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Written Answers

Mr. Thurnham: To ask the Secretary of State For Education and Employment how many written questions her Department has failed to answer since it was established; and if she will give an explanation for each such failure, listing the question and any answer now available. [2248]

Mr. Robin Squire: The matter is currently being investigated and I will write to the hon. Member when this is complete.

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Youth Training

Mr. Hall: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many YT trainees (a) have gained full employment (b) have gone on to further training and

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(c) became unemployed at the end of their training in each year since the scheme began. [2315]

Mr. Paice: The information requested is given in the table:

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Percentage of leavers gaining each outcome Youth Training (including Youth Credits) England and Wales

	In full-time employment	In part-time employment	In self-employment	Full-time education or another training programme	Unemployed
1987-88	57	4	1	16	20
1988-89	63	4	2	15	13
1989-90	63	4	2	14	14
1990-91	53	4	1	16	20
1991-92	46	4	1	16	25
1992-93	44	5	1	17	28
1993-94	47	5	1	17	25
April 1994-January 1995	50	5	1	15	22

Source: YT National Follow-up Survey. The YT National Follow-up Survey records 8 separate labour market outcomes plus "not stated". These are; full-time job with same employer, full-time job with different employer, self-employment, part-time job, unemployed, another government training programme, full-time education and something else as stipulated by the trainee.

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Sheffield TEC

Sir Irvine Patnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what negotiations have taken place between her Department and Sheffield TEC to make provision for employment for the over-45 year age group; and if she will make a statement; [2520]

(2) what initiatives her Department is undertaking to make provision for the employment for the over-45 age group in the Sheffield travel-to-work area; and if she will make a statement. [2517]

Mr. Paice: The Department continues to provide a wide range of employment and training measures in the Sheffield area to help unemployed people find a job and employed people to enhance their skill and knowledge levels. It also has a campaign for older workers targeted at employers who impose age restrictions to persuade them of the need to recruit, retain and retrain individuals on the basis of ability and not age.

In addition, the Department has contracted with Sheffield TEC to provide during this financial year training, education and enterprise courses amounting to 4,350 adult places; many of which will be filled by those in the over-45 group.

It is these measures and programmes as part of the Government's policy of maintaining the economic conditions of low inflation and a fully competitive and flexible labour market which continues to maintain existing jobs and creates new employment opportunities for all large groups including the over-45s.

Over the last two years, in the Sheffield travel-to-work area, unemployment in the 45-and-over age group has fallen by almost 17 per cent., and long-term unemployment in the same group by almost 11 per cent.

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Child Care Expenses

Mrs. Bridget Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will introduce guidelines governing the payment of child care expenses by governing bodies to school governors attending meetings. [2737]

Mr. Robin Squire: No. Being a school governor is a voluntary, unpaid activity. The Government applaud the 300,000 volunteers who give their time and energy to this important work. Governors may receive reimbursement for travel and subsistence costs, but the law does not currently allow payments beyond that, nor does the current pattern of governor recruitment suggest a need to change these arrangements.

National Vocational Qualifications

Sir Irvine Patnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the average cost of obtaining an NVQ; and how many of these have been obtained in Sheffield. [2519]

Mr. Paice: Research carried out by KPMG Management Consultants in 1994 found that, among the 60 firms studied, the median cost to an employer for one member of staff obtaining a national vocational qualification was £200 on direct outlays, such as NVQ registration and certification fees. In addition, staff time was spent on training, assessment and other activities related to achieving an NVQ, and for the typical employer in that survey this amounted to around £3,000.

More than 2 million NVQs have been awarded since their launch. Information on the numbers awarded on the Sheffield area is not available

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Oxford University (Admissions)

Mr. Walden: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of pupils from state schools gained admission to Oxford university in (a) 1969, (b) 1979 and (c) 1994. [2892]

Mr. Forth: Detailed information on admissions to individual universities is not collected centrally. It is for each university to decide its own criteria for the admission of students. I understand that the admissions office of Oxford university produces annual statistics along these lines and my hon. Friend might care to speak to it directly.

