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Civil Servants
Mr. Ainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many civil service appointments were made to administrative assistant and administrative officer posts in his Department and the agencies for which he is accountable in each quarter from September 1993 until April 1995. [21762]
Sir John Wheeler: The number of civil service appointments made to permanent administrative assistant and administrative officer posts in the Northern Ireland Department and the Northern Ireland Office in each quarter from September 1993 to April 1995 were as follows:
|Administrative|Administrative
|assistant |officer
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September to December 1993 (4 months) |25 |46
January to March 1994 |18 |30
April to June 1994 |34 |35
July to September 1994 |34 |54
October to December 1994 |27 |27
January to March 1995 |27 |39
Divorce Cases
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases of divorce have been reported during the last year; and what were the figures for each of the previous four years. [20710]
Mr. John M. Taylor: I have been asked to reply.
The number of decrees nisi granted in respect of divorces in Northern Ireland were as follows:
1990: 2,015
1991: 2,367
1992: 2,411
1993: 2,392
1994: 2,538
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Namibia University
Sir David Steel: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Overseas Development Administration will provide sponsorship to the University of Namibia Foundation. [21125]
Mr. Baldry: We have no plans to provide sponsorship to the University of Namibia Foundation. We are currently providing assistance direct to the university through the provision of books, and support for the post of pro-vice chancellor.
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TRANSPORT
Livestock Hauliers
Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what support the Government are giving to livestock hauliers to ensure that they can continue their trade. [20917]
Mr. Norris: Generally my Department's support for livestock hauliers in the United Kingdom and abroad is the same as it is for other hauliers, and covers a wide range of matters. My Department has been in touch with ports involved in recent action on the export of live animals, and will remain so, but intervention is for the police and the courts.
Road Fuels
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the volume of road fuels consumed in the year 2000; what he expects this figure to be if the duties on road fuels were adjusted solely in line with the retail prices index; and if he will make a statement. [20918]
Mr. Norris: The Government's latest projections of future energy demand for the whole economy to the year 2020 were recently published in energy paper 65 "Energy Projections for the UK", as announced by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Industry and Energy on 8 March 1995. From this, the demand for road fuels is expected to be in the range of 39 to 41 million tonnes in 2000, which takes account of the effect of the Government's strategy of increases in the duties on road fuels of at least 5 per cent. a year on average above the rate of inflation. If fuel duty increases were kept in line with the rate of inflation, demand in 2000 would be between 42 and 44 million tonnes.
Market Testing
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the cost of employing consultants in connection with market testing programmes in which his Department has been engaged since their inception. [21378]
Mr. Norris: Payments to consultants for work on the Department's "Competing for Quality" programme since its inception total £2.197 million.
Hospitality
Mr. Tony Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent on official hospitality by his Department in 1994 95. [21201]
Mr. Norris: The Department of Transport's expenditure on official hospitality during 1994 95 was as follows:
|£
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Central Transport Group (CTG) |127,062
Agencies |90,788
Starting period |Administrative |Administrative
|assistant |officer
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September 1993-November 1993 |19 |29
December 1994-February 1994 |29 |21
March 1994-May 1994 |18 |19
June 1994-August 1994 |30 |10
September 1994-November 1994 |19 |10
December 1994-February 1994 |7 |9
March 1995-April 1995 |9 |9
|------- |--------
Totals for September 1993- April 1995 |131 |107
Bull Bars
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what motor vehicle companies have changed their advertising and promotion of bull bars following his advice that bull bars should not be illustrated in promotions. [22046]
Mr. Norris: The information requested is not available.
Railways
Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the closing date for companies wishing to pre-qualify for bidding to buy British
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Railway's ROSCOs; how many companies have sought to pre-qualify for each of the three ROSCOs; and which companies these are. [21935]Mr. Watts: Midnight on 21 April 1995, by which time strong interest had been shown by financial institutions, leasing companies and manufacturers in the United Kingdom and in eight other countries. Prospective purchasers will not be asked to identify their preferences for each of the three ROSCOs until later in the sale process. The identity of bidders is commercially sensitive.
Port of Liverpool
Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what financial support the Port of Liverpool and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company has received from (a) the European Community and (b) his Department in each financial year since 1990; and what he estimates the company will receive from the European Community and his Department in the next financial year. [21199]
Mr. Norris: The Port of Liverpool and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company have received no direct financial support from my Department since 1990 and there are no plans for any such support in the next financial year.
