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Right hon. Alan ClarkRight hon. Lord Trefgarne
Right hon. Sir Timothy Sainsbury mp--
Right hon. Richard Needham mp--
The following Ministers have also held certain responsibilities for trade matters:
Right hon. Kenneth Clarke mp--
Right hon. Tony Newton mp--
Edward Leigh mp--
Ian Taylor mp--
It is not practical to determine which of these Ministers may have considered export licences for arms to Iraq.
Anti-personnel Mines
Mr. Worthington: To ask the President of the Board of Trade which types of anti-personnel mine are manufactured in Britain and are allowed to be exported.
Mr. Ian Taylor: Anti-personnel mines have not been produced in Britain, or exported, for over a decade. On 27 July 1994, the Government announced an indefinite moratorium on the export of mines that do not self- destruct or self-neutralise. In considering any application for an export licence for self-destructing or self-neutralising anti-personnel mines, my Department, together with our advisers in other Government Departments, would consider very carefully the political and military implications of allowing consignments to go overseas. Adherence by the proposed recipient country to the principles of protocol II of the UN weaponry convention, which places certain prohibitions and restrictions on the use of land mines, would be a significant factor in such considerations.
Atomic Energy Authority
Mr. Duncan Smith: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what external financing limit has been set for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority for 1995 96.
Mr. Charles Wardle: The UKAEA's external financing limit for 1995 96 will be minus £10.3 million.
Post Office
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the President of the Board of Trade how much the Royal Mail spent on its campaign promoting greater commercial freedom for the Post Office; and how this money was spent.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 17 January 1995]: This is an operational matter for the Post Office.
Public Appointments
Mr. Milburn: To aks the President of the Board of Trade how many of the individuals appointed by his Department to public positions in the last year were first identified by the public appointments unit.
Mr. Heseltine [holding answer 17 January 1995]: I am currently responsible for a total of more than 630 public appointments. The public appointment unit provides names of suitably qualified candidates for a wide range of DTI public appointments. In 1994, nine appointments to six separate public bodies were made from names supplied by the PAU.
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British Gas
Mr. Spearing: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment he has made of the consequences of Her Majesty's Government's policy of disaggregating the operations of British Gas on the current routine inspection, servicing and supply of spare parts for domestic gas appliances and any implications for the safety of their operations.
Mr. Charles Wardle [holding answer 16 January 1995]: We expect British Gas to continue to provide an emergency service to respond to suspected gas leaks. This will include the free half hour's work to fix the leak, and deal with any related minor repairs to appliances. The Government are determined that safety standards will be maintained in the proposed extension of competition to the domestic gas market. The Health and Safety Commission has been asked to report on this issue.
EMPLOYMENT
Youth Unemployment
Mrs. Bridget Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide estimates of the number of 16 and 17 year olds not currently in full time education, work or training in Lewisham.
Mr. Paice: Estimates for Lewisham are unavailable, but the labour force survey shows that in summer 1994 there were 17,000 16 and 17 year olds who were not in full or part time employment, training or full time education in the Greater London region. Of these, 10,000 were actively seeking employment or training. The remainder were economically inactive and include, for example, those young people who were looking after the home or who were long term sick or disabled. The Government guarantee that all 16 and 17 year olds who are not in full time education or a job and are seeking training are offered a suitable youth training place.
Disability Symbol
Mr. Heppell: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many organisations have applied to use the disability symbol and been refused;
(2) how many complaints have been received regarding employers using the disability symbol and not implementing the five commitments to action;
(3) how many organisations have used the disability symbol in the past but have had the facility removed for not carrying out the five commitments to action;
(4) how many organisations now use the disability symbol.
Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for the subject of the questions has been delegated to the Employment Service under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from M. E. G. Fogden to Mr. John Heppell, dated 18 January 1995:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your questions about organisations who use, or have used, the disability symbol. You asked how many organisations have applied to use the disability symbol and have been refused. While there are occasions when the Employment Service (ES) recommends that an organisation delay in adopting the symbol until they have taken
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some further action, we do not maintain records of such instances. I am aware of no circumstance where we have refused an employer authority to adopt the symbol.You also asked how many complaints have been received about symbol users not implementing one of their commitments, and how many had been asked to withdraw from symbol use due to non-fulfilment of their commitments.
We do not keep a central record of complaints, although I am aware of two that have reached my head office direct. Any complaints of this nature are taken very seriously and investigated with the symbol user concerned by a representative from the Placing, Assessment and Counselling Team or the Major Organisations' Development Unit. In cases where the symbol was clearly being abused we would ask the organisation to stop using it, although I am not aware of any instance to date where this has happened.
