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Mr. Jones: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the budget of his Department to ensure regulations relating to BSE and the use of offal in feeds have been enforced, and if he will make a statement. [36425]
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Mrs. Browning: The BSE manpower budget for this Department, excluding agencies, for the current financial year is £4.2 million. It is not possible, without disproportionate costs, to identify enforcement costs separately.
Mr. Jones: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the budget and how many staff are involved in monitoring the prohibited forms of bovine offal entering human food. [36727]
Mrs. Browning: Enforcement of the controls on specified bovine offal in slaughterhouses and head boning plants is the responsibility of the Meat Hygiene Service. The MHS currently employs 778 red meat inspectors in day to day enforcement work at red meat plants--pig, sheep and cattle--which includes the enforcement of the SBO controls. The cost of this work is not recoverable from the industry. The total budget for these staff for the current financial year is £12,180,000. It is not possible, without disproportionate costs, to identify from among the non-recoverable costs the enforcement costs from the SBO controls alone.
Mr. Jones: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in how many cases in the last five years prohibited forms of offal have been found entering human food; and what fines have been imposed. [36728]
Mrs. Browning: No such cases have been notified to this Department. However, until 1 April 1995 local authorities were responsible for enforcement of the controls on specified bovine offal in slaughterhouses and head boning plants. Information on enforcement before that date is not therefore held centrally. It is not possible, without disproportionate costs, to collect and collate this information from local authorities.
Since 1 April 1995 the Meat Hygiene Service has been responsible for enforcement of the controls. We know of no instances where SBOs have entered the human food chain. We are aware of four cases where small amounts of SBO had been left attached to carcases after dressing but these were properly removed before the carcases left the premises.
Codex Alimentarius Agreement
Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans his Department has to establish maximum residue limits for hormones in meats following the recent codex alimentarius agreement. [36423]
Mrs. Browning: Decisions by the Codex Alimentarius Commission to adopt maximum residue limits are not binding on codex member countries. They are taken into account when the Community establishes MRLs under regulation (EEC) 2377/90 which are then applicable in all member states. Before MRLs can be considered, applications must be submitted by pharmaceutical companies.
The use of hormonal growth promoters in food producing animals has been banned throughout the Community since 1988. It also applies to meat and meat products imported from third countries. As a result of the ban, Community MRLs have not been set for growth-promoting hormones and residues surveillance is
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based on analysis to the minimum level of quantification. It is for the European Commission to consider whether or not the Codex decisions will have any effect on the current prohibition.Environmentally Sensitive Areas
Mr. Welsh: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what subsidies were paid out for environmentally sensitive areas in England in (a) 1992 93, (b) 1993 94, (c) 1994 95 and (d) 1995 96; and how many individuals were recipients of these payments in these years. [37130]
Mr. Boswell: The Ministry paid the following sums to ESA agreement holders in England:
|Amount paid|Number of
|(£000s) |recipients
------------------------------------------------
1992-93 |10,461 |3,265
1993-94 |16,235 |4,514
1994-95 |19,367 |6,141
The above figures relate to United Kingdom financial years (i.e. 1 April to 31 March).
It is estimated that £30 million will be paid in 1995 96 to about 7,000 recipients.
Game Rearing Industry
Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations he has had from the game rearing industry regarding the ban on Emtryl. [37430]
Mrs. Browning: We have received a number of representations from the game rearing industry, including the Game Conservancy Trust and the Game Farmers Association.
Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what evidence Ministers received from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate about the ban on dimetridazole. [37428]
Mrs. Browning: We are aware of the concerns over this ban, and a number of options to overcome the consequential problems of the game rearing industry are under active consideration.
Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the effect of Emtryl on the economies of those areas of rural Britain where game birds are bred. [37432]
Mrs. Browning: To official assessment has been made. We are aware however, that the banning of dimetridazole could lead to flock losses as high as 50 per cent. or more. This is why we are working with game bird organisations to try to find a solution.
Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the policy of Her Majesty's Government in respect of the recent European Union ban on the chemical dimetridazole sold under the trade name Emtryl. [37422]
Mrs. Browning: The Government opposed the proposal to prohibit the therapeutic use of dimetridazole--Emtryl--by its inclusion in annex IV of Council regulation (EEC) 2377/90, on the grounds that the
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scientific data could enable a maximum residue limit to be set to protect consumers and because of the animal welfare problems which would result from a ban.Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what weighting was given to the United Kingdom position on the European Union decision to ban Emtryl. [37431]
Mrs. Browning: The position of the UK was accorded its due weight under the normal procedures of the Community. Decisions on entries in the annexes of Council regulation (EEC) 2377/90 are taken at regulatory committee by qualified majority voting. If referred to the Council of Agriculture Ministers, the contre filet procedure applies.
Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what alternative drugs are available to breeders of game birds to control hexamitiasis and trichomoniasis in larger flocks. [37429]
Mrs. Browning: We are not aware that there are any satisfactory alternative medicinal products available to the game rearing industry for the treatment of these conditions.
Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if Her Majesty's Government will now take steps to suspend the European Union ban on Emtryl pending further investigations on alternative disease control agents. [37433]
Mrs. Browning: We are considering a number of options to try to assist the game rearing industry as a result of this prohibition.
Pesticides
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what monitoring is carried out by or for his Department to ensure (a) that pesticide residues on horticultural produce remain below recommended levels and (b) that the amount of pesticides sprayed on to horticultural crops remains below recommended levels. [37747]
Mrs. Browning: Monitoring of both home-produced and imported food for pesticide residues is carried out for the Government's working party on pesticide residues. Some 3,000 to 4,000 samples are analysed each year at a cost of over £2 million.
