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Written Answers to Questions
Wednesday 24 July 1991
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Public Record Office
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Attorney-General if he will make a statement on the Lord Chancellor's response to Dr. David Starkey's representations on the public opening as a tourist attraction of the Public Record Office in central London, after the move to Kew.
The Attorney-General : My noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor has not yet received any representations from Dr. David Starkey. Dr. Starkey has, however, requested a meeting with the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chancellor hopes that this can be arranged after the summer recess.
Judges (Pensions)
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Attorney-General what plans the Government have for changes in the pension arrangements for judges.
The Attorney-General : Last December, the Government issued a consultation paper proposing a number of changes to the judicial pension schemes. In the light of the responses to that paper, we have now decided to bring forward legislation at a convenient opportunity to establish a revised, unified pension scheme, which will apply to salaried judicial officers throughout the United Kingdom. My noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor has today written to the Lord Chief Justice with details of the proposed revised scheme and copies of that letter are being sent to all those in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who submitted comments on the consultation paper. A copy is also being placed in the Libraries of both Houses. The Secretary of State for Scotland is writing similarly to the Lord President of the Court of Session, and copies of his letter will be sent to all those in Scotland who commented on the consultation paper.
TRANSPORT
Lead-free Petrol
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proposals his Department has to stimulate the use of lead-free petrol.
Mr. Chope : Regulations already in force--SI 198 No. 1522--require all spark-ignition cars first manufactured on or after 1 October 1990 to be capable of running on unleaded petrol. On 26 June the EC Council of Ministers adopted an amending directive requiring, among other things, that all spark-ignition cars first used on or after 31 December 1992 must be constructed so that they can run only on unleaded petrol. Regulations introducing the
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directive into United Kingdom law will be laid later this year. As a fiscal incentive to greater use of unleaded petrol, the Chancellor in his last Budget further increased the duty differential between it and leaded petrol.A13, Canning Town
Ms. Gordon : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what are the traffic counts for (a) cars and (b) lorries on the A13 from Burdett road junction to the Canning Town flyover in each year since 1979.
Mr. Chope : The available estimates are as follows :
Annual average daily flows
|1982 |1988
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All vehicles |36,000|45,000
Cars and taxis |23,000|31,000
Light goods vehicles |3,300 |4,600
Heavy goods vehicles<1> |6,600 |6,300
<1> Goods vehicles with an unladen weight of
1.5 tonnes or more.
These figures are based on 12-hour counts on a single day and are thus subject to sampling error.
Noise Prevention
Sir Dudley Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what inquiries he is undertaking into the efficacy of new sound-baffling techniques now used in other EC countries.
Mr. Chope : Three avenues of inquiry are being followed. The Transport and Road Research Laboratory is investigating the acoustic performance of novel noise barriers. Consultants are preparing a design guide for new types of environmental barrier informed by an earlier extensive study of continental noise barriers. Officials from my Department are contributing to the development of a European standard on anti-noise devices including noise barriers.
Taxis (Seat Belts)
Mr. Butcher : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will seek information from other European Community countries on the regulations governing compulsory wearing of seat belts in the rear of taxis.
Mr. Chope : The draft European Community directive on the compulsory use of seat belts in vehicles of less than 3.5 tonnes, is currently under discussion. There is no exemption proposed in that directive in respect of the wearing of car seat belts by the occupants of taxis whether they are purpose built or non-purpose built. It appears, therefore, that all other European Community Countries are content that such regulations should be incorporated within their own domestic law.
Transpennine Road Crossings
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the current position on the consultant's report on transpennine road crossings ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Chope : We expect the final report soon. We shall make a statement once we have assessed its findings and recommendations.
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School Crossing Safety
Mr. Colvin : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research has been carried out by his Department into the relative safety of pelican crossings and school crossing patrols, equipped where necessary with warning signs and amber flashing lights ; if he will place copies of the supporting statistics in the Library ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Chope : Research on the safety of pelican and zebra crossings is underway and a report is expected later this year. No assessment has been made of the relative safety of school crossings but advice on their provision is contained in the Department's advice note TA 52/87.
