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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer of 21 January 1993] : Having published the policy statement "Scotland's Health : A Challenge To Us All", my right hon. Friend and his ministerial colleagues are fully aware of the life style factors which contribute to personal fitness and good health. We are also firmly committed to the undertaking in the statement that the Scottish Office will develop health promotion policies as exemplars for other employers, and this process has already begun.
Shetlands (Oil Pollution)
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what advice his Department took before authorising the use of chemical dispersants on the Braer oil slick off the Shetland Islands.
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Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 21 January 1993] : My Department's marine scientists have extensive knowledge of dispersants because of their long involvement with the North sea offshore oil industry. The limits on the sea area in which spraying could take place followed discussions which local fisheries and environmental interests.
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what permission he has given for the use of Dispolene 34S and Enersperse dispersants to break up the oil slick from the Braer tanker accident off Shetland.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 21 January 1993] : My Department authorised the use of type 2 and type 3 dispersants, of which Dispolene and Enersperse are two varieties.
Further Education Colleges
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the preparedness of further education colleges to transfer from local authority control on 1 April 1993.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 21 January 1993] : Colleges are in a good state of readiness. New management structures are in place and the necessary management systems are being set up. Those working in colleges are to be congratulated on the good progress which has been made.
Tree Planting
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hectares of (a) Forestry Commission planting, (b) private planting and (c) new trees have been planted in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales and (iii) England each year since 1981 ; and what were the Government targets for these years.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 8 February 1993] : Information on the planting undertaken by the Forestry Commission and the private sector since 1981 is given in the tables.
My right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Scotland, Mr. Younger, stated on 10 December 1980, Official Report, column 927 : "there should be scope for new planting to continue in the immediate future at broadly the rate of the past 25 years" that is about 30,000 hectares a year. In his statement on the rural economy made on 9 February 1987, Official Report, columns 38-39, my right hon. Friend the then Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mr. Jopling, announced that the Government's new planting aim would be changed to 33,000 hectares a year. This remains the indicative level.
Forestry Commission planting
hectares
New planting Restocking
Year ending 31 March |broadleaves |conifer |broadleaves |conifer
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Scotland
1982 |36 |10,058 |14 |2,023
1983 |50 |7,971 |15 |2,274
1984 |36 |7,674 |15 |2,632
1985 |42 |4,735 |16 |2,429
1986 |41 |3,997 |71 |3,292
1987 |221 |4,845 |212 |3,107
1988 |297 |4,320 |382 |3,145
1989 |243 |3,671 |283 |3,561
1990 |224 |3,563 |298 |3,486
1991 |191 |3,275 |211 |3,453
1992 |223 |2,651 |270 |3,358
Wales
1982 |0 |326 |21 |1,503
1983 |11 |425 |11 |1,471
1984 |4 |271 |15 |1,524
1985 |12 |149 |32 |1,268
1986 |2 |47 |29 |1,749
1987 |3 |135 |168 |1,767
1988 |9 |148 |119 |1,922
1989 |0 |61 |119 |1,617
1990 |10 |86 |91 |1,273
1991 |3 |12 |82 |1,390
1992 |5 |50 |175 |1,599
England
1982 |15 |543 |125 |1,824
1983 |23 |406 |178 |1,849
1984 |11 |386 |211 |2,356
1985 |7 |160 |88 |2,083
1986 |13 |233 |206 |1,950
1987 |46 |92 |374 |2,410
1988 |67 |111 |323 |2,286
1989 |31 |99 |376 |2,519
1990 |27 |171 |433 |2,284
1991 |7 |27 |323 |2,163
1992 |17 |53 |345 |2,513
Private sector planting
Hectares
Year Ending New Planting Restocking
31 March |Broadleaves |Conifer |Broardleaves|Conifer
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Scotland
1982 |56 |10,607 |105 |1,234
1983 |95 |9,991 |63 |905
1984 |141 |13,988 |88 |931
1985 |127 |14,008 |122 |1,055
1986 |245 |17,047 |184 |1,375
1987 |439 |16,781 |266 |1,281
1988 |1,084 |20,113 |448 |1,212
1989 |1,551 |20,882 |657 |1,591
1990 |2,284 |9,204 |852 |1,132
1991 |2,640 |7,923 |1,170 |1,670
1992 |2,540 |7,285 |1,168 |2,042
Wales
1982 |41 |963 |36 |187
1983 |60 |851 |48 |108
1984 |90 |974 |29 |84
1985 |34 |884 |46 |76
1986 |41 |702 |72 |362
1987 |134 |574 |51 |229
1988 |262 |683 |134 |342
1989 |213 |710 |104 |152
1990 |232 |320 |161 |109
1991 |228 |282 |153 |143
1992 |218 |138 |219 |360
England
