House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 11 Dec 2001 (pt 21)

SCOTLAND

Appointments

Mr. Collins: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many appointments she has made to public bodies since 7 June; and how many are in her gift. [15486]

Mrs. Liddell: I am responsible for appointing two members of the Boundary Commission for Scotland. I have made no appointments since 7 June 2001.

Departmental Expenditure Limits

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the increase in the departmental expenditure limit from 2001–02 to 2002–03 will be accounted for by wage costs. [21236]

Mrs. Liddell: The level of wage costs within departmental budgets this year and in future years will be dependent on negotiations. Departmental reports published next spring will give full retrospective costs.

Long-term Care

Mrs. Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions she has had with members of the Scottish Executive since 3 May on free care for the elderly in Scotland; and what was the outcome of such discussions. [21627]

Mrs. Liddell: I have regular discussions with Ministers in the Scottish Executive on a wide range of issues. We have discussed the implications for the Government of the report by the Care Development Group. During these discussions, both the Scotland Office and the Scottish Executive made it clear that the provision of care services is a devolved matter for the Executive.

Press Officers

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many press officers are employed by the Scotland Office; and how many are located in London at Dover House. [22367]

Mrs. Liddell: My Department employs four press officers, two of whom are located in Dover House.

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER

Absence

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many days were lost due to sickness absence in the Department in each of the last four years. [21331]

Mr. Leslie: The average sickness absence in working days per member of staff in the Cabinet and its agencies for the years 1996–99 is as follows. This is the most recent period for which a four-yearly analysis of statistics is available.

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Year Working days absence per staff-year

1999 6.8

1998 7.3

1997 6.6

1996 6.4

Year	Working days absence per staff-year
1999	6.8
1998	7.3
1997	6.6
1996	6.4

The Cabinet Office is committed, through a series of policies and practices on monitoring absence and managing attendance, to reduce the impact of sickness absence on its business consistent with its Service Delivery Agreement targets.

Public Service Agreements

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the public service agreement target for the answer of correspondence to Ministers. [21257]

Mr. Leslie: The Cabinet Office public service agreement is that 90 per cent. of ministerial correspondence should be replied to within the 15 working day target, as shown on the Cabinet Office website www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/2000/ service.delivery.agreement/statement.d.htm

The Department is currently performing at 88 per cent. and figures for 2001–02 will be published in the Cabinet Office annual report shortly.

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Local Authority Websites

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what measures are being taken to ensure that local authority websites are accessible to those with a range of disabilities; and which organisations have been consulted on this issue; [19065]

Mr. Leslie: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton, Test (Dr. Whitehead), on 3 December 2001, Official Report, column 24W.

EDUCATION AND SKILLS

Teacher Retention

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers, (a) in total and (b) by local education authority, left the teaching profession within two years of qualification in each of the last five years. [17132]

Mr. Timms: Qualified teachers who entered full and part-time regular service in the maintained schools sector in England within two years of qualification and were not in service in the third year are as follows. The most recent year for which data are available is 1999–2000.

Qualified 1993 left service by March 1996 Qualified 1994 left service by March 1997 Qualified 1995 left service by March 1998 Qualified 1996 left service by March 1999 Qualified 1997 left service by March 2000