Support from the European Community in the form of European regional development fund has been as follows:
£(000)
|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94|1994-95
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Port of Liverpool |nil |143 |12 |18 |1
Mersey Docks and Harbour Company |nil |240 |1,229 |736 |960
Pollution
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what powers he has to control the level or speed of road traffic on occasions when pollution levels exceed proposed air quality standards; [21227]
(2) what studies he has carried out of the potential for reducing traffic levels in the event that (a) NO2 levels in London exceed the World Health Organisation's 24 hour NO2 health guideline and (b) O3 levels in southern England exceed the World Health Organisation's 8 hour O3 health guideline; [21236]
(3) what contingency plans he has drawn up to reduce traffic levels in the event that (a) NO2 levels in London exceed the World Health Organisation's 24 hour NO2 health guideline and (b) O3 levels in Southern England exceed the World Health Organisation's 8 hour O3 health guidelines; [21237]
(4) what consideration he has given to using his powers under section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to reduced speed limits on trunk roads to reduce emissions in the event that pollution levels exceed proposed air quality standards; and if he will make a statement. [21235]
Mr. Norris: A reduction in vehicle speed has differing effects on emissions of different pollutants. Any decision to impose speed limits would have to take into account levels of the pollutants of most concern.
Studies have indicated that traffic reduction may have the positive effect of reducing nitrogen dioxide
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concentrations during winter smog episodes. However, this may have to be balanced against possible negative effects on emissions caused by congestion if traffic reduction measures involve road closures. The Secretary of State has powers to regulate traffic only on trunk roads and motorways; traffic regulation on local roads, which comprise the vast majority of all roads, is the responsibility of local traffic authorities.Any traffic restrictions to reduce air pollution must be developed at a local level so that all the implications can be
considered--centralised contingency plans are impracticable. However, the complexity of the issue does merit further research and the Department is currently carrying out a review of existing research on how traffic management can influence air quality, with a view to undertaking a research project of our own later this year.
Expenditure
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the total expenditure on transport as a percentage of GNP for (a) each EU country, (b) the United States of America, (c) Japan and (d) each Scandinavian country.
Dr. Mawhinney: This information is not available.
Pedestrian Casualty Report
Mrs. Golding: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will make available to hon. Members the report of the Transport research laboratory on pedestrian casualty rates. [21663]
Mr Norris: Pedestrian casualty rates are published annually in "Road Accidents Great Britain" and updated quarterly in each current year. In addition TRL reports have been published on studies of particular aspects of risk including risk at pedestrian crossings. Copies are in the Library.
Conflicts of Interest
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on how many occasions during the last five years (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in his Department or its agencies have declared conflicts of interest; and how many instructions have been issued about their retention, disposal or management. [21399]
Mr. Norris: (a) In accordance with standard service wide rules the Department's "Staff Handbook" requires staff to declare any business or financial interests which they or immediate members of their families hold, which they would be able to further as a result of their official position. In the majority of cases conflicts of interest are reported to and resolved immediately by line management as the Department does not maintain a central record of all cases. (b) One case of conflict of interests has been declared by a special adviser during the last five years.
Trunk Roads
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he intends to undertake the next general review of the trunk road network. [21828]
Mr. Watts: There are no current plans for a review.
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EDUCATION
Academic Labour Market
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment she has made of the effects of United Kingdom academics moving abroad to attain higher salary levels on United Kingdom higher education salary levels. [20930]
Mr. Boswell: None. Data from the universities' statistical record show that the overall flows of academics to and from abroad are very small. In Great Britain in 1993, there was a net inflow of 220 full-time non- clinical university staff in former Universities Funding Council-funded institutions, the equivalent of 0.8 per cent. of staff in post. Such relatively small movements in the academic labour market would be unlikely to have an appreciable effect on higher education salary levels in the United Kingdom.
Market Testing
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will estimate the cost of employing consultants in connection with market testing programmes in which her Department has been engaged since their inception. [21365]
Mr. Forth: The estimated cost of employing consultants in connection with market-testing programmes since their inception, September 1992, is £375,000.
Conflicts of Interest
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education on how many occasions during the last five years (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in her Department or its agencies have declared conflicts of interest; and how many instructions have been issued about their retention, disposal or management. [21395]
Mr. Forth: The Department's terms and conditions handbook requires staff to declare any potential conflicts of interest to their senior management so that appropriate action can be considered. The handbook is made available to all staff. Records of declarations of potential conflicts are not held centrally on civil servants. No cases involving special advisers have arisen in the last five years.