M11 Link Road
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 3 June, Official Report, column 55, whether he has had any further communications with the European Commission about the proposed M11 link road ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has any plans to undertake an environmental impact assessment of the proposed M11 link road ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Chope : The Department has already carried out an environmental impact assessment of the link road. The document was presented at the 1983 public inquiry into the need for the scheme and its line.
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport into what category the proposed M11 link road falls.
Mr. Chope : The scheme to which the hon. Gentleman refers as the M11 link road is, to give it its full title, the A12 Hackney Wick to M11 link road and falls into the category of an all-purpose trunk road.
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what Government funds have been made available to provide replacement housing for all those displaced by the proposed M11 link road ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Chope : The Department of Transport has, over the years, purchased some 250 properties at full market value from people wishing to move from the area affected by this road scheme. The firm intention to go ahead with it has been known for a number of years, as have its likely housing implications. The Department of the Environment has taken these into account in making housing investment programme allocations to the housing authority most directly concerned, the London borough of Waltham Forest.
Diesel Pollution
Mr. Favell : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his latest estimate of the cost of the implementation of European Community draft directive document No. 6701/90 on pollution from diesel engines to (a) the Exchequer (i) directly and (ii) channelled via the European institutions and (b) industry.
Mr. Chope : It is estimated that there will be no cost to the Exchequer either directly or via European institutions.
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The draft directive proposes to introduce stricter emission limits in two stages--1992-93 and 1995-96--with the potential for a third in 1999. They will affect diesel-engined trucks and buses over 3.5 tonnes. If the strictest limits for stage II are adopted, and if they result in an overall 4 per cent. fuel penalty, fuel costs in the United Kingdom would rise by £70 million, pre-tax, per year. Increases in capital costs would range, typically, from £500 for a 7.5 -tonne truck costing £14,000 to £2,000 for a 38-tonne truck costing £45,000. The overall vehicle fleet replacement cost might rise by £60 million per year. Applying stage I limits would cost considerably less.The cost of the implied reduction in the sulphur content of diesel fuel is uncertain but should not exceed 5p per gallon or £120 million a year for the 9 million tonnes of diesel consumed in the United Kingdom each year.
Seat Belts
Mr. Favell : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his latest estimate of the cost of the implementation of European Community draft directive document Nos. 9228/88 and 10333/90 on seat belts to (a) the Exchequer (i) directly and (ii) channelled via the European institutions and (b) industry.
Mr. Chope : Discussion of this draft directive is continuing in Brussels and its final form has not yet been agreed. As currently drafted the directive would have only minor cost implications for the Exchequer, but there would be some extra costs for those manufacturers of vehicles covered by the directive who do not at present fit seat belts at all anchorage points, but who would need to do so from 1 January 1992.
Ship Ownership and Registration
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the figures for (a) the total number of British-owned ships, (b) the number of British-registered ships and (c) the percentage of British- registered ships to British-owned ships for each of the last 10 years.
Mr. McLoughlin : Statistics of British-owned ships are not available before 1986.
British<1> owned and British<1> registered ships<2>: 1986-91
Year<3> |British owned |British |Percentage of
|registered |British registered to
|British owned ships
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1986 |2,215 |2,121 |95.8
1987 |2,321 |2,038 |87.8
1988 |2,303 |2,010 |87.3
1989 |2,187 |1,936 |88.5
1990 |2,114 |1,863 |88.1
<1> United Kingdom mainland-including Northern Ireland but
excluding the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
<2>. Comprises vessels of 100 gross registered tons and above,
including non-trading vessels.
<3> As at 31 December.
Inland Waterways Freight
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many applications have been made for grants under section 36 of the Transport Act 1981 ; how many of these applications have been approved ; what was the total budget available for the grants ; and what was the total amount spent on these grants for each year from 1981.
