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Vocational Training Courses

Mr. Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what action his Department is taking to provide vocational training courses in building and allied trades for non-academic school leavers; and if he will make a statement. [130643]

Mr. Wicks: The Government have made a substantial investment in vocational training for young people who have decided not to continue in learning through the academic route. Foundation and Advanced Modern Apprenticeships provide young people with a high quality work-based route to learning in over 80 sectors of industry and business. Construction is one of the more popular with some 9,200 Advanced and 4,200 Foundation Modern Apprentices in training. In order to build on the strong foundations that Modern Apprenticeships have developed we are currently consulting on how to introduce further measures which will create an apprenticeship framework which better meets the needs of the individuals and businesses; is broader and more coherent than before; offers even greater opportunities for progression including HE; secures the highest possible standards; and is part of a coherent vocational learning system.

Students in schools and colleges can take Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced GNVQs (to be known as vocational A levels) in subjects such as Art and Design, Business, Construction and the Built Environment, and Health and Social Care. These qualifications can lead on to employment, higher education or further study such as Modern Apprenticeships.

From 2002 "vocational GCSEs" will replace the current Foundation, Intermediate and Part One GNVQs and will be available for 14 to 16-year-olds in schools, as well as students in colleges, to study.

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The ESCOM contractor's major risk relates to the demand for the service. Both the IT Partnership and the HR Partnership contracts have transferred the risks relating to service availability and performance, which are seen as critical in the delivery of services under the contract.

The bids made during the competition to select the successful private finance initiative contractor, in particular any financial information, are commercially confidential as is any subsequent documentation directly referring to the bids. I am therefore unfortunately unable to place information on costs in the Library.

Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the cost of the Birmingham LEA grouped school refurbishment PFI project at each stage of its development; if he will list the causes of significant change in costs; and if he will make a statement. [131586]

Jacqui Smith: Birmingham local education authority's outline business case for the school rebuilds package PFI scheme was approved by the Treasury-chaired Project Review Group in December 1998 at an estimated cost in net present value (NPV) terms of £61.2 million. A contract was signed in February 2000 on the basis of a final business case which estimated the cost of the scheme, in NPV terms, at £78 million. The main causes of the increase were:

(a) improvements to the output specification--for example, to accommodate children with special needs in mainstream schools and to improve sports facilities;

(b) technical changes to the calculation of the cost of the scheme--for example, the fall in the local authority rate of discount from 8.9 per cent. to 8.4 per cent.;

(c) an underestimate in the outline business case of the cost of operation of the new and refurbished schools over the 30 year life of the contract.

The local authority has confirmed that this PFI scheme provides better value for money than would have been achieved through conventional procurement.

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Assaults (Teachers)

Mr. Coaker: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers have been assaulted by (a) pupils and (b) others in school in each of the last six years; and if he will make a statement. [130978]

Ms Estelle Morris: This information is not available centrally.

Reports by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools have shown that most schools are orderly places, and Ofsted inspections show that violent or exceptionally malicious behaviour by pupils is fortunately rare.

My Department's Circular "Social Inclusion: Pupil Support" provides detailed guidance to schools on managing pupil behaviour and we have made clear that we support headteachers who permanently exclude violent pupils. In addition, our Circular on "The use of force to control or restrain pupils" makes clear that teachers have the right to defend themselves against an attack provided they do not use a disproportionate degree of force. We have also issued joint guidance with the Home Office on "School Security: Dealing with Troublemakers", which offers advice about, among other things, dealing with any assaults on teachers.

Teachers (Shrewsbury and Atcham)

Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many additional teachers have been employed since 1997 in schools in Shrewsbury and Atcham. [131143]

Ms Estelle Morris: Information on the numbers of full-time equivalent qualified teachers ¹ employed within maintained primary and secondary schools in the Shrewsbury and Atcham parliamentary constituency is shown in the following table.