1982 |297 |498 |726 |1,162
1983 |445 |1,069 |800 |1,194
1984 |447 |1,033 |916 |1,019
1985 |434 |542 |884 |883
1986 |563 |421 |1,236 |1,110
1987 |775 |444 |1,522 |1,122
1988 |1,149 |530 |1,745 |973
1989 |997 |755 |1,414 |916
1990 |2,611 |755 |2,532 |1,339
1991 |3,455 |908 |2,824 |1,146
1992 |3,275 |691 |2,590 |1,452
WALES
Wayne Darvell
Mr. Hain : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what reasons underlay his decision on the provision of community support for Wayne Darvell following his release after the quashing last year of his conviction for murder ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The assessment of need for, and provision of, services in the community for any individual is a matter for the relevant statutory authorities--including the social services authority and/or health authority--acting in consultation with one another. I am advised that West Glamorgan social services department had already sought to give help to Mr. Darvell when he was in their area. Most recently, I understand Mr. Darvell is now living in South Glamorgan where he has been seen by health and social services staff who are discussing his needs with him.
Travellers and Displaced Persons
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the date on which his Department invited local authorities to bid for the specific grants for the education of travellers and displaced persons in the financial year 1993-94.
Sir Wyn Roberts : No new bids have been invited for 1993-94. The programme for 1993-94 will support expenditure of £100,000 relating to ongoing projects in Gwynedd, Dyfed and South Glamorgan.
Capital Expenditure
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his oral answer of 1 February, Official Report, columns 2-3, if he will give further details of the capital programme for the year 1993-94 and the percentage rate of increase thereof since the year 1987-88.
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will publish figures for (a) the gross budget for capital expenditure and (b) net budget for capital expenditure in respect of his Department's programmes (i) for each year from 1987-88 to 1992-93 and (ii) planned for 1993-94 ;
(2) if he will publish figures for (a) gross capital expenditure and (b) net capital expenditure in respect of his Department's programmes for each year from 1987-88 to 1992-93.
Mr. David Hunt : The information is as follows :
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Capital expenditure within the responsibility of
and allocated by the Welsh Office<1>
£ million
|Gross expenditure|Net expenditure
------------------------------------------------------------------------
<2>1987-88 |981 |822
<2>1988-89 |1,050 |777
<2>1989-90 |1,206 |910
<2>1990-91 |1,220 |1,037
<2>1991-92 |1,288 |1,136
<3>1992-93 |1,369 |1,180
<4>1993-94 |1,497 |1,257
<1>The figures do not take account of changes in functional
responsibilities.
<2>Outturn.
<3>1992-93-Forecast Outturn. The special package of housing measures
announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1992 Autumn
Statement-£38 million-is additional to the forecast outturn shown.
<4>1993-94-Plans. Planned gross expenditure in 1993-94-£1,497
million-represents an increase of 52.6 per cent. over the outturn for
1987-88; an increase of 8 per cent. in real terms.
Welsh Language
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to establish the right of employees of statutory bodies in Wales to make claims for a specified number of work days each year for attending courses to assist with the reading, writing and speaking of Welsh.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The provision of opportunities for employees to learn Welsh is a matter for individual employers and organisations to consider.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much financial assistance has been provided by his Department to establish Welsh language learning centres in Wales in each of the last five years ; and if he will list the amount granted to each centre.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The Welsh Office awards grant aid to a number of organisations which support Welsh language learning, for example the Urdd, local authorities and the learners' organisation CYD. Figures for grants awarded in respect of learning centres run by these organisations are not kept separately. However, direct support for the Welsh language centres at Nant Gwrtheyrn and Canolfan Iaith Clwyd over the last five years has been as follows :
Year |Total --------------------------- 1988-89 |49,000 1989-90 |76,000 1990-91 |105,000 1991-92 |93,500 <1>1992-93 |103,000 <1> Provision.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much money has been allocated by his Department in each of the last five years to assist directly the marketing of Welsh learners' courses for adults.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Direct Welsh Office support for teaching Welsh to adults over the financial years 1990-91 to 1992-93 is as follows. Figures for previous years were not kept separately.