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Grant-maintained Schools

Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the date of (a) the close of the ballot, (b) publication of proposals and (c) the Secretary of State's decision in respect of each school which has become grant-maintained since 31 August 1994; and whether the ballot was initiated by the governors' resolution or parents' petition. [2893]

Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested is set out in the table:

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Name of school	LEA of school	Ballot initiated by	Ballot closed	GM proposal published	Secretary of State decision	Implementation of GM status
North Somercotes CE Primary School	Lincolnshire	G	24/02/93	04/03/93	07/07/94	01/09/94
Totley All Saints' CE Junior and Infant School	Sheffield	G	10/03/93	05/04/93	01/03/94	01/09/94
Dr. John Bingham Primary School	Sheffield	P	31/03/93	23/07/93	11/02/94	01/09/94
Barkston and Syston CE (GM) Primary School	Lincolnshire	G	02/06/93	08/11/93	24/03/94	01/09/94
Cheltenham Kingsmead School	Gloucestershire	G	03/06/93	18/10/93	14/03/94	01/09/94
The Barr Beacon School	Walsall	G	07/06/93	24/09/93	18/07/94	01/09/94
The Corbett CE GM Primary School	Staffordshire	G	30/07/93	14/01/94	27/06/94	01/09/94
Little Reddings Primary School	Hertfordshire	G	30/07/93	20/10/93	10/03/94	01/09/94
Broomhill Infant School	Sheffield	P	02/08/93	13/09/93	11/02/94	01/09/94
The John Warner Grant Maintained School	Hertfordshire	G	15/10/93	31/03/94	15/08/94	01/09/94
Wincheap Primary School	Kent	G	15/10/93	24/02/94	26/05/94	01/09/94
St. Mary's High School	Hertfordshire	G	25/10/93	28/01/94	17/06/94	01/09/94
Tadworth Primary School	Surrey	G	01/11/93	14/01/94	16/05/94	01/09/94
Hayes Primary School	Bromley	G	12/11/93	31/12/93	09/07/94	01/09/94
Highfield Infant School	Bromley	G	19/11/93	31/01/94	04/05/94	01/09/94
Highfield Junior School	Bromley	G	19/11/93	31/01/94	04/05/94	01/09/94
Shirley High School	Croydon	G	22/11/93	29/11/93	16/03/94	01/09/94
Charlton Horethorne CE Primary School	Somerset	G	26/11/93	10/12/93	26/07/94	01/09/94
Atwood Primary School	Croydon	G	01/12/93	31/01/94	06/05/94	01/09/94
Wilmington Primary School	Kent	G	03/12/93	19/01/94	11/05/94	01/09/94
Chatham House Grammar School	Kent	G	03/12/93	30/03/94	03/08/94	01/09/94
Boston Grammar School	Lincolnshire	G	03/12/93	06/01/94	16/05/94	01/09/94
Castle Primary School, Ludgershall	Wiltshire	G	03/12/93	04/03/94	13/07/94	01/09/94
Westgate Junior School	Lincolnshire	G	07/12/93	25/01/94	06/05/94	01/09/94
Brymore School	Somerset	G	07/12/93	28/01/94	21/07/94	01/09/94
Loddon First School	Norfolk	G	13/12/93	31/01/94	19/06/94	01/09/94
Sutton Benger CE Primary School	Wiltshire	G	17/12/93	17/01/94	14/04/94	01/09/94
Hollingwood First School	Bradford	G	17/12/93	11/02/94	06/05/94	01/09/94
The Curzon CE Primary School	Derbyshire	G	20/12/93	04/02/94	21/07/94	01/09/94
Salesbury CE Primary School	Lancashire	G	20/12/93	31/12/93	15/05/94	01/09/94
Heathfield High School	Sandwell	G	20/12/93	26/01/94	26/05/94	01/09/94
Ashton CE Middle School	Bedfordshire	G	20/12/93	20/04/94	11/08/94	01/09/94
The Archbishop Lanfranc School	Croydon	G	21/12/93	28/01/94	12/05/94	01/09/94
Hill Top CE First School	Bradford	G	22/12/93	11/01/94	20/04/94	01/09/94
