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Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what information his Department holds or obtains relating to individuals who have been appointed, or may be considered for appointment, to paid or unpaid posts for which a Minister has to approve the person or shortlist for the appointment, in particular relating to active involvement in (a) extreme left-wing organisations, (b) extreme right-wing organisations and (c) involvement in any of the political parties represented in the House of Commons ;
(2) what procedures his Department has to prevent the possible appointment of individuals with extreme political views to posts for which a Minister has to approve the person or shortlist for the appointment.
Mr. Hague : Where an appointment gives access to classified information the need for security vetting will be considered.
Income-related Benefits
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate how many people receive part or all of their income by way of one or more of the income-related benefits.
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Mr. Burt : Information is not available in the precise form requested. The number of people claiming each benefit is in the table.
Benefit |Recipients |-May 1993 ---------------------------------------------------Income Support<1> |5,643,000 Housing Benefit<2> |4,530,000 Council Tax Benefit<2> |5,231,000 Family Credit<3> |515,000 Disability Working Allowance |3,184 <1>Does not include partners or dependants. <2>Benefit Units. <3>Figures are for September 1993. Note: As individuals can be entitled to more than one income related benefit all figures are subject to overlap.
Medical Boards and Tribunals (Appeals)
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the current waiting targets, and current waiting times, for appeals to special medical boards and medical appeal tribunals.
Mr. Scott : The information requested on special medical boards is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Medical appeal tribunals are the responsibility of the president of the independent tribunal service. I am informed that the information is not available in the form requested. The table shows the target and current outturn for the time taken from lodgement of an appeal to the issue of the tribunal's decision.
Target |Outturn ------------------------------------------15 per cent. in 4 months |18.6 40 per cent. in 6 months |46.5 90 per cent. in 12 months |79.9
Departmental Staff
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many, and what percentage of officers in each of grades, 1 to 7 and overall, in his Department are (a) women, (b) from ethnic minorities and (c) disabled, respectively.
Mr. Hague : The information for permanent staff employed by the Department, including its agencies, is in the table.
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Grade (including (a) Women (b) Ethnic (c) Registered equivalent minorities<1> disabled<2> professional and |(as at 28 February |(as at 28 February |(as at 1 July 1993) other grades) |1994) |1994) |Number |Percentage |Number |Percentage |Number |Percentage ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Grade 1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 Grade 2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 Grade 3 |3 |18 |* | 8.3 |0 |0 Grade 4 |3 |33 |0 |0 |0 |0 Grade 5 |29 |24 |* | 2.3 |0 |0 Grade 6 |73 |23 |21 | 12.2 |0 |0 Grade 7 |152 |22 |7 | 1.4 |4 | 0.6 All Grades |64,119 |67 |3,394 | 5.1 |1,396 | 1.6 <1> Ethnic origin representation is calculated by taking ethnic minority respondents as a proportion of all respondents to the Department's ethnic survey. The response rate as at 28 February 1994 was 63.2 per cent. Asterisks have replaced very small numbers to avoid identifying individuals. <2> Figures for disabled staff are for full time equivalents and cover only those registered as disabled: there are other staff with disabilities who have chosen not to register.
Disability Working Allowance
Ms Corston : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the number of applications for the disability working allowance, and the number accepted, for each month since the allowance was introduced ; and what percentage of people with disabilities of working age this represents.
Mr. Scott : The available information is in the table. The survey of disability conducted by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, based on fieldwork conducted in 1985-1988 and published in 1989, suggested that there were around 2 million disabled people between the ages of 16 and 65. However many of these would be unlikely to qualify for disability working allowance because they were only slightly disabled or because their disability would prevent them from undertaking any work.
Disability working allowance Period |Claims |Awards ---------------------------------- 1992 April |7,056 |476 May |2,666 |317 June |2,697 |295 July |2,841 |296 August |2,085 |284 September |1,746 |446 October |1,573 |533 November |1,298 |414 December |1,001 |298 1993 January |1,190 |405 February |1,350 |400 March |1,565 |570 April |1,205 |595 May |1,070 |610 June |1,235 |570 July |1,002 |518 August |1,103 |480 September |1,306 |681 October |1,228 |680 November |1,121 |646 December |838 |392 1994 January |1,100 |683 February |1,200 |647 |-------|------- Total |39,476 |11,236
Occupational Deafness
Mr. Keith Hill : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will approve the addition of occupational deafness to the list of prescribed injuries for which disablement benefit is payable.
Mr. Scott : Occupational deafness has been prescribed as a disease, in relation to certain occupational activities, since October 1974.
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War Pensions
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what replies the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the Viscount Astor, has received from members of the Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions to his letter of 15 March about tobacco and alcohol-related claims for war pensions and war widows' pensions ; how many members of the committee had previously indicated, when they were consulted, their approval of his Department's proposals to amend the Service Pension Order ; and what further action he will be taking.
Mr. Hague : One member of the central advisory committee has written in response to the letter of 15 March.
Eight members expressed approval of the proposals set out in the consultation letter of 4 January, three with reservations on points of detail.
In accordance with normal procedures for amendments to the Service Pension Order, the changes were made by Order in Council. That order was laid before the House on 25 March and came into force on 28 March.
Staff Sickness
Mrs. Roche : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the average loss of days worked per employee in sickness in (a) 1991, (b) 1992 and (c) 1993 for (i) staff in DSS benefit offices and (ii) staff employed by the Child Support Agency.