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Year |£ --------------------------------- 1990-91 |538,000 1991-92 |645,000 1992-93 |<1>697,000 <1> Provision.
Compulsory Competitive Tendering
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many hired consultants have been employed by (a) central and (b) local government and by the public sector excluding local government in Wales to advise on the introduction of compulsory competitive tendering to (i) professional and specialist services, (ii) executive and clerical operations, (iii) office services and (iv) estate and construction services since the publication of the "Competing for Quality" White Paper ; and what was the total cost of hiring consultants according to (1) the type of work to be tendered and (2) the organisation conducting or partaking in the tendering process.
Mr. David Hunt : The information is not available in the form requested. Three firms of consultants have been employed by the Welsh Office to advise on the Department's own current market testing programme. The cost to date of employing these consultants is £25, 000. Information on the employment of consultants by other parts of the public sector is not collected centrally.
Air Quality
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on recent air quality audits conducted in Wales by the Warren Spring Laboratory on behalf of the Government.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The Warren Spring Laboratory conducted a survey of nitrogen dioxide levels in the United Kingdom in 1991-92. All the readings for Wales were well below EC guideline limits.
The laboratory is also currently taking measurements in Wales as part of a survey of toxic organic micropollutants in urban air and an interim report was published in September 1992. Monitoring is continuing and trends in readings are being analysed.
Copies of the published reports of both surveys are held in the Library of the House.
Contracting Out
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what specific processes have been established by his Department to monitor the effectiveness of contracted-out services in comparison to services undertaken prior to contractorisation in Wales.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Monitoring of contracted-out service delivery in the local authority and health service sectors is the responsibility of those sectors. Specifications for contracts let in respect of the Department's own current market testing programme will be performance-based and will form the basis for the monitoring of the service deliverer's performance.
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Credit Approvals
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his oral answer of 1 February, Official Report, column 10, what is the estimated amount in the reduction of basic credit approvals (a) to Mid- Glamorgan and (b) to Welsh counties arising from the transfer of further education institutions.
Mr. David Hunt : Local authority credit approvals have been reduced in total by £8.915 million in 1993-94 compared with the level which would otherwise have been set to take account of the transfer of further education institutions. A deduction was not made as such for each individual county. Basic credit approvals are allocated according to a formula agreed with the local authority associations.
Inward Investment
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment is made of environmental factors in encouraging inward investment into Wales.
Mr. David Hunt : The excellent environmental attractions of Wales continue to be a factor in encouraging high levels of inward investment.
Astra Skillcentre
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what consultations he has had with the chairman of the south Glamorgan training and enterprise council concerning the future of the Astra skillcentre at Gabalfa, Cardiff.
Recycling
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on progress made by local authorities in introducing recycling schemes in Wales.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Information relating to increases in the number of bottle banks will be published in the 1992 series of the "Environmental Digest for Wales". Definitive information on other aspects of recycling will not be available until district councils complete their recycling plans under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Labour Statistics
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were employed in the coal industry in (a) Wales and (b) Clwyd in (i) deep mining and (ii) opencast mining in 1980, 1990 and at the latest date for which figures are available.
Mr. David Hunt : The available information is presented in the following table :
Number employed in coal mining
|1980 |1990 |1992
-------------------------------------------
Wales
Deep-mined |30,842|4,669 |1,293
Opencast |2,265 |1,221 |1,311
Clwyd
Deep-mined |1,322 |587 |437
North Wales<1>
Opencast<1> |165 |21 |11
<1> Separate figures for Clwyd are not
available.
Source: British Coal.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were employed in the steel industry in (a) Wales and (b) Clwyd in 1980, 1989 and at the latest date for which figures are available.
Mr. David Hunt : The number of people employed in the steel industry in Wales in 1980, 1989 and 1992 were 32,200, 19,400 and 16, 500 respectively. Comparable figures for Clwyd cannot be given, as to do so would breach rules of company confidentiality.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were employed in the aerospace industry in (a) Clwyd and (b) Wales in 1980, 1990 and at the latest date for which figures are available.
Mr. David Hunt : According to the census of employment, in September 1981 there were 6,500 people employed in the aerospace industry in Wales. In the latest available census, in September 1989, this figure had risen to 9,300.
Figures at county level cannot be given, as to do so would breach rules of company confidentiality.
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many construction workers are currently unemployed in Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : The sample size for the labour force survey is not sufficiently large to allow a reliable estimate of unemployment by region and by previous industrial sector.
