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Mr. Allen: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which Ministers of the Crown currently make use of the departmental nursery for their children. [10806]
The Deputy Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 4 November 1996, Official Report, column 333.
Information on the parents who use departmental nurseries is not held centrally.
Mr. Ingram: To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) how much has been spent to date on the prior options review of the Roslin Institute; and from which budget these sums were paid; [10106]
(3) how much has been spent to date on the prior options review of the Institute of Arable Crops Research; and from which budget these sums were paid; [10042]
(4) how much has been spent to date on the prior options review of the Silsoe Research Institute; and from which budget these sums were paid; [10130]
(5) how much has been spent to date on the prior options review of the Babraham Institute; and from which budget these sums were paid; [10110]
(6) how much has been spent to date on the prior options review of the Institute of Food Research; and from which budget these sums were paid; [10046]
(7) how much has been spent to date on the prior options review of the Institute for Animal Health; and from which budget these sums were paid; [10102]
(8) how much has been spent to date on the prior options review of the John Innes Centre; and from which budget these sums were paid. [10134]
Mr. Ian Taylor [holding answer 13 January 1997]: Work on these reviews has principally involved existing staff in the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council which is funded from the science budget. BBSRC estimates the total staff and other incidental costs as £240,000. It is not possible to quantify
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the costs incurred by the several Government Departments involved in the prior options procedures without incurring disproportionate cost.
Mr. Llew Smith: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what recent representations he has received from the Fairtrade Foundation; and if he will take steps to introduce products marketed by the foundation into the cafeterias in his Department. [10892]
Mr. Nelson: I have not received any representations recently from the Fairtrade Foundation. The foundation is free to compete with other suppliers to Halliday Catering Services, who hold the contract to run my Department's catering facilities.
Dr. Twinn: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the allocation of the science budget. [11469]
Mr. Lang: I have discussed the allocations with the director general of research councils and have decided that, subject to parliamentary approval of the supply estimates in due course, the science budget of £1,330.327 million should be allocated as follows:
£ Million | |||
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Allocation | Planning figures | ||
1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | |
BBSRC | 183.300 | 185.445 | 184.193 |
ESRC | 64.896 | 66.021 | 65.132 |
EPSRC | 386.373 | 381.098 | 379.050 |
MRC | 289.070 | 288.949 | 287.618 |
NERC | 165.116 | 169.131 | 168.295 |
PPARC | 191.850 | 194.289 | 194.094 |
International Sub.Reserve | 8.800 | 13.000 | 13.000 |
CCLRC | 1.450 | 1.450 | 1.000 |
Pensions | 11.530 | 9.547 | 9.547 |
Royal Society | 22.271 | 22.621 | 22.871 |
Royal Academy | 3.370 | 3.436 | 3.486 |
OST Initiatives | 2.302 | 2.381 | 2.381 |
Foresight Challenge | -- | 1.000 | 2.000 |
Total | 1,330.327 | 1,338.367 | 1,332.667 |
These allocations will enable the research councils and other funded bodies to maintain the momentum in the key areas identified for national research and to carry forward the policies set out in the 1993 White Paper, "Realising Our Potential". An additional £17 million over three years has been allocated for urgent additional research into transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
Further details are available in the paper, "Allocation of the Science Budget 1997-98", which I have placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Mark Robinson:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the outcome of the EC Telecommunications Council on 18 December 1996. [11408]
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Mr. Page:
I represented the UK at the Telecommunications Council held in Brussels on 18 December, arranged at short notice to discuss the postal services directive.
The Council reached political agreement on the further liberalisation of postal services. The UK supported the final compromise on the directive's further liberalisation proposals after successfully invoking the Ioannina agreement to secure improvements. Netherlands, Sweden and Finland voted against the agreement.
