| Previous Section | Home Page |
|TV |Radio |Newspaper |Other
Year |£000 |£000 |£000 |£000
------------------------------------------------------------------
1979-80 |- |- |91.6 |12.2
1980-81 |- |- |8.9 |58.3
1981-82 |- |- |86.9 |49.9
1982-83 |- |- |6.0 |33.7
1983-84 |- |- |9.6 |74.9
1984-85 |- |- |18.5 |150.6
1985-86 |- |- |14.8 |184.1
1986-87 |- |- |532.0 |533.0
1987-88 |- |- |280.0 |1,459.0
1988-89 |- |40.0 |475.0 |1,156.0
1989-90 |- |11.8 |238.0 |1,150.0
1990-91 |1,100 |97.0 |1,470.0 |1,916.0
1991-92 |800.0 |- |2,237.9 |5,842.7
1992-93 |- |- |1,086.4 |5,800.1
1993-94 |- |29.2 |1,413.0 |8,551.3
1994-95 |- |- |159.3 |<1>7,929.0
<1> Estimated.
Public Opinion Surveys
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list each public opinion survey commissioned by (a) her Department and (b) her agencies for each year since 1992, showing for each the subject, the cost and the organisation from which it was commissioned. [23689]
Mr. Forth: The Department has carried out the following public opinion surveys since 1992:
Subject: National Curriculum leaflet for parents
Date: March and December 1992
Company: British Market Research Bureau
Subject: School Performance Tables
Date: December 1992 and January 1994
Company: Taylor Nelson
Column 10
Subject: Grant-Maintained SchoolsDate: July 1992, May 1993, October,1993, February 1994 and February 1995
Company: Audience Selection
Subject: National Curriculum testing of 7, 11 and 14 year olds Date: April 1993
Company: British Market Research Bureau
Subject: National Curriculum testing of 7, 11 and 14 year olds Date: May 1993
Company: Bulmershe Research
Subject: Publicity campaign for parents on National Curriculum testing of 7, 11 and 14 year olds
Date: January 1994, July 1994
Company: British Market Research Bureau
Subject: DFE Exhibitions--DFE Touring Roadshow
Date: October 1992, July 1993, July 1994
Company: 1992, 1993 Martin Hamblin; 1994 Alpha Research Subject: Further and Higher Education Charters
Date: September 1993, November 1993
Company: Martin Hamblin
Subject: Educational Provision for Under 5's
Date: April 1994
Company: Bulmershe Research
Subject: Updated Parent's Charter
Date: June 1994, August 1994
Company: Research Society for Great Britain
Subject: School Performance Tables
Date: November 1994, February 1995
Company: Audience Selection
Subject: Publicity campaign for parents on National Curriculum testing of 7, 11 and 14 year olds.
Date: February 1995, April 1995
Company: British Market Research Bureau
Subject: Parent's Information Needs
Date: March 1995
Company: Research Surveys of Great Britain
Column 11
Information about the Department's agencies and other related bodies is not held centally. One item of research of which the Department is aware was commissioned by the School Curriculum Assessment Authority and is as follows:Subject: Public perception of the National Curriculum and the relative priorities of National Curriculum subjects
Date: June 1994
Company: Gallup
To give the cost of the research surveys carried out by the DFE and its agencies would compromise confidential tendering procedures.
Column 12
Pupil Expenditure
Mr. Worthington: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what has been the expenditure per (a) primary school and (b) secondary school pupil in real and constant price terms in every year since 1979; and what are the corresponding figures excluding staffing costs. [23395]
Mr. Robin Squire: The table shows net institutional expenditure per pupil including and excluding staffing costs, in cash terms and in 1994 95 prices, on LEA-maintained nursery and primary and secondary schools in England from 1979 80 to 1993 94, the latest year for which provisional outturn figures are available. The primary figures include expenditure on nursery provision which cannot be differentiated.
