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Custody Statistics
Mr. Straw: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what was the number and percentage of defendants remanded in custody for either way offences who were dealt with within the 70-day limit laid down by the Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limit) Regulations 1987; and what was the number and percentage of defendants remanded in custody for indictable offences who were dealt with within the 70-day limit between first appearance and committal laid down by the regulations for each year since the regulations came into force.
Mr. John M. Taylor: Information about the number and percentage of defendants remanded in custody who were dealt with within the 70 day limit is not collected centrally in the form requested. This information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost and effort.
HEALTH
Medicines Control Agency
Mr. Alan W. Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the members of the Medicines Control Agency, their professional employment, and the details of individual entries in their members' register of interests.
Mr. Sackville: The Medicines Control Agency is an executive agency of the Department of Health. Its staff
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are civil servants and are therefore subject to the civil service requirements in relation to personal interests.Septrin
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what action she is taking in respect of the use of Septrin in the United Kingdom;
(2) what plans she has to remove Septrin from the market; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Sackville: We have no plans to remove Septrin from the market. There is no new safety issue with Septrin and recent data support the view that serious adverse effects associated with it are rare. Changing clinical practice, however, favours single rather than combination antibiotic therapy and the Medicines Control Agency is considering whether the licence for Septrin should reflect this.
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support she will give to litigants against the Wellcome group in respect of claims for damage caused by Septrin; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Sackville: It is not the Department's policy to become involved in individual claims for compensation. This is a matter for individuals themselves to pursue with the companies concerned, if necessary through the courts.
Hepatitis C
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many persons have been identified as blood donor carriers of hepatitis C under current screening methods; and what advice and counselling they receive.
Mr. Sackville: One in 2,000 donors were found to be positive for hepatitis C when screening was introduced in 1991. In the National Blood Service, any donor found to be positive for any infective agent is offered counselling by trained specialist medical staff. In the case of counselling for hepatitis C, national guidelines have been established and are in use at all transfusion centres.
Consultants
Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list (a) the consultants, (b) the tasks for which they were employed and (c) the payments made to them from the budget of her Department in (i) 1992 93 and (ii) 1993 94.
Mr. Sackville: The Department spent £18,398,000 for 1992 93 and £15,933,037 for 1993 94 from running costs on consultancy. Information on national health service consultancy expenditure is not available centrally.
Details of the consultants employed by the Department and the tasks performed for 1992 93 were provided to the efficiency unit as part of its scrutiny on the Government's use of external consultants, copies of which will be placed in the Library. For reasons of
confidentiality, and in order to achieve value for money in the future, we are unable to list the specific costs of the consultancies concerned and the amounts paid as this would breach contractual agreements and jeopardise future value for money. Information is not held for 1993 94 and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Mr. Macdonald: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what Government funding is being provided and what other steps are being taken by the Government to enable pursuit of the research programme recommended in chapter 17 of the report of the national task force on myalgic encephalomyelitis published in September 1994.
Mr. Sackville: The main agency through which the Government support biomedical and clinical research is the Medical Research Council, which receives its grant in aid from the office of my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The MRC has been funding a study at the Institute of Psychiatry, the estimated cost of which is £91,000, to investigate chronic fatigue in general practitioners' attenders. Researchers at the institute are attempting to find ways to help sufferers of chronic fatigue cope with their disease and regain their health.
With a view to securing progress and promoting the development of a professional consensus, the chief medical officer has invited the conference of colleges to consider the national task force's report. The views of the conference of colleges will be of much assistance to the Department in helping to determine the best way forward. It is hoped that a response from the conference will be received by the spring.
Smoking
Mr. Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the prevalence of cigarette smoking among (a) men over 16 years, (b) women over 16 years, (c) boys aged 11 to 15 years and (d) girls aged 11 to 15 years for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
Mr. Sackville: The figures in the tables are extracted from the "General Household Survey 1992" and "Smoking Amongst Secondary School Children in 1993", published by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Copies of these reports are available in the Library.
$
Prevalence of cigarette smoking
amongst adults aged 16 and over
England 1984-1992
Percentages
|1984|1986|1988|1990|1992
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Men |35 |34 |32 |31 |29
Women |32 |31 |30 |28 |27
Source:OPCS General Household
Survey
)
Prevalence of regular cigarette smoking
amongst pupils aged 11
to 15 England 1984-1993
]Percentages
|1984|1986|1988|1990|1992|1993
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Boys |13 |7 |7 |9 |9 |8
Girls |13 |12 |9 |11 |10 |11
Source: OPCS Smoking amongst secondary
school children
Cosmetic Surgery
Mrs. Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received on the subject of regulating cosmetic surgery.
Mr. Sackville: In addition to representations from the hon. Member and from the hon. Member for Gloucester
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(Mr. French) we have received 17 letters from members of the public on this subject.Blood Clots (Drugs)
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if drugs designed to break up blood clots are available under the NHS to patients aged over 74 years; and if she will make a statement.
Insulin Syringes (Charges)
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which hospitals charge diabetics for insulin syringes; and if she will make a statement.
Data Protection
Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to introduce legislation to allow the wider use of personal information extracted from the registers of births, deaths and marriages; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Sackville: The Government have no plans to legislate beyond the proposals they published in 1990 in their White Paper "Registration: proposals for change", Cm 939. These proposals include making records of births, deaths and marriages over 75 years old available to public inspection. The Government will introduce a Bill when parliamentary time allows.
Recruitment
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much her Department spent during 1994 on recruiting staff to her Department and its executive agencies; and how many staff were recruited.
Mr. Sackville: During 1994, the Department and its executive agencies spent £620,870 recruiting 156 staff.
Anabolic Agents
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessments she has made of the effect on health of the use of anabolic agents.
Mr. Sackville: Anabolic steroids are used therapeutically for certain hormonal and blood disorders. Before a medicinal product may be licensed in this country, it is subject to stringent assessments to ensure that it meets acceptable standards of safety, quality and efficacy. Thereafter, the Medicines Control Agency and its advisory committees, such as the committee on safety of medicines, monitor the safety of all licensed medicines.
In addition, the Department of Health and Departments for Scotland and for Wales commissioned a report from the Centre for Research on Drugs and Drug Behaviour in 1993, "Anabolic Steroid Use in Great Britain: An Exploratory Investigation", copies of which are in the Library.
Physiotherapy
Mrs. Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she has considered the evidence by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy regarding damage done to
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patients by unregistered physiotherapists; and what she proposes in response.Mr. Sackville: To practice within the national health service or local authorities, physiotherapists must be registered under the provisions of the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960. The Government are considering what action may be needed in the light of the profession's concern about the activities of unregistered practitioners.
Plague Vaccine
Dr. David Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the plague vaccine manufactured in the United States of America by Cutter Laboratories, Miles Inc, has been granted a licence in Britain.