Mr. Taylor: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what research has been carried out by or on behalf of his Department into the effects on humans of pesticide levels which exceed recommended levels, with special reference to the long-term low-level effects of pesticides on humans. [37745]
Mrs. Browning: The Department does not carry out or directly commission any such research. However, before any pesticide is permitted for use, a thorough assessment of its potential impact on humans, including long-term effects, is carried out based on research carried out by the applicant company on that specific pesticide. This assessment will identify the level at which no adverse effects will be seen and use is only permitted if it is expected to lead to human exposure substantially less than that level. The assessment also identifies the effects that may begin to be seen at high levels.
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Mr. Taylor: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what guidelines there are to control (a) the amount of pesticides sprayed on to horticultural crops and (b) the levels of pesticide residues on fresh fruit and vegetables. [37748]
Mrs. Browning: For each approved pesticide the maximum permitted usage rate, which may vary from crop to crop, will be set out on the product label. In some cases, a minimum interval between application of a pesticide and harvesting a crop will also be specified. It is an offence for a pesticide user to breach these statutory conditions of use. The conditions are set so as to ensure that, when observed, they do not give rise to unacceptable levels of residue on and in crops. For many pesticides, statutory maximum residue levels have been set which reflect the greatest amount of pesticide that should be found in a crop which has not been treated according to the approved conditions of use. The statutory code of practice for the safe use of pesticides on farms and holdings provides general guidance on the application of pesticides.
Mr. Taylor: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what pesticide products have been licensed for use in horticultural production since 1972; and what is the proprietary name, the manufacturing company, the exact ingredients and the date of the licence in each case. [37746]
Mrs. Browning: Pesticides approved as of 31 October 1994 are listed in the HMSO publication "Pesticides 1995". However, the detailed information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Ministers only approve the marketing or use of a pesticide if thorough evaluation establishes that it is effective and poses no unacceptable risk to human beings, non-target species or the wider environment.
Pigs
Mr. Morley: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are his plans with regard to the welfare of pigs. [38004]
Mrs. Browning: The Welfare of Livestock Regulations 1994, S.I 2126 implemented EU directive 91/630 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs, including minimum space requirements for weaners and rearing pigs which will fully come into force on 1 January 1998. The regulations also maintained the requirement that the use of sow stalls and tethers should be phased out by the end of 1988 and banned the use of sweat box systems from 1 July this year.
We await with interest the outcome of the Farm Animal Welfare Council's review of the welfare of outdoor pigs.
The EU directive is due for review in 1997 and we have reminded the Commission of the importance of keeping to this timetable. We remain committed to securing harmonisation of EU legislation on the basis of our own high standards.
Mr. Morley: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has to repeal or amend the prohibition on sow stalls and tethers provided for by the Welfare of Livestock Regulations 1994; and if he will make a statement. [38007]
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Mrs. Browning: We have no such plans.
Milk and Dairy Inspections
Mr. Hanson: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proposals he has to bring milk and dairy inspection charges into line with those in Scotland. [38150]
Mr. Baldry: None. Inspections in England and Wales are carried out by ADAS and the costs recovered from producers. In Scotland, inspections are carried out by environmental health officers and the costs met by the local food authorities.
Intervention Stocks
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he next expects the Intervention Board to release for distribution stocks of (a) butter, (b) cheese and (c) wine; and if he will make a statement. [38295]
Mr. Baldry: I have no such plans for release of stocks of butter from intervention for distribution under the surplus food scheme. Neither cheese nor wine is held in intervention in the United Kingdom.
Nuclear Waste
Mr. Llew Smith: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information his Department possesses as to the quantities of nuclear wastes dumped (a) in Hurd deep off Alderney and (b) the Beaufort dyke off Scotland and Northern Ireland by the United Kingdom; and if he will place in the Library copies of all reports on the disposal of radioactive waste in these two locations held by his Department. [39254]
Mr. Baldry: No nuclear waste has been disposed of in the Beaufort dyke. Very low-level radioactive waste was disposed of in the Hurd deep from 1950 to 1963. Full details are contained in "Report of the Independent Review of Disposal of Radioactive Waste in there Northeast Atlantic" by Professor F. G. T. Holliday. This report was placed in the Library of the House on publication in 1984.
Orange Juice
Mr. Marlow: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the price of orange juice; what assessment he has made of future trends in prices; and which authorities influence the price charged in the United Kingdom. [39279]
Mrs. Browning: There is a wide variety of types of orange juice, including premium juice made from freshly squeezed oranges, long-life juice made from imported concentrate, and mixtures with other fruit juices. The retail price depends on the type of juice, the cost of manufacture and packaging, the pricing and promotional policy of the retailer and other factors. I see no way of predicting future price trends with confidence, given the number of variables involved.
Sir Teddy Taylor: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the amount of the import levy on non-EC orange juice being imposed in the present month; what will be the impact on retail prices; what is
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the object of the levy; and what assessment he has made of whether the levy conforms to the EU's general agreement on tariffs and trade obligations. [37630]Mrs. Browning [holding answer 19 October 1995]: Imports of orange juice into the European Union from non-preferential sources are at present subject to an ad valorem duty of either 18.4 per cent., or 40.6 per cent., depending on the nature of the product, and in most cases a specific duty of 24.8 ecu--currently about £20--per 100 kg. Preferential arrangements apply to imports from a range of countries, for example imports from Israel within a quota are subject only to any specific duty payable.
