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Vocational Training
Mrs. Cheryl Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of people in (a) Chesham and Amersham and (b) Buckinghamshire completing a vocational training course have obtained employment within three months in the last three years. [123915]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: Because figures are estimated from surveys, information is only available for those leaving government supported work based learning for young people (WBLYP), by region (rather than by parliamentary constituency) and for those in a job six (not three) months after leaving learning. The percentages of learners on WBLYP in all regions (see specifically the South East), who were in a job six months after leaving are shown in the following table. The information in the table relates to all leavers and is taken from a postal survey sent to each learner six months after leaving the programme. The latest year for which figures are available is 2000–01. Percentages of survey respondents who were in a job six months after leaving a period of government supported training by financial year, programme and region.
Key:
AMA—Advanced Modern Apprenticeships
FMA—Foundation Modern Apprenticeships
OT—Other Training
WBLYP—Work Based Learning for Young People
Source:
DfES Statistical First release 14/2002
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Young People Statistics
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of 16 to 18-year-olds were not in education, employment or training in each year since 1997. [124271]
Mr. Ivan Lewis [holding answer 8 July 2003]: The numbers and percentages of 16 to 18-year-olds not in education, employment or training (NEET) for 1997 to 2001 (as at end of calendar year) are set out in the table. The figures for end 2001 are provisional.
| End | Number (thousand) | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 170 | 9 |
| 1998 | 183 | 10 |
| 1999 | 156 | 9 |
| 2000 | 172 | 9 |
| 2001 | 173 | 9 |
Source:
These estimates are taken from the latest annual statistical first release, "SFR 16/2002: Participation in Education, Training and Employment by 16 to 18 Year Olds in England: 2000 and 2001".
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Carbon Savings (Micro CHP)
Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what role she expects micro CHP to play up to 2010 in achieving the planned carbon savings. [123489]
Mr. Bradshaw: New technologies such as micro-CHP which are not yet available commercially have the potential to deliver carbon savings but are not expected to make a significant contribution towards carbon emission reductions up to 2010, although the contribution could be much more significant in the longer term. The 2002 draft CHP Strategy anticipated that micro-CHP may provide 400MW towards achievement of the Government's target of 10,000 MW of installed Good Quality CHP by 2010, but the exact amount of installed capacity will depend on a wide range of variables.
Emissions (Sellafield)
Mr. Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures
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the Government are taking to reduce emissions of radioactive waste from the Sellafield plant; what levels of technetium-99 are considered safe for human consumption; and what the scientific basis is for this assessment. [122192]
Mr. Morley: the nature and quantities of radioactive waste that may be discharged from any site are controlled by the Environment Agency under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993. In November 1999, Ministers asked the Environment Agency to carry out a full-scale review of all radioactive discharges from the Sellafield site, and to report on technetium-99 in advance of the main review. The Agency's proposed decisions were published in August 2002 and are currently under consideration by the Secretaries of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and for Health. The Agency proposed no increases in discharge limits above the current limits and reductions to eight out of 10 of the aerial and half the liquid discharge limits.
There are no statutory limits for technetium-99 in food. The Food Standards Agency estimates the radiation dose that a consumer would receive from consuming affected food and compares that estimate to the dose received from natural sources and the statutory dose limit of 1mSv/year from all man-made sources of radioactivity other than medical exposure. Assessments carried out by both the Environment Agency and the Food Standards Agency for the EA's review of Tc-99 indicated that, at the current discharge limit, the annual radiation dose from Tc-99 to the group of people most exposed to liquid discharges from the Sellafield site (i.e. local seafood consumers) is of the order of 0.02–0.03 mSv/year. Concerns would be raised if the technetium-99 present in food added significantly to the background dose or caused doses to approach the dose limit.
Agricultural Waste Regulations
Sue Doughty: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects the Agricultural Waste Regulations to come into operation. [124458]
Mr. Morley: We are preparing the Regulations necessary to apply the Waste Framework Directive's controls to those types of agricultural waste which are not excluded from the Directive's scope by Article 2.
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A Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) is also being prepared. This work is being carried out in consultation with the Agricultural Waste Stakeholders' Forum whose terms of reference etc. are available on its website at http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/agforum/index.htm
On completion, the draft Regulations and RIA will be issued for a 12 week public consultation period. A firm date for publication of the consultation paper has not yet been set but our aims are to publish it in the Autumn and for the Regulations to come into operation in early 2004.
Animal Welfare
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures are in place to enable consumers to identify food produced under high animal welfare standards. [122647]
Mr. Bradshaw: Comprehensive legislation exists to protect the welfare of all farmed animals. There are also species-specific welfare codes. There are no legislative arrangements planned or in place specifically to identify on food products the welfare conditions under which animals have been reared and slaughtered, although voluntary schemes do exist.
Asbestos
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 18 June 2003, Official Report, column 286W, on asbestos, if she will list the buildings which have been identified as containing asbestos. [122973]
Alun Michael: My response of 18 June 2003, Official Report, column 286W, set out the actions that Defra, its Agencies and non-departmental public bodies are taking to comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002.
