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strengthened and greater emphasis will be given to appraisal, monitoring and evaluation. The current review of the structural funds regulations is examining the Commission's proposal on additionality.European Court of Human Rights
Mr. Allen : To ask the Prime Minister what proposals he intends to bring to the Council of Europe Heads of State summit in October with regard to the European Court of Human Rights ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, at its meeting at Strasbourg on 14 May, instructed that work should proceed urgently on the mandate for a draft protocol amending the European convention on human rights, to be submitted to Heads of State and Government at the Council of Europe summit in October. The United Kingdom will contribute fully to this work.
The purpose of the draft protocol will be to reform the control machinery of the convention, in order to accommodate the growing workload of the European Court and Commission of Human Rights and to ensure that cases are heard in good time. All member states are agreed that such reform is urgently needed.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Human Rights
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the waiting time for cases to be decided in the European Court of Human Rights for cases commencing in the last 10 years ; what is the projected waiting time for cases commencing in the next five years ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : Information on the waiting time for cases to be decided by the European Court of Human Rights over the past 10 years is not readily available.
In practice, most cases are dealt with by the Commission of Human Rights. For those cases which reach the court, the waiting time for a decision is now five to six years. It is clear that, unless there are changes to the machinery of the European convention on human rights, the delays will grow as more countries join the Council of Europe and as awareness of the system increases.
As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has indicated earlier, the United Kingdom will contribute fully to the work now under way to improve the system so that cases are heard in good time.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions since 1963 the United Kingdom has been found in breach of the provisions of the European convention of human rights ; and what that number represents as a proportion of (a) cases brought against the United Kingdom and (b) plaintiff won cases.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many cases are currently proceeding against Her Majesty's Government through
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the European Court of Human Rights ; and how muchmber 1988 ; early 1989 ; 19 January 1989 ; 9 October 1989 ; 8 January 1990 ; 2 February 1990 ; and 11 May 1990.Yugoslavia
Mr. Faber : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans there are to hold meetings with the three parties involved in the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : Lord Owen and Mr. Stoltenberg, the co-chairmen of the international conference on the former Yugoslavia, hold regular talks with the parties to the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina. They met most recently with the leaders of the Bosnian Government and the Bosnian Croats on 18 May. Military commanders of the three parties meet regularly in the mixed military working group in Sarajevo, under the auspices of the international conference. We have no plans to hold separate meetings with the parties.
Mr. Faber : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what breaches there have been of the no-fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina since the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 816 ; and if he will list them.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : UNPROFOR reports of violations of the no-fly zone give details of 28 breaches or probable breaches between 12 April, when the NATO operation to enforce the no-fly zone began, and 12 May, the end of the period covered by the latest UNPROFOR report.
Mr. Faber : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what importance Her Majesty's Government attach to the current co-operation of the leadership of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in supporting the Vance/Owen peace plan ; and what measures have been taken to encourage their further support.
Mr. Douglas-Hogg : While we welcome President Milosevic's announcement of support for the Vance/Owen plan, we have made it clear we now expect him to use all his influence to persuade the Bosnian Serbs to accept it. We have called on him to accept international monitoring of the border between Bosnia and Serbia/Montenegro to
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establish whether he is carrying out his declared intention to cut off all but essential humanitarian supplies to the Bosnian Serbs. President Milosevic is aware that United Nations Security Council resolution 820 provides for a review of sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro if the Bosnian Serbs accept the peace plan and effectively implement it in good faith.Mr. Faber : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all confirmed breaches of the no-fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina since its introduction, in circumstances where aircraft are known to have crossed international frontiers ; if he will detail the origin and destination of such flights ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : There have been 545 violations or probable violations of the no-fly zone set up in UN Security Council resolutions 761 and 776 since 13 October 1992. Most of these appear to have taken place entirely within Bosnian airspace, although there have been some instances where aircraft have been observed flying away from or towards an international border. The information available in these cases is generally insufficient to determine whether the aircraft involved actually crossed the border.
