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Abattoirs
Mr. Morley : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the number of abattoirs in England and their combined average throughput in (a) 1970, (b) 1980, (c) 1990, (d) 1991 and (e) 1992 ; and what are the most recent figures available.
Mr. Soames : Annual statistics derived from the survey of English slaughterhouses are given in the table. Comparative figures are not available for the years 1970 and 1980--details for 1985 are therefore included :
P
Year |Number of abattoirs|Average throughput
|open<1> |per abattoir
|(LUs)<2>
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1985 |839 |10,742
1990 |659 |12,730
1991 |599 |14,373
1992 |545 |15,278
<1> Open at any time during the year.
<2> 1 LU (livestock unit) = 1 adult cattle/calf or 7 sheep or 3 pigs.
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The most recent figures available show that 438 abattoirs in England are currently licensed to operate under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1992.Fisheries Decommissioning
Mr. Roger Evans : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the proposed decommissioning scheme for fishing vessels.
Mr. Curry : The Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) Scheme 1993 was laid before Parliament today.
The Government have already announced that funding of £25 million will be made available over three years for decommissioning fishing vessels as part of the package of conservation measures announced by my right hon. Friend the Minister on 27 February 1992.
This scheme allows the first tranche of payments to be made during the 1993 -94 financial year. The rules may be changed in subsequent years in the light of our experience with this first year's scheme. There will be no preset rates of grant. Vessel owners are invited to submit tenders for the amount of decommissioning grant for which they would be prepared to scrap their vessel and surrender its licence. Applications will be ranked in terms of pounds per vessel capacity unit.
To be eligible for decommissioning grants vessels must meet the following criteria :
(a) The vessel must be registered in the United Kingdom. It must have been acquired by the applicant(s) prior to 27 February 1992 and must be over 10 years of age ;
(b) The vessel must have spent at least 100 days at sea on fishing trips during 1991 and at least 100 days in 1992 ;
(c) The vessel must be over 10 m in overall length and hold a valid fishing licence. The descriptions of fish that may be taken under the licence must be the same or more extensive than under the license held on 27 February 1992. The licence and any entitlements associated with it will be permanently extinguished when the vessel is decommissioned.
(d) The vessel must be seaworthy : vessels over 12 m in registered length should have had a valid Department of Transport safety certificate on 1 April 1993.
(e) Grants will only be paid for scrapping vessels. The applicant must provide proof that the vessel has been removed from the Department of Transport Register of Fishing Vessels and has been scrapped within the European Community before and grant is paid ; (f) An application for a grant must be approved before the vessel is scrapped or the vessel will not be eligible for a grant ; (g) Successful applicants must have submitted proof of scrapping, de-registration and have surrendered all licences in respect of the vessel before 1 March 1994 otherwise they lose their right to a decommissioning grant.
Decommissioning complements the measures we are taking under the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992 to control fishing effort. It will help to ensure that the United Kingdom meets its MAGP targets. I believe that the scheme represents a significant contribution to help the industry to achieve the reductions in the fleet that are necessary if we are to secure a viable future for fishermen. Fishermen are therefore invited to apply for decommissioning grants. Application forms and accompanying explanatory leaflets are available in local fishery offices. The deadline for receipt of application is 9 July.
Eastern Sea Fisheries Joint Committee
Sir Richard Body : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will state the reasons for the time taken to reimburse the eastern sea fisheries joint committee under EC Council decision 89/631.
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Mr. Curry : The average time for reimbursement of grant under Council decision 89/631 is at least three months after the application has been forwarded to the Commission. The committee's first application for grant was dated 25 February 1993, and the moneys have been paid into the committee's bank account.
Sellafield
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what recent representations he has received on radioactive pollution from Sellafield.
Mr. Curry : The Minister and the chief inspector of Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution have received approximately 83,000 representations in response to consultation on draft authorisations to discharge nuclear wastes from BNFL Sellafield. These are currently being considered.
Sheep Annual Premium
Mr. Gill : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many claims for payments under the sheep annual premium scheme were submitted after the prescribed date.
Mr. Curry : A total of 1,082 claims are estimated to have been received by my Department after the advertised closing dates of the first and second application periods under the 1993 sheep annual premium scheme. This represents about 2.6 per cent. of the total number of claims submitted. We repeatedly emphasise to farmers the importance of lodging their claims by the closing date.
