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decision and this is initially conducted within the District. If still dissatisfied, the applicant can ask for a review by the Independent Review Service (IRS) which is independent of the BA. For the period 1 April 1993 to 31 December 1993, 3,014 review applications were received by Lewisham and Brixton District. These figures include those that requested a review by the IRS. Overall, 873 resulted in a changed decision.I hope that you find this reply helpful.
Appendix A Details of grant and loan refusals for the Lewisham and Brixton District 1 April 1993 to 31 December 1993 (latest available data) Reason for refusal |Grants |Loans -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not in receipt of Income Support (IS) |1,541 |1,385 In receipt of IS for less than 26 weeks |- |3,316 Direction 4 not satisfied |15,553 |- Applicant excluded by Direction |- |19 No serious risk to health or safety |- |1,400 Requested amount below minimum allowable |9 |162 Repeat allocation |381 |989 Item excluded by Direction |239 |999 Alternative item available |17 |164 Help available from another source |43 |247 Grant awarded on loan request |- |862 Savings over £500 meet cost |5 |2 Savings over £1000 meet cost (customer or partner over 60) |7 |1 Enough money available to meet crisis |- |17 Total debt exceeds £1000 |- |57 Inability to repay |- |998 Insufficient priority |385 |938 Other reasons |50 |319
Child Support Agency
Mr. Bayley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much of its target million the Child Support Agency has collected to date ; and of that amount how much has been paid as maintenance net of reductions in payments of welfare benefits.
Mr. Burt : The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for Ros Hepplewhite, the chief executive. She will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Ros Hepplewhite to Mr. Hugh Bayley, dated 31 January 1994 :
I am replying to your Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security asking how much of the Child Support Agency's target has been collected to date.
The Agency was set a target for benefit savings. No separate target has been set for collection of maintenance. For the period from April 1993 to December 1993, benefit savings of £214.5 million have so far been reported. This figure does not represent the total amount of savings achieved because some will be scored retrospectively. I hope you find this reply helpful.
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the annual salary of the chief executive of the Child Support Agency ; and what are the weekly hours of work she is contracted to undertake.
Mr. Burt : The current basic salary of Ros Hepplewhite, the chief executive of the Child Support Agency, is
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£48,520 plus London weighting of £1,776. Her contract requires at least 36 hours per week, but there is no upper limit.Pension Books
Mr. Jim Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will set out the considerations which led him to give prominence to the title "Social Security" on new pension books ; and if he will consider changing the term "Social Security" to "Pension".
Mr. Hague : The administration of benefit payments is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Michael Bichard to Mr. Jim Cunningham, dated 1 February 1994 :
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to respond to your recent Parliamentary Question about the wording on the cover of the new Pension Books.
Firstly, it may be helpful if I explain that the design of the cover of order books is constant across all types of social security benefit, as was the case with old style order books. The reason for this is that the cover does not automatically identify which type of benefit a person is receiving, so that a casual observer cannot identify which social security benefit an individual is in receipt of simply by looking at the cover of an order book. This allows an individual's financial affairs to remain confidential.
There are also practical considerations if separate covers were required for individual benefits. Perhaps the most significant would be at the printing and assembly stage. Print runs would have to be stopped to allow different covers to be loaded to reflect the type of benefit being paid which would mean additional cost implications. Consideration would also have to be given as to how a book containing a number of benefits combined would be reflected on a cover--order books are issued by benefit groups and a number of different benefits are within each group. This would only add to the difficulty in identifying which cover should be assembled to the foils. The design of the order book is constantly under review, and the cover design is a component of many considerations. The last change was introduced primarily as an anti-fraud measure and it may interest you to learn that since the introduction of the new design no counterfeits have been found to be cashed. This is a
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major achievement which should result in significant savings by reducing order book fraud. It is, however, too early to estimate how great these savings will be.For the reasons stated above there are no plans to replace the term Social Security with that of Pension.
I hope you find this reply helpful.
Housing Benefit
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of (a) council tenants, (b) housing association tenants, (c) private tenants and (d) owner occupiers were in receipt of housing benefit in (i) Inverclyde, (ii) Strathclyde and (iii) Scotland as a whole at the latest available date.