Fir Ends School	Cumbria	G	07/01/94	22/04/94	29/07/94	01/09/94
Durand Primary School	Lambeth	G	19/01/94	04/05/94	11/08/94	01/09/94
Halfway Houses Primary School	Kent	G	19/01/94	03/02/94	16/05/94	01/09/94
Brookmans Park School	Hertfordshire	G	25/01/94	27/01/94	01/07/94	01/09/94
Chestnut School Grant Maintained	Hertfordshire	G	25/01/94	11/02/94	01/07/94	01/09/94
The Grange Junior School	Shropshire	G	25/01/94	29/04/94	19/07/94	01/09/94
St. Catherine of Sienna School	Hertfordshire	G	26/01/94	25/03/94	19/08/94	01/09/94
Loudwater Combined School	Buckinghamshire	G	26/01/94	04/03/94	27/06/94	01/09/94
Greenacres Primary School	Shropshire	G	31/01/94	14/05/94	10/08/94	01/09/94
Greatstone Primary School	Kent	G	31/01/94	03/02/94	10/05/94	01/09/94
Glebe Infants School	Gloucestershire	P	31/01/94	28/02/94	20/05/94	01/09/94
Greenway Junior School	West Sussex	G	31/01/94	17/02/944	06/07/94	01/09/94
St. David's School (Grant Maintained)	Gloucestershire	G	31/01/94	31/03/94	06/07/94	01/09/94
Holy Trinity CE School	Wiltshire	G	01/02/94	09/03/94	29/06/94	01/09/94
St. Joseph's RC Primary School	Wiltshire	G	02/02/94	03/02/94	30/06/94	01/09/94
St. Joseph's RC Primary School	Kent	G	07/02/94	31/03/94	28/07/94	01/09/94
Swindon Village Primary School	Gloucestershire	G	07/02/94	28/03/94	08/07/94	01/09/94
Dersingham First School	Norfolk	G	14/02/94	08/03/94	20/07/94	01/09/94
Cam Woodfield Junior School	Gloucestershire	G	14/02/94	16/03/94	28/06/94	01/09/94
Reay Primary School	Lambeth	G	16/02/94	15/03/94	08/07/94	01/09/94
Preston Manor High School	Brent	G	16/02/94	05/05/94	30/08/94	01/09/94
Immanuel and St. Andrew CE Primary School	Lambeth	G	16/02/94	15/03/94	29/06/94	01/06/94
Lincoln School of Science and Technology	Lincolnshire	G	23/02/94	28/03/94	21/07/94	01/09/94
Myrtle Park First School	Bradford	G	28/02/94	25/03/94	01/07/94	01/09/94
Whyteleafe School	Surrey	G	28/02/94	10/03/94	03/06/94	01/09/94
Prospect School	Berkshire	G	04/03/94	18/03/94	04/08/94	01/09/94
Earls Colne Primary School	Essex	G	07/03/94	29/04/94	21/07/94	01/09/94
Flimby Primary School	Cumbria	G	09/03/94	06/05/94	19/08/94	01/09/94
Healey Primary School	Rochdale	G	14/03/94	18/03/94	29/06/94	01/09/94
Wallace Fields Junior School	Surrey	G	14/03/94	21/04/94	16/08/94	01/09/94
Wicklewood Primary School	Norfolk	G	18/03/94	27/04/94	10/08/94	01/09/94
High Faringdon School	Berkshire	G	21/03/93	22/04/94	26/08/94	01/09/94
Oakworth First School	Bradford	G	24/03/94	14/04/94	25/07/94	01/109/94
Fullbrook School	Surrey	G	25/03/94	20/04/94	15/08/94	01/09/94
Christ Church Primary School	Gloucestershire	G	25/03/94	27/04/94	01/08/94	01/09/94
Woodlands Community School	Derbyshire	G	28/03/94	18/04/94	22/08/94	01/09/94
St. John Houghton RC School	Derbyshire	G	05/04/94	27/04/94	31/08/94	01/09/94
Hollingworth High School	Rochdale	G	06/04/94	16/04/94	22/07/94	01/09/94
Thrapston Primary School	Northamptonshire	G	11/04/94	15/04/94	22/08/94	01/09/94
Fair Meadows Primary School	Derbyshire	G	11/04/94	15/04/94	22/08/94	01/09/94
Two Mile Ash Middle School	Buckinghamshire	G	26/04/94	10/05/94	25/08/94	01/09/94
Severnbanks Primary School	Gloucestershire	G	02/05/94	09/05/94	28/07/94	01/09/94
The Winston Churchill School	Surrey	G	13/05/94	01/06/94	25/08/94	01/09/94