Pesticides
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make it his policy to undertake a review of pesticide usage in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Soames : Government policy is that the use of pesticides should be limited to the minimum necessary for the effective control of pests compatible with the protection of human health and the environment. This policy of minimisation is pursued through the statutory approvals system which sets maximum dose rates and tests efficacy claims and is backed by controls on use ; surveillance monitoring of residues ; usage surveys ; and investigation of wildlife incidents. The Government also support an extensive research programme to investigate ways of minimising use. These policies have already led to significant reductions in the weight of active ingredients applied and we shall continue to pursue them in the future.
Select Committee Recommendations
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many Select Committee recommendations have been made about, and how many accepted by, his Department since April 1989.
Mr. Curry : The Agriculture Committee has published 16 reports since April 1989. The Government's responses are contained in the following documents, copies of which are available in the Library of the House.
Supply of beer. HC 528, 1989
Implementation of the new beef regime. HC 402, 1989
Land Use and Fores1991
Animals in transit. HC 45, 1991
Microwave Ovens. CM 1482, 1991
Disposal of fallen livestock. CM 1778, 1991
Commodity markets in the 1990s. HC 98, 1992
The trade gap in food and drink. CM 1982, 1992
Arrangements for the importation of bananas into the United Kingdom. HC 452, 1993
Peat
Mr. Spellar : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is Her Majesty's Government's policy on replacement of peat with alternative materials.
Mr. Curry : The Government are concerned to ensure that the United Kingdom horticultural industry continues to have access to efficient and economic plant growth media. Currently the use of peat is essential to enable the United Kingdom's horticultural industry to remain competitive. The Government have welcomed positive actions by the horticultural and landscape industries to examine and use suitable alternatives to peat--in particular in the amenity and retail sectors. Government Departments are supporting research into the needs of plants for growing media, and into alternatives to peat and the place of recycled materials.
Integrated Administration and Control System
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of IACS forms were returned by 15 May ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Curry : In order to ensure that every potential applicant received an IACS information pack, forms and explanatory booklets were distributed to all holdings in England and Wales. The number returned by 15 May amounted to approximately 45 per cent. of these despatched. We recognised that some holdings would not be eligible for aid under the CAP schemes covered by IACS but we were not willing to take the risk of missing potential claimants.
Environmentally Sensitive Areas
Mr. Martlew : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 2 April to the hon. Member for Carlisle, Official Report, column 454, when he expects to introduce the scheme for public access in ESAs ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Curry : We plan to introduce the new measures to encourage public access in environmentally sensitive areas during the coming winter.
Science and Technology
Mr. Thomason : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how his Department contributes to the Government's policy for science and technology.
Mr. Gummer : My Ministry is a science-based Department. It employs more graduate scientists and engineers than any other civil Department. The continual availability of reliable scientific information and expertise is essential to me for the sound formation, appraisal, implementation and evaluation of the Ministry's policies.
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These are concerned with major aspects both of quality of life and economic performance, including public safety, animal welfare, environmental enhancement, and improving the economic performance of the agricultural, fishing and food industries.The Ministry's scientific and technical activities range over provision of timely and objective specialist advice to Ministers, monitoring and surveillance, scientific investigation, formulation and management of policy-related research programmes, and promotion of technology transfer.
The Ministry will continue to depend on its own scientific services and those from external contractors in the public and private sectors. The Ministry's choice of supplier will in every case be determined according to its judgment of suitability, scientific capability and value for money to meet its policy needs.
I welcome the publication today of the White Paper "Science and Technology" by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and in particular its recognition of the key role of civil Departments in determining their own needs and commissioning work from suppliers who compete to meet their specifications. I very much support the White Paper's emphasis on ensuring that the status of research establishments in the public sector is optimal for Departments to obtain the services which they need.
My Department has been in the forefront of this process. I have already carefully reviewed the optionsfor ownership and management of the Ministry's scientific facilities, the outcome of which has been therecent establishment of the Central Veterinary Laboratory, ADAS and the Central Science Laboratory as departmental agencies, and decisions that the food laboratories should acquire a similar status within the Central Science Laboratory. The scrutiny announced in today's White Paper will take account of such reviews which have already been completed, recognising that science and technology are integral to the missions of Departments and that changes should not weaken the effective provision of scientific expertise and advice.
PRIME MINISTER
Domicile Status
Ms Harman : To ask the Prime Minister what plans he has to amend the rules concerning domicile status in the United Kingdom.
The Prime Minister : The Government have no immediate plans to introduce legislation on this subject.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Job Applicants (Travel Expenses)
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will seek to amend existing legislation and regulations to enable job applicants in Northern Ireland who have been short listed for a second interview, after an initial interview, to claim travelling expenses for the purpose of attending a second interview.