Given the range of duty rates and variety of product lines concerned, the impact on retail prices cannot readily be assessed. These duties form part of a system of Community preference that has existed for many years: on 1 July 1995, the variable levy that existed before that date was replaced by a specific duty required under the GATT settlement. I am satisfied that these duties conform to the EU's obligations under that settlement.
Live Animal Transport
Mr. Marlow: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the average journey distance of a quadraped livestock animal to its place of slaughter for each of the last 15 years. [38422]
Mrs. Browning [holding answer 20 October 1995]: The Department does not collect such information and has no plans to do so.
Abattoirs
Mr. Marlow: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the number of abattoirs in the UK by convenient capacity categories for each of the last 15 years. [38445]
Mrs. Browning [holding answer 20 October 1995]: The Department does not hold figures on the individual or total capacity of slaughterhouses in Great Britain and has no plans to collect this information centrally. The Meat and Livestock Commission's annual publication entitled "The Abattoir Industry in Great
Britain"--available from the MLC--ISBN 0904650.33.2--contains information on the numbers of British abattoirs for the period requested, and discusses the changes in capacity that have occurred since 1982.
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Short-time Working
Mr. Rowlands: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimates her Department has made of the number of companies currently on short-time working; and how many employees are affected by such short-time working. [37513]
Mr. Forth: In August 1995--provisional--8,000 operatives were affected by short-time working. Further information can be obtained from table 1.11 of the
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Employment Gazette , copies of which are in the House of Commons Library. Figures for the number of companies on short- time working are not available.Pupil Costs
Sir David Knox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much was spent per (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupil in each of the local education authorities in England in the most recent year for which figures are available at constant prices. [37665]
Mr. Robin Squire: The following table sets out for each LEA in England the net institutional expenditure per pupil in LEA maintained pre- primary/primary schools and secondary schools.
Cost per pupil-net |Nursery/primary |Secondary
institutional
expenditure 1993-94 |£ |£
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Corporation of London |3,587 |0
Camden |2,047 |2,716
Greenwich |2,009 |2,583
Hackney |1,958 |2,617
Hammersmith and Fulham |2,534 |3,329
Islington |2,719 |3,005
Kensington and Chelsea |2,394 |3,266
Lambeth |2,666 |3,296
Lewisham |2,058 |2,614
Southwark |1,806 |2,421
Tower Hamlets |2,656 |3,157
Wandsworth |2,139 |2,795
City of Westminster |2,592 |2,739
Barking |1,790 |2,355
Barnet |2,006 |2,952
Bexley |1,573 |2,341
Brent |1,633 |1,835
Bromley |1,525 |2,280
Croydon |1,793 |2,309
Ealing |1,915 |2,575
Enfield |1,768 |2,531
Haringey |2,236 |3,041
Harrow |1,913 |2,439
Havering |1,636 |2,290
Hillingdon |1,804 |2,670
Hounslow |1,935 |2,282
Kingston upon Thames |1,728 |2,284
Merton |1,853 |2,463
Newham |1,708 |2,563
Redbridge |1,640 |2,526
Richmond upon Thames |1,794 |2,280
Sutton |1,639 |1,978
Waltham Forest |1,821 |2,526
Birmingham |1,572 |2,330
Coventry |1,684 |2,469
Dudley |1,490 |2,098
Sandwell |1,681 |2,349
Solihull |1,574 |2,217
Walsall |1,672 |2,281
Wolverhampton |1,357 |2,300
Knowsley |1,485 |2,243
Liverpool |1,586 |2,613
St. Helens |1,605 |2,315
Sefton |1,448 |2,204
Wirral |1,552 |2,299
Bolton |1,581 |2,119
Bury |1,432 |1,979
Manchester |1,547 |2,328
Oldham |1,645 |2,278
Rochdale |1,307 |1,974
Salford |1,505 |2,215
Stockport |1,466 |2,310
Tameside |1,442 |2,095
Trafford |1,428 |2,156
Wigan |1,437 |2,141
Barnsley |1,539 |2,101
Doncaster |1,425 |2,022
Rotherham |1,723 |2,271
Sheffield |1,573 |2,119
Bradford |1,654 |1,969
Calderdale |1,607 |2,162
Kirklees |1,579 |2,207
Leeds |1,647 |2,164
Wakefield |1,577 |2,150
Gateshead |1,664 |2,252
Newcastle Upon Tyne |1,697 |2,187
North Tyneside |1,469 |1,995
South Tyneside |1,463 |1,948
Sunderland |1,509 |2,114
Isles of Scilly |2,401 |4,415
Avon |1,571 |2,288
Bedfordshire |1,639 |2,103
Berkshire |1,592 |2,214
Buckinghamshire |1,735 |2,286
Cambridgeshire |1,534 |1,956
Cheshire |1,483 |2,106
Cleveland |1,461 |2,129
Cornwall |1,535 |2,160
Cumbria |1,667 |2,216
Derbyshire |1,600 |2,214
Devon |1,503 |2,157
Dorset |1,485 |2,065
Durham |1,664 |2,114
East Sussex |1,643 |2,270
Essex |1,724 |2,286
Gloucestershire |1,523 |2,084
Hampshire |1,583 |2,180
Hereford and Worcester |1,617 |2,038
Hertfordshire |1,664 |2,245
Humberside |1,621 |2,257
Isle of Wight |1,598 |2,027
Kent |1,397 |2,079
Lancashire |1,669 |2,347
Leicestershire |1,629 |2,263
Lincolnshire |1,496 |2,322
Norfolk |1,585 |2,309
North Yorkshire |1,555 |2,187
Northamptonshire |1,522 |2,125
Northumberland |1,686 |2,083
Nottinghamshire |1,653 |2,381
Oxfordshire |1,765 |2,191
Shropshire |1,577 |2,354
Somerset |1,583 |2,138
Staffordshire |1,534 |2,078
Suffolk |1,673 |2,190
Surrey |1,701 |2,215
Warwickshire |1,555 |2,420
West Sussex |1,579 |2,467
Wiltshire |1,521 |2,379
All England |1,630 |2,245
Education Expenditure, Staffordshire
Sir David Knox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much was spent in total on education in Staffordshire in each of the past 25 years, at constant prices. [37667]
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Mr. Robin Squire: The table shows expenditure by Staffordshire local education authority from 1970 71 to 1993 94, the latest year for which figures are available. The figures have not been adjusted for any changes of function.