There was a growth of 6,900 full-time equivalent regular teachers ² in service in the maintained sector between January 1998 and January 2000.

¹ Excludes all unqualified teachers and teachers providing short term cover as well as teachers absent for a term or more but including the latter's qualified replacements, if any--Source: Annual Census of schools.

² Teachers in service includes both qualified teachers (including those not in school) and teachers without qualified teacher status--Source: 618a. Regular teachers are teachers either on a permanent contract or who have a temporary contract of one month or more.

Full-time equivalent ⁽¹⁾, ⁽¹⁾ number of qualified teachers in maintained Primary and Secondary schools in the parliamentary constituency area of Shrewsbury and Atcham: 1997 to 2000⁽¹⁾

Position at January each year	Number of full-time equivalent qualified teachers
2000(1)	614
1999	607
1998	607
1997	603

⁽¹⁾ Excludes all unqualified teachers and teachers providing short term cover.

⁽¹⁾ The Schools Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document has, since 1987, required a full-time teacher to be available to undertake the professional duties assigned to him or her by the headteacher for 1,265 hours allocated reasonably throughout a working year of 195 days. The 'directed' hours per week of part-time teachers are converted to full-time equivalent teacher numbers by dividing by 32.5. This conversion factor is derived by dividing 1,265 (directed hours per year) by 195 (working days per year) and multiplying by 5 (working days per week).

⁽¹⁾ Provisional.

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School Statistics

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Southwark, North and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes) of 20 June 2000, Official Report, column 168W, on statistics, if he will list (a) in total and (b) by parliamentary constituency of the school, the number of unauthorised absences for 1998-99. [131190]

Ms Estelle Morris [holding answer 18 July 2000]: The number and percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence for 1998-99, analysed by (a) England and (b) by parliamentary constituency is shown in the following table.

Percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absences--England 1998-99 analysed by parliamentary constituency