Beaconside CE Infant School	Cumbria	G	24/05/94	28/05/94	07/11/94	01/12/94
Beaconside CE Junior School	Cumbria	G	24/05/94	28/05/94	08/11/94	01/12/94
Barmby Moor CE Primary School	Humberside	P	02/06/93	01/02/94	11/10/94	01/01/95
Mount Street Infant School	Lincolnshire	G	31/01/94	14/05/94	30/11/94	01/01/95
Nun Monkton GM School	North Yorkshire	P	11/02/94	18/02/94	08/12/94	01/01/95
Pott Shrigley Church School	Cheshire	P	22/02/94	17/06/94	21/11/94	01/01/95
St. Hilda's CE High School	Liverpool	G	25/02/94	25/05/94	06/09/94	01/01/95
Petersfield School	Hampshire	G	07/03/94	25/05/94	22/09/94	01/01/95
The Turnpike School	Berkshire	G	09/03/94	28/03/94	18/10/94	01/01/95
Sir William Romney's Community School	Gloucestershire	G	14/03/94	11/07/94	02/12/94	01/01/95
Ursuline Convent High School	Merton	G	21/03/94	22/04/94	05/10/94	01/01/95
Sandwich High School	Kent	G	22/03/94	30/06/94	02/11/94	01/01/95
Halifax Catholic High School	Calderdale	G	29/03/94	14/06/94	08/12/94	01/01/95
Lightcliffe CE Junior and Infants School	Calderdale	G	05/04/94	08/07/94	28/11/94	01/01/95
Ruskington Chestnut Street CE Primary School	Lincolnshire	G	18/04/94	25/05/94	17/10/94	01/01/95
Castle Carrock Primary School	Cumbria	G	29/04/94	15/07/94	01/11/94	01/01/95
Stanion CE Primary School	Northamptonshire	G	02/05/94	30/05/94	03/11/94	01/01/95
Bamford Primary School	Rochdale	G	03/05/94	28/05/94	01/09/94	01/01/95
Surrey Square Infant and Junior School	Southwark	G	16/05/94	08/07/94	24/10/94	01/01/95
Toftwood First School	Norfolk	G	02/06/94	23/06/94	27/10/94	01/01/95
West Vale Junior and Infants School	Calderdale	G	10/06/94	08/07/94	16/11/94	01/01/95
Burpham Primary School	Surrey	G	13/06/94	12/08/94	19/12/94	01/01/95
Milton Hall GM Primary School	Essex	G	15/06/94	22/06/94	23/12/94	01/01/95
Docking Primary School GM	Norfolk	G	27/06/94	15/07/94	04/11/94	01/01/95
Moat Junior School	Gloucestershire	P	01/07/94	12/09/94	15/12/94	01/01/95
Hinchley Wood School	Surrey	G	30/06/93	01/10/93	09/03/95	01/04/95
Minchinhampton School	Gloucestershire	G	16/02/94	25/05/94	03/11/94	01/04/95
Haselor School	Warwickshire	P	14/03/94	18/04/94	09/11/94	01/04/95
The Central School	Lincolnshire	G	05/04/94	23/12/94	29/03/95	01/04/95
St. Joseph's RC Primary School	Brent	G	27/04/94	17/11/94	16/03/95	01/04/95
Holmshill School	Hertfordshire	G	31/05/94	15/07/94	30/01/95	01/04/95
Heron Primary School	Gloucestershire	G	13/06/94	10/10/94	09/02/95	01/04/95
Pippins First School	Berkshire	G	15/06/94	01/09/94	27/03/95	01/04/95
Caister High School	Norfolk	G	01/07/94	21/10/94	23/02/95	01/04/95
Mill Hill School	Derbyshire	G	26/10/94	04/11/94	28/02/95	01/04/95
Shelton Junior School	Derbyshire	G	31/10/94	20/12/94	27/03/95	01/04/95
Langley Park School for Girls	Bromley	G	04/11/94	30/11/94	15/02/95	01/04/95
Stalbridge GM Primary School	Dorset	G	21/11/94	24/11/94	28/03/95	01/04/95
Keelham First School	Bradford	G	23/11/94	20/12/94	29/03/95	01/04/95
The Ravensbourne School	Bromley	G	29/11/94	19/12/94	16/03/95	01/04/95
The Hayfield School	Doncaster	G	30/11/94	22/12/94	29/03/95	01/04/95
Crosby on Eden CE Primary School	Cumbria	G	02/12/94	23/12/94	29/03/95	01/04/95
Pitton Primary School	Wiltshire	G	22/11/94	11/01/95	18/05/95	01/06/95
St. Kentigerns RC Primary School	Manchester	G	06/12/94	07/12/94	23/05/95	01/06/95