Hospitality
Mr. Tony Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was spent on official hospitality by her Department in 1994 95. [21206]
Mr. Forth: Provisional outturn expenditure for 1994 95 on official hospitality is £75,000 for the Department and £1,000 for the Teachers' Pension Agency, giving a total of £76,000.
The cost of official hospitality is included in the running cost expenditure for the Department which is published every year in the departmental report. Official hospitality includes the costs of teas and coffees, buffet lunches and dinners.
Civil Servants
Mr. Ainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many civil service appointments were
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made to administrative assistant and administrative officer posts in her Department and the agencies for which she is accountable in each quarter from September 1993 until April 1995. [21771]Mr. Boswell: The Department for Education and the Teachers Pensions Agency have made the following appointments to the administrative assistant --AA--and administrative officer--AO--grades since September 1993:
|AA|AO
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September 1993-November 1993 |13|3
December 1993-February 1994 |5 |5
March 1994-May 1994 |15|5
June 1994-August 1994 |11|7
September 1994-November 1994 |4 |1
December 1994-February 1995 |22|1
March 1995-April 1995 |13|1
Research Projects
Mr. Win Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much has been spent on funding educational research projects by her Department in each of the last five years; and what percentage of education spending this represents. [21559]
Mr. Forth: The Department's expenditure from the research budget over the last five years is given in the table, and is also shown as a percentage of total departmental expenditure.
L
|Expenditure from |As percentage of
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1990-91 |2.38 |0.04
1991-92 |1.80 |0.03
1992-93 |1.74 |0.02
1993-94 |0.96 |0.01
1994-95 |<1>0.67 |0.01
<1> this includes the Department's contribution of £0.10 million to the
Learning Credits consultancy and a grant of £0.04 million paid to the
University of London Institute of Education.
Total departmental expenditure covers central Government expenditure and grants to local authorities within the Department of Education's programme.
Sponsor Governors
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education which schools have appointed sponsor governors; and if she will state for each school which companies they represent and how much each company has donated to each school. [22066]
Mr. Robin Squire: All grant-maintained and voluntary aided schools which have been designated as technology colleges are required to amend their instrument of government so as to appoint between one and four sponsor governors to represent their sponsors. Some 67 technology colleges have been designated, 52 of which have so far requested the necessary amendments to their instrument. The table names the schools and the sponsors whom their sponsor governors represent. While all technology colleges are required to raise around £100,000
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of sponsorship as a condition of designation, it would not be appropriate to publish the value of the sponsorship donated by each individual sponsor, since some sponsors may consider that to be confidential.
Name of school |Company represented
|by
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Aldersley High School |Database/Apricot Computers,
Wolverhampton |Summit Catering
|Services (Midlands) Ltd.,
|Trustee Savings Bank Ltd.
All Hallows RC High School, Lancashire |British Aerospace Defence Ltd.
All Saints Catholic School, |Exide Batteries,
Dagenham |Devon House Interiors
Applemore Technology School, |Vosper Thornycroft (UK) Ltd.,
Hampshire |International Speciality Chemicals Ltd.,
|2GL Computer Systems Ltd.,
|Clifton Reed Consultants Ltd.
Bacup and Rawtenstall |Greenwood and Coope Ltd.,
Grammar School, Lancashire |Dixons plc,
|Systems Integrated Research
Baines School, Lancashire |Grantham Graphic Technologies,
|GTi educational Systems Ltd.
Belper School, Derbyshire |Thorntons plc
Bexley-Erith Technical High School, Bexley |BETHS Parents Association
Bishop Stopford School, Northamptonshire |Research Machines
Central Technology College, |Systems Integrated Research
Gloucestershire |Chartwells
Chalvedon School, Essex |Roy Millard Associates (Architects) Ltd.,
|PMD Associates
Chatham Grammar School for |Clifton Reed Consultants Ltd.,
Girls, Kent |GEC Avionics Ltd.
