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Nursery Vouchers

Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what representations she has received in the last six months relating to the introduction of nursery school vouchers, from (i) local education authorities, (ii) teaching bodies, (iii) nursery schools, (iv) parents, (v) parents representative bodies and (vi) others; and if she will make a statement. [17710]

Mr. Robin Squire: My right hon. Friend has received representations from a variety of sources about the nursery education voucher scheme.

Schools (Staff Checks)

Mr. Jaimeson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment her Department has made as to whether (a) the Bradfield House school, Cullompton, and (b) the Quantock school, Taunton, have made the legally required checks on the suitability of staff to work with children. [17933]

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Mrs. Gillan [holding answer 27 February 1997]: Ofsted and social services departments, in the course of their inspections, examine schools' observance of the legal requirements in this area. The Department received a social services department report in December 1996 which drew attention to shortcomings in Bradfield House school's staff recruitment and vetting procedures. An agreement has been prepared between the school, Devon SSD and the police for implementing measures to improve these procedures. Advice about Quantock school, Tauton, confirms that the correct procedures are followed.

New Nursery Classes

Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proposals to open new nursery classes in primary/infant schools she has received but has not yet approved and in each case when she received the proposal and how many places are involved.[17896]

Mr. Robin Squire: The following table shows proposals for new nursery classes received in the Department but not yet decided, when the proposals were published and the number of full-time equivalent places involved.