Road Congestion and Accidents
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the cost to industry of road congestion and road accidents in Wales.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Information on the cost to industry of road congestion and road accidents is not available. The total cost of road accidents in Wales in 1991 is estimated to be £230 million.
Upland Areas
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received concerning hill livestock compensatory allowances in Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : I have received representations from Welsh Members of Parliament, the Welsh farming organisations and individual farmers in respect of hill livestock compensatory allowance payments in Wales. I have also recently had meetings with two Welsh Members of Parliament, some farmers and representatives from the Welsh farming unions to discuss this matter.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his policy for upland areas in Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. David Hunt : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave him on 19 June 1992, at column 711.
Liverpool Bay Gas Reserves
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received regarding the development in Clwyd of the Liverpool Bay gas reserves ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : I have received many representations in relation to the application by Hamilton Oil for planning permission for a gas and oil terminal at Point of Ayr, Clwyd. A public local inquiry has been held and a decision will be issued as soon as possible.
Hospital Incinerators
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the hospital incinerators in Wales that (a) burn less than 25 kg of clinical waste per hour and (b) burn less than 1 tonne of clinical waste per hour.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : There are no hospital incinerators in Wales that burn less than 25 kg of clinical waste per hour. The hospital incinerators that burn less than 1 tonne of clinical waste per hour are as follows.
District and |Number
location
----------------------------------------------------------
Clwyd
Ysbyty Glan Clwyd |1
Wrexham Maelor General Hospital |1
East Dyfed
West Wales General Hospital |1
St. Davids Hospital |1
Prince Phillip Hospital |2
Bronglais Geriatric Hospital |2
Gwent
Nevill Hall Hospital |1
St. Woolos Hospital |2
Gwynedd
Ysbyty Gwynedd |2
Llandudno General Hospital |1
Bryn-y-Neuadd Hospital |1
Eryri Hospital |1
Bryn Beryl Hospital |1
Bron-y-Garth Hospital |1
Dolgellau Hospital |1
Mid Glamorgan
East Glamorgan General Hospital |1
Prince Charles Hospital |1
Aberdare General Hospital |1
Princess of Wales Hospital |2
South Glamorgan
University Hospital of Wales |2
Lansdowne Hospital |2
Prince of Wales Hospital |1
Sully Hospital |1
Llandough Hospital |1
West Glamorgan
Neath General Hospital |2
Singleton Hospital |2
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PRIME MINISTER
Fisheries Decommissioning Scheme
Mr. Salmond : To ask the Prime Minister if the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food will administer the fishing decommissioning scheme for the entire United Kingdom fishing fleet ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : Yes. My right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food will administer the decommissioning scheme on behalf of all four fisheries departments. The scheme is part of a package, including effort control measures, designed to conserve fish stocks and help to meet targets the United Kingdom as a whole under the European Community's multi-annual guidance programme.
Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant
Ms. Walley : To ask the Prime Minister what steps he has taken to co -ordinate the activities of Departments on the transportation of radioactive materials from and to Thorp ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : Transport arrangments are the responsibility of the consignor, subject to meeting the requirements of the Department of Transport on safety issues and the Department of Trade and Industry on export control and security issues. The two Departments co-ordinate as necessary.
Youth Policy
Mr. Hendry : To ask the Prime Minister what consideration he has given to the establishment of a ministerial group to co-ordinate youth policy across Government Departments ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : The interests of young people can best be served through action which addresses specific issues. Where action involves more than one Department, co-ordination between Ministers takes place. These arrangements work satisfactorily and there is currently no need to establish a formal ministerial group.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Financial Management
Mr. Steen : To ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his answer of 11 January, Official Report, column 551, if he will outline the initiatives planned by the Director of Finance and Administration to improve financial management systems in House Departments.
Mr. Beith : In addition to the further development of measures already taken, the Director of Finance and Administration is planning to introduce an integrated payroll and personnel system for staff of the House early in the next financial year. A new computer system for the Fees Office is also under consideration.
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EDUCATION
Sanctuary Buildings, London
Mr Byers : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is his estimate of the amount to be spent in 1993-94 in rent and other costs associated with the offices of his Department in Sanctuary buildings, Great Smith street, London.
Mr. Boswell : The estimated rent for Sanctuary buildings for the financial year 1993-94 is £10,368,823. This figure includes the service charge and VAT. The estimated contribution in lieu of rates to be made for Sanctuary buildings is £2,350,400.