Gross expenditure (1993-94 prices) Staffordshire county |£ million council --------------------------------------------------------------- 1970-71 |264.12 1971-72 |279.46 1972-73 |297.28 1973-74 |320.22 1974-75 |451.10 1975-76 |463.65 1976-77 |469.50 1977-78 |450.99 1978-79 |461.05 1979-80 |451.17 1980-81 |459.07 1981-82 |466.49 1982-83 |456.00 1983-84 |461.19 1984-85 |449.32 1985-86 |440.32 1986-87 |460.01 1987-88 |472.42 1988-89 |481.56 1989-90 |457.29 1990-91 |465.41 1991-92 |470.05 1992-93 |512.69 1993-94 |405.15
Sir David Knox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much was spent per pupil in Staffordshire (a) in primary schools and (b) in secondary schools in each of the past 25 years, at constant prices. [37671]
Mr. Squire: The table shows expenditure by Staffordshire local education authority on (a) pre-primary and primary pupils combined, and on (b) secondary pupils from 1974 75 and 1993 94, the latest year for which figures are available. Equivalent figures prior to 1974 75 are not readily available centrally. The figures differ from those in my answer of 28 February 1995, Official Report , column 536 , because firm figures are now available for 1993 94, and because a revised GDP deflator has been applied.
Unit costs (1994-95 prices)
£
|Pre-primary/
|primary |Secondary
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Staffordshire county council
1974-75 |1,195 |1,938
1975-76 |1,201 |2,001
1976-77 |1,220 |1,944
1977-78 |1,164 |1,824
1978-79 |1,178 |1,817
1979-80 |1,192 |1,778
1980-81 |1,183 |1,636
1981-82 |1,250 |1,707
1982-83 |1,276 |1,705
1983-84 |1,320 |1,759
1984-85 |1,285 |1,761
1985-86 |1,278 |1,817
1986-87 |1,340 |1,968
1987-88 |1,414 |2,108
1988-89 |1,438 |2,219
1989-90 |1,448 |2,242
1990-91 |1,460 |2,173
1991-92 |1,524 |2,231
1992-93 |1,533 |2,189
1993-94 |1,561 |2,114
Sir David Knox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much was spent in total on school education in Staffordshire in each of the past 25 years, at constant prices. [37663]
Mr. Squire: The table shows expenditure on per-primary, and primary and secondary education by Staffordshire local education authority from 1970 71 and 1993 94, the latest year for which figures are available. These figures have not been adjusted for any changes of function.
Expenditure on school education (1993-94 prices)
|£ million
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Staffordshire county council
1970-71 |156.23
1971-72 |165.64
1972-73 |175.95
1973-74 |191.14
1974-75 |283.80
1975-76 |289.81
1976-77 |292.80
1977-78 |278.39
1978-79 |281.47
1979-80 |276.93
1980-81 |288.04
1981-82 |292.34
1982-83 |285.42
1983-84 |287.83
1984-85 |277.12
1985-86 |274.36
1986-87 |282.80
1987-88 |291.86
1988-89 |293.64
1989-90 |301.35
1990-91 |304.63
1991-92 |295.94
1992-93 |353.99
1993-94 |290.65
Teachers' Salaries
Sir David Knox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of the total schools' budget was spent on teachers' salaries in each of the local education authorities in England in the most recent year for which figures are
available. [37668]
Mr. Robin Squire: The table sets out for each LEA in England the expenditure on teaching staff in LEA maintained pre primary/primary schools and secondary schools as a percentage of the net institutional expenditure in those schools for 1993 94, the latest year for which figures are available.
