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Specialist Advisers
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what facilities in terms of (a) access to telephones, (b) use of equipment, (c) use of offices, (d) access to ministerial meetings, (e) sight of correspondence, (f) attendance at
inter-departmental meetings and (g) access to civil servants are available to specialist advisers in her Department. [15632]
Mrs. Gillian Shephard: Special advisers are members of the civil service, have the same conditions of service as civil servants and are subject to the same rules of conduct as other civil servants, within certain limited exceptions. They have facilities appropriate to their duties.
Political Advisers
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list the names of those persons appointed as political advisers to her Department since May 1992. [15633]
Mr. Robin Squire: The Department has had two political advisers since May 1992: Clifford Grantham, and presently Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell.
Deregulation
Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what targets she has for withdrawing regulations within her Department. [15546]
Mr. Forth: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs.
Capital Bids
Mrs. Peacock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what capital bids in total have been granted for grant-maintained schools for 1995 96; to which schools they were granted; and how much was each grant. [16520]
Mr. Robin Squire: These matters are now the responsibility of the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman of the agency to write to the hon. Member with this information.
Liverpool Blue Coat School
Mr. Alton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what funding has been made available to Liverpool Blue Coat school for the improvement of physical education and changing facilities; when the local education authority was asked to provide information about the project to her Department; when approval was given; and when the work must commence and be completed in order to qualify for funding. [16340]
Mr. Robin Squire: Liverpool LEA applied on 18 May 1994 for a supplementary credit approval of £150,000 to enable the Blue Coat school to rationalise its PE provision. This followed a letter from the then Secretary of State dated 19 April 1994 to the chairman of governors of the Blue Coat school explaining that if the LEA were unable to meet its liability from within existing resources, it was open to the LEA to apply for an SCA. The LEA was informed on 10 March 1995 that its application had been successful. The SCA may be used in respect of expenditure defrayed or credit arrangements entered into or varied during financial year 1994 95.
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Students with Disabilities
Sir John Hannam: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will make a statement on the review of further and higher education announced in the White paper "Ending Discrimination Against Disabled People".
Mr. Boswell: The Government introduced in 1992 as part of the Further and Higher Education Act comprehensive provisions covering students with disabilities in further and higher education. We shall be considering carefully the points raised in debates on the Disability Discrimination Bill. Additionally, as promised, we will be reviewing the effectiveness of education legislation in meeting the needs of these students.
This review builds on the achievements of colleges, universities and the funding councils in increasing provision for students with disabilities in further and higher education. It offers us a chance to work with the funding councils, representative bodies for higher education and organisations for the disabled to ensure that the legislative framework meets the needs of students with disabilities, and to consider appropriate proposals for practical action. The review will be wide ranging including:
--in higher education, how the new flexibility in capital spending can be used to improve facilities for students with disabilities. --ways in which the arrangements for increasing further education college staff's awareness of the needs of students with disabilities can be improved and whether inspections of the quality of provision for these students can be strengthened.
--considering whether any further funding incentives could be given to colleges to encourage the enrolment of students with disabilities and if any related guidance could be offered.
--the administration of the disabled student's allowances to see whether more needs to be done to raise awareness of their purpose and availability.
--the advice and information service provided by Skill--the National Bureau of Students with Disabilities.
--considering whether the charters for further and higher education can be improved in respect of availability of information to students with disabilities.
Copies of the review programme have been placed in the Library.
Special Educational Needs
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what action she is taking to implement the findings of the Audit Commission report on special needs pupils. [16592]
Mr. Forth: The Audit Commission/HMI report "Getting in on the Act" was published in June 1992 and made several recommendations to enhance clarity and accountability in schools and LEAs to ensure better provision for pupils with special educational needs. The recommendations have been the subject of revised legislation in part III of the Education Act 1993; and in guidance within several circulars covering the organisation of special educational provision, pupils with problems, and local management of schools. The Government have also issued a code of practice on the identification and assessment of special educational needs, which came into force on 1 September 1994.
