union.
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the full cost to his Department of (a) the Armed Forces Rugby Union and (b) the Royal Air Force Rugby Union ; and how many full or part-time posts there are within both organisations.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The Armed Forces Rugby Union (in fact the Combined Services Rugby Football Committee) and Royal Air Force Rugby Union are run by executive committees, who provide their services on a voluntary basis. There are no full or part-time posts funded by the Ministry of Defence solely dedicated to the support of these organisations. MOD does provide financial assistance with both sports equipment and travel costs for officials and players but these costs are not held centrally.
Avionics Department, RAF Carlisle
Mr. Martlew : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will announce his decision on whether the avionics department of RAF Carlisle 14 MU is to be transferred to RAF Sealand.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : This is a matter for the chief executive of the RAF maintenance group defence support agency. I have asked him to write to the hon. Member.
SCOTLAND
Toxoplasmosis
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what research is being carried out by his Department into the possible causes and sources of contamination of congenital toxoplasmosis ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The Scottish Office Home and Health Department is not currently supporting research into the possible causes and sources of contamination of congenital toxoplasmosis but favourable consideration would be given to any application for funding for soundly based research projects on this topic.
Kinross Health Centre
Mr. Galbraith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on proposals for a new health centre in Kinross.
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Mr. Michael Forsyth : The chairman of Tayside health board has written to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Perth and Kinross, in whose constituency the health centre is located, indicating that the provision of a new health centre for Kinross is high on the list of Tayside health board's capital priorities, and I understand that it has recently purchased some land for the new centre.
European Private Patients Group
Mr. Doran : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what hospitals in Scotland participate in the European Private Patients Group.
Hospital Infection Manual
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the way in which the hospital infection manual is being implemented in Scotland by hospitals both in the national health service and the private sector.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The hospital infection manual, which has been made available for use both in the national health service and the private sector in Scotland, includes valuable advice on the control of infection and on procedures for dealing with outbreaks of infection in hospitals. The manual is highly regarded and its advice widely implemented, usually under the direction of the chief administrative medical officer.
Veterinary Officers
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many veterinary officers are employed in Scotland ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given today by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Education at Home
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps are taken by his Department to promote awareness among parents of their statutory rights under section 30 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 to educate their children at home.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 17 July 1991] : The hon. Gentleman needs to distinguish between a right and a duty. It is for a parent to carry out his statutory duty under Section 30 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 to provide efficient education for his child suitable to his age, ability and aptitude either by ensuring that he attends a public school or by other means.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Indonesia
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, in view of the human rights record of Indonesia, he will oppose the granting of an export licence to British Aerospace to sell to Indonesia Hawk trainer/fighter aircraft.
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Mr. Lennox-Boyd : No application has yet been received by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the signatories to the United Nations nuclear non-proliferation treaty to the most recent practicable date.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : To date, there are 142 states parties to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Taiwan and North Korea, not recognised as states by Her Majesty's Government, have also deposited instruments of ratification and accession to the treaty.
The list of states parties to the non-proliferation treaty is as follows :
States party to the non-proliferation treaty
1. United Kingdom
2. United States of America
3. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
4. Afghanistan
5. Albania
6. Antigua and Burbuda
7. Australia
8. Austria
9. Bahamas
10. Bahrain
11. Bangladesh
12. Barbados
13. Belgium
14. Belize
15. Benin
16. Bhutan
17. Bolivia
18. Botswana
19. Brunei Darussalam
20. Bulgaria
21. Burkina Faso
22. Burundi
23. Cambodia
24. Cameroon
25. Canada
26. Cape Verde
27. Central African Republic
28. Chad
29. Colombia
30. Congo
31. Costa Rica
32. Cote D'Ivoire
33. Cyprus
34. Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
35. Denmark
36. Dominica
37. Dominican Republic
38. Ecuador
39. Egypt
40. El Salvador
41. Equatorial Guinea
42. Ethiopia
43. Fiji
44. Finland
45. Gabon
46. Gambia
47. Germany, Federal Republic
48. Ghana
49. Greece
50. Grenada
51. Guatemala
52. Guinea
53. Guinea Bissau
54. Haiti
55. Holy See
56. Honduras
57. Hungary
58. Iceland
59. Indonesia
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