Collingwood College, Surrey |GTi Educational Systems Ltd.,
|ORACLE Corporation UK Ltd.,
|MOTOROLA Communications International Group
The Cornwallis School, Kent |ICL United Kingdom,
|Knauf UK Gmbh
Deacon's School, |Perkins Group,
Cambridgeshire |Apricot Computers,
|Greater Peterborough TEC,
|Thomas Cook Group
Deanery CE High School, |Latham Jenkins Ltd.,
Wigan |Milliken Industrials Ltd.,
|Metcom Integrated Services Ltd.,
|Education Business Partnership
Denefield School, Berkshire |DHL International (UK) Ltd.,
|Thames Water Utilities,
|The Database Ltd/Apricot Computers
George Spencer School, Nottinghamshire |The Database (Nottingham) Ltd.,
|Sir Harry Djanogly CBE
Glyn ADT Technology School, Surrey |ADT Group plc
Herschel Grammar School, |Slough Estates plc,
Berkshire |The Database Ltd.
Highbury GM School, Wiltshire |GTi Educational Systems Ltd.,
|Lascar Electronics Ltd.,
|Woven Electronics,
|Aircraft and Armament
|Evaluation Establishment
Hugh Christie School, Kent |ICL United Kingdom
John Kelly Boys Technology College, Brent |Bestway Cash and Carry Company,
|Avanti Consultancy,
|Unisys
John Kelly Girls Technology College, Brent |Bestway Cash and Carry Company,
|Avanti Consultancy,
|Unisys
Kemnal Technology College, Bromley |Sir Philip and Lady Harris Charitable Trust,
|Ballast Nedam Construction Ltd.,
|Architects Joint Partnership Ltd.
The Kings School, Lincolnshire |The Database (Nottingham) Ltd.
The Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lancashire |Alan Dick Engineering,
|Nuclear Electric plc
Lincoln School of Science and |Jackson Shipley Ltd.,
Technology, Lincolnshire |Simons Construction Group
Lodge Park School, |The DUBOIS plc,
Northamptonshire |The Database (Nottingham) Ltd.,
|Gotch, Saunders and Surridge Selectronics
Lynn Grove GM High School, Norfolk |Miller Mitchell Partnership,
|Syfer Technology Ltd,
Merrill Community School (GM), Derbyshire |British Rail Research,
|Derby Evening Telegraph
Mill Hill County High School, Barnet |Chartwells
New Wellington School, |The Wolfson Foundation,
Trafford |Playlight Hire Ltd.,
|Hopewiser Ltd.,
|Research Machines
North Cumbria Technology |Cavaghan Grey.,
College, Cumbria |Carnaud Metal Box,
|Marks and Spencer
Northampton School for Boys, Northamptonshire |Northampton Old Grammar School Foundation
Philip Morant School, Essex |The Midland Bank plc,
|J Sainsbury plc,
|Woods of Colchester Ltd.
Rastrick High School, |Denford Machine Tools Ltd.,
Calderdale |Dixon Stores Group
Ravens Wood School for Boys, |ICL,
Bromley |Nynex plc,
|The Wellcome Foundation
Saffron Walden County High School, Essex |The Saffron Walden Herts and Essex Building Society
Sale Moor School, Trafford |Alliance Family Foundation
Sawtry Community College, Cambridgeshire |Crossfield Electronics Ltd.,
|The Database (Nottingham) Ltd.
Senacre Technology College, Kent |Russell and Brand Ltd.
Small Heath School, Birmingham |GTi Electronics Group plc,
|Leyland Daf Vans,
|Mercury Communications Ltd.,
Soham Village College, Cambridgeshire |Marshall Motor Group Ltd.
St. Aidan's Church of England |British Aerospace Defence Ltd.,
School, Lancashire |Canatxx Energy Ventures
St. Alban's Catholic High School, Suffolk |Clifton Reed Consultants Ltd.
St. Angela's Ursuline Convent School, Newham |Acatos and Hutchenson plc
St. George's College of Technology, Lincolnshire |The Database (Nottingham) Ltd.,
|Tandberg UK,
|Mr. Brealey
St. John's RC Comprehensive School, Durham |Ebac Ltd.
St. Peter's Collegiate School, |Lucas Aerospace Ltd.,
Wolverhampton |Research Machines Ltd.
St. Thomas More School, Gateshead |Komatsu UK
Uppingham Community College, Leicestershire |The Database (Nottingham) Ltd.,
|Central Engineering Supplies Ltd.