City of London ⁽²⁰⁾— 0 ⁽²⁰⁾— ⁽²⁰⁾— ⁽²⁰⁾—

Camden 17 21 18 11 14

Greenwich 16 17 18 12 24

Hackney 8 ⁽²⁰⁾— 5 9 ⁽²⁰⁾—

Hammersmith 19 18 18 21 23

Islington 18 15 17 18 24

Kensington and Chelsea 9 8 6 ⁽²⁰⁾— 12

Lambeth 13 11 8 7 10

Lewisham 22 27 18 13 19

Southwark 6 6 11 17 12

Tower Hamlets 14 13 8 16 20

Wandsworth 12 23 19 22 30

Westminster 17 8 18 8 11

Barking 14 6 6 9 19

Barnet 28 34 33 43 38

Bexley 9 18 12 14 15

Brent 17 17 10 15 21

Bromley 17 18 24 33 30

Croydon 30 35 28 26 37

Ealing 20 30 27 22 41

Enfield 15 21 12 25 11

Haringey 10 14 13 23 18

Harrow 8 7 11 5 14

Havering 13 15 11 15 9

Hillingdon 20 18 19 18 28

Hounslow 15 23 26 21 28

Kingston upon Thames 14 7 14 17 7

Merton 12 19 21 12 12

Newham 17 28 37 30 45

Redbridge 17 22 15 22 16

Richmond upon Thames 12 21 21 15 10

Sutton ⁽²⁰⁾— 14 12 14 16

Waltham Forest 10 21 13 13 20

Birmingham 50 72 64 56 65

Coventry 19 13 16 13 17

Dudley 13 9 10 8 10

Sandwell 7 14 15 21 21

Solihull 18 17 15 16 14

Walsall 8 8 19 12 9

Wolverhampton 9 8 11 11 9

Knowsley 10 9 7 11 8

Liverpool 14 21 18 21 15

St. Helens 7 11 7 6 9

Sefton 14 18 17 9 14

Wirral 9 11 9 14 10

Bolton 8 13 12 13 11

Bury 12 9 7 6 10

Manchester 22 23 27 33 46

Oldham 7 9 8 13 10

Rochdale 7 5 5 12 13

Salford 6 12 8 11 13

Stockport 11 10 19 16 19

Tameside 5 7 10 ⁽²⁰⁾— 11

Trafford ⁽²⁰⁾— 8 11 33 12

Wigan ⁽²⁰⁾— 13 14 11 17

Barnsley 10 8 10 7 16

Doncaster 11 14 13 11 10

Rotherham 10 12 7 8 14

Sheffield 18 14 19 23 18

Bradford 26 25 38 19 32

Calderdale 9 7 12 9 8

Kirklees 12 17 8 17 12

Leeds 35 28 32 23 25

Wakefield 17 24 14 12 15

Gateshead 5 ⁽²⁰⁾— 10 ⁽²⁰⁾— 6

Newcastle upon Tyne 11 14 9 25 10

North Tyneside 6 5 6 6 ⁽²⁰⁾—

South Tynside 8 ⁽²⁰⁾— 8 11 ⁽²⁰⁾—

Sunderland 17 10 9 5 17

Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 ⁽²⁰⁾—

Cornwall 13 17 23 16 27

Cumbria 18 18 14 13 18

Gloucestershire 25 36 28 34 31

Hertfordshire 60 85 73 80 101

Isle of Wight 6 7 6 5 7

Lincolnshire 26 23 19 19 23

Norfolk 31 33 36 32 28

Northamptonshire 30 38 29 55 27

Northumberland 13 20 11 16 18

Oxfordshire 33 48 37 57 66

Somerset 19 19 19 23 24

Suffolk 18 26 40 30 45

Surrey 70 65 82 74 92

Warwickshire 23 29 25 35 41

West Sussex 41 39 49 38 50

Reorganised LEAs⁽¹⁹⁾

Avon 49 16 ⁽²⁰⁾— n/a n/a

Bath and North East Somerset n/a 9 15 16 13

City of Bristol n/a 15 17 20 21

North Somerset n/a ⁽²⁰⁾— 10 9 8

South Gloucestershire n/a 13 14 9 17

Cleveland 29 8 ⁽²⁰⁾— n/a n/a

Hartlepool n/a ⁽²⁰⁾— ⁽²⁰⁾— ⁽²⁰⁾— ⁽²⁰⁾—

