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Mr. Maclean: Nineteen chief constables have made representations.
Prison Discipline
23. Mr. Butler: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how he intends to improve the disciplinary regime in prisons; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: I am currently considering the prison disciplinary system and expect to reach conclusions shortly.
Prisoner Categorisation
24. Mr. Page: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to ensure the correct categorisation of prisoners.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: The criterion and procedures to be used in decisions on categorisation are set out in circular instruction 7/1988 and the Prison Service manual on security, copies of which are available in the Library. Security category assessment is a continuous responsibility of Prison Service staff both at establishments for prisoners categorised B, C and D, and at headquarters for category A prisoners.
Sussex Police
25. Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the proposed funding for Sussex police.
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Mr. Maclean: For 1995 96, £145.78 million will be available to Sussex police. That is an increase of £14.2 million, or 10.8 per cent., over 1994 95. In addition, the police authority has been allocated £7.62 million for building projects and the purchase of equipment.
On top of all that, the way in which police grant has been calculated for 1995 96 means that Sussex will not have to find a further sum to pay for common police services such as the police national computer. For1994 95, that is costing Sussex £1.14 million. These significant increases in resources will help Sussex police to continue their excellent performance.
Electoral Register
26. Mr. Skinner: To ask the Secretary State for the Home Department what steps he taking to increase the numbers on the electoral register.
Mr. Nicholas Baker: The vast majority of eligible people are included in the register. The Government run television advertising campaigns to encourage people to register to vote, and we also give advice on best practice to electoral registration officers based on annual research.
Public Houses
27. Mr. Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration he has given to public house licensing hours on week days; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: I am considering arguments both for and against some relaxation in the licensing hours for public houses on weekday evenings. No conclusions have yet been reached.
Safer Cities
28. Mr. Robert Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from the Association of Metropolitan Authorities in respect of the future of safer cities projects.
Middlesex Probation Service
Mr. Livingstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes are to be made in the Middlesex probation service following the 1994 Budget statement.
Mr. Nicholas Baker: The 1994 Budget Statement will result in a specific grant cash limit for 1995 96 for the Middlesex probation service of £12.9 million plus a further £0.6 million to support probation service partnerships with the independent sector previously funded separately by the Home Office. It will be for the Middlesex probation committee to decide what specific changes within the service should be undertaken on the basis of the total expenditure limit implied by this level of grant support.
Mr. Livingstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff were employed and at what grade by the Middlesex probation service, on 30 June 1992, 30 June 1993 and 30 June 1994.
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Mr. Nicholas Baker: Information is given in the table:
Staff employed by the Middlesex probation service, in post at
30 June, whole-time equivalent<1>, by grade and type.
Number of staff, whole time equivalent
|30 June|30 June|30 June
|1992 |1993 |1994
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Probation Officers
Chief |1 |1 |1
Deputy Chief |2 |2 |2
Assistant Chef |7 |8 |8
Senior |42 |41 |41
Main grade |202 |212 |214
Total probation officers |254 |264 |266
Non-probation grade staff
Probation Services'
Officers<2> |54 |53 |57
Clerical/secretarial |127 |138 |137
Administrative |38 |45 |46
Other non-probation grade staff,
excluding hostel staff<3> |30 |24 |25
Hostel staff |13 |15 |15
Total non-probation grade staff |262 |276 |279
Total probation staff |516 |540 |545
<1> Whole-time staff plus whole-time equivalent of part time
staff. Figures rounded to the nearest whole number. Components
and totals are rounded independently and so components may not
add precisely to totals.
<2> Formerly ancillaries.
<3> Figures include sessional supervisors on community service
schemes, staff employed in student training units and on
miscellaneous functions.
Mr. Livingstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many court reports were compiled by Middlesex probation service during 1992 and 1993.
Mr. Nicholas Baker: Middlesex probation service completed 8,382 pre- sentence reports, social inquiry reports, family court reports and other reports for courts in 1992 and 8,607 reports in 1993.
Mr. Livingstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders were supervised by Middlesex probation service on 30 June 1994.
Mr. Nicholas Baker: The latest available information is for December 1993, when the number of offenders supervised by Middlesex probation service was 5,227. This is on the basis of the information published annually in probation statistics--table 12.1 of the 1993 issue--and excludes offenders on community service orders.
