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Teacher Training
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Wyre (Mr. Mans), Official Report, 13 July 1993, c. 826, concerning teacher training, what additional funding for schools will be made to cover the costs of supervising trainee teachers in the proposed two thirds training time in schools ; and, for the academic years 1995-96 and thereafter, what he expects to be the overall ratio of qualified and trainee teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
Mr. Robin Squire : Schools which enter into teacher training partnerships with higher education institutions will receive funding from their partner institution ; the amount transferred will depend on the nature of the partnership in each case. Schools taking part in the pioneering scheme of school-centred training will receive up to £4,000 per student, equivalent to the full cost of a PGCE course in higher education. All student teachers
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have for many years spent time in the school classroom ; the 56,000 students currently enrolled on courses of initial teacher training compare with a total teaching force of 450,000. On current plans student numbers are expected to decline from 1995-96 onwards.Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is his estimate of the intake into teacher training in the next decade based on the present birth rate ; and what statistics and information he has available to plan for educational trends in the next two decades.
Mr. Robin Squire : In January this year the Higher Education Funding Council for England was given planning numbers for intakes into initial teacher training courses for the period 1993 to 1996. These were as follows :
|1993 |1994 |1995 |1996
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Primary phase |14,295|12,930|12,115|10,855
Secondary phase |14,450|16,050|17,000|17,935
|--- |--- |--- |---
Total |28,745|28,980|29,115|28,790
These numbers were based on the latest projections of pupil numbers taking account of the Government Actuary's estimates of birth rates, and other indicators of teacher supply and demand such as total numbers, retirements and other wastage, and out of service teachers. The planning figures will be reviewed annually as new data become available. Estimates beyond 1996 will be made towards the end of the present planning period.
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what studies he has made of the effect on (a) pupils and (b) staff of his proposal that two thirds of teacher trainee time shall be in the schools with particular reference to the quality of supervision and training that might be available in smaller schools ; and which such studies have been published.
Mr. Robin Squire : The requirement that two thirds of a student's time is to be spent in school will apply, from September 1994, to postgraduate courses of training for secondary school teachers. The requirements for undergraduate courses, and proposed requirements for primary courses to take full effect in 1996, are set out in DFE Circular 9/92 and the draft circular on primary teacher training recently issued by the Department ; both are in the Library. Schools able and willing to play a part in teacher training may choose to enter into partnership with higher education institutions. OFSTED will be monitoring the impact of these new arrangements on schools and students ; OFSTED's "New Teacher in School" survey, published last month, noted that those with the most extended school experience felt best prepared for their first posts.
Adult Learning Centres
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many adult learning centres closed in England and Wales in 1991-92 and 1992-93 ; what information he has on the likely closure figure for 1993-94 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Boswell : Information on the number of closures of adult education establishments in England is not collected by the Department. Information on Wales is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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The duty to secure the provision of adequate facilities for the further education of adults is clearly set out in the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. That duty is divided between the Further Education Funding Council and local education authorities. The Government have ensured that both the council and LEAs have sufficient resources to carry out their duties.Mr. Gunnell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many adult learning centres in England and Wales received local authority grants in 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94.
Mr. Boswell : In 1991-92 and 1992-93 there were, respectively, 1, 682 and 1,562 adult education establishments maintained by local education authorities in England and recorded on annual returns to the Department. Figures for 1993-94 are not yet available. Information on Wales is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Speech Therapy and Child Psychotherapy
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what funds are available from the European Community to enable individual students to receive funding to pursue postgraduate courses in Britain leading to qualifications in (a) speech therapy and (b) child psychotherapy.
Mr. Boswell : I am not aware of EC funding specifically for post- graduate study in these areas. Within the ERASMUS programme eligible students in any discipline, including postgraduate students, undertaking an integrated period of study in another participating state as part of their home course may receive assistance towards the cost of mobility. Students from elsewhere in the EC undertaking a course in the United Kingdom are eligible for payment of their tuition fees on the same basis as home students.
General Studies A-Level
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make a statement on the future of the general studies A-level examination ; how many students have passed this examination for each of the past 10 years ; and how many students there were whose qualifications to enter university included the general studies A-level for the same period.