Mr. Burt : The available information is in the table.
|Percentage of local|Percentage of
|private
|authority tenants |tenants receiving
|receiving Housing |Housing Benefit
|Benefit
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Inverclyde |55 |50
Strathclyde |60 |55
Scotland |60 |50
Sources: Housing Benefit Management Information System quarterly
caseload returns for 1991 and the 1991 Scottish Office tenancy statistics.
Notes:
(i) Information on the number of Housing Association tenancies is not
available, therefore, the information is included with the private tenants.
(ii) Owner Occupiers in Scotland have not been eligible for Housing
Benefit (rate rebates) since April 1989 when the Community Charge
Benefit was introduced.
(iii) The caseload data is an average of four point in time counts and
includes estimates for non-responding authorities, therefore, the
information should be regarded only as a general indication.
Mrs. Beckett : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for the United Kingdom in total, and by standard region including Greater London, the number of households claiming housing benefit for each year since 1978-79.
Mr. Burt [holding answer 21 January 1994] : The available information is in the table.
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Housing benefit cases by region
|1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93
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South East (excluding London) |473,100 |465,000 |490,200 |533,700 |590,800
London |553,100 |523,800 |553,700 |594,800 |640,100
North (including Cumbria) |308,900 |302,100 |296,800 |297,500 |294,200
Wales |205,000 |204,000 |204,000 |210,000 |235,000
Scotland |565,000 |557,000 |542,000 |541,000 |624,200
Yorkshire and Humberside |402,300 |391,400 |388,200 |398,100 |388,500
East Midlands |237,300 |232,300 |241,800 |247,500 |265,800
East Anglia |111,400 |105,100 |111,800 |118,000 |129,900
South West |233,300 |234,000 |248,400 |267,600 |288,000
West Midlands |383,800 |361,400 |368,800 |387,800 |386,500
North West (excluding |524,400 |507,200 |514,400 |522,600 |526,400
Cumbria)
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |3,997,600|3,883,300|3,960,100|4,118,600|4,369,500
Source:
The Housing Benefit Management Information System quarterly caseload data.
Notes:
1. Information prior to 1988-89 is not available.
2. The data relates to Great Britain; figures for the United Kingdom are not available.
3. The figures are averages, rounded to the nearest 100, and include estimates for
non-responding authorities.
4. The numbers are in benefit units, a benefit unit may be a couple or a single person.
5. The data is from a later source than that used for "Social Security Statistics".
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Benefits, Newham
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what is his current estimate of the number of eligible persons in the borough of Newham who do not claim income support ;
(2) what is his current estimate of the number of eligible persons in the borough of Newham who do not claim housing benefit ; (3) what is his current estimate of the number of eligible persons in the borough of Newham who do not claim family credit.
Mr. Burt : Estimates of take-up of income-related benefits are not available on a regional or local basis. Take-up estimates for Great Britain as a whole can be found in "Income Related Benefits--Estimates of Take-up in 1989" published in January 1993, a copy of which is in the Library.
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Spending Power
Mrs. Beckett : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 21 January, Official Report, columns 899-902, if he will publish tables, similar to those in his Department's tax benefit model table, showing net weekly spending power for a lone mother with two children aged four and six years under the benefit system as uprated (a) in April 1993 and (b) in April 1994 who is (i) not working, after one year on benefits, (ii) earning £20 a week from part-time working and (iii) working full time and earning (1) £60, (2) £70, (3) £80, (4) £90, (5) £100, (6) £110 and (7) £120 per week.
Mr. Burt : The information is in the tables. We have assumed for the purposes of the question that part-time work is less than 16 hours a week.