Mr. Livingstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes were made in respect of the Middlesex probation service following the November 1993 Budget statement.
Mr. Nicholas Baker: The 1993 Budget statement resulted in a specific grant cash limit for 1994 95 for the Middlesex probation service of £13.1 million, 6.8 per cent. higher than for 1993 94. It was for the Middlesex probation committee to decide what specific changes within the service should be undertaken on the basis of this level of grant support. The committee's report covering the current financial year will be available from the secretary in due course.
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Exclusion Orders
Mr. Madden: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are currently subject to exclusion orders under the Prevention of Terrorism Acts; what is the name and nationally of each such person; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Howard: A total of 66 persons are currently subject to exclusion orders under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, of whom 14 are excluded from the United Kingdom. Fifty from Great Britain and two from Northern Ireland. It is not the practice to identify those excluded. All those subject to orders are believed to be citizens of this country or the Irish Republic, or both, but more detailed information is not available.
Consultants
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are his latest estimates of the expenditure on all external consultants, including management consultants, for each year since 1987, in 1994 prices, for his Department and its agencies; and what are the quantified annual cost savings which such expenditure has resulted in.
Mr. Howard: Information on expenditure on all external consultants let by the Home Office during the period specified is not recorded centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Ethnic Minorities
Mr. Madden: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from local authorities over the announcement of section 11 bids; what reports he has received about the timing of his announcement on local authority budget making and employment contract obligations; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Baker: Various local authority representatives have made clear their concern about budgetary timetables and the contractual position of staff. That is why we are maintaining our target of announcing the results of the bidding round by the end of February, despite extending the bidding period by a month, as stated in my reply to the hon. Member of 17 January, Official Report , column 382 .
Metropolitan Police Committee
Mr. Mates: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to announce the membership of the Metropolitan police committee; and what are the terms of reference of the new committee.
Mr. Howard: Following consultation with the chairman Sir John Quinton, I have today appointed the following as members of the Metropolitan police committee:
Miss M. V. Callaghan
Mr. T. Chan
Mr. M. J. Hastings
Counsellor M. Heaster
Major General M. P. J. Hunt
Counsellor Mrs. M. A. O'Neill
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Mrs. S. SadequeMr. M. Souhami
Mr. I. S. Uppal
Mr. R. J. Watts
Ms R. E. Whittaker
The committee will formally take up its duties on 1 April. Its task is to advise me in relation to the discharge of certain of my functions as police authority for the Metropolitan police. The functions in question are based on those which, outside London, are the responsibility of the police authorities established under the Police Act 1964, as amended by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994. In particular, the Metropolitan police committee will be required to advise me about: establishing priorities for policing, in consultation with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and local communities, particularly the consultative bodies established under section 106 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; approval and publication of an annual costed plan for policing designed to achieve both the objectives set for police forces outside London under section 28A of the Police Act 1964 and those I have approved for the Metropolitan police district; monitoring by reference to the policing plan the financial and other performance of the Metropolitan police during the year; considering proposals for expenditure which require my approval; and publication of annual performance results in a standard form to allow comparison of performance against other forces.
The Metropolitan police committee will be required to advise me on other matters relating to the Metropolitan police as necessary.
Mr. Quddus Ali
Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis about the investigation of the assault upon Mr. Quddus Ali, including details of admissions to taking part in the attack, what the police did with such admissions; what representations have been received about the police handling of this case; and if he will make a statement upon this.
Mr. Maclean: The Commissioner has kept my right hon. learned Friend informed of the police investigation into the assault upon Mr. Quddus Ali. My right hon. learned Friend has received a number of representations, including a petition of local residents.
Police Paperwork
Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he has taken to reduce the volume of paperwork involved for the police in processing cases; and what consideration has been given to creating software for use on personal computers to ease this burden.
Mr. Maclean: The Government have set up an efficiency scrutiny, which is examining the administrative burdens faced by the police in the context of their role in the criminal justice system as a whole. The scrutiny aims to build on existing initiatives, including those arising out
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of a study carried out in 1993 by external consultants. The consultants' report, "Opportunities for Reducing Administrative Burdens on the Police", made 16 detailed recommendations, all of which were accepted by the Government. Good progress has been made in all areas.As recommended by that report, standard computer systems for all forces will be developed under the terms of the national strategy for police information systems, which my right hon. and learned Friend launched last November. A standard case processing system is among the highest priorities for development under the terms of the strategy.