Standard Spending Assessments
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish a table showing for each education authority the percentage cash increase between education standard spending assessments for 1992-93 and 1993-94 ; how much of this increase is due to changes in student numbers ; how much this increase is in standard 1992-93 price terms, using the inflation estimate in the autumn statement ; and what is the percentage relationship of the 1993-94 standard spending assessment with the 1992-93 budget.
Mr. Boswell : Local education authorities' standard spending assessments--SSAs--for 1993-94 are not directly comparable with those for 1992-93 : they will be lower in cash terms, mainly because local authorities will from this April hand over responsibility for most further education to the Further Education Funding Council, and will begin to relinquish responsibility for school inspections. When
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these changes of functions are taken into account, there is an underlying percentage cash increase in the national total of education SSAs of 2.9 per cent. This reflects falling inflation and the Government's policy that in the coming year public sector pay increases should be held to between nil and 1.5 per cent. It also acknowledges differing spending pressures on LEAs including demographic changes, and their general scope for obtaining further improvements in value for money.The table sets out for each local education authority the education component of the SSA for 1992-93, adjusted on an estimated basis, to remove the element relating to functions that the LEA will relinquish from next year ; and compares this with the education component of the SSA for 1993- 94.
Local authorities' education SSAs for 1993-94 were not calculated by reference to further education student numbers because of the transfer of responsibility for most of further education to the new funding council. The differences in the percentage change in individual LEAs' education SSAs reflect differences between LEAs in the relative rate of growth or decrease of school pupil or client group numbers and changes in LEAs' relative positions on the indices for additional educational needs, sparsity of population, free school meals and area costs.
The aggregate total of authorities' education budgets for 1992-93 is £19,013 million. The aggregate total of authorities' education SSAs for 1993-94 is £16,530.7 million, which is 13 per cent. less than this total budget figure. However the two figures are not comparable. LEAs' 1992 -93 education budgets take account of expenditure on further education, for which local authorities will not be responsible in 1993-94, and expenditure supported by specific grant, which is excluded from the 1993-94 aggregate total of education SSAs.
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|Adjusted 1992-93 |1993-94 total |Actual change |Percentage change
|total education SSA|education SSA
Name |£ million |£ million |£ million
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
City |0.315 |0.425 |0.110 |34.9
Camden |57.937 |63.990 |6.053 |10.4
Greenwich |98.375 |100.437 |2.062 |2.1
Hackney |99.671 |108.349 |8.678 |8.7
Hammersmith |48.660 |52.782 |4.122 |8.5
Islington |72.477 |76.064 |3.587 |4.9
Kensington |32.571 |33.301 |0.730 |2.2
Lambeth |115.784 |124.033 |8.249 |7.1
Lewisham |99.806 |104.392 |4.586 |4.6
Southwark |99.082 |99.952 |0.871 |0.9
Tower Hamlet |111.165 |115.580 |4.414 |4.0
Wandsworth |86.281 |88.261 |1.980 |2.3
Westminster |47.438 |50.212 |2.774 |5.8
Barking |57.580 |58.783 |1.203 |2.1
Barnet |99.224 |101.703 |2.479 |2.5
Bexley |78.775 |81.653 |2.877 |3.7
Brent |113.885 |118.569 |4.684 |4.1
Bromley |87.346 |89.805 |2.459 |2.8
Croydon |107.014 |109.660 |2.646 |2.5