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Lone parent with two children aged 4 and 6
Earnings and benefits as at April 1994
Gross |Tax |National |Take |Income |Free |Family |Child |Rent |Rent |Council |Council |Total |Net income
earnings |insurance |home |support |welfare |credit |benefit |rebate |tax |tax |net |after rent
|contributions|pay |foods |benefit |income |and
|council tax
(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£)
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(a) Not working after one year on benefits
0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |67.55 |6.54 |0.00 |24.60 |32.54 |32.54 |7.65 |7.65 |138.88 |98.69
(b) Earning £20 per week from part-time working
20.00 |0.00 |0.00 |20.00 |62.55 |6.54 |0.00 |24.60 |32.54 |32.54 |7.65 |7.65 |153.88 |113.69
(c) Working full-time
60.00 |0.00 |1.44 |58.56 |0.00 |0.00 |66.70 |24.60 |32.54 |15.28 |7.65 |2.34 |167.48 |127.29
70.00 |0.00 |2.44 |67.56 |0.00 |0.00 |66.70 |24.60 |32.54 |9.43 |7.65 |0.54 |168.83 |128.64
80.00 |0.00 |3.44 |76.56 |0.00 |0.00 |63.30 |24.60 |32.54 |5.79 |7.65 |0.00 |170.25 |130.06
90.00 |0.00 |4.44 |85.56 |0.00 |0.00 |57.00 |24.60 |32.54 |4.03 |7.65 |0.00 |171.19 |131.00
100.00 |0.13 |5.44 |94.43 |0.00 |0.00 |50.79 |24.60 |32.54 |2.30 |7.65 |0.00 |172.12 |131.93
110.00 |2.13 |6.44 |101.43 |0.00 |0.00 |45.89 |24.60 |32.54 |0.94 |7.65 |0.00 |172.86 |132.67
120.00 |4.13 |7.44 |108.43 |0.00 |0.00 |40.99 |24.60 |32.54 |0.00 |7.65 |0.00 |174.02 |133.83
Note: April 1993 values have been used for rent, council tax, free school meals and welfare foods as the 1994 values are not yet available.
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Lone parent with two children aged 4 and 6
Earnings and benefits as at April 1993
Gross |Tax |National |Take |Income |Free |Family |Child |Rent |Rent |Community |Community |Total |Net income
earnings |insurnace |home |support |welfare |credit |beneft |rebate |charge |charge |net |after rent
|contributions|pay |foods |benefit |income |and
|community
|charge
|(£)
(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£) |(£)
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(a) Not working after one year on benefits
0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |64.50 |6.54 |0.00 |24.15 |32.54 |32.54 |7.65 |7.65 |135.38 |95.19
(b) Earning £20 per week from part-time working
20.00 |0.00 |0.00 |20.00 |59.50 |6.54 |0.00 |24.15 |32.54 |32.54 |7.65 |7.65 |150.38 |110.19
(c) Working full-time
60.00 |0.00 |1.48 |58.52 |0.00 |0.00 |64.00 |24.15 |32.54 |15.01 |7.65 |2.26 |163.94 |123.75
70.00 |0.00 |2.38 |67.62 |0.00 |0.00 |64.00 |24.15 |32.54 |9.09 |7.65 |0.44 |165.30 |125.11
80.00 |0.00 |3.28 |76.72 |0.00 |0.00 |58.60 |24.15 |32.54 |6.69 |7.65 |0.00 |166.16 |125.97
90.00 |0.00 |4.18 |85.82 |0.00 |0.00 |52.23 |24.15 |32.54 |4.92 |7.65 |0.00 |167.12 |126.93
100.00 |0.13 |5.08 |94.79 |0.00 |0.00 |45.95 |24.15 |32.54 |3.17 |7.65 |0.00 |168.06 |127.87
110.00 |2.13 |5.98 |101.89 |0.00 |0.00 |40.98 |24.15 |32.54 |1.78 |7.65 |0.00 |168.80 |128.61
120.00 |4.13 |6.88 |108.99 |0.00 |0.00 |36.01 |24.15 |32.54 |0.00 |7.65 |0.00 |169.15 |128.96
Mrs. Beckett : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 21 January, Official Record, columns 899-902 , if he will publish tables, similar to those in his Department's tax benefit model table, showing net weekly spending power for each of a single waged married couple (a) with two children aged four and six years and (b) with three children aged three, eight and 11 years earning (i) £60, (ii) £70, (iii) £80, (iv) £90,
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(v) £100, (vi) £110, (vii) £120, (viii) £130, (ix) £140, (x) £150, (xi) £160 and (xii) £170 per week under the benefit system as per its uprating in 1993.Mr. Burt : The information requested is provided in "Tax/Benefit Model Tables 1993", published in October 1993, copies of which are available in the Library.