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Mr. Atkins : Responsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Training and Employment Agency under its chief executive, Mr. J. S. Crozier. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from J. S. Crozier to Mr. Roy Beggs, dated 25 May 1993 : You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will seek to amend existing legislation and regulations to enable job applicants in Northern Ireland who have been shortlisted for a second interview, after an initial interview, to claim travelling expenses for the purpose of attending a second interview. The Secretary of State has passed your question to me, as Chief Executive of the Training and Employment Agency, for reply.
The programme which relates to your enquiry is the Travel to Interview Scheme. This is essentially a small scheme with limited resources and it is therefore not possible to help at every stage of a selection procedure. Where an employer needs to see a jobseeker on more than one occasion the employer might be expected to help meet the cost if the jobseeker cannot do so. By conserving our resources for providing help to attend the first interview more applications can be accepted and more jobseekers helped to find employment. However the scheme is currently under review and the eligibility conditions are being examined to see whether, within the limited resources that are available, there are ways of helping more people more effectively.
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proposals he has to change the title of the RUC ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Mates : I have no plans to change the title of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the adjective Royal was given to the police service in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Mates : The prefix "Royal" was granted to the Royal Ulster Constabulary on its formation.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Roman Catholic members of the RUC have been murdered by republican criminals in each of the past 25 years.
Mr. Mates : It would not be appropriate to provide this information since it might lead to the identification of the religious affiliation of individual officers.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of the RUC are known to have been Roman Catholic in each of the past 25 years.
Mr. Mates : Statistics regarding the community background of RUC officers are not available prior to 1990.
Since 1990 the percentage of officers with a Roman Catholic background is as follows :--
|1990 |1991 |1992 |<1>1993
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RUC (Regular) |7.75 |7.72 |7.84 |7.87
RUC Reserve<2> |5.45 |5.82 |5.92 |6.14
<1> As at 17 May 1993.
<2> Full-time.
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Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the ratio of RUC average earnings to average earnings in Northern Ireland in each of the past 25 years.
Mr. Mates : The information is available only for each of the past 21 years and is given in the following table :
Year |Average earnings |Average earnings |Ratio average
|RUC<1> |Northern Ireland<2>|earnings (NI) v.
|average RUC
|earnings
|£s/annum |£s/annum
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1992-93 |32,954 |not available |-
1991-92 |31,130 |15,705 |1:1.98
1990-91 |28,013 |14,346 |1:1.95
1989-90 |25,342 |13,351 |1:1.90
1988-89 |23,080 |12,166 |1:1.90
1987-88 |22,126 |11,334 |1:1.95
1986-87 |19,872 |10,502 |1:1.89
1985-86 |17,874 |9,596 |1:1.86
1984-85 |17,004 |9,074 |1:1.87
1983-84 |15,803 |8,642 |1:1.83
1982-83 |14,957 |7,947 |1:1.88
1981-82 |14,281 |7,468 |1:1.91
1980-81 |11,648 |6,831 |1:1.70
1979-80 |10,055 |5,993 |1:1.68
1978-79 |7,876 |4,919 |1:1.60
1977-78 |6,937 |4,292 |1:1.62
1976-77 |5,891 |3,797 |1:1.55
1975-76 |5,366 |3,613 |1:1.48
1974-75 |4,608 |2,881 |1:1.60
1973-74 |3,859 |2,249 |1:1.71
1972-73 |3,421 |1,949 |1:1.75
1971-72 |3,245 |1,696 |1:1.91
<1> RUC average earnings are for regular members of the force.
<2> Northern Ireland average earnings are as determined by the Department of Economic Development
Annual New Earnings Survey.
Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991
Mr. Clifford Forsythe : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects Lord Colville's report on the operation in 1992 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 to be available.
Sir Patrick Mayhew : I am happy to say that Lord Colville's 1992 report has been published today. I have arranged for copies to be placed in the Library of the House today.
NATIONAL HERITAGE
Television Reception
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what guidance he has given to (a) the Independent Television Commission and (b) the BBC about improving TV reception along the Lancashire and Yorkshire border so as to ensure reception of programmes in Pendle.
Mr. Brooke : It is for the broadcasters to determine the engineering priorities aimed at extending or improving reception of programmes to specific areas.
County Hall and Battersea Power Station
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage when he last received a report from English Heritage on the current condition of (a) County hall and (b) Battersea power station.
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Mr. Brooke : I have not received and do not expect any report from English Heritage on county hall while the building remains in good condition.