Under the agreement direct mail and cross-border mail will stay in the reserved area for the time being. The Commission will come forward with a proposal for further liberalisation by end 1998. The Council and the European Parliament will decide by 1.1.2000 on further liberalisation measures, in particular with a view to liberalisation of cross-border and direct mail as well as a further review of the price and weight limits, with effect from 1 January 2003. The directive will end in 2004 if no decisions have been made.
Mr. Keen:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list (a) the actual unit cost per full-time equivalent student, (b) the equivalent figure at constant 1996-97 prices and (c) the consequent efficiency improvement for each of the years from 1989-90 to 1996-97 and the projected figures for the years 1997-98 to 1999-2000 assumed in the Budget for (i) higher education institutions, (ii) further education colleges, (iii) maintained secondary schools and (iv) assisted places in independent secondary schools. [8844]
Mr. Forth
[holding answer 19 December 1996]: The relevant information is set out in the following text and tables. Figures for each education sector are, however, not directly comparable.
Financial year | (a) public funding per full-time equivalent student | (b) public funding per full-time equivalent student at 1996-97 prices | (c) efficiency improvement |
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(£) | (£) | Per cent. | |
1989-90 | 5,350 | 7,050 | -- |
1990-91 | 5,310 | 6,480 | 8.1 |
1991-92 | 5,350 | 6,130 | 5.4 |
1992-93 | 5,110 | 5,620 | 8.4 |
1993-94 | 5,010 | 5,360 | 4.5 |
1994-95 | 4,970 | 5,230 | 2.6 |
1995-96 | 4,970 | 5,100 | 2.4 |
1996-97 | 4,800 | 4,800 | 5.8 |
1997-98 | 4,860 | 4,760 | 0.8 |
1998-99 | 4,840 | 4,650 | 2.4 |
1999-00 | 4,720 | 4,450 | 4.3 |
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Financial year | (a) public funding per full-time equivalent student | (b) public funding per full-time equivalent student at 1996-97 prices | (c) efficiency improvement |
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(£) | (£) | Per cent. | |
1993-94 | 2,820 | 3,020 | -- |
1994-95 | 2,810 | 2,950 | 2.4 |
1995-96 | 2,750 | 2,810 | 4.8 |
1996-97 | 2,650 | 2,650 | 6.2 |
1997-98 | 2,560 | 2,510 | 5.6 |
1998-99 | 2,490 | 2,390 | 4.9 |
1999-00 | 2,410 | 2,270 | 5.3 |
Comparable figures before 1993-94 are not available because of the transfer of responsibility for funding the further education sector from local education authorities to the FEFC from 1 April 1993.
Financial year | (a) LEA-maintained NIE(1) per pupil (£) | (b) LEA-maintained NIE(1) per pupil at 1996-97 prices (£) |
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1989-90 | 1,490 | 1,960 |
1990-91 | 1,620 | 1,980 |
1991-92 | 1,750 | 2,010 |
1992-93 | 1,860 | 2,040 |
1993-94 | 1,870 | 1,990 |
1994-95 | 1,890 | 1,990 |
(1) NIE--net institutional expenditure--represents the direct costs in schools of salaries and wages, premises and certain supplies and services, and from 1990-91 includes unspent balances held by schools under local management schemes.
LEA-maintained schools include pre-primary, primary and secondary schools. The figures have not been adjusted for any changes in the functions of LEAs, such as, for example, the transfer of sixth-form colleges to the new further education sector on 1 April 1993.
Financial year | (a) spending per pupil (£) | (b) spending per pupil at 1996-97 prices (£) |
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1989-90 | 2,280 | 3,000 |
1990-91 | 2,580 | 3,140 |
1991-92 | 2,960 | 3,390 |
1992-93 | 3,300 | 3,630 |
1993-94 | 3,490 | 3,740 |
1994-95 | 3,640 | 3,820 |
1995-96 | 3,770 | 3,860 |
1996-97 | 3,880 | 3,880 |
All tables use GDP deflators published December 1996. All figures have been rounded to the nearest £10.
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