Parliamentary constituency	Number of half days missed (thousand)	Percentage of half days missed
England	14,964.8	0.7
Aldershot	19.1	0.4
Aldridge-Brownhills	16.2	0.4
Altrincham and Sale, West	9.0	0.2
Amber Valley	28.9	0.7
Arundel and South Downs	12.6	0.4
Ashfield	33.2	0.8
Ashford	24.0	0.6
Ashton-upon-Lyne	38.4	0.8
Aylesbury	17.2	0.3
Banbury	45.3	1.1
Barking	42.1	1.5
Barnsley, Central	44.4	1.3
Barnsley, East and Mexborough	49.8	1.3
Barnsley, West and Penistone	34.5	1.1
Barrow and Furness	15.7	0.4
Basildon	53.1	1.1
Basingstoke	31.4	0.7
Bassetlaw	40.7	1.2
Bath	16.7	0.5
Batley and Spen	72.3	1.7
Battersea	15.6	0.8
Beaconsfield	6.9	0.2
Beckenham	19.3	0.5
Bedford	21.7	0.6
Berwick-upon-Tweed	10.7	0.4
Bethnal Green and Bow	85.7	1.7
Beverley and Holderness	35.0	0.8
Bexhill and Battle	10.2	0.3
Bexleyheath and Crayford	21.3	0.6
Billericay	32.6	0.8
Birkenhead	34.3	0.9
Birmingham, Edgbaston	28.3	0.9
Birmingham, Erdington	41.1	1.2
Birmingham, Hall Green	22.7	0.7
Birmingham, Hodge Hill	65.0	1.5
Birmingham, Ladywood	87.2	1.7
Birmingham, Northfield	45.6	1.3
Birmingham, Perry Barr	53.3	1.1
Birmingham, Selly Oak	28.6	0.6
Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	91.9	1.5
Birmingham, Yardley	28.0	1.1
Bishop Auckland	22.0	0.6
Blaby	11.9	0.3
Blackburn	55.2	1.0
Blackpool, North and Fleetwood	25.1	0.7
Blackpool, South	44.5	1.2
Blaydon	16.0	0.5
Blyth Valley	12.8	0.4
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	19.4	0.7
Bolsover	33.2	1.0
Bolton, North-East	36.8	0.9
Bolton, South-East	36.3	0.8
Bolton, West	33.3	1.0
Bootle	29.4	0.8
Boston and Skegness	32.4	1.0
Bosworth	28.8	0.7
Bournemouth, East	22.5	0.7
Bournemouth, West	17.7	0.7
Bracknell	23.7	0.5
Bradford, North	96.6	2.1
Bradford, South	80.3	1.9
Bradford, West	84.4	1.8
Braintree	21.6	0.5
Brent, East	19.7	0.8
Brent, North	15.9	0.5
Brent, South	32.1	1.0
Brentford and Isleworth	48.1	1.0
Brentwood and Ongar	12.9	0.3
Bridgwater	19.6	0.6
Brigg and Goole	14.0	0.4
Brighton, Kemptown	26.8	1.0
Brighton, Pavilion	13.8	0.6
Bristol, East	43.0	1.4
Bristol, North-West	55.1	1.2
Bristol, South	67.4	1.6
Bristol, West	16.8	0.7
Bromley and Chislehurst	15.8	0.4
Bromsgrove	16.9	0.4
Broxbourne	16.3	0.4
Broxtowe	25.8	0.7
Buckingham	3.2	0.1
Burnley	45.7	1.0
Burton	18.7	0.4
Bury, North	21.5	0.4
Bury, South	20.0	0.5
Bury St. Edmunds	8.2	0.2
Calder Valley	15.1	0.3
Camberwell and Peckham	47.0	1.6
Cambridge	23.3	1.0
Cannock Chase	17.3	0.4
Canterbury	30.0	0.7
Carlisle	21.1	0.6
Carshalton and Wallington	19.3	0.5
Castle Point	21.3	0.5
Central Suffolk and Ipswich, North	13.0	0.4
Charnwood	12.8	0.3
Chatham and Aylesford	18.8	0.4
Cheadle	25.5	0.6
Cheltenham	12.3	0.4
Chesham and Amersham	11.0	0.3