Mr. Faber : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when discussions are next scheduled with EC or United Nations Security Council partners to discuss the implementation of a monitoring force along the border between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : A resolution authorising the deployment of United Nations monitors along the border between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina is currently under discussion at the UN in New York.
Mr. Faber : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the impact of the continuation of sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in respect of their co-operation and support for the Vance-Owen peace plan ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : UN sanctions have made a major contribution to the current serious economic situation in Serbia and Montenegro. We consider that the pressure exerted by the international community, including sanctions, was instrumental in the recent decision of the Presidents of Serbia and Montenegro and of the so-called Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to announce support for the Vance-Owen peace plan.
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Mr. Faber : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the United Kingdom plans to contribute forces to monitor the border between Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : At its meeting on 10 May, the EC Foreign Affairs Council indicated that the European Community and its member states would be willing to contribute to international efforts to monitor Bosnia's border with Serbia and Montenegro. No decision has yet been taken on a United Kingdom contribution.
Mr. Faber : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when Her Majesty's Government last had official contact with the President of Serbia ; and what were the circumstances and outcome.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister sent a message to President Milosevic on 17 May. He welcomed President Milosevic's agreement to support the Vance/Owen plan and to close the border of Serbia with Bosnia to all but humanitarian supplies, but made it clear that we would judge the President's policies by deeds rather than words. We support the EC offer to contribute to an international monitoring operation on the Serbia-Bosnia border to ensure that President Milosevic lives up to his commitment.
Mr. Faber : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will support the introduction of further sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia if there is no change in current political circumstances.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : Sanctions were toughened recently with the passage of Security Council resolution 820 on 17 April but we would certainly consider the need for further measures against Serbia and Montenegro if we felt the political situation required them.
Israel
Mr. Jon Owen Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the British Government have made to encourage Israel to implement its human rights obligations.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : We regularly raise human rights issues with the Israeli authorities, and have done so within the last month. I set out our considerable concerns on Israel's record in the occupied territories when I addressed the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva in February.
United Nations Security Council
Mr. Faber : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the United States Secretary of State since his decision not to attend the proposed United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday 21 May ; and what indications Mr. Christopher has given since them in respect of support for the Vance/Owen peace plan.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs had talks with Mr. Christopher on 21 and 22 May on a range of United Nations issues including the former Yugoslavia.
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On 22 May, the Foreign Ministers of the United States, France, Russia and Spain, together with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, met in Washington and agreed a joint programme of action, with the objectives of stopping the conflict and of moving forward to a lasting political solution building on the Vance/Owen process and intensified international cooperation.Mr. Faber : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reasons the United States Secretary of State has given to Her Majesty's Government for his country's decision not to attend a proposed United Nations Security Council meeting to be held on Friday 21 May ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : Russia, which holds the presidency of the Security Council this month, originally proposed a meeting of the council on 21 May with Foreign Ministers present to review follow-up to the United Nations Secretary-General's report "An Agenda for Peace". My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs had planned to attend the meeting. In the event, the Russians decided to postpone it.
Personnel
Lady Olga Maitland : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of his Department's personnel are United Kingdom based ; and what information he has on comparable data for the foreign ministries of France and Germany.
Mr. Goodlad : Approximately 61 per cent. of the FCO's diplomatic wing staff and 95 per cent. of the aid wing staff, including the ODA's executive agency, the Natural Resources Institute, fill jobs in the United Kingdom. Approximately 39 per cent of French foreign ministry staff and 47 per cent. of German foreign ministry staff fill jobs in France and Germany respectively. But it is extremely difficult to make valid comparisons between the figures for the FCO and other foreign ministries, because of differences in the functions for which each is responsible ; differences in structure ; and differences in the division of tasks between home and overseas.
Settlement Visas
Mr. Jon Owen Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the average waiting time for an interview for a settlement visa (a) generally and (b) from the Indian subcontinent.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : On average, the waiting times for settlement visa interviews are :
(a) Generally : this information is not available centrally. (b) In the Indian Sub-Continent at end of March 1993 :
|Months
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1. Queue 1: people with claim to right of abode, dependent relatives over 70, special compassionate Cases |3
2. Queue 2: all spouses and all children under 18 years |4"
3. Queue 3: fiance(e)s and others applying for the first time for settlement |6"
4. Queue 4: Reapplicants |9
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Diplomatic Estate
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 27 April, Official Report, column 373, if he will list those publications, in addition to the Official Journal of the European Community, in which invitations are routinely published for construction companies to tender for work on the overseas diplomatic estate.
