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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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YearWorking days absence per staff-year
19996.8
19987.3
19976.6
19966.4

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 1996Qualified 1994 left service by March 1997Qualified 1995 left service by March 1998Qualified 1996 left service by March 1999Qualified 1997 left service by March 2000
City of London(20)0(20)(20)(20)
Camden1721181114
Greenwich1617181224
Hackney8(20)59(20)
Hammersmith1918182123
Islington1815171824
Kensington and Chelsea986(20)12
Lambeth13118710
Lewisham2227181319
Southwark66111712
Tower Hamlets141381620
Wandsworth1223192230
Westminster17818811
Barking1466919
Barnet2834334338
Bexley918121415
Brent1717101521
Bromley1718243330
Croydon3035282637
Ealing2030272241
Enfield1521122511
Haringey1014132318
Harrow8711514
Havering131511159
Hillingdon2018191828
Hounslow1523262128
Kingston upon Thames14714177
Merton1219211212
Newham1728373045
Redbridge1722152216
Richmond upon Thames1221211510
Sutton(20)14121416
Waltham Forest1021131320
Birmingham5072645665
Coventry1913161317
Dudley13910810
Sandwell714152121
Solihull1817151614
Walsall8819129
Wolverhampton9811119
Knowsley1097118
Liverpool1421182115
St. Helens711769
Sefton141817914
Wirral91191410
Bolton813121311
Bury1297610
Manchester2223273346
Oldham7981310
Rochdale7551213
Salford61281113
Stockport1110191619
Tameside5710(20)11
Trafford(20)8113312
Wigan(20)13141117
Barnsley10810716
Doncaster1114131110
Rotherham10127814
Sheffield1814192318
Bradford2625381932
Calderdale971298
Kirklees121781712
Leeds3528322325
Wakefield1724141215
Gateshead5(20)10(20)6
Newcastle upon Tyne111492510
North Tyneside6566(20)
South Tynside8(20)811(20)
Sunderland17109517
Isles of Scilly0000(20)
Cornwall1317231627
Cumbria1818141318
Gloucestershire2536283431
Hertfordshire60857380101
Isle of Wight67657
Lincolnshire2623191923
Norfolk3133363228
Northamptonshire3038295527
Northumberland1320111618
Oxfordshire3348375766
Somerset1919192324
Suffolk1826403045
Surrey7065827492
Warwickshire2329253541
West Sussex4139493850
Reorganised LEAs(19)
Avon4916(20)n/an/a
Bath and North East Somersetn/a9151613
City of Bristoln/a15172021
North Somersetn/a(20)1098
South Gloucestershiren/a1314917
Cleveland298(20)n/an/a
Hartlepooln/a(20)(20)(20)(20)
Middlesbroughn/a0(20)—>(20)7
Redcar and Clevelandn/a(20)(20)76
Stockton on Teesn/a(20)7710
Humberside3710(20)n/an/a
City of Kingston-Upon-Hulln/a61187
East Riding of Yorkshiren/a5231211
North East Lincolnshiren/a9(20)(20)(20)
North Lincolnshiren/a(20)96(20)
"old" North Yorkshire2910(20)n/an/a
North Yorkshiren/a6122922
Yorkn/a5667
"old" Bedfordshire35389(20)n/a
Bedfordshiren/an/a112229
Lutonn/an/a(20)149
"old" Buckinghamshire353719(20)n/a
Buckinghamshiren/an/a332522
Milton Keynesn/an/a10119
"old" Derbyshire363516(20)n/a
Derbyshiren/an/a101135
City of Derbyn/an/a9513
"old" Dorset31246(20)n/a
Dorsetn/an/a61014
Poolen/an/a575
Bournemouthn/an/a(20)911
"old" Durham22337(20)n/a
Durhamn/an/a133036
Darlingtonn/an/a(20)0(20)
"old" East Sussex4344146n/a
East Sussexn/an/a142926
Brighton and Hoven/an/a121519
"old" Hampshire8895386n/a
Hampshiren/an/a536874
Portsmouthn/an/a(20)1412
Southamptonn/an/a91831
"old" Leicestershire373712(20)n/a
Leicestershiren/an/a133219
Leicester Cityn/an/a91610
Rutlandn/an/a(20)0(20)
"old" Staffordshire263512(20)n/a
Staffordshiren/an/a153751
Stoke-on-Trentn/an/a(20)1011
"old" Wiltshire3427106n/a
Wiltshiren/an/a101122
Swindonn/an/a7149
Berkshire525354226
Bracknell Forestn/an/an/a69
Windsor and Maidenheadn/an/an/a912
West Berkshiren/an/an/a618
Readingn/an/an/a1111
Sloughn/an/an/a(20)(20)
Wokinghamn/an/an/a1210
"old" Cambridgeshire294847135
Cambridgeshiren/an/an/a2337
City of Peterboroughn/an/an/a1210
"old" Cheshire495542115
Cheshiren/an/an/a2330
Haltonn/an/an/a(20)9
Warringtonn/an/an/a812
"old" Devon59446622(20)
Devonn/an/an/a2834
City of Plymouthn/an/an/a1312
Torbayn/an/an/a75
"old" Essex6379105495
Essexn/an/an/a5669
Southendn/an/an/a58
Thurrockn/an/an/a(20)(20)
Hereford and Worcester24332512n/a
Herefordshiren/an/an/a65
Worcestershiren/an/an/a1426
"old" Kent698984337
Kentn/an/an/a7483
Medwayn/an/an/a1222
"old" Lancashire57565514(20)
Lancashiren/an/an/a2655
Blackburn and Darwenn/an/an/a55
Blackpooln/an/an/a5(20)
"old" Nottinghamshire472750145
Nottinghamshiren/an/an/a1415
City of Nottinghamn/an/an/a88
"old" Shropshire138175n/a
Shropshiren/an/an/a611
Telford and Wrekinn/an/an/a58
Not known5886102177175
England2,3972,6512,6972,9163,106

(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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