Written Answers Written Answers to Questions Tuesday 17 July 2007 Northern Ireland Royal Ulster Constabulary Mr. Donaldson To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the three former senior officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC, Chris Albiston, Raymond White and Freddie Hall, who were named by the hon. Member for Foyle (Mark Durkan) on 24 January 2007, Official Report, column 1415W, following a report by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, were formally interviewed concerning any alleged offence during the course of the ombudsman’s investigation into the death of Raymond McCord Junior and related matters; and if he will take steps to clear their names. Paul Goggins The three former senior officers, Chris Albiston, Raymond White and Freddie Hall, named by the hon. Gentleman were not formally interviewed in connection with any alleged offence in the course of the Police Ombudsman’s investigation. I am happy to put on record that these officers, in common with many colleagues, served with commitment and distinction in very demanding policing roles in Northern Ireland. Solicitor-General Departments: Consultants Mr. Meacher To ask the Solicitor-General how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on (a) management consultants and (b) other external consultants and advisers in each year since 2000; and which of these consultants undertook work for the Department with a total contractual value in excess of £10 million over this period. The Solicitor-General I am answering this question on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service, Serious Fraud Office, Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office, Treasury's Solicitors Department and HMCPS Inspectorate. It has not been possible to distinguish between expenditure on management consultants and other external consultants. The statistics are also dependent on individual budget holders allocating expenditure to the correct code. ----------------------------------------------- |Financial year |CPS |SFO |RCPO|TSol1|HMCPSI| ----------------------------------------------- |2000-01 |4,043|341 |n/a |202 |n/a | ----------------------------------------------- |2001-02 |7,126|298 |n/a |195 |153 | ----------------------------------------------- |2002-03 |4,947|762 |n/a |311 |63 | ----------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |7,139|672 |n/a |278 |51 | ----------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |7,819|1,296|n/a |274 |59 | ----------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |3,784|1,919|127 |658 |66 | ----------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |3,924|1,453|236 |328 |57 | ----------------------------------------------- |1 Including AGO| | | | | | ----------------------------------------------- In addition the Treasury Solicitors’ department has incurred the following costs for externally procured legal advice for representation including expenditure which is recovered from client organisations through charges as part of the business operations of TSol. --------------------------- | |£000 | --------------------------- |2000-01 |17,531| --------------------------- |2001-02 |20,418| --------------------------- |2002-03 |27,089| --------------------------- |2003-04 |28,187| --------------------------- |2004-05 |22,981| --------------------------- |2005-06 |17,409| --------------------------- |2006-07 (forecast)|20,254| --------------------------- Departments: Legislation Mr. Clegg To ask the Solicitor-General what legislative provisions within the responsibility of the Law Officers' Departments introduced since 1997 have not yet been brought into force. The Solicitor-General My Department is not generally responsible for the carriage of legislation. We are not aware of any legislative provisions within our responsibility and introduced since 1997, which have not yet been brought into force. Public Sector: Misconduct Mr. Clegg To ask the Solicitor-General how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were of public sector employees for offences relating to their official duties in the last period for which figures are available. The Solicitor-General The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains no central record of whether the defendants it prosecutes are public sector employees or whether the offences for which defendants are prosecuted relate to their official duties. This information may be held on individual case files, but could only be obtained by locating and examining a huge numbers of individual case files and would incur disproportionate cost (Code of Practice on Access to Information, part 2, clause 9). Police Cautions Mr. Drew To ask the Solicitor-General what monitoring the Law Officers' Departments undertake of the operation of the issuing of conditional cautions; and how many such cautions have been issued in each police authority. The Solicitor-General The joint Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)/Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) prosecution team is responsible for the implementation of and the day-to-day monitoring of the conditional cautioning scheme. Monitoring of the use of the conditional cautions is undertaken at both national and local level. An information data set has been produced, which contains national and local performance data including the number of offenders being conditionally cautioned and the types of offences conditional cautions have been issued for. The information data set is issued by the national prosecution team on a monthly basis to all staff across areas with lead responsibility for conditional cautioning. Information contained in the information data set is obtained from the CPS case management system and management information system as well as from local areas and Home Office research, development and statistics (RDS) data. Collating the data in this way allows for a consistent, national recording mechanism which does not require additional reporting from areas. Conditional cautioning is being implemented across each criminal justice area in a phased approach. To date, conditional cautioning is operational in 93 police basic command units across 41 out of the 42 criminal justice areas. Full implementation of the scheme across 230 basic command units is expected to be achieved by April 2008. There have been 2,963 conditional cautions issued nationally since the first pilot schemes were introduced in 2005. A breakdown of the number of conditional cautions in each CPS area is also available from: conditional.cautioning:cps.gsi.gov.uk In Gloucestershire, conditional cautions were introduced on 25 June 2007 in the Cotswold and Stroud division. However, to date no conditional cautions have been issued in this division. Scotland Departments: Official Hospitality Mr. Carmichael To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department has spent on hospitality events in each of the last five years. David Cairns Scotland Office hospitality expenditure is detailed in the following table: ------------------------------------- | |Hospitality expenditure (£)| ------------------------------------- |2002-03|41,882 | ------------------------------------- |2003-04|25,969 | ------------------------------------- |2004-05|18,420 | ------------------------------------- |2005-06|17,748 | ------------------------------------- |2006-07|23,411 | ------------------------------------- Departments: Official Visits David Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was spent on overnight accommodation by civil servants within his Department's areas of responsibilities in the last 12 months. David Cairns I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave on 17 May 2006, Official Report, column 994W. Departments: Racial Harassment David Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many complaints of racial abuse relating to staff for which his Department is responsible have been (a) investigated and (b) upheld in the last 12 months. David Cairns There have been no complaints of racial abuse in the last 12 months. Dover House: Official Hospitality Mr. Carmichael To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many receptions have been held at Dover House in each of the last five years. David Cairns The number of receptions held at Dover House is as shown in the following table. The receptions not funded by the Scotland Office were third party events organised and funded by organisations such as charities and trade associations. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Third party events|Scotland Office funded events|Total number of events| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002-03|21 |7 |28 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04|14 |8 |22 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05|24 |7 |31 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06|11 |5 |16 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07|25 |5 |30 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navy: Military Bases Mr. Gerald Howarth To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the Naval Base Review, with particular reference to Faslane. David Cairns The Secretary of State has regular discussions with colleagues in the Ministry of Defence on a range of subjects. Wales Departments: Official Visits David Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much was spent on overnight accommodation by civil servants within his Department’s areas of responsibilities in the last 12 months. Mr. Hain A total of £12,263.38 was spent on overnight accommodation by civil servants in the 12 months to 31 March 2007, the latest period for which we have final figures. This reflects the increased travel requirements of Cardiff-based staff in support of the heavy parliamentary legislative programme delivered by the Wales Office. Pipelines: Natural Gas Mark Pritchard To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on health and safety and the new Welsh gas pipeline. Mr. Hain My hon. Friend the Member for Carmarthen, West and South Pembrokeshire (Nick Ainger), and I had regular discussions with Welsh Assembly Government ministerial colleagues, including about the health and safety considerations of both phases of the liquid natural gas pipeline (LNG), and I will continue to do so as necessary. I am confident that stringent conditions are attached to the approval. All pipelines in the United Kingdom are designed, tested and operated in accordance with the strictest standards established by the Health and Safety Executive and the Institute of Gas Engineers. Both the National Grid (NG) and the Milford Haven Port Authority have been working closely with Government and security services to make sure they have robust security arrangements. The NG takes safety and security of people and assets extremely seriously and continually carries out thorough reviews of safety and security at its sites around the country based on potential risks, and has a number of procedures in place. In 35 years the UK’s high-pressure National Grid Transmission System has never experienced a serious incident affecting life or property, and I am sure that NG is doing its utmost to maintain this exemplary record. Leader of the House Members: Correspondence Mr. Allen To ask the Leader of the House if she will commission research on the effect of the new postage and stationery rules on the ability of hon. and right hon. Members to communicate effectively with their constituents. Helen Goodman The monetary cap on the use of pre-paid envelopes from 1 April 2007 was balanced by the introduction of the Communications Allowance, which provides extra resources to enable Members to engage proactively with their constituents. The rules of the new allowance will be reviewed and if necessary revised by the Members Estimate Committee in the light of experience and on advice by the Advisory Panel on Members' Allowances. There are no plans to commission any research on the postage and stationery rules. Members: Cycling Martin Horwood To ask the Leader of the House pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2007, Official Report, column 9W, on Members: cycling, if she will take steps to enable hon. Members to register with the Government's cycle to work scheme in their capacity as an employer so that their staff members can participate in the scheme. Helen Goodman As employers, Members may register for the scheme, which has costs as well as benefits for Members' staff. Any Member doing so would be responsible for administering the scheme and ensuring that the scheme rules were met. Oral Questions Mr. Allen To ask the Leader of the House when she expects the new rota for oral questions to be completed; and what provision she expects to make for (a) regional Ministers and (b) the Minister for the East Midlands to answer oral questions. Helen Goodman The Leader of the House confirmed the questions rota until the summer recess on 4 July for departmental Ministers. The rota, and related matters including the issue of question times for regional Ministers, will be considered during the summer recess. International Development Afghanistan: Reconstruction Nick Harvey To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many reconstruction projects have been undertaken in Helmand province over the last five years; and where these have taken place. Mr. Malik Through the national solidarity programme, the Government of Afghanistan (GoA) have approved 697 reconstruction projects in Helmand of which 250 have been completed. These have taken place in Lashkar Gah, Nahr-e-Saraj, Kajki, Musa Qala, Baghran, Now Zad, Washer, Nad Ali, Nawa-i-Barakzai, Dishu, Garmsir, Sangin and Reg. Through DFID's support to GoA's rural water and sanitation programme, 229 wells to provide clean drinking water in Helmand have been completed. These are located in Lashkar Gah, Nahr-e-Saraj, Nawa and Nad Ali. Work is also being undertaken on 50 kilometres of DFID-funded roads in Lashkar Gah. Since April 2006, the UK has funded 150 quick impact projects through the provincial reconstruction team (PRT) based in Lashkar Gah. Of these, 81 were reconstruction projects and 52 have been completed. These have taken place in Lashkar Gah, Gereshk, Sangin, Garmsir, Musa Qala and Nahr-e-Saraj. In addition to this, the United States Government through USAID have completed 75 projects through their alternative livelihoods programme over the last two years in Helmand. These projects have covered every district in Helmand except for Dishu. Nick Harvey To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many reconstruction projects undertaken in Helmand province over the last five years have been destroyed or delayed due to fighting. Mr. Malik Over the past 30 years, infrastructure in Afghanistan, including Helmand province, has sustained substantial damage due to conflict, and neglect resulting from the collapse of governmental institutions. Since the UK assumed the lead of the provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in April 2006, the security situation has not been suitably permissive to allow either the PRT or provincial authorities to undertake a full battle damage assessment, encompassing destroyed or delayed projects, across Helmand. The PRT works closely with the provincial authorities to undertake consultations with communities across the province to enable them to compile a provincial development plan (PDP) that will address the reconstruction and development needs of Helmand. The civilian and military elements within the PRT are working in close partnership to minimise the future risk of damage to infrastructure and non-combatants. Latin America: Overseas Aid Lynne Featherstone To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when his Department expects to publish its Latin America Regional Assistance Plan 2008-11. Mr. Malik The Department for International Development's Latin America policy will be reviewed in the autumn in the light of consultations on a new DFID strategy for Latin America. We expect to have the Latin America Regional Assistance Plan 2008-11 published by the end of 2007. Palestinians: EC Aid Mr. Lancaster To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether he plans to use the Temporary International Mechanism as an acceptable method of delivering aid to the Palestinian population beyond its current extension to September. Mr. Malik Any decision to extend the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) beyond September will need to be taken by the Quartet in consultation with the Palestinians. The EU is currently discussing with Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad how best to provide financial and practical assistance to the emergency government. He has welcomed the continuation of support through the TIM, but has not yet indicated how he would like it to evolve after September. Defence Afghanistan: Reconstruction Paul Flynn To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many reconstruction projects in the Helmand province have been (a) started and (b) completed in the last two years. Mr. Malik I have been asked to reply. Through the national solidarity programme, the Government of Afghanistan (GoA) have approved 697 reconstruction projects in Helmand over the last two years, of which 250 have been completed. Through DFID’s support to GoA’s Rural Water and Sanitation Programme, 1,000 wells to provide clean drinking water in Helmand have been surveyed, and 229 have been completed. Since April 2006, the UK has funded 150 quick impact projects through the provincial reconstruction team (PRT) based in Lashkar Gah. Of these, 81 were reconstruction projects and 52 have been completed. Work is also ongoing on 50 kilometres of DFID-funded roads in Lashkar Gah. In addition to this, the United States Government through USAID have completed 75 projects through its alternative livelihoods programme over the last two years in Helmand. Armed Forces: Health Mr. Harper To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what responsibility his Department has for the health care of service personnel ill or injured (a) due to duties and (b) due to incidents unrelated to duties. Derek Twigg The MOD is responsible for ensuring the medical care of serving members of the armed forces. The actual delivery of health care is performed by a combination of the Defence Medical Services, the NHS, coalition forces or private medical providers, depending on the geographical location, circumstances and clinical need of the patient. If service personnel require medical treatment when on leave in the UK away from their normal duty station, they should obtain it from local NHS facilities. If inpatient treatment is required, administrative arrangements are in place for the hospital to inform the relevant service authority, in order that the appropriate military medical and welfare processes can be set in motion, which may include transfer to facilities convenient to home or unit if necessary. Armed Forces: Life Insurance Dr. Murrison To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what provision he has made for personnel being deployed abroad to assist them in securing life insurance. Derek Twigg [holding answer 16 July 2007]: MOD already provides significant financial support for attributable death during service. This was improved under the 2005 Armed Forces Pension Scheme and the Compensation Scheme introduced on 6 April 2005. As a matter of policy MOD leaves the decision whether to take out additional cover in the form of personal insurance to the individual as individual needs vary and personal insurance is a complex issue. In the past, service personnel have sometimes encountered difficulties in obtaining affordable life insurance that provides cover for war risks such as chemical or biological attack. One scheme currently available to all service personnel, including those deployed abroad is PAX which provides personal accident and life cover. PAX covers war risks, but has in the past imposed restrictions (such as closing the scheme or introducing war and terrorism risks) for new members. In addition, MOD's Service Risks Insurance Premiums Refunds scheme currently contributes towards extra life insurance premiums incurred by personnel involved in certain high-risk activities such as flying. The compensation available is 90 per cent. of the extra premium up to a total sum assured, which is increased every year in line with service pay and is currently £157,000. In addition, the MOD launched on 8 May a new life insurance scheme, aimed exclusively at service personnel, Service Life Insurance (SLI). The scheme is available to all service personnel—including those deployed abroad on operations—and guarantees affordable cover, including against the risks of war and terrorism throughout their service and civilian life. Premiums are comparable to those paid by civilians, with no premium loading for personnel deployed on operations—or those involved in high-risk activities. Armed Forces: Nijmegen Marches Mr. Hoyle To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether UK armed forces personnel will be taking part in the Nijmegen Marches in 2007; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Bob Ainsworth Around 1,060 UK armed forces personnel will be involved in the 2007 Nijmegen Marches. Armed Forces: Recruitment Mr. Harper To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the current percentage shortfalls are for each pinch point trade in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force. Mr. Bob Ainsworth A manning pinch point is defined as a trade or area of expertise where there is insufficient trained strength (officers or ratings/other ranks) to perform directed tasks. This might be as a result of adherence to single-service harmony guidelines, under-manning, and/or levels of commitment that exceed the resourced manpower ceiling for the trades or areas of expertise involved. The percentage shortfall for each pinch point trade is as follows: --------------------------------------------------- |Pinch point trade |Percentage shortfall| --------------------------------------------------- |Ammunition Technician |19.41 | --------------------------------------------------- |Clerk of Works |16.28 | --------------------------------------------------- |Intelligence Operator |9.21 | --------------------------------------------------- |Vehicle Mechanic |7.85 | --------------------------------------------------- |Armourer |9.21 | --------------------------------------------------- |Recovery Mechanic |10.58 | --------------------------------------------------- |Mechanical Fitter |5.36 | --------------------------------------------------- |ITU Nurse |38.46 | --------------------------------------------------- |EM Nurse |45.28 | --------------------------------------------------- |Radiologist |80.00 | --------------------------------------------------- |Orthopaedic Surgeon |53.85 | --------------------------------------------------- |General Surgeon |50.00 | --------------------------------------------------- |UAV Operator Level 4 |47.71 | --------------------------------------------------- |Anaesthetist |45.95 | --------------------------------------------------- |General Medical Practitioner|44.39 | --------------------------------------------------- |Radiographer |42.86 | --------------------------------------------------- |Registered General Nurse |36.04 | --------------------------------------------------- |ME Geographical |27.05 | --------------------------------------------------- |Explosives Ordnance Disposal|26.11 | --------------------------------------------------- |ODP |44.64 | --------------------------------------------------- |MEC3S |17.95 | --------------------------------------------------- |Postal and Courier Operator |9.36 | --------------------------------------------------- |Chef |7.15 | --------------------------------------------------- |Petroleum Operator |3.77 | --------------------------------------------------- |IS Engineer |3.44 | --------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Pinch point trade |Percentage shortfall| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Merlin aircrew (pilots) |32 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Merlin aircrew (observers) |43 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Merlin aircrew (aircrew) |30 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Harrier GR7 Flying Instructors |85 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leading Seaman (Warfare) |42 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ableseaman (Divers) |3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Marine (Marine) |9 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Marine (Corporal) |11 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Marine (Sergeant) |13 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leading Air Engineer Technician |35 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Petty Officer (Mine Warfare) |33 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leading Aircraft Controllers |36 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ableseaman Warfare Specialist (Sensor Submarine) |32 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ableseaman Warfare Specialist (Tactical Submarine) |32 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Strategic Weapon System Junior Rates (Engineering Technician) |30 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Strategic Weapon System Junior Rates (Leading Engineering Technician)|25 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Marine Engineer Submarine Nuclear Watchkeepers—CatA2 |28 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Marine Engineer Submarine Nuclear Watchkeepers—Cat B |19 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- |Pinch point trade |Percentage shortfall| ------------------------------------------------------------- |Operations Support (Intelligence) |2.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Operations Support (Regiment) |12.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Operations Support (Provost) |5.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |PMRAFNS (Nurses) |19.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Weapons Systems (Air Loadmaster) |10.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Gunner |13.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Registered General Nurse (Other Ranks)|11.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Medical |28.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Musician |13.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Pharmaceutical Health Technician |15 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Radiographer |15.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |RAF Police |6.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Registered Mental Nurse |21.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------- Armed Forces: Royal Engineers Mr. Lancaster To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects (a) 124 Fd Sqn RE(V) and (b) 129 Fd Sqn RE(V) to form. Mr. Bob Ainsworth [holding answer 11 July 2007]: On current plans 124 Field Squadron RE (V) and 129 Field Squadron RE(V) will begin to form up from 1 April 2009. Arms Control Mr. Jim Cunningham To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role his Department plays in delivering the objectives of the G8 global partnership. Mr. Bob Ainsworth I refer my hon. Friend to the Global Partnership, UK Fourth Annual Report 2006, copies of which are available in the Library of the House. Army Mr. Gordon Prentice To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers were commissioned from the ranks in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. Derek Twigg The following table shows the number of trained soldiers who have outflowed to officer from the ranks for the period 1 April 2002 to 28 February 2007: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Date of flow |Number of outflows to officer| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002-03 |360 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |330 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |320 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |340 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-071 |370 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Due to the introduction of a new personnel administration system for all three services, Army data shown at 1 April 2007 and 1 May 2007 are not available. Consequently Army data shown are for the latest 12 months available, comprising data from 1 March 2006 to 28 February 2007.Notes:1. UK regular forces includes nursing services and excludes full-time reserve service personnel, Gurkhas, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists.2. All data have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defence Agencies Nick Harvey To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many people were employed within the (a) Defence Housing Executive and (b) Defence Estates in each year since 1997, broken down by occupation; (2) how many redundancies there were within (a) the Defence Housing Executive and (b) Defence Estates in each year since 1997, broken down by occupation. Derek Twigg Details of civilian full-time equivalent (FTE) strengths are given in the following table. ---------------------------------------------------------- | |Defence Estates1|Defence Housing Executive2| ---------------------------------------------------------- |As at April:| | | ---------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |1,230 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |1,160 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |1,240 |1,020 | ---------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |1,220 |960 | ---------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |1,350 |990 | ---------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |1,420 |940 | ---------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |1,550 |880 | ---------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |2,450 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |2,820 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |2,900 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |2,860 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------- Details of civilian FTE redundancies are given in the following table. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Defence Estates1| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |As at April: | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |3— | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |10 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |3— | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |15 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |3— | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |3— | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |10 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |10 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |3— | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |30 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |60 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Known as the Defence Estates Organisation until 1 March 1999 and subsequently merged with Defence Housing Executive on 1 April 2004; formally ceased to be a Defence Agency on 1 April 2007. 2 Defence Housing Executive was formed April 1999 and merged with Defence Estates on 1 April 2004. 3 Denotes less than 5. Notes: 1. These table use the revised definition of civilian personnel (see www.dasa.mod.uk for details). 2. Figures include values for part-time staff proportionate to those of full-time staff. 3. All figures are rounded to the nearest ten; as a result totals may not always equal the sum of the parts. For visibility rounding has only been applied to figures of ten and above. 4. For DHE strength figures are available for the first five years it existed, but redundancies are not separately identifiable.| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information relating to occupation is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Defence Export Services Organisation Lynne Featherstone To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future of the Defence Export Services Organisation. Mr. Bob Ainsworth The Ministry of Defence will continue to offer high quality support to UK-based defence manufacturers to help them win contracts for legitimate defence exports. Mr. Gerald Howarth To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with HM Treasury on the future of the Defence Export Services Organisation; and if he will make a statement. Des Browne [holding answer 12 July 2007]: I have regular discussions with colleagues at the Treasury on issues of mutual interest. Defence Export Services Organisation: Finance Lynne Featherstone To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what funding the Defence Export Services Organisation received in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; (2) what future funding for the Defence Export Services Organisation was included in the 2007 Budget. Mr. Bob Ainsworth I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor gave on 24 April 2006, Official Report, column 845W, to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Lynne Jones). The net operating costs of the Defence Export Services Organisation in financial years 2005-06 and 2006-07 were £14.497 million and £15.015 million respectively. Provision of £13.7 million has been made for the net operating costs of the Defence Export Services Organisation in 2007-08. Departments: Early Retirement Mr. Jenkins To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of his staff took early retirement in the last five years; at what cost; what grades of staff took early retirement; and what percentage of each grade took early retirement. Derek Twigg The information in respect of the number, grade and percentage of staff who took early retirement is provided in the following tables: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Headcount| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2002-03 |700 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2003-041 |1,200 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2004-05 |790 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2005-06 |1,100 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2006-07 |1,100 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 The streamlining of Head Office prior to the reoccupation of main building in London led to 540 personnel taking early retirement on compulsory early retirement on structural grounds. Note: This table excludes Royal Fleet auxiliary and locally engaged civilian staff for whom no information on civilian early retirements is available.| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Grade |2002-03|2003-041|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Band B Level 1 |10 |50 |10 |20 |30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Band B Level 2 |20 |120 |20 |50 |60 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Band C Level 1 |50 |120 |80 |160 |110 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Band C Level 2 |80 |180 |140 |230 |160 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Band D |90 |220 |100 |230 |170 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Band E Level 1 |160 |160 |140 |110 |140 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Band E Level 2 |50 |60 |40 |50 |40 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Other Non Industrial |20 |20 |10 |20 |20 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Industrial |160 |150 |130 |90 |200 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trading Fund Personnel |70 |120 |110 |160 |180 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |700 |1,200 |790 |1,100 |1,100 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 The streamlining of Head Office prior to the reoccupation of main building in London led to 540 personnel taking early retirement on compulsory early retirement on structural grounds. Note: This table excludes Royal Fleet auxiliary and locally engaged civilian staff for whom no information on civilian early retirements is available.| | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Grade |2002-03|2003-042|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Band B Level 1 |1.9 |9.2 |1.7 |2.2 |4.6 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Band B Level 2 |1.2 |6.2 |1.1 |2.4 |2.7 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Band C Level 1 |1.1 |2.4 |1.5 |2.8 |1.8 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Band C Level 2 |0.7 |1.6 |1.2 |1.9 |1.4 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Band D |0.6 |1.6 |0.7 |1.6 |1.3 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Band E Level 1 |0.8 |0.8 |0.7 |0.6 |0.7 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Band E Level 2 |0.4 |0.5 |0.4 |0.5 |0.5 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Other Non Industrial |3.5 |1.4 |3.0 |4.8 |3.0 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Industrial |0.9 |1.0 |0.8 |0.6 |1.4 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trading Fund Personnel |0.6 |1.0 |1.0 |1.4 |1.7 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Percentage is based solely on early retirement data by grade compared against a 13-month average strength profile by grade for each financial year. Notes: 1 The streamlining of Head Office prior to the reoccupation of main building in London led to 540 personnel taking early retirement on compulsory early retirement on structural grounds. 2 This table excludes Royal Fleet auxiliary and locally engaged civilian staff for whom no information on civilian early retirements is available.| | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information requested about costs is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Departments: Flags Bob Russell To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what guidance he has given to military establishments on the flying of the Union flag on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement. Derek Twigg Guidance is set out in Queen's Regulations and stipulates that all service and major commands and headquarters are required to fly the Union flag daily. In addition, these establishments are permitted to fly flags signifying the relevant single service and commander, corps, regimental, station and establishment. Departments: Manpower Mr. Heald To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many headquarters staff funded by the public purse in his Department are classified as people without posts. Derek Twigg Numbers are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Departments: Public Expenditure Mr. Hoban To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) his Department's final bid to HM Treasury for resources in the 2004 spending review and (b) the final settlement letter from HM Treasury setting out his Department's expenditure limits for the period covered by the review. Des Browne No. Publication of such documents would be prejudicial to the conduct of public affairs. Departments: Public Transport David Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate his Department has made of the number of its staff using public transport to commute. Derek Twigg The Department has not estimated the number of its staff using public transport to commute. MOD encourages the use of public transport and cycling to work by providing interest-free loans for the purchase of public transport season tickets. Departments: Racial Harassment David Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints of racial abuse relating to staff for which his Department is responsible have been (a) investigated and (b) upheld in the last 12 months. Derek Twigg The number of formal complaints of racial harassment in the Ministry of Defence and armed forces for the period 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007, the latest period for which figures are available, was as follows: --------------------------------------- | |Investigated|Upheld| --------------------------------------- |Armed forces |15 |6 | --------------------------------------- |MOD civil service|0 |0 | --------------------------------------- The Department’s Unified Diversity Strategy makes clear that harassment of any kind is not tolerated in the Ministry of Defence or the armed forces. Revised complaints procedures were published in January 2007. Ongoing internal communications keep personnel informed of their rights and responsibilities. Ex-servicemen: Hearing Impaired Dr. Murrison To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when and how ex-servicemen and women waiting for digital hearing aids due to service-related hearing loss will be informed of their priority status. Derek Twigg Advice regarding entitlement to priority treatment from the NHS is referenced in Leaflet 2 which is sent out by the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency with the war pension disablement acceptance notification letter. Regular reminders about priority treatment for war pensioners are circulated by the Health Departments to senior NHS managers who are tasked to ensure that relevant clinical staff are aware. Reminder action, due this year, will reference this issue. Priority for assessment, treatment, aids etc is decided by the clinician in charge based on clinical need. Dr. Murrison To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what instructions have been sent to NHS trusts in relation to affording priority status to ex-servicemen and women needing digital hearing aids due to service-related hearing loss. Derek Twigg MOD is working with the UK Health Departments regarding awareness of NHS priority treatment among health professionals. Later this year Health Departments will distribute reminders to the chief executives of trusts requiring them to ensure that general practitioners and hospital clinicians are aware of all those veterans who are eligible for priority treatment, including the group who have noise-induced sensorineural hearing loss accepted as caused by service. Priority refers to assessment, treatment and provision of aids. Allocation of priority is by the clinician in charge based on clinical need. Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations Mr. Hoban To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's estimate was in March 2003 of the cost of operations in Iraq in each of the subsequent five financial years. Des Browne The total estimate figures for the net additional costs of operations in Iraq, included in Spring Supplementary Estimates for the years 2002-03 to 2006-07, were as follows. -------------------------- |Financial year|£ million| -------------------------- |2002-03 |1,000 | -------------------------- |2003-04 |1,539 | -------------------------- |2004-05 |975 | -------------------------- |2005-06 |1,098 | -------------------------- |2006-07 |1,002 | -------------------------- Mr. Evans To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK troops are deployed on operations in Iraq. Des Browne [holding answer 16 July 2007]: As of June 2007, around 5,500 UK armed forces personnel are deployed on operations in Iraq, although numbers do fluctuate due, for example, to roulements and rest and recuperation breaks. Military Bases: Wales John Smith To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with Airbus Cimpa on the temporary use of redundant bays in the Red Dragon hangar at MOD St Athan. Derek Twigg No formal discussions have taken place between the Ministry of Defence and Airbus Cimpa regarding this matter. Ministry of Defence Police: Overtime Andrew George To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the impact of the decision of the Ministry of Defence Police to cancel all non-mandatory staff overtime on (a) the security of military bases and (b) the capacity of his Department (i) to implement its anti-terrorism strategy and (ii) to meet its financial targets. Mr. Bob Ainsworth I am unable to comment on security matters in detail as to do so would, or would be likely to prejudice national security. The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency is managing this reduction in overtime. MV Bugaled Breizh Andrew George To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 19 February 2007, Official Report, column 321W, on the MV Bugaled Breizh, whether his Department has received any communication from those conducting the French judicial investigation into the sinking of the Bugaled Breizh; and whether a completed report of that investigation has been received. Mr. Bob Ainsworth The Department has received indirect communication from the French Tribunal conducting the inquiry into the loss of the fishing vessel Bugaled Breizh via the Home Office (United Kingdom Central Authority) and the French embassy, London. This has been for additional information to assist with their inquiries and declassification of signal messages respectively. The Department has not received or had sight of any official reports from the investigation. Navy: Drug Seizures Mr. Hollobone To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what quantity of illegal drugs was seized by the Royal Navy in each of the last three years. Mr. Bob Ainsworth [holding answer 16 July 2007]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor gave on 26 June 2007, Official Report, column 670W, to the hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans). Project MoDEL Mr. Harper To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) original cost estimate was and (b) current cost estimate is of Project MoDEL. Derek Twigg The approval for the Project MoDEL contract included £177 million for capital expenditure for the development of RAF Northolt. Project MoDEL is currently forecast to remain within its original approval. A second contract including around £30 million for capital expenditure was awarded to a separate contractor to relocate the British Forces Post Office to RAF Northolt. This contract is also currently forecast to remain within its original approval. Transport: AWE Burghfield Mr. Hancock To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2007, Official Report, column 1286W, on transport: AWE Burghfield, under what circumstances special nuclear materials convoys travel from AWE Burghfield without (a) a visible police escort and (b) emergency support vehicles; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Bob Ainsworth I am withholding the information as its release would, or would be likely to, prejudice national security. Mr. Hancock To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether local incident management plans are put in place when special nuclear materials convoys travel from AWE Burghfield; and whether local authorities are informed before those convoys travel. Mr. Bob Ainsworth The transportation of nuclear and other hazardous materials is governed by the Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Great Britain) Regulations 2002 and the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004 (as amended in 2005). Although the Department is exempt from the regulations, it is nevertheless MOD policy to comply with their principles although they place no obligation on a carrier to inform local authorities. The publicly available Local Authority Emergency Services Information (LAESI) document provides the emergency services, local and health authorities with information on contingency arrangements for the transport of special nuclear material. Reserve Forces: Deployment Mr. Harper To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many reservists are deployed on overseas operations, broken down by deployment location. Mr. Bob Ainsworth As at 31 March 2007, the latest figures available, reservists were deployed in joint operational areas (JOA) as follows: Iraq: 451 Afghanistan: 359 Balkans: 44. In addition, some 500 mobilised reservists were in the UK, predominantly undertaking pre-deployment training, post-deployment leave or receiving medical treatment. Finally, 35 sponsored reserves were on mobilised service and serving in or between the JOAs and the UK. Weapons Mark Pritchard To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many recorded missing (a) weapons and (b) weapons parts reports were made to the Royal Military Police between May 2002 and May 2007. Mr. Bob Ainsworth The number of weapons and weapon parts lost, missing or stolen from the armed forces between 2002 and 2007 is shown in the table for each whole calendar year. This provides details of all cases reported to the Royal Military Police’s Service Police Crime Bureau and includes losses which have been investigated by the Ministry of Defence Police, Home Department Police Forces and other branches of the Service Police. The data cover a range of reported incidents, including weapons which have been lost or stolen in operational theatres and the loss of private firearms lodged in MOD armouries. The data are held by calendar year. To break them down in any other way could be done only at disproportionate cost. --------------------------------------------------------------- | |2002|2003|2004|2005|2006|20071| --------------------------------------------------------------- |Air Rifle or Pistol |0 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Automatic Weapon |0 |2 |0 |1 |0 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Heavy Arms |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Pistol |2 |5 |10 |5 |8 |3 | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Rifle |2 |17 |15 |9 |14 |4 | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Shotgun |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Explosives and Pyrotechnics |2 |4 |3 |6 |2 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Weapon component or attachment|0 |6 |0 |1 |6 |2 | --------------------------------------------------------------- |Other |0 |1 |4 |13 |1 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------- |1 As of 1 July | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------- Work and Pensions Child Support Agency Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the time taken by the Child Support Agency to secure a liability order; and what the key factors are in determining that timescale. Mr. Plaskitt The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested. Letter from Stephen Geraghty, dated 17 July 2007: In reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions regarding the Child Support Agency the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive. You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the time taken by the Child Support Agency to secure a liability order, and what the key factors are in determining that timescale. The current time taken to secure a liability order from the courts from first referral to the Child Support Agency enforcement teams is 115 calendar days in England and Wales and 171 days in Scotland. The key factors in determining this timescale are; primarily, the local availability of court services and the requirement to allow a period of time between the court summons and court date, to allow the non-resident parent time to prepare for the hearing. In Scottish courts, the non-resident parent also has the ability to object to the courts, which can impact on the time taken to obtain the liability order. I hope you find this answer helpful. Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many requests have been made by the Child Support Agency to HM Revenue and Customs in each (a) month and (b) quarter since January 2003 in respect of access to information on the incomes of non-resident parents; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Plaskitt The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested. Letter from Stephen Geraghty, dated 17 July 2007: In reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the Child Support Agency, the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive. You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests have been made by the Child Support Agency to HM Revenue and Customs in each (a) month and (b) quarter since January 2003 in respect of access to information on the incomes of non-resident parents; and if he will make a statement. Such information as is available is set out in the attached table, which shows the number of requests dealt with by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) where the Child Support Agency has made a request for information on the non-resident parents income. The information supplied relates to queries dealt with by two parts of HMRC, the Centre of Research and Intelligence (CRI) and the National Insurance Contributions Office. I hope you find this answer helpful. ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Month |2003 |2004 |2005 |2006 |2007 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |January |1,837 |1,619 |2,024 |2,949 |4,319 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |February |1,587 |2,082 |2,227 |2,470 |3,096 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |March |1,814 |2,369 |2,255 |2,385 |5,410 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Quarter 1 (January-March) |5,238 |6,070 |6,506 |7,804 |12,825| ----------------------------------------------------------------- |April |1,576 |2,727 |2,581 |2,257 |3,315 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |May |1,887 |2,130 |1,942 |2,819 |4,178 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |June |2,072 |2,030 |1,930 |2,420 |2,657 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Quarter 2 (April-June) |5,535 |6,887 |6,453 |7,496 |7,493 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |July |1,658 |2,856 |2,351 |2,968 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |August |2,319 |2,143 |2,058 |2,385 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |September |1,980 |2,101 |2,210 |2,425 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Quarter 3 (July-September) |5,957 |7,100 |6,619 |7,778 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |October |2,877 |2,714 |2,219 |3,779 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |November |2,225 |1,919 |2,355 |2,852 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |December |1,444 |1,810 |1,467 |1,927 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Quarter 4 (October-December)|6,546 |6,443 |6,041 |8,558 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |23,276|26,500|25,619|31,636|20,318| ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Year |2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08 to date| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Totals |3,597 |8,452 |18,883 |35,448 |53,795 |6,294 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Note to table:The information on referrals to the National Insurance Contributions Office is only available annually| | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Child Support Agency: Debt Collection Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what limitations there are on the amount of Child Support Agency arrears which can be recovered by a deduction of earnings order from a non-resident parent; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Plaskitt The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested. Letter from Stephen Geraghty, dated 17 July 2007: In reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions about the Child Support Agency the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive. You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what limitations there are on the amount of Child Support Agency arrears which can be recovered by a deduction of earnings order from a non-resident parent; and if he will make a statement. Regulation 11 of the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 1992, requires the Agency not to exceed 40% of a liable person's net earnings when imposing a deduction from earnings order. I hope you find this answer helpful. Child Support Agency: Fees and Charges Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what expenditure by the Child Support Agency on solicitor legal costs was in each year since 2000-01. Mr. Plaskitt The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested. Letter from Stephen Geraghty, dated 17 July 2007: In reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the Child Support Agency, the Secretary of state promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive. You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total expenditure by the Child Support Agency on solicitor legal costs is for each year since 2000-01. The Agency’s accounting system does not report solicitor’s legal costs in a discreet expense account; as such I am unable to provide the information in the format requested. Solicitors legal costs are grouped together with court fees and charges into a single expense account code. The total costs of solicitors and court fees in each of the last six financial years is shown in the table below. -------------------------- |Financial year|£ million| -------------------------- |2006-07 |2.158 | -------------------------- |2005-06 |1.408 | -------------------------- |2004-05 |0.896 | -------------------------- |2003-02 |0.606 | -------------------------- |2002-03 |0.526 | -------------------------- |2001-02 |0.498 | -------------------------- The increase in legal costs in 2006-07 is a result of the increased legal enforcement action the Agency is undertaking as part of the Operational Improvement Plan. Information for the 2000-01 financial year is not available as this year falls outside of the legislative requirement to keep accounting records for six years. I hope you find this answer helpful. Children: Maintenance Mr. Kevan Jones To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) for what reasons the Child Support Agency offices in Birkenhead and Bolton have different criteria for determining eligibility for an advance payment of arrears; (2) for what reasons the Child Support Agency parliamentary business unit in Birkenhead is unable to communicate via telephone with the CSA office in Bolton. Mr. Plaskitt The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested. Letter from Stephen Geraghty, dated 17 July 2007: In reply to your recent parliamentary questions regarding the Child Support Agency the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the chief executive. You asked the Secretary of State for Work and pensions, for what reasons the Child Support Agency offices in Birkenhead and Bolton have different criteria for determining eligibility for an advance payment of arrears, [146853] and You asked the Secretary of State for Work and pensions, for what reasons the Child Support Agency Parliamentary Business Unit in Birkenhead are unable to communicate via telephone with the Child Support Agency office in Bolton. [146853] All cases, including those being managed clerically at the Bolton office, are subject to the same legislative and procedural rules. This includes the decision to make an advance payment where maladministration has occurred and a range of pre-defined criteria are satisfied. We actively encourage use of the telephone as the primary means of communication between offices to update or discuss particulars on a case. It is only in the case of a complaint being received in the Agency about a clerical case maintained by the Bolton office that, initially, the inquiry is emailed to Bolton. This is to ensure the Bolton office has all the necessary information to progress and resolve the client’s concerns. Subsequently, contact should be made by telephone. I hope you find this answer helpful. Financial Assistance Scheme Jenny Willott To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the average processing time for pension schemes applying to qualify for initial payments was under the financial assistance scheme for each month since the scheme began operating; and if he will make a statement; (2) what the average processing time was for pension schemes applying to qualify for initial payments under the FAS in each month since the scheme began operating; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Mike O'Brien The following table shows the months in which schemes have requested initial payments and the average time taken from the date of request to the date on which the scheme was accepted for initial payments. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Month of request for initial payments|Average number of days between request and acceptance| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |October |41 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |December |47 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |January |19 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February |42 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |March |47 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |April |48 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May |41 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |June |32 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |July |20 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |August |42 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |September |20 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |October |4 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |November |12 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |December |11 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |January |20 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February |22 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |April |8 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May |16 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |June |7 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jenny Willott To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the average processing time was for pension schemes applying to qualify for assistance under the financial assistance scheme in each month since the scheme began operating; and if he will make a statement; (2) what the average processing time for pension schemes applying to qualify for assistance under the financial assistance scheme has been since the scheme has been operating; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Mike O'Brien In order to obtain a decision on qualification for assistance under the financial assistance scheme, a pension scheme must successfully go through the two stages of notification and qualification. This involves the trustees and administrators providing basic scheme information to the FAS operational unit. As at 29 June 2007, the average time taken since operations started in September 2005 from receipt at FASOU of a correctly completed application form for qualification to a qualification decision being issued was 47 working days. Equivalent information on a month-by-month basis is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Industrial Health and Safety: Coroners Mr. Hollobone To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer from the then Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, of 19 June 2007, Official Report, columns 1713-4W, on Industrial Health and Safety: Coroners, what steps he has taken to ensure that health and safety regulations requiring employers to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of risks to health and safety to which employees are exposed while at work have been carried out by those responsible for coroners and coroners’ officers. Mrs. McGuire [holding answer 12 July 2007]: Coroners are appointed and funded by the relevant local authority. Their officers are employed by the relevant local authority or police authority. Compliance with health and safety requirements for risk assessments relating to their work is a matter for the relevant employer. The Health and Safety Executive continues to work with employers to develop and implement sensible risk controls. Industrial Health and Safety: Publicity Mr. Hoban To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was spent by the Health and Safety Executive on campaigns to raise awareness of the dangers of working at height in each of the last five years. Mrs. McGuire The HSE’s ‘Height Aware’ campaign 2006 cost about £1.7 million including publicity, promotional events and evaluation of its effectiveness. In 2005 the HSE ran some initiatives focusing on ladder safety costing around £17.500. The HSE is currently building on these with the current ‘Ladder Exchange’ initiative, for which final costs are not yet available. A falls from height campaign specifically targeting those working in the construction sector was run in 2003-04, costing £275,000. These campaigns were aimed at reducing deaths and serious injuries arising from falls from ladders which cost the British economy more than £60 million a year. Pensions: Financial assistance scheme Mr. Touhig To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pension schemes in England and Wales are eligible for the financial assistance scheme. Mr. Mike O'Brien The FAS operational unit does not hold the precise information requested specifically for schemes in England and Wales as in many cases the principal employer of the underfunded pension schemes are no longer in existence. They have therefore been provided with the address of the scheme trustee, administrator or the official receiver which does not reflect the location of the sponsoring employer of the pension scheme. A total of 682 schemes have qualified for FAS assistance. This is correct up to and including the 22 June 2007. Pensions: Financial Assistance Scheme Jenny Willott To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of pension schemes whose qualification status for the financial assistance scheme is undecided are (a) waiting for scheme trustees to provide additional information before a decision can be made and (b) having their application considered by the Department; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Mike O'Brien As at 6 July 2007 there are a total of 38 pension schemes whose status for the FAS is yet to be decided. Of these, 10 schemes (26 per cent.) are being considered based on the initial information provided by the trustees; we are awaiting further information from the trustees of 15 schemes (40 per cent.) and the remaining 13 schemes (34 per cent.) have indicated that a compromise agreement is in place, so we are unable to progress the application until the legislation to implement the extension to cover these schemes is in place. Social Security Benefits: Repayments Mr. Keith Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will undertake an evaluation of the 28-day hospital stay rule for young people with cancer. Mrs. McGuire From 10 April 2006, apart from those in receipt of disability living allowance, attendance allowance and carer's allowance, patients receiving free in-patient treatment in NHS hospitals no longer have their benefits reduced to a flat rate figure. The role of DLA is to help with the extra costs of disability-related needs. These needs are met free of charge by the NHS when someone is in hospital. Payment of DLA for adults therefore stops after four weeks to avoid duplicate provision. However, payment of DLA to children aged under 16 does not stop until after 12 weeks, regardless of their diagnosis. Carer's allowance would also normally continue to be paid to the carer for this 12-week period. The 12-week rule recognises that children may have special needs for support from their parents while they are adjusting to hospital life. We have no plans to change the current rules. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Agriculture: Subsidies Bill Wiggin To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many claimants received interest on their 2005 single farm payments for sums paid after 30 June 2006; what the total amount of interest paid was; and if he will make a statement. Jonathan Shaw As of 30 June 2007 5,745 claimants had been paid interest in respect of the single payment scheme for 2005. The total amount of interest paid was £1,203,619.97. Carbon Emissions Mr. Meacher To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the level of (a) carbon dioxide emissions and (b) greenhouse gas equivalent emissions was in the UK in each year since 1990; what the percentage change was in each year; and what the comparable figures and percentages were for (i) the EU, (ii) the US, (iii) China, (iv) Russia, (v) countries in sub-Saharan Africa and (vi) other developing countries. Mr. Woolas For information relating to UK and EU emissions, I refer my right hon. Friend to the answer provided by my predecessor on 8 March 2007, Official Report, column 2184W. Table 1 contains UK CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions, and percentage changes, for each year between 1990 and 2005, the latest year for which data are available. Table 2 contains comparable figures for the EU-15, who have a collective target of -8 per cent. under the Kyoto protocol. DEFRA does not hold the information requested for the US, China, Russia, sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries. Emissions estimates are submitted under the United Nations framework convention on climate change, which is the parent treaty for the Kyoto protocol and Montreal decisions. The United States and Russia are both Annex I parties, and are therefore required to submit annual estimates of emissions to the Convention. China, and all African countries, are non-Annex I parties to the convention, and are therefore not required to submit annual emissions estimates. All emissions data submitted to the convention are available on the UNFCCC website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |GHG emissions (with LULUCF)|Percentage change on previous year|Percentage change on 1990|Net CO2 emissions including land use, land use change and forestry|Percentage change on previous year|Percentage change on 1990| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1990|773.0 |— |— |592.1 |— |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1991|779.2 |0.8 |0.8 |598.9 |1.1 |1.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1992|754.4 |-3.2 |-2.4 |581.9 |-2.8 |-1.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1993|732.6 |-2.9 |-5.2 |567.0 |-2.6 |-4.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1994|720.0 |-1.7 |-6.9 |559.2 |-1.4 |-5.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1995|709.7 |-1.4 |-8.2 |549.6 |-1.7 |-7.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1996|730.7 |3.0 |-5.5 |571.3 |3.9 |-3.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997|706.6 |-3.3 |-8.6 |548.4 |-4.0 |-7.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998|701.6 |-0.7 |-9.2 |550.1 |0.3 |-7.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999|670.4 |-4.4 |-13.3 |540.8 |-1.7 |-8.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000|672.0 |0.2 |-13.1 |548.8 |1.5 |-7.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001|674.9 |0.4 |-12.7 |559.6 |2.0 |-5.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002|654.3 |-3.1 |-15.4. |543.2 |-2.9 |-8.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003|660.0 |0.9 |-14.6 |555.1 |2.2 |-6.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004|657.0 |-0.5 |-15.0 |554.6 |-0.1 |-6.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005|653.8 |-0.5 |-15.4 |554.2 |-0.1 |-6.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |GHG emissions (with LULUCF)|Percentage change on previous year|Percentage change on 1990|Net CO2 emissions including land use, land use change and forestry|Percentage change on previous year|Percentage change on 1990| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1990|4,040 |— |— |3,135 |— |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1991|3,995 |-1.1 |-1.1 |3,101 |-1.1 |-1.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1992|3,921 |-1.9 |-2.9 |3,041 |-1.9 |-3.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1993|3,847 |-1.9 |-4.8 |2,983 |-1.9 |-4.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1994|3,826 |-0.5 |-5.3 |2,963 |-0.7 |-5.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1995|3,863 |1.0 |-4.4 |2,993 |1.0 |-4.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1996|3,930 |1.7 |-2.7 |3,054 |2.0 |-2.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997|3,871 |-1.5 |-4.2 |3,004 |-1.6 |-4.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998|3,898 |0.7 |-3.5 |3,061 |1.9 |-2.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999|3,825 |-1.9 |-5.3 |3,026 |-1.1 |-3.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000|3,846 |0.5 |^-4.8 |3,062 |1.2 |-2.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001|3,867 |0.5 |-4.3 |3,105 |1.4 |-1.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002|3,829 |-1.0 |-5.2 |3,084 |-0.7 |-1.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003|3,909 |2.1 |-3.2 |3,175 |3.0 |1.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004|3,926 |0.4 |-2.8 |3,203 |0.9 |2.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005|3,877 |-1.2 |-4.0 |3,164 |-1.2 |0.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carbon Emissions: Cattle Mr. Drew To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research he has commissioned into reducing methane emissions from cows. Mr. Woolas For information relating to research into reducing methane emissions from livestock, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 10 July 2007, Official Report, column 1380W. In addition to our work on reducing emissions from livestock through nutrition, husbandry, genetics, and nutrient management, we are also exploring the potential for the use of anaerobic digestion to reduce methane emissions. Anaerobic digestion can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by capturing methane from the decomposition of organic materials, such as livestock manures and slurries, sewage sludge and food wastes, to produce a biogas. The biogas can be used as a renewable energy source, both for heat and power, and as a transport fuel. Departments: Lighting Mr. Nicholas Brown To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department participated in the Lights out London campaign. Joan Ruddock DEFRA participated in the Lights out London campaign in order to raise awareness of the issue of climate change by encouraging people to change their behaviour both at work and at home. One of the actions people can take to reduce CO2 emissions is to turn off lights. Eight departmental buildings in London complied with the initiative. Departments: Private Finance Initiative Mrs. Lait To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total cost is of all private finance initiative projects for which his Department has responsibility completed since 1997; and what the projected cost is of such projects commissioned or under way. Jonathan Shaw There are no private finance initiative projects completed since 1997 for which the Department or its sponsored bodies have responsibility. There are, however, currently three PFI projects under way for which DEFRA does have responsibility and the details of these are shown in the following table. The Department is not presently involved in any other PFI projects which are at the commissioning stage. The total costs shown in the table include unitary charge payments which are conditional on the performance of the private sector contractors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Organisation |Project description |Projected cost (£ million)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Natural England |Office facilities at Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge|92.89 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Environment Agency|Broadland flood alleviation project |169.93 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Environment Agency|Pevensey Bay sea defences |35.39 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | |298.21 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Department also gives support in the form of PFI credits to allow local authorities to enter into PFI contracts to provide waste recycling and management facilities. These projects are, however, managed by and the responsibility of the local authority concerned and not DEFRA itself. Departments: Public Transport Mr. Jenkins To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what incentives he has considered to encourage staff in his Department to use public transport. Jonathan Shaw The main incentive the Department offers are interest-free loans for season tickets for travel to work. Use of public transport is encouraged by departmental policies including limited car parking, flexible working, using public transport during the course of travel and making use of travel websites and information services, such as Transport Direct. Staff are also informed about local transport initiatives and promotions. Where the location or nature of the work makes public transport use impractical for staff, car sharing and the use of low emission vehicles is encouraged. Fisheries: Italy Norman Baker To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will discuss with (a) the European Commission and (b) the Italian authorities the illegal use of driftnets by Italian fishermen in the Mediterranean. Jonathan Shaw My ministerial predecessor, my hon. Friend the Member for Exeter (Mr. Bradshaw), took the opportunity at the 11-12 June Agriculture and Fisheries Council, to raise our concerns about the continuing illegal use of drift nets in EU waters. The Commission made it clear that it took such illegal activity seriously and that it is currently investigating the activities of both Italian and French vessels in this regard. In addition, the regulation defining drift nets, to provide for more robust enforcement of the existing controls, has now been formally adopted. Floods Chris Huhne To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the (a) number of deaths, (b) number of homes flooded, (c) amount of damage caused by floods and (d) the insured losses arising from floods in each of the last 10 years. Mr. Woolas For (a), the data available on deaths due to drowning do not give a sufficiently detailed breakdown to enable direct attribution to flooding to be made. However, we are aware that in recent years two deaths resulted from the flooding in Carlisle in 2005, for example, whilst a number of deaths have been reported during the recent floods. For (b), the following estimates include homes flooded in England as a result of river or sea flooding only. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Homes flooded| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |281 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |5,796 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |1,930 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |9,916 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |1,641 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |786 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |1,516 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |1,139 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |4,116 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |746 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Source: Environment Agency flood incident management teams, regional flood risk management teams and flood risk mapping and data.| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For 2007, the current total of reports of recent flooding from all sources, including surface water as well as river flooding, is now over 37,000 residential properties and businesses affected. For (c) and (d), full details for each year are not available. However, for the autumn floods of 2000—the most widespread floods in recent years—the total costs were then estimated at around £1 billion. In addition, the following data for major weather events in the last 10 years are from the Association of British Insurers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Incident |Cost estimate (£ million)| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |December 1997 to January 1998|Heavy storms and flooding throughout Great Britain|270 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |April 1998 |Heavy rain causing flooding |137 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |October 1998 |Heavy rain causing flooding |100 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |October-November 2000 |Heavy rain causing flooding |760 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |January 2005 |Floods in Carlisle |243 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |January 2005 |Storms in Scotland |124 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For 2007, the ABI has estimated that claims total around £1.5 billion for the recent floods. Floods: Lewes Norman Baker To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make a statement on the effect of the timescale for the introduction of improved flood defences in Lewes arising from the allocation of existing funding by HM Treasury. Mr. Woolas [holding answer 16 July 2007]: The Environment Agency is developing a £2 million project to improve defences for the Cliffe area of Lewes, funded through a locally raised levy. It is working closely with Lewes district council and private developers to identify opportunities to provide improved defences as part of redevelopment schemes within the town. Following completion of the Cliffe works, expected in late 2009, 166 residential and 58 other properties will benefit from improved protection. No final decisions have been taken on the allocation of the £200 million of increased spending in 2010-11. Following the comprehensive review settlement, expected by the autumn, and a subsequent departmental allocations exercise, a separate prioritisation process will determine funding for individual flood risk management projects. Sewers Chris Huhne To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what capacity of excess rainfall the storm water and sewerage system of each major urban area in England can bear; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Woolas My Department does not hold this information. Water and sewerage companies are responsible for assessing the capacity of public sewers in order to ensure the effectual drainage of their area. Typically, the public sewerage system overall is designed to withstand a one-in-30-year storm event and waste water treatment works are designed to deal with six times dry weather flows without discharging excess water to a watercourse. It has been estimated that up to 50 per cent. of the sewerage network may be in private hands (for example, householders) and information on capacity for this section of the network is not available. Earlier this year, the Government announced that existing private sewers and lateral drains that drain to public sewers would be transferred into the ownership of water and sewerage companies. This will significantly improve the integrated management of the sewerage network as a whole. As well as private sewers, there is also an extensive network of surface water drainage associated with highways which is the responsibility of highways authorities. This frequently discharges and interacts with the public sewerage network. DEFRA is also funding 15 pilot projects to test alternative approaches to the integrated management of urban drainage across the different organisations with responsibilities in this area. The Office of the Water Services compiles figures on the numbers of properties at varying risk of flooding from overloaded public sewers. The price limits for 2005-10 allowed a programme of nearly £1 billion to safeguard homes against the risk of sewer flooding. By then, the proportion of properties at risk would reduce to 0.01 per cent. of households. Tree Felling Mr. Greg Knight To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment his Department has made of levels of deforestation in England; and if he will make a statement. Joan Ruddock A national survey of trees and woodland is carried out every 15-20 years by the Forestry Commission. The most recent inventory was published in 2001 and the next survey is planned to start next year. When completed this will enable an assessment of deforestation (i.e. the area of woodland lost between the two surveys) to be carried out. However, the Forestry Commission estimates that the current level of deforestation in England is running at between 500 and 1,000 hectares per year. This is almost entirely due to the removal of planted woodland to restore priority open habitats including lowland heath and upland peat bog. New woodland creation has averaged almost 5,000 hectares per year over the last five years, outweighing the area lost to open habitat restoration. Communities and Local Government Adoption: Babies David T.C. Davies To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether her Department provides financial incentives to local authorities to increase take-up of adoptions of babies under the age of six months. John Healey The Department for Communities and Local Government and the Office for the Deputy Prime Minister before it has since 2000 provided a system of performance incentivisation for local authorities in England across a range of service areas. This system operated via the local public service agreements, which have since been merged with local area agreements. These agreements offered a reward grant to local authorities who could deliver outcomes over and above the level of performance Government would otherwise expect. Sixty one local authorities chose to include in their LPSA or LAA a measure performance on adoption and/or stability of placements for looked-after children, though the targets would not refer specifically to babies under the age of six months. Reward would be payable to local authorities and their partners for achievement of these particular targets, and in a number of cases this has now been claimed. Details on each target have been made available in the Library of the House, though we do not have data on the age of the children adopted in local authority areas. Community Development: Business Margaret Moran To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to support social enterprises. John Healey The Department launched a third sector strategy discussion paper on 7 June which includes consideration of the need of third sector organisations for more sustainable forms of investment. Our women and equality unit has commissioned a study to understand the barriers to ethnic minority women entering social enterprise and the support they need. Assistance for social enterprises is also available through the local enterprise growth initiative. So far, 29 local authorities have benefited from the first two rounds. Local authorities that have been successful may include projects to support social enterprises to encourage entrepreneur ship. We will set out future proposals for supporting the third sector, including social enterprise, in the light of our assessment of responses to the discussion paper and the outcome of the 2007 comprehensive spending review. Margaret Moran To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of the total value of contracts which her Department holds is held with social enterprises. John Healey The Department does not currently hold information on suppliers in a way that captures the identification of contracts held with social enterprises. The Department is, however, seeking to revise its financial systems to capture information on third-sector suppliers, including social enterprises, and is liaising with the Office of the Third Sector to ensure that we adopt a common approach with the rest of Government. Community Relations: Holocaust Mr. Dismore To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the contribution of the Holocaust Educational Trust’s ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ project to (a) community cohesion, (b) race relations, (c) faith groups relations and (d) the understanding of the Holocaust by young people; and if she will make a statement. Mr. Dhanda I believe that the ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ project makes an important contribution to the promotion of good relations between people from different ethnic, cultural and faith backgrounds, and in particular to ensuring young people appreciate the continuing lessons of the Holocaust for our society today. This is reflected in the Government’s recent response to the all-party parliamentary inquiry into anti-semitism. The Department has contributed £20,000 to the Searchlight Educational Trust’s ‘Young Citizen’ magazine, the first issue of which contains testimonies from students who have participated in the ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ project. Departments: Common Purpose Philip Davies To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. Mr. Iain Wright Over the last five financial years the Communities and Local Government has spent the following with Common Purpose: --------------------------- |Financial year1|Spend (£)| --------------------------- |2002 |20,930 | --------------------------- |2003 |53,874 | --------------------------- |2004 |39,018 | --------------------------- |2005 |58,846 | --------------------------- |2006 |134,324 | --------------------------- |1 Commencing | | --------------------------- The purpose of the expenditure was to procure management training in leadership for senior managers and others within the Department, with the objective of enhancing their capability as potential leaders, both within their own organisation and in society as a whole. The outcome of the expenditure should be that participants will gain new skills and competencies for leadership development and the Department will benefit from stronger, more inspired leaders who are more outward looking and closer to the community. Departments: Early Retirement Mr. Jenkins To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of staff in her Department took early retirement in the last five years, broken down by grade; and at what cost. Mr. Iain Wright The numbers of staff taking early retirement from the Department for Communities and Local Government, and its main predecessor the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, are set out, analysed by grade, and at what cost, in the following table. This does not include departmental agencies or non-departmental public bodies. The cost of the earlier years exits, less than 15 per cent. of the 492 exits’ total, and analysis by grade of 13 of the earliest staff exits, is not shown as it could be provided only at disproportionate cost. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|Five years| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |All grades |6 |17 |40 |117 |312 |492 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Comprising: | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Senior Civil Service—Director General |— |— |1 |0 |1 |2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Senior Civil Service—Director |— |4 |1 |1 |3 |9 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Senior Civil Service—Divisional Manager |1 |2 |6 |8 |4 |21 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Senior Civil Service—Band Unknown |— |— |— |— |— |— | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Deputy Divisional Manager |— |1 |1 |2 |8 |12 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Principal |— |6 |8 |16 |32 |62 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Fire Inspector |— |— |3 |— |— |3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Senior Research Officer |— |— |— |— |1 |1 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Senior Professional Technical Officer |— |— |— |— |2 |2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Senior Executive Officer |— |1 |6 |16 |31 |54 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Higher Professional Technical Officer |— |— |— |— |1 |1 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Higher Executive Officer |— |1 |4 |26 |75 |106 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Professional Technical Officer |— |— |— |— |3 |3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mapping and Charting Officer |— |— |— |— |2 |2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Executive Officer |— |2 |6 |23 |63 |94 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Personal Secretary |— |— |— |— |6 |6 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Administrative Officer |— |— |4 |19 |49 |72 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Administrative Assistant |— |— |— |6 |9 |15 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Emergency Industrial Grade 4 |— |— |— |— |2 |2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Emergency Industrial Grade 3 |— |— |— |— |8 |8 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Emergency Industrial Grade 1 |— |— |— |— |12 |12 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Grade unknown |5 |— |— |— |— |5 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Proportion of central Department and Government office staff at start of year (percentage)|— |— |1 |3 |9 |— | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cost (£ million) | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total first year payments |1— |1— |1— |4.6 |26.7 |— | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Forecast total future years’ payments |1— |1— |1— |2.4 |15.5 |— | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Obtaining information for earlier years would entail disproportionate cost. | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Departments: Private Finance Initiative Mrs. Lait To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total cost is of all private finance initiative projects for which her Department has responsibility completed since 1997; and what the projected cost is of such projects commissioned or underway. Mr. Iain Wright The Department has responsibility for 46 signed PFI projects, of which all but one are contracts entered into by local authorities. The total level of capital investment being supported is £1,154 million. The projected annual payments, up to 2033-34, are £4,015 million. These payments cover the whole contract, including services, as well as payment for the capital investment, and are conditional on the performance of the contractor. Costs for individual projects are available on the HM Treasury website, at: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/documents/public_private__partnerships/ppp_pfi_stats.cfm. Flood Control Mr. Laurence Robertson To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the cost of upgrading drainage systems in the UK to tackle the consequences of flash flooding; and if she will make a statement. Mr. Woolas I have been asked to reply. Early estimates outlined in the Government's Foresight report on future flood risk suggested that investment of £100 million-£400 million per year may be required to limit damages caused by urban drainage flooding to levels similar to today under some scenarios for several decades. However, the authors of this report acknowledged that these estimates were based on very limited data. Floods: Milton Keynes Mr. Lancaster To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she will provide a substantive answer to Question 149169, on flooding in Milton Keynes, tabled on 9 July 2007, for answer on 12 July 2007. John Healey I have now replied to the hon. Member’s question. Homelessness Margaret Moran To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homeless people there were in each local authority area in England at the latest date for which figures are available. Mr. Iain Wright Information about local authorities’ actions under homelessness legislation is collected quarterly at local authority level, in respect of households rather than people. Information reported each quarter by local authorities about their activities under homelessness legislation includes the number of households accepted by local authorities as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need, and therefore owed a main homelessness duty. The duty owed to an accepted household is to secure suitable accommodation. If a settled home is not immediately available, the authority may secure temporary accommodation until a settled home becomes available. This data is published in our quarterly statistical release on statutory homelessness, which includes a supplementary table showing the breakdown of key data, including acceptances and temporary accommodation, by each local authority. This is published on our website and placed in the Library each quarter. The latest release was published on 11 June 2007 and contains data for the period January to March 2007: http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1002882&PressNoticeID=2438 Since 1998, information has also been collected on the number of people who sleep rough—that is, those who are literally roofless on a single night—and these are also published on our website, by local authority: http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/705/NationalRoughSleepingEstimate2006_id1502705.xls Housing: Leeds John Battle To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her latest estimate is of the number of new homes planned to be built in the next 10 years in the Leeds metropolitan District, broken down by (a) private homes to buy, (b) private homes to rent (c) housing association properties and (d) local authority homes to rent. Mr. Iain Wright The draft regional spatial strategy for Yorkshire and the Humber (the “Yorkshire and Humber plan”) was submitted to the Government in December 2004. This gives a net housing delivery target for Leeds of 2,260 per annum up to 2016 and 2,950 per annum between 2016 and 2021. In May 2007 the examination in public panel report on the plan was published. This report states that Leeds should accommodate more housing growth than currently set out in the draft RSS, but does not specify a number. Ministers are currently considering the panel report and the Secretary of State will publish proposed changes to the draft RSS later in the summer. How these target numbers will be divided into various tenures is a matter which will be determined by both the housing market and regional and local planning processes and functions. Housing: Low Incomes Margaret Moran To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions she has had with registered social landlords and housing corporations on using RSLs’ spare borrowing capacity for construction of new affordable homes. Mr. Iain Wright We continue to have discussions with the Housing Corporation and housing associations on RSLs’ borrowing capacity. In March 2007, the corporation published ‘Unlocking the Door’, analysing how past investment locked up in stock could be released to finance more affordable housing. The corporation has concluded that there is unused capacity and that housing associations can borrow more against their existing businesses. There is therefore scope for efficiency savings to be secured for new affordable housing. The Housing Corporation is currently considering the responses it has received to its consultation document on recycled capital grants and links to property values. Members: Correspondence Margaret Moran To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reasons the letter from the hon. Member for Luton South to her predecessor relating to Mrs. Webb of Luton, dated 17 November 2006, was not replied to until 4 June 2007. Mr. Iain Wright I apologise to my hon. Friend for the delay in responding to the correspondence, which was due to an administrative oversight. We attach great importance to the prompt and efficient handling of correspondence, particularly from hon. Members. Earlier this year, Communities and Local Government introduced new arrangements for the handling of ministerial correspondence and early indications are that the changes have significantly improved our performance. Mobile Homes: Surveys Mr. Oaten To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2007, Official Report, column 1277W, on mobile homes: surveys, how many of the eight respondents supporting option 3 were (a) individuals and (b) organisations; and if she will identify these respondents. Mr. Iain Wright Of the eight respondents that supported option 3, five were individuals and three were organisations. I am not able to disclose the identity of the individuals as we have given a commitment to individual respondents that their personal details will not be disclosed outside of the Department. However, the three organisations were Basingstoke and Deane borough council, Arun district council and South Norfolk district council. Ordnance Survey: Copyright Mr. MacNeil To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was raised by the Ordnance Survey from the sale to commercial enterprises of the rights to use licensable or copyright material in each of the last five years. Mr. Iain Wright Revenue from commercial enterprises including licensed partners and distributors, from licenses for digital data and map copying and from sales of mapping for the years 2002-03 to 2006-07 were £50,475,353, £51,250,715, £51,930,385, £54,772,770 and £57,804,021 respectively. Travelling People: Eastern Region Anne Main To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the reason was for the initiation of the proposed single-issue revision of the Eastern regional spatial strategy in relation to the provision of Gypsy and Traveller sites. Mr. Iain Wright The single issue review of its Regional Spatial Strategy, “Planning for Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation in the East of England” currently being carried out by the East of England Regional Assembly reflects the important role that “Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Circular 1/06, Planning for Gypsy and Traveller Sites” gives to Regional Spatial Strategies in addressing the shortage of authorised accommodation for Gypsies and Travellers. The main steps in the process are: Local authorities assess needs through their Gypsy and Traveller accommodation assessments; The regional planning body (i.e. the Regional Assembly) defines the total level of need in the region and the level of additional pitch provision at district council level through its regional spatial strategy; The regional spatial strategy is confirmed by the Secretary of State, following an examination in public conducted by an independent panel if necessary; Local planning authorities define the locations for new sites through their local development documents and ensure delivery through their strategic housing role. The Regional Assembly gave a commitment to carry out such a review in early 2006 at the examination in public into the main review of the East of England regional spatial strategy, where it admitted that its policy did not meet the requirements of the Circular. We are grateful to the Regional Assembly for its work on the Gypsy and Traveller accommodation review, which is the first in the country to fully reflect the requirements of circular 1/06. Culture, Media and Sport Arts: Finance Ms Dari Taylor To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions he has held with HM Treasury on funding commitments for the arts in the comprehensive spending review 2007. James Purnell Discussions on the CSR are continuing between DCMS and HM Treasury. Cultural Heritage: Iraq Tim Loughton To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what support and funding his Department has made available to the Department of Antiquities in Iraq to counter looting of archaeological sites and artefacts. James Purnell My Department has not provided direct funds to the Department of Antiquities in Iraq to counter looting or archaeological sites. Instead, the UK’s response to the heritage crisis in Iraq has been led by its sponsored bodies. In particular the British Museum has: provided expertise and training on conservation and site management; sent two archaeologists to Iraq who were instrumental in co-ordinating the quick supply of a wide range of desperately needed materials and equipment to the Baghdad Museum; and arranged and managed (with additional funding of £15,000 from the DCMS) a project that allowed three interns coming from the Iraqi Ministry of Culture to learn the skills necessary for the future management of the Babylon archaeological site. Departments: Early Retirement Mr. Jenkins To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many and what proportion of staff took early retirement from his Department in the last five years, broken down by grade; and at what cost. Margaret Hodge As numbers of staff by grade are so small, five or less, we are unable to provide the breakdown of early retirements as requested, on the grounds of confidentiality. The information relating to the overall early retirements numbers and costs in the last five years is contained in the table. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Number of staff|Proportion of staff as a percentage of the headcount|Overall cost to Department until the minimum pension age of 60 (£)| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002-03 |0 |n/a |n/a | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |1 |0.204 |1— | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |0 |n/a |n/a | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |5 |0.956 |847,469.49 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |6 |1.138 |912,624.54 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |n/a = Not applicable1 Confidentiality applies| | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Departments: Publicity David Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the cost effectiveness of advertising commissioned by his Department in the last 12 months. Margaret Hodge DCMS ensures that the most appropriate newspapers, publications and websites are used when advertising its job vacancies and public appointments, and monitors carefully the costs involved in placing these advertisements. My Department is co-operating fully with the central initiative of sharing recruitment advertising space and costs with other Government Departments where this is possible. Departments: Racial Harassment David Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many complaints of racial abuse relating to staff for which his Department is responsible have been (a) investigated and (b) upheld in the last 12 months. Margaret Hodge There have been no formal complaints of racial abuse from DCMS employees in the last 12 months. The Department is fully committed to equal opportunities and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment or victimisation. There is an equal opportunities complaints procedure available on the Departments’ intranet which provides a mechanism for staff to raise and have addressed problems or concerns. Digital Switchover Help Scheme Mr. Don Foster To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what account has been taken of the continuing development of the (a) technology and (b) options available in relation to digital switchover in decisions over the form of assistance on offer. James Purnell In order to take into account the continuing development of the technology, an emerging technologies group will be established. This group will consider such developments and, where appropriate, will make recommendations to the BBC and DCMS to amend the help scheme’s core receiver requirements accordingly. The scheme will be platform-neutral and will therefore allow those eligible to choose from the range of options where they are available. Those opting for cable, satellite or digital TV via a phone line, will have to pay any difference in cost. Mr. Carmichael To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make a statement on Government support for pensioners and vulnerable groups preparing for digital switchover. James Purnell The digital switchover help scheme will be available to households where at least one person is 75 years or over, severely disabled or is registered as blind or partially sighted during the eligibility period, which starts eight months before switchover in their region. The scheme will provide equipment to convert one TV set to the most cost-effective digital platform in the relevant area. Where necessary, there will also be an in-home service to help with the installation and use of equipment, or the upgrading of an aerial. Those eligible for the scheme will also be able to opt for an integrated digital television or personal video recorder. It will also be possible to opt for a different digital platform (broadband, cable, satellite or terrestrial) from the one proposed by the scheme. The scheme will make a financial contribution towards these alternative options, but the eligible household would need to meet the cost of any shortfall or continuing subscription. Where the eligible household opts for the digital terrestrial platform, the scheme will provide a set top converter box which meets the scheme’s core receiver requirement. This incorporates a number of features, such as audio description, which are intended to be beneficial to the targeted groups. There will be a £40 charge for the help scheme, but where the qualifying person is also in receipt of certain benefits, the assistance will be provided free of charge. Eligibility for the scheme will be based on Department for Work and Pensions data, which enables the scheme to target communications thus avoiding complex application forms and the need for complex and costly verification procedures. Listed Buildings Linda Gilroy To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on which occasions Ministers have not followed the advice of English Heritage in relation to the listing of buildings in each of the last five years. Margaret Hodge No central record is maintained, either by the Department or English Heritage, to show the number of occasions on which advice provided by English Heritage on listing applications is overruled. The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Olympic Games: Greater London Hugh Robertson To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) if he will list his Department's responsibilities with regard to the 2012 Olympics; (2) which Minister is responsible for elite athlete training for the London 2012 Olympics; which Minister will have responsibility for the sports legacy of 2012; and which Minister will have responsibility for the National Lottery statutory instrument due to be laid before the House after the summer adjournment. James Purnell The Minister for the Olympics is responsible for the Government's overall Olympic Programme and legacy plans, to which a number of Departments will contribute. As such, she will co-chair (with the Mayor of London) the Olympic Board and exercise statutory and other functions with respect to the London Organising Committee, the Olympic Delivery Authority and the Olympic lottery distributor. The Government Olympic Executive, which remains part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, will report to the Minister for the Olympics through the Permanent Secretary of the Department. As part of his wider responsibilities, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is responsible for: Elite athlete training for the London 2012 Olympics; The sports legacy for 2012; Laying before the House the National Lottery statutory instrument transferring funds to the Olympic lottery distributor. To ensure close co-ordination, the Minister for Sport will continue, as previously, to attend the Olympic Board. The Secretary of State and the Minister for the Olympics have joint responsibility for the Cultural Olympiad. This recognises the importance of the cultural programme to London 2012, and of seeing the Olympiad as a key opportunity for the cultural sectors, with a lasting legacy. The Secretary of State will continue to exercise statutory and other functions in respect of the various established sporting, cultural and other bodies including UK Sport and Sport England. Playing Fields: Planning Mr. Don Foster To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) when his Department plans to consult on the proposals in the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 on playing fields of 0.2 hectares and above; (2) when his Department plans to bring forward the changes recommended in the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 announced in his Department’s press release “Planning to Safeguard Open Spaces and Playing Fields” of July 2002. Mr. Iain Wright I have been asked to reply. We are strongly committed to reducing the threshold for statutory consultation on the sale of playing fields from 0.4 ha to 0.2 ha and this will be reflected in the consultation paper on the review of statutory consultees due later this year. Public Buildings: Plymouth Linda Gilroy To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on what date, and at what stage of the process, the (a) Secretary of State and (b) other Ministers were informed of the advice from English Heritage on the listing of the civil centre in Plymouth. Margaret Hodge English Heritage provides advice to the Secretary of State on listing applications once they have consulted owners and local planning authorities and completed a full assessment of the building. English Heritage provided their advice on the listing of the civic centre in Plymouth to the then Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Tessa Jowell) on 12 June 2007. Linda Gilroy To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations were received by the Department objecting to the listing of the civic centre in Plymouth; and what advice he received from officials within his Department on the listing of the civic centre. Margaret Hodge Between receipt by English Heritage of the application to list the building in April 2006 and the decision to list being taken in June 2007, the Department received two representations objecting to the possible listing. These representations were made by my hon. Friends the Members for Plymouth, Sutton (Linda Gilroy) and for Plymouth, Devonport (Alison Seabeck). The then Minister for Culture, my hon. Friend the Member for Tottenham (David Lammy) was advised that objections to the possible listing had been received, but that the application to list was with English Heritage pending the completion of an adviser’s report. Linda Gilroy To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what account was taken of representations objecting to the listing of the civic centre in Plymouth received by his Department. Margaret Hodge All relevant evidence is taken into account in determining listing applications. For evidence to be relevant it must relate to the statutory criteria of special architectural or historic interest set out in planning policy guidance note 15. These are the only factors that the Secretary of State may take into account in making listing decisions. State of repair, cost of maintenance and unsuitability for modern needs are matters which are not relevant to the assessment of a building’s qualifications for listing—but they are all things which can be taken into account by the planning authority in considering any application to demolish or alter a listed building. Linda Gilroy To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what role Ministers in his Department played in the approval of the listing of the civic centre in Plymouth; and on what date the listing of the civic centre in Plymouth was approved by Ministers. Margaret Hodge English Heritage administers the listing system on behalf of the Secretary of State, but it is the Secretary of State who decides whether a building should be added to the statutory list. The decision to list the civic centre in Plymouth was made on 21 June 2007. Mr. Streeter To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what extra revenue his Department will make available to Plymouth council in respect of the financial implications of the listing of Plymouth civic centre by English Heritage. Margaret Hodge Government funding for the historic environment in England is channelled through English Heritage. Grants are available for structural repairs to listed buildings that English Heritage considers to be of outstanding historical or architectural interest. Grants are usually restricted to buildings listed Grade I or Grade II*—rather than Grade II listed—but all applications are dealt with on their individual merits. There are a number of charitable trusts that make grants towards the preservation and upkeep of historic buildings. In addition, the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) has powers to provide financial assistance towards the repair and maintenance of buildings of importance to the national heritage, through the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Decisions on applications are made by the NHMF trustees, who seek advice from English Heritage and other professional bodies. Mr. Streeter To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions he has had with the chief executive of English Heritage on its decision to list Plymouth civic centre; and if he will make a statement. Margaret Hodge There have been no discussions between my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and the chief executive of English Heritage on the decision to list Plymouth civic centre. Radio Frequencies Mr. Spellar To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the Government’s policy is on the continued use of the FM and AM bands for radio broadcasts. James Purnell Spectrum planning is primarily a matter for Ofcom as the regulator. However, the Government note the proposals made in Ofcom’s ‘Future of Radio Review—Phase 3’ about alternative uses for the FM and AM bands, on which they have recently consulted. Radio: Digital Broadcasting Bob Spink To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the impact on (a) low income households and (b) those in areas of poor digital radio reception of the switch-off of FM and AM analogue radio for digital radio. James Purnell None. The Government have no current plans to switch-off either the FM or AM analogue radio signals, but will keep this under review as required by section 67 of the Broadcasting Act 1996. Tourism: Income Mr. Don Foster To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total value of the tourism industry was to the UK economy in each year since 1997. Margaret Hodge Estimates of the value of the tourism industry to the UK economy are shown in the table. 2005 is the latest year for which estimates have been made. Due to data quality issues relating to overnight domestic tourism, no figures are available for 2004. These figures cover spending by domestic residents on tourism day visits and on overnight trips, spending by inbound visitors to the UK, fares paid to UK carriers by overseas residents and imputed rent from UK residents’ ownership of second homes. From 1997 to 1999 the figures measuring the contribution to the economy are expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product. From 2000, estimates are measured in terms of gross value added and are based on the results of the ‘UK Tourism Satellite Account—First Steps Project’, which gives a more accurate statement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |£ billion | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |UK tourism expenditure (at current prices)|UK tourism expenditure (2005 prices)|Contribution to the economy| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |19971 |65.7|80.1|24.9| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |19981 |70.0|82.5|24.9| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |19991 |73.3|85.1|24.9| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |74.9|84.4|33.8| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |72.9|80.8|33.6| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |73.7|80.4|33.5| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |74.2|78.6|3, 43.3| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |85.0|85.0|3, 5n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Figures from 1997 to 1999 do not include imputed rent from second home ownership.2 Percentage of GDP.3 Percentage of GVA.4 Revised from previously published figure of 3.4 per cent. due to ONS revision of total UK GVA figure.5 An estimate for the percentage of GVA for 2005 is not yet available.|||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tourism: Marketing Mr. Don Foster To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the return on spending resulting from VisitBritain's marketing activity was in each year since 2003. Margaret Hodge Since 2003, VisitBritain’s marketing activity has resulted in an annual return on grant-in-aid investment as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Country marketed |2003-04|2004-05|2005-06| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Britain | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ratio |30:1 |47:1 |54:1 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Visitor spend (£ million) |1,080 |1,669 |1,906 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ratio |6:1 |11:1 |20:1 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Visitor spend (£ million) |65.9 |145.5 |243.2 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England Intl | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ratio |— |— |32:1 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Visitor spend (£ million) |— |— |32.3 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Notes:1. Visitor spend is money spent by visitors as a result of VisitBritain's campaigns. 2. England was not marketed internationally prior to 2005-06.| | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Health Abortion Anne Milton To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 20 June 2007, Official Report, column 1891W, on abortion, how many repeat abortions have occurred in (a) Guildford and Waverley primary care trust, (b) Surrey and (c) England in each year since 1997. Dawn Primarolo The data requested are set out in the following table. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Previous abortions | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Guildford and Waverley PCT1|Surrey2|England| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |None|One or more|None|One or more|None|One or more| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |No.|%|No.|%|No.|%|No.|%|No.|%|No.|%| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a|2,227|71|893|29|115,000|71|47,757|29| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a|2,266|72|885|28|119,562|70|50,480|30| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a|2,193|72|861|28|116,168|70|49,938|30| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a|2,189|69|964|31|116,627|69|51,396|31| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a|2,194|70|924|30|116,470|69|52,354|31| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |423|69|190|31|1,203|67|596|33|115,766|69|52,729|31| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |418|70|182|30|1,256|67|618|33|118,697|68|55,270|32| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |466|73|176|27|1,275|66|654|34|121,052|68|56,639|32| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |390|65|213|35|1,231|65|654|35|120,584|67|58,068|33| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a|2,109|66|1,075|34|125,620|68|59,687|32| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Data are not available by PCT prior to 2002. Guildford and Waverley PCT was in existence between years 2002 and 2005. It became part of Surrey PCT in 2006.2 For years 1997-2001, Surrey is made up of East Surrey and West Surrey Health Authorities.For years 2002-05, PCTs included in Surrey are East Surrey, North Surrey and East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey.In 2006, Surrey relates to Surrey PCT (formerly Guildford and Waverley PCT, Surrey Heath and Woking PCT, North Surrey, East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey PCT and East Surrey PCT).||||||||||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alcoholic Drinks: Children Sandra Gidley To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children attended emergency departments as a result of excessive alcohol consumption in each of the last five years. Dawn Primarolo This information is not recorded centrally. However, the following table details the number of admissions to hospital for children whose initial attendance at an accident and emergency department was for an alcohol-related problem. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Finished admission episodes (alcohol related, selected methods of emergency admissions)| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001-02 |3,618 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002-03 |3,335 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |3,826 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |3,716 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |3,939 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:Counts of finished admission episodes where there was a primary diagnosis code for selected *alcohol related diseases and for selected **methods of admission for children aged 15 and under.*Alcohol related diseases defined as following ICD-10 codes recorded in primary diagnosis:F10: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol;K70: Alcoholic liver disease;T51: Toxic effect of alcohol.**Selected methods of admission:Emergency (via A and E services including the casualty department of the provider);Emergency (other means, including patients who arrive via A and E department of another health care provider).| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Departments: Common Purpose Philip Davies To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. Dawn Primarolo The following table provides the payment details covering 2003-04 to 2007-08 and relate to invoices paid covering fees and expenses. ------------------- | |£ | ------------------- |2003-04|11,084.00| ------------------- |2004-05|5,181.75 | ------------------- |2005-06|12,866.85| ------------------- |2006-07|6,110.00 | ------------------- |2007-08|0.00 | ------------------- |Total |35,242.10| ------------------- Departments: Early Retirement Mr. Jenkins To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of his staff took early retirement in the last five years; at what cost; what grades of staff took early retirement; and what percentage of each grade took early retirement. Dawn Primarolo A breakdown of sums paid from 2004-05 to date, specific to the Department, is given in the following table. --------------------------- | |Total (£ million)| --------------------------- |2004-05|23.1 | --------------------------- |2005-06|6.5 | --------------------------- |2006-07|4.7 | --------------------------- |2007-08|4.9 | --------------------------- The following table provides the number of staff that have taken early retirement/severance and compulsory leavers since 2004. ----------------------- | |People number| ----------------------- |2004-05|200 | ----------------------- |2005-06|33 | ----------------------- |2006-07|39 | ----------------------- |2007-08|55 | ----------------------- Details of specific grades of staff and percentage of staff in grades could be established only at disproportionate cost. Departments: Equality Mr. Lansley To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's equality impact assessment of his Department's reorganisation of corporate services, referred to on page 43 of his Department's single equality scheme 2007-2010, published on 8 June 2007. Dawn Primarolo The qualitative nature of the review means that some of the data and content in the final report enables employees/team identification. Therefore, only an executive summary has been placed in the Library. Departments: Legislation Mr. Clegg To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criminal offences have been created by primary legislation sponsored by his Department since October 2006. Dawn Primarolo No new criminal offences have been created through primary legislation sponsored by the Department since October 2006. The National Health Service Act 2006 and National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 were consolidation Acts, which make no substantial changes to the substance of the law. Departments: Official Visits David Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on overnight accommodation by civil servants within his Department's areas of responsibilities in the last 12 months. Dawn Primarolo The cost for the last tax year booked via the Department's agent Expotel Hotel Reservations was: 2006-07: £970,818. Drugs: Children Mrs. May To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures are in place to ensure that children younger than six years are not prescribed methylphenidate drugs. Dawn Primarolo There are no specific measures in place to ensure that children younger than six years are not prescribed methylphenidate drugs. Methylphenidate is licensed only for children over six years of age as part of a comprehensive treatment programme for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder where remedial measures alone prove insufficient. Drug treatment for ADHD should only be initiated by an appropriately qualified health professional with expertise in ADHD and should be based on a comprehensive assessment and diagnosis. Continued prescribing and monitoring of drug treatment may be performed by general practitioners, under shared care arrangements. A medical practitioner may, however, prescribe methylphenidate to children younger than six years (prescribing a licensed medicine for an unlicensed use, so called ‘off-label prescribing’). Medical practitioners are ultimately responsible for all their prescribing decisions. They should always satisfy themselves that all drugs or other substances they consider appropriate for their patients can be safely prescribed, that patients are adequately monitored and that, where necessary, expert hospital supervision is available. Health Services: Finance Mr. Burstow To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps have been taken to allocate the £1 billion funding proposed in the public health White Paper between (a) health trainers, (b) sexual health services, (c) school nurses and (d) other services; and if he will make a statement; (2) what representations he has received on ring-fencing the £1 billion funding proposed in the public health White Paper for health trainers, sexual health services, school nurses and other services; and if he will make a statement. Dawn Primarolo Primary care trusts were notified of their revenue allocations for 2006-07 and 2007-08 in February 2005. The allocations separately identify funding to support the initiatives set out in the White Paper “Choosing Health: making healthy choices easier” a copy of which is available in the Library. PCTs determine how to use the funding allocated to them. Leukaemia: Drugs Mr. Gray To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2007, Official Report, column 1450W, on leukaemia: drugs, what the reasons were for deciding not to refer dasatnib to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; and in what circumstances the drug would be considered for referral in the future. Dawn Primarolo The Department has not received a proposal from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) for an appraisal of dasatinib for chronic myeloid leukaemia. However, I understand that NICE is currently considering a proposal for an appraisal of this treatment against its published criteria for the selection of topics. Maternity Services: East Sussex Gregory Barker To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding has been allocated for maternity services at the Conquest and Eastbourne district general hospitals for the period 2008-09. Ann Keen Revenue allocations are made to primary care trusts and not directly to hospitals or national health service trusts. PCTs commission health care from providers according to their locally agreed priorities. Meat Products: Additives Mr. Drew To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research he has commissioned into the impact on health of E number additives found in burgers and sausages. Dawn Primarolo The Food Standards Agency has responsibility for food additive issues. No research has been commissioned by the FSA into the impact on health of E number additives found in burgers and sausages. All additives are subject to strict European Union legislative controls and are assessed for safety by independent experts before permission is granted for their use in food. Existing additives are re-evaluated in light of new scientific information and the European Food Safety Authority is currently re-evaluating all colours used in food. EFSA’s re-evaluation of the additive Red 2G (E128) a colour permitted in specific types of sausages and burgers has shown that in laboratory tests it may have the potential to damage the genetic material in cells and cause cancer in animals. Based on that opinion, the FSA has recommended that food producers stop using Red 2G. NHS: Expenditure Mr. Laurence Robertson To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating patients who are ill as a result of (a) alcohol, (b) smoking, (c) obesity and (d) poverty-related issues in the last 12 months. Dawn Primarolo While it is not possible to give exact figures for the past 12 months due to how and when data is collected1, the following will give an indication of the annual cost in each of the areas requested: Alcohol-related illness costs the national health service £1.7 billion each year Smoking costs the NHS between £1.4 and £1.7 billion every year Obesity costs the NHS approximately £1 billion per year. Information about the cost to the NHS of treating patients who are ill as a result of poverty-related issues is not readily available. 1 The information provided was also gleaned from a number of sources which may have computed the costs in different ways. NHS: Foreigners David T.C. Davies To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost of treating foreign nationals who are not entitled to NHS care. Dawn Primarolo It is not possible to provide the information requested. Successive governments have not required the national health service to provide statistics on the number of foreign nationals seen, treated or charged under the provisions of the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989, as amended, nor any costs involved. NHS: Redundancy Norman Lamb To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest (i) redundancy payments to those made redundant and (ii) early retirement packages for those taking them from the NHS were in the last 12 months. Mr. Bradshaw [holding answer 28 June 2007]: The costs of redundancy payments and early retirement packages for 2006-07 will not be available until the autumn. Plagiocephaly Sir Nicholas Winterton To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has commissioned on plagiocephaly; and if he will make a statement. Dawn Primarolo Neither the Department nor the Medical Research Council is currently funding research on plagiocephaly. The Department funds national health service research and development through the National Institute for Health Research. The institute's research programmes support high quality research of relevance and in areas of high priority to patients and the NHS. Details, including the scope of the programmes and the arrangements for making applications for support from them, are available on the NIHR website at: www.nihr.ac.uk Funding awards are in all cases made after open, competitive peer review. Psychiatry: Drugs Mr. Hands To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 14 May 2007, Official Report, column 623W, on Psychiatry: Drugs, how his Department measured the efficacy of the use of Prozac on children; what baseline was used; and what scientific methodology was employed. Dawn Primarolo The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency evaluated data in two double-blind placebo-controlled trials submitted by the applicant which included children and adolescents aged eight to 18 years. (A double-blind trial is one where the person administering and receiving the medication does not know what the medication is placebo or active treatment in this case). The duration of these trials was eight weeks and one year. In addition, there was a trial published in the literature which included adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. It was a double-blind placebo-controlled trial and included comparator groups with cognitive behaviour therapy alone or a combination of fluoxetine and CBT. Various rating scales were used to measure efficacy and these included the children’s depression rating scale—revised, the clinical global impressions of severity, clinical global impressions of improvement, Montgomery Asberg depression rating scale and others. The measurement of efficacy was a clinically significant change in the severity of depression as measured on a rating scale developed specifically to diagnose depression and determine its severity. The baseline used was the child’s depression score prior to treatment which had to indicate depression of at least ‘moderate’ severity. Differences between treatment and placebo were evaluated using statistical methodology and clinical assessment. Smoking: West Kent NHS and Social Care Trust Mr. Holloway To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in the West Kent primary care trust have used NHS stop smoking services to set a quit date since 2001; and how many had stopped smoking at four-week follow up. Dawn Primarolo The information is not available in the format requested. Data are available on the number of people who have set a quit date through the national health service stop- smoking services and, of those, how many people had successfully quit smoking at the four-week follow up (based on self-report) for West Kent primary care trust, from 2002-03 to 2005-06. These figures are presented in the following table. Data for 2001-02 are unavailable by PCT. Data for 2006-07 are due to be published during the week commencing 13 August 2007. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Setting a quit date |631|2,817|4,883|5,789| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Successful quitters at the four week follow up (self-report) |381|2,353|3,948|3,607| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:Figures presented here are based on the new PCT structure introduced in 2006, which have been produced by aggregating data for Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley, Maidstone Weald and South West Kent PCTs.Source:The Information Centre for health and social care, Lifestyle Statistics.||||| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duchy of Lancaster Social Exclusion: Homelessness Gordon Banks 24. To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what assessment he has made of the potential effect of social exclusion on future levels of homelessness. Gillian Merron There are many factors linked to social exclusion that may contribute to homelessness, for example unemployment, relationship breakdown or substance abuse. One of the first social exclusion unit reports set out the Government's strategy for tackling rough sleeping. This was followed in 2005 by "Sustainable Communities: Settled Homes; Changing Lives", which is our strategy for reducing and tackling broader homelessness. Voluntary Sector Funding Mr. Mackay 25. To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on trends in the level of Government funding for voluntary sector organisations. Phil Hope Recent surveys indicate that Government funding for voluntary sector organisations has doubled between 1996-07 (£5 billion) and 2004-05 (£10 billion). Initiatives like Futurebuilders, Capacitybuilders, the Invest to Save budget, expansion of Gift Aid and the new youth volunteering charity, v, have helped build the third sector's ability to make a real difference in local communities. The announcement of the £30 million community assets fund and the £80 million scheme for grants for small community organisations continues to demonstrate the Government's commitment to supporting the third sector. Third Sector Funding Mr. Andy Reed 27. To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on Government policy on funding for the third sector. Phil Hope There have been a number of discussions with ministerial colleagues on third-sector issues generally, including on funding. Recent surveys indicate that Government funding for voluntary sector organisations has doubled between 1996-97 (£5 billion) and 2004-05 (£10 billion). The announcement of the £30 million community assets fund and the £80 million scheme for small community organisations continues to demonstrate the Government’s commitment to supporting the third sector. Early Years Intervention Jessica Morden 28. To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what assessment he has made of the costs and benefits of intervening in the early years of a child's life to prevent social exclusion. Rosie Cooper 30. To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what assessment he has made of the costs and benefits of intervening in the early years of a child's life to prevent social exclusion. Gillian Merron Early intervention is a core principle in the social exclusion action plan. For example this document highlighted the relative costs and benefits of a rigorously tested programme in the US, the Nurse Family Partnership, that provides intensive home visiting by health visitors to disadvantaged mothers from pregnancy until the child is two years old. Third Sector: Government Policy Miss McIntosh 29. To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what representations he has received on the role of the third sector in contributing to the delivery of Government policy. Phil Hope As part of the third sector review, we have undertaken the largest consultation we have ever done with the third sector. This included 93 open consultation events held around the country and, themed roundtable discussions. Over 250 written responses were also received. The interim report of the third sector review summarised the main messages from the consultation. A fuller analysis of the consultation is also available. The Government consult with the third sector on a regular basis, through the strategic partners programme and key advisory bodies. Young People’s Services Simon Hughes 31. To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what plans he has to assist the voluntary sector in developing its role in providing services for young people. Phil Hope Voluntary sector organisations already play a significant role in delivering services for young people. The Department for Children, Schools and Families leads on policy for young people. Since 2006-07 DCSF has invested over £20 million in funding to voluntary sector organisations through its children, young people and families grant scheme. Voluntary sector organisation offer significant expertise in developing strategies expertise in developing strategies for children, families and young people. The DCSF has released guidance making it clear that local authorities should engage voluntary and community sector organisations as strategic partners. Civil Servants: Pensions Chris Grayling To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the total civil service pension liabilities are. Gillian Merron Information on the most recent estimate of liability for the principal civil service pension scheme is available in the resource accounts 2005-06 of Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation which is available at: http://www.civilservice-pensions.gov.uk/publications. A copy is also available in the Library for the reference of Members. Resource accounts showing the liabilities at 31 March 2007 will be laid before Parliament by the summer recess. Departments: Ministerial Red Boxes John Hemming To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many ministerial red boxes his Department bought in each of the last five years; what the cost of each was; who the suppliers were; and what tendering process was used in selecting them. Edward Miliband Red boxes are used by successive Ministers over a number of years. The specific information requested for the last five years could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Red boxes are ordered via the Department's stationery contract with Banner Business Supplies. The contract was agreed following a joint competitive procurement procedure with HMRC. Departments: Public Transport David Simpson To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate the Prime Minister's Office has made of the number of its staff using public transport to commute. Gillian Merron The Cabinet Office has made no such estimate, but the vast majority of Cabinet Office staff (which includes the Prime Minister’s Office) work in central London. It is a realistic assumption that staff travel to and from work by public transport as we have a number of measures in place to encourage more sustainable business travel. Electronic Government John Battle To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what steps the Government are taking to improve accessibility to Government websites; and if he will make a statement. Gillian Merron The Government are committed to ensuring that all Government websites are accessible and easy to use for people, and this includes design and content delivered in a way that is appropriate for the user. The Government have already streamlined the number of websites (down by 551) since April 2006 and will strengthen the direct.gov.uk and businesslink.gov.uk websites by making all citizen and business facing material available through them. Gift Aid Mr. Hollobone To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent discussions he has had with HM Treasury Ministers on promoting the take-up of Gift Aid. Phil Hope I refer the hon. Member to the answer to the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr. Bone) given by the then Parliamentary Secretary (Edward Miliband) on 11 June 2007, Official Report, columns 775-76W. A consultation was launched on 19 June 2007 with the charitable sector on measures to increase take-up of Gift Aid. The Budget also announced the Government’s wish to work with the sector on improving the use of payroll giving and ensuring greater awareness of how to give in a tax-effective way. Government Communications Network Norman Baker To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the future (a) role, (b) budget and (c) staffing levels of the Government communications network. Gillian Merron As a virtual organisation, the Government communications network does not directly employ staff but is administered by the Government communication team within Cabinet Office. In the future the GCN's role will be to continue to raise professional standards, share best practice and improve the way communications are co-ordinated across departments. The 2007-08 budget of the team supporting the network is £1.5 million. Office of the Third Sector John McDonnell To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much it cost to set up the Office of the Third Sector; and what its running costs are estimated to be in 2007-08. Phil Hope The costs associated with moving the OTS to its new offices, recruiting new staff and the other associated administrative costs were met from within the existing budgets of the two exporting departments and the Cabinet Office. Details of the administration costs for the Office of the Third Sector in 2007-08 are published in the Central Government Supply Estimates (2007-08) Command Paper [HC 438] on page 655. A copy is available in the Library for the reference of Members. Olympic Games: Greater London Norman Baker To ask the Minister for the Olympics what mechanism is in place to ensure co-ordination between her and the Government Olympic Executive. Tessa Jowell The Government Olympic Executive, which remains part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, will report to the Minister for the Olympics through the Permanent Secretary of the Department. Transport Halifax Railway Station Mrs. Riordan 10. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent expenditure has been incurred on improving facilities at Halifax railway station. Mr. Tom Harris Network Rail and Northern Rail are working with local stakeholders to improve the condition of Halifax railway station. Recent work includes the re-opening of the public toilets at the station, renewal of the station lighting and an improvement in the frequency of station cleaning. Rail Franchises Mr. Leigh 11. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps her Department is taking to apply the lessons learnt from the termination of the Connex franchise to other franchises. Mr. Tom Harris The Department has taken steps to implement the lessons learned from the termination of the Connex franchise. These include awarding franchises on the basis of a balanced assessment of costs and deliverability, more effective risk-based performance monitoring and detailed “operator of last resort” contingency plans. First Great Western Peter Luff 12. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the performance of First Great Western in conducting the Great Western franchise. Mr. Tom Harris Joint action plans are in place between Network Rail and First Great Western to address performance issues. Additionally, First Great Western is implementing a 40-point recovery plan. These are monitored monthly. In the year to 31 March 2007 First Great Western achieved an average punctuality of 83.2 per cent. across the franchise as a whole. Mr. Drew To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 12 July 2007 to question 149369, on First Great Western, if she will publish her Department's monitoring results on punctuality, reliability and service quality for First Great Western for the last three months for which statistics are available. Mr. Tom Harris First Great Western service punctuality and reliability were as follows for the last three rail industry periods. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Punctuality (percentage MAA)|Reliability (all cancellations)| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Period 1|83.00 |711 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Period 2|82.84 |600 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |Period 3|82.65 |754 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- First Great Western is exceeding its service quality benchmark as stipulated in the franchise agreement. Flooding: West Yorkshire Mary Creagh 13. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment has been made of the impact of the recent floods on the transport infrastructure in West Yorkshire. Ms Rosie Winterton The Government Office for Yorkshire and Humberside has been in contact with local authorities in West Yorkshire for an assessment of the impact on their networks of the recent floods. Rail Passenger Numbers Mrs. Dorries 14. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment she has made of likely levels of overcrowding on the railways over the next three years; and if she will make a statement. Mr. Tom Harris We will continue to increase capacity through the franchising process and in other ways. The high level output specification, to be published this summer, will set out the additional rail capacity that the Government propose to buy to meet the recent and forecast growth in demand for rail travel. Airport Security James Brokenshire 16. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on adequacy of airport security since the recent events at Glasgow airport; and if she will make a statement. Ruth Kelly Department for Transport Ministers regularly meet with ministerial colleagues in the course of performing their ministerial duties. Information relating to private meetings, discussion and advice is not normally disclosed as to do so could harm the frankness and candour of discussion. There is regular discussion at official level between this Department and the Home Office regarding security issues of mutual interest. A46 Paddy Tipping 17. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will make a statement on the future funding of highway improvements on the A46 between Newark and Widmerpool. Ms Rosie Winterton The East Midlands region has prioritised funding for the dualling of the A46 between Newark and Widmerpool from its indicative regional funding allocation for major transport schemes up to 2015-16. Midland Mainline Mr. Hollobone 18. To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will take steps to ensure the maintenance of standards of the train service on Midland Mainline to and from Kettering during the remainder of the existing franchise period. Mr. Tom Harris The quality of service obligations contained in the Midland Mainline franchise agreement remain in force until the end of the current franchise and are closely monitored. Additionally, the franchise agreement contains provisions that come into force during the last 12 months of a franchise which ensure the franchisee continues to provide good service and maintain franchise standards and value for the government and the incoming franchisee. London Underground PPP Dr. Cable To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will make a statement on the performance of the London Underground public-private partnership; and what recent assessment she has made of the financial implications for the public purse. Ms Rosie Winterton The public private partnership (PPP) has delivered new trains, refurbished stations and upgraded lines. But it is clear that performance between the two PPP companies has been variable with Metronet, to date, delivering less than was expected and at higher unit costs. It is now for London Underground, working in partnership with Metronet, to agree how to secure the delivery of contract outcomes for the funding committed. A1: Gateshead Mr. Henderson To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions she has had with local authorities in Tyne and Wear on the upgrading of the A1 through Gateshead and Newcastle. Mr. Tom Harris I have not yet had an opportunity to meet with the Tyne and Wear local authorities. But I do know that previous Ministers met with them, and that officials of the Highways Agency meet with both officials and members of Gateshead and Newcastle Councils to keep them informed of progress on this scheme. Accidents: Compensation Dr. Iddon To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether provision has been made for the payment of compensation to a person injured in a road traffic accident in which the person causing the injury was incapacitated by automatism. Jim Fitzpatrick The statutory requirements to insure the use of a motor vehicle are as set out in part VI of the Road Traffic Act 1988. A person must not use a vehicle on the road unless there is in force in relation to the use of the vehicle by that person a valid policy of insurance in respect of third party risk, or a valid security. A person injured in a road traffic accident is required under the law on civil liability to prove negligence on the part of the person they consider responsible if they are to succeed in a claim for compensation. Whether a person incapacitated by automatism can be held liable will depend on the circumstances of the case. This is ultimately a matter for the courts. Bus Services: Gravesham Mr. Holloway To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding is planned to be made available for bus services in Gravesham in each year for which figures are available. Ms Rosie Winterton Public funding of bus services now totals £2.5 billion annually, through local authorities or direct to bus operators. There are no central projections of future spend in individual local authority areas. Commuters: Motorcycles Bill Wiggin To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she expects statistics on motorcycle usage to be included in the Department for Transport's “Travel to Work” fact sheets; and if she will make a statement. Ms Rosie Winterton The Department's fact sheet “Travel to Work” does not contain statistics on motorcycle usage as this accounts only for a small proportion (approximately 1 per cent.) of trips to work. Personal travel fact sheets are published on an ad hoc basis and there are no current plans to update this fact sheet, the latest version of which was published on 12 July 2007. East Coast Railway Line Mr. Sheerman To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress she has made in ensuring that the new operator of the east coast line will provide a fast, efficient and safe service. Mr. Tom Harris The new Intercity east coast franchise is designed to achieve value for money while at the same time improving operational performance and providing capacity to meet future demand growth. We expect to be able to announce the winner of the franchise competition next month. Motorcycles Bill Wiggin To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she expects her Department's travel fact sheet on motorcycling to be next updated; and if she will make a statement. Ms Rosie Winterton There are no current plans to update the Personal travel facts heet on motorcycling. However, the 2007 edition of the Compendium of motorcycling statistics is due to be published in October 2007. Railway Stations Mr. Gray To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many new railway stations have been opened since privatisation; and how many are being constructed in England. Mr. Tom Harris These are operational matters for Network Rail, as the owner and operator of the national rail network. The hon. Member should contact Network Rail’s Chief Executive at the following address for a response to his question. John Armitt Chief Executive Network Rail 40 Melton Street London NW1 2EE Railways: Deaths Mr. Steen To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many accidental deaths there were on the First Great Western rail network (a) west of Swindon and Newbury and (b) on the London to Didcot line covered by the area commander for London north in each of the last three years; (2) how many suicides there were on the First Great Western rail network London to Didcot line covered by the area commander for London north in each of the last three years. Mr. Tom Harris This information is not held by the Department for Transport but by the British Transport Police who can be contacted at: British Transport Police 25 Camden Road London NW1 9LN Email: general.enquiries@btp.pnn.police.uk. Railways: Security Mr. Clegg To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) installation and (b) running costs are of the vehicle access barriers at Victoria and Waterloo stations. Mr. Tom Harris The costs of the barrier trial at Victoria and Waterloo stations between June and September 2006 were as follows: ----------------------- | |£ | ----------------------- |Installation |85,042 | ----------------------- |Running costs|28,224 | ----------------------- |Total |113,266| ----------------------- The Corus barriers were supplied from an existing stock administered by the Association of Chief Police Officers. Road Traffic Mr. Spellar To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will make a statement on the extension of active traffic management and hard shoulder running following the experiment on the M42. Mr. Tom Harris An interim evaluation report on the performance of the M42 active traffic management pilot project is due to be published shortly. Initial results have been encouraging and the Highways Agency is continuing to review the network to identify other potential locations that might benefit from the introduction of ATM. Road Traffic Control Mr. Greg Knight To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will list the locations in England where traffic on a primary route is reduced to single-file traffic controlled by traffic lights when crossing a narrow bridge or other bottleneck. Ms Rosie Winterton The design, installation and maintenance of traffic signals are matters for the relevant traffic or highway authorities. They are not required to notify the Department when installing them, and as such information on the numbers of signals is not held centrally. Road Works Lyn Brown To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans she has to ensure that local authorities have more effective control over street works by utility companies. Ms Rosie Winterton The Government are implementing regulations under parts 3 and 4 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 to update the current system of managing road works by utilities, known as street works, and giving local highway authorities powers to implement proactive controls by allowing them to apply to run permit schemes. Roads: Repairs and Maintenance Mr. Carmichael To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate she has made of the cost of local road repairs identified as repaired; and whether the Government are on track to meet their target of completing such repairs by 2010. Ms Rosie Winterton The national road maintenance condition survey for 2005 showed that the 10-year plan interim target to halt carriageway deterioration by 2004 had been achieved. We have encouraged local authorities to produce asset management plans for local roads. As more of these become available we expect to gain a better understanding of the investment required to bring local road conditions up to the appropriate operational standards. Speed Limits: Cameras Mr. Amess To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were (a) killed and (b) seriously injured as a result of road traffic accidents at the location of static speed cameras in (i) Southend and (ii) Essex police force area (A) before the introduction and (B) after the introduction of each speed camera in each of the last three years for which figures are available. Jim Fitzpatrick The information is not held in the form requested. Fixed cameras operated by the Essex safety camera partnership under the national safety camera programme, which ended on 31 March 2007, reduced the number of fatal casualties at camera sites by an average of 43 per cent. per year, and reduced the number of people killed or seriously injured at camera sites by an average of 51 per cent. per year. This means around three lives were saved and 55 fewer people were killed or seriously injured each year. I have arranged for tables to be placed in the Libraries of the House regarding the performance of fixed speed cameras in Essex. Transport: Costs Susan Kramer To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the percentage change in real terms of the cost of travelling by (a) private car, (b) bus and (c) train since (i) 1977, (ii) 1987 and (iii) 1997. Jim Fitzpatrick The following table shows the percentage change in real terms of the cost of travelling by car, bus and train since 1977, 1987 and 1997 compared to 2006. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |(i) 1977-2006|(ii) 1987-2006|(iii) 1997-2006| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |(a) Private car |-10 |-7 |-10 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |(b) Bus |+55 |+29 |+13 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |(c) Train |+52 |+28 |+6 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Source: Retail Price Index—Office for National Statistics.| | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comparisons with average household disposable incomes are as follows: between 1977 and 2006, average household disposable income increased by 125 per cent.; between 1987 and 2006, average household disposable income increased by 70 per cent.; and between 1997 and 2006, average household disposable income increased by 25 per cent. Transport: Tickets Stephen Hammond To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what steps the Government are taking to ensure a common scope for multi-modal ticketing projects; (2) whether the integrated transport smartcard organisation specification for implementing a national multi-modal ticketing system is (a) permissive and (b) definitive specification; (3) what steps the Government plan to take to develop a definitive national integrated transport smartcard organisation standard. Ms Rosie Winterton The Department for Transport sponsored development of the ITSO specifications for an interoperable smart card ticketing interface. These specifications, which were published in March 2004 and are Crown copyright, provide a common standard enabling schemes to operate with each other. Consumers can thus benefit from a more consistent interface to public transport and the ability to use one card across many different transport operators and schemes in the UK. Local transport authorities in England are able to decide whether to introduce smart card technology on buses, trams and metro systems. The second edition of the Department for Transport's guidance on local transport plans stipulates that the eGIF standards, in which ITSO is a recommended standard, shall be used for smart card procurements. The Department is currently consulting on the specifications for a national concessionary bus travel pass for older and disabled people in England. This includes an option to specify, in regulations, that the passes must be in smartcard format and be ITSO compliant. It is a requirement of all new rail franchises that a percentage of tickets sold must meet the ITSO specification. Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ascension Islands: Human Rights Dr. Cable To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the United Nations Human Rights Commission on the status of those living on Ascension Island. Meg Munn The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has had no discussions with the United Nations Human Rights Commission on the status of those working and living on Ascension Island. The human rights of those currently on Ascension Island are protected by various human rights instruments which have been extended to the island, including the European convention on human rights. Details of these instruments are available on the FCO website at: http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1013618138395. Ascension Islands: Pensions Dr. Cable To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many state pensions were paid to people living on Ascension Island in each year since 1997. Meg Munn Ascension Island has no state pension scheme. The payment of pensions to individuals working and living on Ascension Island is a private matter for those individuals. Ascension Islands: Politics and Government Dr. Cable To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps have been taken to promote democracy since the Ascension Island council elections in May 2007. Meg Munn The election planned for May was not held, as two people only put themselves forward for election to the seven-member council, and that would have resulted in a non-quorate Island Council. During the temporary period of suspension of the Island Council (Ascension) Ordinance 2002, a number of areas of work are being developed to ensure the best prospect of continuation of the democratic process. This includes a programme of information and education on the benefits of a democratic structure of government for Ascension Island to help underline the importance for those working and living there of participating in the decision-making process. Public meetings to discuss issues of importance to the island are being offered and the first of these was hosted on Ascension Island on 28 May by the governor. Dr. Cable To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the terms of reference are of the Ascension Island advisory council; and if he will make a statement. Meg Munn The purpose of the advisory group is to advise the governor on policies and proposed legislation which impact on the lives of those working and living on Ascension Island. It has no formal executive or legislative power. The formation of the group is an interim measure designed to help ensure continuing good governance of Ascension during the temporary suspension of the Island Council (Ascension) Ordinance 2002. Dr. Cable To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with Ascension Island users on the future of the island; and if he will make a statement. Meg Munn Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials in London last met with the employing organisations as a group on 15 January to discuss operational issues relating to Ascension Island. The governor, the administrator and London-based officials have frequent contact with employing organisations and other groups and individuals with an interest in Ascension Island. These meetings cover a broad range of subjects, including operational and other issues of importance to those working and living on Ascension Island. Dr. Cable To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans are being drawn up to hold elections to the island council on Ascension Island in 2008. Meg Munn The governor and his advisers are using the period of the suspension of the Island Council (Ascension) Ordinance 2002 to inform and advise those eligible to vote on Ascension Island of the importance of re-establishing a fully democratic system at the earliest opportunity. The temporary suspension is expected to last for a period of up to 12 months following which the governor intends to be able to call an election. The Government’s policy remains to work with the Ascension Island Government towards improving the working and living environment for those on Ascension Island within the current policy framework. British Overseas Territories: Departmental Responsibilities Dr. Cable To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Ministry of Justice on the transfer of responsibility for the overseas territories from his Department; and if he will make a statement. Meg Munn As the Minister responsible for the overseas territories, I can confirm that there has been no discussions with the Ministry of Justice on the transfer of lead responsibility for the overseas territories from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Other Government Departments continue to support the overseas territories in their areas of responsibility. China: Animal Welfare Norman Baker To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Chinese authorities on the animal welfare implications of bear bile farming. Meg Munn The Government remain concerned about animal welfare issues in China, including bear bile farming. We continue to seek to raise our concerns with the Chinese authorities at every appropriate opportunity, including at senior level. Most recently, my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Barry Gardiner) raised bear bile farming with Vice Minister Zhao Xuemin in July 2006. My right hon. Friend the then Minister for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs (Mr. McCartney) raised bear bile farming with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui, also in July 2006. Democratic Republic of Congo: Human Rights Mr. Crabb To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the recent murder of the journalist Serge Maheshe to press for a transparent and credible investigation and eventual trial of the perpetrators. Meg Munn Together with European partners in Kinshasa, our ambassador in Kinshasa has publicly condemned Mr. Maheshe's murder. We made it clear to the Congolese Government that the international community was shocked by this incident and demanded that the perpetrators be brought to justice. The trial of Mr. Maheshe's alleged killers is now under way. We continue to monitor its progress. The Government remain fully committed to the promotion and protection of human rights across the Democratic Republic of Congo. We will continue to press the Congolese authorities on the need to protect the rights of human rights defenders and call for judicial action to be brought against any perpetrators of human rights abuse. EU Reform: Treaties Mr. Cash To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what advice he has received on the legal status of the mandate agreed at the June European Council; and whether the Government are bound by that mandate. Mr. Jim Murphy [holding answer 9 July 2007]: The Government received legal advice from Government lawyers on all aspects of the mandate for a reform treaty. The mandate is a political commitment by the Governments of member states. Mr. Cash To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will (a) list and (b) place in the Library all legal documents agreed at the June European Council. Mr. Jim Murphy [holding answer 9 July 2007]: No legal documents were agreed at the June European Council. The European Council conclusions and mandate for a reform treaty are political agreements by the Governments of member states. A copy has already been placed in the Library of the House. Mr. Evans To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2007 to the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field), Official Report, columns 898-99W, on the European Union: treaties, on what date he expects the white paper to be presented. Mr. Jim Murphy The Government expect to publish a White Paper setting out their approach to the intergovernmental conference (IGC) on the proposed Reform treaty to coincide with the opening of the IGC. European Council Bob Spink To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which individuals, other than the then Prime Minister, represented the United Kingdom at the heads of Government Council Meeting of the European Union of 21 and 22 June 2007. Mr. Jim Murphy My right hon. Friend the then Foreign Secretary (Margaret Beckett) also represented the United Kingdom at the European Council. Bob Spink To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the presidency conclusions of the European Council of 21 and 22 June 2007 (Doc. 11177/07) were agreed by all attending delegations; and when they were received by the Government. Mr. Jim Murphy The presidency conclusions of the European Council were agreed at the Council. Conclusions for heads of Government to consider were presented by the presidency at the Council. Iraq: Reconstruction Mr. Hoban To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department has spent on reconstruction in Iraq in each financial year since 2002-03. Dr. Howells The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's financial contribution to reconstruction in Iraq is made principally through the tri-departmental global conflict prevention pool and the peacekeeping pool, managed jointly with the Department for International Development and Ministry of Defence. The spend upon Iraq from these pools since 2003 is as follows: -------------------- | |£ | -------------------- |2003-04|4,995,000 | -------------------- |2004-05|28,625,000| -------------------- |2005-06|28,442,000| -------------------- |2006-07|40,947,000| -------------------- We have also contributed to the NATO training mission in Iraq and to the EU Just Lex rule of law mission for Iraq. ----------------- | |£ | ----------------- |2004-05|173,000| ----------------- |2005-06|250,000| ----------------- ------------------- | |£ | ------------------- |2005-06|1,603,000| ------------------- |2006-07|2,277,000| ------------------- The programmes that the FCO, DFID and MOD fund through the GCPP and the peacekeeping pool aim to build the capacity of the Iraqi Government, including support to the criminal justice system, civil society, human rights and the central Ministries in Baghdad. Spend is higher in 2006-07 than in other years, due to the implementation of a comprehensive programme of work in Basra to address governance, rule of law and security issues. MOD, DFID and FCO agreed to commit an extra £20 million over two years for Basra on top of existing funds. The NTMI provides leadership training opportunities for the Iraqi security forces. EU Just Lex conducts out of country training for senior Iraqi police, members of the judiciary and penitentiary staff. It has trained over 1,000 officers since its inception in 2005. Kosovo: Frontiers Mark Pritchard To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with Prime Minister Ceku of Kosovo on Kosovan claims to Novi, Pazar and Bujanovac in southern Serbia. Mr. Jim Murphy The Kosovo Assembly, in its declaration of 5 April, committed to implementing in full the comprehensive settlement for Kosovo's status proposed by UN special envoy Martti Ahtisaari. The general principles of that settlement state that “Kosovo shall have no territorial claims against, and shall seek no union with, any state or part of any state”. In our contacts with Prime Minister Ceku, this issue has not been raised. Kosovo: Religious Buildings Mark Pritchard To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information his Department has on the number of mosques which have been built in Kosovo since 1991. Mr. Jim Murphy According to figures provided to officials by the head imam of the Kosovo Islamic Union, of the 218 mosques destroyed during the 1990s, 147 have been reconstructed. Twenty seven new mosques have also been built. Mark Pritchard To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his Saudi counterpart on Saudi Government funding for the construction of mosques in Kosovo. Mr. Jim Murphy My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has not discussed the issue of funding for the construction of mosques in Kosovo with his Saudi counterpart. Lord Levy Norman Baker To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost to public funds was of the reception held to mark the departure of Lord Levy; and what contribution to the total cost was made by Lord Levy. Dr. Howells I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the then Minister for Europe (Mr. Hoon) to the hon. Member for Angus (Mr. Weir) on 12 June 2007, Official Report, column 982W. The final cost was £6,000. As my right hon. Friend the former Foreign Secretary (Margaret Beckett) was hosting the event, all costs were met by her entertainment budget. My noble Friend Lord Levy did not contribute towards the final cost. Russia: EU Economic Policy Mark Pritchard To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has held with his Russian counterpart on plans to bring Russia into closer economic union with the European Union. Mr. Jim Murphy My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has held no discussions with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on bringing Russia into closer economic union with the EU. The UK supports opening talks on a new EU-Russia partnership agreement as soon as possible, which will intensify relations across a range of issues, including economic issues. St Helena Dr. Cable To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the new Governor of St. Helena will be (a) named and (b) in post. Meg Munn The announcement of the appointment of a new governor will be made when all the recruitment procedures have been completed satisfactorily and the appointment has been approved by Her Majesty The Queen and notified formally to the current governor and St. Helena executive council. I hope that this will be achieved in order to allow the new governor to take up their post before the end of 2007. Uganda: Politics and Government Mr. Hancock To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the well-being of Forum for Democratic Change members (a) James Musinguzi Garuga, (b) Dr. Suleiman Kigundu and (c) Joseph Musasazi Kifefe; and if he will make a statement. Meg Munn We have not received any specific reports on the well-being of these individuals. However, we continue to raise our concerns about the detention of the alleged members of the People's Redemption Army (PRA) with the Government of Uganda. Most recently, our high commissioner in Kampala raised this with President Museveni on 10 May. We are aware of reports that Mr. Kifefe has been granted bail due to serious illness, although we cannot confirm this. We will continue to make further representations to the government of Uganda calling for the court proceedings relating to the PRA suspects to be expedited in a fair and just manner. Treasury Commuters: Tees Valley Ms Dari Taylor To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who travel to work each day by (a) public transport and (b) private transport within and to the sub-region of the Tees Valley. Angela Eagle The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 17 July 2007: As National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what recent estimate has been made of how many people travel to work each day by (a) public transport and (b) private transport within and to the sub-region of the Tees Valley. (149964) The number of people using public transport to travel to work to and within the Tees Valley area was 26,557, while those using private transport total 185,515. Figures are as at 2001 Census Day (29 April 2001) and are extracted from 2001 Census table T10—Theme table on resident, daytime and workplace population. As “Tees Valley” is not a standard ONS geography, we have taken it to include the Unitary Authorities of: Darlington Hartlepool Middlesbrough Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees The public transport category includes: underground, metro, light rail, tram, train, bus, minibus, coach, taxi or minicab. Private transport includes: car or van driver, passenger in car or van, motorcycle, scooter or moped and bicycle 820 people gave their mode of travel to work as “Other”—this might include, for example, ferry, aeroplane etc. Delivery Unit Norman Baker To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the forward programme of work is of the Prime Minister’s delivery unit. Andy Burnham As set out in the written ministerial statement on machinery of government changes of 28 June 2007, the Prime Minister’s delivery unit will continue to work on the critical priorities and actions needed to strengthen delivery across Government, and on the reform of key public services, reporting to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Employment: Lancashire Mr. Evans To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Ribble Valley constituency were recorded as being in full-time employment in the financial year ended March (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. Angela Eagle The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 17 July 2007: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking how many people in Ribble Valley constituency were recorded as being in full-time employment in the financial year ended March (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. (150260) The Office for National Statistics compiles employment statistics for local areas from the annual local area Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation definitions. There were 38,000 people, aged 16 and over, in full-time employment, resident in the Ribble Valley constituency, for the 12 months ending February 1997, from the local area LFS. There were 34,000 people, aged 16 and