Mr. Sackville: There are no granted licences in Britain for the plague vaccine manufactured in the United States of America by Cutter Laboratories, Miles Inc.
PRIME MINISTER
Mortgage Interest Payments
Mr. Coe: To ask the Prime Minister what has been the reduction in average mortgage interest payments since their peak.
The Prime Minister: The average mortgage interest payment has fallen by £140 per month, not per week as I inadvertently stated in my answer to the right hon. Member for Sedgefield (Mr. Blair) on 26 January 1995, Official Report , column 469.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Exports
Mr. Thurnham: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what proportion of exports from other European Union countries comes to the United Kingdom (a) as a whole and (b) by each country, in descending order.
Mr. Ian Taylor: The information is given in the table.
Visible exports to the United Kingdom as a share of total visible exports Exports from |Per cent. --------------------------------------------- EU12 less UK |8.6 Ireland |28.7 Portugal |11.4 France |9.2 Netherlands |9.0 Denmark |8.9 Belgium-Luxembourg |8.3 Germany |7.7 Spain |7.5 Italy |6.4 Greece |5.7 Source: Eurostat Comext database (CD-Rom 1/1995).
Lloyd's
Sir Thomas Arnold: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list all the legislation governing the activities and regulation of Lloyd's of London.
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Mr. Jonathan Evans: The principal legislation governing the activities of Lloyd's of London is:
(a) the Lloyd's Act 1982 (together with those provisions of the Lloyd's Acts 1871, 1911 and 1951 which remain in force) and bye-laws made thereunder;
(b) certain provisions of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 (as amended), in particular Part IV (special classes of insurers); (c) the Insurance (Lloyd's) Regulations 1983 (as amended), and some provisions of the Insurance Companies Regulations 1994, the Insurance Companies (Third Insurance Directives) Regulations 1994 and the Insurance Companies (Amendment) Regulations 1994;
(d) Insurance Accounts Directive (Miscellaneous Insurance Undertakings) Regulations 1993.
That legislation gives effect to EC directives on the consolidation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to direct insurance other than life assurance--directive 73/239/EEC, 88/357/EEC and 92/49/EEC--and the corresponding directives relating to direct life assurance--directives 79/267/EEC, 90/619/EEC and 92/96); and the EC directive on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of insurance undertakings 91/674/EEC. Other, more general, legislation also affects those operating in the Lloyd's market in a manner comparable to the way in which it affects other individuals or undertakings, including legislation governing the terms and conditions of contracts of insurance--for example the Marine Insurance Act 1906.
Domestic Gas Appliances
Mr. Spearing: To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 18 January concerning supply of spare parts for domestic gas appliances, what assessment he has made, and by what means, of the consequences of his plans for the dis-aggregation of British Gas on the current availability of spare parts for licensed appliances and on the time such appliances cannot be used by consumers for reasons of public safety.
Mr. Charles Wardle: The servicing of domestic gas appliances is a competitive market, in which British Gas service business competes with some 48,000 registered engineers. This part of British Gas operations is therefore not subject to economic regulation and it is for the management of British Gas to choose the most economical and effective means for the supply and distribution of spare parts in order to meet customers' needs.
Chemical Weapons
Mr. Faber: To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he intends to issue the proposed discussion document on the implementation of the chemical weapons convention in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Ian Taylor: A discussion document on the implications of the chemical weapons convention for industry will be issued on 31 January; copies will be placed in the Library of the House.
Latin America (Firearms Sales)
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what information his Department has in respect of, and in what ways it is supporting, trade missions to Latin American countries in January and February; what is the involvement of such trade missions in the sale or
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arrangement for sale of items classified under section 5 (1) (b) of the Firearms Act 1968; and if he will list the items which are so classified.Mr. Ian Taylor [holding answer 26 January 1995]: A trade mission organised by the Caribbean trade advisory group of the British Overseas Trade Board will visit Cuba in early February. None of the planned members of the mission is involved in the sale or arrangement for sale of items classified under section 5(1) (b) of the Firearms Act 1968.
Nigeria (Military Equipment)
Mr. Byers: To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many export licences his Department has issued for the export of non-lethal military equipment to Nigeria since December 1993.
Mr. Ian Taylor [holding answer 20 January 1995]: Thirty export licences have been issued for such military equipment since 1 January 1994.
United Artists (Cable Licence)
Mr. Robin Cook: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will place in the Library a copy of the licence issued by his Department to United Artists authorising it to lay cable in Livingston, West Lothian.
Mr. Ian Taylor [holding answer 26 January 1995]: Licences issued under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 are placed in a public register in the Library at the Office of Telecommunications. I have, however, arranged for a copy of the licence for the Falkirk and Livingston cable franchise to be placed in the Library of the House.
Executive Search Agencies
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what guidelines are operated by his Department as regards the use of executive search agencies to fill vacancies within his Department and his Department's executive agencies; and in what circumstances his Department employs executive search agencies instead of relying fully on Departmental resources to fill vacant posts.
Mr. Ian Taylor [holding answer 26 January 1995]: My Department considers using executive search agencies when it is believed that this represents a cost-effective way of extending the field of candidates for key posts.
ENVIRONMENT
Local Government Finance
Mr. Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total spent on each local authority area under (a) the city task forces, (b) the city grant and (c) the housing action trusts programmes in 1993 94.
Mr. Curry: Expenditure by local authority area on each of the programmes in 1993 94 is set out in the table.
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Expenditure by Local Authority area in 1993-94 on Task Forces, City
Grant and Housing Action Trusts
|Task Forces |City Grant |HATs<1>
Local Authority |£000s |£000s |£000s
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Barnsley |- |2,970 |-
Birmingham |1,448 |1,665 |2,175
Blackburn |- |517 |-
Bolton |- |101 |-
Bradford |1,187 |2,433 |-
Bristol |227 |59 |-
Burnley |- |223 |-
Coventry |1,172 |404 |-
Derby |1,195 |326 |-
Dudley |- |4,698 |-
Gateshead |- |303 |-
Hackney |1,050 |- |-
Hammersmith and Fulham |945 |- |-
Haringey |385 |- |-
Hartlepool |24 |2,717 |-
Kingston upon Hull |1,158 |122 |28,142
Kirklees |- |654 |-
Knowsley |- |364 |-
Lambeth |- |35 |-
Langbaurgh on Tees |- |122 |-
Leeds |- |121 |-
Leicester |- |57 |-
Lewisham |1,040 |41 |-
Liverpool |1,200 |6,926 |19,236
Manchester |958 |1,322 |-
Middlesbrough |221 |521 |-
Newcastle upon Tyne |- |2,642 |-
North Tyneside |- |145 |-
Nottingham |1,102 |2,726 |-
Oldham |- |775 |-
Plymouth |353 |872 |-
Preston |- |151 |-
Rochdale |4 |687 |-
Rotherham |- |44 |-
Salford |- |917 |-
Sandwell |- |400 |-
Sefton |- |303 |-
Sheffield |- |777 |-
South Tyneside |1,084 |250 |-
Southwark |1,226 |432 |-
St. Helens |- |62 |-
Stockton on Tees |452 |- |-
Sunderland |- |1,093 |-
Tower Hamlets |357 |1,511 |8,600
Waltham Forest |- |- |25,600
Wigan |- |356 |-
Wirral |1,030 |165 |-
Wolverhampton |- |3,679 |-
Wrekin |- |20 |-
Total |17,818 |44,706 |83,753
<1> Gross expenditure by each Housing Action Trust.
