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Museums: Grants

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence to which military museums the Department makes grants; and how much the grant for each was in each year since 1997. [196600]

Derek Twigg: The information is as follows:

Gran t in aid
£ million
1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08( 1)

Royal Naval Museum

0.62

0.82

0.75

0.83

0.94

0.88

0.88

0.96

1.14

1.03

0.90

0.87

Fleet Air Arm Museum

0.40

0.42

0.56

0.5

0.51

0.53

0.53

0.55

0.56

0.58

0.59

0.61

Royal Navy Submarine Museum

0.28

0.32

0.37

0.53

0.44

0.49

0.49

0.51

0.65

0.55

0.56

0.58

Royal Marines Museum

0.51

0.59

0.66

0.58

0.62

0.66

0.65

0.69

0.70

0.78

0.74

0.77

National Army Museum

3.40

3.49

3.33

4.13

4.21

4.77

4.86

5.52

5.24

4.95

5.37

5.50

Royal Air Force Museum

3.14

4.06

4.98

3.8

4.82

5.99

6.06

6.81

7.03

7.10

6.77

7.02

(1) Estimate

In addition there are a number of regimental museums which have their costs paid direct by the Department.

Territorial Army

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Territorial Army centres there were in each of the last 10 years. [196871]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth [holding answer 26 March 2008]: In 1998 there were 455 Territorial Army Centres. Following the Strategic Defence Review a decision was taken to reduce this number to 341, with 27 being retained for use by cadet force units and the remainder being disposed of. As at 1 March 2008 there were 362 centres in use by the Territorial Army.

Information on the specific number of Territorial Army Centres in existence in each year since 1998 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

War Pensions

Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many veterans of the Second World War are in receipt of a war pension. [196803]

Derek Twigg: Information on Veterans of the Second World War in receipt of a War Pensions could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Scotland

Departmental Publications

Mr. David Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what guidance is issued to members of his Department on the authorship and publication on the internet of material relating to their official duties; and if he will make a statement. [196746]

David Cairns: The Civil Service Code, the Civil Service Management Code and Propriety Guidance on Government Communications, all provide guidance to staff on the publication of material relating to their official duties. Copies of each of these are in the Libraries of the House. They are also available on the Cabinet Office website at:

Children, Schools and Families

Citizenship: Teachers

Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether he plans to increase the number of initial teacher training and continuing professional development places for citizenship teachers. [198650]

Jim Knight: There are 270 Initial Teacher Training (ITT) places for Citizenship in 2007/08 and 265 in 2008/09 to 2010/11. Numbers of Citizenship ITT
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places are being kept at much the same level as they are now for the next three years despite significant reductions in pupil numbers.

The Citizenship Continuing Professional Development certification course will be carried forward extended with similar levels of funding as 2007/08.

Education: Finance

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding each local education authority in the East of England has received from his Department and its predecessors in each year since 1997. [169965]


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Jim Knight: The Department does not collect the information in the format requested and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.

General Certificate of Secondary Education: Greater London

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children obtained fewer than five A* to C grades at GCSE, including mathematics and English, in each London borough in each of the last 10 years. [196565]

Jim Knight: The available information is given in the following tables:


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Numbers and percentages of 15-year- old pupils in London who did not achieve 5 or more A*-C grades at GCSE( 1) , including English and Mathematics( 2, 3) 1997 to 2007
1997 1998 1999
Local authority Number of 15 year old pupils Number of 15 year olds not gaining 5+ GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and Maths Percentage not gaining 5+ GCSEs at A*-C including English and Maths Number of 15 year old pupils Number of 15 year olds not gaining 5+ GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and Maths Percentage not gaining 5+ GCSEs at A*-C including English and Maths Number of 15 year old pupils Number of 15 year olds not gaining 5+ GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and Maths Percentage not gaining 5+ GCSEs at A*-C including English and Maths

City of London

0

0

0

0

0

0

Camden

1,689

1,097

64.9

1,717

1,123

65.4

1,657

1,077

65.0

Hackney

1,333

1,103

82.7

1,368

1,137

83.1

1,412

1,156

81.9

Hammersmith and Fulham

1,018

687

67.5

981

638

65.0

961

589

61.3

Haringey

1,725

1,416

82.1

1,805

1,445

80.1

1,778

1,387

78.0

Islington

1,406

1,174

83.5

1,406

1,187

84.4

1,409

1,125

79.8

Kensington and Chelsea

553

398

72.0

549

387

70.5

586

402

68.6

Lambeth

1,236

1,006

81.4

1,252

1,005

80.3

1,252

965

77.1

Lewisham

2,012

1,621

80.6

2,056

1,600

77.8

2,093

1,599

76.4

Newham

2,691

2,066

76.8

2,733

2,079

76.1

2,865

2,171

75.8

Southwark

1,786

1,480

82.9

1,795

1,469

81.8

1,860

1,490

80.1

Tower Hamlets

2,334

1,983

85.0

2,254

1,854

82.3

2,241

1,785

79.7

Wandsworth

1,656

1,271

76.8

1,633

1,203

73.7

1,710

1,268

74.2

Westminster

1,327

1,028

77.5

1,285

966

75.2

1,273

951

74.7

Inner London

20,766

16,330

78.6

20,834

16,093

77.2

21,097

15,965

75.7

Barking and Dagenham

1,712

1,336

78.0

1,686

1,306

77.5

1,699

1,290

75.9

Barnet

3,252

1,880

57.8

3,244

1,730

53.3

3,268

1,724

52.8

Bexley

2,507

1,614

64.4

2,494

1,555

62.3

2,553

1,552

60.8

Brent

2,154

1,505

69.9

2,188

1,424

65.1

2,211

1,473

66.6

Bromley

3,014

1,734

57.5

2,978

1,624

54.5

3,078

1,615

52.5

Croydon

3,264

2,337

71.6

3,227

2,251

69.8

3,165

2,153

68.0

Ealing

2,480

1,781

71.8

2,427

1,628

67.1

2,423

1,627

67.1

Enfield

3,166

2,173

68.6

3,081

2,053

66.6

3,148

2,000

63.5

Greenwich

2,415

1,935

80.1

2,333

1,789

76.7

2,349

1,813

77.2

Harrow

2,082

1,250

60.0

2,074

1,205

58.1

1,994

1,112

55.8

Havering

2,802

1,741

62.1

2,722

1,642

60.3

2,643

1,490

56.4

Hillingdon

2,494

1,743

69.9

2,469

1,633

66.1

2,519

1,627

64.6

Hounslow

2,601

1,787

68.7

2,492

1,592

63.9

2,526

1,609

63.7

Kingston upon Thames

1,315

727

55.3

1,327

681

51.3

1,326

709

53.5

Merton

1,559

1,089

69.9

1,589

1,094

68.8

1,601

1,068

66.7

Redbridge

2,609

1,584

60.7

2,635

1,469

55.7

2,738

1,465

53.5

Richmond upon Thames

1,547

982

63.5

1,437

856

59.6

1,479

857

57.9

Sutton

2,004

1,057

52.7

1,964

958

48.8

2,042

964

47.2

Waltham Forest

2,264

1,698

75.0

2,311

1,674

72.4

2,314

1,658

71.7

Outer London

45,241

29,953

66.2

44,678

28,164

63.0

45,076

27,806

61.7

London

66,007

46,283

70.1

65,512

44,257

67.6

66,173

43,771

66.1

England (maintained sector)

537,661

362,671

67.5

527,538

348,045

66.0

533,730

341,930

64.1


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