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School Internet Links
Mr. Harry Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many
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schools and what percentage of the total are currently linked to the Internet; what is the cost of linking those schools not hitherto connected; and if she will make a statement. [38584]Mr. Robin Squire: Estimates of the number of schools currently connected to the Internet, and other relevant issues, will be covered in a paper to be published next month by the UK Education Departments outlining the way forward for superhighways in education.
Special Educational Needs
Mr. William O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what progress has been made on the introduction of the formulation of a national policy on the provision of special education. [38790]
Mr. Forth: The Education Act 1993 requires the Secretary of State to issue a code of practice on the identification and assessment of special educational needs. The code, which was issued in May 1994 and came into effect from September that year, gives practical guidance to local education authorities, schools and other agencies on identifying, assessing and monitoring all children with SEN. The Department is monitoring carefully the implementation of the code.
Unemployment Benefit Fraud
Ms Lynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the total amount saved by unemployment benefit fraud investigators in the last financial year; what evidence is required for each individual signing off unemployment benefit to be counted in the total figure for unemployed fraud figures; what is the assumed number of weeks that a unemployed fraudulent claim would have on average continued if not investigated; what research is the basis for the assumed number of weeks that an unemployed fraudulent claim would have on average continued if not investigated and what consideration has been given to the continued accuracy of this research; and what safeguards exist against Department of Social Security inspectors exaggerating the benefit savings for investigations into fraudulent benefit claims in an attempt to meet Department targets. [37592]
Mr. Forth: Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from M. E. G. Fogden to Ms Liz Lynne, dated 24 October 1995:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about benefit fraud investigation.
In 1994/95 78,231 clients withdrew their claim to benefit after being investigated by Employment Service (ES) Inspectors. This resulted in gross benefit savings of £92,061,095. After deducting the cost of the benefit fraud organisation, the net savings were £64,556, 652.
Safeguard exist through the checking and validation process performed by fraud staff, their managers and Audit. ES Inspectors authorise each saving/sign off, provided there is a link between the saving/sign-off and the last recorded action of the investigation and the claim is closed or modified within 10 working days of that action.
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Inspector Manager, who manage 10 15 ES Inspectors, check a minimum of 10% of all cases where a saving/sign-off is claimed to ensure that they are valid. All client prosecutions are authorised by Senior Inspector Managers who also arrange for an annual audit of savings/sign-off cases, where a proportion of cases are checked for validity. The cases checked include some which have not previously been validated.Benefit savings are calculated by multiplying the weekly amount of benefit in payment, at the time the client signs-off/modifies their claim, by 22. This 22 week figure was identified by Department of Social Security research in 1982 and represents the number of weeks clients would have remained on the register if they had not been investigated by ES Inspectors.
Since 1982 there have been several similar studies undertaken by Benefits Agency and the ES, the last such study was in 1994. This is an ongoing process and has confirmed that the 22 week multiplier is still valid.
I hope this is helpful.
Social Affairs Council
Ms Quinn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make a statement on the outcome of the EU Social Affairs Council of 5 October. [37709]
Mr. Forth: I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Spring) on 19 October 1995, Official Report , column 379 .
Employment Service Agency
Mr. Hinchcliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many persons unemployed for over (a) one year and (b) two years were placed in employment by the Employment Service agency in 1994 95. [38526]
Mr. Forth: In Great Britain during the financial year 1994 95 the Employment Service placed into jobs 556,600 people who had been claimant unemployed for six months or more. This represents an increase of 20 per cent. over the previous year. This is the extent of the readily available information.
School Premises Regulations
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate she has made of the cost of ensuring that all schools meet the requirements of the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1981. [38765]
Mrs. Gillan: The information about school premises that is available to the Department is not sufficient to allow such an estimate to be made.
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many responses she has had to the consultation on the Education (School Premises) Regulations; and how many were in favour of proposed changes. [38767]
Mrs. Gillan: A total of 111 responses were received by the Department before the consultation period formally came to an end on 18 October. They are still being analysed. We shall make available a summary of the responses in the usual way.
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Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools meet the requirements in the Education (School Premises) Regulations in respect of (a) space allocation, (b) washrooms and (c) staff rooms. [38768]
Mrs. Gillan: The information requested is not held centrally.
Education Authority Capital Spending
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what amounts have been requested by way of capital spending in 1996 97 by each local education authority; and what has been the total amount requested in England. [38766]
Mrs. Gillan: The closing date for the submission of capital bids by local education authorities was 13 October. The bids are therefore still being analysed by the Department.
Nursery Education
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what method of funding the Government envisage for the new nursery classes under the consultation for removing the requirements to publish statutory proposals to establish nursery classes in the maintained, grant-maintained, voluntary and county school sector. [39148]
Mr. Robin Squire: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is currently consulting interested parties on removing the requirement for the maintained sector to publish statutory proposals to establish new nursery classes. The consultation letter discusses a number of options and their funding implications. These will be considered in light of the responses to the consultation letter.