Middlesbrough n/a 0 ⁽²⁰⁾—> ⁽²⁰⁾— 7

Redcar and Cleveland n/a ⁽²⁰⁾— ⁽²⁰⁾— 7 6

Stockton on Tees n/a ⁽²⁰⁾— 7 7 10

Humberside 37 10 ⁽²⁰⁾— n/a n/a

City of Kingston-Upon-Hull n/a 6 11 8 7

East Riding of Yorkshire n/a 5 23 12 11

North East Lincolnshire n/a 9 ⁽²⁰⁾— ⁽²⁰⁾— ⁽²⁰⁾—

North Lincolnshire n/a ⁽²⁰⁾— 9 6 ⁽²⁰⁾—

"old" North Yorkshire 29 10 ⁽²⁰⁾— n/a n/a

North Yorkshire n/a 6 12 29 22

York n/a 5 6 6 7

"old" Bedfordshire 35 38 9 ⁽²⁰⁾— n/a

Bedfordshire n/a n/a 11 22 29

Luton n/a n/a ⁽²⁰⁾— 14 9

"old" Buckinghamshire 35 37 19 ⁽²⁰⁾— n/a

Buckinghamshire n/a n/a 33 25 22

Milton Keynes n/a n/a 10 11 9

"old" Derbyshire 36 35 16 ⁽²⁰⁾— n/a

Derbyshire n/a n/a 10 11 35

City of Derby n/a n/a 9 5 13

"old" Dorset 31 24 6 ⁽²⁰⁾— n/a

Dorset n/a n/a 6 10 14

Poole n/a n/a 5 7 5

Bournemouth n/a n/a ⁽²⁰⁾— 9 11

"old" Durham 22 33 7 ⁽²⁰⁾— n/a

Durham n/a n/a 13 30 36

Darlington n/a n/a ⁽²⁰⁾— 0 ⁽²⁰⁾—

"old" East Sussex 43 44 14 6 n/a

East Sussex n/a n/a 14 29 26

Brighton and Hove n/a n/a 12 15 19

"old" Hampshire 88 95 38 6 n/a

Hampshire n/a n/a 53 68 74

Portsmouth n/a n/a ⁽²⁰⁾— 14 12

Southampton n/a n/a 9 18 31

"old" Leicestershire 37 37 12 ⁽²⁰⁾— n/a

Leicestershire n/a n/a 13 32 19

Leicester City n/a n/a 9 16 10

Rutland n/a n/a ⁽²⁰⁾— 0 ⁽²⁰⁾—

"old" Staffordshire 26 35 12 ⁽²⁰⁾— n/a

Staffordshire n/a n/a 15 37 51

Stoke-on-Trent n/a n/a ⁽²⁰⁾— 10 11

"old" Wiltshire 34 27 10 6 n/a

Wiltshire n/a n/a 10 11 22

Swindon n/a n/a 7 14 9

Berkshire 52 53 54 22 6

Bracknell Forest n/a n/a n/a 6 9

Windsor and Maidenhead n/a n/a n/a 9 12

West Berkshire n/a n/a n/a 6 18

Reading n/a n/a n/a 11 11

Slough n/a n/a n/a ⁽²⁰⁾— ⁽²⁰⁾—

Wokingham n/a n/a n/a 12 10

"old" Cambridgeshire 29 48 47 13 5

Cambridgeshire n/a n/a n/a 23 37

City of Peterborough n/a n/a n/a 12 10

"old" Cheshire 49 55 42 11 5

Cheshire n/a n/a n/a 23 30

Halton n/a n/a n/a ⁽²⁰⁾— 9

Warrington n/a n/a n/a 8 12

"old" Devon 59 44 66 22 ⁽²⁰⁾—

Devon n/a n/a n/a 28 34

City of Plymouth n/a n/a n/a 13 12

Torbay n/a n/a n/a 7 5

"old" Essex 63 79 105 49 5

Essex n/a n/a n/a 56 69

Southend n/a n/a n/a 5 8

Thurrock n/a n/a n/a ⁽²⁰⁾— ⁽²⁰⁾—

Hereford and Worcester 24 33 25 12 n/a

Herefordshire n/a n/a n/a 6 5

Worcestershire n/a n/a n/a 14 26

"old" Kent 69 89 84 33 7

Kent n/a n/a n/a 74 83

Medway n/a n/a n/a 12 22

"old" Lancashire 57 56 55 14 ⁽²⁰⁾—

Lancashire n/a n/a n/a 26 55

Blackburn and Darwen n/a n/a n/a 5 5

Blackpool n/a n/a n/a 5 ⁽²⁰⁾—

"old" Nottinghamshire 47 27 50 14 5

Nottinghamshire n/a n/a n/a 14 15