A subsequent Audit Commission report "The Act Moves On: Progress in Special Educational Needs" acknowledges that the code of practice has been warmly welcomed by almost all those involved in education and indicates that the Government have acted promptly to
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address those deficiencies in the national framework which were suggested by the 1992 report.Sex Education
Mr. Ottaway: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what steps Her Majesty's Government are taking to monitor the parental right of withdrawal in relation to sex education; and how this right is reflected in the revised version of the framework for the inspection of schools; [16088]
(2) if guidance for inspection of sex education policy and implementation in schools' programmes will be included in the revised version of the framework for inspection of schools; [16090] (3) how many and which organisations have responded to the consultation carried out by Ofsted on the proposed revision of the framework for the inspection of schools; [16089]
(4) what steps Her Majesty's Government are taking to ensure the effectiveness of schools' governing bodies for health education and sex education; and how these are reflected in the revised version of the framework for inspection of schools. [16087]
Mr. Forth: The new statutory requirements for sex education, under the Education Act 1993, came into force on 1 September 1994. The Department's circular 5/94 offered guidance on the implementation of the new arrangements, including the role of school governors and the exercise of the parental right of withdrawal. We have no plans at present to monitor specifically the right of withdrawal.
Questions on the framework of inspection are a matter for Her Majesty's chief inspector of schools, Chris Woodhead. I have asked him to reply to the hon. Member.
Grant-maintained Schools
Mr. Steinberg: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list the numbers of grant-maintained schools in each local education authority area and the political control of the authority when those schools voted to become grant maintained. [15996]
Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested on political control is not readily available. The following table shows the total number of GM schools in each LEA area and the current political control of that LEA.
Operating GM schools and political control of LEAs
|Number of
LEA area |GM schools |Political control
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Avon |2 |NOC-Largest party Labour
Barking |0 |Labour
Barnet |12 |NOC-Largest party
| Conservative
Barnsley |0 |Labour
Bedfordshire |14 |NOC-Largest party Labour
Berkshire |20 |Labour/Liberal
| Democrats/Independent joint
| administration-Largest
| party Liberal Democrats
Bexley |8 |NOC-Conservative minority
| administration-Equal
| largest parties Conservative
| and Labour
Birmingham |23 |Labour
Bolton |4 |Labour
Bradford |13 |Labour
Brent |14 |Conservative minority
| administration-Largest
| party Conservative
Bromley |18 |Conservative
Buckinghamshire |18 |Conservative
Bury |1 |Labour minority
| administration-Largest
| party Labour
Calderdale |14 |NOC-Largest party
| Conservative
Cambridgeshire |22 |Liberal Democrats/Labour joint
| administration-Largest
| party Conservative
Camden |2 |Labour
Cheshire |7 |Conservative/Liberal
| Democrats-Largest party
| Labour
Cleveland |0 |Labour
Cornwall |0 |Liberal Democrats
Corporation of
London |0 |Independent
Coventry |0 |Labour
Croydon |12 |Labour
Cumbria |37 |Labour minority
| administration-Largest
| party Labour
Derbyshire |25 |Labour
Devon |7 |Liberal Democrats minority
| administration-Largest
| party Liberal Democrats
Doncaster |0 |Labour
Dorset |11 |Liberal Democrats
Dudley |7 |Labour
Durham |0 |Labour
Ealing |9 |Labour
East Sussex |0 |Liberal Democrats/Labour joint
| administration-Largest
| party Liberal/Democrats
Enfield |6 |Labour
