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Dr. Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those of his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which (a) the Government are required to consult prior to legislative proposals and (b) the Government are required to publish their response to advice supplied by them. [21854]
Mr. Soames [holding answer 21 March 1996]: The Government are not required to consult with any of the non-departmental public bodies within my Department prior to legislative proposals.
The Review Board for Government Contracts reports annually on the profit formula for non-competitive Government contracts and this advice is published. The Government make their response to this available to the House in a parliamentary written answer.
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Voluntary Youth Service
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans she has to allow the voluntary youth service sector more access to public funding. [23279]
Mr. Paice: The Department has increased its grants to national voluntary youth organisations by 6 per cent. to £9.1 million for the next three years. This has allowed us to fund a larger number of programmes--nearly 70--which promote the personal and social education of young people.
Schools Funding Council (Bromley)
Mr. Merchant: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what money has been given for capital expenditure by the Schools Funding Council; and what facilities it has been spent on at (i) Ravenswood; (ii) Bullers Wood, (iii) St. Olave's, (iv) Newstead Wood and (v) Crofton junior schools in the London borough of Bromley. [22130]
Mrs. Gillan: This is a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman of the funding agency to write to my hon. Friend with the information he has requested.
Selective and Grant-maintained Schools
Mr. Dunn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the parliamentary constituencies which have selective local education authority and grant-maintained schools within their boundaries. [22916]
Mrs. Gillan: The 163 local education authority and grant-maintained schools which classify themselves as selective in the 1995 performance tables are located in the following parliamentary constituencies:
Constituency
Altrincham and Sale
Ashford
Aylesbury
Batley and Spen
Beaconsfield
Bexleyheath
Birkenhead
Birmingham, Hall Green
Birmingham, Northfield
Birmingham, Perry Barr
Birmingham, Small Heath
Bournemouth, East
Bridgwater
Bristol, West
Buckinghamshire
Canterbury
Carshalton and Wallington
Chelmsford
Cheltenham
Chesham and Amersham
Chipping Barnet
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- Colchester, North
Colchester, South and Maldon
Dartford
Davyhulme
Dorset South
Dover
Enfield-Edmonton
Faversham
Finchley
Folkestone and Hythe
Gainsborough and Horncastle
Gloucester
Grantham
Gravesham
Halifax
Hendon, South
Holland with Boston
Honiton
Ilford, North
Kent Mid
Kingston upon Thames
Lancaster
Lindsey, East
Maidstone
Medway
Old Bexley and Sidcup
Orpington
Plymouth Drake
Poole
Reading East
Ribble Valley
Rossendale and Darwen
Rugby and Kenilworth
Salisbury
Shropshire North
Skipton and Ripon
Slough
South Hams
Southend, East
Southend, West
Stamford and Spalding
Stratford-on-Avon
Stretford
Stroud
Sutton and Cheam
Sutton Coldfield
Thanet, South
Tonbridge and Malling
Torbay
Tunbridge Wells
Walsall, South
Wanstead and Woodford
Wirral, South
Wirral, West
Wolverhampton, South-West
Wycombe
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Employment Service
Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when the Employment Service annual performance agreement for 1996-97 will be published. [23955]
Mrs. Gillian Shephard: Today, I have placed copies of the 1996-97 Employment Service annual performance agreement in the Library. The new targets will require the Employment Service to build on this year's extremely good performance and, in the light of the introduction of the jobseeker's allowance in October this year, will be especially challenging. I have set a demanding target of placing a record 1.97 million unemployed people in jobs in the 12 months from April. Related targets for placing long-term claimants and people with disabilities are higher than ever before. I have set the Employment Service no specific target for combating fraud this year because, from April, responsibility for that area of work moves to the Benefits Agency, which has its own target, published in its business plan.
Assisted Places Scheme
Mr. Leigh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will place in the Library a list of the schools to be admitted to the assisted places scheme. [23956]
Mrs. Gillan: We intend to admit 63 new schools to the scheme, offering 1,111 assisted places for entry in September 1996. I am placing a list in the Library. These additional places form part of the expansion of the scheme which my right hon. Friend announced in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Mrs. Lait) on 29 February, Official Report, columns 667-68.
DUCHY OF LANCASTER
EC (Civil Service Employment)
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what are the implications of the European Communities (Employment in the Civil Service) Order 1991 for service in departmental agencies; and if he will list the posts and agencies affected. [22917]
Mr. Freeman: The implications of the European Communities (Employment in the Civil Service) Order 1991 for service in departmental agencies in the home civil service are that, since 21 May 1991, they have been able to employ EC (now EEA--since the European Economic Area Act 1993) nationals, and certain non-EEA family members, in any of the posts which do not constitute employment in the "public service" within the meaning of article 48(4) of the EC treaty.
