B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
10. Education and Employment
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 17 Members and held 16 meetings.
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Allan, Mr Richard (added, 13.11.00) | 1
|
Atherton, Ms Candy | 7
|
Atkins, Charlotte | 10
|
Brady, Mr Graham | 4
|
Cooper, Yvette (discharged, 29.11.99) | 0
|
Davey, Valerie | 10
|
Flint, Caroline (discharged, 13.12.99) |
0 |
Foster, Mr Derek | 16
|
Foster, Mr Michael (Worcester) (added, 29.11.99)
| 14 |
Harris, Dr Evan | 8
|
Hayes, Mr John (discharged, 8.5.00) | 0
|
Healey, Mr John (discharged, 29.11.99) |
0 |
Jones, Ms Helen (added, 13.12.99) | 9
|
Laing, Mrs Eleanor (discharged, 29.11.99) |
0 |
Mallaber, Judy | 8
|
Marsden, Mr Gordon | 8
|
Nicholls, Mr Patrick (added, 8.5.00) | 1
|
O'Brien, Mr Stephen (added, 29.11.99) | 8
|
Pearson, Mr Ian (added, 29.11.99) | 6
|
Rammell, Mr Bill (discharged, 13.12.99) |
0 |
St Aubyn, Mr Nick | 12
|
Sheerman, Mr Barry (added, 29.11.99) | 14
|
Twigg, Mr Stephen (added, 13.12.99) | 5
|
Wicks, Mr Malcolm (discharged, 29.11.99) |
0 |
Willis, Mr Phil (discharged, 13.11.00) |
0 |
|
Overall attendance: | 51.8 %
|
Number of Members added: | 8
|
Number of Members discharged: | 8
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
47 % |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Liam Laurence Smyth, Deputy Principal
Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2).
Second Clerk: Mr Tom Healey, Senior Clerk (Band A2).
Committee Specialists: Mr Eamon Lally (Band B1)(until 20.10.00)
and Mr Robert Rees (Band B1 ).
Committee Assistants: Mr Richard Dawson, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2) and Mr Darren Hackett, Chief Office Clerk (Band C)(from
17.1.00).
Secretaries: Miss Pam Morris, Secretary (Band D1), Ms Claire Halls
, Secretary (Band D1).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Marilyn Howard, Mr Tony Travers.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers
| 1 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for Education and Employment
| 3 |
Overseas Visits
None.
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
None.
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No.
(1999-2000)
| Date of
publication
| No. of
pages
| Sale price
| Government reply
|
First Report: School Meals
| 96 |
14.12.99 |
110 | £13.60
| Received 14.2.00: published as Third
Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Second Report: Visit to USA: Raising Educational Standards and the Role of the Private Sector
| 290 |
7.3.00 |
45 | £8.80
| Not applicable
|
Third Report: The Draft Part-time Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000
| 297 |
22.3.00 (in typescript);23.3.00
| 24 |
£6.50 |
Received 18.5.00: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Fourth Report: Employability and Jobs: Is There A Jobs Gap?
| 60-I |
19.4.00 |
56 | £9.70
| Received 16.6.00: published as Fifth
Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Minutes of Evidence: Employability and Jobs: Is There A Jobs Gap?
| 60-II |
18.5.00 |
232 | 20.60
| Not applicable
|
Fifth Report: Work Permits for Overseas Footballers
| 218 |
18.5.00 |
146 | £17.00
| Received 10.7.00: published as Sixth
Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Sixth Report: Standards and Quality in Education: the Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools 1998-99
| 345 |
16.5.00 |
55 | £9.70
| Received 29.5.00 (OFSTED) and 12.7.00 (DfEE): published as Seventh Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Seventh Report: The Role of Private Sector Organisations in Public Education
| 118 |
29.6.00 |
150 | £17.00
| Cm 4844, published 8.9.00
|
Eighth Report: New Deal for Young People: Two Years On
| 510 |
11.7.00 |
28 | £7.00
| Received 3.11.00; published as Eighth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Opportunities for Disabled People
| 111-II of 1998-1999
| 9.12.99
| 352 |
£25.20
| Not applicable
|
First Special Report: The Government's Response to the Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 1998-99:Access for All? A Survey of Post-16 Participation
| 213 |
9.2.00 |
13 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
Second Special Report: The Government's Response to the Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 1998-99: Opportunities for Disabled People
| 214 |
9.2.00 |
22 | £5.50
| Not applicable
|
Third Special Report: The Government's Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000: School Meals
| 291 |
2.3.00 |
9 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
Fourth Special Report: The Government's Response to the Third Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000: The Draft Part-time Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000
| 522 |
25.5.00 |
6 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Fifth Special Report: The Government's Response to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000: Employability and Jobs: Is There A Jobs Gap?
| 603 |
23.6.00 |
20 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
Sixth Special Report: The Government's Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000: Work Permits for Overseas Footballers
| 860 |
27.07.00 |
6 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
Seventh Special Report: The Government's and OFSTED's Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000: Standards and Quality in Education: the Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools 1998-99
| 861 |
27.7.00 |
6 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
Eighth Special Report: The Government's Response to the Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000: New Deal for Young People: Two Years On
| 969 |
14.11.00 |
11 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1998-99
were published on 10.12.99 as HC 898, Session 1998-99. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-2000 will be
published as HC 775, Session 1999-2000.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
20.6.00 | One, on an Amendment proposed to Report from the Education Sub-committee [The Role of the Private Sector Organisations in Public Education]
|
25.7.00 | Three, on Motions to appoint specialist advisers
|
Debates
The following Report was referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to debates in the House:
Eighth Report, Session 1998-99, Access for All? A Survey of
Post-16 Participation (HC 57), on Second Reading of the Learning
and Skills Bill [Lords], 30.3.00.
The following Reports were debated in Westminster Hall:
Ninth Report, Session 1998-99, Opportunities for Disabled People,
13.4.00.
First Report, Session 1999-2000, School Meals, 22.6.00.
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at two of the Committee's meetings. On
neither of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
DfEE Funding* |
2 |
Total | 2
|
The Committee took oral evidence on this
inquiry in Session 1998-99; figures appear in the Return for that
Session (HC1 (1998-99))
* The Committee did not complete this inquiry in Session 1999-2000
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