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Mr. Atkins [holding answer 29 March 1994] : The Rural Development Commission uses a range of means to


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inform itself about the needs of rural areas nationally and locally. It draws on published research and data from a wide variety of sources and where necessary commissions its own research or surveys to fill gaps in knowledge or data. It also liaises with a broad range of organisations involved in economic and social development, including local authorities, training and enterprise councils, rural community councils, ACRE and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. In its priority areas the commission works in partnership with the rural development programme committees, which assess the economic and social needs of the areas concerned and develop a programme of action to tackle the problems identified. All these partnerships provide a valuable source of information on the needs of rural areas.

The commission also funds some demonstration projects designed to improve information on rural needs and issues, and test out solutions to rural problems.

WALES

Assisted Places Scheme

Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the 20 independent schools which currently have the highest proportions of their school rolls made up by pupils covered by the assisted places scheme ; and if he will give the percentage of pupils covered by the assisted places scheme and the size of the school rolls.

Sir Wyn Roberts : Eight schools participate in the assisted places scheme in Wales. The information requested is set out in the table.


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Assisted places scheme 1993-94                                                          

School                      |Number        |Total number  |Percentage                   

                            |on roll       |APS pupils    |APS:NOR                      

                            |January 1994  |in scheme                                   

                                           |September 1993                              

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Monmouth Boys               |544           |137           |25.1                         

Penrhos College, Colwyn Bay |332           |61            |18.3                         

Howell's, Cardiff           |689           |165           |23.9                         

Rydal School, Colwyn Bay    |330           |46            |13.9                         

Landovery College           |239           |52            |21.7                         

Christ College, Brecon      |364           |87            |23.9                         

Howell's, Denbigh           |293           |72            |24.5                         

Monmouth Girls              |631           |71            |11.2                         

                            |---           |---           |---                          

                            |3,422         |691           |20.1                         

Environmental Protection

Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what plans he has to reduce environmental protection measures as overseen by his Department in the Principality ;

(2) what assessment he has made of the opportunities to deregulate environmental protection measures in Wales.

Mr. Gwilym Jones : The Welsh Office is fully committed to the deregulation initiative. Proposed changes to the Clean Air Act 1993 and Control of Pollution Act 1974--to be implemented using powers contained in the Deregulation and Contracting Out Bill--will take effect in Wales as well as England.

The Government are also currently considering responses to the second round of consultation concerning "Amendments to the Prescribed Processes and Substances Regulations"--a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House. Many of its proposals are intended to minimise the regulatory burden on industry without compromising necessary environmental standards.

Council Tax Appeals

Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for (a) each district value listing office area and (b) each district council area (i) the total numbers of appeals received against banding for the council tax, (ii) the number of appeals which have been dealt with and completed and (ii) as a percentage of (i).

Mr. Gwilym Jones : The position on 28 February 1994 was as follows :


Valuation District  |Number            |Number            |Percentage                           

and                                                                                             

District Council    |Received          |Settled           |Settled                              

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Bangor                                                                                          

Colwyn              |1,286             |442               |34.37                                

Aberconwy           |1,152             |254               |22.05                                

Arfon               |977               |182               |18.63                                

Dwyfor              |775               |137               |17.68                                

Meirionnydd         |1,012             |440               |43.48                                

Ynys Mon            |1,724             |500               |29.00                                

                    |---               |---               |---                                  

Total               |6,926             |1,955             |28.23                                

                                                                                                

Cardiff                                                                                         

Cardiff City        |3,869             |776               |20.06                                

Vale of Glamorgan   |1,875             |423               |22.56                                

                    |---               |---               |---                                  

Total               |5,744             |1,199             |20.87                                

                                                                                                

Carmarthen                                                                                      

Ceredigion          |3,768             |501               |13.30                                

Preseli             |2,541             |764               |30.07                                

South Pembrokeshire |1,594             |623               |39.08                                

Dinefwr             |1,981             |569               |28.72                                

Carmarthen          |2,338             |500               |21.39                                

                    |---               |---               |---                                  

Total               |12,222            |2,957             |24.19                                

                                                                                                