Mr. Goodlad [pursuant to his reply, 14 May 1993, c. 624] : Herewith the corrected version, omitting the first sentence. Invitations to tender are not routinely published. It is our policy to invite tenders from construction companies short-listed after pre-selection procedures.
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 27 April, Official Report, column 373, how often, and in what format, the further information about a wider range of projects to which he refers is circulated to the Export Group for the Construction Industry ; if that information includes all opportunities for work on the overseas diplomatic estate, or only selected opportunities for such work ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Goodlad [pursuant to his reply, 14 May 1993, c. 623] : Herewith the corrected version, omitting the first sentence. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office sends a list about once a year to the Export Group for the Construction Industries of key details about planned projects likely to be of interest to United Kingdom construction companies and of an estimated value above a stated threshold. For 1983-86 the threshold was £250,000 ; for 1987-89, £500,000 ; and since 1990, £1 million. The latest list will be sent within the next few weeks.
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
Russian Federation
40. Mr. Fabricant : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement regarding the provision of aid to the Russian Federation.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The United Kingdom has consistently supported the process of economic and political reform being undertaken by President Yeltsin and his Government, and endorsed by popular referendum in April. The British contribution for this year and next will be £444 million, plus the bulk of a $1 billion commitment for export credits for the whole of the former Soviet Union.
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Poverty Forecasts
41. Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what forecasts he has made of the change in the number of people in the world who are living in absolute poverty by the year 2000.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : A number of bodies, including the World bank, have made varying forecasts of the numbers in poverty. The reduction of poverty, through sustainable economic and social development, is the central aim of our aid programme.
Nigeria
42. Mr. Ian Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the aid given to Nigeria.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Nigeria remains a major aid recipient. Gross bilateral aid in 1991-92 totalled £14.46 million. We are currently developing programmes of assistance in areas of health, education, natural resources and good government.
Africa (Aid)
43. Mr. Campbell-Savours : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the Minister for Overseas Development next intends to visit Africa to discuss matters relating to aid and development.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : My right hon. and noble Friend the Minister for Overseas Development hopes to visit east and southern Africa later in the year. Her detailed programme is not yet available.
United Nations Funds
88. Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much money has been granted by the Overseas Development Administration to (a) the United Nations Environmental Programme, (b) the United Nations Development Programme, (c) the United Nations Children's Fund, (d) the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, (e) the International Fund for Agricultural Development and (f) the World Food Programme in each year from 1979.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The table shows United Kingdom Government contributions to those organisations specified.
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Multilateral contributions 1979 to 1991-92 (£ thousands)
Organisation |UN Environment |UN Development |UN Children's |Food and Agriculture|International Fund |World Food Programme
|Programme<1> |Programme |Fund<2> |Organisation<3> |for Agricultural
|Development
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Year
(Calendar Years)
1979 |599 |28,533 |7,382 |2,482 |0 |7,017
1980 |593 |15,000 |4,991 |3,217 |0 |2,488
1981 |600 |17,500 |7,356 |3,616 |881 |1,853
1982 |600 |18,500 |5,983 |5,592 |2,110 |3,392
1983 |750 |18,500 |6,069 |6,195 |3,552 |828
1984 |750 |19,000 |6,025 |8,153 |4,243 |1,039
1985 |750 |21,000 |8,400 |6,779 |5,450 |500
1986 |1,000 |21,000 |8,308 |7,358 |3,509 |500
1987 |1,000 |23,000 |12,000 |5,760 |3,280 |10,392
Year (Financial Years)
1987-88 |1,000 |23,250 |15,223 |2,815 |2,861 |7,502
1988-89 |1,250 |25,250 |8,000 |8,518 |2,657 |9,823
1989-90 |3,000 |13,598 |8,450 |8,611 |3,166 |8,154
1990-91 |3,000 |27,017 |9,035 |10,210 |2,875 |7,542
1991-92 |4,000 |28,908 |9,047 |9,643 |2,847 |20,264
<1> ODA makes no contribution to UNEP; Funds are disbursed by the Department of Environment but counted in Aid Statistics as Official Development Assistance.