Essex |143 |Labour/Liberal Democrats joint
| administration-Largest
| party Labour
Gateshead |0 |Labour
Gloucestershire |47 |NOC-Largest party Liberal
| Democrats
Greenwich |1 |Labour
Hackney |1 |Labour
Hammersmith |1 |Labour
Hampshire |31 |Liberal Democrats/
| Labour/Independent joint
| administration-Largest
| party Liberal Democrats
Haringey |0 |Labour
Harrow |1 |NOC-Largest party Liberal
| Democrats
Havering |4 |Labour minority
| administration-Largest
| party Labour
Hereford and |5 |Labour/LiberalDemocrats joint
Worcester | administration-Largest
| party Conservative
Hertfordshire |39 |NOC-Largest party Labour
Hillingdon |23 |Labour
Hounslow |2 |Labour
Humberside |3 |Labour
Isle of Wight |0 |Liberal Democrats
Isles of Scilly |0 |Independent
Islington |0 |Labour
Kensington and
Chelsea |3 |Conservative
Kent |87 |NOC-Largest party
| Conservative
Kingston upon
Thames |5 |Liberal Democrats
Kirklees |2 |Labour
Knowsley |1 |Labour
Lambeth |15 |Labour minority
| administration-Largest
| party Labour
Lancashire |11 |Labour
Leeds |2 |Labour
Leicestershire |5 |NOC-Largest party Labour
Lewisham |1 |Labour
Lincolnshire |54 |Labour/Liberal Democrats joint
| administration-Largest
| party Conservative
Liverpool |4 |Labour minority
| administration-Largest
| party Labour
Manchester |0 |Labour
Merton |1 |Labour
Newcastle upon Tyne |0 |Labour
Newham |1 |Labour
Norfolk |30 |Labour minority
| administration-Largest
| party Conservative
North Tyneside |1 |Labour
North Yorkshire |1 |NOC-Largest party Liberal
| Democrats
Northamptonshire |23 |Labour
Northumberland |1 |Labour
Nottinghamshire |3 |Labour
Oldham |0 |NOC-Largest party
| Conservative
Oxfordshire |1 |NOC-Largest party
| Conservative
Redbridge |1 |NOC-Largest party Labour
Richmond upon
Thames |0 |Liberal Democrats
Rochdale |8 |Conservative/Liberal
| Democrats joint
| administration-Largest
| party Labour
Rotherham |0 |Labour
Salford |1 |Labour
Sandwell |2 |Labour
Sefton |0 |NOC-Largest party Liberal
| Democrats
Sheffield |11 |Labour
Shropshire |9 |Labour/Liberal Democrats joint
| administration-Largest
| party Conservative
Solihull |1 |Conservative/Independent joint
| administration-Largest
| party Conservative
Somerset |5 |Liberal Democrats
South Tyneside |0 |Labour
Southwark |10 |Labour
St. Helens |0 |Labour
Staffordshire |8 |Labour
Stockport |0 |NOC-Largest party Liberal
| Democrats
Suffok |0 |Labour/Liberal Democrats joint
| administration-Largest
| party Labour
Sunderland |0 |Labour
Surrey |34 |NOC-Largest party
| Conservative
Sutton |11 |Liberal Democrats
Tameside |3 |Labour
Tower Hamlets |1 |Labour
Trafford |4 |Conservative
Wakefield |0 |Labour
Walsall |9 |NOC-Largest party
Waltham Forest |3 |NOC-Largest party
Wandsworth |8 |Conservative
Warwickshire |8 |Labour minority
| administration-Largest
| party Labour
West Sussex |1 |Liberal Democrats minority
| administration-Largest
| party Liberal Democrats
Westminster |0 |Conservative
Wigan |0 |Labour
Wiltshire |32 |NOC-Largest party Liberal
| Democrats
Wirral |2 |NOC-Largest party Labour
Wolverhampton |3 |Labour
Note:
Political control of LEAs is correct as at 21 February 1994.
Key:
NOC-No overall control.
Sir Richard Body: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many grant-maintained schools she has been notified will be unable to meet the requirements of the national curriculum because they have been refused the necessary capital by the Funding Agency for Schools. [15525]
Mr. Robin Squire: A number of schools have expressed serious disappointment that, as a result of constraints on the total available for capital grants next year, they will not be able to develop their curriculum in the way they had hoped. However, my right hon. Friend has not received notification that any school will be unable to meet the minimum requirements of the national curriculum for this reason. Decisions on capital grants for individual schools are a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools.
