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Project Work

Mr. Rooney: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many claimants on the project work pilots in Hull and Medway had benefit reductions of (i) two weeks or less and (ii) two to four weeks for failure to attend or complete work placement; and, of these, how many applied (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully for hardship payments. [13591]

Mr. Forth [holding answer 30 January 1997]: 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 Robert Horne to Mr. Terry Rooney, dated 12 February 1997:

The Secretary of State has asked Leigh Lewis to reply to your question about the number of people involved in the Project Work pilots in Hull and Medway who have had their benefit cut and about how many of those have applied for hardship payments. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to Leigh Lewis as Chief Executive of the Agency. I am replying in his absence.

The latest information, up to 31 January 1997, shows that 108 Project Work clients had been sanctioned for a period of 2 weeks and 16 for a period of 4 weeks in the Hull pilot area. Over the same period, in the Medway and Maidstone pilot area, 92 clients were sanctioned for a two week period and 11 for a 4 week period.

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These sanctions were given following decisions by adjudication officers that the clients had, without good cause, failed to attend a Project Work place, refused a place, left a place early or lost a place through misconduct.

Peter Mathison, Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency has agreed to write to you separately on issue on the number of clients who made a claim for a hardship payment.

I hope this is helpful.

School Performance Tables

Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when she expects to publish the school performance tables of key stage 2 results for 1996 and the estimated cost of their publication. [14300]

Mrs. Gillan [holding answer 5 February 1997]: The tables will be published in March, at an estimated cost for data collection and printing of less than 50p per booklet.

Education Bodies (Administration)

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the names, salary and other emoluments for each year since 1987-88 for which figures are available of (i) the chief executive and (ii) the chairmen of the (a) National Council for Vocational Qualifications, (b) National Council for Educational Technology, (c) Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research, (d) Education Assets Board, (e) School Curriculum and Assessment Authority, (f) Further Education Funding Council, (g) Higher Education Funding Council for England, (h) Funding Agency for Schools and (i) Teacher Training Agency. [14514]

Mr. Robin Squire [holding answer 6 February 1997]: The information requested is listed in the following table. Salaries and emoluments for the chairmen of the bodies mentioned have always been publicly available. Chief executives' salaries are negotiated individually on the basis of their responsibilities and for most of the period were confidential. Since 1995-96, following publication of the White Paper on Open Government, this information has been in the public domain.