<2> The 1991-92 figure for UNICEF does not include United Kingdom responses to emergency and supplementary appeals. These totalled £4,634 thousand.
<3> The 1991-92 figure for FAO includes a supplementary contribution of £132 thousand.
Developing Countries
104. Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been contributed by his Department to (a) the common fund and (b) the European Community's STABEX, COMPLEX and SYSMIN mechanisms to compensate developing countries for shortfalls in commodity earnings in each of the last three years.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The ODA has contributed, via the Department of Trade and Industry, to the common fund for commodities as follows :
|£
---------------------------------------
1990 |<1>896,910
1990 |<2>448,455
1991 |<2>1,793,830
1992 |<3>-
<1> Cash.
<2> Promissory note.
<3> No expenditure.
The United Kingdom's share of the Community's expenditure on STABEX, COMPEX, and SYSMIN was as follows :
|£
---------------------------------
STABEX
1990 |25,089,880
1991 |55,430,396
1992 |46,263,043
COMPEX
1990 |1,322,835
1991 |<1>-
1992 |<2>-
SYSMIN
1990 |4,406,728
1991 |3,071,380
1992 |1,340,442
<1> No expenditure.
<2> Figures not yet available.
Yugoslavia
Mr. Faber : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many tonnes of humanitarian aid were delivered to Bosnia-Herzegovina
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along the land corridor from Split through Vitez before the recent Croat-Muslim hostilities ; and which alternative routes have been used subsequently.Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Exact figures for the total tonnage of humanitarian aid sent to Bosnia-Herzegovina subdivided by specific routes are unavailable. It is estimated that some 70,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid have been delivered from Metkovic, which is used as the principal depot for convoys into Bosnia from the south, and which is supplied from Split and Ploce, since November 1992.
Recent hostilities in the Mostar area have resulted in the closure of the main road and caused these convoys to have to follow more circuitous routes which involve using mountain tracks. As a result, it takes convoys longer to reach Vitez and other areas of central Bosnia, thereby reducing the amount of relief supplies they are able to deliver.
Mr. Faber : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on the numbers of (a) Serbian and Muslim citizens of Zagreb and (b) Muslim and Croat citizens of Belgrade who have been displaced as a result of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Detailed figures of the number of people displaced by the conflict in the former Yugoslavia are not kept by municipality. The latest estimate from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is that in Croatia there are some 246,000 displaced people from other parts of Croatia and 238,000 from Bosnia-Herzegovina. In Serbia there are 166,000 who have fled from Croatia and 219,000 from Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Macedonia
112. Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance has been given by the Government and the EC to Macedonia.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We have already provided £1 million of emergency aid, in the form of urgently needed medical supplies, to Macedonia. We have committed a further £1 million for 1993-94. The EC has committed a total of 45 million ecus for the supply of primary materials, including fuel, medical supplies and technical assistance to Macedonia. In addition, the EC has committed 15 million ecus for emergency aid.
