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Written Answers to Questions
Friday 17 December 1993
LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
Northern Ireland Courts
Mr. Trimble : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many persons have been appointed deputy county court judges in Northern Ireland in the current year ; and for what periods such appointments have lasted.
Mr. John M. Taylor : Thirteen persons have been appointed deputy county court judges in Northern Ireland since 1 January 1993, each appointment being made for a period of three years.
Mr. Trimble : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list all the functions organised by the Northern Ireland court service to which officials of the Irish Republic were invited in 1992 and 1993.
Mr. John M. Taylor : The only function organised by the Northern Ireland court service to which officials of the Government of the Irish Republic were invited in 1992 and 1993 was the Christmas drinks party hosted by the directorate.
Mr. Trimble : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many county court vacancies exist in Northern Ireland.
Mr. John M. Taylor : At present two county court vacancies exist in Northern Ireland.
Correspondence
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what proportion of correspondence received by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's agencies receives (i) an acknowledgement within five days and (ii) a substantive reply within 15 days.
Mr. John M. Taylor : This information could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
Magistrates, Gwent
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the political balance of magistrates in Gwent.
Mr. John M. Taylor : The political balance of magistrates for the Gwent commission area, based on their political affiliations on appointment, is as follows :
Political party ------------------------------------------------------ Conservative |115 Labour |97 Liberal Democrat |34 Plaid Cymru |2 Independent/Not known |56
Press Officers
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many press officers his Department has employed in each year since 1983.
Mr. John M. Taylor : The Chancellor's Department has employed the following press officers : in 1983--one ; in 1984--one ; in 1985--two ; in 1986--two ; in 1987--two ; in 1988--two ; in 1989--three ; in 1990--four ; in 1991--six ; in 1992--six ; in 1993--seven.
Legal Aid
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what reports he has received from the Legal Aid Board in respect of the average time taken to pay solicitors interest payments made on the payments and negotiations between solicitors and the board ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. John M. Taylor : The Legal Aid Board has extensive contact with the Law Society, including many meetings at which a wide range of matters are discussed. The board reports annually to the Lord Chancellor. Details about the time taken to pay lawyers' bills are included in the report. The board's targets and performance for the year to date are set out in the table. The board's payment targets are short and are generally met. It is therefore not appropriate to pay interest. On rare occasions it makes an ex -gratia compensation payment where there has been an error by the board which caused undue delay in payment.
Bills for Magistrates' Courts' proceedings
|1993-94 |1993-94
[NL] |Time taken |Target
[NL] |Per cent.
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6 weeks |<1>90 |94.6
<1>For standard fee payments, the target will increase to 97.5 per cent. of
bills paid within 4 weeks, for the period 1 January 1994-31 March 1994.
Civil bills: Taxed and assessed
|1993-94 |1993-94
[NL] |Time taken |Target
[NL] |Per cent.
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6 weeks |75 |83.8
Other bills
|1993-94 |1993-94
[NL] |Time taken |Target
[NL] |Per cent.
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6 weeks |92 |95.4
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Small Motor Accident Claims
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department for what reason small motor accident claims are excluded from the small claims court procedure in Northern Ireland.
Mr. John M. Taylor : The scope of the small claims procedure in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland County Court Rules Committee. In line with the different historical development of the procedure in that jurisdiction, motor accident claims are currently excluded from the small claims court. In the light of a recent report by the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland, I understand that the Rules Committee will be invited to re-examine this issue early in the new year.
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OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Know-how Funds
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which companies benefited from the training for investment personnel scheme in each year since the scheme's inception.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : A total of 102 businesses have taken up training for investment personnel scheme grant offers under the know-how fund since 1990. A list has been placed in the Libraries of the House.
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how many pre-investment feasibility studies have been carried out in each year since the know-how funds' creation ; and what was the total cost in each year of the Government contribution to the cost of those studies ;
(2) how many pre-investment feasibility studies have resulted in projects or investments going ahead, by year, since the creation of the know-how funds.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The information is in the table.
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Know-how fund: Pre-investment feasibility studies (PIFS) scheme
Number of investment operations:
[NL] |Year |Number of applications approved<1> |Total grant offered |Number of reports on studies submitted to date|going ahead |not going ahead |not yet decided<2>
[NL] |£
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1990 |10 |111,965 |10 |7 |2 |1 |-
1991 |65 |1,723,467 |60 |33 |19 |8 |5
1992 |94 |2,501,922 |64 |37 |13 |14 |30
<3>1993 |80 |2,050,928 |30 |25 |0 |5 |50
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Totals |249 |6,388,282 |164 |102 |34 |28 |85
<1> This column excludes 24 offers of grant which were accepted, but subsequently withdrawn, by applicants, or which lapsed.
<2> ie at time of submission of report on study to FCO.
<3> To 14 December.
Investment Personnel Scheme
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many training for investment personnel scheme places have been paid for by the Government ; and what was the total cost per year since the creation of the scheme.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The information is as follows :
Know-How Fund: Training for investment personnel scheme (TIPS)
Year |Number of trainees |Total grant offered
[NL]
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1990 |35 |80,147
1991 |166 |643,629
1992 |491 |1,029,808
<1>1993 |460 |843,594
|---- |-----
Total |1,152 |2,597,178
<1>to 14 December
Note:
The TIPS scheme finances the training of key indigenous personnel employed in
British investment operations located in countries covered by the know-how
fund. The training can take place either in the United Kingdom, or in-country,
or-very often-both. Training in the United
Kingdom is limited to small numbers of key personnel, whereas in-country
training is usually spread more widely among operational staff. A priority in
all cases is to identify and train indigenous trainers who can multiply and
continue the training provided under the TIPS scheme. The rate and amount of
grant offered varies in each case, up to a maximum of £50,000.
EDUCATION
Special Advisers
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what arrangements are made to ensure that special advisers to Ministers in his Department do not have access to the kind of information, and are not involved in the type of business, that would be likely to create suspicion of impropriety in relation to subsequent employment.
Mr. Robin Squire : Care is taken to ensure that the special adviser does not have access to the kind of information likely to create suspicion of impropriety. The special adviser is not involved in evaluating tenders or letting contracts.
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Stockport LEA
Sir Thomas Arnold : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what information he has about the number of staff employed other than in schools by the Stockport local education authority ; and what are the corresponding figures for earlier years.
Mr. Robin Squire : Information on the number of employees of each local education authority is compiled by the Local Government Management Board from data collected on behalf of the Joint Staffing Watch. The table shows the total numbers of teaching staff and other education staff employed by the Stockport local authority, both in schools and elsewhere. It is not possible to separate out those among them who were not employed in school.
