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Mr. Beith: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the persons appointed as schools adjudicators, indicating in each case whether they have served as members of local education authorities and to which political group in the authority they belonged. [105642]
Ms Estelle Morris: The list of adjudicators appointed is as follows:
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Mr. Willis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the names of the adjudicators he has appointed under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 and their political affiliation. [106565]
Ms Estelle Morris
[holding answer 24 January 2000]: The list of adjudicators appointed is as follows:
Mr. Bob Russell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what representations he has had from uniformed youth organisations following his announcement about proposals for summer activity camps for 16-year-olds; and if he will make a statement. [106469]
Jacqui Smith:
We have received expressions of interest in summer activities from two uniformed youth organisations: the Scout Association and the Boys' Brigade.
Dr. Cable:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the percentage of special needs statements issued within 18 weeks by each London local education authority in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99. [106756]
Jacqui Smith:
The Audit Commission publishes information on the percentage of draft statements of special educational needs produced by local education authorities within 18 weeks. Data for 1998-99 will not be available until the end of March and will be placed on the Audit Commission's internet website. The 1997-98 percentages for the London authorities given below do not
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include statements for which allowable exceptions from the relevant time limits, as set out in Part 3 of my Department's "Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs", have been made. In 1998 officials in my Department provided good-practice guidance to those LEAs whose performance was weakest. When the data for 1998-99 are available my officials will consider the need for further action to help LEAs improve their performance in this area.
Sir Peter Newsam
Dr. Alan Billings
June Brown
John Clark
Andrew Collier CBE
Peter Downes OBE
John Evans
Gordon Hainsworth
Ann Holt
Louise Kidd
Robert Lanwarne
Peter Neafsey
Professor David Newton
Dr. Hilary Nicolle
Anthony Webster
No adjudicator has been a member of a local education authority within the last five years. We do not hold full information on membership before that period.
Sir Peter Newsam
We hold no information about the present political affiliation of adjudicators. As a matter of public record, Peter Downes declared at the time of his application that he had undertaken significant political activity in the last five years as a member of the Liberal Democrats and an elected member of Huntingdonshire District Council. No other adjudicator at present in post declared an engagement in significant political activities during the previous five years.
Dr. Alan Billings
June Brown
John Clark
Andrew Collier CBE
Peter Downes OBE
John Evans
Gordon Hainsworth
Ann Holt
Louise Kidd
Robert Lanwarne
Peter Neafsey
Professor David Newton
Dr. Hilary Nicolle
Anthony Webster
Robin Squire (resigned).
LEA | Percentage |
---|---|
Inner London: | |
Camden | 49 |
Greenwich | 6 |
Hackney | 56 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 98 |
Islington | 88 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 85 |
Lambeth | 52 |
Lewisham | 92 |
Southwark | 92 |
Tower Hamlets | 43 |
Wandsworth | 99 |
Westminster | 82 |
(no figure is available for the City of London) | |
Outer London: | |
Barking and Dagenham | 12 |
Barnet | 50 |
Bexley | 97 |
Brent | 90 |
Bromley | 98 |
Croydon | 78 |
Ealing | 20 |
Enfield | 30 |
Haringey | 20 |
Harrow | 33 |
Havering | 94 |
Hillingdon | 22 |
Hounslow | 79 |
Kingston-upon-Thames | 100 |
Merton | 98 |
Newham | 65 |
Redbridge | 47 |
Richmond-upon-Thames | 30 |
Sutton | 29 |
Waltham Forest | 32 |
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what recent guidance his Department has issued on educational provision for children looked after by local authorities. [106753]
Jacqui Smith: In June last year, my Department and the Department of Health jointly consulted on draft guidance on the education of children looked after by local authorities. Some 205 consultees replied by the mid-October deadline, and officials have since discussed some of the key issues arising from the consultation with partners in local government and the voluntary sector. Officials are now revising the guidance, and I expect the final guidance to issue before the end of March.
We believe that this guidance, backed up by support for local authorities during the implementation period, should enable them to fulfil better their role as corporate parents
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and raise the level of educational attainment of this group of young people. Higher educational attainment should in turn improve their general life chances.