Electric Shock Equipment
Mrs. Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 24 January, Official Report , column 152 , (1) if he will take steps to ensure that electric shock equipment will never be used against members of the public;
(2) what police forces in the United Kingdom have applied to his Department for permission to hold or use electro-shock equipment; (3) in what circumstances electro-shock equipment would be used against the civilian population;
(4) if he will list the police forces which possess electro-shock shields and prods for use against ferocious dogs;
(5) on what occasions electro-shock equipment has been used anywhere in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Maclean: It is for chief officers of police to ensure that the electric shock equipment which their forces may possess for use against ferocious dogs is not used against members of the public. No police force has asked for the permission of my right hon. and learned Friend to hold or use such equipment: there is no requirement for them to do so, except in the case of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. I am sure that no police force in this country would use such equipment against people. Information about which forces possess electric shock equipment for use against ferocious dogs is not available within the Home Office. I understand that the Association of Chief Police Officers is currently gathering information on this subject. It is for chief officers of police to decide how best to protect their officers against physical attack.
Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeal Panel
Mrs. Roche: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many members of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeal Panel he expects to appoint;
(2) how many of the nominees for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeal Panel have been (a) rejected and (b) appointed; and if he will list the names and sources of nomination of the appointees so far;
(3) how many nominations he received for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel; and from which sources these nominations came.
Mr. Maclean [holding answers 6 February 1995]: We expect in due course to appoint between 40 and 50 members to the appeals panel.
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We have received 212 nominations from the following sources:Source |Number ------------------------------------------ Public Appointments Unit |40 (OPSS) British Medical Association |15 British Dental Association |1 Trades Union Congress |12 Chief Whip's Office |6 Victim Support |2 Department of Health |19 Welsh Office |7 Self-nomination |110
The following have so far been appointed to the panel:
Name |Source of nomination
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Chairman
Mr. M. Lewer QC |Existing Member of CICB
Members
Sir Derek Bradbeer OBE |Existing Member of CICB
Mr. D. J. Brown |Public Appointments Unit
Miss D Cotton QC |Existing Member of CICB
Mr. K. Drummond QC |Existing Member of CICB
Dr. A. Fingret |Public Appointments Unit
Mr. D. J. L. Gabbitass |Public Appointments Unit
Dr. H. E. Godfrey |British Medical Association
Mr. F. J. Howard |Trades Union Congress
Mr. J. Leighton Williams QC |Existing Member of CICB
Ms G. Lindley |Public Appointments Unit
Mr. C. Lindsey QC |Existing Member of CICB
Mr. H. Lumsden |Public Appointments Unit
Lord Macaulay of Bragar QC |Existing Member of CICB
Mr. D. S. Mackay QC |Existing Member of CICB
Mr. H. J. Malins |Public Appointments Unit
Mr. J. R. Miles |Self nomination
Mr. T. A. Molloy |Trades Union Congress
Mr. M. Park CBE |Existing Member of CICB
No nominations have been formally rejected, but no further appointments will be made until the final outcome of the legal challenge to the tariff scheme is known.
EDUCATION
College Buildings
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what plans she has to provide funds for the maintenance of college buildings, in response to the report of the Further Education Funding Council;
(2) what response she has made to the finding in the Further Education Funding Council's report on the extent of hutted accommodation;
(3) what is her response to the findings of the Further Education Funding Council on the necessity for major and minor building programmes for colleges.
Mr. Boswell: Capital investment in the further education sector has more than doubled since colleges left local authority control, and we have taken steps to increase it still further. In 1992 93--the last year of their control--local authorities spent £102 million. In 1993 94, the Further Education Funding Council and colleges spent
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£224 million, to which the Department contributed £152 million. We contributed £157 million in 1994 95, and plan to contribute £159 million in 1995 96, 1996 97 and 1997 98. From April, colleges will be able to use their capital allocations to service loans or other finance raised from the private sector, as well as to incur direct expenditure. This will permit another substantial increase in their capital programmes.Disabled People
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans she has for initiatives to encourage colleges to provide learning support and specialist advice for people with physical disabilities.