Student Union Membership
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students have chosen to exercise their right not to be a member of a students union following the enactment on 21 September 1994 of the Education Act 1994, section 22, subsection 2(c) relating to the rights of students; and from which institutions unions students have exercised this right. [39147]
Mr. Forth: This information is not available as it is not collected centrally.
Industrial Tribunals
Mr. Sutcliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what factors led her not to intervene in the case of Mr. Michael Johnson's appearance before the industrial tribunal on 23 May; what factors underlay her delay in intervening in the case under the terms of the Education Act 1944 and the Education Reform Act 1988; when she expects to intervene in this case; and what factors allowed her to intervene in the case of Jennifer Watson under this legislation. [39146]
Mr. Robin Squire: It is not my right hon. Friend's practice to seek to usurp the functions of industrial tribunals through the exercise of her powers under
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sections 68 and 99 of the Education Act 1944. My right hon. Friend is still considering certain points of law in the case of Mr. Johnson and hopes to conclude her consideration in the near future. In the case of Mrs. Watson, my right hon. Friend concluded that the appointment of a particular governor to the disciplinary panel constituted a breach of natural justice of a kind that no sensible governing body acting with due appreciation of its statutory duties could have decided to adopt.School Leavers
Mr. Rooker: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many school leavers there were in each of the past five years from maintained and independent sectors; and what percentage in each category were intending to enter degree or teacher training courses. [38901]
Mr. Robin Squire: Information on school leavers is no longer collected by the Department. The numbers of school leavers in maintained and independent sector schools in England for the latest two years for which information was available are as follows:
;
Number of school leavers of which intended to enter degree
or
teacher training courses
|1990-91 |1991-92
-----------------------------------------------------------
Maintained schools |494,130 |474,450
|11 per cent.|13 per cent.
Independent schools |47,740 |44,750
|46 per cent.|54 per cent.
Employee Fraud
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the total number of cases of all forms of fraud committed by employees of her (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non- departmental public bodies, for each year from 1991 92 to 1994 95; and for each of these years, what was the total monetary sum (i) misappropriated in such frauds and (ii) subsequently recovered. [39140]
Mr. Forth: The number of cases of all forms of fraud committed by Department for Education and Employment staff for each year from 1991 92 to 1994 95 and the sums involved and subsequently recovered are as follows:
|Amount |Amount
|Number of |involved |recovered
|cases |£ |£
-------------------------------------------------------
1991-92
DFEE |1 |24,417.92 |24,417.92
Agencies |30 |141,753.97|846.58
NDPBs |1 |3,700.00 |Nil
1992-93
DFEE |2 |1,675.00 |1,675.00
Agencies |18 |12,749.41 |861.65
NDPBs |2 |3,657.00 |Nil
1993-94
DFEE |4 |204,493.05|Nil
Agencies |24 |89,570.79 |277.54
NDPBs |6 |3,588.90 |642.00
1994-95
DFEE |6 |8,329.55 |3,000.00
Agencies |12 |78,562.01 |3,190.81
NDPBs |3 |3,727.54 |556.54
Notes:
1. The figures for DFEE have been produced from the
annual Treasury returns submitted by the Employment
Department and the Department for Education.
2. Where thefts have occurred but no perpetrator
identified these cases have been excluded.
3. The figures represent the year in which the frauds
were reported to Treasury, not necessarily when they
were committed.
Assisted Places Scheme
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many pupils attended each school taking part in the assisted places scheme in the last academic year; how many in each case were on an assisted place; and what was the percentage on the assisted places scheme. [37933]
Mrs. Gillan [holding answer 19 October 1995]: The information requested, which relates to England only and to the academic year 1994 95, is given in the following table.