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Teaching staff cost as a percentage of net institutional expenditure
1993-94
|A |B |C
|Net |A as a
|Teaching |institutional|percentage
|staff |expenditure |of B
LEA |£000 |£000 |Percentage
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Corporation of London |378 |733 |52
Camden |35,194 |46,302 |76
Greenwich |50,130 |77,061 |65
Hackney |38,459 |51,207 |75
Hammersmith and Fulham |22,873 |39,040 |59
Islington |33,662 |63,274 |53
Kensington and Chelsea |15,156 |23,362 |65
Lambeth |34,363 |59,898 |57
Lewisham |41,099 |68,108 |60
Southwark |35,338 |54,945 |64
Tower Hamlets |54,948 |91,306 |60
Wandsworth |26,905 |43,474 |62
City of Westminster |29,294 |43,757 |67
Barking |33,546 |49,756 |67
Barnet |53,545 |79,721 |67
Bexley |39,690 |57,976 |68
Brent |35,940 |46,275 |78
Bromley |32,864 |45,870 |72
Croydon |48,644 |73,977 |66
Ealing |43,194 |64,023 |67
Enfield |49,634 |75,390 |66
Haringey |45,935 |69,825 |66
Harrow |37,489 |55,040 |68
Havering |40,556 |59,589 |68
Hillingdon |24,566 |38,121 |64
Hounslow |44,736 |66,548 |67
Kingston upon Thames |20,811 |29,733 |70
Merton |31,906 |43,984 |73
Newham |50,705 |75,469 |67
Redbridge |46,535 |67,518 |69
Richmond upon Thames |24,903 |35,540 |70
Sutton |21,402 |30,401 |70
Waltham Forest |40,535 |58,999 |69
Birmingham |196,471 |289,888 |68
Coventry |64,075 |95,385 |67
Dudley |53,025 |71,564 |74
Sandwell |62,564 |92,154 |68
Solihull |40,771 |58,845 |69
Walsall |52,830 |78,333 |67
Wolverhampton |51,527 |64,736 |80
Knowsley |31,389 |45,255 |69
Liverpool |96,545 |151,860 |64
St. Helens |37,063 |54,132 |68
Sefton |55,666 |79,781 |70
Wirral |66,090 |92,781 |71
Bolton |52,422 |72,778 |72
Bury |31,913 |43,809 |73
Manchester |82,441 |121,410 |68
Oldham |53,602 |76,242 |70
Rochdale |37,191 |51,176 |73
Salford |43,307 |60,293 |72
Stockport |51,810 |73,397 |71
Tameside |37,618 |55,878 |67
Trafford |34,606 |48,526 |71
Wigan |62,581 |83,150 |75
Barnsley |40,554 |57,556 |70
Doncaster |60,089 |83,367 |72
Rotherham |55,960 |81,735 |68
Sheffield |87,358 |120,122 |73
Bradford |104,376 |146,676 |71
Calderdale |36,813 |51,534 |71
Kirklees |78,290 |108,218 |72
Leeds |141,119 |198,082 |71
Wakefield |60,282 |88,219 |68
Gateshead |38,847 |55,499 |70
Newcastle upon Tyne |49,545 |74,609 |66
North Tyneside |38,582 |51,418 |75
South Tyneside |30,202 |40,908 |74
Sunderland |62,686 |85,118 |74
Isles of Scilly |582 |915 |64
Avon |167,577 |245,926 |68
Bedfordshire |100,576 |146,717 |69
Berkshire |128,112 |181,262 |71
Buckinghamshire |105,449 |168,270 |63
Cambridgeshire |98,564 |143,360 |69
Cheshire |178,169 |258,947 |69
Cleveland |116,869 |165,533 |71
Cornwall |85,273 |122,213 |70
Cumbria |87,360 |121,321 |72
Derbyshire |161,265 |229,278 |70
Devon |169,425 |238,869 |72
Dorset |93,728 |131,513 |71
Durham |116,556 |171,186 |68
East Sussex |109,940 |158,657 |69
Essex |199,831 |297,785 |67
Gloucestershire |68,882 |95,940 |72
Hampshire |243,811 |350,002 |70
Hereford and Worcester |123,108 |169,327 |73
Hertfordshire |176,401 |254,881 |69
Humberside |165,106 |258,537 |64
Isle of Wight |23,356 |32,533 |72
Kent |216,360 |299,603 |72
Lancashire |277,811 |398,358 |70
Leicestershire |178,468 |256,746 |70
Lincolnshire |83,627 |118,238 |71
Norfolk |121,095 |170,158 |71
North Yorkshire |133,453 |184,672 |72
Northamptonshire |104,657 |148,318 |71
Northumberland |60,487 |94,228 |64
Nottinghamshire |194,118 |290,292 |67
Oxfordshire |100,658 |147,651 |68
Shropshire |75,902 |107,487 |71
Somerset |82,420 |115,127 |72
Staffordshire |185,020 |279,249 |66
Suffolk |126,513 |175,794 |72
Surrey |135,672 |195,024 |70
Warwickshire |85,464 |121,532 |70
West Sussex |122,783 |181,070 |68
Wiltshire |92,673 |132,678 |70
|8,462,266 |12,243,402 |69
Teacher Numbers
Sir David Knox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers were employed and how many of them were employed in grant-maintained schools in each local education authority in England in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what were the figures in the previous five years. [37664]
Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested is shown in the table.