Grant-maintained Schools
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State which grant-maintained schools have applied to amend their admissions policy so as to introduce selection on the ground of ability; in each case what proportion are to be selected and in which schools; and when permission to amend the admissions policy was granted. [22067]
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Mr. Robin Squire: The table gives details of section 89/96 proposals and other applications which have been
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LEAs |Schools |Nature of change |Decision date
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Approved proposals to introduce
selection under section 89/96
Barnet |Queen Elizabeth Boys School |100 per cent. selection including |18 August 1994
|10 per cent. aptitude for music
Berkshire |Reading Girls School |18 per cent. selective form of entry |12 February 1993
Cumbria |Queen Elizabeth Grammar |100 per cent. selection and change |31 March 1993
|School |of age range from 13-18 to 11-18
Dorset |Budmouth GM School |10 per cent. selection by ability | 8 August 1994
Hertfordshire |Watford Grammar (Girls) School |50 per cent. selection by ability |28 July 1994
Hertfordshire |Watford Grammar (Boys) School |50 per cent. selection by ability |18 August 1994
Hertfordshire |Parimter's School |50 per cent. selection by ability |26 July 1994
Hertfordshire |Rickmansworth School |50 per cent. selection by ability |22 July 1994
Kent |Chaucer Technology College |100 per cent. selection by aptitude |11 May 1995
|for technology
Kent |Homewood School |20 per cent. selection by ability |28 June 1994
Kingston |Holy Cross School |13 per cent. selective stream (20) |25 April 1995
|and significant enlargement
Lambeth |Archbishop Tenison's GM School |Introduce banding based on NFER tests|30 March 1995
Lambeth |St Martins in the Fields High School |Introduce banding based on NFER tests|30 March 1995
Wandsworth |Graveney GM School |50 per cent. selection by ability |28 November 1994
Wandsworth |Burntwood School |30 per cent. selection by ability | 9 January 1995
Proposals published under section 96 under consideration
Hammersmith and Fulham |London Oratory School |Selection of 20 boys each year
|aged 7 on musical and general ability
Hertfordshire |Bishops Stortford High School |50 per cent. selection by ability
Kent |The Westlands School |11 per cent. from comprehensive
|to bi-lateral
GM schools which were approved for 10 per cent. selection by Music, Sporting Ability, Art, Drama or Technology
LEAs |Schools |Nature of change |decision date
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Barnet |Mill Hill School |Music |October 1993
Bromley |Beaverwood Girls School |Ability in performing Arts |August 1994
Bromley |Cooper's School |Music Drama, Dance, Sport |June 1993
Cambridge |Deacons School |Technology |August 1994
Essex |King Edward VI Grammar School |Singing (Choristers) |June 1993
Essex |Rainsford High School |Music and Drama |March 1994
Hampshire |Crofton School |Music 5 Children only |October 1994
Havering |Abbs Cross School |Music |June 1993
Kensington and Chelsea |Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School|Ability in Music |August 1994
Kent |Canterbury High School |Music |April 1993
Kent |Chaucer Technology School |Technology |December 1993
Kent |Langley Park for Boys |Music, Sport |September 1993
Kingston |Beverley School |Art and/or Music |October 1994
Lambeth |Dunraven School |Music |October 1993
Lambeth |La Reitrate |10 per cent. Music |September 1993
Lincoln |Lincoln Christ's Hospital School|Music (10 per cent. selection on|October 1994
|basis of aptitude |October 1994
Norfolk |Cliff Park High School |10 per cent. music on basis of |October 1994
|talent, skill and interest |October 1994
Surrey |Heathside School |Music, Sport |July 1993
Surrey |Thamesmead School |Music |October 1994
Applications still under consideration
Hertfordshire |Dame Alice Owen |10 per cent. selection in Music
Norfolk |Wymondham College |10 per cent. selection in music
|and sport for both
GM schools which were approved for 10 per cent. selection by Music, Sporting Ability, Art, Drama or Technology on implementation of GM status LEAs |Schools |Nature of change |Decision date ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bromley |Kemnal Manor |Technology |February 1994 Cambridgeshire |Kings' School, Peterborough |Music |October 1993 Enfield |Enfield Grammar School |Music, Sport |December 1993 Essex |Ursuline Convent |Music |December 1993 Hertfordshire |Bishop's Stortford |Music, Sport and Drama |October 1993 Hertfordshire |Chancellors School |Drama, Music and Sport |December 1993 Hertfordshire |Dame Alice Owen School |Music, Sport |April 1993 Hertfordshire |Queen's School, Bushey |Music, Art, Sport |March 1993 Kent |Charles Dickens High School |Music |February 1993 Kent |Dane Court Grammar School |Music, Sport, Drama or any unusual talent|March 1994 Kent |Rainham Mark Grammar School |Music, Sport, Drama or any unusual talent|February 1992 Kent |Robert Naiper School |Music, Sport, Drama or any unusual talent|February 1992 Kent |Westland High School |Music |January 1993
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what are the reasons behind grant-maintained schools being classified as private sector bodies. [22068]
Mr. Robin Squire: Like universities and colleges, grant-maintained schools are classified as private sector institutions by the Central Statistical Office for the purpose of national income accounting. For further details, I refer the hon. Member to the reply that my hon. Friend the Economic Secretary gave to the hon. Member for Bridgend (Mr. Griffiths) on 27 February 1995, Official Report , column 397 .