Merthyr                                                                                         

Cynon Valley        |917               |306               |33.37                                

Merthyr Tydfil      |665               |284               |42.71                                

Rhymney Valley      |961               |308               |32.05                                

Brecknock           |2,082             |831               |39.91                                

Radnor              |1,155             |244               |21.13                                

                    |---               |---               |---                                  

Total               |5,780             |1,973             |34.13                                

                                                                                                

Newport                                                                                         

Blaenau Gwent       |666               |238               |35.74                                

Islwyn              |693               |158               |22.80                                

Monmouth            |2,612             |726               |27.79                                

Newport             |1,279             |610               |47.69                                

Torfaen             |886               |255               |28.78                                

                    |---               |---               |---                                  

Total               |6,136             |1,987             |32.38                                

                                                                                                

Pontypridd                                                                                      

Ogwr                |1,569             |388               |24.73                                

Port Talbot         |671               |174               |25.93                                

Rhondda             |648               |423               |65.28                                

Taff Ely            |1,285             |420               |32.68                                

                    |---               |---               |---                                  

Total               |4,173             |1,405             |33.67                                

                                                                                                

Swansea                                                                                         

Llanelli            |1,084             |334               |30.81                                

Lliw Valley         |929               |278               |29.92                                

Neath               |925               |251               |27.14                                

Swansea             |3,397             |955               |28.11                                

                    |---               |---               |---                                  

Total               |6,335             |1,818             |28.70                                

                                                                                                

Wrexham                                                                                         

Alyn and Deeside    |1,154             |257               |22.27                                

Delyn               |1,113             |314               |28.21                                

Glyndwr             |1,172             |296               |25.26                                

Montgomeryshire     |1,715             |635               |37.03                                

Rhuddlan            |777               |227               |29.21                                

Wrexham Maelor      |1,864             |668               |35.84                                

                    |---               |---               |---                                  

Total               |7,795             |2,397             |30.75                                

Lumpy Skin Disease

Mr. Morley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many cases of lumpy skin disease occurred in each year since 1985.

Mr. Gwilym Jones : None.

Health Promotion Authority for Wales

Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will place in the Library a copy of his reply to Mr. David Griffiths, board member of the Health Promotion Authority for Wales, and Mr. Griffith's letter to him of 29


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January 1994 in relation to improving financial controls and management procedures in the authority ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Redwood : Arrangements have been made for a copy of my letter to be placed in the Library of the House. Mr. Griffiths marked his letter as "Private and Confidential". The release of this letter is a matter for him.

Rawnsley Psychiatric Clinic

Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what consultations he has had with the chairman of the south Glamorgan health authority concerning the proposed closure of the Rawnsley psychiatric clinic at the University hospital of Wales ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Redwoood : None.

Departmental Buildings (Cleaning)

Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the cleaning contract for he Welsh Office Crown buildings, Cathays park.

Mr. Redwood : My Department's offices at Cathays park are currently cleaned by Mitie Cleaning (South West) Ltd. under a two-year contract, which runs until 31 December 1994.

Hip and Knee Joint Replacement

Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what consultations he has had with the chairman of the South Glamorgan and Mid Glamorgan health authorities in relation to the non-completion by the former of the latter's contract for hip and knee joint replacements ; what is the value of the refund required by the latter from the former for non- completion of the contract ; in what form the refund will be made ; and what guidelines he has issued to cover refund transactions between Welsh health authorities.

Mr. Redwood : This matter has been resolved by the Mid and South Glamorgan health authorities. I am advised that at 1 April 1994 there will be no outstanding financial issues. Guidance on the resolution of contract disputes was issued on 1991.

EMPLOYMENT

Manufacturing Industry

Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what factors account for the fall in employment in manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom since 1990 ; and how much of the increase over the same period in output per person employed is a reflection of the faster rate of contraction in labour intensive industries and occupations.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : Employment fell due to a number of factors including the cyclical downturn in the economy. Productivity growth has been strong across manufacturing, whatever the compositional changes.


