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Learning Direct Service
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what has been the total cost to date of setting up the Learning Direct Service; what will be the budget allocation for learning direct in each of the next three years; and where the resources will come from. [61827]
Mr. Mudie:
The total cost to date of setting up and operating Learning Direct is £1 million in 1997-98 and estimated to be £3.3 million in 1998-99. The budget for 1999-2000 will be £6.3 million. We plan to announce the figures for the following two years in the Department for Education and Employment Report which is due to be published in the spring. Expenditure will be from a specific Learning Direct subhead.
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Mr. Willis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proposals he has to resolve the current dispute between FE staff and their employers. [61810]
Mr. Mudie:
I understand that the Association of Colleges and the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education continue to discuss the issues between them. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State would urge all concerned to find a constructive way forward at a time when further education is set to benefit from the major additional investment of £725 million funding over the next two years which he announced last week.
Mr. Chaytor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what representations he has received concerning the impact on external institutions of the FEFC's proposed merger of access and childcare funds; and what plans he has to ensure that external institutions are not disadvantaged by these changes. [61926]
Mr. Mudie:
The new arrangements for further education student support, and an extra £67 million of new funding over the next two years, were announced by the Secretary of State on 26 November. These arrangements will include a very significant increase in the funding available through the FE Access Fund and funding specifically for the FEFC to augment its support for childcare provision. Attention will be paid to the position of external institutions when the detail of the new arrangements is worked up with the FEFC.
Mr. Truswell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what investigations he has conducted into the (a) lateness and (b) inaccuracy of some Key Stage Two, Three and Four data; and if he will make a statement. [62356]
Ms Estelle Morris:
My Department and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority have carried out a through review of the problems that occurred in the production of the Key Stage 2 and 3 results. The recommendations of the review are now being implemented to ensure that similar problems do not occur in 1999. Data for pupils at the end of compulsory schooling were published to schedule in the secondary school performance tables on 1 December. All published data are at least as accurate as in previous years.
Mr. MacShane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many (a) men and (b) women became teachers in the maintained school sector in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in each year since 1970. [62030]
Ms Estelle Morris:
The information available is shown in the following table.
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| Year ending 21 March | Maintained nursery and primary | Maintained secondary | Total(14) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| 1997 | 1,310 | 8,940 | 3,750 | 5,820 | 5,070 | 14,760 |
| 1996 | 1,360 | 8,790 | 3,800 | 5,650 | 5,160 | 14,440 |
| 1995 | 1,350 | 8,840 | 4,130 | 5,840 | 5,480 | 14,680 |
| 1994 | 1,220 | 8,150 | 3,810 | 5,260 | 5,030 | 13,410 |
| 1993 | 1,090 | 7,650 | 3,360 | 4,780 | 4,450 | 12,430 |
| 1992 | 1,140 | 7,580 | 2,990 | 4,400 | 4,130 | 11,980 |
| 1991 | 1,120 | 7,270 | 3,010 | 4,290 | 4,130 | 11,560 |
| 1990 | 1,140 | 7,160 | 3,020 | 4,240 | 4,160 | 11,400 |
| 1989 | 980 | 6,250 | 2,800 | 4,040 | 3,780 | 10,290 |
| 1988 | 820 | 5,670 | 2,610 | 3,760 | 3,420 | 9,430 |
| 1987 | 640 | 4,750 | 2,930 | 4,400 | 3,560 | 9,150 |
| 1986 | 550 | 3,970 | 3,020 | 4,270 | 3,560 | 8,240 |
| 1985 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 3,590 | 7,550 |
| 1984 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 4,240 | 8,570 |
| 1983 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 4,730 | 8,540 |
| 1982 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 4,840 | 8,360 |
| 1981 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 5,490 | 10,790 |
| 1980 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 6,900 | 14,760 |
| 1979 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 8,030 | 17,470 |
| 1978 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 7,880 | 14,560 |
| 1977 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 9,220 | 16,870 |
| 1976 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 11,860 | 22,880 |
| 1975 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 13,000 | 26,740 |
| 1974 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 13,720 | 27,390 |
| 1973 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 12,780 | 26,600 |
| 1972 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 12,130 | 26,420 |
| 1971 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 11,330 | 25,650 |
| 1970 | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | (15)-- | 10,290 | 23,550 |
(14) Constituent parts may not add to totals due to rounding
(15) n/a--not available
Notes:
1. Entrants to sixth form colleges are excluded from 1994 onwards.
2. New entrants are those recorded as in service at 31 March of the year shown who had no known service recorded at 31 March of the previous year.
Grammar Schools
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the numbers of children who left state primary schools in 1997 from the boroughs of (a) Islington, (b) Camden, (c) Kensington and Chelsea, (d) Hammersmith and Fulham and (e) Westminster to enter (i) fee-paying and (ii) selective grammar schools. [62024]
Ms Estelle Morris: The information requested is not collected centrally.
Music Funding
Mr. Beard: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how music service funding will be protected in the proposed delegation of funding to schools scheduled for April 1999, with particular reference to the Bexley Centre for Music and Dance. [62531]
Ms Estelle Morris: The Government recognise the important contribution made by LEA music services; that is why we proposed new arrangements to safeguard them in our "Fair Funding" consultation document.
We will be making an announcement on the future funding of LEA music services in the near future.
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Mr. Boswell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the current national training organisations by name, sector and number of employees covered. [62398]
Mr. Mudie:
A list of the National Training Organisations by sector and employees is shown in the table.
Note:
1. The employee figures for the All-Sector NTOs are included in the appropriate sector NTO figures.
2. These are approximate figures provided by the organisation themselves.
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