Single Regeneration Budget
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in rank order the first round single regeneration budget bids showing where the local authorities fell in the index of deprivation at (a) local authority level, (b) by census enumeration districts and c) by the average score of the three worst wards.
Mr. Curry: The information is shown in the tables. In addition to the bids included in these tables, there were a further 73 successful and 87 unsuccessful bids which covered more than one local authority area. It is not possible to include these in the rankings.
Table 1: SRB successful bids (bids covering single local authority areas or parts of a single local authority only)
Rankings
Local authority |Name of bid |(A) |(B) |(C)
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Newham |Meeting the needs of Newhams Communities |1 |5 |9
Newham |A regional Role in Tomorrows East London |1 |5 |9
Newham |New Dimensions for Stratford and Temple Mills |1 |5 |9
Southwark |Cross River Partnership |2 |3 |5
Southwark |Peckham Partnership |2 |3 |5
Hackney |Building on our Strengths |3 |1 |4
Birmingham |Birmingham Main Bid |5 |19 |2
Liverpool |Dingle |6 |17 |19
Liverpool |Speke/Garston |6 |17 |19
Liverpool |Social Partnership |6 |17 |19
Tower Hamlets |Stepney Revitalisation Bid |7 |2 |1
Tower Hamlets |Raising Participation: Raising Achievement |7 |2 |1
Lambeth |Riverside South |8 |6 |3
Sandwell |Sandwell Regeneration Partnership |9 |31 |34
Lewisham |Into the Mainstream |11 |12 |8
Lewisham |Silwood Estate: Combatting Racial Harassment |11 |12 |8
Knowsley |Knowsley Industrial Park |12 |14 |28
Manchester |St. Vincents |13 |25 |25
Manchester |Manchester |13 |25 |23
Manchester |Miles Platting and Ancoats Young People Initiative |13 |25 |23
Greenwich |Greenwich Regeneration: Woolwich Revival |14 |15 |20
Newcastle |Grainger Town |17 |22 |26
Newcastle |Education for Regeneration |17 |22 |26
Newcastle |Tyneside Bsus |17 |22 |26
Newcastle |Walker Open and Learning and Fitness Centre |17 |22 |26
Newcastle |Scotswood Regeneration Strategy |17 |22 |26
Newcastle |North Benwell-New Beginnings |17 |22 |26
Barking and Dagenham |Roding Valley Area Regeneration |18 |30 |36
Wandsworth |Wandsworth Partnership |21 |18 |22
South Tyneside |Step |22 |36 |54
Bradford |Training for New Technology |23 |26 |25
Bradford |Royds-Bradford |23 |26 |25
Middlesborough |Middlesborough Pride and Enterprise |24 |79 |79
Westminster |The Bloomsbury Project |26 |10 |12
Salford |The Salford Partnership |28 |41 |21
Brent |Chalkhill Estate: Economic and Physical Regeneration |29 |11 |7
Kingston upon Hull |Hull's First SRB Bid |31 |57 |42
Blackburn |Blackburn SRB Bid |32 |37 |55
Gateshead |Eastgate Development |33 |61 |44
Sunderland |City of Sunderland Partnership |34 |64 |47
Sheffield |Sheffield's Bid to the SRB |36 |35 |18
Ealing |Centre for Manufacturing and Engineering Innovation |38 |24 |31
Oldham |Oldham |39 |58 |48
Brighton |Regenerating Central Brighton |40 |21 |33
Doncaster |Stainforth Estate Action |41 |68 |66
Southampton |Southampton City Centre |42 |27 |32
Bristol |Bristol 2020 |43 |55 |35
Lincoln |City of Lincoln |48 |89 |124
Rochdale |Canalside Rochdale |50 |78 |60
North Tyneside |Meadowell Regeneration |52 |62 |73
Plymouth |Plymouth 2000 Partnership-Turning the Tide |53 |29 |14
Barnsley |Sustainable Regeneration for Barnsley |54 |244 |142
St. Helens |St. Helens Southern Corridor |55 |134 |116
Leeds |Removing Barriers-Creating Opportunity |56 |67 |24
Burnley |Initiative Burnley |57 |65 |86
Easington |East Durham Regeneration |58 |235 |152
Norwich |Norwich Mile Cross |59 |75 |81
Rotherham |Shaping Rotherham's Future |60 |109 |90
Wirral |Hamilton Quarter |61 |87 |59
Langbaurgh on Tees |Grangetown |62 |141 |93
Wansbeck |Wansbeck Initiative |63 |86 |140
Wansbeck |Aiming High |63 |86 |140
Stoke on Trent |Cobridge Community Renewal |64 |138 |103
Tameside |Tame Valley Initiative |65 |112 |128
Derwentshire |Consett Southern Area |66 |320 |173
Hove |Hove Means Business |68 |20 |45
Stockton on Tees |Tilery Project |69 |98 |69
Hastings |The Battle for Hastings-Town Centre |70 |32 |51
Wakefield |SESKU-Wakefield |71 |239 |143
Oxford |Blackbird Leys/Cowley Initiative |72 |43 |57
Sefton |Netherton |73 |52 |63
Sefton |Bootle Village |73 |52 |63
Wigan |Wigan Plc |74 |161 |136
Derby |Investing in Derby People |76 |99 |75
Scunthorpe |Grimsby and Cleethorpes |77 |101 |107
Scunthorpe |Scunthorpe Bid for SRB Resources |77 |101 |107
Thanet |Thanet District Council SRB Bid |81 |39 |53
Sedgefield |Bessember Park |85 |224 |167
Kirklees |Huddersfield Challenge |88 |113 |113
Kirklees |Kirklees-Routeways to Success |88 |113 |113
Hyndburn |The Regeneration of Central Accrington |89 |151 |141
Reading |Hexham Road Estate, Reading |92 |53 |52
Thurrock |The Tilbury Project, Essex |94 |83 |111
Thurrock |George Street Redevelopment |94 |83 |111
Calderdale |West Central Halifax |97 |76 |100
Calderdale |The Elland Initiative |97 |76 |100
Hounslow |The Bid for Brentford |99 |42 |68
Bolsover |Bolsover Diamond |100 |320 |182
Copeland |Renaissance of Whitehaven |101 |219 |160
Torbay |Torbay (Brixham) |107 |49 |76
Rochester Upon Medway |Medway City Estate Management Initiative |109 |72 |65
Rochester Upon Medway |Small Business Village, Luton, Chatham |109 |72 |65
Rochester Upon Medway |Chatham Campus-Business Creation and Technology |109 |72 |65
Lancaster |Morecambe-Turning the Tide |111 |48 |56
Ipswich |Ispwich Wet Dock |114 |135 |119
Carlisle |Carlisle-Raffles Sets the Pace |124 |253 |205
Ellesmere Port and Neston |Ellesmere Port Epicentre Strategy |131 |216 |134
The Wrekin |The Telford Partnership |132 |179 |171
Swale |Swale Regenerating the Isle of Sheppey |133 |118 |122