Assisted places scheme 1994-95 academic year
|Number of
|pupils on |Number of |Percentage of
School name |roll<1> |APs |APs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abbey School,
Reading |991 |47 |4.74
Abingdon |761 |96 |12.61
Ackworth |470 |26 |5.53
Aldenham |350 |29 |8.29
Alice Ottley |700 |89 |12.71
Alleyn's, Dulwich |1,101 |207 |18.80
Ardingly College |668 |31 |4.64
Arnold School,
Blackpool |1,145 |80 |6.99
Ashford |556 |42 |7.55
Ashville College |725 |15 |2.07
Austin Friars |298 |15 |5.03
Bancroft's |943 |80 |8.48
Barnard Castle |624 |23 |3.69
Bath High GPDST |632 |100 |15.82
Batley Grammar |582 |270 |46.39
Bedales |646 |3 |.46
Bedford |1,119 |104 |9.29
Bedford High |916 |113 |12.34
Bedford Modern |1,171 |144 |12.30
Belvedere GPDST |653 |177 |27.11
Berkhamstead Girls |529 |21 |3.97
Berkhamsted |694 |28 |4.03
Birkenhead |1,086 |179 |16.48
Birkenhead High
GPDST |973 |251 |25.80
Bishop's Stortford
College |564 |50 |8.87
Blackheath High
GPDST |596 |96 |16.11
Bloxham, Banbury |339 |26 |7.67
Bolton School Boys |1,008 |253 |25.10
Bolton School Girls |1,162 |240 |20.65
Bootham, York |334 |30 |8.98
Bradfield College |592 |6 |1.01
Bradford Girls
Grammar |911 |65 |7.14
Bradford Grammar
School |1,107 |231 |20.87
Brentwood School |1,259 |113 |8.98
Brighton College |472 |114 |24.15
Brighton and Hove
High School
GPDST |750 |155 |20.67
Bristol Cathedral |471 |132 |28.03
Bristol Grammar |1,225 |280 |22.86
Bromley High
GPDST |792 |102 |12.88
Bromsgrove |1,156 |27 |2.34
Bruton Girls |538 |137 |25.46
Burgess High Girls |610 |30 |4.92
Bury Grammar Boys |820 |209 |25.49
Bury Grammar Girls |1,092 |253 |23.17
Canford |467 |31 |6.64
Carmel College |213 |76 |35.68
Casterton |359 |56 |15.60
Caterham |470 |133 |28.30
Central Newcastle High
School GPDST |887 |123 |13.87
Charterhouse |700 |9 |1.29
Cheadle Humle |958 |136 |14.20
Cheltenham Ladies'
College |853 |23 |2.70
Chigwell |668 |72 |10.78
Christ's Hospital |818 |31 |3.79
Churcher's College |697 |131 |18.79
City of London |877 |139 |15.85
City of London
Freemans |716 |15 |2.09
City of London
Girls |640 |125 |19.53
Clifton College,
Bristol |1,063 |66 |6.21
Clifton High,
Bristol |715 |54 |7.55
Colfe's |971 |204 |21.01
Colston's Girls |499 |178 |35.67
Colston's Bristol |632 |98 |15.51
Coventry, Bablake |859 |188 |21.89
Cranleigh |691 |35 |5.07
Croham Hurst |496 |27 |5.44
Croydon High
GPDST |1,029 |96 |9.33
Culford |612 |51 |8.33
Dame Alice Harpur |943 |144 |15.27
Dame Allans Boys |458 |113 |24.67
Dame Allans Girls |443 |140 |31.60
Dauntseys |620 |60 |9.68
Denstone College |296 |119 |40.20
Derby High |530 |25 |4.72
Douai, Reading |197 |28 |14.21
Dover College |221 |25 |11.31
Downe House,
Newbury |553 |16 |2.89
Dulwich College |1,406 |275 |19.56
Durham |429 |44 |10.26
Edgbaston College
Girls |319 |27 |8.46
Edgehill College |470 |141 |30.00
Ellesmere College |352 |17 |4.83
Eltham College,
London SE9 |769 |121 |15.73
Emanuel, London
SW11 |702 |280 |39.89
Epsom College |657 |23 |3.50
Exeter |828 |169 |20.41
Farnborough Hill |536 |151 |28.17
Felsted, Dunmow |598 |54 |9.03
Forest School |1,229 |139 |11.31
Framlingham
College |728 |13 |1.79
Francis Holland |376 |30 |7.98
Friends, Saffron
Walden |341 |101 |29.62
Giggleswick, Settle |438 |21 |4.79
Godolphin and
Latymer |706 |172 |24.36
Godolphin,
Salisbury |434 |29 |6.68
Gresham's |743 |12 |1.62
Guildford High
Girls |730 |30 |4.11
Haberdashers'
Aske's Boys |1,301 |235 |18.06
Haberdashers'
Aske Girls |1,138 |117 |10.28
Haileybury |585 |28 |4.79
Hampton |947 |204 |21.54
Harrogate College |342 |22 |6.43
Headington |768 |27 |3.52
Hereford Cathedral |634 |240 |37.85
Highgate |1,077 |41 |3.81
Hipperholme Grammar |353 |18 |5.10
Holy Child |295 |25 |8.47
Hulme Grammar
Boys |807 |212 |26.27
Hulme Grammar
Girls |620 |189 |30.48
Hurstpierpoint
College |331 |26 |7.85
Hymers College |920 |155 |16.85
Ipswich |731 |75 |10.26
Ipswich High
GPDST |671 |112 |16.69
James Allens Girls |1,004 |172 |17.13
John Lyon's |503 |115 |22.86
Kent College |684 |88 |12.87
