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| Secondary schools inspected between 1996/97 and 2002/03 | |||||
| School name | Streamed lessons observed | Setted lessons observed | No streamed or setted lessons observed | Inspection year | Open/closed |
| Secondary schools inspected between 2003/04 and 2005/06 | ||||
| School name | Streamed or setted lessons observed | No streamed or setted lessons observed | Inspection year | Open/closed |
Innovation, Universities and Skills
Departments: European Union
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many officials in his Department are (a) involved in assisting European Council negotiations, (b) involved in assisting and advising the European Commission, (c) seconded to the European Commission, (d) involved in monitoring EU decisions, communications, regulations and directives, (e) involved in enforcing compliance with EU decisions, communications, regulations and directives and (f) involved in other work related to the European Council, Commission or Court of Justice. [146098]
Bill Rammell: Officials throughout the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) are involved in a full range of EU business. Those working specifically on EU business in the Joint International Unit total five; their time is split between DIUS and Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) EU business. Additionally, there are seven staff working specifically on EU business in the Office for Science and Innovation. A breakdown of the figures as requested would incur disproportionate cost.
Departments: Flowers
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much was spent by his Department on flowers in the last 12 months. [153238]
Mr. Lammy: The Department did not commit to any expenditure on flowers in the last 12 months.
Departments: Manpower
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills whether he plans to increase the number of civil servants employed in his Department. [147882]
Mr. Lammy: DIUS is a new Department and, consequently, we are considering carefully the optimum number of civil servants needed to deliver our strategic objectives.
Departments: Press
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much was spent by his Department on newspapers and magazines in the last 12 months. [153235]
Mr. Lammy: Newspaper and magazine purchase is recorded under the general heading of Books and Newspapers.
Details of expenditure on books, newspapers and magazines incurred by the Department over the last financial year are as follows:
2006-07—£166,000
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) was established under Machinery of Government changes on 28 June 2007. This response only relates to those areas of responsibility held by its predecessor the Department for Education and Skills.
Graduates: Debts
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the average level of debt is of a university graduate on graduation. [151221]
Bill Rammell: For students who entered higher education in the 2006/07 academic year, we expect their average level of debt on graduation to be around £15,000.
Student loans have very different features to most commercial loans. Graduates only repay once they are
in work and only when their annual income reaches £15,000. Interest is charged at the rate of inflation, so students only pay back in real terms the amount they originally borrowed.
In July we announced plans to introduce greater flexibility in the repayment of student loans by allowing borrowers to take repayment breaks of up to five years.
A generous package of support is available to students, particularly those from low incomes, who receive maintenance grants of up to £2,700 per annum. From 2008/09 onwards, around two-thirds of new full-time entrants to higher education will be eligible for a full or partial grant—compared to just over a half now.
Graduates: Employment
Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the average time taken for a university graduate to find employment following graduation has been in each of the last 10 years; and what the average starting salary of a university graduate was in each such year. [155578]
Bill Rammell [holding answer 17 September 2007]: The latest available data are taken from the Destination of Leavers in Higher Education (DLHE) Survey which has been published annually by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) for the past four years.
The DLHE Survey captures the first destinations of graduates, six months after leaving university. The most recent information available is for those who graduated in 2005/06 who were surveyed in early 2007. Figures are given in the table.
| UK and EU domiciled full time first degree graduates by first destination six months after qualifying , a cademic years 2002/03 to 2005/06 | |||||
| Academic year | Percentage of leavers in employment | Percentage of leavers in employment and further study | Percentage of leavers in further study | Percentage of leavers assumed unemployed | Percentage of leaver in other( 1) destinations |
| (1) Includes those students who are not available for, or not looking for, employment. Source: HESA Destination of Leavers in Higher Education Survey | |||||
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