The last published statistics in July 1994 record 940 employers using the symbol, including a number of organisations operating throughout the country.
I hope this is helpful.
Training and Enterprise Councils
Ms Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the turnover rates of each TEC board for each year since their creation.
Mr. Paice: I am unable to give the information that the hon. Member is asking for, as it is not collected in that form. However, the total annual turnover for board members for training and enterprise councils in England and Wales is shown in the table:
|Annual turnover
Date |per cent.
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January 92 to December 92 |14.9
January 93 to December 93 |14.6
January 94 to December 94 |25.7
Ms Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the surpluses in the accounts of every TEC for every year since their creation (a) as a percentage of that TEC's total expenditure and (b) in money terms.
Mr. Paice: Lists of English training and enterprise councils with the information requested on "in year" operating surpluses, obtained from their annual statutory audited accounts, at the end of the financial years 1990 91, 1991 92 and 1992 93 are shown in the tables.
I am unable to give the figures requested for 1993 94, as this information is not yet in the public domain for every TEC. However, as TEC accounts for 1993 94 become available to the Department, copies are placed in the Library.
TECs by region 1990-91
|Total
|Post tax surplus |percentage of
|£ |expenditure
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Northern
County Durham |1,168,483 |9.08
Northumberland |1,199,961 |19.84
Teesside |1,956,000 |7.12
Tyneside |2,548,930 |8.09
Sunderland
(Wearside) |1,707,787 |10.17
|8,581,161 |9.06
North West
CEWTEC |Started April 1991 |-
Cumbria |1,682,149 |13.19
ELTEC |1,751,853 |15.93
LAWTEC |Started April 1991 |-
Merseyside |Started June 1991 |-
NORMID |Started April 1991 |-
QUALITEC |Started April 1991 |-
|3,434,002 |14.46
Greater Manchester
Bolton/Bury |292,200 |6.49
Manchester |1,321,382 |14.00
METRO |222,585 |3.79
Oldham |805,748 |13.37
Rochdale |88,448 |1.61
South and East
Cheshire |877,438 |11.60
Stockport and High
Peak |292,697 |6.14
|3,900,498 |8.93
Yorkshire and
Humberside
Barnsley/Doncaster |Started January 1991 |-
Bradford |133,539 |3.75
Calderdale and
Kirklees |364,269 |2.20
Humberside |Started April 1991 |-
Leeds |1,211,214 |16.94
North Yorks |1,313,000 |16.79
Rotherham |485,255 |7.75
Sheffield |934,106 |10.29
Wakefield |323,352 |17.36
|4,764,735 |9.12
Eastern
Bedfordshire |Started April 1991 |-
Cambridgeshire |27,124 |3.80
Essex |1,256,762 |12.37
Greater Peterborough |116,772 |14.89
Hertfordshire |578,706 |5,39
Norfolk and
Waverney |1,292,717 |21.21
Suffolk |1,277,059 |42.00
|4,549,140 |14.43
East Midlands
Greater Nottingham |Started April 1991 |-
Leicester |Started April 1991 |-
Lincolnshire |Started April 1991 |-
Northamptonshire |Started April 1991 |-
North Derbyshire |Started April 1991 |-
North
Nottinghamshire |122,137 |1.31
South Derbyshire |(16,090) |(0.58)
|106,047 |0.88
West Midlands
Birmingham |600,534 |4.98
Central England |Started April 1991 |-
Coventry/Warwick |2,185,542 |22.25
Dudley |Started April 1991 |-
HAWTEC |Started April 1991 |-
Sandwell |Started April 1991 |-
Shropshire |Started April 1991 |-
Staffordshire |2,671,771 |21.24