Kimbolton Schools |730 |32 |4.38
King Edward VI
High |541 |131 |24.21
King Edward VI
Norwich |762 |112 |14.70
King Edward VI
Southampton |937 |233 |24.87
King Edward VII
Lytham |530 |219 |41.32
King Edward's at
Bath |869 |102 |11.74
King Edward's
Birmingham |869 |239 |27.50
King Edward's
Witley |515 |58 |11.26
King Henry VIII |1,049 |93 |8.87
King's College
Wimbledon |1,181 |54 |4.57
King's High Girls,
Wark |564 |135 |23.94
King's Bruton |312 |27 |8.65
King's, Chester |671 |89 |13.26
King's Macclesfield |1,255 |179 |14.26
King's, Rochester |653 |66 |10.11
King's Tynemouth |894 |26 |2.91
King's, Worcester |921 |178 |19.33
Kinglsey |566 |24 |4.24
Kingston Grammar |597 |171 |28.64
Kingswood School,
Bath |437 |44 |10.07
Kirkham Grammar |742 |80 |10.78
La Sagesse Convent |466 |170 |36.48
Lady Eleanor Holles |867 |42 |4.84
Latymer Upper |1,065 |264 |24.79
Laxton |197 |9 |4.57
Leeds Girls High |959 |81 |8.45
Leeds Grammar |1,178 |172 |14.60
Leicester Grammar |584 |45 |7.71
Leighton Park |377 |27 |7.16
Leys, Cambridge |411 |38 |925
Liverpool College |997 |186 |18.66
Lord Wandsworth
College |455 |81 |17.80
Loreto Convent
Grammar |683 |41 |6.00
Loughborough
Grammar |940 |130 |13.83
Loughborough High |534 |95 |17.79
Magdalen College |513 |125 |24.37
Malvern College |834 |101 |12.11
Manchester
Grammar |1,414 |264 |18.67
Manchester High |934 |181 |19.38
Marist Convent
Senior |372 |19 |5.11
Maynard |540 |168 |31.11
Merchant Taylors'
Girls |914 |197 |21.55
Merchant Taylors',
L'pool |823 |223 |27.10
Merchant Taylors',
N'wood |748 |83 |11.10
Mill Hill |527 |75 |14.23
Monkton Combe |311 |41 |13.18
Mount Carmel,
Cheshire |545 |30 |5.50
Mount St. Mary's
College |297 |70 |23.57
Mount, York |274 |30 |10.95
Newcastle under
Lyme |1,293 |383 |29.62
Newcastle upon Tyne
Church High |651 |30 |4.61
North London
Collegiate |971 |89 |9.17
Northampton High |831 |167 |20.10
Norwich High
GPDST |894 |176 |19.69
Notting Hill and
Ealing High GPDST |840 |117 |13.93
Nottingham Girls
High GPDST |1,091 |204 |18.70
Nottingham High |841 |171 |20.33
Oakham |1,005 |28 |2.79
Old Palace,
Croydon |817 |226 |27.66
Oxford High
GPDST |650 |57 |8.77
Pangbourne College |392 |25 |6.38
Perse School for
Boys |643 |40 |6.22
Perse School for
Girls |710 |78 |10.99
Plymouth College |824 |202 |24.51
Pocklington |735 |152 |20.68
Polam Hall |409 |40 |9.78
Portsmouth
Grammar |1,173 |178 |15.17
Portsmouth High
GPDST |743 |138 |18.57
Prior Park College |491 |30 |6.11
Putney High School
GPDST |849 |97 |11.43
Queen Elizabeth's
Hospital, Bristol |501 |179 |35.73
Queen Elizabeth's,
Blackburn |1,132 |267 |23.59
Queen Elizabeth,
Wakefield |749 |133 |17.76
Queen Mary,
Lytham |638 |231 |36.21
Queen's College,
London |367 |79 |21.53
Queen's College,
Taunton |675 |67 |9.93
Queen's School,
Chester |634 |58 |9.15
Ratcliffe College |479 |74 |15.45
Red Maids', Bristol |581 |178 |30.64
Redland High,
Bristol |638 |102 |15.99
Reed's School,
Cobham |351 |26 |7.41
Reigate Grammar |775 |99 |12.77
Rendcomb College |247 |29 |11.74
Repton |570 |58 |10.18
Rossall |657 |43 |6.54
Royal Grammar,
Guildford |834 |124 |14.87
Royal Grammar,
Newcastle upon
Tyne |1,098 |218 |19.85
Royal Grammar,
Worcester |795 |287 |36.10
Ryde School |689 |17 |2.47
Salesian College |490 |75 |15.31
Scarborough
College |381 |30 |7.87
Sedbergh |376 |45 |11.97
Sevenoaks, Kent |931 |26 |2.79
Sheffield High
GPDST |780 |96 |12.31
Shrewsbury High
GPDST |582 |91 |15.64
Silcoates |595 |15 |2.52
Sir William
Perkin's |591 |89 |15.06
Solihull |994 |36 |3.62
South Hampstead
High GPDST |883 |77 |8.72
St. Albans |635 |139 |21.89
St. Albans High
Girls |697 |56 |8.03
St. Ambrose
College |908 |54 |5.95
St. Anselm's
College |839 |193 |23.00
St. Bede's
College |1,169 |220 |18.82
St. Bees |287 |74 |25.78
St. Benedict's |544 |74 |13.60
St. Catherine's |603 |34 |5.64
St. Dunstan's
College |837 |163 |19.47
St. Edmund's
College |535 |80 |14.95
St. Edward's
College |1,047 |396 |37.82
St. Felix,
Southwold |308 |32 |10.39
St. George's
College |499 |36 |7.21
St. Helen and St.