Teachers
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Eduction how many full-time teachers there were in secondary schools with (a) arts, (b) social science and (c) science qualifications in 1979, 1984 and 1994. [15062]
Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested is available only for 1988 and 1992. In those years, the number of full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools in England with qualifications in the different subject areas was as follows:
Thousands
|1988|1992
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Arts |97.5|84.7
Social Sciences |92.4|91.2
Sciences |96.0|91.2
Where teachers have qualifications in more than one category, they are included in all relevant categories. The total number of full-time teachers in 1988 and 1992 was 191,300 and 175,800 respectively.
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HOUSE OF COMMONS
Parliamentary Channel
Mr. Allen: To ask the Lord President of the Council what statutory obligations there are upon cable companies relating to the provision of the Parliamentary Channel. [15403]
Mr. Newton: There is no statutory obligation on cable companies to carry the Parliamentary Channel.
The Parliamentary Channel is provided by United Artists. United Artists is a shareholder in PARBUL, the company which is responsible for providing all television coverage from the Chamber of the House of Commons, the Chamber of the House of Lords and Committees of both Houses. United Artists provides a service to cable companies which is available to almost all those homes connected to broadband cable as part of the basic package of services provided by the local cable operator. The service is free to schools which are connected to broadband cable.
Lockerbie
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Lord President of the Council, pursuant to his answer of 16 March, Official Report, column 1033, what is the result of his reflection on law officers making statements at Lockerbie.
Mr. Newton: My noble and learned Friend the Lord Advocate cannot disclose details of evidence in the Lockerbie case any more than he can in any other pending criminal case.
PRIME MINISTER
Civil List
Mr. Alan Williams: To ask the Prime Minister what has been the total payment at 1994 prices under the civil list since 1965. [16516]
The Prime Minister: The total payment for the period 1965 94 adjusted to 1993 94 prices, is £188 million.
Lockerbie
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Prime Minister if he will discuss with Chancellor Kohl the validity of the position of the Government of Malta in relation to Lockerbie. [15220]
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister of Malta about Lockerbie. [15221]
Libya (Sanctions)
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Prime Minister if he will discuss with Chancellor Kohl the legitimacy of UN sanctions against Libya. [15222]
The Prime Minister: I have no plans to do so.
Iraq (Turkish Military Activity)
Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Prime Minister when he was informed of the Turkish military activities in Iraq; and what actions he took. [16683]
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The Prime Minister: We were informed of the Turkish military activities in northern Iraq on 20 March, after they began. We made clear to the Turks that we expected them to withdraw their troops at the earliest opportunity. We have also registered strongly our concern that non- combatants in the region should not be affected.
Mr. Graham Kirkham
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Prime Minister what incentives were offered by him to Mr. Graham Kirkham following the Prime Minister's recent visit to Doncaster. [16251]
Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (Israel)
Mr. Llew Smith: To ask the Prime Minister if he raised the prospects of Israel joining the nuclear non-proliferation treaty with his Israeli counterpart or with other members of the Israeli Government during his recent visit to Israel. [15990]
The Prime Minister: I discussed a broad range of subjects. The nuclear non-proliferation treaty was briefly discussed with Foreign Minister Peres.
Security Service
Mr. Allason: To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the publication of "A Perfect English Spy" by Tom Bower, with reference to the implications for the Official Secrets Act 1989 and his answer of 22 July 1993, Official Report , column 321 , regarding an officially authorised biography of the late Sir Dick White. [16060]
The Prime Minister: This book has only just been published. The Government will study the contents and consider what, if any, action needs to be taken.
Universities (Business Links)
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Prime Minister what steps he is taking to improve the relationship between business and higher education. [16383]
The Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend, the Under-Secretary of State for Further and Higher Education on Monday 19 December 1994, Official Report, column 919.