Teachers and LectureEducation-Other<2>
[NL] |March |Full-time|Part-time|Full-time
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1990 |2,511 |1,356 |1,021 |2,468
1991 |2,381 |1,492 |1,058 |2,510
1992 |2,379 |1,476 |974 |2,823
<1> The table covers all staff in the LEA maintained
nursery, primary and secondary schools sector, special and
further education-including colleges which have since
transferred to the new FE sector-and central
administration.
<2> "Other" includes educational support, clerical, school
meals and premises-related staff employed in schools and
colleges, together with central services and administration
within the education service.
Press Officers
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many press officers his Department has employed in each year since 1983.
Mr. Boswell : Figures for the number of press officers are available only for the last four years. These are as follows :
Year |Press officers --------------------------------------------- 1990 |9 1991 |8 1992 |8 1993 |11
National Union of Students
Mr. Dunn : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many student unions are affiliated to the National Union of Students ; and which student unions have opted out or have attempted to opt out of the National Union of Students in the past five years.
Mr. Boswell : Affiliation arrangements are a matter between the National Union of Students and the student unions at institutional level. Comprehensive information on student unions' affiliation decisions is not available centrally.
The NUS's annual report for 1991-92 indicates that some 800 student unions throughout the United Kingdom were affiliated. The information available to the Department is that the student unions at Edinburgh, Glasgow and St. Andrew's universities, and at King's and Imperial colleges, London, are not currently affiliated to the NUS.
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Mr. Dunn : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish the amount of money given to the National Union of Students (a) directly and (b) indirectly by the Government in the last year for which figures are available.
Mr. Boswell : The National Union of Students is not supported directly from central Government funds. It is a confederation of campus student unions and depends for its main income on affiliation fees from local unions. Student unions' funds originate from a variety of sources : principally profits on their trading activities, and block grant from their parent institutions, paid out of funds deriving from a mix of public and private sources. NUS affiliation fees for 1991-92 amounted to £2.57 million, some 93 per cent. of a total NUS income of £2.76 million.
Special Needs
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many copies of his draft code of practice on the identification and assessment of special needs have been printed ; to whom and how many an initial distribution was made ; how many were distributed in response to requests ; and if he will ensure that at least one copy will be dispatched to each maintained school in England and Wales.
Mr. Robin Squire : As of 15 December, a total of 23,000 copies of the draft code had been printed. The Department made an initial distribution of over 1,000 copies of a first print run of 2,500 to all local education authorities, social services departments and regional and district health authorities, as well as to other interested bodies, such as voluntary organisations and teacher unions.
The Department's distribution centre has distributed a further 22, 000 copies of the draft code in response to requests. Our intention is, subject to Parliament's approval, to issue a revised version of the code in the early summer, to come into effect on 1 September. We shall send copies to all maintained schools and take steps to ensure that the code's messages are widely understood.
Music Education
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many hours on average of music education were available per pupil in (a) infant, (b) primary and (c) secondary schools in 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991-92 ; and if he will make a statement on Government policy in this area.
Mr. Robin Squire : The information requested for infant and junior schools is not centrally available.
Information is available for 1992 for secondary schools from the secondary schools staffing surveys which collected data from representative samples of maintained secondary schools in England. The table shows the percentage of total pupil periods recorded as having been spent on music for pupils in each year group.
Year group |January 1992 --------------------------------------- 7 |4.2 8 |4.0 9 |3.4 10 |0.8 11 |0.8
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Music is a foundation subject in the national curriculum. For the first time, all pupils will complete a full and rigorous course in music, up to the age of 14. After 14, schools can offer pupils the opportunity to study music if they so wish.Grant-maintained Schools
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local education authority in England are or have been eligible to apply for grant- maintained status ;
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how many in each case have held ballots ; how many ballots in each case resulted in votes to seek grant-maintained status ; how many of these have been subject to section 12 or 13 notices ; and how many ballots in each case resulted in votes against seekinggrant-maintained status.