Chesterfield	29.1	0.8
Chichester	15.6	0.4
Chingford and Woodford Green	27.5	0.7
Chipping Barnet	24.4	0.6
Chorley	18.5	0.4
Christchurch	13.7	0.4
Cities of London and Westminster	29.5	1.4
City of Chester	29.4	0.8
City of Durham	15.0	0.5
City of York	26.5	0.8
Cleethorpes	34.5	0.7
Colchester	28.8	0.6
Colne Valley	15.2	0.4
Congleton	10.7	0.3
Copeland	12.7	0.4
Corby	24.2	0.6
Cotswold	4.9	0.1
Coventry, North-East	46.9	1.0
Coventry, North-West	33.5	0.8
Coventry, South	30.2	0.8
Crawley	18.2	0.4
Crewe and Nantwich	23.1	0.6
Crosby	4.3	0.1
Croydon, Central	39.0	0.9
Croydon, North	33.3	0.8
Croydon, South	13.4	0.4
Dagenham	76.4	1.8
Darlington	25.5	0.7
Dartford	12.9	0.3
Daventry	15.7	0.3
Denton and Reddish	21.8	0.5
Derby, North	20.1	0.5
Derby, South	36.3	0.8
Devizes	23.5	0.5
Dewsbury	54.1	1.2
Doncaster, Central	51.1	1.2
Doncaster, North	60.8	1.7
Don Valley	41.0	1.0
Dover	18.0	0.5
Dudley, North	25.3	0.6
Dudley, South	21.8	0.7
Dulwich and West Norwood	41.7	1.7
Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	57.7	1.9
Ealing, North	22.8	0.6
Ealing, Southall	36.7	0.8
Easington	28.8	0.8
East Devon	18.1	0.7
East Ham	111.1	2.2
East Hampshire	20.9	0.5
East Surrey	7.9	0.2
East Worthing and Shoreham	19.4	0.5
East Yorkshire	27.2	0.8
Eastbourne	22.0	0.7
Eastleigh	17.2	0.4
Eccles	44.0	1.0
Eddisbury	12.9	0.4
Edmonton	65.1	1.6
Ellesmere Port and Neston	16.7	0.5
Elmet	9.1	0.2
Eltham	49.3	1.5
Enfield, North	51.9	1.1
Enfield, Southgate	22.0	0.7
Epping Forest	15.4	0.5
Epsom and Ewell	15.1	0.4
Erewash	22.3	0.5
Erith and Thamesmead	48.3	1.1
Esher and Walton	11.3	0.5
Exeter	36.4	1.0
Falmouth and Camborne	20.0	0.5
Fareham	18.1	0.5
Faversham and Mid Kent	8.8	0.3
Feltham and Heston	37.0	0.9
Finchley and Golders Green	26.2	0.7
Folkestone and Hythe	22.0	0.6
Forest of Dean	8.0	0.3
Fylde	11.3	0.3
Gainsborough	15.0	0.4
Gateshead, East and Washington, West	37.6	0.9
Gedling	34.8	0.9
Gillingham	42.9	0.9
Gloucester	36.1	0.7
Gosport	35.0	0.9
Grantham and Stamford	11.3	0.3
Gravesham	35.5	0.8
Great Grimsby	44.6	1.3
Great Yarmouth	28.8	0.8
Greenwich and Woolwich	74.5	2.1
Guildford	15.4	0.4
Hackney, North and Stoke Newington	57.9	2.2
Hackney, South and Shoreditch	59.7	1.6
Halesowen and Rowley Regis	27.8	0.7
Halifax	31.8	0.7
Haltemprice and Howden	17.4	0.4
Halton	42.3	1.0
Hammersmith and Fulham	42.6	1.4
Hampstead and Highgate	27.5	1.2
Harborough	26.2	0.5
Harlow	28.8	0.8
Harrogate and Knaresborough	9.5	0.2
Harrow, East	20.2	0.5
Harrow, West	18.2	0.5
Hartlepool	54.9	1.2
Harwich	38.6	1.1
Hastings and Rye	58.9	1.5
Havant	36.6	0.9
Hayes and Harlington	42.0	1.4
Hazel Grove	27.9	0.8
Hemel Hempstead	27.1	0.7
Hemsworth	27.3	0.6
Hendon	32.1	0.8
Henley	20.2	0.6
