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GPs and Dentists
Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) general practitioners and (b) dentists there are in the NHS in North Wales. [68363]
Mr. Jon Owen Jones: The latest available data show that there were 435 general medical practitioners in the North Wales health authority area at 1 October 1997, of which 409 were unrestricted principals. There were 209 general dental practitioners at 30 September 1998, of which 198 were principals.
In future this will become the responsibility of the National Assembly.
Housing
Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has to reform the operation of housing regeneration and improvement schemes; and if he will make a statement. [68353]
Mr. Jon Owen Jones:
There are currently no plans to change the arrangements for housing regeneration and
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improvement. It is for local authorities to consider their local priorities in developing regeneration strategies as part of their Housing Strategies and Operational Plans.
In future this will become the responsibility of the National Assembly.
Grammar Schools
Mr. Syms: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the state-maintained grammar schools, grouping them by constituency. [67098]
Ms Estelle Morris: A table containing the relevant information has been placed in the Library.
Education Action Zones
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if he will list the total amount of the private sector financial contribution for each Education Action Zone and show this as a proportion of the total available budget; [67295]
- (2) if he will list those instances where a contribution from a TEC to an Education Action Zone has been included as a private sector contribution. [67289]
Ms Estelle Morris: The 25 Education Action Zones have so far raised some £5 million towards the £6 million target for business contributions in their first year of operation. We will be in a position to provide a more detailed statement of the private sector contributions to each zone when they submit their audited financial statements for the financial year 1998-99.
A contribution from a TEC to an EAZ does not count as a business contribution unless it is being sourced from the private sector.
New Deal Entrants
Mr. Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the number of 18 to 24-year-olds who will enter the New Deal in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (3) 2001-02. [67410]
Mr. Andrew Smith [holding answer 25 January 1999]: By convention, the Government do not publish forecasts of unemployment. The New Deal for young people is being delivered through local partnerships. For planning purposes, the Employment Service needs to provide its managers and partners in each local unit of delivery with indicative assumptions for the numbers of young people who might join the New Deal in the year ahead. Such planning assumptions are based on current unemployment levels. They are not forecasts of the actual numbers who will participate in the programme.
We expect the indicative planning assumptions for local units of delivery for 1999-2000 to sum to a figure in the range 200,000 to 250,000 for Britain as a whole. At this stage, we would expect the figures for subsequent years to fall within a similar range.
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I placed the planning assumption figures for 1998-99 in the Library in March 1998, and I will put the planning assumption figures for 1999-2000 in the Library as soon as they are ready.
Mr. Michael J. Foster:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has for future assessment of schools' performance in respect of physical education. [67743]
Ms Estelle Morris:
Ofsted inspections report annually on individual schools' performance and standards in all National Curriculum subjects including physical education. At a national level, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools reports annually to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Employment on schools' compliance with the National Curriculum requirements, including physical education. The Department also publishes annually end of Key Stage 3 National Teacher Assessment results in physical education. There are no plans to change the current arrangements.
Mr. Michael J. Foster:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will (a) include in the review of the National Curriculum the area of physical education and (b) require it to take evidence from sports, health and public order agencies. [67738]
Ms Estelle Morris:
The review of the National Curriculum for the year 2000 is looking at all areas of the school curriculum, including physical education. There will be a wide consultation on the revised National Curriculum in the summer. Sports, health and public order agencies--and other individuals including teachers, pupils and parents--will have opportunities then to make any representations on physical education within the school curriculum.
Mr. Jenkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will estimate, for each local authority, the total number of pupils attending maintained schools. [67654]
Ms Estelle Morris
[holding answer 26 January 1999]: The information requested is shown in the table.
(16) Figures include Primary, Secondary and Special GM Schools
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