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Milk Quotas
Mr. Wigley: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the benefits of granting compensation for purchasers of milk quotas in the event of the discontinuance of the scheme. [12488]
Mr. Baldry: Current EC legislation provides for milk quotas until 31 March 2000. The future of the milk quota system will be reviewed in Brussels before then and the Government will be assessing the options for reforming the present arrangements in the context of that review.
Equidae (Registration)
Mr. Morley: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many equidae within the meaning of directive 90/426/EEC have been registered in Britain by organisations which have been formally recognised under the terms of that directive to register equidae. [12638]
Mrs. Browning: I regret that registration records are not held by this Department. Information may be available from the 37 societies that have so far been recognised, as referred to in my reply, Official Report, columns 627-28, on 17 January 1996.
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Selective Education
Mr. French: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what data her Department has assessed in respect of the percentage of adults who favour a return to fully selective education. [12737]
Mrs. Gillan: A recent survey commissioned by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers found that 54 per cent. of parents were in favour of a return to a fully selective education system.
Further Education Funding Council
Ms Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what amount of funding allocated by the Further Education Council is spent on subsidising employer training broken down by further education institution. [12756]
Mr. Paice:
The information is not collected centrally.
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Ms Eagle:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many applications have been received by the Further Education Funding Council from private training institutions applying to register as further education colleges; and if she will list them. [12754]
Mr. Paice:
There is no provision for the registration of private training institutions as further education colleges. The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 makes provision for my right hon. Friend to establish further education corporations to conduct existing educational institutions. She would normally expect to do so only in response to a proposal made by the Further Education Funding Council for England. To date, the council has not received any requests to make such proposals to my right hon. Friend.
The Act also includes provision for institutions which are inside the further education sector to sponsor for funding from the council applications from institutions which are outside the sector. In 1994-95 the FEFC received 41 applications for such funding from external institutions. Of these 18 were private providers and 11 of these received funding. In 1995-96, nine applications were received, five from private providers, and one of these received funding. At this stage, the indications for 1996-97 are: seven received, five from private providers; funding has yet to be allocated. I will ask the chief executive of the council to write with a list of the institutions concerned.
Mr. Hall:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many of the schools in England which have balloted parents on the question of grant-maintained status since 1 July 1995 voted in favour of staying with their local education authority. [12595]
Mrs. Gillan:
Twenty-four primary and secondary schools in England have voted not to seek grant-maintained status between 1 July 1995 and 26 January 1996.
Mr. Cohen:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what estimate she has made of the cost of a full Ofsted inspection in a London borough; [12866]
Mr. Robin Squire:
These are matters for Her Majesty's chief inspector of schools, who heads the Office for Standards in Education. I have asked Mr. Chris Woodhead to write to the hon. Member.
Mr. Madden:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list (a) the names of schools in the Manningham area of Bradford which are to be inspected by the Office for Standards in Education, (b) the dates during which inspections are to be made, (c) the dates on which inspection contracts were approved and (d) the date by when Ofsted will report the outcome of the inspections; and if she will make a statement. [12881]
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Mr. Robin Squire:
This is a matter for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools, who heads the Office for Standards in Education. I have asked Mr. Chris Woodhead to write to the hon. Member.
Mr. Byers:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list for each local education authority the number of full-time equivalent teachers employed in (a) January 1991 and (b) January 1995 excluding sixth form colleges. [12882]
Mr. Robin Squire:
The following table shows the full-time equivalent number of teachers employed in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector in England for January for 1991 and 1995.
(2) what is the estimated total cost of the Ofsted inspection and report in respect of Waltham Forest. [12857]
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