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Disability Benefits
Mr. Paul Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many payments have been made under the special compensation scheme for claimants who claimed (a) disability living allowance or (b) attendance allowance after February 1993 ; and what is the total amount paid.
Mr. Scott : [pursuant to his reply, 24 January 1994, col. 18] : The answer should have read as follows : No claims to disability living allowance or attendance allowance made after February 1993 have attracted a payment under the special compensation scheme. This is because all claims considered under that scheme must have been received on or after 3 February 1992 and had payment issued prior to 1 April 1993. Additionally, any claim must have suffered a delay of more than eight months, or more than six months in special rules cases.
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Farmers Charter
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department has considered initiating a farmers charter in the light of the Chancellor's reference in the Budget speech to the effects of late payment on small business ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Jack : The Department has already set out targets for dealing with grant, subsidy and licence applications in "Commitment to Service", which was published in December 1992. In a number of cases, EC legislation determines the dates which apply.
Dietary Supplements
Mr. Tredinnick : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the terms of reference of the research being undertaken by the national poisons unit into the toxicity of dietary supplements, sponsored by her Department ; what information she has concerning the number of cases of (a) minor and (b) serious medical problems as a result of the consumption of such dietary supplements ; what comparative assessment has been made with information of which she is aware, relating to poisoning as a result of organophosphorus or organo-chlorine pesticide ingestion or absorption over a comparable period of time ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Soames : The project currently being carried out at the national poisons unit is commissioned to follow up both clinically and analytically any case reports notified to the unit in which dietary supplements or traditional remedies are implicated. The project is still under way, but interim results show a link between exposure to dietary supplements or traditional remedies and clinical effects in 49 cases out of 5,563 investigated. The interim nature of these results makes comparison with any similar data on pesticides unreliable. The Ministry will use the final results of this project to aid in the formulation of policy on dietary supplements and traditional remedies.
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Intervention Beef
Mr. Fraser : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will inquire into the circumstances under which beef was released by the Intervention Board free of charge to Mr. Ray Woolford, of Lambeth council.
Mr. Jack : Yes. I would be grateful if the hon. Member would let me have further details of the circumstances.
Fishing (Drift Nets)
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what rules have been agreed to allow fishing vessels the use of drift nets over 2.5 km in length.
Mr. Jack : Since 31 December 1993 the use by Community vessels of drift nets over 2.5 km in length has been prohibited under the provisions of EC regulation 3094/86.
Public Appointments
Dr. Wright : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which of the public appointments for which he is responsible require advance notice to and consultation with the Chief Whip's office ; and which appointments made since 1979 have been so notified and consulted upon.
Mr. Jack : It is not the practice of Her Majesty's Government to answer parliamentary questions about discussions and consultations between Departments and offices of Government relating to public appointments.
Polwhele Veterinary Investigation Centre
Mr. Hicks : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans she has for the future of the Polwhele veterinary investigation centre ; what assessment he has made of its performance over the past two and a half years ; how she has taken into account the implications for livestock movements following the introduction of the European single market ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Soames : The review of the Polwhele veterinary investigation unit has been postponed until the outcome of the review of the animal health and veterinary group, which includes the state veterinary service, is known.
Forestry
Dr. Strang : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) in respect of how many forest parks in England she has given an assurance that they will not be privatised ; and if she will make a statement ;
(2) if she will list the precise criteria which led the Government to exempt the New Forest from privatisation ; how those criteria have been applied to other Forestry Commission lands in England ; and if she will list the land affected in each case.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : In giving the assurance that the New Forest will not be privatised, full account was taken of its place in the nation's history and heritage. Ministers will await the advice of the Forestry Review Group before considering what action, if any, should be taken in respect of the ownership and management of other Forestry Commission woodlands, including forest parks.
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Less-favoured Areas
Dr. Strang : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many cattle and sheep farms are wholly or mainly in the less-favoured areas.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : As at the June 1992 agricultural census there were 11,842 farms in England which had at least half their land in the less-favoured areas and were classified as cattle and sheep farms.
Dr. Strang : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is her estimate of the total subsidy to be paid on cattle and sheep in the less-favoured areas in 1994.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The total direct subsidies paid under the hill livestock compensatory allowances, sheep annual premium and suckler cow premium schemes in 1994 on cattle and sheep in the less-favoured areas in England is estimated to be at least £144 million.