Mr. Robin Squire : The future of individual GCE A-level syllabuses is a matter for the GCE examination boards to decide, in consultation with the School Examinations and Assessment Council. Information about the numbers entering universities with general studies GCE A-level is not held centrally. The Department estimates that in 1982 approximately 27,000 candidates achieved a pass at general studies GCE A-level and figures published by SEAC show that in 1991, 52,085, and in 1992, 53,724 candidates achieved passes in this subject.
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Student Unions
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what outside advice he sought or received in making his decision as to (a) the publication date and (b) the closing date of his consultation paper on student unions.
Mr. Boswell : The Government's announcement of their proposals for student union reform on 1 July followed extensive consultations over the principles to be applied in student union affairs. The consultations now under way relate to the implementation of these reforms. In the light of representations received, we have decided that it would be helpful to extend the period for these follow-up consultations to four months to 1 November, to enable constructive discussions to take place.
Non-contact Time
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is his estimate of the average weekly non-contact time of primary and secondary school teachers for 1992 and 1993.
Mr. Robin Squire : The latest available information on teachers' non -contact time is that provided in the reply given to the hon. Member on 3 February 1993, Official Report, column 211.
Students (Socio-economic Background)
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what information he has on recent changes or trends in the socio-economic background of students ; and if he will provide an estimate of the relative chances of entering full-time higher education among the present cohort of 18-year-olds relative to the socio-economic group of their parents.
Mr. Boswell : The Department has two main sources of information about the socio-economic background of students in higher education : the youth cohort study and the higher education admissions agencies, UCCA and PCAS. The youth cohort study is a sample survey of young people at ages 16, 17 and 18. Universities Central Council on Admissions and Polytechnics Central Admissions System data cover entrants of all ages to full-time and sandwich courses of higher education, but not all applicants provide information about their socio-economic background. PCAS collected information on socio-economic background for the first time in 1991-92. The most recent available figures are shown in the tables.
The proportion of all young people entering full-time and sandwich higher education reached the record level of 28 per cent. in 1992. The Department does not have the necessary information to estimate relative participation rates for different socio-economic groups in that year.
Youth Cohort Study: 1988-89 academic year
|Percentage |Percentage of young
|distribution by |people from each
|socio-economic |socio-economic
|group of |group in higher
|education at age 18
|All 18 year olds |18 year olds in
|higher education
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Professional |8 |18 |35
Managerial |17 |24 |21
Other non-manual |21 |29 |21
Skilled manual |38 |24 |9
Semi and unskilled manual |16 |6 |5
K Percentage distribution by socio-economic class of home applicants accepted through UCCA: Academic Year |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professional |21 |20 |19 Intermediate |49 |50 |50 Skilled non-manual |11 |11 |11 Skilled manual |12 |12 |12 Partly skilled and unskilled manual |7 |7 |7
Percentage distribution by socio-economic class of home applicants admitted through PCAS: Academic Year |1991-92 |1992-93 ------------------------------------------------------------- Professional |12 |13 Intermediate |46 |42 Skilled non-manual |13 |13 Skilled manual |18 |20 Partly skilled and unskilled manual |12 |11
Students (Vacation)
Mr. Cummings : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to relieve the hardship of students with dependent families over the long summer vacation.
Mr. Boswell : The mandatory awards system provides dependants' allowances covering the summer vacation for eligible students. Local education authorities may make such discretionary award payments as they think fit to students on courses not designated for mandatory awards. Universities and colleges may use their access funds to give additional help to eligible students in particular need during the vacation.
Further Education Colleges
Mr. Cummings : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to increase the level of access funds for further education colleges.
Mr. Boswell : The Further Education Funding Council has been allocated £4.8 million from the access funds to disburse to colleges in the further education sector in the 1993-94 academic year, an increase of 9.6 per cent. on the sum available to FE colleges in 1992-93.
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HEALTH
Quangos
Mr. Grocott : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the former members of this House who have been appointed since 1988 by her Department to quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations ; and if she will list, in each case, the title of the post, the salary, the duration of the appointment, and the party which each represented as an hon. Member.
