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Physical Education
Mr. Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her answer of 19 September, Official Report, column 111W, on physical education, what research was undertaken to enforce the joint Public Service Agreement with her Department and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in respect of sport in schools; and if she will place such research in the Library. [76803]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: All School Sport Co-ordinator partnerships are currently undertaking an annual data collection exercise. This will provide in-depth information on the number of pupils with access to two hours of high quality PE and school sport a week, within and beyond the curriculum. Early messages from this will be available before the end of the year and the House will be informed of the results.
European Job Mobility
Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what progress there has been in establishing the European Job Mobility web-site agreed at the Barcelona Council in March 2002; [75726]
- (2) what progress there has been in developing a Europe-wide Internet portal aimed at providing access to information on job and learning opportunities. [75724]
Mr. Ivan Lewis [holding answer 23 October 2002]: At Barcelona in March 2002, the Council decided that a one stop European Job Mobility web site should be established by the end of 2003 at the latest.
The Commission, together with the national public employment services, has developed the European Employment Services (EURES) system which, since 1998, has provided job vacancies on the Internet. The Commission is also currently testing a new portal website which will provide access to training and learning opportunities. It is expected that the new portal will be launched next month.
The Commission plans to bring together the two Internet services in 2003 to offer a single point of access for citizens interested in jobs and learning opportunities. The new, single, portal will form the basis of the European Job Mobility website.
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Training and Enterprise Council Assets
Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the disposal of TEC assets to (a) the public sector and (b) private interests. [76410]
Margaret Hodge: It is the Department's intention to publish a statement on the disposition of TEC assets in the Department's accounts which are currently being audited by the NAO and are due to be published on 4 December 2002. The disposition of TEC assets has been subject to a policy agreed with Ministers and Treasury with the aim of making sure that TEC assets are used for the benefit of the TEC local communities in the furtherance of broader government objectives and not for private gain.
Modern Apprenticeships
Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many modern apprenticeships have been under way (a) in total and (b) in each industrial sector in each year since the inception of the scheme; and how many persons have entered a programme in each of these years. [76413]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The figures (except those broken down into sector) in the following tables also appear in the DfES' Statistical First Release on work-based learning, published today at http://www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics/DB/SFR/s0358/index.html.
The numbers of people in-learning on AMA and FMA since the inception of the scheme are as follows:
| Date in-learning | AMA | FMA |
|---|---|---|
| 16 July 1995 | 2,100 | 0 |
| 21 July 1996 | 35,100 | 0 |
| 03 August 1997 | 87,500 | 0 |
| 02 August 1998 | 109,600 | 8,800 |
| 01 August 1999 | 123,800 | 41,400 |
| 30 July 2000 | 127,300 | 77,700 |
| 29 July 2001 | 117,800 | 88,400 |
| 28 July 2002 | 107,900* | 111,600* |
Note:
* In-learning figures on 28 July 2002 are provisional.
The proportions in-learning in each sector, as a proportion of all sectors, are as follows:
Sources:
Sectors which have less than 0.5% of all those on AMA on 28 July 2002 are not shown.
Figures are rounded to the nearest whole percentage point.
''—'' denotes zero or less than 0.5%.
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| In-learning on FMA in sector as % of in-learning on FMA in all sectors | 02 Aug 1998 | 01 Aug 1999 | 30 Jul 2000 | 29 Jul 2001 | 28 Jul 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| Accounting | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Agriculture and Commercial Horticulture | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Amenity Horticulture | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Animal Care | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Business Administration | 13 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
| Construction | — | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Customer Service | 1 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Distribution, Warehousing and Storage | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Early Years Care and Education | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Electrotechnical | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering Manufacture | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Glass Industry | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Hairdressing | 23 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Health and Social Care | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Hospitality | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Information Technology and Electronic Services | — | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Manufacturing (Engineering) | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Motor Industry | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Plumbing | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Retailing | — | 16 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Road Haulage and Distribution | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Sports and Recreation | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Sources:
Sectors which have less than 0.5% of all those on FMA on 28 July 2002 are not shown.
Figures are rounded to the nearest whole percentage point.
''—'' denotes zero or less than 0.5%.
The numbers of starts on Foundation Modern Apprenticeships (FMA) and Advanced Modern Apprenticeships (AMA) in the last six years are as follows:
| Date of start | AMA | FMA |
|---|---|---|
| 22 July 1996–3 August 1997 | 64,600 | 0 |
| 4 August 1997–2 August 1998 | 66,800 | 7,800 |
| 3 August 1998–1 August 1999 | 73,200 | 45,100 |
| 2 August 1999–30 July 2000 | 76,800 | 88,300 |
| 31 July 2000–29 July 2001 | 72,400 | 104,100 |
| 30 July 2001–28 July 2002 | 52,700* | 106,600* |
Note:
* Starts in 2001–02 are provisional.
The Learning and Skills Council is responsible for delivering the new generation of Modern Apprenticeships and is working closely with the new Sector Skills Councils and the Connexions Service to improve quality and performance.
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Independent Schools (Exam Grades)
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of candidates from independent schools achieved A* or A grades in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [75254]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is shown below:
| % | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 73 |
| 1998–99 | 74 |
| 1999–00 | 75 |
| 2000–01 | 76 |
| 2001–02 (Early Statistics) | 77 |
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