Mr. Boswell: There are already comprehensive provisions in the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 to ensure that the Further Education Funding Council and Local Education Authorities take into account the support and advice needs of students with learning difficulties and disabilities. Nevertheless, the Government are committed to reviewing the provisions for SLDD in further education in the light of their new policies on disability. In doing so, the Government will look at the availability of advice to people with disabilities.
Equal Opportunities
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans she has to encourage colleges to monitor their equal opportunities policies.
Mr. Boswell: The charter for further education emphasises the importance of equal opportunities policies in FE sector colleges, and makes it clear that students have a right to expect colleges to explain what they are doing to foster equal opportunities. Within this framework, colleges are responsible for the day-to-day management of their affairs.
Teachers (Administration Duties)
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps she will take to ensure that teachers spend less time on administration.
Mr. Robin Squire: It is for teachers, under the direction of head teachers, to manage their own workload. The Government have taken steps to reduce the burden imposed by the national curriculum and assessment.
College Library Books
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will make it her policy to increase the provision of college library books in line with the increases in student numbers.
Mr. Boswell: The Further Education Funding Council has developed a new funding methodology after wide consultation; its proposals gained a high degree of acceptance. The new methodology provides a direct link between funding and the numbers of students recruited and retained. Allocations to colleges are made monthly as a block grant, and colleges are free to determine how best to use the resources made available to them.
Science Subject Exams
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what consideration she has given to the
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introduction of a stronger vocational element in the GCSE, GCE and Business and Technician Education Council science subjects.Mr. Boswell: We have set in place a new qualifications framework comprising general education qualifications--GCE A-levels and GCSE, general vocational qualifications--GNVQs, and occupationally specific qualifications--NVQs. GNVQs are becoming well established as a regular vocational alternative to general educational qualifications, with comparability at the appropriate level. Science GNVQs are now widely available post-16 at intermediate level and advanced level and are being piloted at foundation level. BTEC is one of the three GNVQ awarding bodies.
Staff Development
Mr. Jim Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what priorities she attaches to staff development in colleges, and what assessment she has made of disparities of funding in this area, region by region.
Mr. Boswell: My right hon. Friend attaches great importance to staff development in colleges. The new Further Education Development Agency will have a major role in improving management training and development for college staff. It is, of course, for colleges to determine the level of resources they allocate to staff development in the light of their individual circumstances. The funding of FE colleges is a matter for the Further Education Funding council. A preliminary review of occupations in the further education sector and closely related areas is being undertaken during the first half of 1995. The outcome of the review will help inform decisions on possible future lead body arrangements and the development of national vocational qualifications for college staff.
National Vocational Qualifications
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps she will take to lessen the drop-out rate on the GNVQ courses, to ensure documentation arrives on time, and that the documentation is written in clear English to the GNVQ specifications.
Mr. Boswell: Such evidence as we have to date suggests that the rate of non-completion of GNVQ courses is not a cause for special concern. We, together with the vocational awarding bodies and the National Council for Vocational Qualifications, shall continue to monitor the situation.
We have asked the NCVQ and the vocational awarding bodies to take action to improve the timeliness and clarity of the relevant documentation. We understand that they are pursuing these matters urgently.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what plans she has to inspect the NVQ training provided by private companies and employers' in-house training schemes; (2) what steps she will take to reduce teaching discrepancies in the NVQ training around the country.
Mr. Boswell: NVQs are primarily the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment. The National Council for Vocational Qualifications has overall responsibility for assuring the
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quality of NVQs. The Government will provide additional funding to enable the national council to employ a local field force to give added impetus to quality assurance.The quality of NVQ provision in colleges of further education is subject to inspection by the FEFC inspectorate, along with other courses provided in colleges.
Teachers' Pay Increases
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list the total cost to each local education authority and nationally of the teachers' pay increases in (a) 1993 94, (b) 1994 95 and of a 2.7 per cent. increase in 1995 96.
Mr. Robin Squire: The table below sets out the cost of updating the 1992 93 expenditure recorded by LEAs in England for teaching staff salaries in nursery, primary, secondary, and special schools by the teachers' pay awards of 1.5 per cent in 1993, 2.9 per cent. in 1994 and 2.7 per cent. in 1995 to arrive at the notional cost of the increases in 1993 94, 1994 95 and 1995 96. The 1992 93 expenditure figures are the latest available for LEA-maintained schools. The figures in the table take no account of changes in teaching numbers or other factors that affect the teachers' pay bill.
