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DUCHY OF LANCASTER
Security Facilities Executive
Mr. Sweeney: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what plans he has for the future of the security facilities executive following the privatisation of its custody services business early next year. [5772]
Mr. Freeman: I intend to set up a new agency from 1 April 1997 comprising the Government car service and the interdespatch service which provide secure transport and mail services. The chief executive will be recruited by open competition. These businesses will be financially separate but operate within one agency.
From 1 April the special services group, which provides advice and technical security services to Government Departments and other public sector customers, will then be the sole remaining business of the security facilities executive. From this date I intend that it will continue as an agency of the Office of Public Service. The precise scope of its work is to be determined in the light of a study of its services and the related interests of other Government Departments.
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The staff of SAFE and the customers of the three businesses will be consulted very carefully about the implementation of these changes.
Mr. Donohoe:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much was spent in pounds sterling by the European Parliament (a) in 1995 and (b) so far in 1996 in subsidising the visits of parties organised by MEPs to the European Parliament; how many visits were subsidised during these periods; how much was spent in organising visits to the European Parliament by British MEPs; and how many such visits were organised. [6356]
Mr. David Davis:
I have been asked to reply.
The 1995 budget provision for subsidising group visits to the European Parliament was 7.88 million ecu or £6.1 million. Provision in the 1996 budget is 9.2 million ecu or £7.1 million. Final outturn figures for 1995 and details of expenditure so far in 1996 are not yet available. A total of 3,057 group visits were subsidised in 1995, of which 341 were by British groups; 1,134 of these visits were sponsored by individual MEPs, of which 341 were sponsored by British MEPs. Detailed figures for group visits so far in 1996 are not readily available, but the EP secretariat advises that by the end of November 1996 170 group visits had been sponsored by British MEPs.
Mr. Mackinlay:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list those departmental responsibilities which relate to (a) England, (b) England and Wales, (c) England, Wales and Scotland and (d) the whole of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the approximate proportion of the time and budget of his Department which exclusively relates to each of the above categories. [5966]
Mr. Willetts:
The responsibilities of the Cabinet Office and the Office of Public Service relate to the whole of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The responsibilities of the Central Office of Information relate to England; work undertaken in the other countries is as an agent of the Scottish, Welsh or Northern Ireland Office.
Mr. Gordon Prentice:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list those administrative decisions of his Department affecting (a) United Kingdom citizens and (b) non-citizens where there is no right of appeal. [6023]
Mr. Willetts
[holding answer 25 November 1996]: The work of the Cabinet Office is directed to the servicing of Cabinet and its committees. The Cabinet Office also provides staff and support services for the Prime Minister's office at 10 Downing street, for the offices of the Government Whips, and for the Parliamentary Counsel Office, the function of which is to draft Government Bills and advise Departments on parliamentary procedure. Within the Cabinet Office, the Office of Public Service has responsibility for improving the efficiency of government and public services and the competitiveness of business.
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Apart from management decisions concerned with the staffing of his Department, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is not called upon to take administrative decisions directly affecting individual United Kingdom citizens or non-citizens.
Grant-maintained Schools
Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many grant-maintained (a) secondary and (b) primary schools there are in Wales; and how many outstanding applications for grant-maintained status there are. [6644]
Mr. Jonathan Evans: There are 11 secondary and five primary grant-maintained schools in Wales as well as--one grant-maintained school of mixed age range--3 to 18--years. There are no applications for grant-maintained status from LEA maintained schools currently under consideration.
Proposals have been received for the establishment of a new grant-maintained secondary school in Usk. Governors of Westfield lower special school, Newport, where a successful ballot was announced on 1 August, have until 1 December to publish proposals.
Wrexham Central Station
Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what consultation he has had with the North West Regional Railways concerning the company's plan to relocate Wrexham central station. [6598]
Mr. Gwilym Jones: In accordance with the provisions of the Railways Act 1993 North West Regional Railways and Railtrack, as operator and owner of the station, jointly applied to the Office of Passenger and Rail Franchising for permission to close a short length of track and to relocate the existing station.
Consultation on such matters is the responsibility of the Rail Regulator and a public hearing was held on 27 November 1996. The Rail Regulator is to issue his formal decision by 26 February 1997.
Mixed-sex Wards
Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his policy on mixed-sex wards. [6640]
Mr. Gwilym Jones: The policy on mixed-sex wards is as set out in the patients charter.
Cattle Slaughter
Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will ensure that cattle in Alyn and Deeside are allocated a regular slot in an abattoir under the BSE slaughter programme; and if he will make a statement. [6596]
Mr. Jonathan Evans: The Intervention Board executive agency is ensuring that an appropriate proportion of cattle from Wales is slaughtered each week at both Welsh and English abattoirs.