Specialist Advisers
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Prime Minister what facilities in terms of (a) access to telephones, (b) use of equipment, (c) use of offices, (d) access to ministerial meetings, (e) sight of correspondence, (f) attendance at inter-departmental meetings and (g) access to civil servants are available to specialist advisers in his Department. [15614]
The Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster today.
SCOTLAND
Registers of Scotland
Mr. Home Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the financial
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performance of the Registers of Scotland executive agency for each year since 1990; what profits have been generated; how much of such profits has been paid to the Treasury; and if it is his policy that the agency should continue to generate profits in this way. [15527]Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The subject of the question relates to matters undertaken by the Registers of Scotland agency. I have asked its chief executive, Mr. A.W. Ramage, to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Alan W. Ramage to Mr. John Home Robertson, dated 27 March 1995 :
I refer to your question about the financial performance of Registers of Scotland Executive Agency in each year since 1990. The Agency is required by statute to cover all expenditure by fee income. Income in excess of expenditure, in terms of cash-based Vote accounting, is surrendered to Treasury at the end of each financial year. The information relating to the financial years from 1990 91 to 1993 94 is shown below.
|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94
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Surplus/Deficit
(£000s) |(276) |1,346 |5,291 |5,819
It may be helpful if I explain that the comparatively large surpluses in 1992 93 and 1993 94 arose from the processing and elimination of backlogs of work which had built up as a result of the very high level of activity in the Scottish property market during the preceding five years. Accounts prepared on an accruals basis reflect more accurately the Agency's trading position and show, for 1992 93 and 1993 94, trading surpluses of £2.823m and £0.149m respectively.
Projections of future property market activity allied to more flexible working systems indicate that it will be possible to match income more closely to expenditure in the years to 1997 98. The Agency's forecasts for 1994 95, 1995 96, 1996 97 and 1997 98 are that income will exceed expenditure by approximately £100,000 (or less than 0.5% of expenditure) in each of these years.
Quangos
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 25 November 1994, Official Report , column 338 39 , if he will list quangos which have been abolished since April 1993. [15801]
Mr. Lang [holding answer 23 March 1995]: Between 1 April 1993 and 1 April 1994, the latest date for which figures are available, one non- departmental public body was abolished. This was the Scottish Health Service Advisory Council, which ceased to exist in June 1993.
Abortions
Mrs. Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a breakdown by week of pregnancy of the number of abortions performed upon women in Scotland in (a) 1992 and (b) 1993 under the grounds of (i) risk to life of woman, (ii) to prevent grave permanent injury to physical or mental health of woman, (iii) substantial risk of child being born seriously handicapped, (iv) to save the life of woman and (v) to prevent grave permanent injury to physical or mental health of woman. [15961]
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 24 March 1995]: The information is set out in the following tables:
|Period of
|gestation|Ground |Ground |Ground |Ground |Ground
1992 |(weeks) |(i) |(ii) |(iii) |(iv) |(v)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|05 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0
|06 |0 |11 |3 |0 |0
|07 |0 |30 |3 |0 |0
|08 |3 |57 |7 |0 |0
|09 |3 |24 |3 |0 |0
|10 |1 |43 |7 |0 |0
|11 |1 |12 |3 |0 |0
|12 |0 |9 |5 |0 |0
|13 |0 |2 |6 |0 |0
|14 |1 |8 |6 |0 |0
|15 |0 |1 |5 |0 |0
|16 |0 |3 |10 |0 |0
|17 |0 |0 |12 |0 |0
|18 |0 |1 |15 |0 |0
|19 |0 |0 |23 |0 |0
|20 |0 |0 |20 |0 |0
|21 |0 |2 |6 |0 |0
|22 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0
|23 |0 |0 |4 |0 |0
|24 |1 |0 |2 |0 |0
|25 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0
|26 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
|27 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
Total |11 |204 |144 |0 |0
|Period of
|gestation|Ground |Ground |Ground |Ground |Ground
1992 |(weeks) |(i) |(ii) |(iii) |(iv) |(v)
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|06 |0 |3 |3 |0 |0
|07 |1 |12 |2 |0 |0
|08 |1 |40 |3 |0 |0
|09 |1 |7 |2 |0 |0
|10 |1 |22 |1 |0 |0
|11 |1 |7 |5 |0 |0
|12 |0 |1 |8 |0 |0
|13 |0 |5 |4 |0 |0
|14 |1 |2 |4 |0 |0
|15 |0 |0 |4 |0 |0
|16 |3 |1 |9 |0 |0
|17 |0 |0 |12 |0 |0
|18 |0 |1 |22 |0 |1
|19 |0 |1 |15 |0 |0
|20 |0 |0 |11 |0 |0
|21 |0 |0 |6 |0 |0
|22 |0 |0 |8 |0 |0
|23 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
|24 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
|25 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
|26 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
|27 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
|28 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0
Total |9 |102 |123 |0 |1
Management Consultants
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which management consultants have been employed by his Department to assist in the assessment of application for NHS units for trust status; how much each was paid; and how many assessments they undertook in each wave. [15844]
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 19 July 1994, Official Report , column 123 24 . In addition, KPMG Management Consulting was appointed to assist in the assessment of all eight applicants in the fourth wave of NHS trusts at a cost of £28,690, including VAT.
