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Private Finance Initiative
Mr. Forman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what discussions she has had with university vice-chancellors regarding the private finance initiative. [34355]
Mr. Forth: In February my right hon. Friend set up a joint DEE-higher education sector working group to consider the private finance initiative in the higher education sector. The group is due to report in the next few weeks.
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Teachers
Mr. Pickthall: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers qualified in 1995; and how many entrants into teaching in summer 1995 were categorised as (a) undergraduate primary, higher education institute based, (b) undergraduate secondary, HEI based, (c) licensed teacher, primary non-graduate, (d) licensed teacher, secondary non-graduate, (e) licensed teacher, primary already graduate, (f) licensed teacher, secondary already graduate, (g) articled teacher, primary, (h) articled teacher,
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secondary, (i) post-graduate certificate of education, HEI based, (j) PGCE secondary, HEI based, (k) Open university, PGCE primary, (l) Open university, PGCE secondary, (m) school centred initial teacher training, primary and (n) SCITT, secondary. [34262]
Mr. Robin Squire: The latest information available for new entrants to teaching with qualified teacher status in England and Wales is for the year April 1993 to March 1994. The data have been obtained from the database of teacher records. There were no entrants qualified through the Open university or school centred initial teacher training in 1993. Comparable figures are quoted for newly qualified teachers.
| Calendar year | Number |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 24,200 |
| 1994 | 26,300 |
| Primary | Secondary | Not known | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate | 4,250 | 7,010 | (8)-- | |
| Undergraduate | 5,180 | 1,510 | (8)-- | |
| Articled | 110 | 80 | 0 | |
| Qualified through the licensed teachers scheme | ||||
| Graduate | (8)-- | 10 | (8)-- | |
| Other | 3- | 50 | (8)-- | |
| Other | ||||
| Qualified | 0 | 0 | 610 | |
(8) Numbers less than 5.
Barred Teachers
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to her answer of 13 June, Official Report, column 287-88, if her Department has access to the Department of Health's consultancy index; and in what circumstances it cross-checks its inquiries with the Department of Health's list. [34395]
Mr. Robin Squire: The Department holds a copy of that part of the Department of Health's consultancy index that is compiled on the basis of reports from employers--the adverse reports index. That index, and list 99, is checked when the Department arranges a police check on the criminal background of a prospective employee on behalf of a school that cannot arrange such checks through a local education authority.
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Beef Exports
Sir David Knox: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will list the non-Commonwealth countries that do not ban British beef exports, indicating the value of beef exports to each of these countries in the last year for which figures are available; [31606]
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- (2) if he will list the Commonwealth countries that do not ban British beef exports, indicating the value of beef imports to each of these countries in the last year for which figures are available; [31608]
(3) if he will list the Commonwealth countries that ban British beef exports and the value of beef exports to each of those countries in the most recent year for which figures are available; [31822]
(4) if he will list the non-Commonwealth countries that ban British beef exports, indicating the value of beef exports to each of these countries in the last year for which figures are available. [31754]
Mrs. Browning: I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Sir Wyn Roberts: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of British beef exports, by tonnage and value, went to European countries from which they are currently banned in the 12 months before the implementation of the ban. [33333]
Mrs. Browning [holding answer 18 June 1996]: The Commission ban on the export of beef from the UK was introduced on 27 March 1996. Provisional data on exports of beef from the United Kingdom between March 1995 and February 1996--the latest information available--as recorded in the overseas trade statistics, are shown in the table. Beef exported from, but not originating in, the UK is not separately identifiable.
| Tonnes | £000s | Percentage of total UK exports by weight | Percentage of total UK exports by value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Community | 231,962 | 554,424 | 81.2 | 90.2 |
| Other European countries | 5,531 | 9,616 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Total Europe | 237,293 | 564,040 | 83.1 | 91.8 |
The figures for beef cover carcass meat of bovine origin and all other bovine products fit for human consumption, including offals and cooked products.