Katharine, Abingdon |530 |84 |15.85
St. Helen's,
Northwood |939 |52 |5.54
St. John's College,
Southsea |777 |203 |26.13
St. John's,
Leatherhead |383 |17 |4.44
St. Joseph's
College, Ipswich |714 |77 |10.78
St. Joseph's College,
Stoke on Trent |470 |25 |5.32
St. Joseph's
Convent, Reading |372 |130 |34.95
St. Lawrence
College, Ramsgate |357 |32 |8.96
St. Margaret's,
Bushey |419 |27 |6.44
St. Margaret's,
Exeter |429 |31 |7.23
St. Mary and
St. Anne |281 |25 |8.90
St. Mary's College,
Crosby |870 |271 |31.15
St. Mary's Convent,
Cambridge |571 |124 |21.72
St. Mary's Hall,
Brighton |422 |72 |17.06
St. Maur's Convent,
Weybridge |607 |64 |10.54
St. Paul's Girls,
Hammersmith |604 |69 |11.42
St. Paul's, Barnes |1,213 |76 |6.27
St. Peter's, York |756 |107 |14.15
St. Swithun's,
Winchester |628 |2 |.32
Stafford Grammar |288 |25 |8.68
Stamford |922 |102 |11.06
Stamford High |956 |113 |11.82
Stockport Grammar |1,285 |243 |18.91
Stonyhurst College |391 |37 |9.46
Stowe |544 |6 |1.10
Streatham Hill and
Clapham High
GPDST |611 |164 |26.84
Surbiton High |885 |27 |3.05
Sutton High GPDST |755 |70 |9.27
Sutton Valence |349 |69 |19.77
Sydenham High
GPDST |699 |124 |17.74
Talbot Heath |525 |137 |26.10
Taunton |944 |52 |5.51
Teeside High |553 |24 |4.34
Tonbridge |658 |3 |.46
Tormead |610 |28 |4.59
Trent College |688 |132 |19.19
Trinity School of
John Whitgift |854 |149 |17.45
Truro |793 |115 |14.50
Truro High |392 |69 |17.60
University College
School |816 |70 |8.58
Upton Hall Convent |601 |169 |28.12
Ursuline Convent,
Kent |216 |30 |13.89
Ursuline High,
Ilford |368 |142 |38.59
Wakefield High |1,061 |144 |13.57
Walthamstow Hall |528 |46 |8.71
Warwick |993 |145 |14.60
Wellingborough |766 |67 |8.75
Wellington College |810 |39 |4.81
Wellington,
Somerset |778 |230 |29.56
Wells Cathedral |806 |73 |9.06
West Buckland |548 |82 |14.96
Westholme |1,009 |30 |2.97
Westminster |664 |61 |9.19
Whitgift, Croydon |1,063 |113 |10.63
William Hulme
Grammar |789 |221 |28.01
Wimbledon High
GPDST |810 |78 |9.63
Winchester College |667 |23 |3.45
Wisbech Grammar |638 |336 |52.66
Withington Girls |593 |78 |13.15
Wolverhampton
Grammar |696 |267 |38.36
Woodbridge |744 |128 |17.20
Woodhouse Grove |774 |127 |16.41
Worksop |326 |25 |7.67
Wrekin College |248 |15 |6.05
Wycliffe College |607 |43 |7.08
Yarm |473 |44 |9.30
<1>As at January 1995.
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what were the fees charged by each school taking part in the assisted places scheme in the last academic year. [37931]
Mrs. Gillan [holding answer 19 October 1995]: The information requested, which relates to England only and to the academic year 1994 95, is given in the following table:
Assisted places scheme 1994-95 academic year
|Annual fees charged
School name |for assisted pupils
|£
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abbey School, Reading |3,615
Abingdon |4,472
Ackworth |4,093
Aldenham |7,742
Alice Ottley |4,092
Alleyn's Dulwich |5,461
Ardingly College |7,379
Arnold School, Blackpool |3,405
Ashford |4,790
Ashville College |4,520
Austin Friars |3,966
Bancroft's |4,440
Barnard Castle |4,230
Bath High GPDST |3,405
Batley Grammar |3,189
Bedales |8,158
Bedford |5,866
Bedford High |4,401
Bedford Modern |4,056
Belvedere GPDST |3,405
Berkhamstead Girls |4,903
Berkhamsted |5,926
Birkenhead |3,249
Birkenhead High GPDST |3,405
Bishop's Stortford College |6,861
Blackheath High GPDST |3,825
Bloxham, Banbury |6,846
Bolton School Boys |4,071
Bolton School Girls |4,071
Bootham, York |5,426
Bradfield College |8,612
Bradford Girls Grmmar |3,720
Bradford Grammar School |3,619
Brentwood School |4,633
Brighton College |6,326
Brighton and Hove High School GPDST |3,405
Bristol Cathedral |3,813
Bristol Grammar |3,613
Bromley High GPDST |3,825
Bromsgrove |5,140
Bruton Girls |3,315
Burgess Hill Girls |4,896
Bury Grammar Boys |3,216
Bury Grammar Girls |3,216
Canford |8,250
Carmel College |7,344
Casterton |5,011
Caterham |4,910
Central Newcastle High School GPDST |3,405
Charterhouse |9,459
Cheadle Hulme |3,786
Cheltenham Ladies' College |6,875