Mr. Hague : The information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
PRIME MINISTER
Official Gifts
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Prime Minister if he has chosen to purchase any official gift since becoming Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister : That is a private matter.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 10 March, Official Report, column 319, if he will list those charities which have benefited from the proceeds of the sale of small gifts given to him and his predecessor.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 29 March 1994] : That is a private matter.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Prime Minister how much has been spent by his Office on the provision of official gifts in each of the last three years.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 29 March 1994] : The information requested is as follows :
Year |Provision of |official gifts |£ ---------------------------------------------1991 |17,470 1992 |21,241 1993 |18,385
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Prime Minister if details of gifts received by Ministers in their official capacity and reported to the departmental permanent secretary are made available to the public ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 29 March 1994 : Gifts received by Ministers in their official capacity are dealt with in accordance with the procedures set out in "Questions of Procedure for Ministers". The details are not made public.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 10 March, Official Report, column 319, if he will state the amounts accruing to official funds from the sale of gifts from the official inventory in each year since 1985.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 29 March 1994] : The only sales have been those to the Prime Minister of the day. These have all been carried out in accordance with "Questions of Procedure for Ministers". It is not the practice to publish details.
Government Car Service
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Prime Minister what is the annual cost to the Department of the car service for Ministers ; and how many vehicles are involved.
The Prime Minister [pursuant to his reply, 8 December 1993, c. 222] : The charge to my office for ministerial use of the Governmencar service during 1992-93 was £130,198. Two vehicles are involved.
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Prime Minister what was the cost to his office in 1990-91 of use of the Government car service other than the vehicles for his ministerial use ; and which persons other than Ministers had a car specifically allocated to them.
The Prime Minister : The charge to my office for official use of the Government car service in 1990-91 was £192,998. No cars were specifically allocated to individuals.
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Prime Minister what was the annual cost to the Department of the car service for Ministers in 1990-91 ; and how many vehicles were involved.
The Prime Minister [pursuant to his reply, 14 December 1993, c. 561] : The charge to my office for ministerial use of the Governmencar service during 1990-91 was £75,954. Two vehicles were involved.
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Prime Minister if he will quantify the cost of the factors which led to a fall in the cost of cars for Prime Minister's use since 1990-91 ; what change has taken place in the cost of cars for No. 10, other than for the Prime Minister's use, since 1990-91 ; and what changes have taken place in the rules governing their use.
The Prime Minister : Since my answers of 8 and 14 December 1993, a detailed examination has been carried out of the invoices from the Government car service over the period from 1990-91 to 1992-93, in particular to check on the allocation between ministerial and official use. This has produced some changes from the figures originally given to the hon. Member.
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Since 1990-91, GCS costs have increased, and in addition GCS charges have been restructured to reflect the fact that it had been under-recovering its costs in 1990-91. These factors have affected the costs of the cars for ministerial use and of those for official use. In addition, for the Prime Minister's cars, the basis of funding the necessary security work has changed, and now falls on the No. 10 running costs budget ; this has increased the costs of the Prime Minister's cars by some 60 per cent., on top of the 12 per cent. increase in GCS charges for long-term hire. For the cars for official use, there has been an increase in costs arising from a change away from the GCS providing 24-hour cover for the cars on long-term hire towards greater use of pool cars. There has been no change in the rules governing the use of official cars by staff in 10 Downing street.The revised figures (net of recovered VAT) are as follows :
|Ministerial use|Official use |£ |£ ----------------------------------------------------------------1990-91 |75,954 |192,998 1992-93 |130,198 |339,549
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Prime Minister when he will provide substantive answers to the questions from the right hon. Member for Swansea, West tabled for answer on 16 December and on 13 January relating to the costs of cars used by his Office.
The Prime Minister : I have done so.
Malaysia
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Prime Minister what discussions took place between the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Defence prior to the Secretary of State's March 1988 visit to Malaysia about the range of subjects to be covered in the protocol ; to what extent the question of civil aid was considered ; what documentation is held at No. 10 Downing street and the Cabinet Office reporting on the progress of the negotiations in Kuala Lumpur ; and how the Prime Minister's office was kept informed of the progress of the negotiations.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 9 March 1994] : In January 1988 my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Defence wrote to ministerial colleagues to secure agreement to the signing of a protocol covering the purchase of defence equipment by the Malaysian Government. This exchange made no mention of civil aid. No. 10 files confirm that the Prime Minister's office was informed about the negotiations in Kuala Lumpur, and the inclusion of the paragraph on civil aid, only after the protocol had been signed.
EDUCATION
Proton Cars
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many Proton cars were purchased by his Department in each of the last 10 years for which information is available ; and at what cost.
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Assisted Places
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 15 February, Official Report, column 678, if he will list in order the 20 independent schools in England which received most money during the 1993-94 academic year from his
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Department under the assisted places scheme with (a) the number of pupils covered by the assisted places scheme, (b) the number on that institution's school roll, (c) (a) as a percentage of (b) and (d) the fee charged for each pupil.Mr. Forth : Information for the 1992-93 academic year, the latest for which complete data are available, is given in the table :
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Assisted Places Scheme 1992-93 academic year School name |Number |Total roll |Per cent. of|Average fee |of assisted |assisted |£<1> |pupils |pupils ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dulwich College |273 |1,380 |20 |5,720 Wisbech Grammar school |326 |628 |52 |4,050 St. Edward's College |396 |937 |42 |3,085 Emanuel school |290 |763 |38 |4,130 Latymer Upper school |312 |1,049 |30 |4,235 Alleyns school Dulwich |203 |1,038 |20 |5,240 Haberdasher's Aske's Boys |250 |1,327 |19 |4,795 Royal Grammar school |282 |916 |31 |3,930 Newcastle-under-Lyme school |390 |1,329 |29 |3,010 Hereford Cathedral school |233 |587 |40 |3,960 Bristol Grammar school |267 |1,232 |22 |3,430 Wolverhampton Grammar school |256 |646 |40 |3,910 Bolton school (Boys) |267 |1,003 |27 |3,855 Queen Elizabeth Grammar |260 |1,220 |21 |3,370 James Allens Girls school |168 |1,039 |16 |5,005 St. Mary's College Crosby |254 |789 |32 |3,195 Manchester Grammar school |274 |1,436 |19 |3,495 King Edward VI school |241 |958 |25 |3,900 Kings school |182 |931 |20 |4,570 Wellington school |226 |838 |27 |3,805 <1> Tuition fees including incidental expenses.