Mr. Robin Squire : The information requested is set out in the tables.
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Results of parental ballots on self-governing status
LEA |Primary eligible |Primary ballots |Yes votes |No votes |Primary 12/13 |Secondary eligible|Secondary ballots |Yes votes |No votes |Secondary 12/13
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Corporation of London 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Camden |41 |0 |0 |0 |0 |11 |3 |2 |1 |0
Greenwich |79 |1 |1 |0 |1 |15 |1 |0 |1 |0
Hackney |70 |1 |1 |0 |1 |10 |1 |0 |1 |0
Hammersmith |38 |1 |1 |0 |1 |10 |1 |1 |0 |0
Islington |57 |0 |0 |0 |0 |9 |0 |0 |0 |0
Kensington |27 |2 |2 |0 |0 |4 |1 |1 |0 |1
Lambeth |77 |5 |5 |0 |0 |10 |5 |5 |0 |0
Lewisham |72 |1 |1 |0 |0 |13 |2 |0 |2 |1
Southwark |75 |5 |5 |0 |0 |14 |5 |5 |0 |1
Tower Hamlets |73 |0 |0 |0 |0 |15 |2 |1 |1 |0
Wandsworth |72 |5 |3 |2 |1 |10 |8 |7 |1 |1
Westminster |42 |0 |0 |0 |0 |8 |1 |0 |1 |0
Barking |55 |0 |0 |0 |0 |8 |0 |0 |0 |0
Barnet |89 |5 |2 |3 |0 |21 |11 |10 |1 |1
Bexley |64 |4 |3 |1 |0 |17 |6 |5 |1 |0
Brent |64 |4 |4 |0 |1 |13 |13 |11 |2 |2
Bromley |78 |7 |6 |1 |0 |17 |14 |13 |1 |2
Croydon |98 |3 |3 |0 |0 |20 |9 |7 |2 |0
Ealing |92 |4 |4 |0 |2 |13 |8 |6 |2 |8
Enfield |70 |4 |1 |3 |0 |17 |6 |5 |1 |0
Haringey |77 |0 |0 |0 |0 |9 |0 |0 |0 |0
Harrow |54 |0 |0 |0 |0 |10 |2 |1 |1 |0
Havering |74 |0 |0 |0 |0 |19 |6 |4 |2 |1
Hillingdon |72 |11 |11 |0 |0 |15 |15 |14 |1 |2
Hounslow |62 |0 |0 |0 |0 |14 |3 |2 |1 |0
Kingston |36 |1 |1 |0 |0 |10 |4 |4 |0 |0
Merton |49 |1 |0 |1 |0 |11 |1 |0 |1 |0
Newham |67 |0 |0 |0 |0 |14 |1 |1 |0 |1
Redbridge |56 |0 |0 |0 |0 |14 |2 |1 |1 |0
Richmond |39 |0 |0 |0 |0 |8 |0 |0 |0 |0
Sutton |43 |4 |3 |1 |0 |14 |8 |8 |0 |0
Waltham Forest |61 |1 |0 |1 |0 |16 |2 |2 |0 |0
Birmingham |336 |11 |6 |5 |0 |79 |24 |17 |7 |0
Coventry |109 |1 |0 |1 |0 |19 |0 |0 |0 |0
Dudley |83 |1 |1 |0 |0 |22 |9 |7 |2 |1
Sandwell |112 |0 |0 |0 |0 |20 |4 |1 |3 |2
Solihull |70 |1 |1 |0 |0 |13 |2 |1 |1 |0
Walsall |106 |3 |2 |1 |0 |21 |11 |7 |4 |0
Wolverhampton |101 |1 |0 |1 |1 |20 |6 |5 |1 |2
Knowsley |68 |0 |0 |0 |0 |11 |3 |1 |2 |1
Liverpool |198 |0 |0 |0 |0 |36 |5 |3 |2 |0
St. Helens |72 |1 |1 |0 |1 |12 |1 |0 |1 |0
Sefton |94 |0 |0 |0 |0 |22 |1 |0 |1 |0
Wirral |106 |0 |0 |0 |0 |21 |4 |2 |2 |0
Bolton |105 |1 |1 |0 |0 |16 |3 |3 |0 |1
Bury |71 |2 |1 |1 |0 |14 |0 |0 |0 |0
Manchester |174 |0 |0 |0 |0 |28 |1 |0 |1 |0
Oldham |104 |0 |0 |0 |0 |15 |1 |0 |1 |1
Rochdale |76 |7 |4 |3 |0 |14 |3 |1 |2 |2
Salford |88 |0 |0 |0 |0 |18 |4 |1 |3 |0
Stockport |110 |0 |0 |0 |0 |14 |2 |0 |2 |0
Tameside |82 |1 |0 |1 |0 |18 |5 |3 |2 |2
Trafford |78 |0 |0 |0 |0 |16 |6 |4 |2 |1
Wigan |125 |0 |0 |0 |0 |21 |1 |1 |0 |1
Barnsley |96 |1 |1 |0 |1 |15 |2 |0 |2 |1
Doncaster |127 |5 |4 |1 |4 |34 |1 |0 |1 |0
Rotherham |115 |0 |0 |0 |0 |18 |0 |0 |0 |0
Sheffield |164 |17 |15 |2 |10 |32 |8 |6 |2 |4
Bradford |167 |5 |3 |2 |0 |88 |8 |6 |2 |0
Calderdale |91 |4 |4 |0 |0 |16 |7 |6 |1 |2
Kirklees |158 |2 |0 |2 |0 |34 |5 |3 |2 |1
Leeds |249 |3 |1 |2 |0 |46 |1 |1 |0 |0
Wakefield |130 |2 |2 |0 |1 |38 |0 |0 |0 |0
Gateshead |82 |0 |0 |0 |0 |13 |1 |0 |1 |0
Newcastle |82 |1 |0 |1 |0 |22 |1 |0 |1 |0
North Tyne |61 |2 |1 |1 |1 |26 |3 |2 |1 |2
South Tyne |58 |0 |0 |0 |0 |11 |0 |0 |0 |0
Sunderland |105 |0 |0 |0 |0 |17 |0 |0 |0 |0
Isles of Scilly |4 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0
Avon |369 |5 |0 |5 |0 |60 |4 |2 |2 |1
Bedfordshire |218 |3 |3 |0 |0 |71 |18 |11 |7 |1
Berkshire |275 |10 |7 |3 |0 |59 |12 |10 |2 |1
Buckinghamshire 290 8 6 2 0 45 11 10 1 0
Cambridge |267 |9 |7 |2 |0 |44 |25 |17 |8 |2
Cheshire |454 |8 |5 |3 |3 |68 |11 |4 |7 |3
Cleveland |203 |0 |0 |0 |0 |44 |3 |0 |3 |0
Cornwall |249 |1 |1 |0 |0 |31 |0 |0 |0 |0
Cumbria |306 |23 |18 |5 |0 |42 |14 |14 |0 |4
Derbyshire |450 |13 |7 |6 |0 |61 |24 |14 |10 |4
Devon |442 |8 |2 |6 |1 |64 |9 |6 |3 |0
Dorset |200 |2 |1 |1 |0 |56 |16 |14 |2 |4
Durham |298 |0 |0 |0 |0 |43 |1 |0 |1 |0
East Sussex |219 |0 |0 |0 |0 |34 |1 |0 |1 |0
Essex |581 |78 |72 |6 |0 |105 |75 |71 |4 |1
Gloucestershire 262 11 10 1 0 43 35 29 6 3
Hampshire |580 |20 |18 |2 |8 |94 |21 |17 |4 |2
Hereford and Worcester 288 2 0 2 0 76 8 5 3 0
Hertfordshire |432 |13 |10 |3 |0 |88 |31 |26 |5 |2
Humberside |354 |5 |3 |2 |0 |60 |4 |0 |4 |0
Isle of Wight |46 |0 |0 |0 |0 |21 |0 |0 |0 |0
Kent |570 |25 |23 |2 |2 |136 |73 |69 |4 |12
Lancashire |605 |4 |2 |2 |0 |106 |16 |9 |7 |1
Leicester |334 |2 |0 |2 |0 |79 |9 |5 |4 |1
Lincolnshire |293 |30 |26 |4 |0 |63 |28 |28 |0 |2
Norfolk |397 |19 |15 |4 |0 |52 |16 |12 |4 |0
North Yorkshire 394 2 0 2 0 59 2 0 2 0
Northants |270 |13 |10 |3 |0 |65 |20 |14 |6 |4
Northumberland |143 |0 |0 |0 |0 |61 |3 |1 |2 |0
Nottinghamshire 426 1 0 1 0 82 8 3 5 3
Oxfordshire |241 |1 |1 |0 |0 |44 |2 |0 |2 |0
Shropshire |214 |3 |3 |0 |2 |37 |7 |7 |0 |1
Somerset |229 |5 |3 |2 |0 |39 |2 |2 |0 |0
Staffordshire |414 |4 |3 |1 |0 |85 |10 |5 |5 |0
Suffolk |255 |0 |0 |0 |0 |77 |1 |0 |1 |0
Surrey |372 |21 |19 |2 |10 |51 |14 |14 |0 |2
Warwickshire |244 |0 |0 |0 |0 |37 |9 |8 |1 |1
West Sussex |246 |0 |0 |0 |0 |41 |3 |0 |3 |0
Wiltshire |294 |15 |12 |3 |0 |44 |23 |16 |7 |0
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Totals |18,905 |506 |392 |114 |52 |3,657 |843 |640 |203 |100
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what applications were received from grant-maintained schools for capital grant for the financial year 1993-94 ; and what has been the level of grant approved in each case.