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Official Entertainment

Mr. Boyes : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total cost of official entertaining in his Department in each year since 1990-91 ; if he will list the receptions held in each year at his Department's expense ; and what was the cost of each reception.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : The total cost of official entertaining in the Department in 1992-93 was £48,702 ; in 1993-94 it was £33,666. Figures for 1990-91 and 1991-92 are stored off-line on magnetic tape and cannot be recalled until all current end-of-year accounts for the Department have been processed. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as the figures can be obtained.

Working Hours

Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 11 March, Official Report, column 433, concerning rewards for productivity, whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the estimated number of hours worked in the whole economy and in manufacturing each year since 1979.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : Estimates from the labour force survey--LFS-- of the total number of hours worked are available since 1984 and are shown in the following table :


Total hours worked by employees and self-employed           

Great Britain Not seasonally adjusted                       

Millions                                                    

Quarter        |Total hours   |Total hours in               

               |worked in     |whole economy                

               |manufacturing                               

------------------------------------------------------------

Spring 1984    |227           |845                          

Spring 1985    |231           |863                          

Spring 1986    |232           |870                          

Spring 1987    |223           |882                          

Spring 1988    |237           |925                          

Spring 1989    |234           |951                          

Spring 1990    |234           |959                          

Spring 1991    |222           |939                          

Spring 1992    |190           |816                          

Spring 1993    |189           |815                          

Autumn 1993    |188           |829                          

Source: Labour Force Survey.                                

Note:                                                       

Methodological improvements to the LFS introduced in 1992   

mean that estimates of hours worked from 1992 onwards are   

of better quality than figures for earlier years.           

Strikes

Sir John Stanley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were (a) the number of strikes and (b) the number of working days lost through strikes in the latest year for which figures were last lower.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : It is provisionally estimated that there were 211 strikes in 1993, the lowest in any calendar year since records began in 1891.

The number of working days lost is provisionally estimated at 600, 000, the lowest since records began in 1891, apart from 1992 where 500,000 days were lost.


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Vane Tempest Colliery

Mr. Cummings : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received from the Coalfield Communities Campaign on Vane Tempest colliery, the work force and employment prospects ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : I am not aware of any representations being made specific to Vane Tempest colliery.

Outdoor Education Centres

Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 16 March, Official Report, column 719, what information is collected by his Department about outdoor education centres.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : The Health and Safety Executive has collected information about standards of health and safety appropriate to the activities that are undertaken at outdoor education centres and about the locations of centres. The information has been gathered with the help of organisations such as the Sports Council, tourist boards and national governing bodies, and the HSE has drawn on local knowledge in the area which are participating in the proposed special programme of inspections.

I also refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 28 March 1994, Official Report, columns 524-25.

Mr. Barron : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many deaths were reported to the Health and Safety Executive in each region in each year since 1983 in (a) agriculture, forestry and fisheries, (b) energy and water supply, (c) manufacturing, (d) construction and (e) the service sector ; and how many of these were deaths of (i) employees, (ii) self- employed and (iii) members of the public.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : Figures for the financial years 1986-87 to 1992-93 are provided in the tables which have been placed in the Library. Fatal injuries for the years 1983 to 1985 were assigned to an earlier industrial classification and aggregation on a regional basis into the sectors specified is not possible except at disproportionate cost.

Industrial Injuries

Mr. Barron : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many major injuries were reported to the HSE in each region in each year since 1983 in (a) agriculture, forestry and fisheries, (b) energy and water supply, (c) manufacturing, (d) construction and (e) the service sectors ; and how many of these were injuries of (i) employees, (ii) the self- employed and (iii) members of the public.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : Figures for the financial years 1986-87 to 1992-93 are provided in the tables which have been placed in the Library. Due to changes in reporting legislation, major injuries reported for the years 1983 to 1985 are not directly comparable with those for later years. In addition, the 1983 and 1984 injuries were assigned to an earlier industrial classification and aggregation on a regional basis into the sectors specified is not possible except at disproportionate cost.


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Mr. Barron : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many minor injuries involving three or more days off work were reported to the Health and Safety Executive in each region in each year since 1983 in (a) agriculture, forestry and fisheries, (b) energy and water supply, (c) manufacturing, (d) construction and (e) the service sector ; and how many of these were injuries of (i) employees and (ii) the self-employed.