Column 611
Full-time equivalent teachers employed by local education authorities and grant-maintained schools
in the nursery, primary and secondary sector 1991-95
Position in January each year
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Local education |All |All |All |All |All
authority
area |schools |GM only |schools |GM only |schools |GM only |schools |GM only |schools |GM only
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Corporation of London |14 |- |11 |- |15 |- |14 |- |16 |-
Camden |1,196 |- |1,299 |- |1,273 |- |1,321 |160 |1,346 |165
Greenwich |2,196 |- |2,234 |- |2,033 |- |1,984 |- |1,939 |11
Hackney |1,715 |- |1,604 |- |1,550 |- |1,459 |- |1,429 |7
Hammersmith and Fulham |1,045 |79 |1,033 |83 |1,024 |88 |977 |86 |941 |82
Islington |1,310 |- |1,338 |- |1,533 |- |1,627 |- |1,360 |-
Kensington and Chelsea |689 |41 |795 |42 |696 |45 |670 |65 |674 |78
Lambeth |1,453 |- |1,541 |39 |1,549 |55 |1,575 |303 |1,680 |390
Lewisham |1,818 |- |1,411 |- |1,777 |19 |1,809 |23 |1,863 |21
Southwark |1,714 |31 |1,695 |34 |1,705 |33 |1,739 |236 |1,687 |237
Tower Hamlets |2,115 |- |2,118 |56 |2,232 |59 |2,309 |57 |2,250 |59
Wandsworth |1,725 |- |1,730 |186 |1,754 |314 |1,625 |478 |1,561 |485
Westminster |1,154 |- |1,147 |- |1,188 |- |1,160 |- |1,121 |-
Barking and Dagenham |1,267 |- |1,322 |- |1,353 |- |1,375 |- |1,446 |-
Barnet |2,415 |131 |2,595 |139 |2,597 |224 |2,596 |649 |2,638 |720
Bexley |1,745 |- |1,711 |- |1,753 |20 |1,781 |202 |1,836 |261
Brent |2,023 |63 |2,032 |64 |2,030 |147 |1,962 |595 |1,971 |803
Bromley |1,958 |58 |1,938 |383 |2,080 |720 |2,179 |745 |2,181 |871
Croydon |2,548 |- |2,486 |50 |2,397 |57 |2,326 |266 |2,409 |544
Ealing |2,202 |- |2,143 |- |2,130 |349 |2,077 |444 |2,097 |460
Enfield |2,264 |- |2,292 |- |2,324 |- |2,273 |362 |2,358 |371
Haringey |1,553 |- |1,605 |- |1,589 |- |1,719 |- |1,730 |-
Harrow |1,450 |- |1,570 |- |1,581 |- |1,566 |33 |1,576 |37
Havering |2,011 |- |2,049 |- |2,009 |- |1,907 |236 |1,891 |249
Hillingdon |1,754 |60 |1,770 |422 |1,843 |609 |1,814 |875 |1,870 |911
Hounslow |1,928 |- |1,891 |- |1,869 |- |1,880 |128 |1,890 |134
Kingston upon Thames |1,035 |- |988 |- |1,051 |60 |1,066 |202 |1,057 |208
Merton |1,311 |- |1,268 |- |1,297 |- |1,255 |- |1,269 |51
Newham |2,070 |- |2,039 |45 |1,972 |43 |1,916 |43 |1,968 |44
Redbridge |1,698 |- |1,796 |- |1,858 |- |1,927 |72 |1,937 |74
Richmond upon Thames |1,016 |- |1,135 |- |1,029 |- |1,040 |- |1,052 |-
Sutton |1,345 |50 |1,299 |152 |1,266 |254 |1,292 |443 |1,354 |452
Waltham Forest |1,917 |- |1,976 |67 |1,903 |71 |1,718 |127 |1,706 |140
Birmingham |9,125 |165 |9,343 |311 |9,548 |335 |9,452 |922 |9,366 |1,087
Coventry |2,745 |- |2,795 |- |2,752 |- |2,747 |- |2,657 |-
Dudley |2,727 |43 |2,781 |43 |2,670 |45 |2,534 |303 |2,576 |318
Sandwell |2,949 |- |2,921 |50 |2,959 |53 |2,828 |48 |2,689 |109
Solihull |1,860 |- |1,795 |- |1,857 |27 |1,836 |26 |1,845 |25
Walsall |2,744 |- |2,619 |- |2,575 |154 |2,668 |390 |2,560 |465
Wolverhampton |2,582 |40 |2,636 |122 |2,467 |120 |2,447 |164 |2,377 |166
Knowsley |1,481 |- |1,398 |- |1,351 |- |1,354 |44 |1,446 |46
Liverpool |4,470 |65 |4,221 |69 |4,185 |69 |4,191 |147 |4,194 |204
St. Helens |1,713 |- |1,656 |- |1,679 |- |1,637 |- |1,635 |-
Sefton |2,433 |- |2,479 |- |2,515 |- |2,484 |- |2,546 |-
Wirral |3,099 |- |2,924 |- |2,963 |- |2,885 |129 |2,927 |132
Bolton |2,550 |47 |2,496 |50 |2,517 |71 |2,445 |202 |2,467 |202
Bury |1,484 |- |1,461 |- |1,467 |- |1,395 |10 |1,420 |10
Manchester |4,254 |- |3,974 |- |4,044 |- |3,631 |- |3,587 |-
Oldham |2,196 |- |2,253 |- |2,256 |- |2,215 |- |2,202 |-
Rochdale |1,934 |- |1,987 |- |1,851 |10 |1,789 |101 |1,819 |189
Salford |2,147 |- |2,052 |- |2,000 |- |1,802 |27 |1,821 |30
Stockport |2,340 |- |2,332 |- |2,362 |- |2,170 |- |2,185 |-
Tameside |2,042 |47 |2,085 |49 |2,036 |49 |1,791 |137 |1,842 |139
Trafford |1,763 |- |1,611 |- |1,616 |- |1,621 |192 |1,694 |205
