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Geoffrey Chaucer School, London

Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list each of the (a) educational, (b) physical and (c) other improvements which must be made before Geoffrey Chaucer School, London SE1, ceases to be designated as a school needing special measures; and what is the earliest date by which he may end the designation of this school. [6813]

Mr. Byers: Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools is statutorily responsible for determining when a school no longer requires special measures. I have asked Mr. Chris Woodhead to write to the hon. Member.

Teachers (Early Retirement)

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many (i) headteachers, (ii) deputy headteachers and (iii) teachers took early retirement on the grounds of ill health in (a) 1995-96 and (b) 1996-97, (1) in total and (2) in each LEA; and if he will make a statement. [6831]

Mr. Byers: The table shows the number of teachers in service at 31 March 1995 awarded ill-health retirement in financial year 1995-96 and those awarded ill-health retirement in 1996-97 whose last day of reckonable service was 31 March 1996 or later. The table covers the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special education sector in England.

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Ill-health retirements(8) in financial year

1995-96 (9)1996-97
HeadsDeputiesClassroom teacherHeadsDeputiesClassroom teacher
City of London000000
Camden0*19**14
Greenwich*016*019
Hackney**9005
Hammersmith*0177*6
Islington**5*07
Kensington and Chelsea*09*05
Lambeth00170*13
Lewisham*09*012
Southwark*013**8
Tower Hamlets00110*12
Wandsworth0*11*014
Westminster**8*0*
Barking**8008
Barnet*018*011
Bexley**9**12
Brent0*10**10
Bromley7012**14
Croydon*017**13
Ealing0*11**5
Enfield*016**14
Haringey6*7**22
Harrow0*130011
Havering**18*011
Hillingdon0*90**
Hounslow**190*14
Kingston upon Thames**130**
Merton*****6
Newham00110*21
Redbridge*07*0*
Richmond upon Thames*08006
Sutton0*13**13
Waltham Forest**19**17
Birmingham69946*89
Coventry0*260*27
Dudley**23**23
Sandwell5*22**23
Solihull0*12**20
Walsall**29**30
Wolverhampton0*19**28
Knowsley*015**7
Liverpool**42*1149
St. Helens**13*018
Sefton**25**29
Wirral**260*26
Bolton**20**21
Bury**17**20
Manchester**36*549
Oldham**18*037
Rochdale5*28*019
Salford0*21**25
Stockport**32*631
Tameside**227*17
Trafford**23**23
Wigan*523*530
Barnsley0516**21
Doncaster**25**21
Rotherham**14**18
Sheffield6*32**41
Bradford75396567
Calderdale**205*18
Kirklees**395948
Leeds*672*659
Wakefield5*42**23
Gateshead**26**25
Newcastle upon Tyne0018**26
North Tyneside**9*019
South Tyneside**150*11
Sunderland**33**40
Isles of Scilly000000
Former Avon(10)1285710645
Bedfordshire*534**41
Berkshire**557942
Buckinghamshire5*446*45
Cambridgeshire*5375652
Cheshire12774151467
Former Cleveland(10)51176*586
Cornwall1273515744
Cumbria5934*530
Derbyshire149478557
Devon17978171169
Dorset60506*59
Durham611856767
East Sussex85378*50
Essex914110128116
Gloucestershire5*327*40
Hampshire11121291618132
Hereford and Worcester1285914766
Hertfordshire**75121256
Former Humberside(10)61386129123
Isle of Wight*0160*8
Kent26111311513119
Lancashire24201751815129
Leicestershire657381152
Lincolnshire9*4113*65
Norfolk16115816558
Former North Yorkshire(10)75397859
Northamptonshire65688844
Northumberland5*266*16
Nottinghamshire139789777
Oxfordshire**4712*39
Shropshire8*2811*33
Somerset1564913537
Staffordshire81111514683
Suffolk8*527944
Surrey75509775
Warwickshire5*38*743
West Sussex8*26*553
Wiltshire5*389644
England4833813,7535203933,778

(8) In order to avoid sensitive information about individuals being identified, numberS less than 5 are shown as asterisks.

(9) A small number of pensioners, probably less than 100, who retired in 1996-97, entered service after 31 March 1996.

(10) Includes the unitary authorities created as a result of Local Government Reorganisation.


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NORTHERN IRELAND

Tourism and Hospitality Training

Mr. Roy Beggs: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what action she proposes to ensure that Government funding for tourism and hospitality training in Northern Ireland matches that provided in Great Britain. [6137]

Mr. Worthington: Responsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Training and Employment Agency under its chief executive, Mr. Ian Walters. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from Ian Walters to Mr. Roy Beggs, dated 4 July 1997:

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has asked me, as Chief Executive of the Training and Employment Agency, to reply to your question about Government funding for tourism and hospitality training in Northern Ireland.


Inward Investment

Mr. Donaldson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans she has to review the prioritisation of areas of special need in Northern Ireland in terms of targeting inward investment. [5978]

Mr. Ingram: The recent report by the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights on employment equality included recommendations on job location. These will be considered carefully Government.

7 Jul 1997 : Column: 355

Freedom of Information

Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will publish her Department's submissions relating to freedom of information legislation. [6037]

Mr. Paul Murphy [holding answer 2 July 1997]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him by my Right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on Friday 4 July 1997, Official Report columns 293-94.


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