City of Nottingham n/a n/a n/a 8 8

"old" Shropshire 13 8 17 5 n/a

Shropshire n/a n/a n/a 6 11

Telford and Wrekin n/a n/a n/a 5 8

Not known 58 86 102 177 175

England 2,397 2,651 2,697 2,916 3,106

	Qualified 1993 left service by March 1996	Qualified 1994 left service by March 1997	Qualified 1995 left service by March 1998	Qualified 1996 left service by March 1999	Qualified 1997 left service by March 2000
City of London	⁽²⁰⁾—	0	⁽²⁰⁾—	⁽²⁰⁾—	⁽²⁰⁾—
Camden	17	21	18	11	14
Greenwich	16	17	18	12	24
Hackney	8	⁽²⁰⁾—	5	9	⁽²⁰⁾—
Hammersmith	19	18	18	21	23
Islington	18	15	17	18	24
Kensington and Chelsea	9	8	6	⁽²⁰⁾—	12
Lambeth	13	11	8	7	10
Lewisham	22	27	18	13	19
Southwark	6	6	11	17	12
Tower Hamlets	14	13	8	16	20
Wandsworth	12	23	19	22	30
Westminster	17	8	18	8	11
Barking	14	6	6	9	19
Barnet	28	34	33	43	38
Bexley	9	18	12	14	15
Brent	17	17	10	15	21
Bromley	17	18	24	33	30
Croydon	30	35	28	26	37
Ealing	20	30	27	22	41
Enfield	15	21	12	25	11
Haringey	10	14	13	23	18
Harrow	8	7	11	5	14
Havering	13	15	11	15	9
Hillingdon	20	18	19	18	28
Hounslow	15	23	26	21	28
Kingston upon Thames	14	7	14	17	7
Merton	12	19	21	12	12
Newham	17	28	37	30	45
Redbridge	17	22	15	22	16
Richmond upon Thames	12	21	21	15	10
Sutton	⁽²⁰⁾—	14	12	14	16
Waltham Forest	10	21	13	13	20
Birmingham	50	72	64	56	65
Coventry	19	13	16	13	17
Dudley	13	9	10	8	10
Sandwell	7	14	15	21	21
Solihull	18	17	15	16	14
Walsall	8	8	19	12	9
Wolverhampton	9	8	11	11	9
Knowsley	10	9	7	11	8
Liverpool	14	21	18	21	15
St. Helens	7	11	7	6	9
Sefton	14	18	17	9	14
Wirral	9	11	9	14	10
Bolton	8	13	12	13	11
Bury	12	9	7	6	10
Manchester	22	23	27	33	46
Oldham	7	9	8	13	10
Rochdale	7	5	5	12	13
Salford	6	12	8	11	13
Stockport	11	10	19	16	19
Tameside	5	7	10	⁽²⁰⁾—	11
Trafford	⁽²⁰⁾—	8	11	33	12
Wigan	⁽²⁰⁾—	13	14	11	17
Barnsley	10	8	10	7	16
Doncaster	11	14	13	11	10
Rotherham	10	12	7	8	14
Sheffield	18	14	19	23	18
Bradford	26	25	38	19	32
Calderdale	9	7	12	9	8
Kirklees	12	17	8	17	12
Leeds	35	28	32	23	25
Wakefield	17	24	14	12	15
Gateshead	5	⁽²⁰⁾—	10	⁽²⁰⁾—	6
Newcastle upon Tyne	11	14	9	25	10
North Tyneside	6	5	6	6	⁽²⁰⁾—
South Tynside	8	⁽²⁰⁾—	8	11	⁽²⁰⁾—
Sunderland	17	10	9	5	17
Isles of Scilly	0	0	0	0	⁽²⁰⁾—
Cornwall	13	17	23	16	27
Cumbria	18	18	14	13	18
Gloucestershire	25	36	28	34	31
Hertfordshire	60	85	73	80	101
Isle of Wight	6	7	6	5	7
Lincolnshire	26	23	19	19	23
Norfolk	31	33	36	32	28
Northamptonshire	30	38	29	55	27
Northumberland	13	20	11	16	18
Oxfordshire	33	48	37	57	66
Somerset	19	19	19	23	24
Suffolk	18	26	40	30	45
Surrey	70	65	82	74	92
Warwickshire	23	29	25	35	41
West Sussex	41	39	49	38	50