LEA Expenditure on Teachers' Salaries
|1994-95
|increase
|(2.9 per
(Nursery, |1993-94 |cent.)1995-
primary, |increase |96 increase
secondary and |1992-93 |(1.5 per |(2.7 per
special schools) |(actual) |cent.) |cent.)
|£000 |£000 |£000 |£000
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Corporation of
London |428 |6 |13 |12
Camden |36,778 |552 |1,083 |1,037
Greenwich |57,441 |862 |1,691 |1,620
Hackney |42,157 |632 |1,241 |1,189
Hammersmith |25,144 |377 |740 |709
Islington |40,339 |605 |1,187 |1,138
Kensington and
Chelsea |15,969 |240 |470 |450
Lambeth |45,081 |676 |1,327 |1,271
Lewisham |43,850 |658 |1,291 |1,237
Southwark |43,037 |646 |1,267 |1,214
Tower Hamlets |57,235 |859 |1,685 |1,614
Wandsworth |41,485 |622 |1,221 |1,170
Westminster |29,064 |436 |855 |820
Barking |34,134 |512 |1,005 |963
Barnet |61,723 |926 |1,817 |1,741
Bexley |43,229 |648 |1,272 |1,219
Brent |48,628 |729 |1,431 |1,371
Bromley |37,052 |556 |1,091 |1,045
Croydon |56,379 |846 |1,660 |1,590
Ealing |48,569 |729 |1,430 |1,370
Enfield |57,216 |858 |1,684 |1,613
Haringey |46,196 |693 |1,360 |1,303
Harrow |38,397 |576 |1,130 |1,083
Havering |49,716 |746 |1,463 |1,402
Hillingdon |32,850 |493 |967 |926
Hounslow |48,723 |731 |1,434 |1,374
Kingston upon
Thames |26,672 |400 |785
Merton |34,380 |516 |1,012 |970
Newham |55,156 |827 |1,624 |1,555
Redbridge |48,178 |723 |1,418 |1,359
Richmond upon
Thames |25,951 |389 |764 |732
Sutton |26,067 |391 |767 |735
Waltham Forest |49,215 |738 |1,449 |1,388
Birmingham |226,986 |3,405 |6,681 |6,401
Coventry |68,241 |1,024 |2,009 |1,924
Dudley |61,409 |921 |1,808 |1,732
Sandwell |67,116 |1,007 |1,976 |1,893
Solihull |44,663 |670 |1,315 |1,259
Walsall |57,957 |869 |1,706 |1,634
Wolverhampton |52,823 |792 |1,555 |1,490
Knowsley |34,957 |524 |1,029 |986
Liverpool |106,122 |1,592 |3,124 |2,993
St. Helens |40,656 |610 |1,197 |1,146
Sefton |58,695 |880 |1,728 |1,655
Wirral |71,520 |1,073 |2,105 |2,017
Bolton |58,731 |881 |1,729 |1,656
Bury |33,786 |507 |994 |953
Manchester |98,210 |1,473 |2,891 |2,769
Oldham |57,609 |864 |1,696 |1,625
Rochdale |44,279 |664 |1,303 |1,249
Salford |51,731 |776 |1,523 |1,459
Stockport |58,114 |872 |1,711 |1,639
Tameside |46,054 |691 |1,356 |1,299
Trafford |39,523 |593 |1,163 |1,115
Wigan |72,263 |1,084 |2,127 |2,038
Barnsley |40,094 |601 |1,180 |1,131
Doncaster |61,082 |916 |1,798 |1,722
Rotherham |59,486 |892 |1,751 |1,677
Sheffield |95,070 |1,426 |2,798 |2,681
Bradford |113,897 |1,708 |3,353 |3,212