Wigan |2,972 |- |3,015 |- |3,096 |- |2,728 |- |2,754 |-
Barnsley |1,760 |- |1,714 |- |1,696 |- |1,721 |- |1,704 |-
Doncaster |2,753 |- |2,691 |- |2,760 |- |2,732 |- |2,703 |-
Rotherham |2,522 |- |2,464 |- |2,335 |- |2,403 |- |2,440 |-
Sheffield |4,043 |- |3,937 |- |3,866 |4 |3,797 |136 |3,719 |182
Bradford |5,012 |- |5,093 |66 |5,004 |66 |5,103 |342 |4,779 |400
Calderdale |1,791 |- |1,806 |89 |1,827 |96 |1,814 |298 |1,769 |530
Kirklees |3,701 |62 |3,590 |70 |3,632 |71 |3,443 |77 |3,373 |79
Leeds |6,320 |- |6,300 |- |6,010 |- |5,839 |75 |5,759 |71
Wakefield |2,909 |- |2,748 |- |2,741 |- |2,630 |- |2,704 |-
Gateshead |1,750 |- |1,731 |- |1,707 |- |1,759 |- |1,715 |-
Newcastle upon Tyne |2,346 |- |2,285 |- |2,212 |- |2,112 |- |2,104 |-
North Tyneside |1,826 |- |1,768 |- |1,765 |- |1,649 |- |1,639 |11
South Tyneside |1,410 |- |1,385 |- |1,325 |- |1,342 |- |1,340 |-
Sunderland |2,681 |- |2,692 |- |2,651 |- |2,744 |- |2,728 |-
Isles of Scilly |29 |- |27 |- |28 |- |27 |- |26 |-
Avon |7,401 |51 |7,996 |96 |7,612 |99 |7,504 |107 |7,677 |118
Bedfordshire |4,909 |44 |4,959 |51 |4,983 |194 |4,808 |586 |5,008 |629
Berkshire |5,892 |41 |5,892 |360 |6,080 |540 |6,149 |614 |6,171 |729
Buckinghamshire |5,136 |150 |4,973 |217 |5,215 |299 |5,236 |689 |5,310 |770
Cambridge |5,377 |- |5,419 |10 |5,667 |367 |5,501 |1,005 |5,573 |1,029
Cheshire |7,956 |30 |7,968 |34 |8,072 |42 |7,922 |177 |8,013 |185
Cleveland |5,536 |- |5,546 |- |5,560 |- |5,243 |- |5,189 |-
Cornwall |3,751 |- |3,697 |- |3,647 |- |3,561 |- |3,675 |-
Cumbria |4,191 |4,154 |102 |4,211 |341 |4,078 |612 |4,016 |849
Derbyshire |8,490 |127 |7,910 |139 |8,098 |285 |7,861 |1,069 |7,555 |1,185
Devon |7,133 |31 |7,076 |33 |7,229 |90 |7,358 |304 |7,437 |319
Dorset |4,476 |56 |4,512 |168 |4,389 |374 |4,330 |587 |4,393 |651
Durham |4,845 |- |5,007 |- |5,239 |- |5,105 |- |5,117 |-
East Sussex |4,524 |- |4,673 |- |4,908 |- |4,779 |- |4,899 |-
Essex |12,274 |- |12,251 |205 |12,033 |1,665 |11,616 |4,407 |11,771 |5,165
Gloucestershire |4,349 |187 |4,042 |186 |4,090 |828 |4,195 |1,234 |4,258 |1,616
Hampshire |11,415 |44 |11,593 |190 |12,037 |394 |11,394 |1,147 |11,871 |1,348
Hereford and Worcester |5,413 |- |5,451 |- |5,441 |- |5,256 |202 |5,329 |207
Hertfordshire |8,248 |165 |8,155 |305 |8,280 |411 |8,510 |1,256 |8,725 |1,719
Humberside |7,722 |- |7,680 |4 |7,740 |5 |7,229 |13 |7,394 |19
Isle of Wight |1,008 |- |1,021 |- |997 |- |1,013 |- |999 |-
Kent |11,674 |30 |11,724 |828 |11,980 |1,709 |12,224 |3,110 |12,552 |3,724
Lancashire |11,761 |106 |11,733 |225 |11,922 |281 |12,051 |455 |12,088 |485
Leicestershire |7,764 |21 |7,830 |24 |7,570 |25 |7,832 |193 |7,810 |194
Lincolnshire |4,869 |185 |4,748 |479 |4,808 |935 |4,876 |1,344 |4,877 |1,507
Norfolk |5,564 |65 |5,687 |102 |5,791 |474 |5,808 |706 |5,898 |763
North Yorkshire |5,656 |- |5,803 |- |5,954 |- |5,844 |5,774 |2
Northamptonshire |5,337 |39 |5,458 |222 |5,466 |602 |5,376 |767 |5,624 |796
Northumberland |2,736 |- |2,791 |- |2,677 |- |2,644 |42 |2,672 |45
Nottinghamshire |8,383 |- |8,530 |- |8,508 |20 |8,376 |120 |8,354 |121
Oxfordshire |4,042 |- |4,150 |- |4,206 |- |4,363 |5 |4,426 |5
Shropshire |3,634 |30 |3,712 |31 |3,563 |31 |3,352 |243 |3,384 |330
Somerset |3,585 |- |3,558 |34 |3,595 |46 |3,653 |49 |3,665 |76
Staffordshire |8,862 |- |8,798 |- |8,357 |- |8,263 |267 |8,245 |279
Suffolk |4,949 |- |5,277 |- |5,276 |- |5,391 |- |5,466 |-
Surrey |6,625 |47 |6,511 |276 |6,677 |590 |6,206 |816 |6,529 |1,218
Warwickshire |3,984 |- |3,904 |88 |3,961 |206 |4,017 |311 |4,027 |327
West Sussex |4,855 |- |5,210 |- |5,319 |- |5,208 |- |5,230 |17
Wiltshire |4,513 |- |4,559 |34 |4,596 |112 |4,604 |759 |4,698 |1,053
England |394,945 |2,430 |394,874 |7,121 |396,332 |15,353 |390,430 |33,794 |392,910 |39,941
<1>. Figures for 1994 onwards exclude sixth form colleges which transferred to the new FE sector on 1 April 1993.