Outstanding Nursery Proposals

LEASchool namePublication dateNumber of FTE places
County schools
CheshireWoodlands County Infant School14 November 199613
CoventrySt. Christopher Primary6 December 199626
CoventryJohn Shelton Primary School6 December 199626
CoventryAlderman Harris Primary6 December 199626
CoventryAllesley Primary13 February 199726
CoventryErnesford Grange Primary6 February 199726
CoventryRavensdale Primary6 February 199726
DevonNorth Prospect County Primary School24 January 199726
DevonNewton Abbot Decoy Primary24 January 199726
DevonLadysmith First School24 January 199726
DevonSherwell Valley Primary School31 January 199726
DevonEggbuckland Vale Primary School31 January 199726
EssexKings Ford County Infant School6 June 199626
EssexNorthlands County Primary School6 June 199626
EssexHazelmere Infant School4 June 199626
EssexMontgomery Infant School 6 June 199626
HertfordshirePriors Wood22 November 199615
HertfordshirePanshanger22 November 199615
HertfordshireAbel Smith JMI School22 November 199615
HertfordshireKilligrew Infant School21 June 199613
HertfordshireGoldfield Infant School21 June 199613
HertfordshireLeavesden Green JMI School21 June 199613
HertfordshireGrove Road Primary School22 November 199626
HertfordshireEastbury Farm JMI School22 November 199613
HertfordshireWoodside JMI School22 November 199615
HertfordshireMayfield Infant School22 November 199625
HertfordshireHoly Rood Infant VA School22 November 199630
HertfordshireWheatcroft JMI School6 December 199622.5
HertfordshireCassiobury Infants School6 December 199630
HertfordshireSpringmead JMI School6 December 199630
HertfordshireKimpton JMI School6 December 199611.5
HertfordshireTemplewood JMI School6 December 199630
HertfordshireAbbots Langley School22 November 199626
HertfordshireFairfields JMI School22 November 199617
HertfordshireGade Valley JMI School22 November 199615
HertfordshireHollybush JMI School22 November 199615
HertfordshireMicklem JMI School22 November 1996 15
HertfordshireMill Mead JMI School22 November 199615
HertfordshireMillbrook JMI School22 November 199615
HertfordshireRussell JMI School22 November 199615
HertfordshireSheredes JMI School22 November 199618
HertfordshireThe Reddings JMI School22 November 199615
HertfordshireRyde JMI School22 November 199613
HertfordshireStudlands Rise JMI School22 November 199615
HertfordshireAycliff Drive JMI School14 February 199721
HertfordshireBoxmoor JMI School14 February 199715
HertfordshireLordship Farm JMI School14 February 199726
HertfordshireWestfield JMI School14 February 199713
KentParkside County Primary School19 December 199626
Kingston upon ThamesRobin Hood Primary School31 January 199726
LiverpoolWalton St. Mary's JMI School3 October 199630
LiverpoolBelle Vale County JMI School11 October 199630
RedbridgeHighlands Primary School16 January 199726
Voluntary aided schools
BarnsleyEllis CE Junior and Infant School19 July 199626
CamdenSt. Mary's CE Primary School15 November 199626
CoventryAll Souls RC (VA) Primary School10 October 199626
CroydonSt. Joseph's Infant26 July 199626
CroydonSt. Chad's RC Primary7 August 199626
HertfordshireBroxbourne22 November 199617.5
HertfordshireNash Mills JMI School7 June 199613
HertfordshireSt. Dominic's RC Primary School7 June 199613
HertfordshireSt. Michael's JMI School7 June 199613
HertfordshireSt. John's RC JMI VA School11 November 199613
HertfordshireSt. Nicholas JMI VA School11 November 199615
HertfordshireSt. Joseph's RC JMI VA School7 February 199721
HertfordshirePark Street JMI VA School14 February 199713
HertfordshireSt. Andrew's CE JMI VA School14 February 199713
LeedsChrist The King RC Primary29 November 199626
LiverpoolSt. Lawrence's CE VA Primary School3 October 199630
RedbridgeSS Peter and Paul's RC Primary14 March 199626
WandsworthRoehampton CE Primary School13 December 199626
WandsworthSacred Heart RC Primary School24 October 199626
YorkNew Earswick Undenominational Primary3 December 199626
Voluntary controlled schools
BexleyFoster's Primary7 November 199626
CheshireSt. Mary's CE (VC) Primary School18 December 199613
CumbriaConiston Coe (VC) Primary School13 December 199613
DevonGreat Torrington Bluecoat VC Infants' School6 January 199726
DevonBrixham C of E VC Infants' School6 January 199726
HertfordshireSt. John's Infants School21 June 199626
HertfordshireWeston JMI School6 December 199610
HertfordshireWormley JMI School6 December 199624
HertfordshireHigh Wych JMI VC School14 January 199713
Grant maintained schools
BirminghamWalmley Infant GM School4 October 199652
BirminghamThe Deanery CE GM Primary13 September 199632
CroydonAtwood Primary23 December 199626
EssexUpshire GM Primary School9 November 199526
EssexWaltham Holy Cross GM Infant School10 November 199526
EssexCoppins Green Primary31 October 199626
EssexRochford Primary20 September 199626
GloucestershireSevenbanks GM Primary19 June 199626
HertfordshireSt. Mary's Catholic GM Primary9 February 199613
HertfordshrieSt. Catherine Of Siena Catholic Primary School20 December 199626
LincolnshireWilliam Hildyard CE GM Primary School19 December 199613
RochdaleHealey GM Primary School10 January 199726
StaffordshireHollinsclough CE (GM) Primary4 January 199714
SurreyHawkedale GM First School24 October 199626
SurreyGodstone Village School30 January 199720
WiltshireSt. Edmunds RC GM Primary14 December 199534

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Teachers' Pensions

Mr. Richards: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what has been the cost to public funds of the teachers' early retirement scheme for each of the last five years. [14062]

Mrs. Gillan [holding answer 3 February 1997]: The estimated total cost to public funds, for the last five years for which data are available, is given in the following table, split between the extra cost of premature retirement to the teachers' superannuation scheme, and the expenditure incurred by public sector teachers' employers on enhancements to teachers' pensions. These are the extra costs within each financial year of pensions payable to all teachers who then or previously retired prematurely.

YearCost to TSS (£ million)(9)Expenditure on enhancement (£ million)(10)Total
1990-9113060190
1991-9215080230
1992-9318090270
1993-94210110320
1994-95230110340

(9) Estimated from data supplied by teachers' pensions.

(10) Derived from RO1 data, and estimates for further and higher education derived from data supplied by teachers' pensions.


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