Mr. Sackville : The available information is shown in the tables. National Health Service Authorities and Trusts
Mrs. R. Barnes, Director, Greenwich Healthcare Trust, 4 November 1992 to 31 October 1994 (Social Democratic Party).
Mr. T. Benyon, Chairman, Milton Keynes District Health Authority, 1 April 1990 to 31 March 1993 (Conservative).
Mr. T. Brinton, Chairman, Dartford and Gravesham District Health Authority, 1 April 1988 to 31 March 1990 (Conservative).
Lord Hayhoe, Chairman, Guy's and St. Thomas' Trust, 21 March 1993 to 30 November 1995 (Conservative).
Mrs. H. Hayman, Chairman, Whittington Hospital Trust, 4 November 1992 to 31 October 1996. (Labour).
Lord Jenkin of Roding, Chairman, Forest Healthcare Trust, 1 November 1991 to 30 November 1993 (Conservative).
Mr. J. Lee, Chairman, Christie Hospital Trust, 1 December 1992 to 30 November 1994 (Conservative).
Dr. J. D. Mabon, Chairman, Royal London homeopathic Hospital Trust, 4 November 1992 to 31 October 1996 (Labour/Social Democratic Party). Sir Robert McCrindle, Director, Havering Hospital Trust, 4 November 1992 to 31 October 1996 (Conservative).
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson, Director, West Berks Priority Care Trust, 4 November 1992 (died 28 March 1993) (Conservative).
Professor E. Moonman, Chairman, Islington District Health Authority, 1 April 1982 to 31 March 1990 (Labour).
Sir David Price, Director, Southampton University Hospital Trust, 4 November 1992 to 31 October 1994 (Conservative).
Sir Timothy Raison, Chairman, Aylesbury Vale Community Trust, 1 June 1992 to 30 November 1994 (Conservative).
Chairmen of district health authorities and National Health Service trusts are currently remunerated at between £15,125 and £19,285 a year. Non-executive directors of NHS trusts receive £5,000 a year. Non- Departmental Public Bodies
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson, Member of the Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority from February 1990 to his death in March 1993. Paid expenses only. (Conservative).
Mr. James Welbeloved, Member of the Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority from February 1990 to 31 March 1994. Paid expenses only. (Labour).
Mr. Grocott : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the names of individuals who (a) are spouses of hon. Members, (b) are members of the House of Lords,
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(c) are spouses of members of the House of Lords and (d) have been party candidates for Parliament, indicating for which party, who have been appointed by her Department since 1988 to quasi- autonomous non-governmental organisations giving, in each case, the title of the post, any salary payable, and the duration of the appointment.Mr. Sackville : Of appointments to health authorities and trusts and non-departmental public bodies made by the Secretary of State for Health since 1989, when Health became a separate Department, our records show the following as spouses of hon. Members or Members of the House of Lords or spouses of members of the House of Lords or as party candidates for Parliament :
National Health Service Authorities and Trusts
Spouses of Hon. Members
Mr. T. Shepherd, Director, King's Lynn and Wisbech Trust, 1 November 1991 to 30 November 1994.
Mrs. S. Taylor, Chairman, Southend Community Trust, 1 November 1991 to 30 November 1993.
Members of the House of Lords
Baroness Cox of Queensbury, Director, West Lambeth Community Trust, 1 November 1991 to 30 November 1994.
Baroness Cumberlege of Newick, Chairman, South West Thames Regional Health Authority, 1 August 1988 to 13 April 1992.
Baroness Eccles of Moulton, Chairman, Ealing District Health Authority, 1 April 1988 to 31 March 1993 ; Chairman, Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster District Health Authority, 1 April 1993 to 31 March 1995.
Baroness Flather, Director, Hillingdon Hospital Trust, 1 December 1992 to 30 November 1996.
Baroness Gardner of Parkes, Member, National Heart and Chest Hospital Special Health Authority, 1 April 1982 to 16 September 1990 ; Member, North East Thames Regional Health Authority, 26 July 1990 to 31 October 1994.
Lord Glenarthur, Chairman, St. Mary's Trust, 1 November 1992 to 30 November 1994.