Mr. Robin Squire : I have placed in the Library copies of papers detailing the applications and allocations of named project capital grant to self-governing--grant maintained--schools in 1993-94.
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Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list, by local education authority, the schools which have held ballots on grant-maintained status as a result of a parental petition stating, in each case (a) whether the ballot resulted in a yes or no majority, (b) the number of registered pupils at the school and (c) the date the ballot closed.
Mr. Robin Squire : Information requested is set out in the table. The table does not contain details of pupil numbers for each school, which are taking a little longer to assemble. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as they are available.
YesNo
Ballots on self-governing (GM) status initiated by parental petition
LEA |School |Result |Date ballot closed
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Barnsley |Wortley CE Controlled J and I School |Yes |30 May 1991
Barnsley |Dearneside Comprehensive School |No |26 July 1990
Berkshire |Reading Girls' School (previously Southlands) |Yes |30 May 1989
Bexley |Burnt Oak Junior School |No |2 July 1993
Birmingham |Bishop Challoner RC School |Yes |14 May 1993
Birmingham |King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls |Yes |24 July 1992
Birmingham |Manor Park Primary School |Yes |28 October 1993
Birmingham |King Edward VI Handsworth School |Yes |24 July 1992
Birmingham |Lordswood Boys' School |No |14 July 1993
Birmingham |King Edward VI Aston School |Yes |24 July 1992
Birmingham |King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys |Yes |24 July 1992
Birmingham |Oldknow Junior School |No |10 December 1992
Birmingham |Handsworth Grammar School for Boys |Yes |9 February 1990
Birmingham |King Edward VI Five Ways School |Yes |24 July 1992
Birmingham |Baverstock Grant-Maintained School |Yes |6 February 1989
Bolton |Crompton Fold Primary School |Yes |17 December 1991
Bradford |St. Joseph's RC Primary School |No |3 December 1993
Bradford |Killinghall First School |Yes |22 March 1993
Brent |Copland Community School and Technology Centre |Yes |27 February 1991
Brent |Claremont High School (Grant-Maintained) |Yes |3 April 1989
Bromley |Bullers Wood School for Girls |Yes |22 May 1990
Bromley |Ramsden School for Girls |Yes |17 January 1989
Bromley |Beaverwood School for Girls |Yes |22 July 1991
Bromley |Langley Park School for Boys |Yes
|Buckinghamshire |Wycombe Royal Grammar School |Yes
Calderdale |The Crossley Heath School |Yes |19 December 1989
Calderdale |The North Halifax Grammar School |Yes |18 December 1989
Calderdale |All Saints' CE (VC) Primary School |Yes |28 June 1993
Cambridgeshire |The Park Lane Primary School |Yes |28 February 1992
Cambridgeshire |Hinchingbrooke School |No |22 March 1993
Cambridgeshire |Gamlingay (Grant-Maintained) Village College |Yes |7 May 1991
Cambridgeshire |Orton Wistow Primary School |Yes |3 July 1992
Cambridgeshire |The King's School (Peterborough Cathedral School)|Yes |6 July 1992
Camden |William Ellis School |No |6 April 1993
Cheshire |St. Joseph's RC High School |Yes |24 December 1992
Cheshire |Hassall Green Methodist Primary School |Yes |4 July 1991
Cheshire |Arley County Primary School |Yes |25 March 1991
Cheshire |Victoria Road County Primary School |No |8 January 1993
Cheshire |Kettleshulme St. James CE GM Primary School |Yes |18 February 1991
Cheshire |Culcheth High School |No |11 May 1993
Cheshire |Darwin Street County Primary School |No |8 November 1993
Cleveland |Gillbrook School |No |16 November 1992
Coventry |Potters Green Primary School |No |29 June 1993
Cumbria |Eden School |Yes |11 June 1991
Cumbria |St. Aidan's County High School |Yes |12 February 1991
Cumbria |Trinity School, Carlisle |Yes |1 November 1991
Derbyshire |Lady Manners School |Yes |25 January 1993
Derbyshire |Granville Community School |No |21 May 1993
Derbyshire |Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School |No |9 November 1992
Derbyshire |The Ecclesbourne School |Yes |28 February 1990
Derbyshire |Repton Primary School |Yes |12 October 1992
Derbyshire |Chellaston Junior Grant Maintained School |Yes |12 March 1993
Derbyshire |Silverhill Primary School |No |26 February 1993
Derbyshire |Noel-Baker Community School (GM) |Yes |3 November 1992
Derbyshire |The Dronfield School |No |4 December 1992
Derbyshire |John Port School |Yes |28 October 1992
Derbyshire |Belmont Primary School |Yes |3 July 1991
Derbyshire |Netherthorpe School |Yes |17 January 1989
Derbyshire |Chellaston School |Yes |29 June 1992
Devon |Teign School |Yes |31 July 1992
Devon |Holsworthy CE Primary School |No |25 May 1993
Devon |Torquay Boys' Grammar School (GM) |Yes |15 June 1992
Devon |Poughill CE Primary School |Yes |15 December 1992
Devon |Warberry CE (Controlled) Primary |No |7 December 1992
Doncaster |Braithwell First and Middle School |Yes |2 November 1992
Doncaster |Barnby Dun Middle School |No |14 April 1993
Doncaster |Armthorpe Comprehensive School |No |23 April 1990
Doncaster |Fishlake Endowed First School |Yes |25 January 1993
Doncaster |Warmsworth St. Peter's CE VC First School |Yes |13 August 1993
Doncaster |Brodsworth CE First and Middle School |Yes |19 April 1993
Dorset |Poole Technical High School (Ex Henry Harbin) |Yes |5 November 1992
Dudley |The Summerhill School |No |21 December 1992
Dudley |The Kingswinford Grant-Maintained School |Yes |29 October 1992
Ealing |Greenford High School |Yes |20 May 1991
Ealing |Wood End Middle School |Yes |12 April 1991
Ealing |Brentside High School |Yes |1 July 1991
Ealing |Drayton Manor High School |Yes |4 February 1991
Ealing |Dormers Wells First School |Yes |12 April 1993