Mr. Michael Forsyth : Figures for the financial years 1986-87 to 1992-93 are provided in the tables which have been placed in the Library. There was no requirement to notify the Health and Safety Executive of injuries causing incapacity for normal work for more than three days during the years 1983 to 1985.

EDUCATION

Local Government Legislation

Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the Acts of Parliament and consolidation Acts that affect local government which have been introduced by his Department since 1990.

Mr. Boswell : The following Acts affect local education authorities :

School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1991--1991, chapter 49 Further and Higher Education Act 1992--1992, chapter 13

Education (Schools) Act 1992--1992, chapter 38

Education Act 1993--1993, chapter 35.

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, what was the budgeted and actual cost of each advertising campaign listed.

Mr. Robin Squire : The costs are as follows :


                                          |£        |£                  

                                          |Budgeted |Actual             

                                          |Cost     |Cost               

------------------------------------------------------------------------

The 1993 school testing campaign          |450,000  |449,000            

Charters for Further and Higher Education                               

 campaign                                 |500,000  |486,000            

                                                                        

GM schools advertising campaign           |200,000  |207,000            

                                          |£        |£                  

                                          |Budgeted |Estimated          

                                          |Cost     |Cost<1>            

-------                                   |-------  |-------            

The 1994 school testing campaign          |500,000  |500,000            

<1>This campaign is still running.                                      

Teachers

Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time school teachers there were in the state sector in each local education authority area in the three most recent years available ; and how many in each category were newly appointed.

Mr. Robin Squire : The table following shows the number of full-time qualified teachers and the full-time equivalent of part-time qualified teachers in the maintained


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nursery, primary and secondary sector, including self-governing schools, in each local education authority in England at January of 1991, 1992 and 1993. It is not possible to identify which of these teachers were newly appointed.


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Separate information on the numbers of newly qualified teachers taking up their first full-time teaching posts by local authority in 1993 will be placed in the Library when it becomes available, although this is not expected to be before spring 1995.


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                             1991                  1992                  1993                            

                            |Full-time |FTE of    |Full-time |FTE of    |Full-time |FTE of               

                                       |part-time                       |part-time |1part-time           

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Bradford                    |4,720     |262       |4,734     |322       |4,539     |431                  

Calderdale                  |1,683     |95        |1,707     |88        |1,732     |85                   

Gateshead                   |1,681     |55        |1,660     |53        |1,615     |71                   

Newcastle upon Tyne         |2,243     |93        |2,190     |84        |2,122     |81                   

North Tyneside              |1,745     |74        |1,693     |72        |1,683     |78                   

South Tyneside              |1,373     |26        |1,344     |34        |1,288     |32                   

Sunderland                  |2,609     |61        |2,619     |65        |2,588     |56                   

Isles of Scilly             |26        |3         |26        |1         |25        |3                    

Avon                        |6,875     |508       |7,438     |529       |7,073     |518                  

Bedfordshire                |4,519     |341       |4,482     |351       |4,572     |309                  

Berkshire                   |5,284     |536       |5,274     |556       |5,412     |593                  

Buckinghamshire             |4,708     |401       |4,477     |468       |4,721     |465                  

Cambridge                   |5,037     |315       |5,041     |336       |5,298     |338                  

Cheshire                    |7,548     |319       |7,521     |406       |7,606     |432                  

Cleveland                   |5,305     |218       |5,259     |263       |5,268     |254                  

Cornwall                    |3,547     |181       |3,490     |192       |3,284     |348                  

Cumbria                     |3,878     |305       |3,809     |331       |3,864     |317                  

Derbyshire                  |8,025     |445       |7,425     |458       |7,537     |488                  

Devon                       |6,672     |443       |6,563     |484       |6,693     |519                  

Dorset                      |4,208     |257       |4,241     |255       |4,091     |272                  

Durham                      |4,661     |147       |4,812     |155       |5,032     |157                  

East Sussex                 |4,073     |423       |4,172     |473       |4,441     |433                  