Reorganised LEAs⁽¹⁹⁾
Avon	49	16	⁽²⁰⁾—	n/a	n/a
Bath and North East Somerset	n/a	9	15	16	13
City of Bristol	n/a	15	17	20	21
North Somerset	n/a	⁽²⁰⁾—	10	9	8
South Gloucestershire	n/a	13	14	9	17
Cleveland	29	8	⁽²⁰⁾—	n/a	n/a
Hartlepool	n/a	⁽²⁰⁾—	⁽²⁰⁾—	⁽²⁰⁾—	⁽²⁰⁾—
Middlesbrough	n/a	0	⁽²⁰⁾—>	⁽²⁰⁾—	7
Redcar and Cleveland	n/a	⁽²⁰⁾—	⁽²⁰⁾—	7	6
Stockton on Tees	n/a	⁽²⁰⁾—	7	7	10
Humberside	37	10	⁽²⁰⁾—	n/a	n/a
City of Kingston-Upon-Hull	n/a	6	11	8	7
East Riding of Yorkshire	n/a	5	23	12	11
North East Lincolnshire	n/a	9	⁽²⁰⁾—	⁽²⁰⁾—	⁽²⁰⁾—
North Lincolnshire	n/a	⁽²⁰⁾—	9	6	⁽²⁰⁾—
"old" North Yorkshire	29	10	⁽²⁰⁾—	n/a	n/a
North Yorkshire	n/a	6	12	29	22
York	n/a	5	6	6	7
"old" Bedfordshire	35	38	9	⁽²⁰⁾—	n/a
Bedfordshire	n/a	n/a	11	22	29
Luton	n/a	n/a	⁽²⁰⁾—	14	9
"old" Buckinghamshire	35	37	19	⁽²⁰⁾—	n/a
Buckinghamshire	n/a	n/a	33	25	22
Milton Keynes	n/a	n/a	10	11	9
"old" Derbyshire	36	35	16	⁽²⁰⁾—	n/a
Derbyshire	n/a	n/a	10	11	35
City of Derby	n/a	n/a	9	5	13
"old" Dorset	31	24	6	⁽²⁰⁾—	n/a
Dorset	n/a	n/a	6	10	14
Poole	n/a	n/a	5	7	5
Bournemouth	n/a	n/a	⁽²⁰⁾—	9	11
"old" Durham	22	33	7	⁽²⁰⁾—	n/a
Durham	n/a	n/a	13	30	36
Darlington	n/a	n/a	⁽²⁰⁾—	0	⁽²⁰⁾—
"old" East Sussex	43	44	14	6	n/a
East Sussex	n/a	n/a	14	29	26
Brighton and Hove	n/a	n/a	12	15	19
"old" Hampshire	88	95	38	6	n/a
Hampshire	n/a	n/a	53	68	74
Portsmouth	n/a	n/a	⁽²⁰⁾—	14	12
Southampton	n/a	n/a	9	18	31
"old" Leicestershire	37	37	12	⁽²⁰⁾—	n/a
Leicestershire	n/a	n/a	13	32	19
Leicester City	n/a	n/a	9	16	10
Rutland	n/a	n/a	⁽²⁰⁾—	0	⁽²⁰⁾—
"old" Staffordshire	26	35	12	⁽²⁰⁾—	n/a
Staffordshire	n/a	n/a	15	37	51
Stoke-on-Trent	n/a	n/a	⁽²⁰⁾—	10	11
"old" Wiltshire	34	27	10	6	n/a
Wiltshire	n/a	n/a	10	11	22
Swindon	n/a	n/a	7	14	9
Berkshire	52	53	54	22	6
Bracknell Forest	n/a	n/a	n/a	6	9
Windsor and Maidenhead	n/a	n/a	n/a	9	12
West Berkshire	n/a	n/a	n/a	6	18
Reading	n/a	n/a	n/a	11	11
Slough	n/a	n/a	n/a	⁽²⁰⁾—	⁽²⁰⁾—
Wokingham	n/a	n/a	n/a	12	10