Grant-maintained schools are classified in this way mainly because their governors--representing parents, teachers and the local community--are not appointed by central or local government.
Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the current number of grant-maintained schools. [21661]
Mr. Robin Squire: There are currently 1,053 grant-maintained schools in England.
Funding Agency for Schools
Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many people are currently employed by the Funding Agency for Schools on (a) a part-time basis, (b) a full-time basis and (c) a consultancy capacity. [21662]
Mr. Robin Squire: This is a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman of the Funding Agency to write to the hon. Member with this information.
Local Education Authority Staff
Mr. Fisher: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the ratio of local education authority administrators to teachers in schools. [21569]
Mr. Robin Squire: Information on staff employed by local authorities is collected by the local government management board. Figures show that in June 1994, local authorities in England employed 376,665 full-time equivalent teachers and lecturers and 316, 244 full-time equivalent other manual and non-manual staff involved in education, making a ratio of around 2.5 non-teaching staff to every three teachers.
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The survey does not enable staff employed in schools to be separated from those employed elsewhere or administrative staff to be separated from other non-teaching staff.Computer Pornography
Mr. Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Education when the departmental guidelines for schools and parents on computer pornography will be published; and how many leaflets will be available. [21189]
Mr. Forth: I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Mrs. Winterton) on 28 March 1995 Official Report, column 570.
Class Sizes
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what was the number and percentage of pupils in primary schools in (a) January 1980, (b) January 1991, (c) January 1992, (d) January 1993, (e) January 1994 and (f) January 1995 being taught in classes of 40 or more in maintained schools in each local education authority and in total; [21197]
(2) what was the number and percentage of pupils in secondary schools in (a) January 1980, (b) January 1991, (c) January 1992, (d) January 1993, (e) January 1994 and (f) January 1995 being taught in classes of 40 or more in maintained schools in each local education authority and in total. [21198]
Mr. Robin Squire: Information on pupils in classes of size 40 and over in maintained primary and secondary schools for years 1980, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 has been placed in the Library. Information for January 1995 will not be available until the autumn.
Ms Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will now commission research to assess the effect of class size on pupil performance. [21313]
Mr. Robin Squire: The Department will continue to monitor research in this area, but has at present no plans to commission such research. There is no conclusive evidence from a large volume of accumulated research that marginal reductions in class size affect pupil performance. What matters most is the quality of teaching.
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City of Liverpool Community College
Mr. Alton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what representation she has received about the City of Liverpool community college; and if she will establish an independent inquiry into the governance and management of the City of Liverpool community college. [21142]
Mr. Boswell: I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Mr. Wareing) on 3 March 1995 Official Report, column 774. Since then, the Department has received one letter about the college, from a member of its staff.
LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
Mr. Mohd Ashfaq
Mr. Madden: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if leave to appeal to the Immigration Appeal Tribunal has been granted to the Home Office in the case of Mr. Mohd Ashfaq: ref: TH/1740/94; IMM/C2021. [20669]
Mr. John M. Taylor: Leave to appeal to the tribunal was refused on 6 April 1995.
Divorce Cases
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many cases of divorce have been reported during the last year; and what were the comparable figures in each of the previous four years. [20694]
Mr. John M. Taylor: The question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.
Letter from M. D. Huebner to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 27 April 1995:
The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, has asked me to reply to your question about the number of divorces reported during the past five years.
The following statistics refer to the number of divorce cases in which a final decree has been made, to end the marriage:
1990: 147080
1991: 147385
1992: 148046
1993: 154062
1994: 146932
The statistics cover England only. I understand that you have asked separately for information from the Welsh Office. You may like to know that all judicial statistics for England and Wales are provided by the Lord Chancellor's Department. The figures for Wales are as follows:
1990: 8159
1991: 8542
1992: 8633
1993: 8517
1994: 7941
The Welsh Office have been provided with this information and will reply separately to your Question.
These figures are provisional and therefore liable to revision to take account of late amendments.
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