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Mr. Freeman : The Government have awarded seven inland waterways freight facilities grants since 1981. There have also been a number of enquiries from industry which have not led to grant applications. There is no separate budget for section 36 grants : these and the grants for rail freight facilities available under section 8 of the Railways Act 1974 share a common budget, which is set at £3.8 million for 1991-92. The total number of section 36 grants awards is as follows :
|Number of |Value of
|grants |award (£ )
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1983 |1 |369,340
1984 |2 |920,575
1985 |1 |26,950
1986 |1 |63,494
1990 |1 |20,000
1991 |1 |402,832
|------- |-------
Total |7 |1,803,831
Network SouthEast
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has received British Rail's final response to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission on Network SouthEast.
Mr. Freeman : I have today placed a copy of British Rail's response in the Library of the House. In making its final response to the MMC report, BR has accepted all of the commission's 54 recommendations and has already fully implemented 24 of them. British Rail has set out the action it is taking, or intends to take, to achieve the remaining 30 recommendations. I welcome the steps BR has already taken in implementing these recommendations and will continue to monitor progress.
Vehicle Inspectorate
Mr. Ian Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the vehicle inspectorate executive agency annual report for 1990-91 will be published.
Mr. Chope : The annual report has been published today. Copies are being placed in the House Library.
Orange Badges
Mr. Simon Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he is yet in a position to bring forward proposals for revising the orange badge scheme.
Mr. Chope : As I have explained in reply to previous questions, my aim has been to reach a better consensus among user groups before proceeding with any changes to the scheme. Following a recent meeting with representative organisations, that position has now been reached.
I therefore propose to proceed with a package of measures, based largely on the Department's proposals circulated for comment last year. The main changes will be to introduce the new passport-style badge which, together with the new offence provision in the Road Traffic Bill, will be a major step in tackling abuse ; automatic entitlement will be extended to those in receipt of mobility allowance and war pensioners' mobility supplement ; eligibility will be extended to people with very severe upper limb disabilities who regularly drive a vehicle ; and there will be an increase from two hours to three hours in the limit on yellow line waiting.
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I am not proposing any change to the discretionary eligibility criterion, as was originally proposed, but I shall be writing to the local authorities, who operate the scheme, to request that they give greater emphasis to ensure that badges are issued only to those who are entitled to receive them.I intend to bring forward amending regulations as soon as possible in the autumn.
Traffic Examiners
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has any information on the average numbers of hours per week spent by traffic examiners at (a) weighbridges, (b) at the roadside undertaking checks and (c) other administrative duties ; and if he is satisfied with the extent of enforcement activity by traffic examiners.
Mr. Chope [holding answer 22 July 1991] : Information is not collected at present in this particular format. It could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
Traffic examiners have increased their enforcement activity significantly in the past five years and the merger with the vehicle inspectorate should build on this and enable the improvement to be taken forward.
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many traffic examiners were in post in 1990-91 ; and what is the proposed number of posts for 1991-92.
Mr. Chope [holding answer 22 July 1991] : The average number of traffic examiners in post in 1990-91 was 216. The number currently in post is 201 ; recruitment is in hand to increase this is to a level of around 220 to meet current activity demands.
Overloading
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received from (a) trading standards officers and (b) the Association of Chief Police Officers regarding the changing of prosecution criteria for overloading offences.
Mr. Chope [holding answer 22 July 1991] : We have consulted widely among enforcement bodies about the revised guidelines which the Department's traffic examiners will apply in dealing with overloaded lorries. Trading standards officers and the police have indicated that they wish to retain full discretion in deciding when to prosecute for overloading, according to the circumstances detected and this is recognised in the Department's guidelines.
Steam-driven Vehicles
Sir Teddy Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many steam-driven vehicles are registered for vehicle tax at the showmen's rate ; if he will take steps to ensure that the right to draw three trailers under this arrangement is maintained ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Chope [holding answer 23 July 1991] : Information on the number of steam-driven vehicles registered at the showman's rate is not readily available.