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Road Construction
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many miles of road he estimates that his Department will fund in third-world countries in the coming year ; by whom these roads will be constructed ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The Overseas Development Administration expects to fund the construction and rehabilitation of 312.7 miles of road in the developing countries in the coming year. This work will be carried out by local labour and/or United Kingdom contractors. A breakdown by country is as follows :
Country |Miles |Contractor
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Belize
Stann Creek Valley |5 |Local and United Kingdom consultant
Montserrat
Lovers Lane to Cork Hill |1 |Direct Labour/United Kingdom consultant
St. Lucia
West Coast Road |4 |Regional and United Kingdom consultant
Turks and Caicos
Bight-Ramada Road |1.7 |Local
Suzi Tum Road |1 |Local
Bottle Creek Road |2 |Local or United Kingdom
Malawi
Lilongwe-Salima Road |25 |United Kingdom
Kenya
New bitumen sealed road |28 |Local
Uganda
Resealing (inc 10 miles of reconstruction) |50 |Local
Tanzania
Resealing |30 |Local
Bangladesh
ODA to part fund with World Bank |165 |Local and international
|-------
|312.7
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mr. Connarty : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions have been held with the International Development Association regarding the economic prospects of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We are in regular touch with the World bank about the economic prospects of countries in sub-Saharan Africa, especially through periodic consultative group meetings for individual countries and through the special programme of assistance for sub-Saharan Africa, a mechanism for co-ordinating bilateral and multilateral assistance to support economic reform in the region.
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ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Objections to Bail
36. Mr. Hawkins : To ask the Attorney-General what criteria the Crown Prosecution Service considers when deciding whether to object to bail.
The Attorney-General : The Crown Prosecution Service takes into account the considerations and exceptions to the right to bail set out in the Bail Act 1976 and any other relevant information available to it, including material from the police, the probation service, and other sources.
European Law Specialists
Ms Quin : To ask the Attorney-General how many staff in his Departments specialise in European law.
The Attorney-General : The Government legal service contains a large number of lawyers with expertise in European law. In the legal secretariat to the Law Officers there are five lawyers with specialist skills in this subject.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Official Report (CD-ROM)
Ms Gordon : To ask the Chairman of the Information Committee, pursuant to his answer of 2 December 1992, Official Report, column 201, what progress has been made in the consideration of making the Official Report available to hon. Members on CD-ROM.
Mr. Waller : A CD-ROM version of the Official Report covering the period from 1990 is available for reference in the Members' Library in the Palace and Derby Gate Library. For a trial period, Members who choose not to receive the bound volumes of the Official Report may obtain one copy of the CD-ROM covering the period from the start of the current Parliament on application at the Vote Office. This arrangement will be reviewed in due course.
Tools for Self Reliance
Mr. Colvin : To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee if he has considered an application for an exhibition relating to "Tools for Self Reliance" to be displayed in the Upper Waiting Hall.
Mr. Michael J. Martin : I understand that, under procedures agreed by the Administration Committee, arrangements have been made for the exhibition to be held in the Upper Waiting Hall from 28 June to 2 July.
EDUCATION
English Orders
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what period of time passed between his announcement of the revised orders for English and their delivery to all schools in England ; and what percentage this is of the consultation period.
Mr. Forth : My right hon. Friend announced proposals for revisions to the English order on 15 April and asked the
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National Curriculum Council to carry out the statutory consultation in England and report by 30 September. Dispatch of the proposals to all schools in England was completed by 17 May. The period for consultation extends until 30 July.Nursing Education
Mrs. Bridget Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list, for each Greater London borough, the percentages of children under five years old currently registered in nursery places (a) in 1986, (b) in 1988, (c) in 1990, (d) in 1992 and (e) at the latest date for which figures are available.
Mr. Forth : Participation rates in each local education authority in Greater London in 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992--the latest date for which information is available--are shown in the table.
Because of recent revisions to the population estimates to take account of the provisional results of the 1991 census of population, the participation rates for 1992 are not directly comparable at the LEA level with those for earlier years.