Political Advisers
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the names of those persons appointed as political advisers to his Department since May 1992. [15613]
Mr. Lang: Since May 1992, my Department has appointed three persons as political advisers--Mr. Alan Young, Mr. Gregor Mackay and Mr. Mark Izatt. Only two have been in post at any one time. Mr. Young resigned in November 1994 and was replaced by Mr. Izatt.
Lockerbie
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if the Crown Office has sought to interview David Lovejoy about his advice to the Iranian charge d'affaires in Beirut, Hussein Niknam, concerning the arrival of Charles McKee and Matthew Garnam in Beirut to obtain information on the locations of hostages. [16149]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: As my noble and learned Friend the Lord Advocate has made clear in relation to the Lockerbie case, as in any other case, it is not appropriate for the investigating or prosecuting authorities to give details of investigative steps which have been taken.
Departmental Staff
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list (a) the number of (i) male and (ii) female employees, (b) the number of officials employed at each of the principal grades and the numbers and percentages of women employed at these grades and (c) the numbers of staff employed of administrative grades and the number of these staff that are women in his Department for each year since 1985. [16327]
Mr. Lang: The available information is shown in the following tables.
Staff in post in the Scottish Office and its executive agencies
All permanent staff<1>
1985 1986
Department |Male |Female |Male |Female
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SO core and agencies
(other than SPS) |4,389.0 |2,642.0 |4,242.5 |2,551.0
SPS |2,653.0 |227.5 |2,794.0 |230.0
Total |7,042.0 |2,869.5 |7,036.5 |2,781.0
Note:
1. Data as at 1 April.
<1> Includes Industrials.