I received a report on Battersea power station in February following a further inspection by officers of English Heritage which showed no significant deterioration in its condition. I understand that a further inspection took place at the end of March and that English Heritage is expecting shortly to appoint consultant engineers to conduct a more detailed examination of the building.
Royal Palaces (Fire Protection)
Mr. Trend : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage when he will publish the report of the inquiry into fire protection measures for the royal palaces.
Mr. Brooke : I have today published the report and have also placed copies in the Library of the House. This follows from my announcement on 14 January that I had invited Sir Alan Bailey to chair an inquiry into the adequacy of fire protection measures at the royal palaces for which I have a financial responsibility, following the tragic fire at Windsor castle last November.
I am very grateful to Sir Alan Bailey and to Philip Kilshaw and Donald Insall, who assisted him in his task, for producing a thorough and well- reasoned report. It contains a full and definitive account of the Windsor fire and identifies the lessons to be learnt from the fire. The main part of the report contains a comprehensive assessment of the strategy needed to protect these royal palaces from fire, while at the same time preserving their historic fabric. It properly considers the risks, costs and value for money aspects of fire protection measures.
I am glad to hear that the inquiry team "found basic fire safety precautions generally in place, and a programme of work already in train to improve fire protection". However the report makes clear that a number of further measures are desirable. Both I and the royal household accept the general strategy recommended in the report as sensible and necessary. Indeed many of the recommendations are already being implemented or planned. Those measures which the inquiry team consider should be implemented at once will be so implemented. This includes work at the White tower, which has already started. Detailed professional surveys will be or have already been undertaken for each palace, to recommend safety improvements such as compartmentation and fire stopping consistent with preserving the historic fabric. Automatic fire detection systems will be installed in each of the palaces which do not at present have such a system. The timing of these and other protection measures will be decided in the light of the findings of survey reports, the scope for adjusting planned works programmes to accommodate additional fire protection measures, and the availability of funds.
The royal household and the Historic Royal Palaces Agency, which are directly responsible for managing most of these properties, will now be considering the report in detail.
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EDUCATION
Parents' Guide
Mr. Heppell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what expenditure there has been on the production and distribution of his Department's publication "Testing : the Facts", including the parents' guide 1993-94, "How is Your Child Doing at School?"
Mr. Forth : The cost of the production and distribution of "Testing : the Facts", including "How is Your Child Doing at School?", is estimated at £9,100.
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects to publish the information requested on the number of telephone calls and written requests he had received by 10 May for "How is Your Child Doing at School" ; and how many copies were distributed in each of the 10 languages listed in the advertisement on 27 April.
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Mr. Forth : The campaign to provide parents with information about testing has not yet ended. My right hon. Friend will announce the number of requests received in due course. An initial distribution of 981,000 copies of the leaflet was made to schools, libraries and local education authorities.
Assisted Places
Mr. Tracey : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make a statement about the level of parental contributions to the fees of pupils in the assisted places scheme in the next academic year.
Mr. Forth : Remission of tuition fees under the assisted places scheme is dependent on the level of fees at participating schools and the amount parents can afford to contribute. Subject to parliamentary approval, the parental contribution scales will be adjusted upwards for the school year 1993-94 as set out in the table. Where the relevant income for the appropriate financial year does not exceed £9,225 the tuition fees will be wholly remitted.
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Part of relevant |One assisted pupil |Each of two assisted|Each of three
income to which |pupils |assisted pupils
percentage applies
|Per cent. |Per cent. |Per cent.
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That part which exceeds £9,059 but does not exceed £9,850 |9.00 |6.75 |5.25
That part (if any) which exceeds £9,850 but does not exceed £10,655 |12.00 |9.00 |7.00
That part (if any) which exceeds £10,655 but does not exceed £12,250 |15.00 |11.25 |8.75
That part (if any) which exceeds £12,250 but does not exceed £14,707 |21.00 |15.75 |12.25
That part (if any) which exceeds £14,707 but does not exceed £17,912 |24.00 |18.00 |14.00
That part (if any) which exceeds £17,912 |33.00 |24.75 |19.25
Special Schools
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list on an annual basis the number of times the procedures under section 14 of the Education Act 1981 have been used, indicating the local education authorities involved, the special schools proposed for closure, the ones that were closed and the alternative provision made for them.