Eastbourne |Energise Eastbourne-Eastbourne Town Centre |136 |83 |153
Gloucester |Urban Regeneration in Barton and Tredworth |137 |56 |83
Alnwick |Amble Regeneration |140 |320 |234
Dudley |Dudley-Foundation for the Future |142 |103 |99
Cannock Chase |The Gateway Project |143 |320 |164
Northampton |Northampton Partnership |144 |128 |70
Trafford |Old Trafford |146 |126 |84
Weymouth and Portland |The Island and Royal Manor of Portland |166 |117 |130
Eden |Eden (Appleby Training Centre) |172 |320 |309
Dover |Whitecliff Business Park Dover |177 |152 |120
Fenland |Integrated Regeneration Strategy for the Wisbech Area|178 |227 |181
Basildon |The Bonus Project |182 |217 |176
Sutton |The Northern Wards |183 |110 |147
Gillingham |Architecture Centre-North Kent |192 |80 |92
Crewe and Nantwich |All Change at Crewe |194 |156 |161
Chester |Regeneration in West Chester |198 |106 |109
Ashford |South Ashford Urban Renewal Initiative |206 |240 |166
Harrow |Ethnic Minority Business Development |207 |133 |208
West Lindsey |Gainsborough Riverside Regeneration |210 |242 |190
Epping Forest |The Limes Farm Partnership |212 |192 |248
Craven |Craven: Hellifield Station |216 |320 |306
North Bedfordshire |Queens Park Partnership, Bedford |227 |105 |88
Sedgemoor |The Sydenham Estate, Bridgwater, Somerset |233 |194 |219
Leominster |Kington Connected Community |237 |320 |324
Kingswood |Kingswood Revitalisation Project |280 |320 |300
Congelton |Congleton Town and Industry Initiative |284 |320 |331
Selby |The Selby Waterfront Partnership |295 |320 |221
Braintree |The East Braintree Bid |315 |320 |285
Cherwell |Grimsbury Regeneration, Banbury Oxon |350 |160 |216
Table 2: SRB unsuccessful bids (bids covering single local authority areas or parts of a single local authority only)
Rankings
Local authority |Name of bid |(a) |(b) |(c)
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Newham |New Routes to New Jobs, Canning Town |1 |5 |9
Newham |Royals University College Technology Institute |1 |5 |9
Southwark |Raising Achievement (ELAN) |2 |3 |5
Southwark |Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Enterprise Network |2 |3 |5
Hackney |Enhance Employment Prospects, Promote Equality |3 |1 |4
Islington |Destination King's Cross |4 |4 |11
Islington |Investment in Achievement |4 |4 |11
Birmingham |Bangladeshi Youth Forum |5 |19 |2
Birmingham |Afro-Caribbean Resource Centre |5 |19 |2
Birmingham |Small Heath School |5 |19 |2
Birmingham |Camp Lane Working Group |5 |19 |2
Birmingham |Birmingham Consortium of Colleges |5 |19 |2
Liverpool |Parents and Under 8s |6 |17 |19
Liverpool |Liverpool City of Architecture |6 |17 |19
Liverpool |Second Chance |6 |17 |19
Tower Hamlets |Davenant Centre |7 |2 |1
Lambeth |Adding Value in Media and Cultural Sectors |8 |6 |3
Sandwell |Interpretation Services and English Skills |9 |31 |34
Sandwell |Black Country Urban Vinyard |9 |31 |34
Sandwell |English Skills for the Sikh Community |9 |31 |34
Lewisham |Lewisham Literacy 2000 |11 |12 |8
Knowsley |Regeneration Through Partnership |12 |14 |28
Manchester |Greater Monsall Initiative |13 |25 |23
Manchester |Support of Ethnic Minorities |13 |25 |23
Manchester |Advice and Info Strategy |13 |25 |23
Manchester |INCITU |13 |25 |23
Manchester |Moss Side Initiative |13 |25 |23
Manchester |Regional Centres Strategy |13 |25 |23
Manchester |Gorton |13 |25 |23
Manchester |Employment Enterprise and Training |13 |25 |23
Manchester |Visions |13 |25 |23
Greenwich |Raising Employability |14 |15 |20
Greenwich |Increasing Business Competitiveness |14 |15 |20
Hammersmith and Fulham |Enhancing Employment Prospects and EDUC. Achievement |16 |9 |10
Hammersmith and Fulham |North End Road Corridor |16 |9 |10
Hammersmith and Fulham |Partnership Against Crime |16 |9 |10
Newcastle |Newburn Haugh Industrial Development |17 |22 |26
Newcastle |Newcastle Safer Cities |17 |22 |26
Newcastle |Televillage |17 |22 |26
Newcastle |Job Access Programme |17 |22 |26
Kensington and Chelsea |Language Support-ESOL |19 |13 |15
Kensington and Chelsea |From Earls Court to World's End |19 |13 |15
Waltham Forest |SRB Bid for Leyton |20 |16 |6
Wandsworth |Strategy to Prevent Youth Crime |21 |18 |22
Bradford |Manningham/City Centre |23 |26 |25
Bradford |Ethnic Minorities SRB |23 |26 |25
Bradford |Bradford High Technology Partnership |23 |26 |25
Bradford |Keighley SRB |23 |26 |25
Middlesborough |Ethnic Business Initiative |24 |79 |79
Westminster |Integration of Homeless Families and Refugees |26 |10 |12
Westminster |Amberely Estate |26 |10 |12
Westminster |Church Street Neighbourhood |26 |10 |12
Wolverhampton |Wolverhampton's SRB Bid |27 |45 |38
Brent |South Kilburn Family Centre |29 |11 |7
Brent |Brent Language Service |29 |11 |7
Brent |Crime Reduction, Employment and Training Programme |29 |11 |7
Brent |Brent Adult and Community Education |29 |11 |7
Blackpool |Blackpool Strategy for Regeneration |30 |23 |17
Gateshead |The Bede Centre |33 |61 |44
Gateshead |Team Valley Crime Prevention Initiative |33 |61 |44
Gateshead |Top Team |33 |61 |44
Hartlepool |Hartlepool Youth Strategy |35 |130 |91
Sheffield |Childcare Partnership Programme |36 |35 |18
Leicester |The Leicester Mosque Trust |37 |70 |41
Oldham |Oldham Telecite |39 |58 |48
Doncaster |Doncaster Regeneration Partnership |41 |68 |66
Walsall |Walsall for Tomorrow |44 |59 |64
Preston |Ribble Link Navigation |47 |71 |37
Preston |Preston Inner East |47 |71 |37
Bolton |Community Arts and Sports Centre |49 |88 |62
Bolton |Bolton Renaissance |49 |88 |62
Rochdale |Blackstone Edge Outdoor Pursuits and Residential Centre|50 |78 |60
Halton |Building Capacity and Competitive Strength |51 |93 |117
North Tyneside |Safer Communities Initiatives |52 |62 |73