Essex                       |11,402    |666       |11,287    |756       |11,067    |714                  

Gloucestershire             |3,868     |475       |3,749     |283       |3,729     |351                  

Hampshire                   |10,492    |867       |10,558    |945       |10,890    |1,065                

Hereford and Worcestershire |5,064     |338       |5,113     |322       |5,081     |345                  

Hertfordshire               |7,342     |797       |7,193     |825       |7,372     |775                  

Humberside                  |7,322     |364       |7,250     |388       |7,304     |393                  

Isle of Wight               |932       |73        |928       |89        |912       |83                   

Kent                        |10,796    |745       |10,699    |819       |10,951    |844                  

Lancashire                  |11,128    |606       |11,015    |672       |11,235    |638                  

Leicestershire              |7,174     |526       |7,111     |662       |7,095     |422                  

Lincolnshire                |4,578     |268       |4,395     |313       |4,471     |291                  

Norfolk                     |5,235     |296       |5,203     |409       |5,284     |420                  

North Yorkshire             |5,343     |306       |5,334     |456       |5,436     |504                  

Northamptonshire            |4,992     |264       |5,075     |281       |5,104     |274                  

Northumberland              |2,626     |107       |2,654     |134       |2,503     |171                  

Nottinghamshire             |7,931     |432       |8,050     |461       |8,000     |482                  

Oxfordshire                 |3,681     |340       |3,746     |364       |3,823     |353                  

Shropshire                  |3,400     |220       |3,454     |240       |3,330     |211                  

Somerset                    |3,293     |275       |3,252     |288       |3,289     |284                  

Staffordshire               |8,414     |383       |8,346     |393       |7,953     |355                  

Suffolk                     |4,607     |306       |4,836     |365       |4,821     |381                  

Surrey                      |5,823     |756       |5,747     |694       |5,871     |751                  

Warwickshire                |3,666     |309       |3,598     |297       |3,609     |339                  

West Sussex                 |4,399     |440       |4,769     |409       |4,830     |460                  

Wiltshire                   |4,081     |415       |4,157     |377       |4,242     |325                  

                                                                                                         

England                     |367,977   |23,569    |365,701   |25,157    |366,848   |25,576               

Source: DFE Form 618G.                                                                                   


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Qualified teacher numbers in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector in England,

                                                                                             

including self-governing (GM) schools, as at January of each year.                           

                        1991                1992                1993                         

                       |Full-time|FTE of   |Full-time|FTE of   |Full-time|FTE of             

                                 |part-time          |part-time          |part-time          

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City                   |11       |1        |9        |0        |12       |1                  