Dr. Tonge:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what consultations his Department has had with the Department for International Development to promote awareness of ethical trading among school children. [106127]
Jacqui Smith
[holding answer 24 January 2000]: My officials, and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, are currently working with the Department for International Development to develop a guidance document for schools on the opportunities and benefits of bringing a global perspective into different subjects and the wider life of school. This will draw attention to the many opportunities that the revised National Curriculum offers for raising children's awareness of a range of issues including ethical trading. It will also let teachers know where they can find advice, support and high quality resources which will support teaching and learning about these issues.
The programmes of study for Geography and Citizenship in the National Curriculum provide ample opportunities for pupils to learn about ethical trading since they include specific provision for teaching about the world as a global community, global interdependence and sustainable development. The emphasis is on explanatory discussion of contemporary issues and ethical trading would fall into that category.
Mr. Kidney:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment the School Travel Advisory Group has made of the contribution that the use of school buses can make to reducing traffic congestion. [106163]
Jacqui Smith:
The School Travel Advisory Group (STAG), which presented its report to Ministers on 13 January, has made a number of recommendations in relation to school travel. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library. In particular, STAG has commissioned research into best practice on increasing bus use for journeys to school, to report in June 2000.
Dr. Tony Wright:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the public consultation exercises on policy matters carried out by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years; who was consulted and by what means; how responses were analysed; how and in what form the results were transmitted to those responsible for the consultation; how the results of the consultation were published; and what analysis has been carried out of the extent and nature of policy changes resulting from the consultation. [106302]
Mr. Wicks:
Full information in the form requested is not available. Details of the public exercises listed on our consultations calendar for 1999 are as follows. I will write to my hon. Friend giving as full a reply as possible by the
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end of February. My Department has now set up a central Consultation Unit to advise on best practice in public policy consultations.
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Access Funds: Proposed Changes to Guidance
Admission Arrangements for September 2001
Adult Basic Skills Standards
Adventure Activities Licensing Scheme
Allocation Method for the Careers Service Budget
Annual Capital Round 2000-2001
Arrangements for Revised Criteria and Re-Recognition of National Training Organisations
Assessment Orders--Key State 1-3
Asset Management Plans
Asset Management Plans--Section 4
Asset Management Plans--Sufficiency
Asset Management Plans--Options Appraisals
Bringing Young People Back to School
Budget Statements and Guidance
Capacity Assessment Methods
Categories of Fees
Considering School Organisation Proposals--Changes in Arrangements
Control of Premises
Development of Value Added Measures for Performance Tables
Devolution of Surplus Places--Draft Regulations
DfEE/Employment Service Annual Performance Agreement
Disability Rights Task Force Recommendations on Schools--Implementation
Education (Adjudicators Procedure) Regulations 1999
Education (GM and GM Special Schools) Capital Grants Regulations 1999
Education (Non-Maintained Special School--England) Regulations 1999
Education (Schedule 32 of the School Standards Framework) Regulations 1999
Education (School Government England) Regulations 1999
Education (Student Fees) (Exceptions) Regulations 1999 and accompanying guidance
Education Act 1996: Local decision making on school organisations
Education of Children Looked After by Local Authorities--Draft Guidance
Education National Curriculum Attainment Targets and Programme of Study in England 1999
Employment Zones
Equal Opportunities (Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Act)--Green Paper
European Social Fund 2000-2006 Objective 3 Community Support Framework
Exclusions Panels--LEA Guidance
Extending the Widening Participation Factor for 1999-2000
Financing of Maintained Schools--Regulations