Walsall |409,681 |13.36
Wolverhampton |Started April 1991 |-
|5,867,528 |15.64
South West
Avon |Started April 1991 |-
Devon/Cornwall |1,701,876 |4.75
Dorset |1,597,625 |19.26
Gloucester |Started January 1991 |-
Somerset |646,783 |10.00
Wiltshire |Started April 1991 |-
|3,946,284 |7.80
London
AZTEC |230,464 |12.47
CENTEC |Started September 1991|-
CILNTEC |Started October 1991 |-
LETEC |Started November 1990 |-
North London |Started January 1991 |-
North West London |Started November 1990 |-
SOLOTEC |Started April 1991 |-
South Thames |Started April 1991 |-
West London |Started August 1991 |-
|230,464 |12.47
South East
Hampshire |1,363,924 |11.03
Isle of Wight |239,236 |22.29
Kent |Started November 1990 |-
Milton Keynes/North
Buckinghamshire |335,225 |13.00
Heart of England |600,664 |16.30
Surrey |Started April 1991 |-
Sussex |Started April 1991 |-
Thames Valley Ent. |Started April 1991 |-
|2,539,049 |12.89
Grand Total |37,918,908 |10.31
TECs by region 1991-1992
|Total
|Post tax surplus|percentage of
|£ |expenditure
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Northern
County Durham |2,818,075 |9.47
Northumberland |1,262,703 |8.90
Teeside |3,838,000 |13.91
Tyneside |2,818,000 |7.03
Sunderland
(Wearside) |293,924 |1.44
|11,030,702 |8.36
North West
CEWTEC |1,974,732 |10.49
Cumbria |1,187,739 |7.22
ELTEC |370,271 |2.02
LAWTEC |3,150,027 |12.81
Merseyside |3,012,181 |8.16
NORMID |1,511,822 |16.77
QUALITEC |741,670 |8.47
|11,948,442 |9.00
Greater Manchester
Bolton/Bury |1,720,642 |14.67
Manchester |2,936,887 |8.56
METRO |188,000 |1.84
Oldham |570,321 |6.94
Rochdale |399,262 |6.03
South and East
Cheshire |1,124,823 |11.01
Stockport and High
Peak |1,833,580 |23.94
|8,773,515 |9.86
Yorkshire and
Humberside
Barnsley/Doncaster |2,688,055 |11.73
Bradford |1,773,485 |10.92
Calderdale and
Kirklees |465,421 |2.29
Humberside |2,952,198 |8.43
Leeds |2,352,648 |13.14
North Yorkshire |2,104,000 |14.08
Rotherham |1,485,797 |14.25
Sheffield |2,340,235 |10.53
Wakefield |2,118,035 |20.68
|18,279,874 |10.74
Eastern
Bedfordshire |1,335,932 |13.03
Cambridgeshire |560,998 |10.08
Essex |3,037,484 |12.50
Great Peterborough |754,539 |10.79
Hertfordshire |863,034 |5.26
Norfolk and
Waverney |1,279,837 |6.36
Suffolk |1,234,110 |9.80
|9,065,934 |9.42
East Midlands
Greater Nottingham |844,000 |4.55
Leicester |2,709,000 |13.18
Lincolnshire |1,225,370 |6.74
Northampton |1,867,401 |18.83
North Derbyshire |653,113 |6.48
North
Nottinghamshire |1,494,000 |9.98
South Derbyshire |3,510,586 |25.89
|12,303,470 |11.63
West Midlands
Birmingham |2,217,000 |5.74
Central England |992,591 |11.52
Coventry/Warwick |9,899 |0.04
Dudley |411,480 |4.06
HAWTEC |978,862 |10.13
Sandwell |917,391 |9.28
Shropshire |598,942 |4.92
Staffordshire |1,399,654 |4.88
Walsall |988,580 |14.04
Wolverhampton |1,032,122 |10.47
|9,546,521 |6.01
South West
Avon |1,925,855 |8.10
Devon/Cornwall |3,187,000 |6.47
Dorset |1,171,204 |9.08
Gloucester |1,574,830 |11.19
Somerset |388,152 |2.99
Wiltshire |849,313 |7.97
|9,096,354 |7.35
London
AZTEC |1,289,656 |15.00
CENTEC |148,575 |1.30
CILNTEC |550,812 |8.12
LETEC |(483,267) |(1.72)
North London |1,153,445 |13.01
North West London |438,984 |8.04
SOLOTEC |896,400 |5.99
South Thames |1,292,463 |7.22
West London |162,104 |1.89
|5,449,172 |4.92
South East
Hampshire |1,884,488 |6.68
Isle of Wight |479,142 |14.84
Kent |3,542,667 |10.15
Milton Keynes/North