Advertising Campaigns
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 14 February, Official Report, columns 587-88, if he will place in the Library the results of the pre and post-campaign market research on each campaign listed.
Mr. Robin Squire : The market research listed in the answer of 14 February was commissioned for internal purposes only--for campaign evaluation and planning. It is analogous to the advice given by officials to Ministers. I am unable, therefore, to place the results in the Library.
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 14 February, Official Report, columns 587-88, how many coupon and telephone responses were received and leaflets issued in respect of each campaign.
Mr. Robin Squire : The 1993 testing publicity campaign resulted in 24,000 telephone and coupon responses. A total of 2,100,000 copies of the leaflet "How is your child doing at school?" were issued. The GM advertising campaign resulted in over 3,000 telephone and coupon responses. A total of over 125,000 booklets were issued. The 1994 testing campaign is still running. By 25 March some 21,000 telephone and coupon responses had been received and 3,300,000 copies of the leaflet "National School Tests in 1994" had been issued. For the 1993 publicity campaign for the charters for further and higher education, by the end of February 1994 a total of 52,000 telephone and coupon responses had been received and 1,700,000 charters had been issued. Charters are continuing to be requested.
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There was no coupon or telephone service associated with the DFC Roadshow. Around 30,000 leaflets were issued.Education and Training Grants
Mr. Robert Ainsworth : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was (a) the total money spent, (b) the percentage of that money allocated according to decisions made by Ministers on competitive bids and (c) the percentage of that money allocated according to some statistical measure of need in the last available operational year of the grants for education and training scheme.
Mr. Forth : The grants for education support and training programme for 1994-95 will support local education authority expenditure of £270.6 million, mainly at a grant rate of 60 per cent. Of this, £47.8 million--18 per cent.--was allocated on the basis of competitive bids from LEAs. All bids were carefully examined on their merits and each LEA's needs. The remaining £222.8 million was allocated by formula, but dependent on satisfactory bids from LEAs. All GEST grants are allocated subject to LEAs indicating their ability to take them up.
Books and Equipment
Dr. Hampson : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was spent by each local education authority on books and equipment, in constant prices, for each of the last five years.
Mr. Forth : Information on total expenditure by each local education authority on books and equipment for the years 1988-89 to 1992-93, in 1992- 93 prices, is given in the following table.
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Expenditure on books and equipment in real terms £000 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------ILEA |44,076 |33,543 |- |- |- Corporation of London |- |- |20 |22 |25 Camden |- |- |2,107 |2,320 |2,770 Greenwich |- |- |2,882 |1,178 |<1>5,052 Hackney |- |- |1,255 |1,740 |<1>5,120 Hammersmith |- |- |1,743 |2,432 |2,209 Islington |- |- |1,671 |2,014 |<1>4,571 Kensington and Chelsea |- |- |1,509 |1,851 |1,192 Lambeth |- |- |1,399 |1,216 |<1>5,027 Lewisham |- |- |1,917 |1,090 |9,529 Southwark |- |- |3,795 |4,578 |4,112 Tower Hamlets |- |- |4,464 |3,931 |<1>5,837 Wandsworth |- |- |5,292 |4,502 |3,514 Westminster |- |- |2,750 |2,716 |4,910 Barking |3,049 |2,988 |3,005 |2,317 |3,465 Barnet |5,977 |3,449 |3,199 |4,101 |5,069 Bexley |3,165 |2,794 |2,572 |2,999 |2,274 Brent |3,077 |4,032 |2,849 |3,980 |4,239 Bromley |3,172 |3,331 |2,604 |2,661 |2,322 Croydon |5,628 |4,520 |4,584 |4,574 |5,403 Ealing |3,539 |2,396 |2,839 |3,123 |2,686 Enfield |2,291 |2,152 |3,170 |2,706 |1,337 Haringey |n/a |4,175 |1,019 |869 |<1>3,374 Harrow |2,967 |4,039 |3,523 |3,388 |<1>3,750 Havering |3,363 |3,816 |3,491 |4,340 |4,392 Hillingdon |2,448 |2,415 |2,220 |1,864 |3,014 Hounslow |n/a |2,391 |3,289 |3,951 |<1>3,065 Kingston upon Thames |5,866 |2,694 |1,785 |2,039 |<1>2,270 Merton |4,754 |2,895 |2,474 |1,791 |<1>3,144 Newham |3,093 |3,564 |3,342 |4,365 |<1>3,955 Redbridge |2,659 |3,338 |3,673 |3,657 |3,831 Richmond upon Thames |1,998 |2,433 |2,139 |2,002 |2,130 Sutton |1,908 |1,927 |1,726 |1,694 |1,801 Waltham Forest |2,236 |2,835 |2,044 |2,271 |3,015 Birmingham |13,328 |16,220 |21,543 |13,478 |17,895 Coventry |7,322 |5,787 |6,601 |5,273 |<1>5,116 Dudley |3,825 |3,108 |3,325 |2,780 |3,027 Sandwell |3,756 |5,028 |785 |1,200 |2,738 Solihull |3,901 |2,865 |3,136 |3,547 |3,505 Walsall |3,072 |1,513 |4,168 |4,224 |4,730 Wolverhampton |6,097 |3,402 |1,896 |3,922 |2,975 Knowsley |1,886 |2,228 |2,606 |3,202 |2,832 Liverpool |8,671 |4,174 |3,838 |4,662 |4,921 St. Helens |2,232 |3,269 |2,292 |2,955 |<1>3,094 Sefton |2,972 |2,765 |2,137 |4,432 |4,316 Wirral |7,524 |7,789 |5,438 |4,701 |5,122 Bolton |3,953 |3,286 |2,731 |3,586 |<1>3,666 Bury |2,547 |2,426 |2,381 |2,532 |<1>2,593 Manchester |n/a |9,212 |6,829 |8,007 |7,904 Oldham |2,876 |2,868 |3,371 |3,167 |3,891 Rochdale |2,728 |3,225 |2,667 |2,451 |2,221 Salford |4,371 |3,513 |3,163 |2,851 |1,316 Stockport |4,271 |4,013 |4,559 |5,227 |5,586 Tameside |2,292 |3,015 |2,588 |2,434 |3,120 Trafford |2,740 |2,739 |2,422 |3,212 |<1>2,884 Wigan |3,490 |6,167 |5,136 |5,404 |5,723 Barnsley |2,019 |2,330 |2,077 |3,242 |4,645 Doncaster |3,292 |2,427 |1,810 |1,071 |1,110 Rotherham |2,675 |3,574 |2,173 |2,703 |3,999 Sheffield |5,707 |4,143 |5,223 |6,581 |7,397 Bradford |7,490 |6,801 |6,422 |8,306 |8,422 Calderdale |2,712 |3,040 |2,637 |2,857 |2,886 Kirklees |6,719 |4,254 |4,217 |3,123 |9,193 Leeds |7,303 |3,070 |7,293 |8,602 |9,499 Wakefield |n/a |4,609 |3,585 |4,675 |<1>4,428 Gateshead |2,552 |1,874 |2,383 |2,694 |2,797 Newcastle upon Tyne |6,050 |4,504 |3,524 |3,922 |3,588 North Tyneside |n/a |1,959 |2,022 |2,185 |<1>2,590 South Tyneside |2,381 |2,248 |1,740 |1,641 |2,656 Sunderland |5,278 |3,941 |4,189 |5,994 |5,422 Isles of Scilly |28 |35 |38 |17 |5 Avon |13,578 |10,606 |12,778 |14,318 |17,988 Bedfordshire |8,502 |7,342 |8,691 |11,083 |12,347 Berkshire |10,089 |8,554 |13,282 |15,329 |17,118 Buckinghamshire |8,324 |8,164 |7,964 |8,413 |11,552 Cambridgeshire |11,804 |9,414 |8,744 |9,945 |11,153 Cheshire |10,996 |10,853 |12,197 |14,109 |12,276 Cleveland |4,979 |6,739 |3,890 |9,130 |<1>10,691 Cornwall |6,658 |5,120 |5,979 |5,866 |8,311 Cumbria |7,335 |5,919 |4,949 |5,416 |6,574 Derbyshire |11,232 |16,703 |12,769 |13,255 |12,914 Devon |14,954 |15,173 |13,443 |14,690 |18,741 Dorset |11,041 |9,939 |8,917 |10,017 |9,024 Durham |7,604 |9,441 |8,674 |9,786 |8,660 East Sussex |10,422 |9,357 |7,755 |9,549 |10,087 Essex |22,212 |21,865 |17,603 |22,514 |20,296 Gloucestershire |6,840 |8,380 |8,113 |7,331 |7,952 Hampshire |27,350 |23,310 |17,970 |27,202 |26,957 Hereford and Worcester |8,586 |8,533 |14,560 |11,000 |10,782 Hertfordshire |20,493 |17,047 |18,430 |7,651 |7,030 Humberside |15,756 |15,190 |17,139 |21,534 |21,141 Isle of Wight |1,817 |1,678 |1,727 |2,151 |2,117 Kent |19,064 |14,771 |22,570 |21,975 |n/a Lancashire |21,309 |20,899 |15,913 |19,465 |<1>25,623 Leicestershire |16,800 |15,615 |16,625 |19,696 |25,876 Lincolnshire |3,960 |4,503 |6,574 |9,725 |9,693 Norfolk |8,429 |8,387 |7,444 |8,811 |8,153 North Yorkshire |9,806 |10,549 |11,139 |12,100 |15,476 Northamptonshire |10,579 |11,272 |11,258 |12,101 |11,000 Northumberland |4,307 |4,639 |3,870 |4,255 |4,113 Nottinghamshire |15,696 |12,762 |12,192 |15,535 |15,973 Oxfordshire |9,489 |9,047 |8,125 |9,769 |11,602 Shropshire |4,971 |6,665 |6,991 |7,526 |6,680 Somerset |7,777 |8,649 |7,311 |6,715 |8,400 Staffordshire |20,377 |17,040 |17,012 |18,708 |17,330 Suffolk |8,863 |13,894 |10,101 |18,631 |20,396 Surrey |11,812 |7,274 |8,656 |13,557 |9,884 Warwickshire |8,599 |9,189 |8,299 |8,477 |14,351 West Sussex |7,779 |10,796 |8,173 |9,090 |12,693 Wiltshire |8,518 |10,361 |9,788 |10,205 |11,709 Notes to table <1>The figures for 1992-93 include estimates of expenditure for the LEAs. The 1992-93 figures are subject to final checking by the Department of Environment and the Department for Education. 1. figures are derived from local education authorities' returns of their spending to the Department of the Environment. 2. "N/A" indicates that a return has not been received from the local education authority or that the return is subject to further enquiries. 3. Real terms figures are at 1992-93 prices, repriced using the latest GDP (Market Prices) Deflator index.