Hereford	18.2	0.5
Hertford and Stortford	14.5	0.3
Hertsmere	31.0	0.8
Hexham	5.0	0.2
Heywood and Middleton	37.0	0.8
High Peak	17.8	0.4
Hitchin and Harpenden	9.8	0.3
Holborn and St. Pancras	53.1	1.7
Hornchurch	11.8	0.3
Hornsey and Wood Green	61.1	1.5
Horsham	9.3	0.3
Houghton and Washington, East	18.9	0.6
Hove	16.2	0.5
Huddersfield	55.8	1.5
Huntingdon	26.3	0.6
Hyndburn	37.9	0.9
Ilford, North	21.0	0.5
Ilford, South	36.3	0.9
Ipswich	19.7	0.5
Isle of Wight	23.6	0.5
Islington, North	49.5	1.6
Islington, South and Finsbury	52.4	1.9
Jarrow	12.0	0.3
Keighley	41.1	1.1
Kensington and Chelsea	28.9	1.8
Kettering	26.2	0.5
Kingston and Surbiton	19.9	0.6
Kingston upon Hull, East	77.2	1.7
Kingston upon Hull, North	81.1	2.0
Kingston upon Hull, West and Hessle	38.3	1.6
Kingswood	35.6	0.9
Knowsley, North and Sefton, East	48.5	1.0
Knowsley, South	74.8	1.6
Lancaster and Wyre	13.0	0.3
Leeds, Central	100.5	2.4
Leeds, East	47.3	1.5
Leeds, North-East	48.9	1.3
Leeds, North-West	22.2	0.8
Leeds, West	47.4	1.6
Leicester, East	42.2	0.8
Leicester, South	39.5	1.0
Leicester, West	74.6	1.8
Leigh	39.3	1.0
Leominster	12.5	0.4
Lewes	15.3	0.5
Lewisham, Deptford	41.6	1.6
Lewisham, East	45.4	1.6
Lewisham, West	59.8	2.0
Leyton and Wanstead	36.1	1.0
Lichfield	10.3	0.3
Lincoln	43.9	1.3
Liverpool, Garston	57.1	1.3
Liverpool, Riverside	32.8	1.0
Liverpool, Walton	48.1	1.2
Liverpool, Wavertree	46.0	1.0
Liverpool, West Derby	48.3	1.2
Loughborough	34.7	0.8
Louth and Horncastle	21.3	0.6
Ludlow	10.2	0.3
Luton, North	34.2	0.7
Luton, South	24.3	0.6
Macclesfield	14.7	0.4
Maidenhead	10.5	0.3
Maidstone and The Weald	18.4	0.4
Makerfield	28.3	0.6
Maldon and East Chelmsford	13.8	0.4
Manchester, Blackley	58.0	1.3
Manchester, Central	51.2	1.6
Manchester, Gorton	54.6	1.7
Manchester, Withington	35.6	1.0
Mansfield	52.4	1.3
Medway	23.5	0.5
Meriden	28.1	0.6
Mid Bedfordshire	13.9	0.3
Mid Dorset and North Pool	18.2	0.4
Mid Norfolk	7.2	0.2
Mid Sussex	9.7	0.2
Mid Worcestershire	14.4	0.4
Middlesbrough	45.4	0.9
Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East	20.4	0.5
Milton Keynes, South-West	24.6	0.5
Milton Keynes, North-East	13.9	0.4
Mitcham and Morden	50.0	1.6
Mole Valley	7.2	0.3
Morecambe and Lunesdale	25.1	0.7
Morley and Rothwell	50.4	1.1
New Forest, East	20.3	0.6
New Forest, West	7.7	0.3
Newark	39.4	0.9
Newbury	11.5	0.3
Newcastle upon Tyne, Central	24.1	0.8
Newcastle upon Tyne, East and Wallsend	33.3	1.0
Newcastle upon Tyne, North	18.8	0.6
Newcastle-under-Lyme	16.6	0.5
Normanton	19.8	0.5
North Cornwall	19.6	0.4
North Devon	16.1	0.4
North Dorset	10.6	0.3
North Durham	21.3	0.6
North-East Bedfordshire	14.6	0.4
North-East Cambridgeshire	43.0	1.2
