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Beaufort's Dyke

Mr. Foulkes: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals have been made to him by the British Geological Survey for help with monitoring of explosions and related work at Beaufort's dyke and other arms dumps; when he expects to be able to respond; and if he will make a statement. [14112]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson [holding answer 8 February 1996]: Arrangements have been made to discuss the British Geological Survey proposals. My noble Friend the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and the Environment will write to the hon. Member after these discussions have taken place.

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

Internet

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what web site her Department maintains on the Internet; what information is provided there; how often it is updated; what is the address; and if she or her Department answers questions and supplies additional information through the Internet. [7565]

Mr. Robin Squire: The Department for Education and Employment maintains a web site on the Internet, address http://www.open.gov.uk/dfee/dfeehome.htm. The site is frequently updated and carries a wide range of information pages, including the responsibilities of Ministers, departmental press releases, departmental charters, the 1994 and 1995 school and college performance tables, a guide to the school curriculum, information on nursery education, the national targets for education and training, details for young people and employers on modern apprenticeships and catalogues of careers publications.

The site is also the UK's official site for the encouragement, promotion and development of lifelong learning and will be supporting the 1996 European Year of Lifelong Learning. The Department has an Internet E-mail address--info@dfee.gov.uk. This is sited within the public inquiry unit and it receives and responds to a small but steady stream of general education and employment-related inquiries from home and overseas. Ministers do not use the E-mail for answering inquiries.

Schools Expenditure

Mrs. Peacock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of each of the shire counties education budgets is currently spent on (a) school and (b) non-school expenditure; and what amount of money this represents per school pupil in each case. [14577]

Mr. Robin Squire: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave to my right hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Mr. Jopling) on 13 December 1995, Official Report, columns 698-700.

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Mrs. Peacock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of each of the London borough's education budgets is currently spent on (a) schools and (b) non-school expenditure together with the amount of money this represents per school pupil in each case. [14578]

Mr. Squire: The following table shows for each London borough the percentage of net recurrent expenditure in 1993-94, the latest year for which figures are available, on: (a) pre-primary, primary, secondary and special schools; and (b) other education services, including education other than at school, adult education, continuing education, discretionary awards, youth and other community services, service strategy and regulation and education support services. The table also shows the amount per pupil which this expenditure represents, though in the case of non-schools expenditure school pupils are not the principal clients.

London boroughs expenditure on education and its cost per pupil pre-primary/primary, secondary and special
Net recurrent expenditure 1993-94

Percentage of expenditure (a)Cost per pupilPercentage of expenditure (b)Cost per pupil
Corporation of London453,509554,336
Camden852,35315430
Greenwich882,51012351
Hackney873,80313588
Hammersmith and Fulham742,996261,028
Islington893,23211398
Kensington and Chelsea803,56020883
Lambeth703,626301,586
Lewisham922,9638248
Southwark812,68519625
Tower Hamlets913,3499319
Wandsworth792,86121774
City of Westminster782,67422772
Barking902,16810252
Barnet962,374488
Bexley942,1036130
Brent912,9799283
Bromley891,95211238
Croydon842,42316467
Ealing912,8639295
Enfield942,4146161
Haringey953,2085180
Harrow922,4738207
Havering952,1245112
Hillingdon952,5725148
Hounslow932,3097164
Kingston upon Thames882,13012279
Merton902,42710284
Newham932,5437203
Redbridge942,4116142
Richmond upon Thames851,86915319
Sutton902,11410243
Waltham Forest872,64813408
Total882,62412351

Training and Enterprise Councils

Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much each training and enterprise council held in reserves in 1994-95. [14543]

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Mr. Paice: A list of training and enterprise councils and their accumulated reserves at the end of the financial year 1994-95, as shown in their annual statutory audited accounts, is shown in the following table:

Accumulated reserves

TECs by region1994-95
£
North-east
County Durham7,059,949
Northumberland6,035,186
Teesside6,797,000
Tyneside2,306,000
Sunderland City (Wearside)3,134,941
25,333,076
Merseyside
CEWTEC2,527,191
Merseyside7,322,108
QUALITEC1,125,814
10,975,113
North-west
Bolton/Bury4,105,742
Manchester4,595,103
Metro758,502
Oldham1,068,773
Rochdale1,794,365
South and East Cheshire2,486,013
Stockport and High Peak2,763,406
Cumbria2,699,300
ELTEC3,334,181
LAWTEC5,964,015
NORMID2,457,461
32,026,861
Yorkshire and Humberside
Barnsley/Doncaster3,394,000
Bradford2,747,661
Calderdale and Kirklees1,888,275
Humberside5,809,949
Leeds4,020,823
North Yorkshire5,667,000
Rotherham3,344,596
Sheffield4,929,000
Wakefield3,859,649
35,660,953
Eastern
Bedfordshire955,622
Cambridgeshire908,640
Essex4,606,599
Greater Peterborough1,483,695
Hertfordshire3,250,000
Norfolk and Waveney2,860,000
Suffolk1,132,731
15,197,287
East Midlands
Greater Nottingham1,577,000
Leicester5,220,653
Lincolnshire1,643,792
Northamptonshire1,547,891
North Derbyshire1,100,298
North Nottinghamshire2,830,683
South Derbyshire3,319,000
17,239,317
West Midlands
Birmingham2,974,000
Central England1,542,584
Coventry/Warwick1,858,305
Dudley1,217,650
HAWTEC855,009
Sandwell1,306,809
Shropshire1,775,611
Staffordshire5,244,000
Walsall690,644
Wolverhamton1,539,000
19,003,612
South West
WESTEC (Avon)3,975,000
Devon/Cornwall4,085,000
Dorset2,891,076
Gloucester2,639,077
Somerset2,051,935
Wiltshire1,523,106
17,165,194
London
AZTEC3,513,182
CENTEC2,723,980
CILNTEC2,351,480
LETEC6,025,164
North London6,264,339
North West London1,530,015
SOLOTEC3,673,984
South Thames0
West London1,224,913
27,307,057
South East
Hampshire4,836,520
Isle of Wight781,212
Kent4,804,187
Milton Keynes/North Bucks928,501
Heart of England2,693,042
Surrey2,100,631
Sussex5,484,000
Thames Valley Enterprise4,998,768
26,626,861
Grand total226,535,331

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Mr. Ian McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to her answer of 12 December, Official Report, column 563, if she will publish the training and enterprise council operating agreement in respect of priorities for training for work for particular age groups when a waiting list for entry may occur. [7644]

Mr. Paice: A copy of the training and enterprise council operating agreement has been placed in the Library. Schedule D of the agreement covers the requirements on TECs as they relate to training for work. Training for work is available to individuals aged 18 to 63.

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