Parental Choice
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will give figures, in total and for each local education authority, on the number of parents who secured the
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secondary school of their first choice for their child ; and if he will give these figures for both the earliest and latest years for which they are available since 1964.Mr. Robin Squire : The information requested for the academic years 1988-89 and 1991-92, the earliest and latest dates for which information is available, is given in the tables.
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Admission Appeals 1988-89<1> Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools<2> Not heard by Heard by appeals appeals committee: committee: Appeals withdrawn Appeals settled Appeals rejected Appeals decided before to mutual committee stage satisfaction of by committee in parents favour authority and parents by committee before committee stage Local education |number |percentage |number |percentage |number |percentage |number |percentage authority -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Barking and Dagenham |0 |0 |2 |11 |14 |78 |2 |11 Barnet |26 |9 |38 |13 |172 |59 |57 |19 Bexley |48 |52 |2 |2 |22 |24 |21 |23 Brent |13 |22 |14 |23 |23 |38 |9 |15 Bromley |9 |2 |36 |10 |233 |62 |99 |26 Croydon |40 |10 |71 |19 |210 |55 |61 |16 Ealing |15 |13 |14 |12 |52 |44 |37 |31 Enfield |10 |3 |24 |7 |226 |67 |76 |23 Haringey |9 |13 |4 |6 |26 |37 |31 |44 Harrow |0 |0 |0 |0 |109 |64 |61 |36 Havering |17 |9 |0 |0 |134 |68 |45 |23 Hillingdon |11 |9 |42 |34 |38 |31 |32 |26 Hounslow |5 |9 |0 |0 |1 |2 |52 |90 Kingston Upon Thames |7 |19 |0 |0 |26 |70 |4 |11 Merton |12 |18 |21 |32 |10 |15 |22 |34 Newham<3> |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- Redbridge |0 |0 |0 |0 |270 |77 |82 |23 Richmond Upon Thames |5 |4 |5 |4 |60 |51 |48 |41 Sutton |15 |4 |204 |60 |64 |19 |54 |16 Waltham Forest |0 |0 |6 |7 |44 |53 |33 |40 Birmingham |171 |15 |12 |1 |558 |50 |372 |33 Coventry |9 |7 |15 |11 |52 |39 |57 |43 Dudley |1 |4 |6 |26 |12 |52 |4 |17 Sandwell |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |3 |3 |100 Solihull |4 |3 |25 |21 |36 |31 |53 |45 Walsall |10 |11 |1 |1 |38 |40 |45 |47 Wolverhampton |0 |0 |0 |0 |61 |72 |24 |28 Knowsley |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 Liverpool |0 |0 |23 |10 |114 |49 |94 |41 St. Helens |5 |4 |21 |17 |46 |38 |50 |41 Sefton |6 |23 |2 |8 |11 |42 |7 |27 Wirral |120 |44 |0 |0 |93 |34 |60 |22 Bolton |0 |0 |8 |9 |24 |26 |61 |65 Bury |24 |5 |94 |21 |89 |20 |238 |53 Manchester |6 |1 |187 |36 |192 |37 |134 |26 Oldham |0 |0 |109 |37 |127 |43 |59 |20 Rochdale |88 |38 |0 |0 |69 |30 |75 |32 Salford |1 |3 |6 |20 |6 |20 |17 |57 Stockport |32 |25 |5 |4 |46 |35 |41 |32 Tameside |1 |1 |5 |4 |12 |9 |115 |86 Trafford |1 |1 |4 |2 |85 |52 |69 |43 Wigan |11 |19 |16 |27 |18 |31 |14 |24 Barnsley |3 |10 |2 |7 |7 |23 |18 |60 Doncaster |6 |7 |16 |18 |27 |30 |39 |44 Rotherham |3 |7 |5 |12 |21 |49 |14 |33 Sheffield |36 |13 |198 |74 |1 |0 |34 |13 Bradford |5 |1 |252 |31 |293 |36 |257 |32 Calderdale |57 |29 |1 |1 |90 |46 |48 |24 Kirklees |4 |3 |15 |12 |19 |16 |81 |66 Leeds |0 |0 |0 |0 |25 |10 |238 |90 Wakefield |0 |0 |1 |1 |34 |41 |48 |58 Gateshead |2 |4 |8 |15 |18 |35 |23 |44 Newcastle upon Tyne |0 |0 |8 |21 |0 |0 |31 |79 North Tyneside |0 |0 |21 |48 |21 |48 |2 |5 South Tyneside |0 |0 |4 |100 |0 |0 |0 |0 Sunderland |6 |4 |5 |4 |76 |54 |55 |39 Inner London Education Authority |471 |19 |0 |0 |1,326 |54 |650 |27 Isles of Scilly |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 Avon |60 |11 |66 |12 |176 |33 |220 |41 Bedfordshire |8 |3 |15 |7 |114 |50 |88 |38 Berkshire |54 |7 |149 |19 |346 |45 |220 |29 Buckinghamshire |15 |4 |6 |1 |269 |65 |122 |30 Cambridgeshire |5 |6 |18 |20 |49 |56 |16 |18 Cheshire |1 |2 |15 |31 |12 |24 |21 |43 Cleveland |0 |0 |0 |0 |20 |69 |9 |31 Cornwall |1 |50 