Buckinghamshire |360,889 |5.46
Heart of England |962,649 |10.48
Surrey |693,092 |5.97
Sussex |3,253,000 |15.45
Thames Valley Ent. |2,719,118 |14.57
|13,895,045 |10.41
Grand Total |109,389,029 |8.73
TECs by region 1992-93
|Total
|Post tax surplus|percentage of
|£ |expenditure
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Northern
County Durham |2,595,107 |10.07
Northumberland |1,233,752 |8.58
Teesside |3,388,000 |12.00
Tyneside |(883,000) |(2.13)
Sunderland
(Wearside) |512,381 |2.72
|6,846,240 |5.32
North West
CEWTEC |603,311 |3.12
Cumbria |110,772 |0.67
ELTEC |1,338,587 |7.32
LAWTEC |(236,657) |(0.83)
Merseyside |1,191,532 |2.59
NORMID |(418,902) |(3.08)
QUALITEC |312,509 |3.70
|2,901,152 |1.92
Greater Manchester
Bolton/Bury |847,848 |6.64
Manchester |(880,942) |(2.42)
METRO |108,000 |1.03
Oldham |83,406 |1.01
Rochdale |597,651 |6.98
South and East
Cheshire |420,244 |3.21
Stockport and High
Peak |655,247 |6.93
|1,831,454 |1.85
Yorkshire and
Humberside
Barnsley/Doncaster |1,012,208 |4.15
Bradford |1,524,888 |8.73
Calderdale and
Kirklees |(1,574) |(0.01)
Humberside |2,258,408 |6.84
Leeds |2,160,436 |12.01
North Yorkshire |936,000 |5.87
Rotherham |1,134,336 |9.85
Sheffield |883,000 |4.19
Wakefield |668,301 |6.08
|10,576,003 |6.08
Eastern
Bedfordshire |220,801 |1.88
Cambridgeshire |34,280 |0.55
Essex |742,805 |2.45
Greater Peterborough |661,071 |8.67
Hertfordshire |1,199,133 |5.70
Norfolk and
Waverney |(411,789) |(1.94)
Suffolk |473,259 |3.28
|2,919,560 |2.59
East Midlands
Greater Nottingham |98,000 |0.48
Leicester |1,888,317 |8.35
Lincolnshire |1,328,872 |6.46
Northamptonshire |109,609 |0.82
North Derbyshire |87,828 |0.91
North
Nottinghamshire |(376,000) |(2.14)
South Derbyshire |611,343 |3.77
|3,747,969 |3.11
West Midlands
Birmingham |(1,606,000) |(4.12)
Central England |347,027 |3.47
Coventry/Warwick |7,122 |0.03
Dudley |801,744 |7.50
HAWTEC |702,859 |6.14
Sandwell |788,829 |7.07
Shropshire |703,807 |5.40
Staffordshire |1,717,636 |5.47
Walsall |941,491 |10.99
Wolverhampton |379,147 |3.37
|4,783,662 |2.78
South West
Avon |1,647,961 |6.03
Devon/Cornwall |121,000 |0.25
Dorset |53,973 |0.34
Gloucester |666 |0.00
Somerset |711,143 |5.70
Wiltshire |251,265 |1.98
|2,786,008 |2.14
London
AZTEC |411,486 |3.73
CENTEC |757,876 |3.54
CILNTEC |1,610,046 |7.94
LETEC |1,138,517 |3.51
North London |1,851,198 |10.82
North West London |424,679 |4.30
SOLOTEC |2,530,966 |14.37
South Thames |2,318,842 |7.55
West London |1,000.929 |6.35
|12,044,539 |6.84
South East
Hampshire |1,430,483 |4.67
Isle of Wight |161,087 |3.95
Kent |2,231,284 |7.31
Milton Keynes/North
Buckinghamshire |99,326 |1.21
Heart of England |860,611 |7.88
Surrey |967,259 |8.03
Sussex |1,875,000 |8.23
Thames Valley Ent. |643,002 |2.95
|8,268,052 |5.87
Grand Total |56,704,639 |4.04
Ms Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the administrative costs for each TEC for every year since their creation.
Mr. Paice: A list of English training and enterprise councils and their "in year" administrative costs, as shown in their annual statutory audited accounts, at the end of the financial years 1990 91, 1991 92 and 1992 93 are shown in the tables.
I am unable to give the figures requested for 1993 94 as this information is not yet in the public domain for every TEC. However, as TEC accounts for 1993 94 become available to the Department, copies are placed in the Library.