Estimated percentages of the local 3 and
4-year-old population
attending maintained nursery schools and
nursery classes in
maintained primary schools in Greater London (
1986 to 1992)
Position in January of each year
Participation
rates (percentages)
|1986|1988|1990|1992
------------------------------------------------
Camden |- |- |- |26
Greenwich |- |- |- |47
Hackney |- |- |- |36
Hammersmith and Fulham |- |- |- |42
Islington |- |- |- |38
Kensington and Chelsea |- |- |- |29
Lambeth |- |- |- |31
Lewisham |- |- |- |37
Southwark |- |- |- |39
Tower Hamlets |- |- |- |44
Wandsworth |- |- |- |37
Westminster<1> |- |- |- |31
ILEA<2> |40 |38 |35 |-
Barking |37 |31 |35 |40
Barnet |30 |29 |29 |29
Bexley |12 |14 |15 |19
Brent |34 |33 |32 |35
Bromley |1 |2 |2 |2
Croydon |7 |7 |7 |13
Ealing |35 |34 |35 |43
Enfield |21 |21 |20 |21
Haringey |41 |40 |38 |43
Harrow |16 |16 |16 |17
Havering |4 |4 |4 |4
Hillingdon |44 |46 |49 |48
Hounslow |69 |69 |66 |42
Kingston upon Thames |30 |31 |31 |35
Merton |36 |39 |40 |57
Newham |63 |58 |54 |58
Redbridge |8 |10 |13 |16
Richmond upon Thames |16 |17 |19 |18
Sutton |17 |20 |31 |36
Waltham Forest |38 |40 |35 |40
Greater London |32 |31 |31 |33
<1> Includes Corporation of London.
<2> Information was not collected prior to 1991
for the individual boroughs which comprised the
Inner London Education Authority (ILEA).
Mrs. Bridget Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools in each London borough currently provide nursery classes ; and how many children attend such classes.
Mr. Forth : Information about the number of maintained nursery scthe table.
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Pupils aged under five in maintained nursery schools and in
nursery classes in maintained primary schools in each local
education authority
in Greater London-January 1992.
Nursery schools Nursery classes
in primary schools
|schools|pupils |schools|pupils
---------------------------------------------------------------
Camden |3 |191 |24 |821
Greenwich |6 |682 |48 |2,421
Hackney |2 |165 |50 |2,047
Hammersmith and Fulham |6 |574 |23 |935
Islington |3 |268 |39 |1,529
Kensington and Chelsea |4 |263 |18 |563
Lambeth |5 |447 |44 |1,847
Lewisham |2 |231 |51 |2,338
Southwark |5 |484 |51 |2,223
Tower Hamlets |7 |695 |53 |1,992
Wandsworth |3 |209 |47 |2,002
Westminster<1> |3 |165 |24 |913
Barking |- |- |32 |1,750
Barnet |4 |512 |36 |1,839
Bexley |1 |180 |18 |947
Brent |4 |239 |46 |2,151
Bromley |- |- |3 |154
Croydon |4 |453 |11 |706
Ealing |6 |589 |44 |2,657
Enfield |- |- |25 |1,484
Haringey |3 |214 |44 |2,332
Harrow |- |- |19 |958
Havering |- |- |4 |247
Hillingdon |1 |120 |47 |3,030
Hounslow |- |- |43 |2,469
Kingston upon Thames |2 |242 |15 |931
Merton |- |- |36 |2,593
Newham |8 |947 |45 |3,498
Redbridge |- |- |17 |987
Richmond upon Thames |1 |71 |12 |635
Sutton |2 |240 |25 |1,444
Waltham Forest |4 |321 |34 |2,181
|-------|-------|-------|-------
Greater London |89 |8,502 |1,028 |52,624
<1> Includes Corporation of London.
Science Tests
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what changes have been made to the key stage 3 science tests following his consideration of the comments he received from science teachers, inspectors and advisers after the 1992 tests.
Mr. Forth : An independent evaluation of the 1992 science tests for 14-year-olds conducted for the School Examinations and Assessment Council has led to changes which are designed to improve the reliability of the test questions and marking scheme.
GCSE Assessments
Mr. Devlin : To ask the Secretary of State for Education on what date it was decided to delay the introduction of the new assessment arrangements for GCSE ; and on what date that decision was communicated to schools in England.
Mr. Forth : My right hon. Friend announced on 30 April that the present grading arrangements for GCSE will be retained for 1994 pending the outcome of the current review of the national curriculum and assessment by Sir Ron Dearing. Detailed information about this decision will be sent to schools by the School Examinations and Assessment Council on 24 May.
Grant-Maintained Schools (Disabled Facilities)
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many grant-maintained schools have facilities for disabled students ; and what percentage this is of grant-maintained schools.
Mr. Forth : This information is not collated centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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