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Campbell's Soups
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what discussions have taken place between representatives of Campbell's Soups, Stratford-on-Avon operations and the Department of Employment on matters relating to redundancy at that plant in the last two years. [15365]
Mr. Forth: No discussions have taken place between the Department and representatives of Campbell's Soups relating to redundancy at the Stratford-on-Avon plant.
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment on how many occasions in the past two years redundancies announced by Campbell's Soups have been required to be notified to her Department. [15366]
Mr. John M. Taylor: I have been asked to reply.
Information given to the Department under the statutory redundancy handling provisions is provided in confidence.
Vice-Chancellors and Principals
Ms Armstrong: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will publish the salaries of the vice-chancellors and principals of United Kingdom universities according to the salary bands published in the institutional annual. [15422]
Mr. Forth:
My right hon. Friend has no plans to publish this information. The higher education funding councils require universities to disclose these details. They are already in the public domain.
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Mr. Byers:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the surplus or loss on trading account of each training and enterprise council in 1994-95. [15569]
Mr. Paice:
The following table lists the surpluses or losses incurred by training and enterprise councils in 1994-95. The figures are those shown in the audited statutory accounts lodged at Companies House.
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Access to Work Scheme
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Education and Employment how many people in each county and region have received assistance under access to work; and in each case if she will give the number who were (a) employed and (b) unemployed at the time of their application. [15590]
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.
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Letter from Mike Fogden to Mr. David Blunkett, dated 19 February 1996:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the number of people in each region who have received assistance under Access to Work; and whether they were employed or unemployed.
Access to Work began in June 1994. The number of people who received help in 1994-95 (including those helped under the previous special schemes) was 10,394. Of those, 7,669 were new applicants under Access to Work. In 1995-96 up to the end of December, 12,267 people received help, of whom 8,206 were new applicants.
The annex gives the number of new applicants by region and whether they were employed or unemployed. We do not keep records by county.
For these purposes we count as "unemployed" those who did not have a job when they applied for Access to Work, and newly employed people who had gained that employment with the help of Access to Work.
I hope this is helpful.
Supplementary Credit Approvals
Mr. Hicks: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if she will list those applications for supplementary credit approval that have been approved by her Department during the current financial year together with financial amounts involved, the number of applications received and the total cost of these projects; [15592]
- (2) when she intends announcing further supplementary credit approvals with specific reference to the Liskeard junior school application; and if she will make a statement. [15591]
Mrs. Gillan: Copies of press notices listing supplementary credit approvals so far issued in 1995-96, which total over £40 million, have been placed in the Library. This figures includes some cover for Liskeard junior school. Applications so far made total around £110 million--year 1 costs--and there have been approximately 270 bids. I hope to be able to announce further SCAs for 1995-96 shortly.
Teachers
Mr. Dover: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what assessment she has made of the impact on the job prospects of newly qualified teachers of teachers who have taken early retirement returning to work; [15586]
- (2) if she will make it her policy that teachers who have taken early retirement are not re-employed as teachers on a (a) full-time (b) part-time or (c) supply basis. [15585]
Mr. Robin Squire:
The Department does not believe that the re-employment of retired teachers is having an adverse effect on the job prospects of newly qualified teachers. In 1986-87, 12,600 newly qualified teachers entered full-time teaching, 42 per cent. of all entrants. In 1993-94, the latest year for which we have information, the figures were 17,700 and 58 per cent. respectively. My right hon. Friend has no plans to make it her policy to ban re-employment of teachers who have been granted premature retirement. Teachers whose re-employment brings the total of salary and pension they receive above the rate of their previous salary are subject to abatement of pension.
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Mr. Tipping:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what remuneration the chief executive of the Employment Service received in (a) 1994-95 and (b) 1995-96; and what is planned for 1996-97. [15672]
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 Mike Fodgen to Mr. Paddy Tipping, dated 19 February 1996.
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 Mike Fogden to Mr. Paddy Tipping, dated 19 February 1996:
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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.
Mr. Tipping:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment she has made of the number and costs of payments made erroneously to claimants as a result of industrial action in jobcentres between 30 November 1995 and 19 February 1996. [15674]
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about my remuneration as Chief Executive of the Employment service.
The information about my total remuneration for 1994/95, including a non-consolidated performance bonus and taxable benefits, is published in the Employment Service Annual Report & Accounts which was presented to Parliament in July 1995. A copy is available in the House of Commons Library.
The comparable figure for 1995/96 will not be available until any bonus payable has been agreed after the end of the financial year.
Similarly, it is not possible to calculate in advance what my remuneration will be in 1996/97.
Mr. Tipping:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will provide a breakdown of the extra costs contracted by the Employment Service as a result of industrial action in jobcentres between 30 November 1995 and 19 February 1996. [15673]
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question concerning the number and costs of payments made erroneously to claimants as a result of industrial action in Jobcentres between 30 November 1995 and 19 February 1996.
Details of overpayments made are collected quarterly. The figures for the quarter ended December 1995 are being collated. To date there is no upward trend. The next set of figures will relate to the period ending 31 March. Therefore, no current information is available about changes in levels of overpayments during the period since the industrial action started.
Overpayments can, and do, arise for a variety of reasons and it would be very difficult to identify separately overpayments which are directly attributable to the industrial action. To do this would require complex analysis and reporting arrangements additional to those presently in place. These would add to the burden of those continuing to work in the affected offices and further hinder the ability of the Employment Service to maintain a customer service in such times.
I hope this helps explain the situation.
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