North-East Derbyshire	31.6	0.8
North-East Hampshire	15.5	0.4
North-East Hertfordshire	12.2	0.3
North Essex	11.3	0.4
North Norfolk	15.7	0.5
North Shropshire	13.2	0.4
North Swindon	18.4	0.5
North Thanet	26.8	0.9
North Tyneside	12.1	0.4
North Warwickshire	16.0	0.4
North-West Cambridgeshire	24.9	0.6
North-West Durham	18.6	0.6
North-West Hampshire	23.0	0.6
North-West Leicestershire	22.0	0.6
North-West Norfolk	38.1	1.0
North Wiltshire	11.4	0.2
Northampton, North	39.2	0.9
Northampton, South	22.9	0.6
Northavon	14.4	0.3
Norwich, North	32.4	0.8
Norwich, South	19.8	0.7
Nottingham, East	45.9	1.7
Nottingham, North	109.2	2.2
Nottingham, South	36.3	1.2
Nuneaton	19.2	0.5
Old Bexley and Sidcup	12.9	0.3
Oldham, East and Saddleworth	43.6	0.9
Oldham, West and Royton	66.9	1.3
Orpington	19.5	0.5
Oxford, East	58.3	1.8
Oxford, West and Abingdon	28.0	0.8
Pendle	36.5	0.8
Penrith and The Border	7.2	0.2
Peterborough	40.0	0.8
Plymouth, Devonport	25.0	0.5
Plymouth, Sutton	23.3	0.7
Pontefract and Castleford	40.7	1.1
Poole	17.0	0.7
Poplar and Canning Town	92.3	2.0
Portsmouth, North	45.2	1.2
Portsmouth, South	28.4	0.9
Preston	39.5	1.1
Pudsey	22.4	0.5
Putney	20.5	1.0
Rayleigh	10.2	0.3
Reading, East	20.5	0.7
Reading, West	37.1	0.8
Redcar	41.8	0.9
Redditch	26.6	0.7
Regent's Park and Kensington, North	98.0	3.0
Reigate	7.3	0.3
Ribble Valley	9.6	0.2
Richmond, Yorks	9.9	0.3
Richmond Park	15.4	0.5
Rochdale	36.3	0.8
Rochford and Southend, East	39.5	1.0
Romford	10.0	0.3
Romsey	12.1	0.3
Rossendale and Darwen	35.1	0.7
Rother Valley	47.1	1.0
Rotherham	30.4	0.8
Rugby and Kenilworth	16.7	0.4
Ruislip-Northwood	21.4	0.7
Runnymede and Weybridge	9.2	0.3
Rushcliffe	23.9	0.6
Rutland and Melton	12.0	0.3
Ryedale	7.0	0.2
Saffron Walden	14.3	0.4
St. Albans	16.7	0.4
St. Helens, North	7.5	0.2
St. Helens, South	21.9	0.6
St. Ives	15.0	0.4
Salford	44.1	1.4
Salisbury	19.5	0.5
Scarborough and Whitby	24.4	0.6
Scunthorpe	29.5	0.7
Sedgefield	28.7	0.8
Selby	10.0	0.2
Sevenoaks	10.8	0.5
Sheffield, Attercliffe	30.6	0.9
Sheffield, Brightside	99.5	2.8
Sheffield, Central	52.4	2.5
Sheffield, Hallam	15.9	0.4
Sheffield, Heeley	42.7	1.3
Sheffield, Hillsborough	25.0	0.7
Sherwood	25.7	0.6
Shipley	42.7	1.1
Shrewsbury and Atcham	11.8	0.3
Sittingbourne and Sheppey	18.0	0.4
Skipton and Ripon	11.4	0.3
Sleaford and North, Hykeham	8.4	0.2
Slough	43.8	0.9
Solihull	13.1	0.3
Somerton and Frome	12.3	0.3
South Cambridgeshire	6.4	0.2
South Derbyshire	23.0	0.5
South Dorset	13.7	0.5
South-East Cambridgeshire	14.0	0.3
South-East Cornwall	12.8	0.3
South Holland and The Deepings	19.9	0.5
South Norfolk	14.1	0.3
South Ribble	14.3	0.3
South Shields	8.7	0.2
South Staffordshire	13.7	0.4
South Suffolk	10.4	0.3
