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Labour Statistics
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many job vacancies were advertised in the (a) Kilwinning and (b) Irvine job centres in each of the past six months; and how many people were registered as being unemployed during these periods in the parliamentary constituency of Cunninghame, South. [11334]
Mr. Forth: Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Leigh Lewis to Mr. Brian H. Donohoe, dated 20 January 1997:
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The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the number of job vacancies advertised in the Kilwinning and Irvine Jobcentres in each of the last six months; and how many people were registered as being unemployed during these periods in the parliamentary constituency of Cunninghame South. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency.
For ease of reference I have attached, as Annex 1, a breakdown of the number of vacancies advertised in Kilwinning and Irvine Jobcentres over the last six months.
In answer to the second part of your question I have listed below the total number of unemployed claimants registered in the Cunninghame South constituency over the last six months.
December 1996: 2,995
November 1996: 2,926
October 1996: 3,109
September 1996: 3,225
August 1996: 3,585
July 1996: 3,501
I hope this is helpful.
Vacancies notified to Kilwinning Jobcentre
December 1996: 95
November 1996: 84
October 1996: 159
September 1996: 287
August 1996: 146
July 1996: 174
Vacancies notified to Irvine Jobcentre
December 1996: 370
November 1996: 441
October 1996: 302
September 1996: 376
August 1996: 281
July 1996: 345
Surplus School Places
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if she will list the proportion of school places in each English county which her Department has identified as surplus in each of the last three years in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools;[11354]
- (2) if she will list the proportion of surplus places in each county in the last three financial years in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools. [11355]
Mr. Robin Squire: The information available is given in the following table. The Department's figures on surplus places represent a snapshot of the position each January and were first collected in 1994. Figures for January 1996 are not yet available.
| Percentage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Secondary | |||
| 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1995 | |
| Isles of Scilly | 27 | 30 | 65 | 63 |
| Avon | 9 | 8 | 18 | 18 |
| Bedfordshire | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 |
| Berkshire | 9 | 8 | 14 | 11 |
| Buckinghamshire | 17 | 13 | 8 | 8 |
| Cambridgeshire | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Cheshire | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
| Cleveland | 12 | 11 | 19 | 16 |
| Cornwall | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Cumbria | 14 | 12 | 17 | 13 |
| Derbyshire | 13 | 12 | 16 | 14 |
| Devon | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| Dorset | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Durham | 14 | 14 | 18 | 15 |
| East Sussex | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Essex | 12 | 9 | 16 | 15 |
| Gloucestershire | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Hampshire | 13 | 13 | 12 | 7 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 11 | 11 | 15 | 12 |
| Hertfordshire | 16 | 13 | 17 | 16 |
| Humberside | 13 | 12 | 16 | 15 |
| Isle of Wight | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| Kent | 11 | 9 | 15 | 13 |
| Lancashire | 9 | 9 | 13 | 11 |
| Leicestershire | 10 | 9 | 15 | 14 |
| Lincolnshire | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| Norfolk | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| North Yorkshire | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| Northamptonshire | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 |
| Northumberland | 21 | 21 | 11 | 10 |
| Nottinghamshire | 14 | 11 | 25 | 22 |
| Oxfordshire | 17 | 12 | 16 | 15 |
| Shropshire | 12 | 11 | 17 | 8 |
| Somerset | 7 | 6 | 11 | 10 |
| Staffordshire | 20 | 14 | 7 | 6 |
| Suffolk | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
| Surrey | 11 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
| Warwickshire | 15 | 14 | 21 | 18 |
| West Sussex | 12 | 9 | 13 | 13 |
| Wiltshire | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 |
| Shire Counties | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 |
| All England | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 |
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Education Spending
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the education component of standard spending assessment and actual
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spending per pupil, and pupil numbers (a) between five and 10 years and (b) between 11 and 15 years, expressed in cash and constant prices, in (i) 1995-96, (ii) 1996-97 and (iii) 1997-98 in each local education authority and on average. [11433]
Mr. Robin Squire: The data are contained in a number of tables, copies of which have been placed in the Library. The tables set out the level of primary and secondary education standard spending assessment per pupil between 1995-96 to 1997-98 in cash terms and in 1997-98 prices and the underlying pupil numbers. The figures and pupil numbers for 1997-98 are provisional. Outturn spending per pupil for the years in question is not yet available.