Lord Hayhoe, Chairman, Guy's and St. Thomas' Trust, 21 March 1993 to 30 November 1995.
Lord Jenkin of Roding, Chairman, Forest Healthcare Trust, 1 November 1991 to 30 November 1993.
Lord Stafford, Director, Mental Health Foundation of Mid Staffordshire Trust, 21 December 1990 to 30 November 1994. Lord Wade of Chorlton, Director, Countess of Chester Hospital Trust, 4 November 1992 to 30 November 1994.
Spouses of Members of the House of Lords
Lady Archer, Director, Addenbrooke's Trust, 23 December 1992 to 31 October 1995.
Mr. K. Gardner, Chairman, Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital Trust, 21 December 1990 to 30 November 1994.
Countess of Limerick, Member, Eastman Dental Hospital Special Health Authority, 26 September 1990 to 31 March 1994.
Lady Parkinson, Director, Barnet Community Trust, 1 November 1991 to 30 November 1993.
Chairmen of regional health authorities are currently remunerated at a rate of £20,925 per annum, and chairmen of district health authorities and National Health Service trusts at between £15,125 and £19,285 a year. Non-executive directors of NHS trusts and SHAs receive £5,000 a year.
Information on appointees to NHS authorities and trusts who have been party candidates for Parliament is not available centrally. Non-departmental Public Bodies
Spouses of hon. Members
Mrs. O. J. Benyon, member of Mental Health Act Commission 1 September 1983 to 30 September 1989 (in April 1989 members received £98 per meeting).
Members of the House of Lords
Baroness Cumberlege of Newick, unpaid member of United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting 1 April 1988 to 31 March 1993.
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Baroness Eccles of Moulton, member of the Unrelated Live Transplant Regulatory Authority February 1990 to 30 April 1993. Paid expenses only.Baroness Brigstocke, member of the Health Education Authority April 1989 to 31 March 1995. Paid £5,000 a year.
The Rt. Rev. William Westwood, member of the Health Education Authority October 1992 to 31 March 1995. Paid £5,000 a year. Previous Prospective Parliamentary Candidates
Mrs. W. Tumin, chair of the Secretary of State's Special Advisory Group on the Youth Treatment Service 1 August 1991 to 31 July 1994. Paid £10,000 a year. Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Social Democrat Party in 1983 and 1987.
Mr. Tom White, member of the Secretary of State's Special Advisory Group on the Youth Treatment Service 1 August 1991 to 31 July 1994. Paid £100 per meeting. Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Labour 1964.
Mrs. E. Owen, member of the Mental Health Act Commission 9 November 1987 to 13 March 1992 and 13 May 1992 to 30 September 1995. Paid £132 per meeting. Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Labour 1992.
Purchasing Agencies
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will issue guidelines so that purchasing agencies' annual reports available to the public should show levels of their financial commitment to meeting the patients charter standards ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Sackville : Such guidelines are not considered necessary. The patients charter is about using existing resources in a more focused way to produce a higher standard of service for patients.
NHS Trusts
Mr. Hutton : To ask the Secretary of State for Health which board members of district health authorities are also board members of NHS trusts ; and if he will name the trusts and authorities involved.
Mr. Sackville : Chairmen of district health authorities are ineligible under national health service regulations to serve concurrently as chairmen of NHS trusts.
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Portsmouth, South (Mr. Martin) of 26 January, Official Report, columns 701-2, if she will list the projects approved for each health authority unit or national health service trust in the Northern regional health authority in 1993-94.
Mr. Sackville : The major capital schemes approved for commencement in 1993-94 in the territorial area covered by the Northern regional health authority will be placed in the Library.
The list of schemes excludes minor schemes initiated by trusts and directly managed units within their delegated authority.
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 26 October, Official Report, columns 478-80, if she will update the table on trust expenditure.
Mr. Sackville [holding answer 12 July 1993] : Updated information will be placed in the Library.
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Community Care
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much is spent per head of population on care at home by each local authority responsible for community care services.
Mr. Bowis : In 1990-91, the latest year for which this information is available, annual expenditure per head of population on home care services and meals on wheels was as shown in the table.