Barnsley |Royston Comprehensive School |53 |244 |142
Barnsley |Rain Project |54 |244 |142
St Helens |Newton le Willows |54 |134 |116
Barnsley |Barnsley SRB |54 |244 |142
Leeds |Jamaica Society |56 |67 |24
Leeds |Industry/Education |56 |67 |24
Wirral |Tranmere |61 |87 |59
Wirral |Business Care Pilot |61 |87 |59
Wirral |Wirral Green Alliance LEAC |61 |87 |59
Wirral |Cammel Laird |61 |87 |59
Wirral |Bidstone/M53 Corridor/Cross Lane |61 |87 |59
Derby |Derby City Partnership |76 |99 |75
Corby |Corby Town Centre Regeneration |78 |146 |172
Blyth Valley |Blyth Renaissance |80 |320 |169
Thanet |St Peter's Parochial Church Council |81 |39 |53
Darlington |Darlington SRB |82 |126 |115
Great Yarmouth |North Quay Refurbishment |86 |40 |39
Kirklees |Personal Development and Regeneration |88 |113 |113
Barrow in Furness |Heart of Barrow |93 |112 |126
Slough |Slough Foyer |95 |85 |125
Enfield |Interkids Project |96 |38 |46
Hounslow |Ivybridge South Isleworth |99 |42 |68
Pendle |Meeting the Challenge to Manufacturing |103 |181 |127
Merton |Community Enterprise on Phipps Bridge |104 |46 |61
Merton |Merton Tramlink |104 |46 |61
Merton |A New View of Pollards Hill |104 |46 |61
Merton |Wandle Strategy: Partnership for Skills |104 |46 |61
Merton |Designing Out Crime-Rear Alleyways |104 |46 |61
Southend |Pierhead Development |110 |73 |80
Southend |CC-TV Surveillance |110 |73 |80
Peterborough |The Welland Action Project |112 |142 |85
West Lancashire |Midstream |116 |320 |175
Exeter |Exeter Homes Committee |118 |81 |123
Exeter |Community Safety |118 |81 |123
Gravesham |The High Street-Gravesend |121 |97 |133
Gravesham |North East Gravesend |121 |97 |133
Croydon |Basic Skills for Regeneration in Croydon |125 |54 |40
Allerdale |Maryport Job-Builder |126 |246 |165
Chester le Street |Chester le Street Town Centre |128 |320 |195
Chester le Street |Plawsworth Direct Access Centre |128 |320 |195
Chester le Street |Chester le Street Riverside |128 |320 |195
Restormel |St Austell Town Regeneration Strategy |129 |119 |210
Shepway |Regeneration of East Folkestone |130 |50 |58
Bassetlaw |Destination Bassetlaw Ltd |138 |153 |112
Barnet |Cricklewood Partnership |139 |51 |77
Barnet |Graham Park Area Partnership |139 |51 |77
Dudley |Cable Technology |142 |103 |99
Trafford |Longford Park |146 |126 |84
Ryedale |Writers Workshop |146 |63 |89
Dartford |Business Innovation Centre |149 |213 |157
Dartford |Holy Trinity Church |149 |213 |157
North Cornwall |The Kinsman Estate, Bodmin |151 |320 |271
Chorley |Chorley Open Learning Centre |152 |320 |246
North Devon |The Ilfracombe Partnership |153 |167 |148
North Devon |North Devon Food Village |153 |167 |148
Cheltenham |Cheltenham Millenium |155 |150 |110
Havering |Harold Hill Regeneration |158 |129 |74
Bury |Bridge Hall Area Consolidation |161 |108 |138
Bury |Building a Quality Learning Community Together |161 |108 |138
East Staffordshire |Burton Regeneration Programme |165 |167 |129
Tendring |Clacton Tourism Development Project |168 |100 |102
Kingston upon Thames |Charter Quay-The Missing Link |169 |107 |155
Kingston upon Thames |Kingston Country Court Lay Advocacy Scheme |169 |107 |155
Richmond upon Thames |Boat Project |173 |164 |232
Richmond upon Thames |Butt Farm Initiative |173 |164 |232
Warrington |North West International Business Centre |174 |155 |105
Bexley |Erith and Belvedere Partnership |181 |96 |101
Bexley |Skills, Training and Enterprise in Thamesmead |181 |96 |101
Bexley |Whitehall Centre |181 |96 |101
Bexley |Building Craft Workshops |181 |96 |101
Sutton |Releasing Local Potential |183 |110 |147
Newcastle under Lyme |Greater Chesterton Community Programme |184 |256 |184
Oswestry |Victoria Ward |185 |320 |263
Wyre |Silicon Fylde Enterprise Stimulation |187 |126 |137
Canterbury |Whitstable Harbour Ward Regeneration |188 |115 |87
Waveney |Roman Hill Partnership, Lowestoft |191 |121 |94
Gillingham |Gillingham District Centre |192 |80 |92
Teesdale |Evenwood and Barony Parish |204 |320 |243
Boothferry |Economic and Social Opportunities in Goole |205 |210 |198
Amber Valley |Langley Mill |209 |255 |235
Stockport |Project Youth Stockport |213 |131 |98
Craven |Craven SRB |216 |320 |306
High Peak |High Peak Partnership, The Glossop Project |218 |180 |202
Staffordshire Moorlands |Leek SRB Bid |224 |320 |241
South Derbyshire |Made in Swadlincote Partnership |225 |218 |328
Rother |Rye Habour |241 |234 |159
Thamesdown |Swindon Foyer |245 |193 |131
Maidstone |Maidstone Town Centre Community Initiative |246 |116 |132
Arun |Lineside Industrial Estate/Wickbourne Estate |256 |126 |106
Arun |Investing in the Community-Bognor Regis |256 |126 |106
Derbyshire Dales |The Bakewell Project |257 |320 |358
Ribble Valley |Ribble Valley |262 |320 |352
Macclesfield |Community Link |274 |223 |274
Milton Keynes |Tackling Disadvantage in a New Town |279 |197 |170
Woking |Sheerwater, Central and Maybury Regeneration |291 |143 |180
Poole |Hamworthy SRB Bid |293 |145 |242
Guildford |North Guildford Quality in Education |304 |199 |312
Lewes |Newhaven Town Centre |308 |229 |215
Kennet |Tidworth Community Regeneration Bid |311 |320 |308
Cotswold |Northleach Regeneration Scheme |316 |252 |304
Harrogate |Regeneration of Ripon |318 |272 |224
Charnwood |Loughborough Bid |331 |320 |186
Woodspring |Developing Individuals |333 |132 |96
Mendip |Morlands Industrial Site, Glastonbury |334 |191 |291
West Wiltshire |West Wiltshire DC Sports Facilities |339 |320 |283
Wealden |Herstmonceux Science Centre |342 |266 |258
Chelmsford |The Boarded Barns Estate |361 |320 |289
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to publish his guidance for the second round of bidding on the single regeneration budget.