1987 1988
Department |Male |Female |Male |Female
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SO core and agencies
(other than SPS) |4,100.5 |2,583.0 |3,944.0 |2,501.0
SPS |2,901.0 |247.5 |3,135.5 |256.5
Total |7,001.5 |2,830.5 |7,079.5 |2,757.5
1989 1990
Department |Male |Female |Male |Female
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SO core and agencies
(other than SPS) |3,833.5 |2,439.5 |3,795.5 |2,479.5
SPS |3,527.0 |276.5 |3,711.0 |288.5
Total |7,360.5 |2,716.0 |7,506.5 |2,768.0
1991 1992
Department |Male |Female |Male |Female
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SO core and agencies
(other than SPS) |3,779.5 |2,502.5 |3,691.0 |2,441.0
SPS |3,729.0 |275.0 |3,940.5 |288.0
Total |7,508.5 |2,777.5 |7,631.5 |2,729.0
1993 1994
Department |Male |Female |Male |Female
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SO Core and Agencies
(other than SPS) |3,635.5 |2,462.5 |3,597.0 |2,438.0
SPS |4,197.0 |428.0 |4,096.5 |438.0
Total |7,832.5 |2,890.5 |7,693.5 |2,876.0
Staff in post in the Scottish Office and its executive agencies selected groups of staff
1992
SO core and SPS
agencies (other
than SPS)
Grade |Male |Female |Per cent. Female|Male |Female |Per cent. Female
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Unified G1 |1.0 |- |- |- |- |-
Unified G2 |7.0 |- |- |- |- |-
Unified G3 |22.0 |2.5 |10.2 |- |- |-
Unified G4 |14.0 |1.0 |6.7 |- |- |-
Unified G5 |104.5 |16.0 |13.3 |3.0 |- |-
Unified G6 |73.0 |9.5 |11.5 |9.5 |- |-
Unified G7 |324.5 |52.5 |13.9 |- |- |-
Sub total |546.0 |81.5 |13.0 |12.5 |0.0 |0.0
1993
SO core and SPS
agencies (other
than SPS)
Grade |Male |Female |Per cent. Female|Male |Female |Per cent. Female
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Unified G1 |1.0 |- |- |- |- |-
Unified G2 |7.0 |- |- |- |- |-
Unified G3 |20.0 |2.5 |11.1 |1.0 |- |-
Unified G4 |12.0 |3.0 |20.0 |1.0 |- |-
Unified G5 |111.5 |13.5 |10.8 |4.0 |- |-
Unified G6 |71.5 |10.5 |12.8 |12.0 |- |-
Unified G7 |339.0 |65.0 |16.1 |12.0 |2.0 |14.3
Sub total |562.0 |94.5 |14.4 |30.0 |2.0 |6.3
1994
SO core and SPS
agencies (other
than SPS)
Grade |Male |Female |Per cent. Female|Male |Female |Per cent. Female
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Unified G1 |1.0 |- |- |- |- |-
Unified G2 |7.0 |- |- |- |- |-
Unified G3 |22.0 |2.5 |10.2 |1.0 |- |-
Unified G4 |12.0 |3.0 |20.0 |1.0 |- |-
Unified G5 |106.5 |15.0 |12.3 |5.0 |- |-
Unified G6 |71.5 |11.5 |13.9 |2.0 |- |-
Unified G7 |336.0 |72.0 |17.6 |14.0 |4.0 |22.2
Sub total |556.0 |104.0 |15.8 |23.0 |4.0 |14.8
1992
SO core and SPS
agencies (other
than SPS)
Grade |Male |Female |Per cent. Female|Male |Female |Per cent. Female
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEO |144.0 |18.0 |11.1 |- |- |-
HEO |375.0 |188.0 |33.4 |- |- |-
EO |276.0 |343.0 |55.4 |- |- |-
AO |312.5 |557.5 |64.1 |- |- |-
AA |223.0 |396.0 |64.0 |- |- |-
Sub Total |1,330.5 |1,502.5 |53.0 |- |- |-
1993
SO core and SPS
agencies (other
than SPS)
Grade |Male |Female |Per cent. Female|Male |Female |Per cent. Female
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEO |149.0 |23.5 |13.6 |5.0 |2.0 |28.6
HEO |387.5 |191.5 |33.1 |18.0 |5.0 |21.7
EO |257.0 |341.5 |57.1 |13.0 |7.0 |35.0
AO |312.0 |521.0 |62.5 |16.0 |2.0 |11.1
AA |248.0 |425.5 |63.2 |16.0 |10.0 |38.5
Sub Total |1,353.5 |1,503.0 |52.6 |68.0 |26.0 |27.7
1994
SO core and SPS
agencies (other
than SPS)
Grade |Male |Female |Per cent. Female|Male |Female |Per cent. Female
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEO |150.5 |28.0 |15.7 |5.0 |2.0 |28.6
HEO |386.0 |192.0 |33.2 |17.0 |8.0 |32.0
EO |289.0 |348.0 |54.6 |14.0 |11.0 |44.0
AO |299.0 |508.5 |63.0 |20.0 |22.0 |52.4
AA |227.5 |426.5 |65.2 |11.0 |4.0 |26.7
Sub Total |1,352.0 |1,503.0 |52.6 |67.0 |47.0 |41.2
Note:
1. Data as at 1 April.
Private Medical Insurance
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the Scottish population is covered by private medical insurance. [16330]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: This information is not available.