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West Wales Task Force Initiative
Mr. Ainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the projects funded by the Welsh Office under the West Wales task force initiative since 1992, indicating the cost of each such project. [7285]
Mr. Gwilym Jones: I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.
PRIME MINISTER
Cabinet Papers
Mr. McAvoy: To ask the Prime Minister how many Cabinet papers were submitted to the full Cabinet in each year from 1991 to 1995. [7042]
The Prime Minister: Details relating to proceedings of Cabinet and Cabinet Committees are not published.
Engagements
Mr. Harry Greenway: To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 3 December. [5825]
Sir Peter Tapsell: To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 3 December. [5824]
The Prime Minister: This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House I shall be having further meetings later today.
Cabinet Ministers
Mr. Vaz: To ask the Prime Minister how many former Cabinet Ministers receive (a) police protection and (b) at what cost to public funds. [7309]
The Prime Minister: For security reasons it is established policy that information of this kind is not published.
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Grammar Schools
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list (a) the grammar schools in England, grouping them by parliamentary constituency and (b) the percentage of secondary school age children attending grammar schools in each parliamentary constituency. [5898]
Mr. Robin Squire [holding answer 2 December 1996]: The following table lists for each parliamentary constituency in England the maintained secondary schools which classified themselves as selective in the 1996 performance tables. The Department does not have a comprehensive list of maintained secondary schools for each parliamentary constituency.
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| Constituency | Name of school |
|---|---|
| Altrincham, Sale | Altrincham Grammar School for Girls |
| Altrinham and Sale | Altrincham Boys' GM School |
| Ashford | Highworth Grammar School for Girls |
| Ashford | The Norton Knatchbull School |
| Aylesbury | Aylesbury High School |
| Aylesbury | Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School |
| Aylesbury | Aylesbury Grammar School |
| Barnet | Queen Elizabeth's Boys' School |
| Batley and Spen | Heckmondwike Grammar School |
| Beaconsfield | Beaconsfield High School |
| Beaconsfield | Burnham Grammar School |
| Bexleyheath | Bexley Grammar School |
| Bexleyheath | Townley Road Grammar School for Girls |
| Birkenhead | St. Anselm's College |
| Birmingham Hall Green | King Edward VI Camp Hill Girls' School |
| Birmingham Hall Green | King Edward VI Camp Hill School (Boys) |
| Birmingham Northfield | King Edward VI Five Ways School |
| Birmingham Perry-Barr | Handsworth Grammar School |
| Birmingham Small Heath | King Edward VI Aston School |
| Birmingham Small Heath | King Edward VI Handsworth School |
| Bournemouth East | Bournemouth School |
| Bournemouth East | Bournemouth School for Girls (GM) |
| Bridgwater | Brymore School |
| Bristol West | Cotham Grammar School |
| Bristol West | Fairfield Grammar School |
| Buckinghamshire | The Royal Latin School |
| Cambridgeshire SE LEA | The King's School |
| Canterbury | Barton Court Grammar School |
| Canterbury | Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys |
| Canterbury | Simon Langton Girls' School |
| Carshalton and Wallington | Wallington Boys County Grammar School |
| Carshalton and Wallington | Wallington High School for Girls |
| Carshalton and Wallington | Wilson's School |
| Chelmsford | Chelmsford County High School for Girls |
| Chelmsford | King Edward VI Grammar School |
| Cheltenham | Pate's Grammar School |
| Chesham and Amersham | Chesham High School |
| Chesham and Amersham | Dr. Challoner's High School |
| Chesham and Amersham | Dr. Challoner's Grammar School |
| Colchester North | Colchester Royal Grammar School |
| Colchester North | Royal Grammar School |
| Colchester South and Maldon | Colchester County High School for Girls |
| Dartford | Dartford Grammar School |
| Dartford | Dartford Grammar School for Girls |
| Dartford | The Grammar School for Girls Wilmington |
| Dartford | Wilmington Grammar School for Boys |
| Davyhulme | Sale Grammar School |
| Davyhulme | Urmston Grammar School |
| Dorset South | Budmouth Technology College |
| Dover | Dover Grammar School for Boys |
| Dover | Dover Grammar School for Girls |
| Edgbaston | King Edward VI School |
| Edmonton | The Latymer School |
| Faversham | Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School |
| Faversham | Highsted School |
| Faversham | Borden Grammar School |
| Finchley | St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School |
| Folkestone and Hythe | The Folkestone School for Girls |
| Folkestone and Hythe | The Harvey Grammar School |
| Gainsborough and Horncastle | Caistor Grammar School |
| Gainsborough and Horncastle | Horncastle Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School |