Expenditure per head of population on home care and
meals on
wheels. (1990-91)
Local authority |£ per head of
|population
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Bolton |13.3
Bury |12.2
Manchester |21.9
Oldham |15.3
Rochdale |21.9
Salford |16.6
Stockport |13.4
Tameside |19.5
Trafford |16.1
Wigan |16.2
Knowsley |9.8
Liverpool |22.4
St. Helens |20.3
Sefton |10.7
Wirral |18.0
Barnsley |16.0
Doncaster |13.9
Rotherham |16.6
Sheffield |22.2
Gateshead |15.9
Newcastle |22.4
North Tyneside |23.6
South Tyneside |14.6
Sunderland |17.1
Birmingham |23.1
Coventry |14.0
Dudley |10.2
Sandwell |16.3
Solihull |12.6
Walsall |10.5
Wolverhampton |13.9
Bradford |15.8
Calderdale |16.0
Kirklees |15.2
Leeds |20.7
Wakefield |11.3
City of London |44.6
Camden |53.8
Greenwich |25.4
Hackney |37.5
Hammersmith |26.7
Islington |26.8
Kensington |16.6
Lambeth |37.3
Lewisham |32.3
Southwark |20.0
Tower Hamlets |23.9
Wandsworth |27.0
Westminster |28.0
Barking |19.9
Barnet |9.1
Bexley |16.2
Brent |19.9
Bromley |13.3
Croydon |11.3
Ealing |10.9
Enfield |16.1
Haringey |27.3
Harrow |5.9
Havering |14.6
Hillingdon |20.8
Hounslow |14.5
Kingston |13.9
Merton |17.8
Newham |23.0
Redbridge |11.8
Richmond |20.0
Sutton |13.8
Waltham Forest |23.5
Isles of Scilly |2.5
Avon |14.6
Bedfordshire |10.0
Berkshire |9.6
Buckinghamshire |10.6
Cambridgeshire |11.5
Cheshire |9.6
Cleveland |12.7
Cornwall |10.7
Cumbria |11.9
Derbyshire |21.0
Devon |10.7
Dorset |10.3
Durham |12.4
East Sussex |10.7
Essex |12.9
Gloucestershire |9.5
Hampshire |8.3
Hereford and Worcester |10.0
Hertfordshire |11.0
Humberside |15.0
Isle of Wight |11.7
Kent |9.8
Lancashire |11.4
Leicestershire |11.6
Lincolnshire |9.2
Norfolk |15.4
Northamptonshire |9.7
Northumberland |15.0
North Yorkshire |10.9
Nottinghamshire |14.6
Oxfordshire |10.7
Shropshire |7.2
Somerset |9.2
Staffordshire |12.3
Suffolk |9.4
Surrey |7.3
Warwickshire |13.5
West Sussex |9.9
Wiltshire |9.0
Accident and Emergency Departments
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 1 July, Official Report, column 616, if she will give the number of accident and emergency departments in England.
Mr. Sackville : In 1991-92 there were 238 national health service trust hospitals and directly managed units with accident and emergency departments.
Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information is known to her Department about average and maximum waiting times for patients attending hospital accident and emergency units.
Mr. Sackville : The patients charter requires health authorities to set a local standard for waiting time for treatment following immediate assessment in accident and emergency departments. Details of performance against this standard are not available centrally, but will appear locally in health authorities' patients charter annual reports.
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Additionally, to give patients ready access to information about the level of performance being achieved locally, providers are required to display prominently local standards and how well they are performing against them.NHS Patients
Ms Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of patients were treated (a) as day patients, (b) as in-patients and (c) in the community by the NHS in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Mr. Sackville : The information is not available in the form requested. The number of day cases, day care attendances and in-patients is shown in the tables. Information on the number of patients receiving treatment in the community is not available.
Day case admissions, NHS hospitals, England
Year |Day case admissions
|(000's)
------------------------------------------------------------
1987-88 |881
1988-89 |1,016
1989-90 |1,163
1990-91 |1,261
1991-92 |1,548
Sources: 1987-88 Estimated by regional health authorities.
1988-89 onwards KP70.
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