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Office of Standards in Education Report

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list (a) the name, type and pupil number of each school that has failed an Ofsted report, by local education authority of location, (b) the number of requests to suspend an Ofsted report on grounds of (i) actual or (ii) possible closure by name, type and pupil number of each such school listed, by local education authority of location, and (c) if each such request was granted. [23704]

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.

Education Authority Expenditure

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will place the non-London

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metropolitan local education authorities in rank order of expenditure per pupil at (a) primary and (b) secondary level for the years (i) 1993-94, (ii) 1994--95, (iii) 1995-96 and (iv) 1996-97. [23705]

Mr. Robin Squire: The following tables show net institutional expenditure per pupil in metropolitan councils in (a) pre-primary and primary and (b) secondary local education authority maintained schools in 1993-94 and 1994-95, the latest year for which outturn figures are available.

Net institutional expenditure per pupil--metropolitan councils (cash terms)1993-94

LEA	£
Pre-primary and primary
Rochdale	1,307
Wolverhampton	1,357
Doncaster	1,307
Trafford	1,428
Bury	1,432
Wigan	1,437
Tameside	1,442
Sefton	1,448
South Tyneside	1,463
Stockport	1,466
North Tyneside	1,469
Knowsley	1,485
Dudley	1,490
Salford	1,505
Sunderland	1,509
Barnsley	1,539
Manchester	1,547
Wirral	1,552
Birmingham	1,572
Sheffield	1,573
Solihull	1,574
Wakefield	1,577
Kirklees	1,579
Bolton	1,581
Liverpool	1,586
St. Helens	1,605
Calderdale	1,607
Oldham	1,645
Leeds	1,647
Bradford	1,654
Gateshead	1,664
Walsall	1,672
Sandwell	1,681
Coventry	1,684
Newcastle upon Tyne	1,697
Rotherham	1,723
Secondary
South Tyneside	1.948
Bradford	1,969
Rochdale	1,974
Bury	1,979
North Tyneside	1,995
Doncaster	2,022
Tameside	2,095
Dudley	2,098
Barnsley	2,101
Sunderland	2,114
Sheffield	2,119
Bolton	2,119
Wigan	2,141
Wakefield	2,150
Trafford	2,156
Calderdale	2,162
Leeds	2,164
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,187
Sefton	2,204
Kirklees	2,207
Salford	2,215
Solihull	2,217
Knowsley	2,243
Gateshead	2,252
Rotherham	2,271
Oldham	2,278
Walsall	2,281
Wirral	2,299
Wolverhampton	2,300
Stockport	2,310
St. Helens	2,315
Manchester	2,328
Birmingham	2,330
Sandwell	2,349
Coventry	2,469
Liverpool	2,613

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1994-95

LEA
Pre-primary and primary
Doncaster	1,444
Tameside	1,447
Wigan	1,474
Trafford	1,477
Sefton	1,487
Bury	1,492
Salford	1,507
St. Helens	1,521
Barnsley	1,550
Rochdale	1,552
Manchester	1,558
Stockport	1,566
Wirral	1,567
Knowsley	1,575
Dudley	1,575
Sunderland	1,576
Wakefield	1,590
Solihull	1,605
Kirklees	1,607
Sheffield	1,612
Oldham	1,621
South Tyneside	1,623
Liverpool	1,634
North Tyneside	1,636
Gateshead	1,638
Leeds	1,645
Bolton	1,646
Wolverhampton	1,648
Calderdale	1,651
Newcastle upon Tyne	1,660
Walsall	1,664
Sandwell	1,666
Bradford	1,681
Coventry	1,705
Rotherham	1,719
Birmingham	1,721
Secondary
Doncaster	2,025
Bury	2,032
Bradford	2,041
Wakefield	2,046
Tameside	2,046
South Tyneside	2,062
Barnsley	2,102
Calderdale	2,104
Sheffield	2,110
Wigan	2,130
Sunderland	2,142
North Tyneside	2,145
Salford	2,151
Stockport	2,152
Dudley	2,205
Rotherham	2,220
Leeds	2,223
Rochdale	2,225
Solihull	2,225
Sefton	2,227
Knowsley	2,227
Sandwell	2,224
St. Helens	2,247
Kirklees	2,256
Gateshead	2,257
Bolton	2,261
Oldham	2,293
Wirral	2,294
Walsall	2,314
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,314
Trafford	2,319
Wolverhampton	2,341
Birmingham	2,356
Coventry	2,418
Manchester	2,435
Liverpool	2,603

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Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will place the non-London metropolitan local education authorities in rank order of administrative expenditure per pupil for the years 1994-95 and 1995-96. [23706]

Mr. Squire: The following table shows administrative expenditure per pupil as returned by the metropolitan councils for 1994-95, the latest year for which outturn figures are available.

Metropolitan Councils--Administrative costs per pupil

1994-95	Gross expenditure
LEA	Cost per pupil £
North Tyneside	53
Trafford	60
Sunderland	73
Barnsley	74
St. Helens	81
Wolverhampton	81
Wigan	82
Solihull	82
Wakefield	89
Stockport	89
Dudley	91
Doncaster	93
Sefton	94
Rotherham	95
Bradford	96
Calderdale	97
Sandwell	99
Liverpool	99
Leeds	100
Rochdale	102
Bury	104
Tameside	108
Wirral	108
Walsall	110
Oldham	112
Sheffield	114
South Tyneside	114
Birmingham	118
Manchester	125
Gateshead	135
Bolton	136
Knowsley	136
Newcastle upon Tyne	137
Coventry	146
Kirklees	146
Salford	204

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Computers

Mr. David Atkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make a statement on the problem of non-recognition by computers of the year 2000 with regard to her Department's computers and those for which it is responsible. [24410]

Mr. Robin Squire: Officials who take responsibility for the Department's computer systems are keenly aware of the potential difficulties presented by the year 2000. During the coming months they will undertake a thorough audit of the software to establish the scale of the problem. They will then prepare and execute a plan of action to overcome them using, where necessary, advice from the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency and suppliers.

Waste Minimisation

Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make a statement on progress in establishing an office waste minimisation strategy for her Department, indicating the targets set. [24504]

Mr. Robin Squire: The former Education and Employment Departments both had established "green housekeeping" strategies consistent with their business needs. Waste minimisation forms an important part of the DFEE integrated strategy, but specific targets have not been set.

Student Loans Company

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the status of the Student Loans Company. [25122]

Mr. Forth: Following a report by the National Audit Office, and with the agreement of its board, the Student Loans Company has been designated as a non-departmental public body with effect from 1 April 1996.

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School Buildings

Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is her present estimate of the monetary value of the backlog of school buildings repair and maintenance. [22787]

Mrs. Gillan [holding answer 26 March 1996]: It is for local education authorities and school governors to assess the need for maintenance work in respect of school premises which they own and maintain.

Firlands Training Ltd.

Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what steps she has taken to obtain information from the Department of Trade and Industry concerning its investigation of Firlands Training Ltd. under section 447 of the Companies Act into the liquidation of AST in 1995 and the fitness of its directors and other persons to be directors of public companies. [24431]

Mr. Paice [holding answer 2 April 1996]: It is not the policy of the Department for Education and Employment to comment on the affairs of individual companies.

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