Provided that the steam-driven vehicle is a locomotive, as defined in the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use)
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Regulations 1986, it may tow up to three trailers or four if one is used solely for the carriage of water, provided none of the trailers exceeds 7 m in length. I have no plans to change this arrangement.NORTHERN IRELAND
Potholes
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many potholes there are at Woodford Green in the borough of Castlereagh ; and what proposals he has for their elimination.
Mr. Needham : There are no potholes in Woodford Green. Parts of the road surface are showing signs of wear, but these do not present a hazard to traffic. The road will continue to be monitored and remedial action taken if required.
Pollution Control
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the cases where fines have been imposed under the Pollution Control and Local Government (NI) Order 1978 (S.I., 1978, No. 1049) (Northern Ireland No. 19) article 8, subsection 3, since the order was introduced ; and if he will make a statement as to whether the Government have any plans to increase the maximum fine of £400 for contravention of the conditions under which a disposal licence has been granted.
Mr. Needham : Records of prosecutions by district councils for contravention of a condition of a disposal licence are not held centrally. However, the information required will be sought from the councils and I shall write to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible. In fact, the current maximum fine under article 8(3) is £2,000. Consideration is being given to introducing legislation on the lines of part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 which would provide for a maximum penalty of £20,000 or a term of imprisonment or both.
Rural Housing
Mr. McGrady : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what level of additional financial resources he will allocate to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in order to undertake all the requirements in relation to addressing rural unfitness as outlined in the policy statement entitled "The Way Ahead".
Mr. Needham : Careful consideration will be given to any proposals for additional funding which may arise from this important initiative. However, it is, in the first instance, a matter for the Housing Executive to consider the extent of any additional resources it requires.
Education
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) whether the Department of Education will undertake an investigation of the professional, managerial and curricula viability of alternative strategies to the closure of small rural and urban schools ;
(2) whether the Department of Education will conduct a full review of the educational needs of rural
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communities, in consultation with other departments, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and the town and country planning service.Dr. Mawhinney : These issues are matters which I understand are presently the subject of consideration by Education Forum and have been included in a draft policy statement on rural schools which it has prepared. I also understand that Education Forum has referred the draft statement to its constituent organisations for consideration and may be seeking a meeting with my right hon. and noble Friend the Paymaster General to discuss the issues in due course.
The Department of Education already liaises with the planning service and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive when determining the educational needs of any area.
Blue-ear Pig Disease
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what consultations he has had with the Government of the Irish Republic regarding blue-ear pig disease ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what steps he has taken to prevent the transfer of blue-ear pig disease into Northern Ireland ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hanley : Following confirmation of blue-ear pig disease in Great Britain the Department of Agriculture issued immediate guidance to farmers and others on precautions to be taken to prevent the introduction of the disease into Northern Ireland. The thrust of the advice is that only essential visitors, vehicles and equipment should be allowed into pig units and that anyone intending to import pigs from Great Britain should seek veterinary guidance before so doing. The full guidance is contained in a press release of 14 June 1991, a copy of which has been placed in the Library.
The Department of Agriculture has previously advised veterinary practitioners of the nature of the disease and its clinical signs and pathology.
Senior veterinary and other officials of the Department of Agriculture have met with their opposite numbers from the Department of Agriculture and Food in Dublin to discuss the implications of the spread of the disease and determine a common approach, with European Community guidance, in order to minimise the potential introduction of the disease to the island of Ireland.
Cruden Houses
Mr. Salmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Cruden houses there are in Northern Ireland ; how many have been built in the last 30 years ; and if he will give details of where these houses were built and when.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 23 July 1991] : None.
Waste Incinerator
Mr. Hume : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what formal and informal discussions have taken place between Government Departments, public agencies in Northern Ireland and any Government Departments and public agencies in the Republic of Ireland regarding a possible national waste incinerator.
