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Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2009, Official Report, column 2117W on special educational needs: pupil exclusions, what the equivalent figures were for each year since 1997. [258245]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Information on fixed period exclusions was collected for the first time for the school year 2003/04.
In 2005/06 the method of data collection changed and information was collected from secondary schools only. We have consequently provided information for the school years 2003/04 and 2004/05, the only years for which comparable figures are available.
| Maintained primary schools( 1) : number of fixed period exclusions by special educational needs and by reason for exclusion 2003/04—England | |
| Pupils with SEN | |
| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes two exclusions where the reason cannot be determined. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | |
| Maintained primary schools( 1) : number of fixed period exclusions by special educational needs and by reason for exclusion 2004/05—England | |
| Pupils with SEN | |
| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | |
Special Educational Needs: Young Offender Institutions
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 2263-64W, on special educational needs: young offender institutions, what the source was of the figure provided by the Learning and Skills Council for the number of young people in juvenile accommodation in young offender institutions referred to special educational needs co-ordinators. [258699]
Beverley Hughes: The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) collects monthly returns from the educational providers with whom they contract to deliver learning and skills provision within juvenile young offender institutions. The providers are required to provide data returns, including information on the number of young people referred to the special educational needs co-ordinators, to the LSC on a monthly basis.
Defence
Departmental Manpower
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) military and (b) civilian staff his Department employs in City of York constituency; and how many have been so employed in each year since 1994. [257827]
Mr. Kevan Jones: The following table shows the number of military and civilian personnel based in York Unitary Authority at 1 April in each year since 2002. Figures prior to 2002 are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
| Military | Civilian | |
| n/a = Denotes not available. | ||
Civilian figures are based on Full Time Equivalence (FTE). FTE is a measure of the size of the workforce that takes account of the actual hours worked by part-time employees.
2003-04 military figures are not available because of concerns over data quality.
Monitoring of civilian location data by Local and Unitary Authority was introduced in April 2006, prior to this date location data by Local and Unitary Authority is not available.
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Departmental Sick Leave
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years. [256632]
Mr. Kevan Jones: Numbers of MOD civilian staff who have been continuously absent for over 12 months due to sickness on 31 December for each of the last four years are given as follows:
| Number of staff with at least 12 months sick absence as at 31 December | |
| Notes: 1. These figures are derived from the HRMS system which excludes staff in trading funds, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and locally engaged civilians. They have been rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Numbers are not given for 31 December 2004, as data were still being migrated to the system during this year. | |
Ex-servicemen: York
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many homes are provided for service personnel and their families in City of York constituency; and how many have been provided in each year since 1994. [257826]
Mr. Kevan Jones: There are currently 326 Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties in the City of York, with a further 13 families living in substitute SFA.
Information is not available for previous years.
Falkland Islands: Warships
Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what recent assessment he has made of the performance of J.A.Gardner and Company in providing the Coastal Re-Supply Service in the Falkland Islands since 1982; [257017]
(2) for what reason the Royal Navy has declined to award a new Falkland Islands Coastal Re-Supply Service contract to J.A.Gardner and Company; [257018]
(3) whether the Royal Navy sent representatives to the Falkland Islands to assess the work of J.A.Gardner and Company in operating the Coastal Re-Supply Service before the decision not to renew the firm’s contract was taken. [257019]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The MOD currently operates two shipping contracts in the Falklands Islands: one with J and A Gardner who provide coastal re-supply services; and the other with Van Wijngaarden Marine Services B V, who carry out harbour support. Both companies provide a satisfactory service.
As the contracts with both companies are coming to an end, a decision has been made to merge both the coastal re-supply and harbour support services under one requirement rather than renew both contracts. This will deliver value for money for the taxpayer. In accordance with MOD and EU commercial regulations, the requirement was competed last year and both J and A Gardner and Van Wijngaarden submitted proposals along with a number of other companies. All the bids were evaluated on an equitable basis against declared technical and commercial evaluation criteria.
The tender evaluation panel was made up of MOD civilian personnel, some of whom visited the Falkland Islands on a number of occasions and who have, therefore, built up a good working knowledge of the requirement. The views of MOD personnel based on the Islands, who are responsible for the day to day operation of the service, were also obtained.
The contract was awarded to Van Wijngaarden, as theirs was the most technically advantageous and affordable proposal, on 23 January 2009 with service commencement on 1 April 2009.
HMS Vanguard
Mr. Alan Reid: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what reports he has received from the First Sea Lord on the recent collision between HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant; whether the crew of HMS Vanguard sustained any injuries; whether he plans to commission an inquiry into the incident; and if he will make a statement. [258750]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Two submerged SSBN, one French and the other UK, were conducting routine national patrols in the Atlantic Ocean. The two submarines came into contact at very low speed. Both submarines remained safe and no injuries occurred. I can confirm that the UK’s deterrent capability has remained unaffected at all times and there has been no compromise to nuclear safety. HMS Vanguard returned safely to Faslane under her own power on 14 February.
As one would expect, the MOD takes this incident very seriously and a thorough review is under way. We will act on any lessons that might be identified.
Military Aircraft
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many transport and tanker aircraft were available for deployment by the armed forces in each year since 2001. [249703]
Mr. Quentin Davies: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.
Substantive answer from Quentin Davies to Liam Fox:
I undertook to write to you in answer to your Parliamentary Question on 22 January 2009 (Official Report, column 1675W), about the number of transport and tanker aircraft available for deployment by the armed forces in each year since 2001.
All aircraft in the Forward Fleet are available for potential deployments worldwide. The average Forward Fleet figures for each transport and tanker aircraft type are shown in the following table and are rounded to the nearest aircraft.
| Financial year | |||||
| Aircraft type | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09( 1) |
| (1 )Numbers are provided as at 31 December 2008. (2) Not recorded. (3) Figure is an average for January-March 2005, prior to which the data is not available. | |||||
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