Ealing |112.300 |117.801 |5.501 |4.9
Enfield |101.415 |104.134 |2.719 |2.7
Haringey |88.659 |95.091 |6.433 |7.3
Harrow |65.716 |67.112 |1.397 |2.1
Havering |78.761 |80.056 |1.294 |1.6
Hillingdon |80.024 |82.943 |2.920 |3.6
Hounslow |80.439 |81.775 |1.337 |1.7
Kingston |40.174 |41.367 |1.193 |3.0
Merton |50.246 |52.909 |2.663 |5.3
Newham |114.679 |120.318 |5.640 |4.9
Redbridge |83.824 |87.990 |4.166 |5.0
Richmond |36.276 |36.953 |0.677 |1.9
Sutton |55.265 |57.953 |2.687 |4.9
Waltham Forest |88.723 |92.901 |4.178 |4.7
Birmingham |429.989 |446.733 |16.745 |3.9
Coventry |109.556 |111.417 |1.861 |1.7
Dudley |92.276 |93.914 |1.638 |1.8
Sandwell |107.961 |111.180 |3.219 |3.0
Solihull |60.981 |61.901 |0.920 |1.5
Walsall |96.959 |98.193 |1.234 |1.3
Wolverhampton |99.013 |100.591 |1.578 |1.6
Knowsley |69.951 |71.195 |1.245 |1.8
Liverpool |191.778 |198.796 |7.018 |3.7
St. Helens |61.859 |61.756 |-.103 |-0.2
Sefton |94.835 |95.630 |0.795 |0.8
Wirral |120.691 |121.804 |1.113 |0.9
Bolton |92.563 |95.090 |2.527 |2.7
Bury |52.885 |53.490 |0.605 |1.1
Manchester |174.399 |181.953 |7.554 |4.3
Oldham |83.168 |82.989 |-0.179 |-0.2
Rochdale |76.266 |78.519 |2.253 |3.0
Salford |72.810 |75.472 |2.662 |3.7
Stockport |84.014 |84.761 |0.747 |0.9
Tameside |72.331 |72.772 |0.441 |0.6
Trafford |66.897 |68.493 |1.595 |2.4
Wigan |98.254 |100.128 |1.874 |1.9
Barnsley |70.390 |71.339 |0.950 |1.3
Doncaster |109.416 |113.091 |3.675 |3.4
Rotherham |90.403 |91.171 |0.768 |0.8
Sheffield |154.546 |160.606 |6.061 |3.9
Bradford |205.863 |212.346 |6.483 |3.1
Calderdale |69.407 |71.397 |1.990 |2.9
Kirklees |135.726 |140.873 |5.147 |3.8
Leeds |233.570 |238.354 |4.783 |2.0
Wakefield |101.202 |101.798 |0.596 |0.6
Gateshead |66.353 |68.218 |1.866 |2.8
Newcastle |89.701 |92.166 |2.465 |2.7
North Tyne |64.449 |63.514 |-0.935 |-1.5
South Tyne |52.150 |52.248 |0.098 |0.2
Sunderland |104.697 |106.298 |1.601 |1.5
Isle of Scilly |1.174 |1.194 |0.020 |1.7
Avon |280.449 |290.419 |9.970 |3.6
Bedfordshire |197.921 |208.117 |10.196 |5.2
Berkshire |254.440 |261.858 |7.418 |2.9
Buckinghamshire |234.337 |242.179 |7.842 |3.3
Cambridge |212.245 |217.752 |5.507 |2.6
Cheshire |312.294 |319.277 |6.983 |2.2
Cleveland |214.700 |216.411 |1.712 |0.8
Cornwall |150.271 |152.770 |2.499 |1.7
Cumbria |155.855 |160.123 |4.269 |2.7
Derbyshire |290.215 |296.017 |5.801 |2.0
Devon |302.349 |314.363 |12.014 |4.0
Dorset |177.658 |185.549 |7.891 |4.4
Durham |199.555 |201.760 |2.205 |1.1
East Sussex |187.054 |202.200 |15.146 |8.1
Essex |512.144 |530.727 |18.614 |3.6
Gloucestershire |161.639 |166.832 |5.193 |3.2
Hampshire |466.023 |488.477 |22.454 |4.8
Hereford and Worcestershire |208.978 |211.588 |2.610 |1.2
Hertfordshire |331.486 |340.153 |8.667 |2.6
Humberside |299.924 |305.451 |5.528 |1.8
Isle of Wight |41.293 |42.695 |1.401 |3.4
Kent |514.163 |537.360 |23.197 |4.5
Lancashire |468.602 |473.160 |4.558 |1.0
Leicester |304.348 |311.210 |6.862 |2.3
Lincolnshire |194.521 |199.004 |4.483 |2.3
Norfolk |229.490 |233.013 |3.523 |1.5
North Yorkshire |209.175 |211.142 |1.967 |0.9
Northamptonshire |202.203 |206.165 |3.961 |2.0
Northumberland |103.897 |106.388 |2.491 |2.4
Nottinghamshire |336.427 |342.430 |6.003 |1.8
Oxfordshire |167.394 |175.758 |8.364 |5.0
Shropshire |131.831 |133.995 |2.164 |1.6
Somerset |135.244 |139.024 |3.780 |2.8
Staffordshire |331.243 |339.638 |8.395 |2.5
Suffolk |195.386 |199.679 |4.293 |2.2
Surrey |273.254 |277.550 |4.296 |1.6
Warwickshire |149.024 |151.414 |2.390 |1.6
West Sussex |202.639 |209.127 |6.487 |3.2
Wiltshire |177.191 |181.284 |4.093 |2.3
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |16,065.200 |16,530.700 |465.500 |2.9
Mr. Ancram : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the per capita standard spending assessment for 1993-94 for (a) Wiltshire and (b) English education authorities on average.