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Mr. Needham [holding answer 17 July 1991] : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the replies given to his questions on 29 January 1991, at column 471 and 12 February 1991, at column 413.Toxic Waste
Mr. Hume : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether any routes have now been identified for the possible transportation of toxic waste to the Du Pont site at Maydown.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 17 July 1991] : There has been no change in the position since the reply given to the hon. Gentleman's question on 19 February 1991, at column 95.
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Youth Training
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list (a) the number of youth training places in his Department and the Northern Ireland Departments and (b) the number of places occupied in May for each of the years 1989, 1990 and the current year.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 18 July 1991] : The information is as follows :
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Total plaPlaces occupied
|May 1989|May 1990|May 1991
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Department of Finance and Personnel |8 |7 |3 |3
Department of Agriculture |20 |12 |9 |7
Department of Economic Development |25 |1 |6 |14
Department of Education |4 |1 |2 |2
Department of Health and Social Services |25 |13 |12 |13
Department of the Environment |20 |12 |4 |11
|-- |-- |-- |--
Totals |102 |56 |36 |50
There are no specifically designated youth training places in the Northern Ireland Office, either currently or for earlier years.
Small Businesses
Mr. David Shaw : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the achievements of (a) his policies and (b) his Department and the Northern Ireland departments in helping small businesses over the last 12 months as against the previous 12 months ; and if he will publish the performance indicators by which his Department monitors those achievements and the statistical results of such monitoring.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 22 July 1991] : The Government continue to place a high priority on helping small businesses through improvements to the business climate, through deregulation and other measures, and through specific programmes of support and assistance. Government policy in relation to small businesses in Northern Ireland is administered by the Local Enterprise Development Unit which is funded by the Department of Economic Development. The table sets out a number of indicators comparing the results of LEDU's performance in 1989-90 and 1990- 91.
|1989-90|1990-91
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Jobs promoted |5,944 |6,986
Cost per job (£ ) |4,344 |4,175
LEDU percentage contribution to project c28ts 31
Number of offers made |1,122 |1,355
Grant commitments (£ million) |24.412 |25.680
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EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Grant-maintained Schools
Mr. Norris : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list those schools in which a vote has taken place on grant- maintained status showing the constituency in which each school is situated.
Mr. Fallon : The information requested by my hon. Friend is as follows.
School |Where situated --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Skegness Grammar School |Lindsey East St. James' CE School Bolton |Bolton South East Hendon School |Hendon South The GS for Girls Wilmington |Dartford Queen Elizabeth's GM Grammar School |Lindsey East Baverstock Grant-Maintained School |Hall Green The Kings School Grantham |Grantham Old Swinford Hospital |Halesowen and Stourbridge Heckmondwike Grammar School |Batley and Spen Bankfield High School |Halton Netherthorpe School |Derbyshire North East Ribston Hall High School |Gloucester Claremont High School |Brent North Southfield School For Girls |Kettering Guildford County School |Guildford Rickmansworth School |Hertfordshire South West Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School |Kensington Watford Boys Grammar School |Hertfordshire South West Stratford School |Newham North West Francis Bacon School |St. Albans Wilmington Grammar School For Boys |Dartford North Halifax High School |Halifax Crossley Heath School |Halifax Wymondham College |South Norfolk Pate's Grammar School |Cheltenham Audenshaw High School |Gorton Wilsons School |Carshalton and Wallington Queensbury School |Bedfordshire South West London Oratory School |Fulham Queen Elizabeth's GM School For Boys |Chipping Barnet Colyton Grammar School |Honiton Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School |Darwen and Rossendale Castle Hall Grant-Maintained School |Dewsbury Small Heath School |Small Heath St. Francis Xavier's College |Garsten London Nautical School |Southwark and Bermondsey Beechen Cliff School |Bath Lancaster Royal Grammar School |Lancaster Longfield High School |Rutland and Melton Southlands School |Reading East Marling School |Stroud Stroud High School |Stroud Bishopshalt School |Uxbridge Wolverhampton High School For Girls |Wolverhampton South West Adams' Grammar School |Shropshire North Bridgewater Hall School |Milton Keynes Brindley Hall School |Milton Keynes Handsworth Grammar School For Boys |Birmingham, Ladywood Carre's Grammar School |Grantham Bournemouth Grammar School |Bournemouth East The Maplesden Noakes School |Gravesham Ecclesbourne School |West Derbyshire The Cornwallis School |Maidstone St. George's School |Grantham Reading School |Reading East Chalvedon School |Basildon Bullers Wood School For Girls |Chislehurst Lancaster Girls Grammar School |Lancaster King Edward VI Grammar School |East Lindsey Hardley Secondary School |Romsey and Waterside Kingsley Park Middle School |Northampton North Manor High School |Harborough Newbold Grange High School |Rugby and Kenilworth Oldfield School |Bath Bingley Grammar School |Shipley Westcliff High School for Boys |Southend West Woodroffe School |Dorset West St. Bartholomew's School |Newbury St. George's CE School, Gravesend |Northfleet and Gravesend Sexey's School |Somerton and Frome Nonsuch High School for Girls |Sutton and Cheam St. Augustine RC School |Westbury Beaconsfield High School |Beaconsfield Great Barr School |Perry Barr Burgate School |New Forest Kingswood School |Corby Caistor School |Gainsborough and Horncastle Thamesview School |Gravesham/Gravesend Queensmead School |Ruislip and Northwood Haydon School |Ruislip and Northwood Homewood School |Ashford Dartford Grammar School |Dartford Kirkbie Kendal School |Westmorland and Lonsdale Clitheroe Royal Grammar School |Ribble Valley Moseley Park School |Wolverhampton South East Newton CE School |Ribble Valley Vyners School |Uxbridge Bourne Primary School |Stamford and Spalding Highams Park School |Chingford Southlands Comprehensive School |Folkestone-Hythe St. Helen's Primary School Bluntisham |Huntingdon Langley Park Boys School |Beckenham Coopers School, Chislehurst |Chislehurst Collingwood School, Camberley |Surrey North West Raines Foundation School |Bethnal Green and Stepney Graveney School |Tooting Moulton Primary School |Daventry St. John the Baptist School, Woking |Woking Watford Girls' Grammar School |Hertfordshire South West Blessed Hugh More RC Secondary School |Grantham Southpark High School |Lincoln The Longlands School |Halesowen and Stourbridge Simon Digby Comprehensive School |Solihull Foster's Grammar School for Boys |West Dorset Lord Digby's Grammar School for Girls |West Dorset Highwood School |Stroud Sir James Altham School |Hertfordshire Castlemount School |Dover Ramsden School for Girls |Orpington Kettering Boy's School |Kettering Hindley Park High School |Wigan Swanscombe High School |Dartford Walsingham School |Battersea Harwood School |Fulham Foster's Boys Grammar School |West Dorset Lord Digby's Girls Grammar School |West Dorset Cliffe Woods Middle School, Rochester |Medway Edenbridge Middle School |Sevenoaks Queen Elizabeth School |Penrith and the Border Aylsford School |Tunbridge and Malling Parmiters School |South-West Hertfordshire The Down Primary School Bridgnorth |Ludlow Kettleshulme CE Primary School |Macclesfield Ellerdine Primary School |The Wrekin Crossgates Primary School |Rochdale Drayton Manor High School |Ealing North Copland Community School, Wembley |Brent East Greenway Comprehensive School |Uxbridge Wold Newton Primary School |Bridlington William Gladstone School |Brent East Magdalen CE/Meth Primary School |East Linsey St. Mary's R.C. Primary School |North Hereford Appledore CE Primary School, Ashford |Ashford St. Aidan's School, Carlisle |Carlisle Northolt High School |Harrow West Mellow Lane School |Hayes and Harlington