Column 11
|Net institutional |Net institutional
|expenditure per |expenditure per |excluding staffing|excluding staffing
|pupil |pupil |costs |costs
Year |Cash terms |1995 prices |Cash terms |1995 prices
|£ |£ |£ |£
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nursery primary
1979-80 |429 |1,074 |108 |272
1980-81 |546 |1,157 |133 |281
1981-82 |621 |1,198 |151 |291
1982-83 |682 |1,229 |168 |303
1983-84 |732 |1,260 |184 |317
1984-85 |767 |1,257 |190 |312
1985-86 |817 |1,270 |201 |312
1986-87 |905 |1,366 |218 |329
1987-88 |1,006 |1,441 |239 |342
1988-89 |1,101 |1,479 |254 |340
1989-90 |1,210 |1,519 |294 |369
1990-91 |1,339 |1,555 |347 |403
1991-92 |1,469 |1,606 |364 |398
1992-93 |1,583 |1,664 |364 |383
1993-94 |1,637 |1,670 |385 |393
Secondary
1979-80 |607 |1,520 |162 |405
1980-81 |765 |1,618 |191 |405
1981-82 |865 |1,668 |213 |411
1982-83 |942 |1,696 |235 |424
1983-84 |1,014 |1,745 |255 |439
1984-85 |1,086 |1,780 |273 |447
1985-86 |1,177 |1,829 |291 |452
1986-87 |1,340 |2,021 |334 |503
1987-88 |1,517 |2,172 |376 |538
1988-89 |1,692 |2,272 |410 |550
1989-90 |1,858 |2,332 |472 |593
1990-91 |2,019 |2,346 |541 |629
1991-92 |2,145 |2,345 |520 |569
1992-93 |2,256 |2,372 |503 |528
1993-94 |2,252 |2,297 |517 |527
(2) what was the average unit cost per pupil for 1993 94 of educating four- year-olds in (a) each local education authority and (b) nationally, (i) in nursery schools and nursery classes, (ii) in reception classes in primary schools and (ii) overall. [23638]
Mr. Robin Squire: The average unit cost per full-time equivalent pupil in 1993 94 for those categories of
Column 12
under-fives provision for which estimates are available nationally are given below:
1993-94 estimates (provisional)
|£
-----------------------------------------------
Nursery schools |3,250
Nursery classes in primary schools |2,660
Primary classes including under 5s |1,590
Average |2,040
Figures for each local authority are not separately available; nor are figures for four-year-olds only.
Column 13
Stratford School
Mr. Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what payment the newly appointed governors at Stratford grant-maintained school will receive for their work; and what brief they will be working to. [23855]
Mr. Forth: My right hon. Friend announced on 5 May four new appointments to the governing body of Stratford school. Governors of publicly maintained schools do not receive payments for their services, although they may be refunded travel and subsistence expenses.
My right hon. Friend expects the newly constituted governing body as a whole to begin work immediately on a range of strategies to improve the standard of education on offer.
Autistic Children
Mr. Alex Carlile: to ask the Secretary of State for Education which authorities provide specialist facilities for the education of austic children; and if she will make a statement. [23680]
Mr. Forth: This information is not available centrally. However, information provided by the National Autistic Society suggests that a third of LEAs in England and Wales maintain specialist units for autistic children. In addition, LEAs may place autistic pupils at independent schools, including those run by the NAS. The majority of autistic children receive provision in accordance with statements of specialist educational need in other special or mainstream schools.
Further Education Colleges
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans she has to revise the enrolment targets for further education colleges. [23538]
Mr. Boswell: My right hon. Friend does not set college targets for enrolment in the further education sector. The Government's planning assumptions continue to imply a significant increase in student numbers between 1993 94 and 1997 98.
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the Government's assessment of the effect of increased enrolments on teaching loads at further education colleges in terms of teaching standards and levels of stress among lecturers. [23541]
Mr. Boswell: The Government have not conducted a formal assessment of the effect of increased enrolment in the further education sector. The issue of teaching standards in the sector is the responsibility of the Further Education Funding Council.
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps she is taking to monitor teaching standards at further education colleges. [23539]
Mr. Boswell: The responsibility for ensuring quality in FE sector colleges in England rests with the Further Education Funding Council (England). I have asked Sir William Stubbs, its chief executive, to write to the hon. Member.
Pupil-teacher Ratios
Sir Ralph Howell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her answer of 25 April, Official Report, column 487 , what assessment she has made of the reasons why the average size of single- teacher classes is
Column 14
increasing, while the pupil-teacher ratio is decreasing; and if she will make a statement. [23408]Mr. Robin Squire: Pupil-teacher ratios are calculated by dividing full-time equivalent pupil numbers by the total number of full-time equivalent qualified teaching staff. Many teachers are not engaged full- time in classroom teaching; these include head teachers and others with management and planning responsibilities, as well as teachers allocated "non-contact" time during the school day for work to support their own teaching. Average class sizes therefore reflect decisions taken at school level about how to allocate available staff time.
PTRs in January 1994 were slightly below those in 1979, while average class sizes were slightly higher. This is because the proportion of teachers' time allocated to activities other than teaching has increased over the period.
Mr. Worthington: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the pupil-teacher ratio in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in each year since 1979. [23624]
Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested is shown in the table.