Mr. Forth : For the purpose of determining standard spending assessments, the education component of standard spending, net of specific grants, is divided into five sub-blocks--under-fives, primary, secondary, 16 plus, and other education. Within each sub-block, the money available is distributed on the basis of the relevant pupil or other client group numbers. The per capita figures for each sub-block for 1993-94 are set out in the table.
Some care must be taken in drawing conclusions from the figures. First, the figures are only notional allocations. The standard spending assessment system is a mechanism for distributing grant between authorities. Because authorities have discretion to decide their own spending priorities, the sub-blocks and the per capita figures in them have no meaning outside the framework of the distribution mechanism.
Second, the per capita figures for primary, secondary and 16 plus pupils include provision for children in special schools, related central services and related functions such as home-to-school transport. Therefore they are not comparable with age weighted pupil units in LEAs' schemes of local management.
Third, the control total for the 16 plus sub-block notionally reflects LEAs' residual responsibilities for 16 plus students in sixth form colleges, such as home to college transport, as well as their continuing responsibilities for pupils in school sixth forms. The main client group for this sub-block is the number of pupils aged 16 and over but part of the control total is distributed by reference to the number of pupils aged 11 to 15.
The Other Education block is based on the population aged over 11 years, with an additional weighting for those aged 16 to 24 years to reflect LEAs' continuing responsibilities for some further education students after the transfer of responsibility for most further education to the Further Education Funding Council this April. Subject to these qualifications the figures in pounds are :
|Wiltshire |England
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Under 5 |224 |279 |per head of under 5
|population
Primary |1,787 |1,921 |per pupil aged 5 to 10
Secondary |2,590 |2,775 |per pupil aged 11 to
|15
16+ |3,644 |3,864 |per pupil aged 16+
Other
(a) 11+ |13 |15 |per head of 11+
|population
(b) 16-24 |39 |43 |per head of 16-24
|population
English Teaching
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many representations he has received about key stage 3 English.
Mr. Forth : Since the beginning of the year my right hon. Friend has received about 1,500 letters on the subject of key stage 3 English assessment tests.
Higher Education Funding Council
Mr. Temple-Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what are the Government's expenditure plans for the Higher Education Funding Council for such years as figures are available.
Mr. Boswell : Provision for recurrent grant for the Higher Education Funding Council for England is £2,465 million in 1993-94, £2,606 million in 1994-95 and £2,598 million in 1995-96. Provision for capital grant is £319 million, £322 million and £329 million.
Market Testing
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list all the market tests that have taken place in his Department since November 1991 ; whether the result was the maintenance of in-house provision or whether the service was contracted out ; what was the name of the successful contractor where appropriate ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Boswell : The Department has completed two market tests since November 1991. Its publications dispatch service has been contracted out to Westex Ltd. ; the Department's library service has remained in-house.
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many staff in his Department are assigned to the market testing programme ; how much the programme has cost his Department since November 1991 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Boswell : The Department's market testing programme is co- ordinated by six staff--1.5 full-time equivalent posts--who undertake this work within their
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normal duties. Line management staff in the areas being market tested also contribute. The estimated cost of the programme, in direct staff costs and consultancy costs, since November 1991 is some £203,000.Research Course Degrees
Mr. Bayley : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if, further to his answer of 20 January, 0fficial Report, column 281, he will list those institutions which have applied to him for authority to award (a) taught and (b) research course degrees and have not yet been awarded it.
Mr. Boswell : Applications for degree-awarding powers are made to the Privy Council. The Privy Council receives advice on such applications from the Secretary of State who is advised by the Higher Education Quality Council--HEQC. The following institutions have made applications which are presently under consideration :
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Royal Agricultural College
Royal Northern College of Music
Luton College of Higher Education
The applications from the first three institutions did not specifically distinguish between taught course or research degree powers, and the HEQC is discussing with these institutions the appropriate scope of the applications. The application from Luton college is for research degree powers only, as the college already has taught course degree-awarding powers.
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