Calderdale |40,476 |607 |1,191 |1,141
Kirklees |83,022 |1,245 |2,444 |2,341
Leeds |144,719 |2,171 |4,260 |4,081
Wakefield |65,138 |977 |1,917 |1,837
Gateshead |41,420 |621 |1,219 |1,168
Newcastle upon
Tyne |54,297 |814 |1,598 |1,531
North Tyneside |43,475 |652 |1,280 |1,226
South Tyneside |31,785 |477 |936 |896
Sunderland |64,315 |965 |1,893 |1,814
Isles of Scilly |599 |9 |18 |17
Avon |179,711 |2,696 |5,290 |5,068
Bedfordshire |116,753 |1,751 |3,437 |3,292
Berkshire |133,913 |2,009 |3,942 |3,776
Buckinghamshire |116,645 |1,750 |3,433 |3,289
Cambridgeshire |121,295 |1,819 |3,570 |3,420
Cheshire |193,359 |2,900 |5,692 |5,453
Cleveland |136,127 |2,042 |4,007 |3,839
Cornwall |86,734 |1,301 |2,553 |2,446
Cumbria |94,791 |1,422 |2,790 |2,673
Derbyshire |187,005 |2,805 |5,504 |5,273
Devon |179,197 |2,688 |5,275 |5,053
Dorset |99,774 |1,497 |2,937 |2,814
Durham |122,305 |1,835 |3,600 |3,449
East Sussex |115,326 |1,730 |3,395 |3,252
Essex |279,683 |4,195 |8,232 |7,887
Gloucestershire |87,598 |1,314 |2,578 |2,470
Hampshire |281,689 |4,225 |8,292 |7,944
Hereford and
Worcester |133,454 |2,002 |3,928 |3,763
Hertfordshire |195,847 |2,938 |5,765 |5,523
Humberside |184,702 |2,771 |5,437 |5,209
Isle of Wight |24,255 |364 |714 |684
Kent |257,412 |3,861 |7,577 |7,259
Lancashire |290,367 |4,356 |8,547 |8,188
Leicestershire |192,009 |2,880 |5,652 |5,415
Lincolnshire |94,889 |1,423 |2,793 |2,676
Norfolk |129,927 |1,949 |3,824 |3,664
North Yorkshire |137,936 |2,069 |4,060 |3,890
Northamptonshire |117,669 |1,765 |3,464 |3,318
Northumberland |62,703 |941 |1,846 |1,768
Nottinghamshire |204,216 |3,063 |6,011 |5,759
Oxfordshire |102,211 |1,533 |3,009 |2,882
Shropshire |87,570 |1,314 |2,578 |2,469
Somerset |83,851 |1,258 |2,468 |2,365
Staffordshire |201,758 |3,026 |5,939 |5,690
Suffolk |126,106 |1,892 |3,712 |3,556
Surrey |151,970 |2,280 |4,473 |4,286
Warwickshire |90,879 |1,363 |2,675 |2,563
West Sussex |128,140 |1,922 |3,772 |3,614
Wiltshire |105,215 |1,578 |3,097 |2,967
England total |9,371,750 |140,576 |275,857 |264,281
Private Schools
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) secondary school age pupils and (b) primary school age pupils attended private schools in each local education authority for the latest year for which the information is available.
Mr. Robin Squire: The numbers of pupils aged five to 10 and 11 to 16 years of age in independent schools in each LEA area in England are shown in the table.