South Swindon	24.1	0.6
South Thanet	17.9	0.5
South-West Bedfordshire	18.4	0.4
South-West Devon	9.4	0.2
South-West Hertfordshire	14.5	0.4
South-West Norfolk	25.8	0.6
South-West Surrey	9.4	0.3
Southampton, Itchen	44.6	1.0
Southampton, Test	37.4	1.1
Southend, West	26.7	0.8
Southport	8.4	0.3
Southwark, North and Bermondsey	80.4	2.1
Spelthorne	16.0	0.5
Stafford	17.2	0.5
Staffordshire Moorlands	9.9	0.3
Stalybridge and Hyde	38.1	0.9
Stevenage	24.8	0.5
Stockport	29.8	1.0
Stockton, North	20.7	0.5
Stockton, South	20.5	0.4
Stoke-on-Trent, Central	27.1	0.9
Stoke-on-Trent, North	31.3	0.9
Stoke-on-Trent, South	26.7	0.7
Stone	6.2	0.2
Stourbridge	5.7	0.2
Stratford-on-Avon	9.1	0.2
Streatham	23.7	0.8
Stretford and Urmston	45.8	1.1
Stroud	5.6	0.2
Suffolk Coastal	9.7	0.3
Sunderland, North	15.4	0.5
Sunderland, South	41.2	0.9
Surrey Heath	13.8	0.4
Sutton and Cheam	9.5	0.3
Sutton Coldfield	16.7	0.4
Tamworth	23.2	0.6
Tatton	10.1	0.4
Taunton	10.2	0.3
Teignbridge	15.8	0.4
Telford	23.9	0.6
Tewkesbury	9.0	0.2
The Wrekin	21.4	0.6
Thurrock	52.3	1.2
Tiverton and Honiton	17.2	0.4
Tonbridge and Malling	12.2	0.3
Tooting	19.4	0.7
Torbay	23.5	0.6
Torridge and West Devon	24.1	0.6
Totnes	13.0	0.4
Tottenham	71.0	1.9
Truro and St. Austell	15.8	0.4
Tunbridge Wells	9.2	0.3
Twickenham	30.5	0.8
Tyne Bridge	26.0	1.2
Tynemouth	11.7	0.3
Upminster	13.6	0.4
Uxbridge	48.5	1.3
Vale of York	5.5	0.2
Vauxhall	34.7	1.2
Wakefield	28.5	0.9
Wallasey	27.8	0.7
Walsall, North	35.7	0.9
Walsall, South	39.5	1.0
Walthamstow	44.1	1.2
Wansbeck	23.8	0.6
Wansdyke	24.1	0.5
Wantage	17.5	0.5
Warley	32.6	0.9
Warrington, North	20.2	0.5
Warrington, South	12.0	0.3
Warwick and Leamington	16.5	0.4
Watford	19.8	0.5
Waveney	14.4	0.3
Wealden	16.3	0.4
Weaver Vale	36.3	0.8
Wellingborough	33.0	0.8
Wells	12.8	0.3
Welwyn Hatfield	18.4	0.5
Wentworth	33.5	0.8
West Bromwich, East	34.8	0.9
West Bromwich, West	40.5	1.1
West Chelmsford	13.4	0.3
West Derbyshire	14.4	0.4
West Dorset	13.7	0.4
West Ham	135.6	2.5
West Lancashire	22.8	0.5
West Suffolk	12.4	0.4
West Worcestershire	16.8	0.5
Westbury	17.2	0.4
Westmorland and Lonsdale	5.4	0.2
Weston-super-Mare	30.7	0.8
Wigan	23.9	0.6
Wimbledon	31.1	1.1
Winchester	11.5	0.3
Windsor	10.4	0.4
Wirral, South	6.7	0.2
Wirral, West	15.0	0.4
Witney	14.6	0.4
Woking	13.5	0.4
Wokingham	13.5	0.3
Wolverhampton, North-East	53.1	1.3
Wolverhampton, South-East	42.3	1.4
Wolverhampton, South-West	16.7	0.5
Woodspring	12.3	0.3
Worcester	28.4	0.9
Workington	7.0	0.2
Worsley	31.9	0.7
Worthing, West	11.0	0.4
Wycombe	16.1	0.4
Wyre Forest	19.9	0.5
Wythenshawe and Sale, East	58.5	1.3
Yeovil	10.4	0.3

20 Jul 2000 : Column: 301W

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