Ealing |Wood End First School |Yes |25 March 1991
Ealing |Dormers Wells Middle School |Yes |28 April 1993
East Sussex |Blatchington Mill School |No |1 February 1993
Enfield |Raglan Infant School |No |26 May 1993
Enfield |Hadley Wood Primary School |No |28 September 1993
Essex |The Sweyne School |No |4 August 1993
Essex |St. Clare's RC Primary School |Yes |4 December 1992
Essex |St. Andrew's Grant Maintained CE Primary School |Yes |13 July 1992
Essex |Beauchamps Grant-Maintained School |Yes |18 November 1991
Essex |Westborough County Primary School |Yes |4 August 1992
Essex |Anglo European School (Ingatestone) |Yes |26 October 1992
Essex |Edwards Hall County Infant School |No |17 August 1993
Essex |Bromfords School, Wickford |Yes |18 November 1991
Gloucestershire |Robinswood Primary School |Yes |5 November 1991
Gloucestershire |The Crypt School |Yes |30 April 1991
Gloucestershire |Stroud High School |Yes |22 May 1989
Gloucestershirey School |Yes |27 October 1992
Hammersmith |Harwood School |Yes |29 January 1991
Hampshire |Boundary First School |Yes |8 June 1992
Hampshire |The Priory School |Yes |6 July 1992
Hampshire |Testwood School |Yes |15 July 1992
Hampshire |Calmore Grant-Maintained Middle School |Yes |28 July 1992
Hampshire |Purbrook CE First School |Yes |22 February 1993
Hampshire |The Burgate School |Yes |16 November 1990
Hampshire |Mill Rythe First School, Havant |Yes |20 March 1992
Hampshire |Mengham Middle School |Yes |24 April 1992
Hampshire |Mengham First School |Yes |26 March 1992
Hertfordshire |Hertingfordbury Cowper JMI School |Yes |23 December 1991
Hertfordshire |St Mary's Catholic Primary School |Yes |1 March 1991
Hertfordshire |Christ Church CE School |Yes |21 June 1991
Hertfordshire |Rickmansworth School |Yes |15 May 1989
Hertfordshire |Sir James Altham School |Yes |30 January 1989
Hertfordshire |Francis Bacon School |Yes |27 November 1989
Hillingdon |The Douay Martyrs School |Yes |3 August 1992
Hillingdon |Charville Primary School |Yes |16 March 1993
Hillingdon |Grange Park Junior School |Yes |28 September 1992
Hillingdon |Uxbridge High School |Yes |27 February 1991
Hillingdon |Grange Park Infant School |Yes |28 September 1992
Hillingdon |Queensmead School |Yes |20 December 1990
Hillingdon |Oak Farm Junior Mixed School (GM) |Yes |27 February 1992
Hillingdon |Oak Farm Infant School (Grant-Maintained) |Yes |27 February 1992
Hillingdon |Northwood School |Yes |18 April 1991
Hillingdon |Barnhill School |Yes |13 June 1991
Hillingdon |Vyners School |Yes |1 February 1991
Humberside |Barmby Moor CE Primary School |Yes |2 June 1993
Humberside |Healing Comprehensive School |No |4 January 1993
Kensington |St Charles' RC Primary School |Yes |16 July 1993
Kensington |Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School |Yes |13 March 1989
Kent |The Maplesden Noakes School |Yes |7 March 1990
Kent |Hoo St Werbugh Middle School, Kent |No |23 January 1992
Kent |The Bradbourne School |Yes |2 December 1991
Kent |Swanscombe High School |Yes |27 July 1990
Kent |Cliffe Woods Primary School, Rochester |Yes |18 February 1991
Kent |Cliffe Woods Middle School |Yes |3 August 1990
Kent |St Bartholomews RC Primary School |Yes |28 May 1993
Kent |Chaucer Technology School |Yes |8 January 1993
Kent |Senacre Technology School |Yes |7 May 1991
Kent |Rede Secondary School, Strood |Yes |3 December 1991
Kent |Queen Elizabeth's School |Yes |25 January 1993
Kent |Appledore CE Primary School |Yes |25 March 1991
Kent |Barton Court Grammar School |Yes |8 February 1993
Kent |Edenbridge Middle School |Yes |7 December 1990
Kent |Herne Bay High School |Yes |12 August 1992
Kent |Wrotham School |Yes |20 May 1991
Kirklees |Heckmondwike Grammar School |Yes |22 December 1988
Kirklees |Deighton High School |Yes |4 November 1991
Knowsley |Prescot School |No |30 November 1992
Lambeth |Archbishop Tenison's School |Yes |4 December 1992
Lancashire |Lancaster Royal Grammar School |Yes |30 May 1989
Lancashire |Lancaster Girls Grammar School |Yes |7 June 1990
Lancashire |Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School |Yes |24 February 1989
Lancashire |St Richard's RC High School |Yes |12 June 1992
Lancashire |Newton Bluecoat C of E GM Primary School |Yes |28 February 1991
Leeds |St Michael's CE (VA) Primary School |No |5 July 1993
Leeds |Lady Elizabeth Hastings CE Primary School |Yes |26 April 1993
Leeds |Abbey Grange CE (GM) High School |Yes |9 June 1993
Leeds |Bramhope Primary School |No |21 May 1993
Leicestershire |Kestrels' Field Primary School |No |29 November 1993
Leicestershire |South Wigston High School |Yes |26 November 1992
Lewisham |Turnham Primary with Nursery GM School |Yes |25 March 1991
Lincolnshire |King Edward VI School |Yes |18 June 1990
Lincolnshire |The Kings School Grantham |Yes |3 February 1989
Lincolnshire |Hartsholme County Primary School |Yes |20 March 1993
Lincolnshire |Rauceby School CE GM |Yes |12 June 1991
Lincolnshire |Queen Elizabeth's GM Grammar School |Yes |30 December 1988
Lincolnshire |Queen Elizabeth's GM Grammar School |Yes |22 October 1991
Lincolnshire |Ermine Junior Grant Maintained School |Yes |16 December 1991
Liverpool |St. Mary's RC Girls High School |Yes |28 July 1993
Liverpool |St. Francis Xavier's College |Yes |27 February 1989
Liverpool |Our Lady of Fatima RC High School |Yes |5 February 1993
Manchester |Trinity CE High School |No |29 October 1992
Merton |Bond First School |No |29 October 1992
Newcastle |Wallbottle School |No |26 October 1992
Newcastle |Knop Law First School |No |14 June 1993
Newham |Stratford School |Yes |26 September 1989
Norfolk |Cliff Park High School (Grant Maintained) |Yes |18 September 1992
Norfolk |Peterhouse Middle School |No |5 July 1993
North Tyneside |Coquet Park First School |No |16 April 1993
North Tyneside |South Wellfield Middle School |Yes |19 March 1993