Administration Costs
|1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93
TECs by region |£ |£ |£
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Northern
County
Durham |1,291,920 |1,930,205 |2,109,458
Northumberland |1,230,408 |1,631,608 |2,350,938
Teesside |1,696,000 |2,975,000 |3,837,000
Tyneside |2,533,590 |3,241,000 |3,475,000
Sunderland
(Wearside) |974,086 |1,376,968 |2,094,139
|7,726,004 |11,154,781 |13,866,535
North west
CEWTEC |Started April 91 |1,258,007 |1,484,953
Cumbria |1,301,023 |1,477,556 |1,653,511
ELTEC |736,697 |1,393,572 |1,390,484
LAWTEC |Started April 91 |1,535,907 |2,018,045
Merseyside |Started June 91 |2,334,212 |4,622,631
NORMID |Started June 91 |1,067,312 |1,604,052
QUALITEC |Started April 91 |669,078 |920,483
|2,037,720 |9,735,644 |13,694,159
Greater Manchester
Bolton/Bury |554,160 |1,278,992 |2,009,487
Manchester |871,970 |3,168,334 |3,989,996
METRO |512,329 |1,161,000 |1,424,000
Oldham |498,808 |734,111 |1,112,007
Rochdale |459,879 |594,712 |765,910
South and
East Cheshire |651,096 |2,128,048 |1,126,094
Stockport and
High Peak |446,341 |789,504 |956,269
|3,994,583 |9,854,701 |11,383,763
Yorkshire and
Humberside
Barnsley/Doncaster |Started January 91|1,590,594 |1,820,761
Bradford |267,487 |1,453,408 |1,106,553
Calderdale and
Kirklees |1,057,394 |1,730,039 |2,041,575
Humberside |Started April 91 |2,814,334 |3,119,039
Leeds |735,776 |1,730,338 |1,999,374
North Yorkshire |945,000 |1,370,000 |1,675,000
Rotherham |600,955 |1,143,527 |1,318,793
Sheffield |762,207 |2,500,135 |2,866,000
Wakefield |120,737 |1,027,992 |1,179,304
|4,489,556 |15,360,367 |17,126,399
Eastern
Bedfordshire |Started April 91 |923,120 |1,191,963
CAMBS |31,722 |786,073 |972,382
Essex |1,193,476 |1,961,749 |2,567,573
Greater Peterborough |154,684 |828,190 |1,297,530
Hertfordshire |1,638,449 |1,855,181 |2,103,148
Norfolk and
Waverney |860,049 |1,626,594 |2,679,051
Suffolk |334,217 |1,309,588 |1,557,908
|4,212,597 |9,290,495 |12,369,555
East Midlands
Greater
Nottingham |Started April 91 |1,679,000 |1,842,000
Leicester |Started April 91 |2,916,000 |2,612,117
Lincolnshire |Started April 91 |183,502 |564,370
Northamptonshire |Started April 91 |1,097,575 |1,221,752
North
Derbyshire |Started April 91 |933,356 |1,067,426
North
Nottinghamshire |703,865 |1,084,000 |1,349,000
South
Derbyshire |302,641 |1,749,634 |2,372,992
|1,006,506 |9,643,067 |11,029,657
West Midlands
Birmingham |926,293 |2,639,000 |3,058,000
Central
England |Started April 91 |810,650 |1,074,936
Coventry/
Warwick |530,854 |1,083,099 |1,253,093
Dudley |Started April 91 |1,019,678 |1,369,523
HAWTEC |Started April 91 |997,787 |1,287,504
Sandwell |Started April 91 |865,159 |947,277
Shropshire |Started April 91 |991,146 |1,113,304
Staffordshire |931,374 |2,363,849 |2,925,055
Walsall |315,326 |830,837 |966,586
Wolverhampton |Started April 91 |919,339 |1,087,057
|2,703,847 |12,520,544 |15,082,335
South west
Avon |Started April 91 |2,099,463 |2,347,261
Devon/Cornwall |2,330,485 |4,174,000 |4,841,000
Dorset |854,630 |1,166,387 |1,274,644
Gloucester |Started January 91|1,313,161 |1,387,979
Somerset |548,636 |1,114,066 |1,139,745
Wiltshire |Started April 91 |1,002,296 |1,237,141
|3,733,751 |10,869,373 |12,227,770
London
AZTEC |162,548 |1,197,226 |1,892,569
CENTEC |Started Sept 91 |1,158,024 |2,770,562
CILNTEC |Started Oct 91 |792,984 |2,054,389
LETEC |Started Nov 90 |2,966,277 |3,787,841
North London |Started January 91|882,327 |1,545,921
North West
London |Started Nov 90 |635,970 |1,229,654
SOLOTEC |Started April 91 |1,826,341 |2,118,678
South Thames |Started April 91 |2,230,347 |3,301,964
West London |Started August 91 |1,030,390 |2,018,400
|162,548 |12,719,886 |20,719,978
South east
Hampshire |955,888 |1,790,270 |2,185,086
Isle of Wight |212,813 |369,227 |492,737
Kent |Started Nov 90 |2,859,350 |2,065,046
Milton Keynes/
North Bucks |381,525 |939,139 |1,002,384
Heart of England |548,372 |1,037,979 |1,539,912
Surrey |Started April 91 |1,159,231 |1,816,177
Sussex |Started April 91 |1,960,000 |2,376,000
Thames Valley
Ent. |Started April 91 |2,119,515 |2,272,152
|2,098,598 |12,234,711 |13,749,494
Grand Total |32,165,710 |113,383,569 |141,249,645
Ms Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of women appointed to each TEC board for each year since their creation.