Recruitment
Nr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much his Department spent during 1994 on recruiting staff to his Department and its executive agencies; and how many staff were recruited.
Sir Paul Beresford: During 1994 my Department spent £451,905 on recruiting staff to the Department and its executive agencies: 122 staff were recruited.
Local Government Commission
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will come to a decision on the Local Government Commission's final recommendations for Lancashire.
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Mr. Robert B. Jones: We are still considering the Local Government Commission's recommendations about the future structure of local government in Lancashire, and will announce a decision as soon as possible.
DUCHY OF LANCASTER
Departmental Employees
Mrs. Maddock: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many employees for which his Department is responsible were women (a) in 1991, (b) in 1992, (c) in 1993 and (d) in 1994; and, of these, how many were (i) at grade 7 level, (ii) at grade 3 level, (iii) at executive officer level, (iv) at administrative officer level and (v) at administrative assistant level.
Mr. Robert G. Hughes: The Department and agencies for which my right hon. Friend is responsible did not exist in any comparable form before the 1992 election. The figures for 1993 and 1994 for these and other areas which fall within the Cabinet Office vote are as follows:
CO/OPSS CCTA CS COLLEGECCC
|1993|1994|1993|1994|1993|1994|1993|1994
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Grade 7 |26 |27 |5 |7 |21 |19 |1 |1
Grade 3 |0 |2 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0
Executive officer level |115 |120 |23 |20 |28 |30 |50 |50
Administrative officer level |153 |165 |31 |40 |57 |61 |108 |92
Administrative assistant level |122 |116 |3 |4 |4 |2 |49 |44
Total women in department |493 |507 |124 |135 |111 |112 |261 |237
Total staff in department |874 |906 |412 |378 |268 |273 |486 |447
OHS RAS COI HMSO
|1993 |1994 |1993 |1994 |1993 |1994 |1993 |1994
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Grade 7 |3 |3 |6 |6 |7 |8 |5 |5
Grade 3 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Executive Officer level |18 |16 |19 |16 |22 |26 |149 |158
Administrative Officer level |41 |39 |41 |39 |59 |50 |422 |397
Administrative assistant level |8 |7 |28 |25 |7 |5 |142 |122
Total women in department |112 |109 |94 |86 |95 |89 |971 |936
Total staff in department |131 |126 |197 |151 |579 |515 |3,157|3,117
Technology Foresight
Mr. Battle: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when the panel reports of the technology foresight exercise will be published; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Robert G. Hughes: The foresight sector panel reports will be published in the spring. These reports will provide a sectoral focus. An overarching report from the technology foresight steering group will be published. This will draw together the main themes arising from the exercise.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Absenteeism
Mr. Chidgey: To ask the Attorney-General what was the absenteeism rate for (a) the Government Property Lawyers and (b) the Law Officer's departments in each year since 1991.
The Attorney-General: The information available for absences through sickness is:
|Numbers of|Numbers of
|staff |days
|employed |absences
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a) Government Property Lawyers
1992<1> |- |-
1993 |127 |1,021.0
1994 |128 |1,225.0
b) Crown Prosecution Service
1992 |6,221 |48,213.0
1993 |6,500 |53,495.0
1994 |6,686 |57,284.0
c) Treasury Solicitor's Department
1992<2> |473 |6,344.5
1993 |357 |6,233.5
1994 |377 |6,274.0
d) Serious Fraud Office
1992 |168 |1,519.0
1993 |199 |1,398.0
1994 |163 |1,590.0
e) Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers
1992 |26 |47.5
1993 |27 |46.0
1994 |27 |32.0
<1> Government Property Lawyers Agency was created on 1st April 1993.
<2> The figures for 1992 include staff of what is now Government Property
Lawyers.
Next Steps Agencies
Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Attorney-General if he will set out for each of the next steps agencies in his Department, whether they have acquired their own headquarters buildings and, if so, at what purchase cost or annual rental; how many support staff they have required which were not required when their operations were within his Department; how many of them published periodical journals and at what annual cost; how many have fleets of executive cars or single executive cars and at what annual cost; how many have specially designed logos and at what cost; how many have corporate clothing and at what cost; and what is the cost of specially designed and printed corporate stationery.
The Attorney-General: The chief executive of the Government Property Lawyers has provided the following information. Of the matters raised by the hon. Member, only the following have resulted from the establishment of the agency:
|£
--------------------------------------------------------------
Cost of specially designed logo |1,586
Cost of specially designed and printed stationery |464
EDUCATION
School Finances
Mr. Pawsey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her answer of 19 January, Official Report , columns 641-42 , on what date information requested by the hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth on the balances held by schools in England was due in to her Department; what steps are being taken to obtain the information where it is late; and what requirement is made of local education authorities to give reasons if the information is late.
Mr. Robin Squire: Regulations made under section 42 of the Education Reform Act 1988 require local education authorities to publish their local management of schools outturn statements before 1 November following the end of the financial year to which the statement relates. In relation to statements for the year 1993 94, a letter was sent by the Department to all LEAs in October 1994 reminding them of the imminence of this deadline. In cases of significant delay, the LEAs in question have been further reminded as appropriate, and explanations obtained from them. The attention of LEAs has also been drawn to the powers of the Secretary of State under section 99 of the Education Act 1944.