Camden                 |1,061    |119      |1,160    |84       |1,150    |80                 

Greenwich              |1,899    |226      |1,970    |233      |1,795    |208                

Hackney                |1,440    |97       |1,399    |101      |1,381    |88                 

Hammersmith            |915      |118      |939      |72       |921      |88                 

Islington              |1,175    |97       |1,216    |90       |1,329    |169                

Kensington and Chelsea |601      |64       |682      |66       |622      |41                 

Lambeth                |1,287    |137      |1,355    |128      |1,371    |129                

Lewisham               |1,678    |91       |1,222    |160      |1,538    |221                

Southwark              |1,520    |120      |1,514    |130      |1,537    |132                

Tower Hamlets          |1,920    |89       |1,918    |97       |2,025    |106                

Wandsworth             |1,545    |140      |1,542    |161      |1,561    |172                

Westminster            |1,013    |89       |1,019    |91       |1,068    |85                 

Barking                |1,178    |57       |1,229    |55       |1,269    |52                 

Barnet                 |2,106    |228      |2,214    |284      |2,237    |271                

Bexley                 |1,610    |105      |1,598    |93       |1,623    |115                

Brent                  |1,869    |92       |1,864    |112      |1,882    |121                

Bromley                |1,795    |154      |1,776    |134      |1,904    |148                

Croydon                |2,278    |247      |2,184    |247      |2,116    |219                

Ealing                 |2,033    |139      |1,955    |153      |1,922    |163                

Enfield                |2,029    |197      |2,087    |165      |2,117    |162                

Haringey               |1,501    |47       |1,486    |87       |1,473    |74                 

Harrow                 |1,312    |120      |1,397    |131      |1,404    |143                

Havering               |1,814    |148      |1,840    |145      |1,829    |141                

Hillingdon             |1,627    |106      |1,634    |110      |1,702    |121                

Hounslow               |1,682    |168      |1,615    |184      |1,661    |150                

Kingston upon Thames   |934      |92       |879      |89       |927      |107                

Merton                 |1,207    |95       |1,171    |94       |1,193    |93                 

Newham                 |1,979    |42       |1,934    |40       |1,871    |45                 

Redbridge              |1,544    |122      |1,589    |150      |1,644    |150                

Richmond upon Thames   |894      |109      |966      |151      |883      |126                

Sutton                 |1,218    |105      |1,169    |109      |1,155    |105                

Waltham Forest         |1,776    |91       |1,816    |97       |1,731    |113                

Birmingham             |8,688    |404      |8,853    |445      |8,999    |480                

Coventry               |2,534    |167      |2,558    |192      |2,507    |201                

Dudley                 |2,593    |129      |2,613    |139      |2,525    |115                

Sandwell               |2,872    |55       |2,813    |80       |2,829    |98                 

Solihull               |1,703    |142      |1,647    |130      |1,717    |128                

Walsall                |2,582    |141      |2,466    |134      |2,429    |125                

Wolverhampton          |2,428    |135      |2,474    |136      |2,322    |132                

Knowsley               |1,443    |37       |1,355    |39       |1,311    |38                 

Liverpool              |4,335    |128      |4,090    |114      |4,059    |106                

St. Helens             |1,664    |46       |1,600    |54       |1,616    |59                 

Sefton                 |2,315    |106      |2,356    |110      |2,383    |117                

Wirral                 |2,980    |118      |2,814    |107      |2,838    |117                

Bolton                 |2,454    |78       |2,390    |84       |2,398    |93                 

Bury                   |1,412    |70       |1,385    |74       |1,387    |77                 

Manchester             |4,070    |154      |3,787    |150      |3,790    |216                

Oldham                 |2,078    |109      |2,135    |102      |2,149    |98                 

Rochdale               |1,841    |93       |1,936    |51       |1,761    |78                 

Salford                |2,109    |28       |1,993    |49       |1,965    |27                 

Stockport              |2,214    |124      |2,209    |122      |2,239    |120                

Tameside               |1,954    |87       |1,968    |115      |1,913    |93                 

Trafford               |1,691    |68       |1,545    |62       |1,540    |71                 

Wigan                  |2,849    |114      |2,843    |162      |2,891    |196                

Barnsley               |1,731    |29       |1,681    |33       |1,659    |37                 

Doncaster              |2,649    |95       |2,573    |107      |2,646    |102                

Rotherham              |2,429    |78       |2,377    |78       |2,285    |39                 

Sheffield              |3,666    |329      |3,512    |338      |3,456    |331                

Assisted Places

Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the 20 independent schools which currently have the highest proportions of their school rolls made up by pupils covered by the assisted places scheme ; and if he will give the percentage of pupils covered by the assisted places scheme and the size of the school rolls.

Mr. Forth : Information for the 1992-93 academic year, the latest for which complete data are available, is given in the following table :


Assisted places scheme 1992-93 academic year                               

School name                |Total roll     |Percentage of                  

                                           |assisted pupils                

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wisbech Grammar            |628            |52                             

Batley Grammar             |595            |43                             

St. Edward's College       |937            |42                             

Hereford Cathedral         |587            |40                             

Wolverhampton Grammar      |646            |40                             

Emanuel, London SW11       |763            |38                             

Denstone College           |273            |38                             

King Edward VII Lytham     |597            |38                             

Queen Mary, Lytham         |622            |37                             

Ursuline High, Ilford      |383            |36                             

Queen Elizabeth Hospital   |503            |34                             

La Sagesse Convent         |493            |33                             

St. Mary's College, Crosby |789            |32                             

Belvedere GPDST            |567            |31                             

Friends, Saffron Walden    |272            |31                             

St. Joseph's Convent       |422            |31                             

Royal Grammar, Worcester   |916            |31                             

Colston's Girls            |555            |31                             

Carmel College             |236            |31                             

Red Maids, Bristol         |573            |30                             


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Further and Higher Education

Sir John Stanley : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what percentage of school leavers went on to further or higher education in 1979 ; and what is the percentage now.

