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Common Agricultural Policy
Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was paid under the Common Agricultural Policy to farmers in each (a) constituency, (b) county and (c) region of England in the last period for which figures are available. [213156]
Alun Michael: Tables setting out payments to farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy will be made available in the Library of the House.
The data relates to farm based schemes for the 2004 European Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) accounting year which ran from 16 October 2003 to 15 October 2004.
Payments to customers are reported on the basis of requested business address which may differ from the location of the farming activity.
1 Structural funds are moneys made available by EAGGF to contribute to the economic development of disadvantaged regions within Europe.
Crufts
Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost was of her Department's stand at Crufts; how many man days were used to (a) erect and (b) man it; and what its purpose was. [223937]
Alun Michael: The costs of Defra's attendance at Crufts 2005 was as follows:
Defra attends many specialist exhibitions and shows as part of it's on-going communication with stakeholders. Crufts provides an excellent opportunity to target pet owners with messages about the Pets Travel Scheme, rabies, Countryside Rights of Way, the DACTARI scheme about exotic diseases in cats and dogs, the draft Animal Welfare Bill, and EU and UK legislation relating to the responsible ownership of dogs.
Environment Agency Inspectors
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many inspectors have been employed by the Environment Agency in the exercise of functions previously conducted within Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution in each year since 1997. [224007]
Mr. Morley: At the present time the Environment Agency has 335 employees working on tasks that would formerly have fallen under the umbrella of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution.
This is the readily available information. I will write to the hon. Member within the next three weeks when I have received further information from the Environment Agency.
Farm Support
Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much public money was spent on support for farming in England in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by (a) constituency, (b) county and (c) region. [213155]
Alun Michael:
Tables setting out the amount of public money which has been spent on support for farming in England will be made available in the Library of the House.
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In this context public funding is taken to mean the Exchequer funded element of payments under the Common Agricultural Policy which are not reimbursable by the European Commission.
The data relates to farm-based schemes for the 2004 European Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) accounting year which ran from 16 October 2003 to 15 October 2004.
The main schemes included are:
All of which are jointly funded, in differing proportions, between Exchequer and EAGGF elements.
Payments to customers are reported on the basis of requested business address which may differ from the location of the farming activity.
1 Structural funds are moneys made available by EAGGF to contribute to the economic development of disadvantaged regions within Europe.
Surplus Assets Sales
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether her Department sold any surplus stock on the eBay auction website, in each year since 2000–01. [220948]
Alun Michael: Defra has not used the eBay auction website to dispose of surplus stock.
EDUCATION AND SKILLS
Disabled Teachers
Mr. Gill: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools have registered disabilities in (i) Leicester, South and (ii) England. [224280]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information requested is not collected centrally.
Education Spending (Crosby)
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on education in Crosby in each of the last seven years. [223884]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information requested is collected at local education authority level. Crosby is part of Sefton LEA and the following table contains the information requested:
| Total funding (£ million) | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 128.5 |
| 1998–99 | 133.4 |
| 1999–2000 | 139.2 |
| 2000–01 | 152.9 |
| 2001–02 | 161.2 |
| 2002–03 | 165.6 |
| 2003–04 | 173.7 |
| 2004–05 | 177.2 |
Notes:
1.Price Base: Real terms at 2003–04 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 30 September 2004.
2.Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of education SSA/EFS settlements and exclude the pensions transfer to EFS and LSC.
3.Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DfES departmental expenditure limits relevant to pupils aged 3–19 and exclude EMAs and grants not allocated at LEA level.
4.Where responsibility for funding a school transferred from an LEA, related funding no longer appears in the series.
5.Rounding: figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1 million.
6.Status: 2003–04 and 2004–05 figures are provisional as some grants have not yet been finalised/audited.
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Ethnic Minority Teachers
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans the Government have to (a) recruit more ethnic minority teachers and (b) encourage more people from ethnic minorities to become school governors. [223879]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The Teacher Training Agency's commitment to increase the recruitment of trainees from minority ethnic backgrounds to 9 per cent. of the allocated training places has been a priority since 2000.
In 2004, the provisional figures for entry to initial teacher training show that 2,934 trainees (9.1 per cent.) were from a minority ethnic background. This is an increase of 759 (35 per cent.) additional trainees recruited since 2002. Despite meeting the 9 per cent. target, it remains a priority for the agency to further increase recruitment of trainee teachers from a minority ethnic background.
There are approximately 350,000 school governor places at maintained schools in England. 12 per cent. of serving governors are from a minority ethnic background.
Responsibility for the recruitment and appointment of school governors is shared between local authorities, schools themselves and any relevant body—such as a faith organisation—for schools with foundations. These local organisations are best placed to identify the most successful ways to recruit good quality, suitable candidates. The Department supports the recruitment activities of schools and LEAs by providing the generic Help Schools Help Children recruitment leaflets, available in 11 minority languages, and a recruitment toolkit. Additionally, since November 1999, the Department has funded the School Governors' One Stop Shop (SGOSS) to recruit school governor volunteers with transferable skills from the business world. Since their establishment SGOSS have identified 6,437 candidates. Of these candidates 3,047 have already been appointed to governing bodies, with 18 per cent. coming from a minority ethnic background.
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