Chigwell |6,029
Christ's Hospital |6,480
Churcher's College |4,656
City of London |5,365
City of London Freeman's |5,431
City of London Girls |4,633
Clifton College, Bristol |7,049
Clifton High, Bristol |3,962
Colfe's |4,220
Colston's Girls |3,384
Colston's, Bristol |4,978
Coventry, Bablake |3,315
Cranleigh |7,068
Croham Hurst |3,925
Croydon High GPDST |3,825
Culford |5,512
Dame Alice Harpur |3,807
Dame Allan's Boys |3,300
Dame Allan's Girls |3,300
Dauntsey's |5,841
Denstone College |6,037
Derby High |4,137
Douai, Reading |4,987
Dover College |5,488
Downe House, Newbury |7,032
Dulwich College |5,954
Durham |6,191
Edgbaston College GIrls |4,309
Edgehill College |4,706
Ellesmere College |5,999
Eltham College, London SE9 |4,791
Emanuel, London SW11 |4,352
Epsom College |6,675
Exeter |3,789
Farnborough Hill |4,022
Felsted, Dunmow |7,758
Forest School |4,396
Framlingham College |5,718
Francis Holland |4,417
Friends, Saffron Walden |5,657
Giggleswick, Settle |5,067
Godolphin & Latymer |5,166
Godolphin Salisbury |5,821
Gresham's |7,568
Guildford High Girls |4,530
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys |5,010
Haberdashers' Aske's Girls |3.505
Haileybury |6,735
Hampton |4,237
Harrogate College |5,400
Headington |4,079
Hereford Cathedral |4,185
Highgate |5,939
Hipperholme Grammar |2,951
Holy Child |4,476
Hulme Grammar Boys |3,426
Hulme Grammar Girls |3,426
Hurstpierpoint College |7,711
Hymers College |3,259
Ipswich |4,534
Ipswich High GPDST |3,405
James Allen's Girls |5,216
John Lyon's |4,721
Kent College |4,932
Kimbolton Schools |4,572
King Edward VI High |3,756
King Edward VI Norwich |3,976
King Edward VI Southampton |4,116
King Edward VII Lytham |3,135
King Edward's at Bath |3,765
King Edward's Birmingham |4,134
King Edward's Witley |5,423
King Henry VIII |3,302
King's College Wimbledon |5,802
King's High Girls, Wark |3,530
King's Bruton |6,450
King's Chester |3,684
King's Macclesfield |3,942
King's Rochester |5,652
King's Tynemouth |3,312
King's Worcester |4,797
Kingsley |3,845
Kingston Grammar |4,491
Kingswood School, Bath |4,919
Kirkham Grammar |3,229
La Sagesse Convent |3,515
Lady Eleanor Holles |4,281
Latymer Upper |4,476
Laxton |4,506
Leeds Girls High |3,814
Leeds Grammar |3,729
Leicester Grammar |3,378
Leighton Park |7,720
Leys, Cambridge |7,537
Liverpool College |3,984
Lord Wandsworth College |6,468
Loreto Convent Grammar |2,671
Loughborough Grammar |3,762
Loughborough High |3,399
Magdalen College |4,288
Malvern College |7,297
Manchester Grammar |3,704
Manchester High |3,589
Marist Convent Senior |3,650
Maynard |3,637
Merchant Taylors' Girls |3,420
Merchant Taylors', Liverpool |3,418
Merchant Taylors', Norwood |5,972
Mill Hill |6,509
Monkton Combe |6,970
Mount Carmel, Cheshire |3,056
Mount St Mary's College |5,020
Mount, York |5,608
Newcastle Under Lyme |3,190
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Church High |3,426
North London Collegiate |4,302
Northampton High |3,858
Norwich High GPDST |3,405
Notting Hill and Ealing High GPDST |3,825
Nottingham Girls High GPDST |3,405
Nottingham High |3,865
Oakham |5,833
Old Palace, Croydon |3,681
Oxford High GPDST |3,405
Pangbourne College |6,878
Perse School for Boys |4,150
Perse School for Girls |3,672
Plymouth College |3,958
Pocklington |4,377
Polam Hall |3,887
Portsmouth Grammar |3,701
Portsmouth High GPDST |3,420
Prior Park College |4,378
Putney High School GPDST |3,825
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Bristol |3,758
Queen Elizabeth's, Blackburn |3,588
Queen Elizabeth, Wakefield |3,615
Queen Mary, Lytham |3,135
Queen's College, London |4,920
Queen's College, Taunton |5,245
Queen's School, Chester |3,291
Ratcliffe College |4,864
Red Maids', Bristol |3,665
Redland High, Bristol |3,602
Reed's School, Cobham |6,131
Reigate Grammar |4,170
Rendcomb College |6,361
Repton |7,640
Rossall |5,588
Royal Grammar, Guildford |5,467
Royal Grammar, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |3,330
Royal Grammar, Worcester |4,146
Ryde School |3,966
Salesian College |2,662