Mr. Boswell : The percentage of school leavers in England intending to go on to further or higher education in 1978-79 was 21 per cent. The percentage for 1991-92, the latest academic year for which the information is available, is 52 per cent.

Sir John Stanley : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students were in (a) higher and (b) further education in 1979 ; and how many there are in each sector currently.

Mr. Boswell : The number of students on higher and further education courses in England in 1979 and 1992, the latest year for which statistics were available, are shown in the following table :


The number of students as of 1 November of the appropriate  

year on                                                     

higher and further education courses in England             

Academic year  |Number of     |Number of                    

               |HE<1> students|FE<2> students               

               |(thousands)   |(thousands)                  

------------------------------------------------------------

1979-80        |585           |1,439                        

1992-93        |1,070         |1,761                        

<1> The HE figures do not include students of the Open      

University.                                                 

<2> The FE student numbers do not include students on       

further education courses in LEA maintained adult education 

centres or run by the Workers' Educational Association.     

Figures for 1979 and 1992 do not exist on a comparable      

basis for such students. Nor do they include students in    

sixth form colleges. From 1 April 1993 sixth form colleges  

transferred to the new FE sector. In 1992-93 there were 94, 

000 students in sixth form colleges in England.             

Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 28 March, Official Report, column 517, if he will list the courses and private institutions of higher education listed under the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations.

Mr. Boswell : No list is maintained by the Department of the courses in private institutions that are subject to automatic designation by class under the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations. The following courses at private institutions have been designated individually by my right hon. Friend under regulations 10(1)(b)(iii) and 10(1)(e)(ii) of the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations :

Anglo-European College of Chiropractic

BSc (Hons) in Human Sciences (Chiropractic)

Architectural Association School of Architecture

Diploma of the Architectural Association School of Architecture British College of Naturopathy & Osteopathy

BSc (Hons) in Osteopathic Medicine

British School of Osteopathy

BSc in Osteopathy

Buckland University College

LLB

City of London College

BSc in Economics


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Elim Bible College

BA/BA (Hons) in Theology and Christian Ministry

European Business School

BA (Hons) in European Administration

BA (Hons) in International Business Administration

BA (Hons) in International Business Studies

BA (Hons) in Business Administration and Language Studies Evangelical Theological College of Wales

BA/BA (Hons) in Theological Studies

Glasgow Bible College

BA/BA (Hons) in Theology

Greenwich College

BSc (Hons) in Business Management

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

BA in Acting

Diploma of Associate of the Guildhall School of Music

Bachelor of Music

BA (Hons) in Stage Management and Technical Theatre

Gyosei International College in the UK

BA (Hons) in Business Studies

BA (Hons) in Business with Culture Studies

BA (Hons) in Business with Language Studies

Holborn College

LLB (Hons)

Jew's College London

BA in Jewish Studies

Leo Baeck College

BA (Hons) in Jewish Studies

London Bible College

BA in Theology

Nazarene Theological College

BA in Theology

BA (Hons) in Theology

Newbold College

BA/BA (Hons in Biblical and Pastoral Studies

Oak Hill College

BA in Theological and Pastoral Studies

Ripon College

Bachelor of Theology (Hons)

Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester

BSc in Crop Production Ecology and Management

BSc in Agriculture and Land Management

BSc in Rural Land Management

BSc in International Agribusiness Management

BSc Agriculture and Equine Business Management

Spurgeon's College

Bachelor of Divinity

St. Stephen's House

Bachelor of Theology (Hons)

Trinity College, Bristol

BA in Theological Studies

Wycliffe Hall

Bachelor of Theology


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