"old" Cambridgeshire	29	48	47	13	5
Cambridgeshire	n/a	n/a	n/a	23	37
City of Peterborough	n/a	n/a	n/a	12	10
"old" Cheshire	49	55	42	11	5
Cheshire	n/a	n/a	n/a	23	30
Halton	n/a	n/a	n/a	⁽²⁰⁾—	9
Warrington	n/a	n/a	n/a	8	12
"old" Devon	59	44	66	22	⁽²⁰⁾—
Devon	n/a	n/a	n/a	28	34
City of Plymouth	n/a	n/a	n/a	13	12
Torbay	n/a	n/a	n/a	7	5
"old" Essex	63	79	105	49	5
Essex	n/a	n/a	n/a	56	69
Southend	n/a	n/a	n/a	5	8
Thurrock	n/a	n/a	n/a	⁽²⁰⁾—	⁽²⁰⁾—
Hereford and Worcester	24	33	25	12	n/a
Herefordshire	n/a	n/a	n/a	6	5
Worcestershire	n/a	n/a	n/a	14	26
"old" Kent	69	89	84	33	7
Kent	n/a	n/a	n/a	74	83
Medway	n/a	n/a	n/a	12	22
"old" Lancashire	57	56	55	14	⁽²⁰⁾—
Lancashire	n/a	n/a	n/a	26	55
Blackburn and Darwen	n/a	n/a	n/a	5	5
Blackpool	n/a	n/a	n/a	5	⁽²⁰⁾—
"old" Nottinghamshire	47	27	50	14	5
Nottinghamshire	n/a	n/a	n/a	14	15
City of Nottingham	n/a	n/a	n/a	8	8
"old" Shropshire	13	8	17	5	n/a
Shropshire	n/a	n/a	n/a	6	11
Telford and Wrekin	n/a	n/a	n/a	5	8
Not known	58	86	102	177	175
England	2,397	2,651	2,697	2,916	3,106

⁽¹⁹⁾ Some teachers had their old local authority allocated to their record after the data of local government reorganisation.

⁽²⁰⁾ Less than five

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The figures exclude 10 per cent. to 20 per cent. of part-time teachers not included on the Teacher Pension Scheme records.

Some teachers who leave service will return after a career break.

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if work has begun on the research project into why teachers leave the profession. [21862]

Mr. Timms: Work has begun on this research project. The Department has commissioned Professor Alan Smithers and Dr. Pamela Robinson, from the University of Liverpool, Centre for Education and Employment Research to undertake this study. We expect the report to be published in March 2003.

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