Scarborough College |4,694
Sedbergh |7,369
Sevenoaks, Kent |6,033
Sheffield High GPDST |3,405
Shrewsbury High GPDST |3,405
Silcoates |4,997
Sir William Perkins's |3,517
Solihull |3,978
South Hampstead High GPDST |3,825
St Albans |4,521
St Albans High Girls |4,182
St Ambrose College |3,094
St Anselm's College |3,003
St Bede's College |3,654
St Bees |6,202
St Benedict's |4,484
St Catherine's |5,297
St Dunstan's College |4,231
St Edmund's College |5,106
St Edward's College |3,297
St Felix, Southwold |5,537
St George's College |5,953
St Helen and St Katherine, Abingdon |3,603
St Helen's, Northwood |4,401
St John's College, Southsea |3,340
St John's, Leatherhead |6,402
St Joseph's College, Ipswich |3,798
St Joseph's College, Stoke-on Trent |3,051
St Joseph's Convent, Reading |3,527
St Lawrence College, Ramsgate |5,999
St Margaret's, Bushey |4,763
St Margaret's, Exeter |3,489
St Mary and St Anne |6,423
St Mary's College, Crosby |3,413
St Mary's Convent, Cambridge |3,515
St Mary's Hall, Brighton |5,349
St Maur's Convent, Weybridge |4,077
St Paul's Girls, Hammersmith |5,521
St Paul's, Barnes |6,452
St Peter's, York |5,533
St Swithun's, Winchester |5,964
Stafford Grammar |3,843
Stamford |3,762
Stamford High |3,765
Stockport Grammar |3,695
Stonyhurst College |6,729
Stowe |7,743
Streatham Hill and Clapham High GPDST |3,825
Surbiton High |4,296
Sutton High GPDST |3,825
Sutton Valence |6,620
Sydenham High GPDST |3,825
Talbot Heath |4,101
Taunton |5,978
Teesside High |3,259
Tonbridge |7,761
Tormead |4,315
Trent College |5,418
Trinity School of John Whitgift |4,786
Truro |4,074
Truro High |3,630
University College School |5,895
Upton Hall Convent |2,652
Ursuline Convent, Kent |4,616
Ursuline High, Ilford |3,915
Wakefield High |3,615
Walthamstow Hall |5,062
Warwick |4,048
Wellingborough |5,020
Wellington College |7,757
Wellington, Somerset |4,019
Wells Cathedral |4,886
West Buckland |4,392
Westholme |3,282
Westminster |6,933
Whitgift, Croydon |4,928
William Hulme Grammar |3,828
Wimbledon High GPDST |3,825
Winchester College |8,545
Wisbech Grammar |4,270
Withington Girls |3,357
Wolverhampton Grammar |4,130
Woodbridge |5,127
Woodhouse Grove |4,458
Worksop |5,434
Wrekin College |5,757
Wycliffe College |7,350
Yarm |4,318
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will state for each year in which the assisted places scheme has been operating the number of places available and the number actually taken up, the amount budgeted each year for the scheme and the amount actually spent. [37932]
Mrs. Gillan [holding answer 19 October 1995]: The information requested is given in the following table:
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|Budget<2> |Actual<2>
|Places<1> |Places<1> |estimate £|outturn £
Year |available |taken up |million |million
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1981-82 |5,446 |4,185 |3.3 |3.0
1982-83 |11,058 |8,616 |9.3 |8.7
1983-84 |15,866 |13,102 |16.5 |15.0
1984-85 |20,699 |17,386 |22.5 |22.2
1985-86 |25,210 |21,412 |31.1 |29.6
1986-87 |29,295 |24,478 |37.4 |37.9
1987-88 |33,228 |26,899 |47.8 |46.0
1988-89 |33,217 |27,083 |55.1 |50.9
1989-90 |33,280 |27,008 |57.0 |56.5
1990-91 |33,302 |26,740 |60.4 |63.4
1991-92 |33,312 |27,641 |64.9 |75.7
1992-93 |33,479 |28,674 |87.1 |<3>92.8
1993-94 |33,883 |29,291 |94.9 |92.3
1994-95 |33,139 |29,747 |101.5 |101.5
The figures are for England only.
Academic year.
Financial year.
includes £4.9 million brought forward from financial year 1993 94.
Careers Service
Mr. Gunnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the total spending on the Careers Service by local authorities in England and Wales in each financial year since 1990 91; and what is the expected expenditure in 1995 96. [38256]
Mr. Paice [holding answer 23 October 1995]: From 1 April 1994, the duty of providing the Careers Services became the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Employment. Prior to that date, services were funded via local education authorities through the rate support grant and these figures are unhypothecated.