Cattle Carcases (Storage)
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the locations his Department is (a) using and (b) considering using for the storage of the remains of cattle aged 30 months or over following processing of carcases at rendering plants prior to final disposal; what is the estimated (i) maximum and (ii) minimum periods these remains will be at these storage sites; and if he will make a statement. [31559]
Mr. Boswell: The Intervention Board executive agency is currently storing the resultant material from animals rendered under the 30-month scheme at stores in Exeter, Belfast, Liverpool and Gloucestershire. Other locations will be considered in due course as it becomes apparent that more storage facilities are required.
As announced by the Minister on the 16 April, a number of options for the disposal of meat and bone meal produced at plants are under active consideration and in all cases full weight will be given to protecting the
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environment. The options include incineration and energy recovery. The period of storage will vary between stores and will depend on the final disposal route chosen.
Mr. Cox:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the present number of staff employed in his Department's meat hygiene services. [32874]
Mrs. Browning:
The figures show the number of staff employed in the Ministry's meat hygiene services as at 1 June 1996:
Meat hygiene division: 51
Meat hygiene veterinary section: 21
Meat hygiene service agency: 1,295, including 241 staff employed on a casual basis and used according to demand
Health and Safety
Mr. Ian McCartney: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the cost in each of the past five years of (a) sick pay and (b) compensation paid to employees of his Department or their families, or members of the public, as a result of (i) minor, (ii) major and (iii) fatal injuries related to the work of his Department, detailing incidents involving information technology and those involving expenditure of more than £5,000. [33470]
Mr. Boswell: Information relating to the number of work-related injuries in this Department is given in another reply today, but the cost of those injuries in terms of sick pay and compensation is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. McCartney: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on how many occasions in each of the past five years health and safety problems in his Department and its agencies have been reported via internal monitoring; and on how many occasions the Health and Safety Commission has become involved. [33468]
Mr. Boswell: Centralised monitoring of records of health and safety problems--injuries and dangerous occurrences--have been maintained only since 1992. It is not possible to obtain data before that date without incurring disproportionate cost.
1992-1993--850, of which 27 were reported, as required by statute, to the Health and Safety Executive which is the enforcement arm of the Health and Safety Commission.
1993-1994--871, of which 37 were reported to the Health and Safety Executive.
1994-95--771, of which 44 were reported to the Health and Safety Executive--a Crown notice was subsequently served by HSE after investigation of one of the Veterinary Laboratories Agency's laboratories.
1995-96 (to date)--654, of which 24 were reported to the Health and Safety Executive.
Mr. McCartney: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the cost in each of the past five years of rectifying working conditions that were the responsibility of his Department and its agencies, to bring
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them up to acceptable health and safety standards, detailing incidents involving information technology and those involving expenditure of more than £5,000. [33471]
Mr. Boswell: Expenditure is not categorised in a way which distinguishes that spent on health and safety improvements alone and disproportionate cost would be involved in trying to do this. The Ministry and its agencies do, however, take action to anticipate new health and safety legislation and to react to new legislation when it is introduced. In addition, the Ministry's on-going programme of building maintenance is aimed in part at improving working conditions which helps to ensure that health and safety standards are maintained.
Mr. McCartney: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many (a) minor, (b) major and (c) fatal injuries have been suffered by staff in his Department and its agencies in work-related incidents in each of the past five years, showing in each year how many were related to information technology and giving details of all incidents involving fatalities. [33469]
Mr. Boswell: Centralised monitoring of records of injuries to staff have been maintained only since 1992. It is not possible to obtain data before that date without incurring disproportionate cost.
1992-93: 823 (minor) 27 (major) nil (fatalities) (one related to information technology)
1993-94: 834 (minor) 37 (major) nil (fatalities) (nil related to information technology)
1994-95: 727 (minor) 44 (major) nil (fatalities) (one related to information technology)
1995-96 (to date): 630 (minor 24 (major) nil (fatalities) (10 related to information technology)
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