Brookfield Junior School	Kent	P	12/12/94	20/01/95	01/06/95	01/07/95
Keswick School	Cumbria	G	10/03/95	14/03/95	28/06/95	01/07/95
Bestwood Community School	Nottinghamshire	G	23/03/94	15/04/94	28/04/95	01/09/95
Clarendon Infants School	Wiltshire	G	23/03/94	14/06/94	07/07/95	01/09/95
Clarendon Junior School	Wiltshire	G	23/03/94	14/06/94	07/07/95	01/09/95
Dunchurch First School	Warwickshire	P	29/03/94	13/05/94	08/08/95	01/09/95
Dunnington CE Primary School	Warwickshire	P	30/03/94	15/04/94	18/07/95	01/09/95
Middlemarsh Middle School	Warwickshire	P	26/04/94	08/06/94	07/07/95	01/09/95
Wolverton Primary School	Warwickshire	P	24/08/94	25/11/95	07/07/95	01/09/95
Longridge GM Primary School	Lancashire	G	22/11/94	19/12/94	15/08/95	01/09/95
Pennine Way Junior School (G.M.)	Derbyshire	G	09/12/94	27/02/95	04/08/95	01/09/95
Longtown Junior School	Cumbria	G	27/12/94	06/02/95	02/05/95	01/09/95
William Hildyard C of E Primary School	Lincolnshire	G	28/12/94	14/01/95	16/06/95	01/09/95
Engaines Primary School	Essex	G	11/01/95	15/02/95	21/06/95	01/09/95
Zouch Primary School	Wiltshire	G	18/01/95	24/02/95	23/06/95	01/09/95
Rochford Primary School	Essex	G	01/03/95	20/04/95	24/08/95	01/09/95
Harcourt Primary School	Kent	G	06/03/95	30/03/95	18/08/95	01/09/95
All Souls' CE Primary School	Kent	G	06/03/95	16/03/95	21/06/95	01/09/95
Gravesend Grammar School for Boys	Kent	G	31/03/95	07/04/95	11/08/95	01/09/95
St. Mary's R C Primary School	Lambeth	G	03/04/95	07/04/95	20/07/95	01/09/95
Castledown Comprehensive School	Wiltshire	G	07/04/95	09/06/95	15/08/95	01/09/95
Carrant Brook Junior School	Gloucestershire	G	07/04/95	16/05/95	02/08/95	01/09/95
Kilburn Park Junior School	Brent	G	16/05/95	22/05/95	31/08/95	01/09/95
Enmore CE GM Primary School	Somerset	G	13/03/95	21/03/95	28/09/95	01/10/95
King David Primary School	Liverpool	G	13/06/94	30/09/94	09/10/95	01/11/95
St. Mary's RC Primary School	Wiltshire	G	08/07/94	11/11/94	15/08/95	01/11/95

Note: In the 'ballot initiated by' column 'P' = Parents and 'G' Governors.

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Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the grant-maintained schools which have applied for loans under section 92 of the Education Act 1993, in each case stating (a) the size of loan requested, (b) the purpose for which the loan was agree, (c) the size of the loan agreed, (d) the period of repayment and (e) the interest rate applied. [2895]

Mr. Robin Squire: These matters are now the responsibility of the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked its chairman to write to the hon. Member with this information.

Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the grant-maintained schools which have applied for special purpose grant (restructuring), in each case stating (a) the number of (i) teaching and (ii) non-teaching posts affected, (b) the posts for which grant was awarded and (c) if (i) premature retirement compensation or (ii) statutory redundancy payment was awarded. [2897]

Mr. Squire: These matters are now the responsibility of the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked its chairman to write to the hon. Member with this information.

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