North Tyneside |Marden High School |No |11 November 1992
North Yorkshire |Norton School |No |31 March 1993
North Yorkshire |Wheatcroft County Primary School |No |28 January 1993
Northamptonshire |Walgrave County Primary School |No |14 June 1993
Northamptonshire |All Saints Middle School |No |11 December 1992
Northamptonshire |Southfield School For Girls |Yes |3 February 1989
Northamptonshire |Woodnewton Way Infant School |Yes |11 June 1993
Nottinghamshire |The George Spencer School |Yes |16 October 1992
Nottinghamshire |Ravensdale Grant Maintained Middle School |Yes |14 May 1991
Oldham |Failsworth School |No |30 July 1990
Oxfordshire |Milham Ford Upper School |No |7 December 1992
Rochdale |Crossgates Primary School |Yes |2 March 1991
Rochdale |St. John's RC Primary School |No |12 November 1993
Rochdale |Milnrow Parish CE Primary |No |6 December 1993
Salford |Walkden High School |No |4 November 1992
Salford |St. Ambrose Barlow RC High School |Yes |15 December 1992
Sandwell |Manor High GM Community School |Yes |17 September 1990
Sandwell |Wood Green High School |No |22 November 1993
Sheffield |Bolsterstone CE J and I School, Sheffield |Yes |11 December 1991
Sheffield |Bole Hill Primary School |Yes |11 August 1993
Sheffield |Clifford CE Grant-Maintained School |Yes |12 November 1991
Sheffield |Handsworth First School, Sheffield |Yes |23 December 1991
Sheffield |Shirebrook Nursery/Infant and Junior School |Yes |7 May 1993
Sheffield |Roscoe Bank Junior and Infants School |Yes |20 December 1991
Sheffield |Carter Lodge School |Yes |7 May 1993
Sheffield |Gleadless Valley School |Yes |11 August 1993
Sheffield |Burncross Primary School |Yes |13 August 1993
Sheffield |Broomhill Infant School |Yes |2 August 1993
Sheffield |Norfolk Secondary School |Yes |9 December 1991
Sheffield |Dr. John Bingham Primary School |Yes |31 March 1993
Shropshire |The Manor School |Yes |28 October 1992
Shropshire |The Down County Primary School |Yes |24 January 1991
Shropshire |The Corbet Grant-Maintained School |Yes |5 November 1992
Shropshire |Ercall Wood School |Yes |26 November 1992
Shropshire |Ellerdine County Primary School |Yes |29 January 1991
Shropshire |Abraham Darby School |Yes |20 November 1992
Solihull |Hatchford Grant-Maintained Primary School |Yes |20 June 1991
Somerset |St. John's VE CE Primary School |Yes |21 April 1993
Southwark |The London Nautical School |Yes |9 January 1989
St. Helens |Rainhill Park Primary School |Yes |22 March 1993
Staffordshire |Codsall High School |No |20 November 1992
Staffordshire |Hollinsclough CE Primary School |Yes |5 October 1992
Staffordshire |St. Thomas More RC High School |Yes |6 July 1992
Staffordshire |St. Mildred's CE Primary School |Yes |25 September 1992
Staffordshire |Edgecliff High School |No |25 January 1993
Surrey |The Manor County First School |Yes |20 March 1991
Surrey |Blindley Heath CE First School |Yes |27 August 1991
Surrey |Alfold County First School |Yes |3 August 1992
Surrey |Hawkedale First School |Yes |3 June 1991
Surrey |Send C of E First School (Grant-Maintained) |Yes |27 March 1991
Surrey |Park Mead County First School |Yes |30 April 1992
Surrey |Dunsfold C of E First School |Yes |3 July 1992
Sutton |The John Fisher School |Yes |9 July 1991
Sutton |Cheam Fields Primary School |No |26 November 1993
Tameside |West Hill School |Yes |19 September 1992
Tameside |Audenshaw High School |Yes |5 December 1988
Tameside |Fairfield High School for Girls (GM) |Yes |20 November 1992
Tameside |Longdendale High School |No |12 February 1993
Wakefield |Southmoor Road First School |Yes |26 November 1993
Wakefield |Woolley CE First School |Yes |20 May 1991
Walsall |Streetly School |Yes |26 November 1991
Walsall |St. Thomas More RC Comprehensive GM School |Yes |7 November 1991
Walsall |Aldridge School |Yes |22 February 1993
Walsall |Park Hall County Junior School |Yes |14 May 1993
Walsall |Park Hall County Infant Scool |Yes |14 May 1993
Wandsworth |Huntingfield Primary School |Yes |23 September 1991
Wandsworth |Ethelburga Primary School (Grant-Maintained) |Yes |9 July 1991
Warwickshire |The Avon Valley Grant-Maintained School |Yes |23 October 1990
Warwickshire |Alcester Grammar School |Yes |13 July 1992
Warwickshire |Queen Elizabeth School, Atherstone |Yes |5 November 1991
West Sussex |Manhood Community College |No |27 January 1933
Wigan |Hindley Park High School (Now Closed) |Yes |6 March 1989
Wiltshire |St. George's RC Primary School |Yes |28 June 1993
Wiltshire |St. Edmund's RC Primary School |Yes |22 March 1993
Wiltshire |Greendown Community School |No |5 February 1993
Wiltshire |Frogwell County Primary School |Yes |9 June 1993
Wirral |Wirral Grammar School for Boys |Yes |19 January 1993
Wirral |Wirral County Grammar School for Girls |No |11 June 1993
Wolverhampton |Valley Park School |Yes |30 November 1992
Wolverhampton |Cotton Hills School |No |23 June 1993
Wolverhampton |The Bilston High School |Yes |27 July 1992
Wolverhampton |Aldersley High School |Yes |4 June 1993
Note: While information held centrally on the method of initiation covers most schools where there have been ballots, it is not fully comprehensive.
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the grant-maintained schools which have sought his approval for a change of character (a) by extending the age range of pupils for which the school provides and (b) by selecting pupils according to aptitude or ability, stating in each case whether their application has been successful.
Mr. Robin Squire : The following
self-governing--grant-maintained--schools have published proposals under section 89 of the Education Reform Act 1988 to make a significant change in the character of the school by extending the age range, and by the introduction of arrangements for the admission of pupils by reference to ability or aptitude.
