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Publicity and Advertising
Mr. Malcolm Bruce:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the total expenditure on all forms of publicity and advertising by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies for (i) 1993-94, (ii) 1994-95, (iii) 1995-96, (iv) 1996-97, (v) the 1997-98 year to date, (vi) the 1997-98 full year estimate and (vii) the 1998-99 planned expenditure. [15273]
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Mr. Ron Davies:
The total expenditure on all forms of publicity and advertising by (a) my Department, (b) its agency CADW and (c) non-departmental public bodies for the years requested are set out in the following table.
| (a) Welsh Office | Total expenditure £000 |
|---|---|
| 1993-94 | 1,358 |
| 1994-95 | 1,725 |
| 1995-96 | 1,929 |
| 1996-97 | 1,795 |
| 197-98 to date (end October) | 891 |
| 1997-98 full year estimate | (12)2.4 million |
| 1998-99 Publicity plans for the 1998-99 financial year have not been finalised. |
(12) Includes expenditure on Referendum publicity.
| (b) CADW | Total expenditure £000 |
|---|---|
| 1993-94 | 301 |
| 1994-95 | 305 |
| 1995-96 | 305 |
| 1996-97 | 316 |
| 1997-98 to date (end October) | 202 |
| 1997-98 full year estimate | 321 |
| 1998-99 | (13)321 |
(13) Estimate.
| (c) NDPB's | Total expenditure £000 |
|---|---|
| 1993-94 | (14)n/a |
| 1994-95 | 17,197 |
| 1995-96 | 17,800 |
| 1996-97 | 18,255 |
| 1997-98 to date (end October) | 7,311 |
| 1997-98 full year estimate | 17,832 |
| 1998-99 Budgets for 1998-99 have not yet been set |
(14) Comparable figures for this year are not available.
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Denominational Schools
Mr. Norman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what effect the Government's proposals in the Education White Paper will have on the composition of the governing bodies of denominational schools when they change from grant-maintained status to foundation or aided schools. [14967]
Mr. Byers: The consultation document, "Framework for the Organisation of Schools", set out in detail our proposals for the composition of foundation and aided school governing bodies under the new schools framework.
Our consultation was genuine. We listened carefully to the views expressed and have agreed to make some amendments to the proposed composition of aided school governing bodies to accommodate a majority of two
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foundation governors at primary schools and three at larger secondary schools. This will apply to denominational grant-maintained schools which choose to become aided. As set out in the Technical Consultation Paper, denominational grant-maintained schools which choose to become foundation will still have a significant number of foundation governors, but not a foundation majority. I am pleased to say that this overall approach has been welcomed by the churches.
Mr. Jenkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of the Staffordshire TEC budget was spent on (a) management training for small firms and (b) business start-up training in each of the last five years. [15352]
Dr. Howells:
It is not possible to respond to this question as "management training for small firms" is not identified as a separate TEC budget line by either DfEE or DTI.
| Contract year | TEC budget(15) (£million) | Business start-up budget(16) £ | Business start-up budget as a percentage of TEC budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-95 | 26.3 | 800,555 | 3 |
| 1995-96 | 26.0 | 159,124 | 0.6 |
| 1996-97 | 28.3 | 400,000 | 1.4 |
| 1997-98 | 24.5 | 557,348 | 2.3 |
(15) TEC budget 1994-95 and 1995-96 comprises of DfEE funds only.
TEC Budget 1996-97 and 1997-98 comprises of DfEE funds and DTI Business Support funds (including ERDF co-financing).
(16) Business start-up budget 1994-95 and 1995-96 comprises of DfEE funds only.
Business start-up budget 1996-97 comprises of £350,000 from the Single Regeneration Budget and £50,000 from Staffordshire TEC Reserves.
Business start-up budget 1997-98 comprises of £289,000 from the Single Regeneration Budget, £131,000 from Staffordshire TEC Reserves and £137,348 for Enterprise Rehearsal within the DfEE funding stream for Training for Work.
Student Loans
Mr. Gordon Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to extend eligibility for Access Fund payments to part-time students in higher education from 1998-99; and what estimate he has made of the cost. [14434]
Dr. Howells: We have already indicated that part-time students will become eligible for consideration for payment from the higher education Access Funds from the beginning of the academic year 1998-99. Our guidance to the Funding Council will be amended to reflect this. We have also announced that the total amount available to the higher education Access Funds will be doubled.
Spending from the Access Funds is not demand led in the sense that if more students are eligible to apply, more money will need to be paid out. A fixed sum is allocated for the academic year and distributed amongst higher education institutions, who decide individual payments on
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the basis of the evidence of financial difficulties presented by students applying. Doubling the amount available is intended to improve the position of both part-time and full-time students.
Barbara Follett:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list by gender the
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number and percentage of 15-year-olds living in the 21 English new towns who achieved at least five grade A GCSE passes in the 1996-97 school year. [14394]
Dr. Howells:
The GCSE results of pupils are collected by Local Education Authority area in which the school is located not by where a pupil lives. Information is not available by new towns, however, the latest data available by LEA are shown in the following table.
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