| Gainsborough and Horncastle | Gainsborough Queen Elizabeth's High School |
| Gloucester | High School for Girls |
| Gloucester | Ribston Hall High School |
| Gloucester | The Crypt School |
| Gloucester | Sir Thomas Rich's School |
| Grantham | Carre's Grammar School |
| Grantham | Kesteven and Grantham Girl's School |
| Grantham | Kesteven and Sleaford High School |
| Gravesham | Gravesend Grammar School for Boys |
| Gravesham | Gravesend Grammar School for Girls |
| Halifax | Crossley Heath School |
| Halifax | The North Halifax Grammar School |
| Hendon South | The Henrietta Barnett School |
| Holland with Boston | Boston Grammar School |
| Holland with Boston | Boston High School for Girls |
| Honiton | Colyton Grammar School |
| Honiton | Torquay Boys' Grammar School |
| Ilford North | Ilford County High School |
| Kent Mid | Chatham Girls' Grammar School |
| Kent Mid | Chatham Boys' Grammar School |
| Kent Mid | Fort Pitt Grammar School |
| Kingston upon Thames | Tiffin School |
| Kingston upon Thames | The Tiffin Girls' School |
| Lancaster | Lancaster Girls' Grammar School |
| Lancaster | Lancaster Royal Grammar School |
| Lindsey East | Alford Queen Elizabeth's GM Grammar School |
| Lindsey East | Skegness Grammar School |
| Maidstone | Oakwood Park Grammar School |
| Maidstone | Invicta Grammar School for Girls |
| Maidstone | Maidstone Grammar School |
| Maidstone | Maidstone Grammar School for Girls |
| Medway | The Rochester Girls' Grammar School |
| Medway | Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School |
| Mid Kent | Rainham Mark Grammar School |
| Old Bexley and Sidcup | Bexley-Erith Technical High School for Boys |
| Old Bexley and Sidcup | Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School |
| Orpington | Newstead Wood School for Girls |
| Orpington | St. Olave's and St. Saviour's Grammar School |
| Plymouth Drake | Devonport High School for Boys |
| Plymouth Drake | Devonport High School for Girls |
| Plymouth Drake | Plymouth High School for Girls |
| Poole | Parkstone Grammar School (Girls) |
| Poole | Poole Grammar School |
| Reading East | Reading School |
| Reading East | Kendrick Girls' Grammar School |
| Ribble Valley | Clitheroe Royal Grammar School |
| Rossendale and Davewen | Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School |
| Rugby and Kenilworth | Lawrence Sheriff School |
| Rugby and Kenilworth | Rugby High School for Girls |
| Salisbury | Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School |
| Salisbury | South Wiltshire Grammar School for Girls |
| Shropshire North | Adams' Grammar School |
| Shropshire North | Newport Girls' High School |
| Skipton and Ripon | Ermysted's Grammar School |
| Skipton and Ripon | Ripon Grammar School |
| Skipton and Ripon | Skipton Girls' High School |
| Slough | Herschel Grammar School |
| Slough | Langley Grammar School |
| Slough | Slough Grammar School |
| Slough | St. Bernard's Convent School |
| South Hampshire | Churston Grammar School |
| Southend East | Southend High School for Girls |
| Southend West | Southend High School for Boys |
| Southend West | Westcliff High School for Boys |
| Southend West | Westcliffe High School for Girls |
| Stamford with Spalding | Bourne Grammar School |
| Stamford with Spalding | Spalding Grammar School |
| Stamford with Spalding | Spalding High School |
| Stratford upon Avon | Alcester Grammar School |
| Stratford upon Avon | King Edward VI Grammar School |
| Stratford upon Avon | Stratford upon Avon Grammar School for Girls |
| Stretford | Stretford Grammar School |
| Stroud | Marling School |
| Stroud | Stroud High School |
| Sutton and Cheam | Nonsuch High School for Girls |
| Sutton and Cheam | Sutton Grammar School for Boys |
| Sutton Coldfield | Sutton Coldfield Girl's School |
| Sutton Coldfield | Bishop Vesey's Grammar School |
| Thanet South | Chatham House Grammar School for Boys |
| Thanet South | Dane Court Grammar School |
| Thanet South | Sir Roger Manwood's School |
| Thanet South | Clarendon House Girls' Grammar School |
| Tonbridge and Malling | Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls |
| Tonbridge and Malling | Weald of Kent Grammar School |
| Tonbridge and Malling | The Judd School |
| Torbay | Torquay Grammar School for Girls |
| Tunbridge Wells | Cranbrook School |
| Tunbridge Wells | The Skinners' School |
| Tunbridge Wells | Tunbridge Wells Girls's Grammar School |
| Tunbridge Wells | Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys |
| Walsall South | Queen Mary's Grammar School |
| Walsall South | Queen Mary's High School |
| Wanstead and Woodford | Woodford County High School |
| Wirral South | Wirral Grammar School for Boys |
| Wirral South | Wirral County Grammar School (girls) |
| Wirral West | Calday Grange Grammar School |
| Wirral West | Upton Hall Convent School |
| Wirral West | West Kirby Grammar School for Girls |
| Wolverhampton South West | Wolverhampton Girl's High School |
| Wycombe | John Hampden Grammar School |
| Wycombe | Sir William Borlase's Grammar School |
| Wycombe | Wycombe High School |
(16)Maintained secondary schools which classified themselves as selective in the 1996 performance tables.