Proposals published under section 89 of the Education Reform Act
1988 for a significant change in the character of a school by extending
the age range
School |Nature of change|Decision
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Havering
The Francis Bardsley School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c<1>
Waltham Forest
Highams Park School |11-16 to 11-18 |rejected
Highams Park School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Birmingham
Baverstock GM School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Small Heath School |11-17 to 11-18 |approved
Dudley
Alder Coppice GM Primary School |5-11 to 3-11 |u/c
Wolverhampton
Moseley Park GM School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Trafford
The New Wellington High School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
Sheffield
Clifford First School |5-8 to 5-11 |rejected
Kirklees
Castle Hall GM School |9-13 to 11-18 |rejected
Castle Hall GM School |9-13 to 11-16 |approved
Cambridgeshire
The Queen's School |11-16 to 11-18 |rejected
Sawtry Village College |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Cumbria
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School |13-18 to 11-18 |approved
Derbyshire
Chellaston School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
The Merrill Community School |11-16 to 11-19 |u/c
Noel Baker Community School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
Essex
Beauchamps GM School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Bromfords School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Chalvedon School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
The King John School |11-16 to 11-19 |u/c
The Philip Morant School |11-16 to 11-18 |rejected
Thorpe Bay High School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
West Hatch School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Katherines Primary School |5-11 to 3-11 |u/c
Gloucestershire
Robinswood Primary School |4-11 to 3-11 |u/c
Hampshire
The Arnewood School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
The Burgate School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
Humberside
Wold Newton GM Primary School |5-11 to 3-11 |u/c
Kent
Aylesford School |11-17 to 11-18 |rejected
The Cornwallis School |11-17 to 11-18 |approved
The Maplesden Noakes School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Meopham GM School |11-17 to 11-18 |rejected
Oldborough Manor Community College |11-17 to 11-18 |rejected
Ringwood School (GM Comprehensive) |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
Senacre Technology School |11-17 to 11-18 |rejected
Thamesview School |11-17 to 11-18 |rejected
Wrotham School |11-17 to 11-18 |rejected
Lincolnshire
Gleed Girls GM School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
William Farr CE School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
Bourne Abbey (GM) Primary School |4-11 to 3-11 |u/c
Norfolk
Costessey High School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
Sheringham High School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
Surrey
Heathside Secondary School |12-16 to 11-18 |rejected
Yattendon Middle School |8-12 to 7-11 |u/c
Hawkedale First School |5-8 to 3-7 |rejected
The Manor County First School |4-8 to 3-7 |rejected
Warwickshire
Queen Elizabeth School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Wiltshire
St. Augustine's RC (GM) Comprehensive |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
<1>u/c, under consideration.
Proposals published under section 89 of the Education Reform Act 1988
for a significant change of character of a school by the introduction of
arrangements for the admission of pupils with reference to ability or
aptitude
School |Decision
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Selection wholly or in part by reference to ability
Kirklees
Castle Hall GM School |rejected
Berkshire
Southlands School (now Reading School) |approved
Cumbria
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School |approved
Dorset
Budmouth GM School |<2>u/c
Sutton
Cheam High School |<2>u/c
Selection by aptitude
Kent
Chaucer Technology School |aptitude in
|technology <2>u/c
<2>u/c, under consideration.
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will list the grant-maintained schools which have sought his approval for changes in their admissions policy which (a) constitute or (b) do not constitute, a significant change in character ; and if he will state, in each case, whether their application has been successful ;
(2) if he will list the grant-maintained schools which have sought his approval for changes in their admissions policy to introduce the selection of pupils by reference to their aptitude or ability, stating in each case (a) whether this constituted a significant change of character and (b) whether their application has been successful.
Mr. Robin Squire : The grant-maintained schools listed in table 1 have published proposals under section 89 of the Education Reform Act 1988 to make a significant change in the character of the school by extending the school's age range or by the introduction of arrangements for the admission of pupils by reference to ability or aptitude.
My right hon. Friend has approved a large number of changes to the admissions criteria of grant-maintained schools which have not required statutory proposals. Table 2 lists those agreed or under consideration which involve selection of up to 10 per cent. of the school's intake of the basis of aptitude or ability in music, sport, drama, dance, art or technology. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible giving details of all other changes that have been approved or requested.
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Table 1
Proposals published under section 89 of the Education Reform Act 1988
for a significant change in the character of the admissions of a school
School |Nature of change |Decision
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Havering
The Francis Bardsley School |11-16 to 11-18
Sutton
Cheam High School |selection by ability |u/c
Waltham Forest
Highams Park School |11-16 to 11-18 |rejected
Highams Park School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Birmingham
Baverstock GM School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Small Heath School |11-17 to 11-18 |approved
Dudley
Alder Coppice GM Primary School |5-11 to 3-11
Wolverhampton
Moseley Park GM School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Trafford
The New Wellington High School |11-16 to 11-18
Sheffield
Clifford First School |5-8 to 5-11 |rejected
Kirklees
Castle Hall GM School |selection by ability |rejected
|9-13 to 11-18 |rejected
|9-13 to 11-16 |approved
Berkshire
Southlands School (now Reading
School) |selection by ability |approved
Cambridgeshire
The Queen's School |11-16 to 11-18 |rejected
Sawtry Village School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Cumbria
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School |selection by ability |approved
|13-18 to 11-18 |approved
Derbyshire
Chellaston School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
The Merrill Community School |11-16 to 11-19 |u/c
Noel Community School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
Dorset
Budmouth GM School |selection by ability |u/c
Essex
Beauchamps GM School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Bromfords School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Chalvedon School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
The King John School |11-16 to 11-19 |u/c
The Philip Morant School |11-16 to 11-18 |rejected
Thorpe Bay High School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
West Hatch School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Katherines Primary School |5-11 to 3-11 |u/c
Gloucestershire
Robinswood Primary School |4-11 to 3-11 |u/c
Hampshire
The Arnewood School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
The Burgate School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
Humberside
Wold Newton GM Primary School |5-11 to 3-11 |u/c
Kent
Aylesford School |11-17 to 11-18 |rejected
Chaucer Technology School |selection by aptitude|u/c
| in technology
The Cornwallis School |11-17 to 11-18 |approved
The Maplesden Noakes School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Meopham GM School |11-17 to 11-18 |rejected
Oldborough Manor Community College |11-17 to 11-18 |rejected
Ringwood School (GM
Comprehensive) |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
Senacre Technology School |11-17 to 11-18 |rejected
Thamesview School |11-17 to 11-18 |rejected
Wrotham School |11-17 to 11-18 |rejected
Lincolnshire
Gleed Girls GM School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
William Farr CE School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
Bourne Abbey (GM) Primary
School |4-11 to 3-11 |u/c
Norfolk
Costessey High School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
Sheringham High School |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
Surrey
Heathside Secondary School |12-16 to 11-18 |rejected
Yattendon Middle School |8-12 to 7-11 |u/c
Hawkedale First School |5-8 to 3-7 |rejected
The Manor County First School |4-8 to 3-7 |rejected
Warwickshire
Queen Elizabeth School |11-16 to 11-18 |approved
Wiltshire
St. Augustine's RC (GM) Comprehensive |11-16 to 11-18 |u/c
<1> Under consideration.