Mr. Forth : The information is not readily available in the form requested. The following list identifies special schools closed under section 14 procedures for each calendar year 1988-1992, including those which formed part of wider reorganisation proposals, where for example the establishment of a new special school following closure proposals involving several schools. Before approving proposals for the closure of special schools the Secretary of State must be satisfied that the alternative arrangements for pupils are satisfactory.
For the period 1983-1988, "Statistics of Education" published annually by HMSO show the total number of LEA maintained special schools.
Special Schools closed 1988-1992 under proposals under section 14
of the Education Act 1981
|Date of closure
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1988
Cheshire
Torpenhow School |31 August 1988
Cleveland
Summerhouse Schools |1 January 1988
Cumbria
Roa Island School |31 August 1988
Derbyshire
Frank Merrifield |31 August 1988
Devon
Withycombe House School |31 July 1988
Ratcliffe School |31 July 1988
Essex
Branwood |31 July 1988
Dacre |31 July 1988
Hampshire
Bursledon Hospital School |31 December 1988
Lancashire
Hendon Brook School |1 January 1988
Derby School |31 August 1988
Leeds
Armley Lodge School |31 August 1988
Cardinal Square School |31 August 1988
Inner London (before abolition of ILEA)
Heathermount School |31 August 1988
Whittingdon School |31 August 1988
New River School |31 August 1988
Nathaniel Heckford School |31 August 1988
Winceby House School |31 August 1988
Montford House School |22 July 1988
Bromley
Cheyne Hospital School |31 August 1988
Hillingdon
Park Place School |31 August 1988
Hounslow
Heston School for the Deaf |31 October 1988
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
The Silverhill School |31 August 1988
Condercum House School |31 August 1988
Eastview School |31 August 1988
St. Peter's School |31 August 1988
Sheriff Leas School |31 August 1988
Westlands School |31 August 1988
Brunswick Beech School |31 August 1988
Castle Dene School |31 August 1988
St. Aiden's School |31 August 1988
Kenton Lodge School |31 August 1988
North Yorkshire
Friarage Hospital School |31 December 1988
Oldham
Greenbank School |27 May 1988
Oxfordshire
Smith Hospital |22 July 1988
Rotherham
The Oaks School |31 August 1988
Sheffield
Northern General Hospital School |31 August 1988
Limb Lane School |31 August 1988
Todwick Grange School |31 August 1988
Solihull
Swanswell |31 August 1988
Stockport
Shawfold School |31 August 1988
Woodlands School |31 August 1988
Sunderland
Maplewood School |31 July 1988
Milton Hall School |31 July 1988
Humbledon School |31 July 1988
Glebe School |31 August 1988
Copt Hill School |31 August 1988
Stannington School |31 July 1988
Wellbank School |31 July 1988
Walsall
Queslett |31 December 1988
1989
Bradford
Langley School |31 August 1989
Cheshire
Capenhurst Grange School |31 August 1989
Cumbria
Brookside |31 August 1989
Devon
Dryden School |31 December 1989
Dudley
Mount School |31 December 1989
Hertfordshire
Butts Close |31 March 1989
Homefield |31 March 1989
Liverpool
Crookhey Hall School |31 August 1989
Inner London (before abolition of ILEA)
Shephall Manor School |31 August 1989
Outer London
Newham
Regent School |31 March 1989
Waltham Forest
Waltham Forest School |31 August 1989
Grosvenor House School |31 August 1989
Nottinghamshire
Harlow Wood Hospital |31 January 1989
Sheffield
Beeley Wood Senior School |31 August 1989
Stockport
Beacon School |31 August 1989
Surrey
Farmstead |31 December 1989
Warwickshire
St. Michael's |31 August 1989
Gresham |31 August 1989
Wirral
Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital School |31 August 1989
1990
Avon
Highwood Hospital School |31 December 1990
Berkshire
Evelyn Fox |31 July 1990
Bradford
McMillan School |31 August 1990
Thorn Garth School |31 August 1990
Cambridgeshire
Orton Hall |5 November 1990
Cumbria
Roundhills School |31 August 1990
Hertfordshire
Brandles Close |1 September 1990
Broxbournebury |31 August 1990
Hillside |31 August 1990
Knowsley
Albert Hambleton School |31 August 1990
Northfield School |31 August 1990
Arncliff School |31 August 1990
Millbridge School |31 March 1990
Camberley School |31 July 1990
Inner London Boroughs
Camden
Holly Court School |8 August 1990
Outer London
Barnet
Mapledown School |31 August 1990
Oakleigh School |31 August 1990
Brent
Frank Wyeth School |31 May 1990
Ealing
Red House School |31 December 1990
Havering
Havering Grange School |31 August 1990
Hounslow
Martindale School |31 August 1990
Manchester
Alice Briggs House |31 August 1990