Teacher Training
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people entered courses of initial teacher education, broken down by gender, for primary and secondary schools in each year since 1992. [11339]
Mr. Forth: The following table shows new entrants to teacher training for primary and secondary from 1992 to 1996. An overall gender split is given for 1992 to 1994: the split is not available for primary and secondary separately. Data on gender for 1995 will be published in "Education Statistics for the United Kingdom 1996" which will be available on 31 January.
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| 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 England only(5) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | England only(5) | ||||
| Primary | 18,364 | 17,980 | 15,090 | 14,930 | 12,467 |
| Secondary | 13,616 | 15,240 | 16,410 | 16,090 | 15,979 |
| Total | 31,980 | 33,220 | 31,500 | 31,020 | 28,446 |
| Percentage female | 72 | 70 | 69 |
Notes:
From 1993-94 figures include School Centred ITT (SCITT) and Open University.
Source:
England: DFE Annual Recruitment Survey 1992-93 and 1993-94; Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey 1994-95; TTA Survey of ITT Providers 1995-96, 1996-97.
Wales: Welsh Office 1992-93 to 1994-95; Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey 1995-96.
Gender: DfEE Further and Higher Education Statistical Records 1992-93, 1993-94; Higher Education Statistics Agency's Student Record 1994-95.
(5) Provisional.
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Teacher Statistics
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate she has made of the (a) gender profile, (b) average length of service and (c) average age of the teaching profession. [11341]
Mr. Forth: In March 1995, 34 per cent. of full-time teachers in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools were men, and the average age for all teachers was 41. Information on average length of service is not available, since records are not available prior to 1962.
Hyperactivity
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will require the assessment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder of children suspended from school more than three times; and if she will make a statement. [11509]
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Mrs. Gillan: No; decisions about whether to undertake a statutory assessment of special educational needs are for the local education authority following referral by a child's school, another agency or a request from a parent. The assessment is to determine a child's educational needs rather than to make a clinical diagnosis, although the authority will take advice from others, including the medical and educational psychology services. Throughout the process, the local education authority must have regard to the code of practice on the identification and assessment of special educational needs.
Non-teaching Staff
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many non-teaching staff were employed by local education authorities throughout the United Kingdom for each year since 1990; and if she will make a statement. [11481]
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Mr. Robin Squire: The information is as follows:
| Years as at June | FTE of Non-teaching staff(8) |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 362,400 |
| 1991 | 364,200 |
| 1992 | 360,300 |
| 1993 | 318,200 |
| 1994 | 320,300 |
| 1995 (revised basis)(7) | 269,300 |
| 1996 (provisional) | 266,000 |
Source:
The main source of information about local authority employment is a survey carried out by the Local Government Management Board on behalf of the joint staffing watch group, on which both local and central government are represented.
Notes:
(6) The table includes all manual and non-manual staff whether employed in schools or centrally based. Staff employed by grant-maintained schools are excluded throughout. The figures for 1993 to 1996 exclude staff in colleges that transferred to the new FE sector in April 1993.
(7) The figures for 1994 and 1995 were not calculated on a comparable basis because of changes to the survey. Previously FTEs were estimated using national statistics of average hours worked. Since 1995 more reliable FTEs are calculated by local authorities at employee level. Also, staff doing two or more jobs in an authority are now recorded for each job separately. It is estimated that, using the 1995 basis of calculation, there was a growth of about 2,000 FTE non-teaching staff between 1994 and 1995.
(8) Non-teaching staff include educational support, clerical, school meals and premises related staff employed in schools and colleges, together with central services and administration within the education service.
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