Pupils aged 5 to 10 and 11 to 16 years of age in independent
schools in each LEA area in England
|Pupils |Total
|Pupils |aged |pupils
LEA |aged 5-10|11-16 |aged 5-16
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Corporation of London |209 |1,024 |1,233
Camden |2,896 |1,620 |4,516
Greenwich |618 |700 |1,318
Hackney |1,780 |848 |2,628
Hammersmith and Fulham |903 |1,868 |2,771
Islington |119 |75 |194
Kensington and Chelsea |5,097 |2,357 |7,454
Lambeth |889 |325 |1,214
Lewisham |569 |1,139 |1,708
Southwark |1,307 |2,270 |3,577
Tower Hamlets |79 |144 |223
Wandsworth |2,308 |1,417 |3,725
Westminster |2,087 |2,083 |4,170
Barking and Dagenham |0 |0 |0
Barnet |2,344 |2,001 |4,345
Bexley |473 |20 |493
Brent |1,429 |205 |1,634
Bromley |2,049 |1,795 |3,844
Croydon |2,488 |3,303 |5,791
Ealing |2,413 |2,280 |4,693
Enfield |800 |200 |1,000
Haringey |849 |963 |1,812
Harrow |1,290 |2,319 |3,609
Havering |413 |115 |528
Hillingdon |1,560 |1,134 |2,694
Hounslow |330 |230 |560
Kingston upon Thames |1,360 |1,103 |2,463
Merton |1,408 |1,302 |2,710
Newham |98 |53 |151
Redbridge |1,767 |1,135 |2,902
Richmond upon Thames |2,594 |2,530 |5,124
Sutton |804 |552 |1,356
Waltham Forest |357 |827 |1,184
Birmingham |2,413 |2,359 |4,772
Coventry |716 |1,320 |2,036
Dudley |147 |100 |247
Sandwell |104 |0 |104
Solihull |639 |808 |1,447
Walsall |339 |107 |446
Wolverhampton |464 |908 |1,372
Knowsley |0 |0 |0
Liverpool |988 |1,541 |2,529
St. Helens |339 |215 |554
Sefton |1,048 |1,887 |2,935
Wirral |1,506 |2,117 |3,623
Bolton |620 |1,501 |2,121
Bury |498 |1,399 |1,897
Manchester |1,037 |3,460 |4,497
Oldham |479 |932 |1,411
Rochdale |286 |78 |364
Salford |905 |598 |1,503
Stockport |1,726 |2,086 |3,812
Tameside |61 |52 |113
Trafford |1,333 |1,636 |2,969
Wigan |0 |0 |0
Barnsley |31 |27 |58
Doncaster |339 |262 |601
Rotherham |158 |23 |181
Sheffield |932 |917 |1,849
Bradford |1,190 |1,707 |2,897
Calderdale |321 |650 |971
Kirklees |435 |1,013 |1,448
Leeds |1,780 |2,101 |3,881
Wakefield |870 |1,882 |2,752
Gateshead |518 |210 |728
Newcastle upon Tyne |1,543 |2,766 |4,309
North Tyneside |336 |486 |822
South Tyneside |27 |21 |48
Sunderland |504 |330 |834
Isles of Scilly |0 |0 |0
Avon |3,782 |6,847 |10,629
Bedfordshire |1,824 |2,901 |4,725
Berkshire |4,993 |7,899 |12,892
Buckinghamshire |3,745 |2,758 |6,503
Cambridgeshire |2,035 |3,337 |5,372
Cheshire |2,678 |3,856 |6,534
Cleveland |596 |871 |1,467
Cornwall |746 |1,349 |2,095
Cumbria |747 |1,788 |2,535
Derbyshire |1,651 |2,354 |4,005
Devon |3,472 |5,202 |8,674
Dorset |2,673 |3,802 |6,475
Durham |755 |1,232 |1,987
East Sussex |4,098 |4,962 |9,060
Essex |5,976 |3,373 |9,349
Gloucestershire |2,658 |3,142 |5,800
Hampshire |7,117 |8,710 |15,827
Herefordshire and Worcester |3,162 |5,272 |8,434
Hertfordshire |5,819 |8,345 |14,164
Humberside |1,338 |1,474 |2,812
Isle of Wight |278 |580 |858
Kent |6,884 |7,016 |13,900
Lancashire |3,018 |4,739 |7,757
Leicestershire |2,619 |4,143 |6,762
Lincolnshire |1,582 |1,770 |3,352
Norfolk |2,228 |2,907 |5,135
North Yorkshire |2,621 |4,241 |6,862
Northamptonshire |2,307 |2,250 |4,557
Northumberland |365 |282 |647
Nottinghamshire |2,541 |2,316 |4,857
Oxfordshire |3,642 |6,033 |9,675
Shropshire |1,834 |2,336 |4,170
Somerset |2,072 |4,901 |6,973
Staffordshire |1,650 |2,455 |4,105
Suffolk |2,495 |3,935 |6,430
Surrey |13,150 |13,123 |26,273
Warwickshire |2,120 |2,659 |4,779
West Sussex |3,717 |4,555 |8,272
Wiltshire |1,901 |2,796 |4,697
England |185,208 |225,947 |411,155
Nursery Education
Sir Ralph Howell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much Government proposals on the provision of nursery education will cost (a) nationally and (b) in Norfolk.