Foundation Body Regulations under s21 of the School Standards and Framework Act
General Teaching Council for England, The--A Register of Teachers
General Teaching Council Regulations 1999--Draft Composition
Hardship Loans and Access Funds to Determine Optimum Use of Funding to Increase Access for HE Students and to Support Students Facing Financial Hardships
Harmonised Framework for Inspection, Quality Assurance and Performance Indicators Across Schools, FE and Private Training Providers
Individualised Student Record: Consultation on Proposed Changes to 2000-01 Specification
Induction of Newly Qualified Teachers--Draft Regulations
Information for Parents About Home Education
Investors in People
Learning Information Networks
Learning to Succeed School Sixth Form Funding
Learning to Succeed: A New Framework for Post 16 Learning--White Paper
LEAs--Electronic Version of the Standard Fund Grant Application Form
LEAs--Good Practice in Relation to Resolving Disputes with Parents--Draft Guidance
LEA Responsibility Towards Pupils Being Educated at Home by Their Parents
Local Assisted Places Scheme
Local Information, Advice and Guidance for Adults in England--Towards a National Framework
Local and National Arrangements for Lifelong Learning, Skills and Workforce Development
Local Publication of 1999 Primary School (Key Stage 2) Performance Tables
Mandatory Awards Regulations (Education Act 1962)
Nanny Agencies--Draft Code of Practice
National Curriculum in England
National Curriculum--Legal Language in Orders
National Curriculum--Draft Proposals for New Orders
National Professional Qualification for Head Teachers
Networking Lifelong Learning: An Information and Learning Technology Development Strategy for Further Education
New Arrangements Governing the Basis on Which Governing Bodies and LEAs Meet Specified Costs of Building Work at Voluntary Aided Schools
New Opportunities Fund: Community Access to Lifelong Learning
New Opportunities Fund: Funding for Green Spaces and Sustainable Communities
New Schools (England)--Draft Regulations
Nursery Education: Desirable Outcomes for Children's Learning on Entering Compulsory Education
Nutritional Standards--Draft Regulations
Organisation of School Places--Guidance
Parent Governor Representation on Local Education Committees
Policy Action Teams for Jobs
Post 16 Structures for Learning and Workforce Development--Requests for Oral Evidence
Pupil Restraint in Special Education Needs Settings--Draft Guidance
Qualifying for Success: Changes to the Post 16 Curriculum: A Guide for Parents
Registration and Monitoring Arrangements for Independent Schools
Report of Research by National Children's Bureau on Good Practice in Special Educational Needs Parent Partnership and Research Brief
School Admission Appeals Code of Practice
School Governance (Terms of Reference) Regulations 1999--Draft Guidance
School Lunches for Primary School Pupils
School Lunches for Secondary School Pupils
School Lunches for Under Fives
School Meals Staff Regulations--The Next Steps
School Organisation Committees and Draft Education (School Organisation Committees) Regulations 1999
School Organisation Plans
School Organisation Proposals (Transition to New Framework) Regulations 1999
School Reorganisation--Transitional Regulations 1998
School Target Setting in 1999 and Beyond
Schools Admission Appeals Code of Practice
School Capital Strategy
Schools Capital: Discussion on the Possible Shape of Allocation Arrangements for 2000-2001
Schools Causing Concerns
Secondary Schools and Colleges Performance Tables
Special Educational Needs Code of Practice
Special Educational Needs Tribunal Regulations
Sex Equality Green Paper
Social Exclusion Unit Report Bridging the Gap--Youth Support Service
Social Inclusion--Pupil Support
Special Schools--Draft Circular
Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998 and the Teaching and Further Education Act 1998--Implications for Colleges in the Further Education Sector
Staff Individualised Record: Proposed Changes to the
1999-2000 Specification
Standards Fund
Strategic Planning 2000 and Beyond
Student Loans Repayment Regulations 1999
Student Support Regulations 1999/2000
Suitability and Sufficiency Assessment
Supported Employment Programme, The--Employment Service
Tackling Truancy Together (Strategy Document)
Teachers and Headteacher Appraisal Regulations 1999--Draft
Teachers Meeting the Challenge of Change
Teachers Pension Scheme and Additional Voluntary Contributions Arrangements
Teachers Pensions Regulations--Compensation for Redundancy and Early Retirement
Teachers Research Scholarship Programme--Round 1 and 2
Teachers: Taking Forward the Challenge of Change
Test Dates for 2002
Transitional Grants 1999-2000
Welsh Language Scheme.
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