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Surplus School Places
Sir David Knox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many surplus school places there were and what was their cost in each local education authority in England in the most recent year for which figures are available. [37666]
Mrs. Gillan: For the numbers of surplus school places in each local education authority I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to the hon. Member for St. Ives (Mr. Harris) on 9 December 1994, Official Report , columns 410 14 . At a national level, the average premises-related cost of maintaining a surplus place is estimated to be £182 a year for a primary school and £303 a year for a secondary school at 1995 96 prices. The actual cost and the scope for realising savings from removal of surplus places in practice in each local education authority will depend on local circumstances.
Barnsley and Doncaster TEC
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many of the directors of Barnsley and Doncaster TEC have received payments from TEC funds for services provided by the TEC; what these were and when; and if such payments will continue in the current financial year, and in 1996 97. [38293]
Mr. Paice: The activities of Barnsley and Doncaster training and enterprise council are governed by the TEC licensing agreement, which provides that no director, except where he holds office as managing director or chief executive of the TEC, shall receive any remuneration from the TEC or a subsidiary of the TEC from payments made to the TEC by the Secretary of State. All directors give their time freely for TEC and TEC partnership activities. The chief executive's remuneration is reported in the TEC's annual report, a copy of which is placed in the Library.
Careers Service Inspectorate
Mr. Hanson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when the policy of publishing the inspectors' reports following careers service inspections, mentioned in the answer of 30 November 1993, Official Report , column 518 , was changed and when it was reported to the House. [38318]
Column 616
Mr. Paice: The policy of publishing inspection reports has not changed. Inspections of aspects of careers service work will start later this year and reports will be published. The Chief Inspector of Careers Service has published two annual reports on the work of the Careers Service since the enactment of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act.
Mr. Hanson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will the public reports by the inspectorate of careers services since the enactment of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993. [38155]
Mr. Paice: The public reports by the inspectorate of careers services since the enactment of the TURER Act 1993 are as follows: The Careers Service annual report 1994 95
The Careers Service annual report 1993 94
Pay Bargaining
Mr. McAllion: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will provide in respect of her plan for pay delegation submitted to the Treasury (a) a description of the staff in each bargaining unit covered by the plan, distinguishing staff in Headquarters functions, agencies and agency candidates, and in other identifiable business units and (b) proposals for the trade union recognition in each bargaining unit and the negotiating machinery to be put in place in each bargaining unit. [38275]
Mr. Robin Squire: The pay delegation plan for the Department for Education and Employment bargaining unit, excluding the Employment Service, includes the following staff, covered by the union agreement described:
|Union |Staff
Grade |agreement|in post
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Administrative Officer |CPSA |1,348
Personal Secretary |CPSA |156
Support Grade Band 1 |NUCPS |77
Support Manager 3 |NUCPS |12
Economic Assistant |FDA |11
Senior Economic Assistant |FDA |9
Management Trainee |NUCPS |11
Senior Executive Officer (inc.) |NUCPS |422
Auditors and Accountants |FDA |8
Admin Trainee |FDA |26
HEO (D)
Administrative Assistant |CPSA |410
Chief Typing Manager |CPSA |1
Typist |CPSA |98
Higher Executive Officer (inc. |NUCPS |1,098
Auditors and Accountants) |NUCPS |5
Senior Instructional Officer |NUCPS |205
Support Grade Band 2 |NUCPS |1
Support Manager 1
Senior Personal Secretary |CPSA |43
Typing Manager |CPSA |6
Executive Officers (inc. Accountants) |NUCPS |1,203
Support Manager 2 |NUCPS |4
Assistant Statistician |FDA |14
Senior Assistant Statistician |FDA |8
Higher Instructional Officer |NUCPS |12
Senior Information Officer |IPMS |23
Scientific Officer |IPMS |3
Higher Scientific Officer |IPMS |7
Senior Scientific Officer |IPMS |2
Senior Professional and Technology
Officer (SPTO) |IPMS |18
Information Officer |IPMS |38
Graphics Officer |IPMS |1
Higher Graphics Officer |IPMS |1
Assistant Information Officer |IPMS |14
Research Officer |IPMS |2
Senior Psychologist |IPMS |7
Senior Research Officer |IPMS |27
Grade 6 |IPMS, |66
Grade 7 |NUCPS and|518
Super Spec Inspector Band C |FDA |1
Assistant Librarian |IPMS |16
Librarian |IPMS |5
Senior Librarian |IPMS |2
Senior Training Adviser |IPMS |24
Total |5,963
For collective bargaining purposes the DFEE intends to recognise four unions--the Civil and Public Services Association, the National Union of Civil and Public Servants, the Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists and the Association of First Division Civil Servants.
The Department will pursue single table bargaining arrangements.
Indigenous Populations
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans the Government have to ratify ILO convention 169 on indigenous and tribal populations. [38317]
Mr. Forth: ILO convention 169 has no practical application in the UK. The Government do not propose to ratify it.
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