Mr. Paice: Information on women appointed to each training and enterprise council board for each year since the TECs' creation is not held centrally. However, records held centrally on the numbers of women currently on TEC boards in England is shown in the table:
TEC |Number
----------------------------------------------------------
AZTEC |3
Avon TEC |3
Barnsley/Doncaster TEC |1
Bedfordshire TEC |2
Birmingham TEC |3
Bolton Bury TEC |1
Bradford and District TEC |2
CENTEC (Central London) |3
CEWTEC (Chester, Ellesmere Port, Wirral) |2
CILNTEC (City and Inner London North) |1
Calderdale/Kirklees TEC |1
CambsTEC (Central and South Cumbridgeshire) |1
Central England TEC |3
County Durham TEC |2
Coventry and Warwickshire TEC |1
Cumbria TEC |1
Devon and Cornwall TEC |2
Dorset TEC |1
Dudley TEC |1
ELTEC (East Lancashire) |3
Essex TEC |3
Gloucestershire TEC |2
Greater Nottingham TEC |2
Greater Peterborough TEC |1
HAWTEC (Hereford and Worcester) |3
Hampshire TEC |2
Heart of England (Oxfordshire) TEC |3
Humberside TEC |2
Kent TEC |2
Leeds TEC |1
Leicestershire TEC |1
Lincolnshire TEC |2
London East TEC |3
Manchester TEC |1
Merseyside TEC |2
NORMIDTEC (North and Mid Cheshire) |1
Norfolk and Waveney TEC |3
North Derbyshire TEC |3
North London TEC |1
North Nottinghamshire TEC |2
North West London TEC |1
North Yorkshire TEC |2
Northamptonshire TEC |2
Northumberland TEC |1
QUALITEC (St. Helens) Ltd |2
Rochdale TEC |3
Rotherham TEC |1
SOLOTEC |2
Sandwell TEC |1
Sheffield TEC |1
Shropshire TEC |2
Somerset TEC |1
South and East Cheshire TEC |3
Southern Derbyshire TEC |3
Stockport/High Peak TEC |2
Suffolk TEC |3
Sunderland City TEC |2
Surrey TEC |2
Sussex TEC |2
Teesside TEC |1
Thames Valley Enterprise |1
Tyneside TEC |2
Wakefield TEC |1
Walsall TEC |2
West London TEC |4
Wight Training and Enterprise |1
Wiltshire TEC |2
Wolverhampton TEC |1
Total |128
Ms Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the members of each TEC board and their companies for each year since their creation.
Mr. Paice: It is not possible to provide a list of the members of each training and enterprise council board and their companies for each year since their creation as this information is not held centrally.
Since January 1994 a list of current members of each TEC board and their companies is placed in the Library every quarter.
Career Development Loans
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 20 December, Official Report , column 1098 , what was the total cost of the career development loan advertising campaign.
Mr. Paice: The cost of the 1993 94 career development loan advertising campaign was £1,862,491.
Labour Statistics
Mr. Hain: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table comparing male, female and total full-time and part-time employees (i) in employment, (ii) unemployed for October 1992 and the latest available date in (a) Doncaster, (b) Llanelli, (c) Retford, (d) Chesterfield, (e) Nottingham, (f) Mansfield, (g) Sunderland, (h) Wakefield and Dewsbury, (i) Barnsley, (j) Sheffield, (k) Stafford, (l) Wigan and St.
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Helens, (m) Stoke, (n) Alfreton and Ashfield, (o) Merthyr and Rhymney, (p) Sunderland, (q) South Tyneside, (r) Aberdare, (s) Morpeth and Ashington, (t) Rotherham and Mexborough and (u) Worksop travel-to-work areas.Mr. Oppenheim: The employment information requested is not available for 1992. The latest reliable employment information for these travel to- work areas is for September 1991, from the periodic census of employment. This information and the unemployment statistics requested can be obtained from the NOMIS database available in the Library.