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Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list (a) the grammar schools in England, grouping them by local
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education authority area and (b) the percentage of secondary school age children attending grammar schools in each local education authority area. [5901]
Mr. Robin Squire [holding answer 2 December 1996]: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Plymouth, Devonport (Mr. Jamieson) on 25 November, Official Report, columns 16-21, which lists for each local education authority area in England the maintained secondary schools which classified themselves as selective in the 1996 performance tables.
| Per cent. | |
|---|---|
| Corporation of London | n/a |
| Camden | 0.0 |
| Greenwich | 0.0 |
| Hackney | 0.0 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 0.0 |
| Islington | 0.0 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 0.0 |
| Lambeth | 0.0 |
| Lewisham | 0.0 |
| Southwark | 0.0 |
| Tower Hamlets | 0.0 |
| Wandsworth | 0.0 |
| Westminster | 0.0 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 0.0 |
| Barnet | 14.1 |
| Bexley | 36.2 |
| Brent | 0.0 |
| Bromley | 8.7 |
| Croydon | 0.0 |
| Ealing | 0.0 |
| Enfield | 7.5 |
| Haringey | 0.0 |
| Harrow | 0.0 |
| Havering | 0.0 |
| Hillingdon | 0.0 |
| Hounslow | 0.0 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 29.5 |
| Merton | 0.0 |
| Newham | 0.0 |
| Redbridge | 10.3 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 0.0 |
| Sutton | 50.4 |
| Waltham Forest | 0.0 |
| Birmingham | 10.2 |
| Coventry | 0.0 |
| Dudley | 0.0 |
| Sandwell | 0.0 |
| Solihull | 0.0 |
| Walsall | 7.2 |
| Wolverhampton | 4.2 |
| Knowsley | 0.0 |
| Liverpool | 0.0 |
| St. Helens | 0.0 |
| Sefton | 0.0 |
| Wirral | 33.3 |
| Bolton | 0.0 |
| Bury | 0.0 |
| Manchester | 0.0 |
| Oldham | 0.0 |
| Rochdale | 0.0 |
| Salford | 0.0 |
| Stockport | 0.0 |
| Tameside | 0.0 |
| Trafford | 56.6 |
| Wigan | 0.0 |
| Barnsley | 0.0 |
| Doncaster | 0.0 |
| Rotherham | 0.0 |
| Sheffield | 0.0 |
| Bradford | 0.0 |
| Calderdale | 13.0 |
| Kirklees | 3.1 |
| Leeds | 0.0 |
| Wakefield | 0.0 |
| Gateshead | 0.0 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 0.0 |
| North Tyneside | 0.0 |
| South Tyneside | 0.0 |
| Sunderland | 0.0 |
| Isles of Scilly | 0.0 |
| Avon | 2.7 |
| Bedfordshire | 0.0 |
| Berkshire | 9.5 |
| Buckinghamshire | 47.6 |
| Cambridge | 0.0 |
| Cheshire | 0.0 |
| Cleveland | 0.0 |
| Cornwall | 0.0 |
| Cumbria | 0.0 |
| Derbyshire | 0.0 |
| Devon | 9.7 |
| Dorset | 12.2 |
| Durham | 0.0 |
| East Sussex | 0.0 |
| Essex | 6.9 |
| Gloucestershire | 16.8 |
| Hampshire | 0.0 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 0.0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0.0 |
| Humberside | 0.0 |
| Isle of Wight | 0.0 |
| Kent | 44.1 |
| Lancashire | 4.4 |
| Leicestershire | 0.0 |
| Lincolnshire | 37.4 |
| Norfolk | 0.0 |
| North Yorkshire | 4.3 |
| Northamptonshire | 0.0 |
| Northumberland | 0.0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0.0 |
| Oxfordshire | 0.0 |
| Shropshire | 3.4 |
| Somerset | 0.7 |
| Staffordshire | 0.0 |
| Suffolk | 0.0 |
| Surrey | 0.0 |
| Warwickshire | 11.3 |
| West Sussex | 0.0 |
| Wiltshire | 4.6 |
| England | 4.5 |
Source:
Annual Schools' Census.
(17) Number of pupils attending maintained secondary schools which classified themselves as selective in the 1996 performance tables expressed as a percentage of the number of pupils attending maintained secondary schools.
(18) Not applicable.
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