Ministerial Corrections
Tuesday 13 January 2009
Children, Schools and Families
GCSE: Disadvantaged
[Official Report, 11 December 2008, Vol. 485, c. 277W.]
Letter of correction from Jim Knight:
An error has been identified in the written answer to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove) on 11 December 2008. Unfortunately, there were errors in the figures provided for both years because of a common arithmetic error. The result was that the errors a) underestimated the performance of high FSM schools by a considerable amount (incorrectly 13 per cent. rather than 31 per cent.) and b) suggested a decline for the high FSM schools, which was really an increase (incorrectly from 14 per cent. to 13 per cent., rather than from 27 per cent. to 31 per cent.). (240610)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
[Official Report, 12 November 2008, Vol. 482, c. 1228W.]
Letter of correction from Huw Irranca-Davies:
An error has been identified in the table provided in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) on 12 November 2008. The sums listed for the financial years 2007-08, 2006-07 and 2004-05 were incorrect. The correct answer should have been: (233933)
[holding answer 6 November 2008]: DEFRA provides funding to operating authorities for flood defences from the allocation of funding for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management. Over the past five financial years this allocation totalled:
Financial year DEFRA funding (£ million) 2007-08 507.5 2006-07 506.0 2005-06 514.8 2004-05 415.4 2003-04 135.5