EDUCATION
National Curriculum Council
Mr. Bayley : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much the carpets incorporating the initials NCC in the National Curriculum Council's York office cost to purchase ; when they were purchased ; and what has happened to them.
Mr. Robin Squire : The carpet was purchased in 1990, when the National Curriculum Council was fitting out its offices in York. No information on the cost of the carpet is held centrally, and the cost is not separately identifiable from the published accounts of the NCC. The council was dissolved on 1 January 1994 and its former York office, with the carpet still in place, has been transferred to the Secretary of State. It will become the headquarters of the new Funding Agency for Schools from April this year.
Statutory Sick Pay
Mr. Ingram : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will provide figures for the amount his Department has been reimbursed by the Department of Social Security in respect of statutory sick pay provision for each of the past three years.
Mr. Boswell : In the calendar year 1993 the amount reimbursed was £97,283. Figures for earlier years are not available.
Funding Agency for Schools
Mr. Bayley : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what rent the Funding Agency for Schools will pay for its office accommodation in York ; and what rent the National Curriculum Council paid.
Mr. Robin Squire : The annual rent for Albion Wharf is £280,724 excluding VAT, which is the sum previously paid by National Curriculum Council. Under the terms of the lease the rent is subject to review every five years with the next review due in June 1995.
Mr. Bayley : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what will be the cost of refurbishing premises in York for use by the Funding Agency for Schools ; and which organisation will meet the cost of refurbishment.
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Mr. Robin Squire : The cost of refurbishing Albion Wharf will be around £650,000 excluding VAT, to be met by the Department out of the budget set aside for the establishment of the Funding Agency for Schools.
Public Appointments
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Education which of the public appointments for which he is responsible require advance notice to and consultation with the Chief Whip's office ; and which appointments made since 1979 have been so notified and consulted upon.
Mr. Boswell : It is not the practice of Her Majesty's Government to answer parliamentary questions about discussions and consultations between Departments and offices of Government relating to public appointments.
LEA Schools (North Yorkshire)
Mr. Bayley : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the capital allocation for North Yorkshire local education authority maintained schools in 1993-94.
Mr. Forth : North Yorkshire LEA's annual capital guideline for 1993- 94 is £5.296 million. In addition, the authority has received two supplementary credit approvals totalling £710,000 in the course of this financial year. Voluntary aided and special agreement schools in North Yorkshire have been allocated grant totalling £949,000.
Public Bodies
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Education which non- departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have been (a) abolished or (b) created since 1979.
Mr. Boswell : I refer the hon. Member to the reply that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister gave to the hon. Member on Tuesday 1 February, Official Report, column 611.
Grant-maintained Schools
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many new applications have been received from secondary and primary schools to change to grant-maintained status since his answer of 25 October 1993, Official Report, column 436.
Mr. Robin Squire : Since the answer of 25th October 1993, applications for grant maintained status have been received from 38 primary and 27 secondary schools.
Secondary Schools (Performance)
Mr. Don Foster : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many copies of the secondary school performance tables were published by his Department.
Mr. Robin Squire : A total of 109 separate booklets containing secondary school performance tables were published in November 1993, of which some 1,087,600 copies have so far been distributed.
Mr. Don Foster : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many copies of the secondary school performance tables were sent to primary schools in each
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local education authority ; what criteria were used in determining how many copies would be sent ; and for what purpose the tables were provided.Mr. Robin Squire : Every primary and middle school in England with 10-year-old pupils on roll was sent 50 copies of the performance tables booklet for their local education authority area. The decision to send a standard number of booklets to each primary and middle school was taken on the grounds of overall economy and efficiency. The tables contain useful information for parents considering which secondary schools would best suit their children, and help parents and others to be better informed about the standards being achieved in schools in their area.
Mr. Don Foster : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the budgeted expenditure for (a) publication and (b) distribution of the secondary school performance tables.