A list of buildings occupied by staff of the Department, and which are known to contain asbestos, is listed as follows:
- Nac, Stoneleigh, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LG
VLA Regional Laboratory, Kendal Road, Harlescott, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 4HD
VLA Regional Laboratory, The Elms, College Road, Sutton Bonnington, Loughborough, Notts LE12 5RB
VLA Regional Laboratory, Barton Hall, Garstang Road, Garstang, Preston, Lancs PR1 3UP
VLA Regional Laboratory, Langford House, Langford, Bristol, BS18 7DX
Staplake Mount, Starcross, Exeter, Devon EX6 8PE
SVS Workshop, Truro Road, Polwhele, Truro, Cornwall TR4 9AD
VLA Regional Laboratory, Truro Road, Polwhele, Truro, Cornwall TR4 9AD
VLA Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB
Former Plant Pathology Laboratory, Hatching Green Drive, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2BD
VLA Laboratory, West House, Station Road, Thirsk, North Yorks YO7 1PZ
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Cefas Radiobiological Laboratory, The Harbour West Pier, Whitehaven, Cumbria CA28 7LY
Cefas Laboratory, Pakefiloed Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT
Cefas Laboratory, Remembrance Avenue, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex CH0 2BD
Cefas Laboratory, Barrack Road, Weymouth. Dorset DT4 8UB
VLA Regional Laboratory, Merrythought, Calthwaite, Penrith Cumbria CA11 9RR
The Custom House, 1 Old Market Place, Whitby, North Yorks YO21 3BT
Blocks 6 and 7, Government Buildings, Chalfont Drive, Nottingham, Notts NG8 3SN
Government Buildings, Cop Lane, Penwortham, Preston, Lancs PR1 0SP
Whitehall, Monkmoor Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY2 5AJ
Woodthorne, Wergs Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV6 8TQ
Government Buildings, Whittington Road, Worcester WR5 2LG
Princess House, Queen Street, Barnstaple, Devon EX32 8HE
Government Buildings, Burghill Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS10 6YW
Government Offices, Prince of Wales Road, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1PY
Quantock House, Paul Street, Taunton, Somerset TA1 3NX
Martlett House, St. John's Street, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1UH
Government Buildings, Uplands, 98 Epsom Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 2LD
Block A, Government Buildings, Coley Park, Reading, Berks RG1 6DT
Government Buildings, 100 Southgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 2AF
Government Offices, Beeches Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2RU
Chequers Court, St. Germaine Street, Huntingdon, Cambs PE18 6LT
Vancouver House, County Court Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 5EH
Middlecott House, 24 Willington Road, Kirton, Boston, Lincs PE20 1EJ
122A Thorpe Road, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 1RN
Lion House, Willowburn Trading Estate, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 2PF
Edenbridge House, Lowther Street, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8DX
Government Buildings, Otley Road, Lawnswood, Leeds, West Yorks LS16 5PY
Agricola House, Gilwilly Trading Estate, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 9BU
3–8 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HH
55 Whitehall, Westminster, London SW1A 2EY
Eastbury House, 30–34 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TL
Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HX
Bradley Chambers, 26 London Street, Fleetwood, Lancs FY7 6JG
SVS Wildlife Unit, Aston Down, Stroud, Gloucs GL6 8HT
Longacre House, Frome Road, Trowbridge, Wilts BA14 0DQ
Unit 1C, Western International Market, Hayes Road, Heston, Uxbridge, London UB2 5XJ
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VLA Regional Laboratory, Itchen Abbas, Winchester, Hants SO21 1BU
VLA Regional Laboratory, Whitley Road, Longbenton, Tyne and Wear, Newcastle NE12 9SE
Olantigh Road, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5EL
3rd and 4th Floors, 19–29 Woburn Place, London WC1H 0LU
Drayton EHF, Alcester Road, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 9RQ
Fish Market, Rock a Nore Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 3D
Chorley West Business Park, Unit 6, Ackhurst Road, Chorley, Lancs
Lumford Mill, Riverside Walk, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1GS
Neville House, Bell Street, Liddell Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE30 1HN
Hadrian House, 6 Wavell Drive, Rosehill Business Park, Carlisle, Cumbria CA1 2ST
Copthall House, Station Square, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 2FA
VLA Regional Laboratory, Jobs Well Lane, Carmarthen
VLA Regional Laboratory, Buarth Road, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 1ND
Liberty House, Bell Street, Reigate, Surrey RH2 7JB
Government Buidings, Ty Glas, Llanishen, Cardiff
Crown Buildings, Spa Road, Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 5HA
Clyst House, Winslade Park, Clyst St. Mary, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1DY
Chapel Bank Works, Curwen Road, Workington, Cumbria CA14
Room 516, Trelawny House, The Dock, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 8SB
St. George's Business Centre, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 3EZ
Coniston Buildings, 55 Adams Road, Workington, Cumbria CA14 3YS
The Residence, 749 Beacon Road, Heathrow Airport, Heathrow, Middlesex TW6 3JF
Unit 7, West Cumbria Business Park, Workington, Cumbria
Thistledown Farm, Nympsfield Road, Nympsfield, Gloucs GL10 3UL
Cromwell House, Dean Stanley Street, London, Westminster SW1 4JN
Unit 1, Saw Mills End, Corinium Avenue, Barnwood, Gloucs GL4 3DE
9 Millbank, Westminster, London SW1P 3GE
Beacon House, Unit G, University Court, Technology Park, Stafford, Staffs ST18 0GU
Kings House, 33 Kings Road, Reading RG1 3BU
40 Caversham Road, Reading, Berks RG1 7BT
Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle NE4 7YE
Unit 4d, Paddock Road Industrial Estate, Caversham, Reading RG4 5BY
Pilots Watch House, Basin Road South, Shoreham, East Sussex
64A The Strand, Newlyn, Cornwall
Former Buffer Depot, Nant Alyn Road, Rhydymwyn, near Mold, Flintshire CH7 5HQ.
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