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Employment Agencies
Mr. Lloyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when she expects consultations to begin on draft regulations to prohibit the compilation of worker blacklists by employment agencies for the purposes of discrimination in relation to recruitment and the treatment of workers already employed. [66051]
Alan Johnson [holding answer 3 July 2002]: No date has been set for the commencement of consultations on such draft regulations.
North-West Development Agency
Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many jobs in (a) the north-west, (b) Lancashire and (c) Burnley have been (i) created and (ii) sustained in the last year as a direct result of the work of the north-west development agency. [65550]
Alan Johnson: During 2001–02, 14,655 jobs were created, and 14,868 jobs were safeguarded, across the north-west as a result of the work of the north-west development agency. Of these, 1,651 jobs were created, and 1,684 jobs safeguarded, in Lancashire; and 593 jobs were created, and 311 jobs safeguarded, in Burnley during the same period.
Construction Industry
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her answer of 17 April 2002, Official Report, column 936W, on the construction industry, which organisations have made representations; what progress has been made to resolve concerns raised about the operation of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme; and if she will make a statement. [66042]
Mr. Wilson: I have received correspondence from a number of MPs, who have written on behalf of companies, about the operation of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS Ltd.). Representations to the Department, are generally held to have been received in confidence and I have no plans to disclose details of correspondence made to me about CSCS Ltd., an independent private company.
As regards the question on progress made to resolve concerns raised about the Construction Skills Certification
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Scheme (CSCS), I understand from CSCS that discussions are on-going with the various associations about affiliation and the Department is being kept informed of developments.
Regional Development Agencies
Ms Shipley: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what level of her Department's funding of RDAs was spent on physical regeneration in financial years (a) 2000–01 and (b) 2001–02. [66241]
Alan Johnson: In 2000–01, the RDAs had a number of programmes that could contribute to physical regeneration. None of the DTI's funding for RDAs was for this purpose. The reported spending on "Land and Property", the RDAs' main programme that includes physical regeneration, by the RDAs was £171.98 million (gross spend).
For 2001–02, final figures on spending by the RDAs on physical regeneration are not yet available; figures for the "Land and Property" programme will be published in the RDAs annual report.
Ms Shipley: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many registered (a) architects and (b) chartered surveyors are working in each regional development agency. [66242]
Alan Johnson: There are two registered architects working for the Regional Development Agencies, both with Yorkshire Forward. A total of 131 chartered surveyors are employed by the Agencies and this figure is broken down as follows:
| Area | |
|---|---|
| Advantage West Midlands | 13 |
| East of England Development Agency | 6 |
| East Midlands Development Agency | 10 |
| North West Development Agency | 25 |
| One NorthEast | 23 |
| South East of England Development Agency | 14 |
| South West of England Development Agency | 24 |
| Yorkshire Forward | 16 |
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Brownfield Development
Ms Shipley: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the projected amount of brownfield land to be redeveloped is, broken down by regional development agencies. [66211]
Alan Johnson: RDAs were required to set targets for the amount of brownfield land they will remediate in 2002–03 and 2003–04. These targets are set out in the following table:
| Agency | 2002–03 | 2003–04 |
|---|---|---|
| North-east | 80 | 60 |
| North-west | 442 | 602 |
| Yorkshire Forward | 86 | 127 |
| East Midlands | 119 | 125 |
| West Midlands | 299 | 468 |
| East | 20 | 20 |
| South-east | 40 | 43 |
| South-west | 140 | 140 |
| London | 30 | 30 |
Waste Disposal
Ms Shipley: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the vitrification process; and what studies the Department has undertaken of its validity as a form of disposal. [66099]
Mr. Wilson: Vitrification converts liquid high level radioactive waste into a solid and stable form. The Department has undertaken no studies of vitrification.
Industrial Training Construction Board
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to review the Industrial Training (Construction Board) Order 1964, amended by The Industrial Training (Construction Board) Order 1964 (Amendment) Order 1992 in respect of the Construction Industry Training Board levy; and if she will make a statement. [67429]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: I have been asked to reply.
The Industrial Training (Construction Board) Order 1964 (Amendment) Order 1992 defines the activities of the construction industry in relation to which the Construction Industry Training Board exercises its functions. The definition was decided in full consultation with the industry through its main employer organisations and would only be reviewed if it was felt necessary or desirable to remove an activity from the scope of the Board. I have not received any proposals from any part of the industry to amend the definition.
EDUCATION AND SKILLS
Performance Targets
Mr. Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many performance targets she has set for her Department; and how many that were set for last year have been dropped this year. [64273]
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Mr. Miliband: The Department's performance targets are set out in Public Service Agreements (PSA) agreed as part of Spending Reviews and are published in Spending Review White Papers, available from the House of Commons Library; or from the Treasury website at www.hm-treasury.gov.uk. The most recent targets were agreed as part of the Spending Review 2000; we have not dropped any of these. However, employment related targets transferred to the Department for Work and Pensions following machinery of government changes after the last general election.
Performance against our PSAs and other high level supporting targets is published in our departmental annual report, available from the House of Commons library or via our website, www.dfes.gov.uk.
Schools (Shrewsbury and Atcham)
Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) pupils and (b) teachers there are in each school in Shrewsbury and Atcham; and if she will make a statement. [65064]
Mr. Miliband: The available information is shown in the following table. This relates to numbers of pupils published in the Primary and Secondary School Performance Tables for 2001. Otherwise, school level information is not routinely published.
(4) Only includes schools which have pupils eligible for Key Stage 2 tests or pupils aged 15 and for whom results are published in the Primary and Secondary Performance Tables. The Primary Performance Tables only include maintained primary schools with Key Stage 2 eligible pupils. Independent schools and infant schools are therefore excluded.
Source:
2001 Primary and Secondary Performance Tables.
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