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment his Department has made of increases in the cost of private medical insurance in the last five years. [16331]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The Department has not made any such assessment.
Dr. David Fieldhouse
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when the Scottish Office received a recorded letter DY/9586/1114/7GB, posted by Dr. David Fieldhouse in Bradford on 18 March, pertaining to oral question 2 to the Secretary of State for Scotland on 22 March; and when it was brought to his attention.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: A letter dated 18 March to 1995 to the Secretary of State for Scotland from Dr. David Fieldhouse was received at St. Andrew's house in Edinburgh on 20 March 1995. This letter was brought to the attention of the Secretary of State on 21 March 1995.
Allowances
Mr. McMaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the car mileage allowance payable to (a) civil servants, (b) members of quangos, agencies and trusts appointed by him, (c) employees of quangos, agencies and trusts which he funds, (d) employees of local authorities and (e) elected members of local authorities, giving details of each class of motor vehicle.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 7 March 1995]: Information held centrally on car mileage allowances is as follows:
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Organisation |Car mileage
|allowance
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scottish Office |32p per mile
Local authority members |Maximum rates are as follows:
|500-999 cc-30.7p per mile
|1000-1199 cc-35.0p per mile
|Over 1199 cc-42.1p per mile
Scottish New Town Development |Scottish Council for Local
Corporations | Authorities Services rates
Members and Staff of Non |The majority of NDPBs apply
Departmental Public Bodies | the same rates as The
(NDPBs) | Scottish Office. Those that
| do not use a wide variety of
| ranges ranging from a Public
| Transport Rate of 12.3p per
| mile to a full rate of 61.1p
| per mile.
Mr. McMaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the overnight allowance payable to (a) civil servants, (b) members of quangos, agencies and trusts appointed by him, (c) employees of quangos, agencies and trusts which he funds, (d) employees of local authorities and (e) elected members of local authorities, giving details of each category of claim, including(i) London, (ii) overseas or foreign trips and (iii) United Kingdom visits excluding London.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 7 March 1995]: Information held centrally on overnight allowances is as follows:
Organisation |Overnight allowance
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scottish Office |£65.15 per night (London)
| £62.40 per night (elsewhere)
Staying with Friends |£25.00 per night
Overnight by train or boat |£21.00 per night (taxable)
Residential course allowance |£5.15 per night
Lodging allowance |£32.45 per night (London)
| £31.00 per night (elsewhere)
Overseas |Foreign and Commonwealth
| Office Worldwide
| subsistence rates
Local Authority Members |£79.60 (London or Approved
| Conference) £69.80
| (elsewhere)
Scottish New Town |Scottish Council for Local
Development Corporations | Authorities services rates
Members and staff of Non |The majority of NDPBs apply
Departmental Public Bodies | the same rates as the Scottish
(NDPBs) | Office. The rates of those
| that do not vary from £98.70
| (London) to £48.85
| (elsewhere)
Career Breaks
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) men and (b) women applied for career breaks in his Department or its agencies; and how many have had their employment terminated in the last five years.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 15 March 1995]: This information could be gathered only at disproportionate cost.
Publicity and Publications
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total expenditure on (a) all forms of publicity and (b) all publications and pamphlets produced for his Department and for all the agencies and public bodies for which his Department is responsible, for each year since 1979, including the budgeted figure for 1995 96, (i) including and (ii) excluding privatisation-related expenditures and expressed in 1994 prices; and if he will supply information for the period from 1 April 1993 to 1 March 1995 showing (1) the nature and (2) the purpose of each publicity campaign and of each publication involving the expenditure of more than £50,000.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 17 March 1995]: Publicity campaigns and publications for my Department are
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