| Number of staff | |
|---|---|
| Defence Bills Agency | 650 |
| Defence Dental Agency | 205 |
| Medical Supplies Agency | 260 |
| Pay and Personnel Agency | 965 |
Most posts in departmental agencies are non-public service posts; a list could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. McNamara:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what are the implications of the European Communities (Employment in Civil Service) Order 1991 for a person born and resident in Northern Ireland but holding a passport issued by the Republic of Ireland in respect of employment in the public and civil service; and if he will list all the posts, Departments and agencies affected. [22924]
Mr. Freeman:
Persons born and resident in Northern Ireland, but holding a passport issued by the Republic of Ireland, provided they still hold British nationality, are eligible for employment in almost any post in the home civil service in the same way as any other British national. Those who surrender British nationality in favour of Irish citizenship will, from 1 June 1996, under the arrangements I announced on 1 March 1996, Official Repot, column 771, come within the ambit of the European Communities (Employment in the Civil Service) Order 1991; they will be eligible, together with nationals of other EC (now EEA--since the European Economic Area Act 1993) member states and certain members of their families, for appointment to approximately 390,000 posts in the home civil service--75 per cent. of all posts--which do not constitute employment in the "public service" in EC treaty terms. These posts are spread across all home civil service Departments and their agencies and could be listed only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Ian McCartney:
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the cost and number of items of equipment and furniture that (a) have been stolen and (b) are otherwise unaccounted for from the Office of Public Service and its agencies in each of the past five years, listing by name any such items valued at £5,000 or more, and showing information technology material separately. [21704]
Mr. Willetts:
Details of the cost and, where known, the number of items of equipment and furniture recorded as having been stolen or otherwise unaccounted for from the Cabinet Office, including the Office of Public Service and its agencies are as follows:
| 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial year accounting | IT material No.£ | Other items No.£ | IT material No.£ | Other items No.£ | IT material No.£ | Other items No.£ | IT material No.£ | Other items No.£ |
| (a) Stolen | ||||||||
| Cabinet Office (incl OPS) | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | 411,000 | ---- | 64,021 | ---- |
| RAS | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| OHSA | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| CS College | ---- | ---- | ---- | 52,250 | 2236,362 | 52,769 | ---- | 5781 |
| Chessington | 1126 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| SAFE1 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| TBA | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| COI | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| Total (stolen) | 1126 | 00 | 00 | 52,250 | 2647,362 | 52,769 | 64,021 | 5781 |
1 The stolen IT items relating to each year for both SAFE and HMSO relate to stolen computer chips, the exact number of which is not available from current records.
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| 1994-95 | 1995-96 | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT material | Other items | IT material | Other items | IT material | Other items | |||||||
| Financial year accounting | No. | £ | No. | £ | No. | £ | No. | £ | No. | £ | No. | £ |
| (a) Stolen Cabinet Office (including OPS) | 5 | 6,975 | 6 | 525 | -- | -- | 7 | 2,029 | 15 | 21,996 | 13 | 2,554 |
| RAS | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1,845 | -- | -- | 1 | 1,845 | -- | -- |
| OHSA | 2 | 3,000 | 1 | 200 | 1 | 500 | -- | -- | 3 | 3,500 | 1 | 200 |
| CS College | -- | -- | -- | -- | 21 | 6,188 | -- | -- | 43 | 42,550 | 15 | 5,800 |
| Chessington | 2 | 1,680 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 1,680 | -- | -- |
| SAFE(7) | -- | 7,000 | -- | -- | -- | 8,000 | -- | -- | -- | 15,000 | -- | -- |
| TBA | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1,000 | -- | -- | 1 | 1,000 | -- | -- |
| COI | 3 | 5,000 | -- | -- | 33 | 9,690 | -- | -- | 36 | 14,690 | -- | -- |
| Total (stolen) | 12 | 23,655 | 7 | 725 | 57 | 27,223 | 7 | 2,029 | 101 | 102,261 | 29 | 8,554 |
(7) The stolen IT items relating to each year for both SAFE and HMSO relate to stolen computer chips, the exact number of which is not available from current records.
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| 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT material No.£ | Other items No.£ | IT material No.£ | Other items No.£ | IT material No.£ | Other items No.£ | IT material No.£ | Other items No.£ | |
| (a) Unaccounted for | ||||||||
| Cabinet Office (incl OPS) | ---- | ---- | ---- | 120 | ---- | 1800 | ---- | ---- |
| RAS | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | 1015,509 | ---- |
| OHSA | ---- | 1686 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| CS College | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| Chessington | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| SAFE | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| TBA | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| COI | ---- | ---- | 12864 | ---- | 11,441 | ---- | 3276 | ---- |
| Total (stolen) | 00 | 1686 | 12864 | 120 | 11,441 | 1800 | 1315,785 | 00 |
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| 1994-95 | 1995-96 | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Material | Other items | IT material | Other items | IT Material | Other items | |||||||
| Total (stolen) | Number | £ | Number | £ | Number | £ | Number | £ | Number | £ | Number | £ |
| (b) Unaccounted for | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cabinet Office (incl OPS) | -- | -- | 2 | 210 | -- | -- | 1 | 90 | -- | -- | 5 | 1,120 |
| RAS | 4 | 1,597 | -- | -- | 4 | 3,265 | -- | -- | 18 | 20,371 | -- | -- |
| OHSA | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| CS College | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 4,089 | -- | -- | 6 | 4,089 | -- | -- |
| Chessington | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| SAFE | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| TBA | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| COI | 4 | 1,549 | -- | -- | 11 | 386 | -- | -- | 31 | 4,516 | -- | -- |
| Total (unaccounted) | 8 | 3,146 | 2 | 210 | 21 | 7,740 | 1 | 90 | 55 | 28,976 | 5 | 1,120 |
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| 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT material | Other items | IT Material | Other items | IT material | Other items | IT material | Other items | |
| Calender year accounting | ||||||||
| HMSO (8), (9) (a) Stolen | 9,500 | 0 | 6,050 | 0 | 51,000 | 0 | 66,550 | 0 |
(8) The stolen IT items relating to each year for both SAFE and HMSO relate to stolen computer chips, the exact number of which is not available from current records.
(9) HMSO have no items otherwise unaccounted for.
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