Pupil: Teacher Ratios in maintained
schools in England
1979-1994 position in January each year
|Primary |Secondary
----------------------------------------
1979 |23.1 |16.8
1980 |22.7 |16.7
1981 |22.6 |16.7
1982 |22.5 |16.7
1983 |22.3 |16.6
1984 |22.1 |16.4
1985 |22.2 |16.3
1986 |22.1 |16.1
1987 |21.9 |15.8
1988 |22.0 |15.5
1989 |22.0 |15.4
1990 |22.0 |15.4
1991 |22.2 |15.7
1992 |22.2 |15.9
1993 |22.4 |16.2
1994 |22.7 |16.4
Schools, Ealing
Mr. Harry Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her answer of 4 May, Official Report , column 288 , what is the total amount spent per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary locally managed schools in Ealing other than that allocated to schools. [23618]
Mr. Robin Squire: The figures are £517.33 for primary and £923.45 for secondary schools. These are derived from the Budget statement for 1995 96 published by the local education authority under section 42 of the Education Reform Act, and relate to all planned expenditure on mandatory and discretionary "excepted items".
Further Education
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the Government's assessment of the trend in the percentage of pupils staying on to continue education and training. [23540]
Column 15
Mr. Boswell: The trend in the proportion of 16-year-old pupils who stay on in full-time or part-time education, including those who attend college while undergoing training, is as follows:
Percentage of 16-year-olds
|Full time |Part time
Academic year |education |education |Total
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1983-84 |47.8 |16.5 |64.3
1984-85 |46.7 |17.8 |64.6
1985-86 |47.3 |17.7 |65.0
1986-87 |46.8 |17.9 |64.7
1987-88 |48.5 |17.2 |65.7
1988-89 |51.5 |18.4 |69.9
1989-90 |55.0 |15.9 |70.8
1990-91 |59.3 |13.3 |72.6
1991-92 |66.6 |9.7 |76.3
1992-93 |69.9 |7.9 |77.8
1993-94 |72.5 |7.5 |80.0
School Leavers
Mr. Worthington: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of school leavers has attained no academic qualifications in each year since 1979. [23389]
Mr. Robin Squire: The proportion of school leavers, excluding special schools, in England who attained no academic qualifications in each year since 1979 is as follows:
|Per cent.
------------------------------
1978-79 |12.8
1979-80 |12.2
1980-81 |11.4
1981-82 |10.6
1982-83 |9.6
1983-84 |9.5
1984-85 |9.4
1985-86 |9.6
1986-87 |9.4
1987-88 |9.5
1988-89 |7.9
1989-90 |7.6
1990-91 |7.0
Data on school leavers was collected on a reduced sample in 1991 92 and not collected at all after 1992. However, data from the school performance tables for 1992, 1993 and 1994 show that the percentage of 15-year-old pupils attaining no academic qualification was 8.4 per cent. in 1991-92, 7 per cent. in 1992 93 and 7.7 per cent. in 1993 94.
Higher Education
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will estimate the number of hours which staff in her Department spend on issues relating to (a) higher and (b) further education in (i) whole-time equivalents and (ii) cost terms. [23636]
Mr. Boswell: The number of hours spent on higher education issues is estimated to be just over 4,000 and on further education issues just under 4,000 per working week. The estimated salary costs are £2.47 million on higher education and £2.33 million on further education in the financial year 1995 96.
Column 16
Review Groups (National Curriculum)
Mr. Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment she has made of the merits of establishing long-term review groups in each of the national curriculum core subjects of mathematics, English and science; and what plans she has to introduce such groups. [23156]
Mr. Forth: The School Curriculum and Assessment Authority is responsible for advising the Secretary of State on the national curriculum. To that end, it will be monitoring the new curriculum, which will be introduced from September 1995. Precisely how it does so is a matter for the authority itself, and I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Dr. Ishan Barbouti
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the status in the United Kingdom of the late Dr. Ishan Barbouti. [22664]
Mr. Nicholas Baker: Records relating to individual overseas nationals are held in confidence by the immigration and nationality department and it is not our normal practice to divulge them to third parties.
Rape in Marriage
Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has for reviewing the law in respect of rape in marriage. [22507]
Mr. Maclean: Under the law as it stands at present, a man may be convicted of raping his wife. The Government have no plans to review the law on this subject.