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |50 Cumbria |2 |15 |2 |15 |7 |54 |2 |15 Derbyshire |16 |7 |20 |8 |90 |38 |111 |47 Devon |21 |9 |23 |10 |110 |47 |78 |34 Dorset |3 |3 |2 |2 |55 |55 |40 |40 Durham |24 |13 |38 |20 |62 |32 |68 |35 East Sussex |4 |6 |23 |33 |27 |39 |15 |22 Essex |5 |2 |26 |13 |141 |68 |35 |17 Gloucestershire |11 |5 |55 |27 |72 |35 |62 |31 Hampshire |13 |21 |20 |32 |6 |10 |23 |37 Hereford and Worcester |23 |19 |19 |16 |56 |46 |23 |19 Hertfordshire |52 |14 |0 |0 |197 |55 |112 |31 Humberside |5 |2 |28 |13 |65 |29 |123 |55 Isle of Wight |7 |10 |36 |52 |17 |25 |9 |13 Kent |576 |47 |276 |23 |274 |23 |89 |7 Lancashire |0 |0 |373 |24 |370 |24 |820 |52 Leicestershire |0 |0 |102 |63 |36 |22 |25 |15 Lincolnshire |9 |8 |0 |0 |57 |49 |51 |44 Norfolk |64 |44 |12 |8 |48 |33 |23 |16 North Yorkshire |4 |5 |10 |13 |24 |30 |41 |52 Northamptonshire |3 |4 |23 |33 |31 |44 |13 |19 Northumberland |0 |0 |0 |0 |16 |29 |39 |71 Nottinghamshire |42 |34 |0 |0 |43 |34 |40 |32 Oxfordshire |10 |16 |1 |2 |29 |45 |23 |36 Shropshire |6 |3 |11 |6 |8 |5 |147 |85 Somerset |23 |12 |63 |32 |39 |20 |74 |37 Staffordshire |1 |2 |3 |5 |30 |54 |22 |39 Suffolk |10 |8 |55 |42 |37 |28 |28 |22 Surrey |0 |0 |120 |34 |113 |32 |121 |34 Warwickshire |4 |4 |1 |1 |39 |40 |53 |55 West Sussex |0 |0 |0 |0 |31 |54 |26 |46 Wiltshire |41 |59 |8 |12 |13 |19 |7 |10 |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- England |2,448 |12 |3,177 |15 |8,510 |40 |6,996 |33 <1> Does not include appeals still to be decided by committee. <2> Includes County, Voluntary Controlled, Voluntary Aided, and Special Agreement Schools. <3> No LEA return for the 1988-89 academic year.
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Admission appeals 1991-92<1> Maintained (including self-governing (GM) primary and secondary schools<2> Not heard by Heard by appeals appeals committee committee Appeals withdrawn Appeals settled Appeals rejected Appeals decided to before committee mutual by committee in parents' satisfaction of favour stage authority and by committee parents before committee stage Local education |number |per cent. |number |per cent. |number |per cent. |number |per cent. |per cent. authority ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Corporation of London |0 |0 |4 |100 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 Camden |85 |22 |14 |4 |221 |57 |65 |17 |17 Greenwich |34 |8 |116 |27 |149 |34 |129 |30 |30 Hackney |16 |5 |81 |26 |152 |50 |57 |19 |19 Hammersmith and Fulham |9 |4 |21 |9 |152 |65 |51 |22 |22 Islington |40 |15 |0 |0 |158 |58 |72 |26 |26 Kensington and Chelsea |10 |23 |1 |2 |29 |67 |3 |7 |7 Lambeth |127 |25 |74 |15 |202 |40 |95 |19 |19 Lewisham |0 |0 |131 |21 |413 |65 |95 |15 |15 Southwark |42 |7 |78 |14 |239 |42 |208 |36 |36 Tower Hamlets |12 |2 |97 |18 |367 |67 |52 |10 |10 Wandsworth |101 |59 |10 |6 |47 |27 |14 |8 |8 Westminster |18 |10 |12 |7 |140 |76 |14 |8 |8 Barking and Dagenham |0 |0 |72 |32 |70 |31 |81 |36 |36 Barnet |175 |22 |176 |22 |311 |39 |141 |18 |18 Bexley |20 |5 |80 |19 |77 |19 |239 |57 |57 Brent |13 |10 |63 |47 |40 |30 |16 |12 |12 Bromley |59 |12 |100 |21 |251 |52 |71 |15 |15 Croydon<3> |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- Ealing |11 |5 |14 |6 |117 |49 |99 |41 |41 Enfield |200 |22 |9 |1 |488 |53 |228 |25 |25 Haringey |28 |13 |36 |16 |98 |45 |57 |26 |26 Harrow |101 |20 |118 |24 |196 |40 |78 |16 |16 Havering |20 |4 |33 |7 |326 |70 |86 |18 |18 Hillingdon |8 |5 |12 |8 |98 |66 |27 |18 |18 Hounslow |17 |7 |18 |7 |166 |64 |58 |22 |22 Kingston upon Thames |6 |5 |19 |17 |68 |59 |22 |19 |19 Merton |63 |40 |27 |17 |37 |24 |29 |19 |19 Newham |18 |5 |33 |9 |119 |33 |189 |53 |53 Redbridge |0 |0 |0 |0 |301 |79 |78 |21 |21 Richmond upon Thames |5 |2 |0 |0 |144 |70 |58 |28 |28 Sutton |5 |1 |112 |32 |168 |48 |63 |18 |18 Waltham Forest |6 |3 |7 |3 |116 |54 |84 |39 |39 Birmingham |311 |16 |9 |0 |1,079 |55 |552 |28 |28 Coventry |13 |3 |65 |14 |227 |49 |154 |34 |34 Dudley |51 |16 |38 |12 |181 |5y<4> |3 |100 |0 Sandwell |106 |8 |1,112 |86 |10 |1 |61 |5 |5 Solihull |37 |13 |92 |33 |116 |41 |36 |13 |13 Walsall |11 |8 |23 |17 |54 |40 |46 |34 |34 Wolverhampton |6 |8 |0 |0 |49 |65 |20 |27 |27 Knowsley<4> |3 |100 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 Liverpool |57 |8 |0 |0 |384 |51 |314 |42 |42 St. Helens |12 |13 |15 |16 |32 |34 |35 |37 |37 Sefton |5 |5 |36 |35 |40 |38 |23 |22 |22 Wirral |0 |0 |101 |18 |330 |60 |121 |22 |22 Bolton |10 |7 |12 |9 |52 |37 |67 |48 |48 Bury |85 |13 |197 |31 |112 |18 |237 |37 |37 Manchester |87 |6 |142 |10 |772 |54 |421 |30 |30 Oldham |2 |0 |226 |56 |138 |34 |40 |10 |10 Rochdale |11 |4 |81 |31 |95 |37 |72 |28 |28 Salford |2 |3 |14 |23 |17 |28 |27 |45 |45 Stockport |8 |4 |0 |0 |94 |52 |79 |44 |44 Tameside |16 |17 |0 |0 |23 |24 |57 |59 |59 Trafford |9 |5 |42 |24 |65 |38 |51 |29 |29 Wigan |38 |15 |51 |20 |92 |37 |70 |28 |28 Barnsley |0 |0 |0 |0 |8 |29 |20 |71 |71 Doncaster |6 |15 |5 |13 |24 |60 |5 |13 |13 Rotherham |14 |11 |10 |8 |56 |46 |43 |35 |35 Sheffield |54 |17 |228 |71 |15 |5 |25 |8 |8 Bradford |132 |14 |343 |36 |302 |31 |189 |20 |20 Calderdale |70 |48 |17 |12 |35 |24 |24 |16 |16 Kirklees |22 |14 |69 |44 |48 |30 |19 |12 |12 Leeds |41 |2 |1,475 |68 |301 |14 |337 |16 |16 Wakefield |6 |6 |4 |4 |48 |48 |41 |41 |41 Gateshead |10 |13 |51 |65 |7 |9 |10 |13 |13 Newcastle upon Tyne |8 |7 |27 |25 |21 |19 |54 |49 |49 North Tyneside |0 |0 |5 |36 |7 |50 |2 |14 |14 South Tyneside |0 |0 |3 |60 |2 |40 |0 |0 |0 Sunderland |7 |5 |18 |14 |56 |44 |47 |37 |37 Isles of Scilly |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 Avon |100 |11 |86 |10 |293 |33 |404 |46 |46 Bedfordshire |3 |2 |2 |1 |88 |55 |30 |19 |19 Berkshire |61 |8 |80 |11 |361 |48 |242 |32 |32 Buckinghamshire |13 |3 |9 |2 |234 |59 |144 |36 |36 Cambridgeshire<3> |0 |0 |1 |100 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 Cheshire<4> |7 |10 |1 |1 |43 |59 |22 |30 |30 Cleveland |5 |6 |0 |0 |44 |52 |35 |42 |42 Cornwall |0 |0 |4 |15 |10 |38 |12 |46 |46 Cumbria |6 |6 |61 |57 |20 |19 |20 |19 |19 Derbyshire |28 |6 |71 |14 |199 |40 |204 |41 |41 Devon |22 |6 |100 |26 |154 |41 |103 |27 |27 Dorset |0 |0 |26 |10 |113 |45 |114 |45 |45 Durham |31 |15 |43 |20 |61 |29 |76 |36 |36 East Sussex |24 |9 |67 |26 |113 |43 |58 |22 |22 Essex |23 |8 |6 |2 |169 |62 |75 |27 |27 Gloucestershire |54 |14 |57 |15 |173 |45 |97 |25 |25 Hampshire |7 |15 |7 |15 |28 |61 |4 |9 |9 Hereford and Worcester |9 |6 |28 |19 |72 |48 |41 |27 |27 Hertfordshire |82 |10 |125 |15 |392 |46 |259 |30 |30 Humberside |27 |7 |42 |10 |135 |33 |204 |50 |50 Isle of Wight |0 |0 |0 |0 |14 |52 |13 |48 |48 Kent |222 |14 |925 |57 |276 |17 |199 |12 |12 Lancashire |297 |14 |53 |3 |650 |32 |1,058 |51 |51 Leicestershire |9 |3 |37 |12 |197 |63 |71 |23 |23 Lincolnshire |15 |7 |36 |18 |80 |39 |74 |36 |36 Norfolk |38 |16 |144 |61 |39 |17 |14 |6 |6 North Yorkshire |9 |4 |38 |16 |77 |31 |121 |49 |49 Northamptonshire |4 |4 |47 |43 |24 |22 |35 |32 |32 Northumberland |0 |0 |0 |0 |3 |21 |11 |79 |79 Nottinghamshire |75 |27 |28 |10 |80 |29 |92 |33 |33 Oxfordshire |3 |2 |1 |1 |64 |36 |108 |61 |61 Shropshire |13 |7 |9 |5 |35 |19 |130 |70 |70 Somerset |22 |9 |53 |22 |98 |41 |67 |28 |28 Staffordshire |12 |7 |13 |7 |96 |55 |55 |31 |31 Suffolk |7 |8 |28 |31 |25 |28 |29 |33 |33 Surrey |20 |5 |128 |33 |139 |36 |96 |25 |25 Warwickshire |8 |9 |35 |41 |25 |29 |18 |21 |21 West Sussex |1 |1 |19 |25 |37 |49 |18 |24 |24 Wiltshire |4 |7 |4 |7 |34 |57 |18 |30 |30 |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- England |3,760 |10 |8,493 |23 |15,047 |40 |10,286 |27 |27 <1> Does not include appeals still to be decided by committee. <2> Includes County, Voluntary controlled, Voluntary Aided, Special Agreement and Self-governing (GM) Schools. <3> No LEA return for 1991-92 year. The figures relate to the self-governing (grant-maintained) sector only. <4> Figures based on incomplete data.