Townmead School |Hayes and Harlington Arley Primary School, Northwich |Tatton Sheppey School |Faversham Arnewood School |New Forest Budmouth School |West Dorset Kelsey Park School |Beckenham Oakwood Park Grammar School |Maidstone The Plume School |Colchester and Maldon Ravens Wood School |Ravensbourne Wood End First School |Harrow West Wood End Middle School |Harrow West Northwood School |Ruislip and Northwood Senacre High School |Maidstone Send C of E First School |Esher Manor County First School Byfleet |Woking The Crypt School, Gloucester |Stroud de Stafford School, Caterham |East Surrey Greenford High School |Ealing North Ellen Wilkinson School |Acton Dartford Grammar School for Girls |Dartford Desborough Comprehensive School |Windsor and Maidenhead Yarborough High School |Lincoln Gamlingay Village College (Middle School) |Mid Bedfordshire Riddlesdown High School |Croydon South Exhall School |Stratford-on-Avon Glyn School, Epsom |Epsom and Ewell Redgate Middle School, Hunstanton |North West Norfolk Snodland CE Primary School |Tunbridge and Malling King John Middle School |Corby Hayes School |Ravensbourne Wrotham School |Tunbridge and Malling Simon Langton Boys' Grammar School |Canterbury The Park School, Rayleigh |Rochford Gordon's School |Woking Hartshill School |North Warwickshire Heathside Secondary School |Chertsey and Walton Barnhill Comprehensive School |Hayes and Harlington Heacham Middle School |Norfolk North West Walford High School |Ealing-North Brentside High School |Ealing-Southall Ringwood Comprehensive School |New Forest Cliffe Woods Primary School Rochester |Medway Hayes Manor School |Hayes and Harlington Turnham Junior School |Deptford Burntwood School for Girls |Tooting Elmbridge School |Brentwood and Ongar Lincoln Christ's Hospital School |Lincoln Newborough Primary School |Peterborough Ravensdale Middle School |Mansfield Hawkedale First School |Spellthorne Oldborough Manor High, Maidstone |Maidstone Loddon Middle School |South Norfolk Hatchford Junior and Infant School |Meriden The Skinner's School, Tunbridge Wells |Tunbridge Wells Woolley CE First School |Wakefield Stoneleigh First School |Epsom and Ewell The Admiral's Middle School |South West Norfolk South Holmwood CE First School |Mole Valley Brookmead First and Middle School |South West Bedfordshire Christ Church CE JMI School Chorleywood |South West Hertfordshire Downham Market High School |South West Norfolk Eden School |Carlisle Norwich Road First School |South West Norfolk Wortley CE J and I School |Barnsley West and Penistone Cranbrook School |Tunbridge Wells Belmont Primary School |South Derbyshire North Rauceby School |Grantham William Alvey Junior School, Sleaford |Grantham Gresham Primary School |North Norfolk Salterlee J and I School |Halifax The Philip Morant School |Colchester South and Maldon Borrow Wood Junior School |Derby North Boyton County Primary School |North Cornwall Deanefield School, Reading |Reading West Newstead Wood School |Orpington Langley Grammar School, Slough |Slough Rainham Mark Grammar School |Gillingham Elmwood County Primary School |Rochford Crofton Junior School, Orpington |Orpington Parkstone Grammar School, Poole |South Dorset La Retraite School |Streatham Epsom and Ewell High School |Epsom and Ewell John Fisher School, Purley |Croydon South Ethelburga JMI School |Battersea Gartree School |East Linsey Hassall Green Methodist Primary School |Crewe and Nantwich Castle Hills School, Gainsborough |Gainsborough and Horncastle Dereham Church First School |Mid Norfolk Myton School, Warwick |Warwick and Leamington Sale Grammar School for Boys |Altrincham and Sale Chesterfield School |Chesterfield Droylsden County High School |Ashton-Under-Lyne Hadham Hall School |Hertford and Stourtford Weald of Kent Grammar School |Tunbridge and Malling Ruffwood School |Knowsley North Eckington School |North East Derbyshire St. Joseph's RC High School |Halton Watford Girls Grammar School |Watford Wade Deacon County School |Halton Ravensbourne School for Girls |Chislehurst Millais School |Horsham Queen Elizabeth's Senior High School |Heywood and Middleton Chichele School |Wellingborough Siddal Moor High School |Heywood and Middleton Gaynes School |Upminster St. Helena School |Chesterfield St. Gregory's RC High School |Warrington South Sir Thomas Rich's School |North Avon Preston Manor High School |Brent North Armthorpe Comprehensive