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In the table included in the answer given on 19 January to the hon. Member, the following figures should be substituted for those previously given:
LEA |Balance
|£000
--------------------------------
Avon |12,093
Buckinghamshire |8,116
Dorset |7,200
Secondary Schools
Mrs. Gorman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is (a) the number of places, (b) the
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number of pupils and (c) the percentage excess or shortage of places in (i) local education authority maintained and (ii) grant-maintained secondary schools in each local education authority in England.Mr. Robin Squire: The information is given in the table. Data on surplus places in the 286 grant-maintained schools in stage 1 authorities are not available. I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave the Member for St. Ives (Mr. Harris) on Friday 9 December 1994, Official Report , columns 410-14 which gave for each local education authority the total number of unfilled places in schools where the number of places is greater than the number of pupils.
Net surplus places in secondary schools by local authority area (excluding GM schools in stage 1 authorities-see note 1) January 1994
LEA maintained Self governing
schools (GM) schools (see
note 2)
|Percentage |Percentage
|excess (see note|Number of |excess (see note|
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LEA
Avon<1> |63,459 |52,708 |17 |- |- |-
Barking |9,390 |9,756 |-4 |- |- |-
Barnet |9,917 |8,885 |10 |10,351 |9,905 |4
Barnsley |15,280 |12,730 |17 |- |- |-
Bedfordshire |43,641 |35,859 |18 |9,493 |8,852 |7
Berkshire |45,556 |39,596 |13 |8,653 |7,409 |14
Bexley |12,522 |10,860 |13 |3,691 |3,655 |1
Birmingham |58,380 |49,551 |15 |16,521 |15,177 |8
Bolton |14,931 |14,228 |5 |3,036 |2,803 |8
Bradford |46,291 |40,988 |11 |5,005 |5,286 |-6
Brent |3,329 |2,983 |10 |11,664 |9,705 |17
Bromley |5,610 |5,584 |0 |11,957 |11,553 |3
Buckinghamshire |28,608 |26,989 |6 |10,218 |10,174 |0
Bury |10,687 |10,333 |3 |- |- |-
Calderdale |8,449 |6,846 |19 |7,124 |6,543 |8
Cambridgeshire |27,112 |25,630 |5 |16,055 |15,274 |5
Camden |8,810 |8,276 |6 |2,309 |2,381 |-3
Cheshire<1> |67,671 |61,091 |10 |- |- |-
Cleveland |44,670 |36,437 |18 |- |- |-
Cornwall |30,810 |28,977 |6 |- |- |-
Corporation of London |0 |0 |- |- |- |-
Coventry |23,232 |19,013 |18 |- |- |-
Croydon |9,654 |9,002 |7 |6,320 |5,907 |7
Cumbria |23,982 |20,311 |15 |13,042 |10,873 |17
Derbyshire |50,432 |42,062 |17 |16,348 |15,485 |5
Devon<1> |57,357 |54,127 |6 |- |- |-
Doncaster |28,134 |21,869 |22 |- |- |-
Dorset |32,932 |31,294 |5 |10,554 |9,947 |6
Dudley |15,274 |13,456 |12 |4,846 |4,669 |4
Durham |45,675 |37,708 |17 |- |- |-
Ealing |8,081 |7,368 |9 |6,228 |6,111 |2
East Sussex |37,232 |34,348 |8 |- |- |-
Enfield |13,616 |12,214 |10 |5,891 |5,634 |4
Essex |35,532 |28,787 |19 |77,500 |67,108 |13
Gateshead |14,223 |11,751 |17 |- |- |-
Gloucestershire |12,463 |11,239 |10 |23,285 |22,150 |5
Greenwich |16,730 |13,980 |16 |- |- |-
Hackney |9,408 |7,445 |21 |- |- |-
Hammersmith |7,248 |4,648 |36 |1,178 |1,237 |-5
Hampshire |70,357 |62,950 |11 |16,692 |16,249 |3
Haringey |10,718 |9,222 |14 |- |- |-
Harrow<1> |7,650 |7,792 |-2 |- |- |-
Havering |13,280 |11,015 |17 |3,642 |3,880 |-7
Hereford and Worcester<1> |51,305 |43,833 |15 |- |- |-
Hertfordshire |57,405 |47,368 |17 |23,557 |20,979 |11
Hillingdon |2,596 |2,127 |18 |12,369 |11,988 |3
Hounslow |12,011 |12,403 |-3 |2,108 |2,123 |-1
Humberside |66,592 |56,111 |16 |- |- |-
Isle of Wight |11,168 |10,498 |6 |- |- |-
Isles of Scilly |345 |122 |65 |- |- |-
Islington |8,855 |7,215 |19 |- |- |-
Kensington |3,253 |2,541 |22 |614 |621 |-1
Kent |60,419 |50,126 |17 |58,380 |52,118 |11
Kingston upon Thames |5,094 |4,886 |4 |3,214 |2,901 |10
Kirklees<1> |26,642 |23,608 |11 |- |- |-
Knowsley<1> |9,986 |8,365 |16 |- |- |-
Lambeth |5,464 |2,998 |45 |3,984 |3,308 |17
Lancashire<1> |87,983 |77,417 |12 |- |- |-
Leeds<1> |48,110 |42,450 |12 |- |- |-
Leicestershire<1> |65,946 |56,693 |14 |- |- |-
Lewisham |11,924 |10,888 |9 |- |- |-
Lincolnshire |23,892 |21,206 |11 |17,736 |16,635 |6
Liverpool<1> |35,422 |28,190 |20 |- |- |-
Manchester |33,733 |21,685 |36 |- |- |-
Merton |8,674 |7,313 |16 |- |- |-
Newcastle upon Tyne |21,301 |16,898 |21 |- |- |-
Newham<1> |16,144 |13,485 |16 |- |- |-
Norfolk |35,198 |32,032 |9 |9,067 |8,802 |3
North Tyneside<1> |17,204 |14,122 |18 |- |- |-
North Yorkshire |49,566 |44,040 |11 |- |- |-
Northamptonshire |38,639 |35,524 |8 |10,134 |9,386 |7
Northumberland<1> |31,320 |28,769 |8 |- |- |-
Nottinghamshire<1> |81,573 |61,931 |24 |- |- |-
Oldham |17,200 |16,330 |5 |- |- |-
Oxfordshire |41,833 |35,144 |16 |- |- |-
Redbridge<1> |14,057 |14,237 |-1 |- |- |-
Richmond upon Thames |7,710 |7,622 |1 |- |- |-
Rochdale<1> |14,105 |11,854 |16 |- |- |-
Rotherham |20,884 |18,187 |13 |- |- |-
Salford<1> |14,509 |11,209 |23 |- |- |-
Sandwell<1> |20,988 |17,765 |15 |- |- |-
Sefton |22,335 |19,030 |15 |-
Sheffield<1> |30,348 |25,045 |17 |- |- |-
Shropshire |26,102 |21,522 |18 |3,703 |3,701 |0
Solihull |13,948 |13,506 |3 |- |- |-
Somerset<1> |30,803 |27,654 |10 |- |- |-
South Tyneside |11,504 |9,570 |17 |- |- |-