Civil Servants
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many staff in his Department have reported an offer of employment from an outside employer since February 1993 as required under the civil service management code; and how many of these reports
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were followed by an application to join the company concerned.Miss Widdecombe: I regret that the information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Youth Training
Mr. Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the percentage of those leaving youth training schemes who progressed to (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work, (c) self-employment, (d) further education and training and (e) unemployment, in Southampton, Itchen, Southampton and Hampshire in each of the last five years.
Mr. Paice: Information is not available for individual constituencies and local authorities. Information for Hampshire training and enterprise council is available from 1991 92, the first full year of operation. The information is given in the table.
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Leavers in Hampshire TEC
Percentage of leavers in each outcome six months after leaving
|<1>Further education
|Full-time work |Part-time work |Self employment |and training |Unemployment
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1991-92 |47 |6 |1 |14 |24
1992-93 |49 |5 |1 |14 |26
April 1993-February 1994 |50 |6 |2 |15 |21
Source:
YT national follow-up survey.
Notes:
<1>Includes those on another Government training programme.
SCOTLAND
School Inspections
Mrs. Fyfe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school inspections were carried out in 1994; and how many in each category he estimates will be carried out in 1995.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Inspections of primary and secondary schools take place for a range of purposes including inspections leading to published reports on individual schools, those which contribute evidence to a published report on an aspect of education and those designed to obtain information on miscellaneous other matters. Approximately 310 inspections were carried out in primary schools in 1994 and 170 in secondary schools. A similar number is projected in each category for 1995.
Mrs. Fyfe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the lengthiest period, on current plans, that (a) a primary and (b) a secondary school will go without an inspector's visit.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Inspections of primary and secondary schools take place for a range of purposes, including inspections leading to published reports on individual schools, those which contribute evidence to a published report on an aspect of education and those designed to obtain information on miscellaneous other matters. The pattern of inspection visits for these purposes means that, on average, six years may elapse between an inspector's visit to a primary school and two years in the case of secondary schools.
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General Practitioners
Mr. Macdonald: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the value of chapter 10.5 payments to general practitioners in the highlands and islands for each year since its introduction (a) in total for the highlands and islands and (b) as an average for applicable practices.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Information about payments made to general medical practitioners in Highland, Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles health boards under the chapter 10.5 payments scheme is set out in the table.
Financial year
|1990-91 |<4>1991-92|1992-93 |1993-94
|£ |£ |£ |£
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Payments to
GMPs<1>
Chapter 10.5 |202,795 |257,436 |325,472 |326,155
Transitional<2> |129,813 |62,704 |- |-
Total |332,608 |320,140 |325,472 |326,155
Average payments
per GMP
Chapter 10.5 |1,865 |2,263 |2,812 |2,830
Transitional<2> |1,194 |551 |- |-
Total |3,058 |2,814 |2,812 |2,830
<1> GMPs in practices qualifying for chapter 10.5 payments.
<2> Between 1990 and 1992 amounts paid to GMPs under the transitional
payments scheme were deducted from any chapter 10.5 payments due. The
transitional payments scheme ceased on 31 March 1992 and thereafter
chapter 10.5 payments were made in full.
<3> Whole time equivalent of GMP.
<4> Estimate, based upon data for the second half of the financial
year.
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Students (Sickness)
Mrs. Fyfe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many students at each further education college have had their grants withdrawn because of sickness absence of more than 28 days in the latest year for which figures are available.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Students at further education colleges in Scotland may be eligible for support from either the Student Awards Agency for Scotland or their education authority, depending on the nature of their course.
No student in receipt of support from the awards agency would have his or her grant withdrawn solely on the grounds of a sickness absence of more than 28 days. There is provision for the level of grant to be adjusted, exceptionally, after the student returns to study where there has been a significantly lower maintenance requirement during the period of absence.
Where a student withdraws from his or her course--permanently or temporarily--following a prolonged period of sickness the maintenance grant will be terminated with effect from the date of withdrawal. Details of the reasons for individual withdrawals are not held centrally.
The terms and conditions on which education authorities in Scotland offer assistance to students are entirely at the discretion of the authority concerned.