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Asthma
Mr. Martyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in the age range five to 11 years attend schools in England ; and what percentage of these children is classified as suffering from asthma.
Mr. Forth : The information requested regarding numbers of children who have asthma is not collected centrally.
Mr. Martyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will make a statement on his policy on the carriage of asthma ventilators on their person, at all times, on school premises by children in the age group five to 11 years ;
(2) to what extent the carrying at all times of asthma ventilators by asthma suffering children of the age range five to 11 years, while at school is a matter to be decided by (a) the child's parents, (b) the school's head teacher or (c) other education authority groupings.
Mr. Forth : It is considered good health care practice for children with asthma, where possible, to manage their own condition as early as is consistent with their development. Teachers should, in consultation with parents and with the benefit of appropriate medical advice, do all that is reasonable to enable children to participate as fully as possible in school life.
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Building Projects
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what major building projects since 1989, valued at over £1 million are being, or have been wholly or partly financed in (a) Doncaster, (b) Barnsley, (c) Rotherham and (d) Wakefield by his Department ; and what was the cost of each project to his Department.
Mr. Forth : There have been no major building projects at voluntary aided and special agreement schools since 1989, valued at over £1 million financed by this Department in any of the local education authorities cited above. The Department does not control the funding of projects at individual county and voluntary controlled schools. It is for authorities to decide their own capital expenditure priorities and to make the best use of the resources available to them.
Grant-maintained Schools
Mr. Simon Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to promote further the opting out of schools.
Mr. Patten : I intend to ensure that parents, governors and teachers have access to the factual information that they need about grant- maintained status in order to make an informed decision about whether it would be right for their school. I expect that in most cases the benefits will be very apparent.
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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Middle East
9. Mr. McKelvey : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met representatives of participating states and organisations in the middle east peace negotiations to discuss progress.
22. Ms Janet Anderson : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met representatives of participating states and organisations in the middle east peace negotiations ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary visited Israel, the occupied territories, Lebanon and Jordon from 2 to 6 January and met the key figures involved in the peace process. He and I met Mr. Arafat's envoy, Nabil Shaath, on 3 March.
27. Mr. Batiste : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress is being made in the middle east peace process.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The United Kingdom co-sponsored United Nations Security Council resolution 904 was adopted on 18 March. This calls for the implementation without delay of the Israeli-PLO declaration of principles. We hope for early agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and Jericho. We welcome the announcement that bilateral talks between Israel and Syria, Lebanon and Jordan will resume in Washington in April.
28. Mr. Cyril D. Townsend : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Britain's support for the Washington accord in resolving the Palestine-Israeli conflict.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The United Kingdom co-sponsored UN Security Council resolution 904. This calls for the implementation without delay of the Israeli-PLO declaration of principles. Our aid to the occupied territories will amount to £20 million this financial year and £70 million for the next three financial years. We have also provided £85,000 to help fund surgeons and specialist medical equipment and supplies to treat the victims of the Hebron massacre. Today we have provided £500,000 to the International Committee of the Red Cross for its operation in the occupied territories.
31. Dr. Spink : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Britain's role in bringing about a recommencement of the middle east peace negotiations.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The United Kingdom co-sponsored United Nations Security Council resolution 904. We have urged on all parties to the negotiations the importance of concluding a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement as soon as possible.
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the chance of further progress on the middle east peace accord, until there is better protection of the Palestinians ; and what representations he has made to the Israelis about this subject.
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Mr. Douglas Hogg : The details of an international presence and of security measures for the protection of Palestinians in the occupied territories are under discussion between Israel and the PLO. We hope negotiations on Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and Jericho will resume soon. I wrote to the Israeli ambassador drawing his attention to the statement on 7 March by European Union Foreign Ministers which called for protection of Palestinians in the occupied territories.
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to what extent he is involved in international discussions to supply an international security force for the occupied territories in the middle east ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : We co-sponsored United Nations Security Council resolution 904 which called for an international or foreign presence. We are in close touch with interested parties on the follow-up to that resolution.
India
17. Dr. Lynne Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions about human rights he had with the Indian Prime Minister on his recent visit to the United Kingdom ; and if he will make a statement.
18. Mr. Gunnell : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what human rights issues he raised with the Indian Prime Minister during his recent visit to London.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary discussed human rights with Mr. Narasimha Rao during his visit to Britain last week.
23. Mr. Spellar : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last had discussions with the Indian Government about human rights in the Punjab ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary discussed human rights in India with the Indian Prime Minister during his visit to Britain earlier this month. The main focus of the discussion on human rights was, however, Kashmir.
East Timor
19. Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on human rights in East Timor.
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