Table 2
Applications by grant-maintained schools for 10 per cent. selection for
ability or aptitude in art, dance, drama, music, sport or technology
School |Nature of selection
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Approved
Kensington and Chelsea
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial |Up to 10 per cent. for Music
School
Lambeth
Dunraven School |Up to 10 per cent. for Music
La Retraite High School |Up to 10 per cent. for Music
Barnet
Mill Hill County School |Up to 10 per cent. for Music
Bromley
Beaverwood School |Up to 10 per cent. for Music or
| Dance
Bullers Wood School |Up to 10 per cent. of for
| preference for single sex
| provision
Cooper's School |Up to 10 per cent. for Music,
| Drama, Art, Dance or Sport
Havering
Abbs Cross School |Up to 10 places for Music
Cambridgeshire
The King's School |Up to 8 places for Music
Essex
King Edward VI Grammar School |Up to 3 places for Choristers
Kent
Canterbury High School |Up to 10 per cent. for Music
Langley Park School for Boys |Up to 10 per cent. for Music or
| Sport
Westlands High School |Up to 10 per cent. for Music
Hertfordshire
Bishop's Stortford High School |Up to 15 places for Sport, Music
| or Drama
Dame Alice Owen School |Up to 10 per cent. for Music or
| Sport
Queen's School |Up to 10 per cent. for Music, Art
| or Sport
Surrey
Heathside School |Up to 15 places for Music or
| Sport
Under Consideration
Bromley
Kemnal Manor School |Up to 10 per cent. for Technology
Essex
Rainsford High School |Up to 10 per cent. for Music or Drama
Kent
Chaucer Technology School |Up to 10 per cent. for Technology
Wiltshire
Ridgeway School |Up to 10 per cent. for Music or
| Swimming
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many local education authorities have been required by his Department to justify the text of publications relating to grant-maintained status ; how many of these publications have been found to be (a) misleading and subject to further action and (b) not misleading and hence not subject to further action ; and how many local education authorities, or their officers, have been sent an apology for the unjustified suggestion that publications have been misleading.
Mr. Robin Squire : Over the past 18 months, the Department has corresponded with more than 60 local education authorities about publications relating to grant-maintained status. In nearly all cases, officials have pointed out and sought comments on potentially misleading statements in one or more documents issued by the authority. Where appropriate, local education authorities are asked to correct misleading statements and include the correct version in their future publications on grant-maintained status. The Department does not keep summary records of the outcome of this correspondence.
Primary Schools
Mr. Mackinlay : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if primary schools, subject to local management of schools must meet the cost of administering, invigilating and staffing entrance examinations to (a) opted-out schools and (b) independent schools.
Mr. Robin Squire : Arrangements for holding entrance examinations are a matter for the schools concerned, involving the LEA as appropriate.
Sex Education
Mr. Sedgemore : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will incorporate the advice of the British Medical Association and others contained in the document
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"Confidentiality and People Under 16" in the guidelines on sex education he is sending out for consultation ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Robin Squire : Consultative draft guidance on the new arrangements for sex education in schools in England was published on 6 December 1993, inviting comments by 18 February 1994. A copy has been sent to the British Medical Association. The draft guidance addresses issues of confidentiality as they apply to schools. Any views expressed by the British Medical Association or others will be taken into account in preparing the guidance in final form which we intend to issue to schools next spring.
Departmental Offices
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the regional and area offices of his Department, of the Office for Standards in Education, of the higher, and further education funding councils, of the Funding Agency for Schools and of other public bodies for which he is responsible.
Mr. Boswell : The Department does not have separate regional or area offices. Of the Department's 2,255 staff, 1,200 are based in London and 1,055 are on five sites in Darlington.
The Further Education Funding Council has the following regional offices :
South East--Kings Road, Reading
London--Percy Street, London W1
Northern--Amethyst Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Yorkshire and Humberside--Blenheim Court, Leeds
West Midlands--Quinton Road, Coventry
North West--Cornbrook. Manchester
East Midlands--Quinton Road, Coventry
South West--Blackbrook Park Avenue, Taunton
Eastern--Cowley Road, Cambridge
(The Council's new headquarters is also at Quinton Road, Coventry).
Other non-departmental public bodies for which my right hon. Friend has responsibility do not have separate regional offices. In the case of OFSTED, I am asking Professor Sutherland to write to the hon. Member direct with the information.
Correspondence
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of correspondence received by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's agencies receives (i) an
acknowledgement within five days and (ii) a substantive reply within 15 days.
Mr. Boswell : In accordance with recommendations made in 1990 by the Government's efficiency unit, the Department no longer routinely issues acknowledgements to letters which are to be replied to by Ministers. Of the nearly 3,500 ministerial replies issued between 1 September 1993 and 30 November 1993, 76 per cent. were issued within three weeks and 90 per cent. within four weeks of receipt of the incoming letter.
The Department does not collect the data requested for incoming letters which are to be replied to by officials.
In line with the Department's approach, the Teachers Pensions Agency does not issue routine acknowledgements. Between 1 April and 30 November, the TPA replied to 98 per cent. of ministerial correspondence and
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85 per cent. of general correspondence within 15 days. The figures are based on the 80 per cent. of correspondence that is subject to detailed monitoring.Teacher Training
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will name the institution to which he referred, in a broadcast interview on the BBC programme "The World this Weekend", on 14 November, as having provided no school-based experience during the first two years of a teacher training course ; and if he will describe the action he has taken to remedy the situation.
Mr. Patten : It would not be appropriate to name an individual institution on the basis of comments made to me in confidence by a constituent. I am confident that the new criteria for courses of initial teacher training which I have published in recent circulars will, when fully implemented, ensure that all student teachers receive suitable classroom experience throughout their training.
Public Meetings
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what requirements are imposed on (i) maintained county and voluntary schools, (ii) grant-maintained schools, (iii) city technology colleges, (iv) colleges of further education and sixth form colleges, (v) the Funding Agency for Schools and (vi) the further education and the higher education funding councils, to hold meetings in public of the main governing body concerned, any committees, and any sub-committees ; and what rights of access the public have to agendas, minutes, and reports to such bodies, committees and sub-committees.
Mr. Boswell : All these bodies are free if they wish, but are not required by law, to admit members of the public to meetings. Governing bodies of maintained county and voluntary schools, grant-maintained schools, and further education and sixth form colleges are required to ensure that copies of agendas, minutes and reports in relation to every meeting of the governing body are made available at the institution to any person wishing to inspect them. Material relating to named pupils or students and to staff, and to any members which the governing body regard as confidential, may be omitted.
National Curriculum Council
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list (a) the number of staff employed by the National Curriculum Council who were made redundant as a result of the dissolution of that council, (b) the total sum of redundancy payments received by staff employed at the National Curriculum Council and (c) the cost of relocating staff formerly employed by the National Curriculum Council and now employed by the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
Mr. Robin Squire : A total of 61 former employees of the National Curriculum Council--NCC--were made redundant at a cost of £1.76 million. The eventual cost of relocating former NCC staff who are now employed by the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority--SCAA--is estimated at £0.7 million. These one-off costs should be set against estimated annual efficiency savings of
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£1.4 million as a result of dissolving the NCC and the School Examinations and Assessment Council and establishing the SCAA.Special Purpose Grants
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the applications received and payments made for special purpose grant--restructuring--in respect of head teacher posts in grant-maintained schools.
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