Year	Chief Executive	Salary and other emoluments	Chairman	Salary and other emoluments
(a) National Council for Vocational Qualifications:
1987-88	Professor Peter Thompson	--	Sir Oscar De Ville	10,000
1988-89	Professor Peter Thompson	--	Sir Oscar De Ville	10,000
1989-90	Professor Peter Thompson	--	Sir Oscar De Ville	10,000
1990-91	Professor Peter Thompson	--	Sir Oscar De Ville/ Sir Bryan Nicholson	12,500
1991-92	Peter Reay/John Hillier	--	Sir Bryan Nicholson	12,500
1992-93	John Hillier	--	Sir Bryan Nicholson	12,500
1993-94	John Hillier	--	Sir Bryan Nicholson/ Sir Michael Heron	14,487
1994-95	John Hillier	--	Sir Michael Heron	17,924
1995-96	John Hillier	79,731	Sir Michael Heron	18,462
(b) National Council for Educational Technology:
1987-88	Noel Thompson	--	Donald Grattan	5,455
1988-89	Noel Thompson	--	Donald Grattan	5,620
1989-90	Noel Thompson	--	Donald Grattan	6,030
1990-91	Noel Thompson	--	Donald Grattan/ Lady Parkes	Unpaid
1991-92	Noel Thompson	--	Lady Parkes	Unpaid
1992-93	Graham Walters(acting)/ Margaret Bell	--	Gordon Law (acting)/ Jon Richards	Unpaid
1993-94	Margaret Bell	--	Jon Richards	Unpaid
1994-95	Margaret Bell	--	Jon Richards	Unpaid
1995-96	Margaret Bell	70,016	Jon Richards/ Heather Du Quesnay	Unpaid
(c) Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research:
1987-88	Alan Moys	--	Sir Hugh Byatt	Unpaid
1988-89	Alan Moys	--	Sir Hugh Byatt	Unpaid
1989-90	Alan Moys	--	Sir Hugh Byatt	Unpaid
1990-91	Alan Moys	--	Sir Hugh Byatt	Unpaid
		--	Professor Martin Harris
1991-92	Alan Moys/Dr. Lid King	--	Professor Martin Harris	Unpaid
1992-93	Dr. Lid King	--	Professor Martin Harris	Unpaid
1993-94	Dr. Lid King	--	Professor Martin Harris	Unpaid
1994-95	Dr. Lid King	--	Professor Martin Harris	Unpaid
1995-96	Dr. Lid King	38,423	Professor Martin Harris	Unpaid
(d) Education Assets Board:
1988-89	Bryan Emmett	--	Sir Tom McDonald	18,200
1989-90	Bryan Emmett	--	Sir Tom McDonald	20,310
1990-91	Bryan Emmett/Stuart Hoare	--	Sir Tom McDonald	20,515
1991-92	Stuart Hoare	--	Sir Tom McDonald	23,365
1992-93	Stuart Hoare	--	Sir Tom McDonald	24,030
1993-94	Stuart Hoare	--	Sir Tom McDonald/Roger Suddards	31,400
1994-95	Stuart Hoare	--	Roger Suddards	32,185
1995-96	Stuart Hoare	59,628	Roger Suddards/Keith Bridge	26,523
(e) School Curriculum and Assessment Authority:
1993-94	Chris Woodhead	--	Sir Ron Dearing	41,750
1994-95	Chris Woodhead/Dr. Nick Tate	--	Sir Ron Dearing	63,000
1995-96	Dr. Nick Tate	78,740	Sir Ron Dearing	46,670
(f) Further Education Funding Council:
1992-93	Sir William Stubbs	--	Sir Robert Gunn	33,170
1993-94	Sir William Stubbs	--	Sir Robert Gunn	34,975
1994-95	Sir William Stubbs	--	Sir Robert Gunn	34,975
1995-96	Sir William Stubbs	109,000	Sir Robert Gunn	36,024
(g) Higher Education Funding Council for England:
1992-93	Professor Graeme Davies	--	Sir Ron Dearing	33,170
1993-94	Professor Graeme Davies	--	Sir Ron Dearing/Brandon Gough	41,120
1994-95	Professor Graeme Davies	--	Brandon Gough	34,974
1995-96	Professor Graeme Davies/Brian Fender	119,000	Brandon Gough	37,080
(h) Funding Agency for Schools:
1994-95	Michael Collier	--	Sir Christopher Benson	34,350
1995-96	Michael Collier	86,000	Sir Christopher Benson	35,210
(i) Teacher Training Agency:
1994-95	Anthea Millett	--	Geoffrey Parker	15,000
1995-96	Anthea Millett	80,003	Geoffrey Parker	15,000

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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

Ministerial Advisers

21. Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what subjects he is advised by Mr. John Kennedy and Mr. Perry Miller. [13974]

Sir Nicholas Bonsor: None.

Arms Sales (Indonesia)

22. Mrs. Jane Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met representatives of the United States Government to discuss the sale of arms to Indonesia; and if he will make a statement. [13975]

Mr. Hanley: There has been no recent ministerial discussion of this subject. However, British and US officials keep in regular touch about relations with Indonesia, as with other countries, and issues of defence procurement co-operation sometimes arise.

Artists' Resale Rights

23. Mr. Duncan Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will raise the issues of artists' resale rights and the misuse of article 100(a) of the treaty of Rome by the Commission at the forthcoming intergovernmental conference. [13976]

Mr. David Davis: We have put forward proposals in the intergovernmental conference which are designed to provide safeguards against the misuse of legal bases for Community legislation.

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