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Nice Council
Miss Begg: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on vote reweighting in the European Union following the European Council at Nice. [142875]
Mr. Robin Cook [pursuant to his reply, 14 December 2000, c. 226W]: The Nice IGC agreed that on 1 January 2005 member states' votes in the Council would be re-weighted according to the following table.
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Platon Obukhov
Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Russian Federal Government about the conviction of Platon Obukhov for espionage. [144037]
Mr. Vaz: The UK Government have made no representations to the Russian Government about this case.
We are aware that Mr. Obukhov's appeal was due to be heard by the Russian Supreme Court on 19 December 2000 but understand that it has now been postponed at his lawyers' request.
EU Directives
Mr. Denzil Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many EU directives became legally binding in the United Kingdom in each of the last three years. [144005]
Mr. Vaz: A comprehensive list of all European legislation in force as at 1 June 2000 is contained in the Official Journal Directory of Community legislation in
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force (35th Ed.). This is updated every six months and is available in the Library of the House. More in depth and up to date information on EU legislation is available on the internet at www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex.
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
School Buildings
Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the total amount awarded to schools in Shrewsbury and Atcham to improve school buildings was in each year since 1997. [143383]
Jacqui Smith: I refer my hon. Friend to answers given to previous questions as detailed on 8 May 2000, Official Report, columns 291-93W, and 5 June 2000, Official Report, columns 142-43W.
Table 1 shows the revised overall New Deal for Schools (NDS) allocation (reflecting subsequent allocations) to Shropshire Local Education Authority and that to schools in Shrewsbury and Atcham (where this information is available).
Table 2 provides a revised breakdown of NDS allocations to specific schools in Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency where this information is available. Information about the schools included in package bids is available from Shropshire Local Education Authority.
Table 3 shows the total schools capital allocations made to Shropshire Local Education Authority since 1996-97.
| £ | ||
|---|---|---|
| NDS initiative | Shropshire LEA's allocation | Allocations to schools in Shrewsbury and Atcham |
| 1 (1997-98) | 185,000 | (3)-- |
| 2 (1998-99) | 1,184,252 | 143,192 |
| 3 (1999-2000) | 1,196,337 | (4)900,202 |
| 4 (2000-01) | (5)3,134,172 | (6)1,247,551 |
(3) Included within £185,000
(4) Including two LEA packages
(5) This figure has increased by £22,000 since the answer number [123911] given on 5 June 2000, Official Report, columns 142-43W, due to extra funds being made available to improve ICT facilities at Baschurch Church of England School. This school is not in the Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency.
(6) Including three LEA packages
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(7) Packages detailed include schools outside this specific constituency.
(8) Please note that under NDS1 LEAs were not required to specify schools and projects.
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| £ million | |
|---|---|
| Year | |
| 1996-97 | 7.019 |
| 1997-98 | 5.054 |
| 1998-99 | 7.082 |
| 1999-2000 | 5.413 |
| 2000-01 | 9.819 |
Capital Projects (Secondary Schools)
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of the allocation of funds for additional capital projects, announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Autumn Statement for secondary schools in Essex (a) is new money and (b) flows from previous announcements. [143670]
Jacqui Smith: The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced additional capital funding of £167 million for schools across England on 8 November 2000, of which £4.2 million was for schools in Essex. This was all new money.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of the funds announced in the Autumn Statement for additional capital projects in secondary schools (a) was new money and (b) flowed from previous announcements. [143671]
Jacqui Smith: The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced additional capital funding of £167 million for schools across England on 8 November 2000, all of which was new money.
Independent Schools
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what criteria have to be met for registration as an independent school; and how many have been so registered in each year since 1990. [143769]
Ms Estelle Morris: Any school in England at which full-time education is provided for five or more pupils of compulsory school age, and which is not a school maintained by a local education authority or a non- maintained special school, must register as an independent school. Initially registration is provisional. Final registration is conditional on inspection evidence that the standards at the school meet the requirements of the Education Act 1996 in relation to accommodation, premises, instruction, proprietor and staff, and child welfare in the case of a boarding school. The following
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table shows how many new schools registered, and the total number of registered independent schools in England, in each year since 1990.
| Year | New schools | Total number of independent schools in operation |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 42 | 2,280 |
| 1991 | 51 | 2,280 |
| 1992 | 75 | 2,256 |
| 1993 | 63 | 2,261 |
| 1994 | 69 | 2,266 |
| 1995 | 77 | 2,244 |
| 1996 | 68 | 2,249 |
| 1997 | 63 | 2,256 |
| 1998 | 59 | 2,227 |
| 1999 | 68 | 2,214 |
| 2000 | 57 | 2,187 |
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