Public Bodies
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which non-departmental public bodies within the responsibility of his Department are subject to scrutiny by (a) ombudsmen, (b) the National Audit Office, (c) the Audit Commission and (d) other monitoring officers; which are covered by citizens charters; in which performance indicators apply; and in which members are liable to surcharge. [23961]
Mr. Howard: In respect of the executive non-departmental bodies sponsored by the Home Office I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from the hon. Member for Cannock and Burntwood (Dr. Wright) on 1 May, at column 100 . NDPB members are not subject to surcharge but the Alcohol Education and Research Council and the Community Development Foundation are charities and as such the trustees have potential financial liabilities under the Charities Acts 1992 and 1993. The information requested in relation to the 154 non-executive NDPBs sponsored by the Home Office, including 130 boards of visitors, is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Column 17
Lockerbie
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will acquire for the video library of the Home Office the video of Alan Francovitch's film, "The Maltese Double Cross." [23720]
Political Refugees, Visitors and Students
Mr. Dicks: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many applicants, including dependants from Bosnia, have been granted entry into the United Kingdom since 1992 as (a) political refugees, (b) visitors and (c) students; and how many have subsequently returned to that country; [23419]
(2) how many applicants, including dependants from Somalia, have been granted entry into the United Kingdom since 1992 as (a) political refugees, (b) visitors and (c) students; and how many have subsequently returned to that country. [23418]
Mr. Nicholas Baker [holding answer 10 May 1995]: Information on nationals of the former Yugoslavia and Somalia given leave to enter as visitors, students and "refugees, exceptional leave cases and their dependants" in 1992 93 are given in table 3.1 of "Control of Immigration: Statistics, United Kingdom, 1992", Cm. 2368, and the corresponding publication for 1993, Cm. 2637, copies of which are in the Library. Data for 1994 are given in the table. The data exclude persons granted temporary admission before the resolution of their case. The data available for the new countries of the former Yugoslavia are incomplete because many passengers still have Yugoslav passports. It is not known how many nationals of the former Yugoslavia and Somalia subsequently returned to their home country.
Persons given leave to enter the United Kingdom in 1994<1>
Number of admissions
|Refugees,
|exceptional leave
|cases and their
Nationality |Visitors |Students |dependants<2>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Former Yugoslavia |38,800 |5,370 |1,270
Somalia |1,780 |20 |980
<1> Data are provisional.
<2> Persons who applied for asylum at a port and were subsequently granted refugee status
or exceptional leave to enter the United Kingdom-and their dependants.
Prisons
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the figures for the number of prison governors by grade and ethnic origin. [23085]
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 9 May 1995]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Doug Hoyle, dated 15 May 1995: The Home Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prison governors by grade and by ethnic origin.
Column 18
On 1 May 1995 there were 1,020 staff employed in governor grades; 46 at Governor 1 level, 75 at Governor 2 level, 126 at Governor 3 level, 309 at Governor 4 level and 464 at Governor 5 level. Our database of staff ethnic backgrounds, covering 97 per cent of non- industrial staff in the Prison Service, indicates that four members of staff in the governor grades registered that they were members of ethnic minorities. To protect those individuals' privacy, and as the numbers are so small I have not broken down the figures by grade or by ethnic origin.Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the policy on the recruitment of ethnic minority prison officers; and what action he is taking to further this policy. [23091]
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 9 May 1995]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Pearson to Mr. Doug Hoyle, dated 15 May 1995 :
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the recruitment of prison officers from the ethnic minorities.
The Prison Service is an equal opportunities employer and equality of opportunity is one of the values set out in the Statement of Purpose, Vision, Goals and Values.
Individual prison establishments assumed responsibility for recruiting prison officers in April 1993, (before this there was a centralised system with continuous recruitment). All appointments to the Prison Service are (and must be) made on the basis of merit and fair and open competition. When recruitment was devolved, comprehensive guidance on recruitment procedures was issued to each establishment.
The guidance included specific guidance on recruitment of members of the ethnic minorities. It pointed out that positive discrimination in favour of women or members of the ethnic minorities is unlawful, but the Sex Discrimination Act and Race Relations Act do permit positive action to encourage under represented groups to apply for jobs. Governors, therefore, are expected to take positive action to redress the current under representation of people from the ethnic minorities in the prison officer grades. The guidance suggested various means--such as presentations to local religious and community groups, encouraging ethnic minority groups to attend prison events, development of links with local Race Equality Councils and the Race Relations Employment Advisory Service--by which governors could raise awareness of the work of the Prison Service and encourage members of the ethnic minorities to apply for jobs.
All recruitment is continuously monitored and further advice is issued to Governors in response to any problems or difficulties highlighted by that monitoring process.
| Next Section
| Home Page |