The estimated outturn of spend by the Employment Department for 1994 95 for the Careers Service in England was £187.4 million. In 1995 96, the Department for Education and Employment plans to spend £211.2 million on the Careers Service.
Responsibility for the Careers Service in Wales rests with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Mr. Gunnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was their spending on the Careers Service through each of the five West Yorkshire metropolitan district councils in each financial year since 1990 91; and what is the expected expenditure in 1995 96 for each of the individual councils. [38257]
Mr. Paice [holding answer 23 October 1995]: From 1 April 1994, the duty of providing the Careers Service became the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Employment. Prior to that date, services were funded via Local education authorities through the rate support grant which is unhypothecated.
Spend under Careers Service instruments of direction issued by the Secretary of State for Employment to the five West Yorkshire metropolitan district councils in 1994 95 was:
Bradford: £1,598,302
Calderdale: £546,000
Kirklees: £1,103,000
Leeds: £1,849,991
Wakefield: £985,000
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In 1995 96 only Leeds and Wakefield remain under direction from the Secretary of State. Their budget allocations are:Leeds: £2,041,000
Wakefield: £1,126,000
Since 1 April 1995, careers services in Bradford have been delivered by Careers Bradford Ltd. and in Calderdale and Kirklees by Calderdale and Kirklees Careers Service Partnership Ltd. These are both private limited companies and details of their income and expenditure will be available in their annual reports next year. Residual payments to local authorities for 1994 95 activities have been made in 1995 96 as follows:
Bradford: £144,700
Calderdale: £45,977
Kirklees: £100,001
Additional expenditure relating to careers libraries and careers guidance has been made available through the training and enterprise councils in West Yorkshire. In 1994 95 this amounted to: £1,622,725. In 1995 96 the allocation is £894,721. For 1995 96 the careers guidance element has been included in the Careers Service contracts for two TEC areas.
Cooking Fumes (Cancer)
Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what research is being undertaken by the Health and Safety Executive into the possible occupational cancer risk for cooks from carcinogenic chemicals in cooking fumes. [37992]
Sir Paul Beresford: I have been asked to reply.
The Health and Safety Executive is undertaking a review of the published literature on a number of potential health problems which might affect those occupationally engaged in food handling and preparation. The incidence of cancer is one area under scrutiny. Once that review is completed, the HSE will consider whether there is cause for particular concern and, if so, whether further research could contribute to the control of risks to those working in this area.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Incapacity Benefit
Mr. Bradley: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the latest estimate of the number of medical examinations for the all- work test of incapacity which have been scheduled but have not yet taken place. [38508]
Mr. Burt: The administration of incapacity benefit is a matter for Mr. Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Ursula Brennan to Mr. Keith Bradley, dated 23 October 1995:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked Peter Mathison, the Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency, to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the latest estimate of the number of medical examinations for the all-work test of incapacity which have been scheduled but have not yet taken place. Mr. Mathison is away from Leeds on Benefits Agency business and he has asked me to reply on his behalf.
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The number of medical examinations scheduled but not yet carried out as at 1 October 1995 was 64,247. This figure is made up of four weeks appointments scheduled from 1 October 1995 and includes an extra 33 per cent, which our experience has shown, fail to attend their appointment. The figure is provisional and subject to change.Mr. Litherland: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people (a) passed and (b) failed the new incapacity benefits all work test in the Greater Manchester areas. [38587]
Mr. Burt: The administration of incapacity benefit is a matter for Mr. Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member with such information as is available. Letter from Ursula Brennan to Mr. Robert Litherland, dated 23 October 1995:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked Peter Mathison, the Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency, to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the number of people that a) passed and b) failed the new Incapacity Benefit All Work Test in the Greater Manchester area. Mr. Mathison is away from Leeds on Benefits Agency business and he has asked me to reply on his behalf.
Information is not available in the form that you requested for the Greater Manchester area. However, I can tell you that, for the period from 13 April to 30 September 1995, 16,984 people passed the all work test and 1,556 failed the all work test in the Manchester Lead Site. The Lead Site includes the Manchester Disability Benefits Centre and the following Benefits Agency District Offices, many of which are located within the Greater Manchester area:
South Cheshire
Manchester Central
Manchester Trinity
Manchester South
Oldham
Sale/East Cheshire
Salford
Stockport
Tameside
Blackburn/Accrington
Bolton/Farnworth
Burnley/Pendle/Rossendale
West Pennine
Wigan/Leigh
I hope you find this reply helpful.
Mr. Rooker: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many medical reports in respect of incapacity benefit have been carried out in each region; what is the average delay in producing a report; and how many are outstanding at the latest date. [37090]
Mr. Burt: The administration of incapacity benefit is a matter for Mr. Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Jeff Rooker, dated 23 October 1995:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about how many medical reports in respect of Incapacity Benefit have been carried out in each region; what is the average delay in producing a report; and how many are outstanding at the latest date.
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