Mr. Robin Squire : The total budget for the 1993 performance tables exercise, covering secondary, 16 to 18,
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and national unauthorised absence tables, was £1.9 million. The production of the secondary and 16 to 18 tables has cost £864,800 to date, and the cost of distributing the tables amounts to some £386, 100 ; requests for the tables are still being received. It is not possible to separate the production and distribution costs as between the secondary and the 16 to 18 tables.Year Six Pupils
Mr. Don Foster : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many year six pupils there are in each local education authority.
Mr. Robin Squire : Information is collected from schools in England on the number of pupils in each age group rather than year group. The numbers of pupils in January 1993 who were aged 10 at the beginning of that school year--most of whom were in year group six--are shown in the table.
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Pupils aged 10(1) in maintained and non-maintained schools in each Local Education Authority in
England January 1993
Pupils in
non-maintained
schools
LEA |Pupils in main-|Special |Independent |All pupils
|tained schools |aged 10
|primary, middle
|secondary and
|special
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Corporation of London |25 |0 |69 |94
Camden |1,315 |0 |485 |1,800
Greenwich |2,611 |0 |105 |2,716
Hackney |2,080 |0 |283 |2,363
Hammersmith and Fulham |1,112 |0 |152 |1,264
Islington |1,837 |0 |12 |1,849
Kensington and Chelsea |767 |0 |690 |1,457
Lambeth |2,387 |0 |93 |2,480
Lewisham |2,569 |0 |129 |2,698
Southwark |2,571 |0 |211 |2,782
Tower Hamlets |2,626 |0 |14 |2,640
Wandsworth |2,014 |0 |243 |2,257
Westminster |1,160 |0 |335 |1,495
Barking and Dagenham |1,836 |0 |0 |1,836
Barnet |3,032 |0 |385 |3,417
Bexley |2,487 |0 |56 |2,543
Brent |2,733 |0 |212 |2,945
Bromley |2,787 |1 |359 |3,147
Croydon |3,395 |0 |548 |3,943
Ealing |2,971 |0 |466 |3,437
Enfield |2,894 |0 |118 |3,012
Haringey |2,211 |0 |145 |2,356
Harrow |2,288 |0 |231 |2,519
Havering |2,686 |0 |62 |2,748
Hillingdon |2,561 |1 |279 |2,841
Hounslow |2,276 |0 |63 |2,339
Kingston upon Thames |1,251 |0 |223 |1,474
Merton |1,617 |0 |256 |1,873
Newham |3,113 |0 |14 |3,127
Redbridge |2,519 |0 |301 |2,820
Richmond upon Thames |1,261 |0 |455 |1,716
Sutton |1,687 |0 |148 |1,835
Waltham Forest |2,542 |0 |67 |2,609
Birmingham |13,527 |0 |434 |13,961
Coventry |3,791 |0 |146 |3,937
Dudley |3,619 |0 |21 |3,640
Sandwell |3,710 |0 |21 |3,731
Solihull |2,484 |0 |154 |2,638
Walsall |3,344 |0 |62 |3,406
Wolverhampton |3,106 |0 |102 |3,208
Knowsley |2,134 |0 |20 |2,154
Liverpool |6,217 |10 |140 |6,367
St. Helens |2,311 |0 |52 |2,363
Sefton |3,497 |10 |219 |3,726
Wirral |4,092 |6 |246 |4,344
Bolton |3,378 |3 |128 |3,509
Bury |2,099 |0 |128 |2,227
Manchester |5,611 |0 |238 |5,849
Oldham |3,015 |0 |102 |3,117
Rochdale |2,725 |0 |36 |2,761
Salford |2,657 |0 |144 |2,801
Stockport |3,320 |29 |261 |3,610
Tameside |2,809 |0 |13 |2,822
Trafford |2,457 |0 |192 |2,649
Wigan |3,888 |0 |0 |3,888
Barnsley |2,717 |0 |12 |2,729
Doncaster |3,796 |5 |62 |3,863
Rotherham |3,208 |0 |24 |3,232
Sheffield |5,395 |0 |153 |5,548
Bradford |6,655 |0 |236 |6,891
Calderdale |2,422 |0 |62 |2,484
Kirklees |4,877 |3 |67 |4,947
Leeds |8,103 |7 |400 |8,510
Wakefield |3,800 |0 |156 |3,956
Gateshead |2,314 |0 |79 |2,393
Newcastle upon Tyne |2,950 |17 |367 |3,334
North Tyneside |2,287 |9 |79 |2,375
South Tyneside |1,912 |0 |8 |1,920
Sunderland |3,834 |0 |80 |3,914
Isles of Scilly |26 |0 |0 |26
Avon |10,331 |0 |863 |11,194
Bedfordshire |6,788 |0 |434 |7,222
Berkshire |8,336 |2 |1,095 |9,433
Buckinghamshire |7,476 |0 |787 |8,263