School |Doncaster Central The Grammar School for Boys Wilmington |Dartford Failsworth Upper School |Oldham Ailwyn Community School |Huntingdon Ripon Grammar School |Skipton and Ripon Woodford County High |Woodford and Wanstead Blackfield Middle School |Romsey and Waterside Dearneside Comprehensive School |Barnsley East Blackpool 6th Form College |Blackpool North Hoo St. Werburgh Middle School |Medway Kings School |Winchester Grange School |Halesowen and Stourbridge Alexandra High School |West Bromwich West Manor High School, Oadby |Harborough Morecambe High School |Morecambe and Lunesdale Banbury School |Banbury Blackthorn Middle School |Northampton North Chestnut Grove School |Battersea King Edward VI School |Lindsey East Whickham School |Blaydon St. Theresa's RC Secondary Girls School |Lewisham East Ridgeway School |Swindon Featherstone High School |Southall Villiers High School |Southall Weaverham High School |Tatton Boothroyd Junior School |Batley and Spen John Henry Newman School |Stevenage King James 1st Comprehensive School |Bishop Auckland South Farnborough County Infants |Aldershot Waltham Toll Bar |Brigg and Cleethorpes Silverdale School |Sheffield Central St. Thomas More RC High School, Stoke |Stoke on Trent South Booth Lower School |Northampton North High Oakham Middle School |Mansfield St. Paul's CE Primary School |Chipping Barnet St. Peter's Primary School Tunbridge Wells |Tunbridge Wells Sir Wilfred Martineau School |Birmingham, Hodge Hill Warmbrook Junior School |High Peak Tudor Grange School |Solihull Windmill Ridge School |Mansfield Nower Hill High School |Harrow West Silverhill Primary School |Derby South Neroche Primary School Ilminster |Yeovil
Parallel Processor Research
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he proposes to make an additional grant to the Science and Engineering Research Council in this and succeeding years to cover its contribution to the new parallel processor research programme.
Mr. Alan Howarth : I understand that the SERC has made provision for a contribution to this high power computing programme to be met from its existing grant in aid for 1991-92 and provision continues in its forward planning for 1992-93 and 1993-94.
My right hon. and learned Friend will be announcing the sums available by way of grant in aid for the latter two years at the appropriate time, but it will be for the SERC to decide the detailed allocation of the grant available.
Schools (Opting Out)
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, how many schools have chosen to opt out of local authority control.
Mr. Eggar : A total of 315 schools have held or are committed to holding ballots amongst parents on whether
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to apply for grant-maintained status. Of those who have already voted, 229 have voted in favour of applying for grant-maintained status.Polytechnics in Tomorrow's Britain"
Mr. Gerald Bowden : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if his Department has considered an application for an exhibition relating to "Polytechnics in Tomorrow's Britain" to be displayed in the Upper Waiting Hall.
Mr. Alan Howarth : I understand that, under procedures agreed by the Services Committee, arrangements have been made with the authorities of the House for the exhibition to be held in the Upper Waiting Hall from Monday 25 November to Friday 29 November 1991.
Education Expenditure
Sir Anthony Grant : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the amount spent per child in each of the local education authorities in England in the last year and in 1979 ; and what proportion came from central Government and from local government.
Mr. Fallon : The table shows school-based expenditure per pupil in each local education authority for 1979-80 and for 1988-89, the latest year for which information is available.
Spending on education is financed by a number of sources, including rates and the community charge, Government revenue support grant and specific grants, and fees and charges for services. Rates, community charge and revenue support grant are made available to fund all of the local authority's services, and are not hypothecated between individual services. It is not therefore possible to identify how much of the spending per pupil is financed centrally or locally.
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