Further Education Expenditure
Mrs. Fyfe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the percentage increase or decrease in real terms, allowing for inflation, for spending on (a) universities and (b) further and adult education from 1982 83 to 1992 93.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Between 1982 83 and 1992 93 the then eight Scottish universities were funded by the University Grants Committee and, latterly, the Universities Funding Council. During that period total recurrent public expenditure on the eight universities, in the form of UGC and UFC grants for teaching and research and tuition fees in respect of those students on full-time courses who were charged fees at the home rate, increased by 3.5 per cent. in real terms.
The increase in current expenditure on further education in real terms by local authorities over the same period was 4.2 per cent. This includes expenditure on adult education.
Private Housing Developers
Mr. McAllion: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the levels of Scottish Homes' grants to private housing developers in each year since Scottish Homes was established.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information requested is in the table.
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Scottish homes' grants to
private housing developers
|£ million
|outturn
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1989-90 |0.84
1990-91 |9.24
1991-92 |14.93
1992-93 |25.09
1993-94 |28.30
Innumeracy and Illiteracy
Mrs. Fyfe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps are currently being taken to assist schools to overcome innumeracy and illiteracy.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Improving pupils' standards of attainment in English language and mathematics is central to the Government's five to 14 programme. The programme sets out attainment targets, which allow such pupils' performance and progress to be assessed and assisted. National tests also provide an important source of evidence of achievement in key skills and processes in reading, writing, and mathematics. Diagnostic materials have been prepared to help teachers tackle pupils with particular difficulties in English and mathematics.
Social Work Inspectorate
Mrs. Fyfe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many full- time equivalent staff are involved in the social work inspectorate; what is (a) its annual revenue budget and (b) its budget for training and staff development; how much has been spent in the past year on away days for staff to hotels; and what were the purposes of such activities.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: There are 18 full-time equivalent professional members of staff in the inspectorate and 17.5 administrative staff. The inspectorate's budget for 1994 95 is £1,134,618, of which £3,525 was allocated to job-related training. Ten members of staff attended a strategy day along with their colleagues in the social work services group. The purpose of the day was to review the issues involved in local government reorganisation and to consider key objectives over the next two years. The cost of the one-day event was £1,240.
Lochranza Castle
Mr. Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much in public funds has been spent on the renovation and upkeep of Lochranza castle in each of the past 20 years; and what further expenditure is proposed.
Sir Hector Monro: Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to Historic Scotland under its chief executive, Mr. Graeme Munro. I have asked Mr. Munro to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Graeme Munro to Mr Brian Wilson, dated 18 January 1995:
1. Sir Hector Monro has asked me to reply to your Question 272 of 11 January about the cost of renovation and upkeep of Lochranza Castle on Arran.
2. Lochranza Castle has been in the Secretary of State's guardianship since 1956. Under Section 13 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, guardianship gives the Secretary of State a duty to maintain the Castle and full control and management of it. The maintenance and management are carried
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out by Historic Scotland on behalf of the Secretary of State. The Castle is open to the public free of charge.3. The information which you sought about costs over the past 20 years and our future expenditure plans is:
3.1 Between 1975 and 1985 we carried out routine maintenance at a cost of approximately £2,000 per annum;
3.2 Between 1986 and 1990, we spent £79,000 consolidating the main entrance tower and repairing a collapsed sea wall, as well as carrying out routine maintenance;
3.3 Between 1991 and 1994, we carried out routine maintenance at a cost of about £1,000 per annum;
3.4 Over the next five years, we plan to undertake another phase of consolidation work which we expect will cost about £15,000 to £20, 000 per year.
I am sorry that precise annual figures are not immediately available but I hope that this letter provides the information which you need. Please let me know if I can help further.
Transplant Operations
Mr. Galbraith: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many heart transplants were carried out in Scotland in the calendar year 1994;
(2) how many patients were referred outside Scotland for consideration of heart, lung or heart-lung transplant in the calendar years 1993 and 1994;
(3) how many patients were operated on outside Scotland for heart, lung or heart-lung transplant in the calendar years 1993 and 1994.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: During the period January October 1994, 14 heart transplant operations were carried out in Scotland. The figure is provisional and data for November and December are not yet available.
Information about the number of patients either referred or operated on outside Scotland for heart, lung or heart-lung transplant is not held centrally in Scotland. The hospital to which a patient is referred is a matter for individual clinicians.
Forestry
Sir Thomas Arnold: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what timetable he envisages for the implementation of his future policy towards forestry.
Sir Hector Monro: We are currently considering the responses to "Our Forests--The Way Ahead", which set out our conclusions following the forestry review, and will make an announcement in due course.
Civil Servant Travel
Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which airlines have been granted preferred carrier status for civil servant travel to overseas destinations.
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