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Freeman Hospital School |1 January 1990
Shropshire
Petton Hall |1 September 1990
Surrey
Rowley Bristow |31 July 1990
Claybourne |31 August 1990
Temple Court |31 August 1990
Leacroft |31 August 1990
Greystone |31 August 1990
Bakers Croft |31 August 1990
Wolverhampton
Kingston Hall |31 August 1990
1991
Barnsley
Springwood School |30 July 1991
Cumbria
Richard Brunskill School |31 December 1991
H. K. Campbell School |31 August 1991
Dorset
Westbourne School |30September 1991
East Sussex
Hill House |31 August 1991
Essex
Ogilvie |31 August 1991
Gateshead
Hindley Hall School |31 August 1991
Hereford/Worcester
Pudlestone Court |31 August 1991
Lancashire
Valley School |31 August 1991
Belmont School |31 August 1991
Leeds
East End Park School |31 August 1991
Grafton School |31 August 1991
Woodside School |31 August 1991
Elmete Hall School |31 August 1991
Roundhay Lodge School |31 August 1991
Cliff House School |31 August 1991
Victoria Park School |31 August 1991
Springfield School |31 August 1991
Nowell School |31 August 1991
Stanningley School |31 August 1991
Pennyfield School |31 August 1991
Fearnville School |31 August 1991
Tranfield School |31 August 1991
Northways School |31 August 1991
Redwood Croft School |31 August 1991
Two Dales School |31 August 1991
Eastfield School |31 August 1991
West Oaks School |31 August 1991
Broomfield School |31 August 1991
Leicestershire
Leicester Hospital |31 August 1991
Royal Infirmary |31 August 1991
Newham
Lansbury School |31 January 1991
Northamptonshire
Princess Marina |22 April 1991
Wiston |22 April 1991
Northumberland
Riverbank School |31 December 1991
Shropshire
Robert James Orthopaedic Hospital |31 August 1991
1992
Calderdale
Bermerside School |31 August 1992
Heywood School |31 August 1992
Woodbank School |31 August 1992
Hillside School
Durham
Glebe School |31 August 1992
Salters Lane School |31 August 1992
Mayfair School |31 August 1992
Dunholme School |31 August 1992
Troutslane School |31 August 1992
South View School
Humberside
Carnforth School |31 August 1992
Trinity School
Inner London Boroughs (following abolition of ILEA)
Greenwich
Rose Cottage School |31 August 1992
Hawthorne Cottage School |31 August 1992
Manormead School |31 August 1992
Hammersmith and Fulham
John Aird School |31 December 1992
Fernhurst School |31 December 1992
Pine End School |31 December 1992
Elizabeth Burgwin School |31 December 1992
Wedgewood School
Southwark
Woodstock School |31 August 1992
Beormund School |31 August 1992
Merton
Ravensbury School |31 August 1992
William Wilberforce School
Northamptonshire
Firdale |1 September 1992
Sefton
Sandfield School |31 July 1992
Pupil Exclusions
Mr. Butcher : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will take steps to encourage headmasters to exclude disruptive pupils from school when it can be shown that the continued admission of such pupils deleteriously affects the education of other pupils in the school.
Mr. Forth : Head teachers already have the power to exclude a pupil on disciplinary grounds where they deem it an appropriate response to serious misbehaviour.
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School Inspections
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many tenders OFSTED has received for the first group of schools to be inspected ; and how many of these tenders have been accepted ; (2) how many school inspectors OFSTED has trained and registered to inspect secondary schools in the autumn ; and what is the minimum number of school inspectors necessary to inspect schools in England and Wales every four years ;
(3) how many school inspectors registered by OFSTED are currently (a) based in local authorities and (b) from private consultancies.
Mr. Forth : The arrangements for inspecting schools under the Education (Schools) Act 1992 are a matter for OFSTED.
I have asked Professor Sutherland to write to the hon. Member.
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the average cost of a school inspection by his Department's inspectors ; and what is his estimate of the average cost of a school inspection by OFSTED inspectors.
Mr. Forth : Inspections of schools formerly carried out by Her Majesty's inspectorate as part of the Department for Education varied in cost from about £4,500 to about £35,000. The cost of inspections carried out under the Education (Schools) Act in accordance with OFSTED's framework of guidance are a matter for Professor Sutherland.
I have asked Professor Sutherland to write to the hon. Member.
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