Cambridgeshire |7,769 |0 |487 |8,256
Cheshire |11,594 |8 |519 |12,121
Cleveland |7,624 |0 |162 |7,786
Cornwall |5,479 |0 |162 |5,641
Cumbria |5,642 |0 |192 |5,834
Derbyshire |10,842 |7 |332 |11,181
Devon |11,098 |14 |814 |11,926
Dorset |6,523 |8 |637 |7,168
Durham |7,209 |0 |183 |7,392
East Sussex |6,633 |9 |880 |7,522
Essex |17,628 |8 |1,007 |18,643
Gloucestershire |6,013 |6 |516 |6,535
Hampshire |17,442 |13 |1,462 |18,917
Hereford and Worcester |7,669 |11 |703 |8,383
Hertfordshire |11,211 |2 |1,207 |12,420
Humberside |10,711 |0 |251 |10,962
Isle of Wight |1,344 |6 |61 |1,411
Kent |17,272 |42 |1,377 |18,691
Lancashire |17,226 |15 |579 |17,820
Leicestershire |10,891 |0 |466 |11,357
Lincolnshire |6,744 |0 |338 |7,082
Norfolk |7,945 |0 |487 |8,432
North Yorkshire |7,610 |5 |698 |8,313
Northamptonshire |7,197 |6 |364 |7,567
Northumberland |3,779 |0 |77 |3,856
Nottinghamshire |11,833 |9 |417 |12,259
Oxfordshire |5,899 |11 |836 |6,746
Shropshire |4,870 |2 |403 |5,275
Somerset |5,022 |2 |591 |5,615
Staffordshire |12,597 |0 |350 |12,947
Suffolk |7,099 |0 |532 |7,631
Surrey |9,385 |41 |2,438 |11,864
Warwickshire |5,532 |0 |410 |5,942
West Sussex |7,326 |6 |806 |8,138
Wiltshire |6,495 |0 |434 |6,929
England |549,392 |334 |36,210 |585,936
<1> Ages as at 31 August 1992
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Chief Inspector of Schools
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will place in the Library a copy of every letter to hon. Members from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools.
Mr. Robin Squire [holding answer 24 January 1994] : Professor Sutherland has agreed to make available in the Library any letter which he sends to an hon. Member on a matter raised in a parliamentary question which has been referred to him for reply by my right hon. Friend or other Ministers.
WALES
Diesel Fuel Duties
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will discuss with bus operators in Wales and other involved parties the impact of the increase in diesel fuel duties on local bus services in Wales.
Sir Wyn Roberts : No. The effect on operators' costs will be minimal --as little as 1 per cent. of their total operating costs. Services in Wales should not be greatly affected.
Cwmcarn Secondary School
Mr. Murphy : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) when the headteacher of Cwmcarn grant-maintained secondary school in Gwent retired ;
(2) how the early retirement of the headteacher of Cwmcarn grant-maintained school, Gwent, was financed.
Sir Wyn Roberts : I refer the hon. Gentleman to my reply of 17 December 1993, columns 1078-79, to the hon. Member for Dewsbury (Mrs. Taylor).
Uplands Acidification
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what strategy is being considered by the Welsh Office to combat the effects of uplands acidification ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : A significant programme of action is under way in the United Kingdom to reduce the emissions which cause acid rain. This includes measures to reduce emissions from the power industry, the fitting of catalytic converters to all new cars and the implementation of pollution controls under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
In addition, the Welsh Office, in conjunction with the National Rivers Authority and the Countryside Council for Wales, is promoting research and monitoring on the environmental impact of acid deposition in upland Wales.
Development Agency
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what Welsh Office scrutiny there is of the working of the Welsh Development Agency ; and if he will make a statement.
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