Southwark |8,505 |6,598 |22 |3,175 |2,786 |12
St. Helens |13,880 |11,759 |15 |- |- |-
Staffordshire<1> |67,215 |65,023 |3 |- |- |-
Stockport |17,812 |16,020 |10 |- |- |-
Suffolk |53,590 |48,024 |10 |- |- |-
Sunderland |21,729 |19,436 |11 |- |- |-
Surrey |35,138 |34,015 |3 |12,529 |11,390 |9
Sutton |4,443 |4,660 |-5 |6,705 |6,699 |0
Tameside |12,346 |11,001 |11 |2,171 |2,371 |-9
Tower Hamlets<1> |13,080 |10,985 |16 |- |- |-
Trafford |10,272 |8,864 |14 |3,402 |3,083 |9
Wakefield |24,623 |20,077 |18 |- |- |-
Walsall |16,297 |13,738 |16 |6,567 |5,768 |12
Waltham Forest |11,097 |9,407 |15 |2,078 |2,099 |-1
Wandsworth |3,464 |2,335 |33 |7,785 |6,606 |15
Warwickshire |25,580 |20,304 |21 |5,993 |4,483 |20
West Sussex |45,558 |39,952 |12 |- |- |-
Westminster |7,911 |7,464 |6 |- |- |-
Wigan |21,604 |19,523 |10 |- |- |-
Wiltshire |24,811 |20,787 |16 |15,353 |13,700 |11
Wirral<1> |22,818 |19,052 |17 |- |- |-
Wolverhampton |16,640 |13,597 |18 |2,747 |2,404 |12
<1> Stage 1 LEAs which have one or more GM secondary schools
1. Stage 1 = less than 10% of pupils in the GM sector
2. The GM columns include schools which became grant-maintained on or before 1 April 1994.
3. A negative figure indicates a net shortage of places.
Expenditure (Books and Equipment)
Dr. Hampson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much per pupil was spent by each local education authority on books and equipment in 1993 94 prices in (a) 1979 80 and (b) 1993 94.
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Mr. Robin Squire: The table sets out per-pupil expenditure in 1993- 94 prices by LEAs in England on books and equipment at LEA-maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in 1979 80 and 1992 93, the latest year for which figures are available. Equivalent information is not available for grant-maintained schools.
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|Nursery |Nursery
Expenditure on books |primary and |primary and
and equipment
per pupil in 1979-80 |secondary |secondary
and 1992-93
by LEA (in 1993-94 |1979-80 |1992-93
prices)
|£ |£
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ILEA |126 |-
Corporation of London |- |114
Camden |- |81
Greenwich |- |45
Hackney |- |34
Hammersmith |- |61
Islington |- |56
Kensington and Chelsea |- |82
Lambeth |- |14
Lewisham |- |197
Southwark |- |64
Tower Hamlets |- |127
Wandsworth |- |56
Westminster |- |261
Barking |40 |111
Barnet |55 |102
Bexley |63 |55
Brent |75 |66
Bromley |53 |71
Croydon |50 |69
Ealing |56 |48
Enfield |50 |31
Haringey |66 |13
Harrow |67 |105
Havering |51 |85
Hillingdon |56 |92
Hounslow |53 |93
Kingston upon Thames |46 |71
Merton |51 |102
Newham |66 |82
Redbridge |54 |102
Richmond upon Thames |50 |74
Sutton |55 |54
Waltham Forest |71 |63
Birmingham |37 |76
Coventry |48 |65
Dudley |29 |51
Sandwell |45 |56
Solihull |38 |97
Walsall |45 |80
Wolverhampton |47 |51
Knowsley |47 |76
Liverpool |47 |48
St Helens |34 |84
Sefton |44 |71
Wirral |44 |59
Bolton |46 |96
Bury |52 |68
Manchester |69 |71
Oldham |48 |82
Rochdale |51 |49
Salford |48 |12
Stockport |46 |98
Tameside |44 |73
Trafford |36 |69
Wigan |45 |84
Barnsley |48 |91
Doncaster |52 |0
Rotherham |35 |63
Sheffield |52 |67
Bradford |42 |55
Calderdale |38 |77
Kirklees |35 |96
Leeds |36 |57
Wakefield |39 |67
Gateshead |50 |87
Newcastle upon Tyne |58 |64
North Tyneside |50 |1
South Tyneside |69 |74
Sunderland |50 |81
Isles of Scilly |40 |18
Avon |39 |109
Bedfordshire |57 |86
Berkshire |46 |101
Buckinghamshire |49 |85
Cambridgeshire |47 |91
Cheshire |39 |62
Cleveland |49 |67
Cornwall |47 |80
Cumbria |40 |64
Derbyshire |45 |66
Devon |43 |93
Dorset |46 |72
Durham |36 |51
East Sussex |58 |93
Essex |46 |77
Gloucestershire |37 |79
Hampshire |36 |97
Hereford and Worcester |44 |83
Hertfordshire |49 |19
Humberside |47 |86
Isle of Wight |57 |82
Kent |51 |46
Lancashire |39 |100
Leicestershire |44 |116
Lincolnshire |40 |101
Norfolk |49 |60
North Yorkshire |48 |102
Northamptonshire |48 |86
Northumberland |55 |61
Nottinghamshire |46 |81
Oxfordshire |58 |89
Shropshire |40 |17
Somerset |44 |70
Staffordshire |54 |73
Suffolk |45 |189
Surrey |32 |53
Warwickshire |36 |92
West Sussex |55 |109
Wiltshire |45 |88
Total |49 |77
Pupil Statistics
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the estimated number of pupils in 1995 96 aged (a) five to 10 years and (b) 11 to 15 years in each local education authority and in total.
Mr. Robin Squire: The projected numbers for England for January 1996 are as follows:
K
Age (at 31 August
1995)
|Five to 10<1>|11 to 15
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Maintained primary and secondary
schools<2> |3,583,000 |2,691,000
Maintained special schools<2> |33,000 |48,000
<1> Excluding rising fives, ie pupils whose fifth birthday falls between 1
September 1995 and 31 December 1995.
<2> Including grant maintained schools.
Projections at local education authority level are not available.
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Recruitment
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much her Department spent during 1994 on recruiting staff to her Department and its executive agencies; and how many staff were recruited.
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