Mr. Forth: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has been consulting widely before drawing up detailed proposals on my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's commitment to provide, over time, a pre-school place for all four-year-olds whose parents wish to take it up. The cost will be determined as part of this work.
Mr. Steinberg: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many year and four-year-olds there are in nursery schools in each local education authority in England; and what percentage this represents of the population in those age groups for the latest figures available.
Mr. Forth: Information about the number of pupils under five years of age being taught in maintained nursery schools in each local education authority area in England in January 1994 is shown in the table.
Pupils under five years of age in maintained nursery schools in
each LEA in England January 1994
|Percentage of
LEA |Pupils<1> |population
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Camden |73 |2
Greenwich |674 |10
Hackney |168 |3
Hammersmith |578 |15
Islington |329 |7
Kensington and Chelsea |252 |7
Lambeth |452 |6
Lewisham |233 |3
Southwark |544 |8
Tower Hamlets |711 |12
Wandsworth |216 |3
Westminster |189 |5
Barking |0 |0
Barnet |550 |7
Bexley |0 |0
Brent |223 |3
Bromley |0 |0
Croydon |462 |5
Ealing |429 |5
Enfield |0 |0
Haringey |239 |4
Harrow |0 |0
Havering |0 |0
Hillingdon |120 |2
Hounslow |0 |0
Kingston upon Thames |219 |6
Merton |0 |0
Newham |934 |12
Redbridge |0 |0
Richmond upon Thames |70 |2
Sutton |241 |5
Waltham Forest |320 |5
Birmingham |2,325 |8
Coventry |205 |2
Dudley |70 |1
Sandwell |217 |3
Solihull |0 |0
Walsall |807 |11
Wolverhampton |826 |12
Knowsley |0 |0
Liverpool |580 |5
St. Helens |75 |2
Sefton |315 |4
Wirral |326 |4
Bolton |522 |7
Bury |161 |3
Manchester |563 |4
Oldham |0 |0
Rochdale |914 |14
Salford |973 |15
Stockport |925 |12
Tameside |344 |5
Trafford |0 |0
Wigan |193 |2
Barnsley |181 |3
Doncaster |0 |0
Rotherham |401 |6
Sheffield |851 |6
Bradford |515 |4
Calderdale |0 |0
Kirklees |569 |5
Leeds |92 |0
Wakefield |478 |5
Gateshead |64 |1
Newcastle upon Tyne |623 |9
North Tyneside |224 |5
South Tyneside |426 |10
Sunderland |1,035 |13
Avon |1,830 |7
Bedfordshire |1,497 |9
Berkshire |2,161 |10
Buckinghamshire |569 |3
Cambridgeshire |732 |4
Cheshire |839 |3
Cleveland |134 |1
Cornwall<2> |116 |1
Cumbria |802 |6
Derbyshire |1,569 |6
Devon |303 |1
Dorset |0 |0
Durham |2,575 |16
East Sussex |299 |2
Essex |296 |1
Gloucestershire |0 |0
Hampshire |300 |1
Hereford and Worcester |0 |0
Hertfordshire |1,762 |6
Humberside |1,153 |5
Isle of Wight |0 |0
Kent |85 |0
Lancashire |3,532 |9
Leicestershire |50 |0
Lincolnshire |242 |2
Norfolk |397 |2
North Yorkshire |403 |2
Northamptonshire |612 |4
Northumberland |128 |2
Nottinghamshire |609 |2
Oxfordshire |1,185 |7
Shropshire |173 |2
Somerset |0 |0
Staffordshire |2,128 |7
Suffolk |97 |1
Surrey |418 |2
Warwickshire |757 |6
West Sussex |483 |3
Wiltshire |0 |0
England |52,262 |4
<1> Excludes pupils who became five years of age by 1 January
1994.
<2> Includes the Isles of Scilly.
<3> Includes the Corporation of London.
Mr. Steinberg: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many three-year-olds and four-year-olds there are in nursery classes in schools, not including primary reception classes, in each local education authority in England and Wales; and what percentage this represents of the population in those age groups for the latest figures available.
Mr. Forth [pursuant to his answer, 1 February 1995,
c. 728]: I regret that the table shown was incorrect. The corrected version, which includes revised figures for January 1994, as follows:
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