over, in full-time employment, resident in the Ribble Valley constituency, for the 12 months ending December 2006, from the latest available data from the APS. As these estimates are for a subset of the population in small geographical areas, they are based on small sample sizes, and are therefore subject to large margins of uncertainty. In this case, the sample sizes are not sufficient to give an accurate estimate of even the direction of the change over the period. Personal Income Mr. Meacher To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of total UK (a) income and (b) wealth was held by (i) each quintile of the income distribution, (ii) the top 10 per cent., (iii) the top 5 per cent., (iv) the top 1 per cent. and (v) the top 0.1 per cent.; how many persons were in each category; what the lowest level of income and wealth was in each category; and what the levels and percentages were in (A) 1979, (B) 1990, (C) 1997, (D) 2002 and (E) 2007. Angela Eagle The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 17 July 2007: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of total UK (a) income and (b) wealth was held by (i) each quintile of the income distribution, (ii) the top 10 per cent., (iii) the top five per cent., (iv) the top one per cent, and (v) the top 0.1 per cent.; how many persons were in each category; what the lowest level of income and wealth was in each category; and what the levels and percentages were in (A) 1979, (B) 1990, (C) 1997, (D) 2002 and (E) 2007. (149811). Income Statistics on household and personal incomes are available from both household surveys and tax records. The ONS publishes an annual article on ‘The effects of taxes and benefits on household income’ which is based on data collected in the Expenditure and Food Survey (EPS). The EPS uses an annual sample of approximately 7,000 households in the UK, and provides a comprehensive measurement of all sources of income for private households in the UK. The results are presented for households rather than individuals, and the individuals within each household are assumed to benefit equally from the household’s income. While these survey based results provide an accurate picture of the broad distribution of income, because of the relatively small sample size, it is not possible to produce reliable statistics for households at the extremes of the distribution, particularly the top (or bottom) 1 per cent and top (or bottom) 0.1 per cent of households. Tax records do provide more reliable statistics about the top end of the income distribution. HM Revenue and Custom’s Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI) is based on a large sample of tax records and provides a measure of annual income for taxpayers. The survey excludes almost two fifths of adults in the UK who have no income tax liability, and measures individual rather than household income. However, it does provide very good coverage of the top end of the income distribution, since all individuals at the top of the income distribution should be taxpayers. For these reasons, estimates of income have been provided from both of these sources. Results for quintile groups and for the top ten per cent have been provided from the ONS’s taxes and benefits article (Table 1), while results for the top 5 per cent, top 1 per cent, and top 0.1 per cent have been provided from HMRC’s Survey of Personal Incomes (Table 2). However it should be emphasised that the results from these two sources are not directly comparable because of important differences in concept and coverage. The ONS figures are based on household incomes, and are based on a ranking of households, so in this case the top decile, is the top 10 per cent of households, ranked by household income. The HMRC figures on the other hand, show individual incomes and are based on a ranking of individuals. Furthermore, the ONS’s estimates are based on a sample of all private households in the UK, whereas the HMRC figures are only representative of taxpayers. So in this case, the top 1 per cent, is the top 1 per cent of individuals, based on a ranking of taxpayers only. Table 1 shows the percentage share of total equivalised disposable household income for quintile groups and for the top decile. Also shown are the lower bounds (the percentile points) for these groups (in £ per year), and the number of households per quantile group. The income quantile groups are determined by ranking households according to their equivalised disposable income. Equivalised incomes are standardised to take into account different sizes and compositions of households. The standard household is deemed to be a two adult household with no children, and so these equivalised incomes can be interpreted as indicating a standard of living that would be achieved by a standard household with that income. Disposable income is gross income from all sources less income tax, national insurance contributions and council tax. Table 2 shows the percentage share of total income for the top 5 per cent, top 1 per cent, and top 0.1 per cent of individual taxpayers. The figures are shown both before and after deduction of income tax (but without national insurance contributions or council tax deducted), although the ranking of individuals is based on income before tax. Again, percentile points and the number of individuals in each of these groups are also shown. Both sets of estimates provided here are subject to sampling variation, although the HMRC estimates are based on a very large sample of administrative records (520,000 in 2004/05) and are therefore less subject to sampling variation. For this reason, the income shares in Table 2 are shown to an extra decimal place, while those in Table 1 are rounded to the nearest 1 per cent. Estimates have been provided for the years closest to those requested, although particularly for 1979, not all estimates are available. The earlier years which are shown in Table 1 are calendar years rather than financial years. Wealth Information on the percentage of UK wealth held by those in different income ranges is not available. Although HMRC do produce wealth distribution statistics, the data which underpins these statistics includes no information on income and cannot be combined with other data sources to provide a suitable basis for analysing the relationship between wealth and income. Wealth distribution statistics are published at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal_wealth/menu.htm The ONS has recently introduced a Household Assets Survey which will measure both income and wealth for UK households. Initial results from the Household Assets Survey are due to be published at the end of this year. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1979|1990 |1997-98|2002-03|2005-06| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Quantile shares (Percentage) | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |By quintile group | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bottom |9 |7 |8 |8 |8 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2nd |13 |11 |12 |12 |12 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |3rd |18 |16 |16 |17 |16 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |4th |23 |23 |23 |23 |22 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top |36 |43 |42 |41 |41 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top decile |n/a |28 |26 |26 |26 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |All households |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lower percentile points for quantile groups (£ per year) | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |By quintile group | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2nd |n/a |5,629 |8,504 |11,196 |12,835 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |3rd |n/a |8,248 |11,922 |15,516 |17,231 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |4th |n/a |11,894|16,342 |20,860 |23,204 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top |n/a |17,152|23,457 |29,575 |32,335 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top decile |n/a |22,672|30,451 |38,275 |42,827 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of households per quantile (Thousand) | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |By quintile group | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bottom |n/a |n/a |4,909 |4,868 |4,956 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2nd |n/a |n/a |4,938 |4,870 |4,961 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |3rd |n/a |n/a |4,909 |4,869 |4,961 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |4th |n/a |n/a |4,911 |4,869 |4,961 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top |n/a |n/a |4,908 |4,870 |4,960 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top decile |n/a |n/a |2,453 |2,437 |2,482 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |All households |n/a |n/a |24,556 |24,346 |24,799 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |n/a = Not available1 Disposable income is equal to gross income from all sources less income tax, national insurance contributions, and council tax.2 From 1990 this includes company car benefit and beneficial house purchase loans from employers.3 Ranked by equivalised disposable household income.Source:ONS, Expenditure and Food Survey| | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1979-80|1990-91|1997-98|2002-03|2004-05| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Percentage shares of total income (Before tax) | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top 5 per cent. |n/a |19.4 |22.4 |23.3 |23.8 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top 1 per cent. |n/a |8.0 |10.5 |10.8 |11.3 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top 0.1 per cent. |n/a |2.2 |3.7 |3.7 |4.0 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Percentage shares of total income (After tax)2 | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top 5 per cent. |n/a |17.0 |20.0 |19.7 |20.3 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top 1 per cent. |n/a |6.5 |8.7 |8.6 |9.1 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top 0.1 per cent. |n/a |1.8 |3.0 |2.9 |3.1 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Percentile points (Income before tax, £ per year) | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top 5 per cent |n/a |30,100 |39,000 |49,800 |52,400 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top 1 per cent. |n/a |57,200 |83,700 |108,000|117,000| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top 0.1 per cent. |n/a |174,000|281,000|385,000|418,000| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of individuals per group (Thousand) | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top 5 per cent. |n/a |1,305 |1,310 |1,445 |1,515 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top 1 per cent. |n/a |261 |262 |289 |303 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Top 0.1 per cent. |n/a |26 |26 |30 |30 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |n/a = Not available1 Ranked by income before tax.2 After tax income is equal to gross income less income tax (but national insurance contributions and council tax are not deducted).Source:HMRC, Survey of Personal Incomes| | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revenue and Customs: Location Mr. Paul Murphy To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what account is taken of economic development issues when considering proposals to move HM Revenue and Customs jobs away from objective 1 areas. Jane Kennedy Economic development issues are among a number of factors that will be taken into account in the impact assessments conducted before final decisions are made to close any HM Revenue and Customs office and relocate jobs elsewhere. Social Security Benefits Chris Grayling To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of children live in households where the household income is entirely dependent on benefits. Angela Eagle The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 17 July 2007: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of children live in households where the household income is entirely dependent on benefits. (150055). Statistics on the receipt of benefits are published in the article “The effects of taxes and benefits on household income”. The latest article, for the year 2005-06, was published on the National Statistics website on 17 May 2007 at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/taxesbenefits. This annual analysis is based on data from the Expenditure and Food Survey, which is an annual survey of approximately 7,000 households in the UK. Based on the same survey results used to produce the annual taxes and benefits article, it has been estimated that 11 per cent. of children in the UK live in households where the household income is entirely dependent on benefits. Stamp Duties: Bexley Mr. Evennett To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average amount of stamp duty paid on housing transactions in the London borough of Bexley was in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2006-07. Kitty Ussher Reliable information is not available for 1997-98. Estimates of stamp duty land tax on housing transactions, and numbers of transactions, for each local authority will be published in September for 2006-07. Sustainable Development Mr. Bone To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will adopt the development of infrastructure in the Government’s sustainable development areas as a particular cross-departmental priority issue for driving forward from the centre; and if he will make a statement. Angela Eagle The Government are committed to ensuring that housing growth is accompanied by the social, transport and environmental infrastructure needed to support development, and as such has been conducting a policy review into supporting housing growth. Further announcements will be made in the forthcoming housing Green Paper and the comprehensive spending review. Taxation: Domicile Dr. Cable To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the change has been in the number of non-domicile tax claimants in the last 12 months; (2) how many investigations there have been into claimants of non-domicile status in the last five years; and whether any investigations resulted in claimants being (a) fined and (b) imprisoned for wrongfully claiming non-domicile status. Jane Kennedy In 2004-05 the number of non-domicile tax claimants was 112,000. This is the latest year for which this information is available. No information is available on the number of investigations undertaken. In certain cases, where it has been determined that non-domicile status is incorrect, individuals have incurred a penalty as well as any tax due: there is no record of any individual having been imprisoned as a result. Teenage Pregnancy: North East Region Mr. Henderson To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rate of teenage pregnancies was in (a) the Newcastle upon Tyne city authority and (b) neighbouring local authorities in the North East region in the last five years. Angela Eagle The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 17 July 2007: As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the rate of teenage pregnancies has been in (a) the Newcastle upon Tyne city authority and (b) neighbouring local authorities in the North East region in the last five years. (149849) ONS does not routinely publish teenage conception figures for girls aged under 20 by local authority areas. Figures are however published for conceptions for girls aged under 18 at local authority level. Figures for Newcastle upon Tyne and neighbouring local authorities are shown in the attached table and these are estimates of the number of conceptions that resulted in a live birth, stillbirth or legal termination. Figures for 2005 are provisional. -------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2001 |2002|2003 |2004|20051 | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Number|Rate|Number|Rate|Number|Rate|Number|Rate|Number|Rate| -------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tyne and Wear |1,072 |52 |1,128 |54 |1,176 |56|1,088|52|1,042|50| -------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gateshead |152 |42 |158 |44 |175 |49|159|45|161|44| -------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newcastle upon Tyne |267 |58 |283 |60 |268 |55|283|58|254|52| -------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Tyneside |190 |53 |198 |55 |189 |52|187|51|172|47| -------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Tyneside |168 |54 |169 |52 |180 |55|165|52|147|48| -------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sunderland |295 |51 |320 |55 |364 |63|294|52|308|55| -------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Figures for 2005 are provisional.| | | | | |||||| -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tobacco: Counterfeit Manufacturing Mr. Breed To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many tobacco companies employ an anti-counterfeit solution of the kind set out in the voluntary agreement with the tobacco industry as announced in the 2007 Budget; (2) what success criteria and targets have been agreed with the tobacco industry for industry performance against the voluntary agreement to introduce a covert anti-counterfeit mark to all UK tobacco products as announced in the 2007 Budget; (3) when he expects his Department to review the voluntary agreement made with the tobacco industry on introducing a covert anti-counterfeit mark to all UK tobacco products as announced in the 2007 Budget. Angela Eagle The four largest tobacco manufacturers representing over 97 per cent. of the UK cigarette market intend to introduce the anti-counterfeit security technology. The voluntary agreement with the tobacco industry will enable enforcement officials to identify counterfeit product quickly and easily. Time scales for the introduction of the technology have been agreed with the tobacco manufacturers. All cigarette packs intended for the UK duty paid market manufactured from October 2007 will incorporate the technology, and all packs of hand-rolling tobacco manufactured from October 2008, at the latest, will also incorporate the technology. The results of enforcement activity will be continually monitored by HMRC, to inform understanding of the threat posed by counterfeit penetration in the retail sector, and HMRC will also continue to examine technologies that could help to counter the trade in illicit tobacco products. Unemployment: Lancashire Mr. Evans To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Ribble Valley constituency were not in education, employment or training in the financial year ended March (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. Angela Eagle The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 17 July 2007: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people in Ribble Valley constituency were not in education, employment or training in the financial year ended March (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. (150261) There were 7,000 people of working age, resident in the Ribble Valley constituency, who were not in full-time education, employment or training, for the 12 months ending February 1997, from the annual local area Labour Force Survey. The corresponding figure from the latest Annual Population Survey, for the 12 months ending in December 2006, was 8,000. Estimates for a subset of the population in a small geographical area, are based on very small sample sizes, and are therefore subject to large margins of uncertainty. In this case, the sample sizes are not sufficient to give an accurate estimate of even the direction of the change over the period. Welfare Tax Credits: Lancashire Mr. Evans To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Ribble Valley constituency received tax credits in each of the last five years. Jane Kennedy I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given to the hon. Member for West Lancashire (Rosie Cooper) on 18 June 2007, Official Report, column 1502W. Young People: Gravesham Mr. Holloway To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many 16 to 18-year-olds were not in education, employment or training in Gravesham in (a) May 1997 and (b) May 2007. Angela Eagle The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 17 July 2007: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many 16 to 18 year olds were not in education, employment or training in Gravesham in (a) May 1997 and (b) May 2007. (150281) The sample sizes, from the annual local area Labour Force Survey for the 12 months ending February 1997, and from the latest Annual Population Survey for the 12 months ending in December 2006, are too small to provide estimates of the numbers of 16 to 18 year olds not in full-time education, employment or training, resident in the Gravesham constituency. Home Department Animal Experiments Annette Brooke To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the minimum cage size is for a seven-year-old single rhesus macaque for use in scientific procedures for laboratory experimentation purposes; and for how many hours per day that minimum space is permissible; (2) when she expects to announce a revision to the codes of practice to ensure that British laboratories are compliant with the new standards outlined in article 5 (guidelines for accommodation and care of animals) of the European convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experiment and other scientific purposes (ETS No. 123); and if she will make a statement; (3) whether there are rules governing (a) space requirements and (b) use of restraints for animals during animal experimentation. Meg Hillier [holding answer 16 July 2007]: The weight of a seven-year-old rhesus macaque would typically be between 6 and 9kg. For an animal of that weight the Home Office code of practice for the housing and care of animals used in scientific procedures specifies an enclosure with a minimum floor area of 14,000 sq cm and with a height of at least 1.5 metres, if singly housed, and per animal if housed, as is usual, in groups. These minima are often exceeded in practice, particularly if animals have to be singly housed, or if they weigh more than 9kg, for which animals the code of practice gives no specific provision. The code of practice does not specify the time for which access to additional space must be provided. However the majority of primates are kept in grouped housing or, if they have to be singly housed, are allowed access to larger exercise enclosures during the working day. We aim to publish a revised code of practice to take account of the guidelines set out in the revised appendix A to the Council of Europe convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experiment and other scientific purposes (ETS 123) in 2008, after the requirements for consultation and parliamentary scrutiny have been met. The United Kingdom Government played an active part in producing the revised Council of Europe guidelines and began the process of ensuring their adoption in the United Kingdom well before they were finally agreed in June 2006. Implementation of the guidelines is not dependent on the publication of a revised UK code of practice and is being achieved more quickly and more effectively through the day to day contact between our inspectors and the scientific community. All animals used in procedures licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 must be housed in accordance within the cage and pen dimensions in the Home Office code of practice for the housing of animals in designated breeding and supplying establishments. Any form of restraint applied for an experimental or other scientific purpose that may cause pain suffering distress or lasting harm may be applied only as part of a programme of work specified in a project licence issued under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. There must be adequate scientific justification for the use of restraint, it must be the least degree of restraint necessary to achieve the scientific objectives and it must be applied for the shortest period of time to achieve those objectives. Animal Experiments: Laboratories Annette Brooke To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many laboratories there were in England and Wales which undertook experimentation on animals in each of the last four years; (2) how many inspectors were employed in England and Wales to monitor experimentation on animals in laboratories in each of the last four years. Meg Hillier The operation of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 is a reserved matter and the Home Office implements the legislation throughout England, Scotland and Wales. The total number of places in England and Wales designated as user, breeding and/or supplying establishments under the 1986 Act at 31 December in each of the last four years was: ------------- | |Number| ------------- |2006|178 | ------------- |2005|183 | ------------- |2004|193 | ------------- |2003|197 | ------------- Under the 1986 Act, the animals scientific procedures inspectorate is a national body with responsibilities throughout England, Scotland and Wales, and no inspectors are appointed solely with respect to the operation of the legislation in England and Wales. However, we estimate that the number of inspectors whose working time was devoted to establishments in England and Wales in each of the last four years was: ------------- | |Number| ------------- |2001|22.75 | ------------- |2005|22.75 | ------------- |2004|24.75 | ------------- |2003|22.25 | ------------- Detailed information about the work of the inspectorate is provided in the ASPI annual reports for 2004 and 2005, copies of which are in the House Library. These annual reports explain what the inspectors do and how they do it, and provide details of the inspectorate's staffing and structure, ways of working, professional background and skills, and training and development. Asylum David Heyes To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 14 June 2007, Official Report, column 1221W, on asylum, and the correspondence received by the hon. Member for Ashton under Lyne from the Border and Immigration Agency, how many cases there are of applicants in the category referred to in that correspondence as receiving support and may be given some form of leave to remain; and how many such applications were submitted in each of the last five years. Mr. Byrne Lin Homer, the chief executive of the Border and Immigration Agency, wrote to the chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee on 19 February 2007 about the legacy programme. She explained that once reports can be produced on the programme in which Parliament and the wider public can have suitable confidence, Parliament will be updated accordingly. A copy of this letter has been placed in the Library of the House. Border and Immigration Agency Mr. Clappison To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2007, Official Report, column 1182W, to the hon. Member for Wells (Mr. Heathcoat-Amory) on the Border and Immigration Agency, what steps the Government have taken in respect of the Ramzy case; and when she expects it to be resolved. Mr. Byrne The Government, together with the governments of Lithuania, Portugal and Slovakia, submitted written observations to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Ramzy v. the Netherlands in November 2005. The observations were the same as those submitted in two other cases which raise similar issues, A v. the Netherlands and Nassim Saadi v. Italy. The Grand Chamber held an oral hearing in the case of Nassim Saadi v. Italy on 11 July 2007, and the UK made an oral submission to the court. The court has given no indication about when it will give judgment in this case or how it proposes to deal with the other two cases. Children: Protection Mr. Holloway To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what safeguards are in place to prevent known paedophiles from opening a children’s agency specialising in theatre, television and modelling; and if she will make a statement. Mr. McFadden I have been asked to reply. I refer the hon. Gentleman to my previous answer on 11 July 2007, Official Report, column 1546W. The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, which will be implemented from Autumn 2008, provides the legislative framework to help prevent unsuitable people from working with children. The Act applies where an individual is undertaking regulated activity, which includes teaching, training, supervising, caring for or offering advice, guidance or instruction to children where it is done frequently or intensively (overnight or on more than two days in a 30-day period). Operating a children’s agency would also be included. An individual who is barred under the new scheme will commit an offence if they seek to engage in this activity and an employer will commit an offence if they seek to use such a person. In addition, those running agencies are required to meet the provisions of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 and associated regulations, which are designed to protect those using the work-finding services they provide. The regulations provide that agencies which supply individuals to work with or alongside vulnerable persons, including children, must carry out strict checks regarding those individuals which include taking up of independent references. Where agencies supply workers to work with children, these checks would include a Criminal Records Bureau check. Closed Circuit Television: Garages and Petrol Stations Margaret Moran To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with petrol companies on use of CCTV images from petrol station forecourts to assist in the detection of vehicle crime. Mr. Coaker None. The use of CCTV images from petrol station forecourts to assist in the detection of vehicle crime is a matter for agreement between individual police forces and petrol companies as part of locally developed crime reduction strategies. Departments: Early Retirement Mr. Jenkins To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of her staff took early retirement in the last five years; at what cost; what grades of staff took early retirement; and what percentage of each grade took early retirement. Mr. Byrne There are a number of areas in the Home Office that have run early retirement schemes. Details of staff numbers in each scheme, the grades of staff who took early retirement and the percentage of each grade that took early retirement are not centrally available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Overall cost figures are available and published in the Home Office consolidated resource accounts. The following table shows the provisions made each year for the full costs of new cases of early departures, since 2002-03. Final figures for 2006-07 will be published in the Home Office resource accounts, expected in September 2007. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Total (£000)1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2002-03 |16,135 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2003-04 |9,774 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2004-05 |52,707 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2005-06 |22,369 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 Includes totals for the core department, agencies and the 42 local probation boards but not the NDPBs.| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Departments: Pay Mrs. Lait To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many former employees of her Department are being paid their original salaries after their employment has ended. Mr. Byrne Overpayment information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The Home Office does not knowingly pay salaries to staff who have left the Department. Overpayments do occur from time to time, sometimes as a consequence of payments being made to staff who have left the Department, but efforts are always made to recover them. Immigration Mr. Clegg To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were granted leave to remain in the UK through the long-residence concession in each of the last 10 years. Jacqui Smith The latest available statistics on grants of settlement on the basis of long residence for 1996 to 2005 are provided in the following table. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of persons | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Category of grant |Long residency1,2| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1996 |2,300| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |1,700| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |1,900| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |1,400| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |3,700| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |2,255| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |20023 |5,290| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |20034 |9,205| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |20045 |3,005| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |2,925| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Includes persons granted settlement following application under the regularisation scheme for overstayers.2 Excludes dependants.3 Swiss nationals are excluded from 1 June 2002.4 Data from 2003 also exclude dependants of EEA and Swiss nationals in confirmed relationships granted permanent residence.5 Includes nationals of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia before 1 May 2004, but excludes them from this date.Note: Figures for 2001-05 have been rounded to the nearest five. Figures for 2000 and earlier have been rounded to two significant digits.|| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Imports: Primates Mr. Hancock To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she (a) has renewed and (b) intends to renew the approval of Nafovanny in Vietnam to import non-human primates to the UK. Meg Hillier The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate visited the Nafovanny centre during April 2007. The present position is that their current period of acceptance has been extended from 31 May 2007 to 31 August 2007 pending consideration of the breeding centre's application to retain acceptance for a further two-year period. Members: Correspondence Clare Short To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when her Department will reply to the letters of 24 May and 5 June 2007 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on behalf of Nazia Saghir (Home Office ref: S1359575/2). Mr. Byrne I wrote to the right hon. Member on 12 July 2007. Pornography: Children Tim Loughton To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers and civilian personnel work in countering computer-based child pornography in each police force in England and Wales. Mr. Coaker Information on how many police officers and civilian personnel work in countering computer-based images of child abuse is not collected centrally. The Home Office does not use the term child pornography. Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre Mr. Hancock To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many detainees at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre received compensation as a result of civil claims in each of the last three years; and if she will give details of each claim. Mr. Byrne The information requested could be obtained by the detailed examination of individual case records only at disproportionate cost. Justice Coroners: Armed Forces Mr. Jim Cunningham To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent progress has been made in concluding inquests for personnel killed on operational duty overseas since 2003. Bridget Prentice I would refer my hon. Friend to the written ministerial statement made on 20 June that gives details of the progress with these inquests. Since 20 June a further eight military inquests and one inquest of a civilian whose body was repatriated via RAF Brize Norton have been held. Data Protection Margaret Moran To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the implications of data mashup for data protection. Mr. Wills Data mashing is a term used for taking and combining data from different sources to create new and often innovative services. This is most commonly done with published structured data made available on the world wide web via application programming interfaces, using data and services from providers such as Google, Yahoo and Amazon. Data mashing is the process, the mashup is the product. In the United Kingdom, all forms of processing personal data are regulated by the Data Protection Act 1998. Although the Act does not refer specifically to data mashing or mashup, its provisions will apply where a website operator in the UK takes legitimate public sources of information about individuals and then publishes a combined version of that information on the internet. In particular the first principle requiring the processing to be fair and lawful will apply. Departments: Public Transport Mr. Jenkins To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what incentives he has considered to encourage staff in his Department to use public transport. Maria Eagle For business journeys, the Ministry of Justice encourages staff to use public transport where practicable. Staff policy for travel and subsistence requires that staff restrict the use of pool cars or private motor vehicles to journeys that cannot be readily made by public transport. Further assistance and encouragement is provided by the offer of interest-free loans for the purchase of season tickets for travel to work by public transport and for bicycles (including safety equipment) which are available to all employees that have at least two months service. These advances are repayable in equal monthly instalments within the life of the ticket or over a maximum of 12 months for the purchase of the bicycle. The Ministry also offers; reimbursement of a young persons railcard for employees under the age of 24. reimbursement of standard public transport fares for new entrants under the age of 21 taking up an initial appointment who have to live away from home because of their workplace. three free journeys by public transport to the parental home each year for single employees under 21, who are appointed or transferred from a post where they lived with their parents to a post beyond reasonable travelling distance and who live in lodgings. In addition, all prisons in England and Wales have travel plans. Each plan covers issues such as staff travel to and from work, car parking on site, car sharing, the use of fleet vehicles and official travelling by staff. While the format of the plans was standardised, the actual plans reflected the different circumstances at each site. Local authorities are now placing increasing emphasis on reducing travel impacts and ask to see copies of prisons’ travel plans when considering planning applications for new houseblocks or other major work at existing prisons. The main London headquarters buildings of the National Offender Management Service and the prison service also have a travel plan. This covers staff travel to work, visitors to Headquarters buildings and delivery and contractors’ vehicles and aims to ensure that staff use, wherever, possible, environmentally friendly methods of travelling to work in order to minimise the impact of their travelling arrangements on the environment. Domestic Violence: Victim Support Schemes Mr. Drew To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what training and guidance will be provided for the courts and other organisations on section 1 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Bridget Prentice Section 1 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 was implemented on 1 July 2007. This inserts a new section 42A into the Family Law Act 1996 that makes the breach of a family non-molestation order a criminal offence punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment. Comprehensive training and guidance has been given to court staff and the judiciary. My Department worked with the police, CPS and other agencies preparing training and guidance tailored to their procedures and requirements. Ministry of Justice officials also have spoken at domestic violence events and conferences. My Department has also updated our guidance for court users “Domestic Violence—A Guide to Civil Remedies and Criminal Sanctions” which outlines the range of options available to victims of domestic violence. This is now available in English, Welsh and eight other languages. Employment Tribunals Service: Compensation Bob Spink To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what advice has been given to the chairmen of employment tribunals on (a) the awarding of costs and (b) the calculation of costs to be awarded to the successful party; and if he will make a statement. Bridget Prentice The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedures) Regulations 2004 provide a power for employment tribunal chairmen to order the payment in respect of the costs incurred by another party in bringing or defending an employment tribunal claim. They currently limit any award to a maximum of 10,000. No guidance has been given by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice to employment tribunal chairmen on when to award costs or on how any cost awards should be calculated. Employment tribunal chairmen are independent members of the judiciary and it would not be appropriate for Ministers to give guidance on when they should use these powers or on the level of award made. Family Courts: Fees and Charges Tim Loughton To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the introduction of fixed fees for family work on the number of family cases represented in financial year 2007-08. Maria Eagle The final family fee schemes, published on 22 June by the Legal Services Commission, and due to be implemented on 1 October, were accompanied by a full regulatory impact assessment. No cuts are being made to family legal aid as a result of the introduction of new fee schemes, and the LSC is not expecting a drop in the number of clients helped in 2007-08, or in future years, as a result of the new fee schemes. Nearly 800,000 people were helped with civil and family legal help (excluding asylum and immigration) in 2006-07, compared with 595,000 in 2004-05, and the LSC aims to increase this by a further 50,000 in 2007-08. Judiciary: Public Appointments Mark Pritchard To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what discussions he has had with the Bar Council on increasing the number of judicial appointments from people with state educational backgrounds. Mr. Straw None yet, but Ministers and I hope to meet the Bar Council in due course. The Judicial Appointments Commission, a non-departmental public body, has, since its launch in April 2006, responsibility for the selection of judges for appointment to courts and tribunals. One of its statutory duties is to encourage diversity in the range of persons available for selection for appointment. In line with this obligation, the commission has had discussions with the Bar Council about how best to attract greater numbers of eligible candidates from under represented groups generally. Promoting judicial service, widening the range of people eligible for judicial office and encouraging a broader range of applicants all form part of the judicial diversity strategy, for which the Ministry of Justice, Judicial Appointments Commission and judiciary are jointly responsible. Offenders: Deportation Mr. Spellar To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress he is making on reaching deportation agreements with the top five countries with the most nationals in British prisons. Maria Eagle Jamaica, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, and Iraq represent the top five countries in terms of the number of their nationals held in prison here with which the United Kingdom does not yet have a prisoner transfer agreement in place. A limited prisoner transfer agreement between the United Kingdom and Jamaica was signed on 26 June 2007. It will not come into force until both countries have completed their respective domestic constitutional procedures. Negotiations with Nigeria are ongoing. We are pressing the Nigerians authorities to conclude the negotiations as quickly as possible. An agreement with Pakistan has been concluded and will be signed shortly. The agreement is subject to ratification and will not come into effect until both countries have completed their domestic ratification procedures. Because of the domestic situation in both Somalia and Iraq no negotiations on a prisoner transfer agreement are likely in the near future. Prisoners Release Mrs. Dorries To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners have been released early from prisons in each month since January 2007; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Hanson Figures showing the numbers of releases under the home detention curfew scheme and on parole in the period January to June 2007 can be found in the following table: ------------------------------------------------------- | |Home detention curfew|Parole| ------------------------------------------------------- |January |947 |209 | ------------------------------------------------------- |February |917 |199 | ------------------------------------------------------- |March |981 |209 | ------------------------------------------------------- |April |900 |203 | ------------------------------------------------------- |May |997 |203 | ------------------------------------------------------- |June |980 |1— | ------------------------------------------------------- |1 Data not yet available| | | ------------------------------------------------------- Additionally, there were 1,701 releases between 29 June 2007 and 5 July, under the end of custody licence scheme. These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. Mrs. Dorries To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners released early from HM prisons have been recalled; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Hanson As at 5 July, the Ministry of Justice had been notified of 30 out of 1,701 offenders (1.76 per cent.) released under the end of custody licence as having been subsequently recalled to custody from that licence. Information on end of custody licence, including recalls, will be placed in the Library on a monthly basis. Prisoners' Release John Bercow To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the impact of the prisoner early release programme upon (a) the ability of the prison service to meet individual prisoner's resettlement needs, (b) prisoner rehabilitation, (c) recidivism and (d) the ability of the probation service to meet the needs of individuals. Mr. Hanson Prisoners released on the end of custody licence are subject to normal sentence planning and resettlement activities, including offending behaviour programmes and interventions, undertaken by offenders across the prison estate from the start of sentence. On release, they are eligible to receive subsistence payments and housing costs to meet essential needs in lieu of benefits during the licence period. Release on an ECL allows prisoners to start the process of looking for gainful employment, to undertake training and provides an opportunity to re-establish links with family and the local community. The ECL will be monitored closely. Information on it, including prisoners notified to the National Offender Management Service as having re-offended during the period on ECL, will be placed in the Library on a monthly basis. Additional funding has been made available to probation services for ECL and the level of resources needed will be kept under review. Prisoners: Ambulance Services Mr. Evans To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners have been transported to hospital from (a) all prisons and (b) high security prisons in each of the last five years; and at what cost. Maria Eagle Transport of prisoners to hospital from all prison, including high security prisons, are arranged by establishments and records of such moves and costs are not held centrally and could be collated from each establishment only at disproportionate cost. Prisoners: Females Mr. Heath To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to build local secure units for female prisoners as proposed in the Corston review. Mr. Hanson The Government have given a broad welcome to the report. The 43 recommendations which it makes are wide-ranging and propose action by a number of different Government Departments and organisations. We are carefully exploring the recommendations with all the Departments and agencies concerned and will develop a detailed response by late autumn. Prisoners: Sentencing Nick Herbert To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners are on indeterminate sentences for public protection with tariffs of (a) less than three years, (b) between three and five years, (c) between five and 10 years and (d) more than 10 years. Mr. Hanson Figures relating to the lengths of tariffs on prisoners serving indeterminate sentences in all prison establishments in England and Wales as at the end of March 2006 can be found in the following table: -------------------- |Months |Total| -------------------- |1-18 |147 | -------------------- |19-36 |326 | -------------------- |37-48 |107 | -------------------- |49-60 |46 | -------------------- |61-120 |53 | -------------------- |121+ |4 | -------------------- |Not recorded|24 | -------------------- |Total |706 | -------------------- This table is taken from table 11.2 in the offender management caseload statistics 2005, a copy of which can be found in the House of Commons Library. These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. Nick Herbert To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to review the operation of indeterminate sentences for public protection; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Hanson The Government keep all sentencing policy under constant review. Nick Herbert To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many prisoners on indeterminate sentences for public protection have been released after serving more than their minimum tariff; and in how many of those cases the assessment of their danger to the public was carried out (a) before and (b) after completion of their minimum tariff; (2) how many prisoners on indeterminate sentences for public protection have been released since 2004; and how many had served (a) less than one year, (b) between one and two years, (c) between two and three years and (d) more than three years; (3) how many prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection released on licence have (a) been returned to prison and (b) been convicted for offences while on licence. Mr. Hanson No prisoner serving an indeterminate sentence may be considered for release until they have completed their tariff—that is, the period of imprisonment considered necessary to meet the requirements of retribution and deterrence. The Parole Board may direct a tariff-expired indeterminate sentence prisoner's release only if it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public that the prisoner should be confined. As at 16 July 2007, seven prisoners serving indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) have been released on the direction of the Parole Board. Six of these offenders were released after the tariff period had expired. In each of these cases, the Parole Board hearing to assess the offender’s risk of harm took place after the relevant tariff expiry date. In the seventh case, the prisoner was released before tariff-expiry on compassionate grounds due to ill health and has since died. Two of the six offenders had their sentences quashed following their release. Of the remaining four, none has been recalled to custody or been convicted of any further offences. The following table shows the time served in custody before release in the six cases referred to above: ----------------------------------- |Time served |Number of cases| ----------------------------------- |Less than 1 year |2 | ----------------------------------- |1-2 years |4 | ----------------------------------- |2-3 years |0 | ----------------------------------- |More than 3 years|0 | ----------------------------------- Prisons Mr. Heath To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his most recent projections are of the (a) uncrowded and (b) maximum capacity of prisons in each of the next five years. Mr. Hanson The National Offender Management Service undertakes a rolling programme of refurbishment on the prison estate. As schemes come back into use following refurbishment, other schemes are taken forward and the accommodation is taken out of use. Eight thousand new prison places were announced by the Home Secretary in July 2006 and a further 1,500 places by the Lord Chancellor on 19 June. The programme is still in the planning stages and the number of places to be provided beyond 2007 has not been finalised. Mr. Heath To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what provision has been made in his Department's budgets for capital works on the prison estate in 2007-08, broken down by (a) refurbishment, (b) newbuild on existing prison sites and (c) newbuild sites. Mr. Hanson The total capital budget for prison capacity in 2007-08 is £475 million. This is broken down as follows: (a) Refurbishment: £190 million; (b) New build on existing prison sites: £257 million; (c) New prisons: £28 million. Prisons: Drugs Mrs. Gillan To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether the 12-step drug rehabilitation programme will continue in the prisons other than Swansea which operate the scheme. Mr. Hanson The 12-step programme is an integral part of the range of intensive accredited drug treatment programmes available in prisons. The 12-step programme at HMP The Verne has now ceased and the funding has been moved to HMP Dartmoor, where the programme will start shortly. There are currently no further plans to withdraw the programme from any other establishment where it is being delivered. Mrs. Gillan To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost per head is of the replacement drug rehabilitation programme to be introduced in Swansea prison from November 2007. Mr. Hanson There are currently no plans to introduce a replacement drug rehabilitation programme at HMP Swansea. Mrs. Gillan To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners who completed or commenced the 12 step drug rehabilitation programme in Swansea prison have been charged with further drug-related offences after their release from prison. Mr. Hanson The information requested is not available. There is no effective tracking mechanism in place. The tracking of an individual who has engaged with treatment interventions and subsequently went on to re-offend would involve the use of the police national computer and this would constitute a breach of confidentiality. Mrs. Gillan To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost per prisoner is of the 12-step drug rehabilitation programme in Swansea prison. Mr. Hanson The cost of running the 12 Step Programme at HMP Swansea is subject to conditions of commercial confidentiality. Mrs. Gillan To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners who commenced the 12-step drug rehabilitation programme in Swansea were released early before the end of their sentence. Mr. Hanson In 2006-07—the latest period for which figures are available—no prisoners released early from HMP Swansea had commenced the 12-step programme. Mrs. Gillan To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners have started the 12-step drug rehabilitation programme in Swansea prison since its introduction; and how many have completed the programme. Mr. Hanson The following table shows, the number of prisoners starting and completing the 12-step programme at HMP Swansea. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Starts|Completions| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-051 |34 |7 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |31 |11 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |32 |17 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Data available from August 2004. Programme commenced in 2001| | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Gillan To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if his Department will publish the assessment of the efficacy of the 12-step drug rehabilitation scheme at Swansea prison. Mr. Hanson Published research shows that prisoners who completed a 12-step programme had significantly lower rates of reconviction after two years—down 11per cent.—provided effective treatment was continued on release. Efficacy is also determined by the quality of local delivery. Audit conducted locally, shows over the past three years, a marked decline in the quality of delivery of the 12-step programme at HMP Swansea. Secure Training Centres Ms Keeble To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library the reports of the Home Department monitors in each secure training centre. Mr. Hanson Monitoring reports are operational documents, the purpose of which is to enable the Youth Justice Board to track and improve performance. They contain detailed information about young people that has been provided in confidence. Placing them in the public domain could adversely affect the board’s ability to monitor the running of secure training centres. Secure Training Centres: Restraint Techniques Ms Keeble To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions handcuffs were used on trainees in each secure training centre in each of the last three years. Mr. Hanson I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Home Department on 19 February 2007, Official Report, column 338W. Complete data are not available before 2006. Tribunals Bob Spink To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in what proportion of employment tribunal cases the chairman awarded costs to the claimant in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. Bridget Prentice In 2005-06, there were 148 cases in which a claimant was awarded costs by an employment tribunal. This represents 0.66 per cent. of all cases disposed of at a hearing. Wellingborough Prison Mr. Bone To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans there are to extend the capacity of HM prison Wellingborough; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Hanson There are no firm plans at present to increase the capacity of HMP Wellingborough. However, the National Offender Management Service is considering the potential to build around 50 to 60 additional places at the prison. These proposals do not form part of the current capacity building programme and the development of plans to increase capacity at HMP Wellingborough would be discussed in full with local planners. Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bankruptcy Miss Begg To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many homes were sold in creditor bankruptcy cases in each year since the implementation of the Enterprise Act 2002. Mr. McFadden The Insolvency Service does not hold this information as the realisation of bankrupts’ interest in properties is generally undertaken by an insolvency practitioner acting as trustee rather than the Official Receiver. However, as part of the evaluation of the Enterprise Act 2002, the Insolvency Service is collecting information on property realisations in a sample of all bankruptcy cases in England and Wales. This study is ongoing and the final results will be published in autumn 2007. Interim reports are available on the Insolvency Service website at: www.insolvency.gsi.gov.uk Miss Begg To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what information services are available to individuals to help them decide which course of action to pursue when they have been made bankrupt. Mr. McFadden Once an individual is made bankrupt in England and Wales they are subject to the bankruptcy provisions in the Insolvency Act 1986. All bankrupts are interviewed by a member of the Insolvency Service. All bankrupts are given or sent a copy of the Insolvency Service “Guide to Bankruptcy”, which includes alternatives to bankruptcy. The Insolvency Service produces a wide range of leaflets which are available in both paper form and on its website at www.insolvency.gov.uk. Those leaflets cover matters directly relating to the bankruptcy process, the consequences of bankruptcy and information on alternatives to bankruptcy. Miss Begg To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what responsibilities the Official Receiver has to make clear to individuals the different options open to them in bankruptcy; and if he will make a statement. Mr. McFadden The responsibilities and duties of the Official Receiver are set out in the Insolvency Act 1986, which extends to England and Wales. While there is no statutory duty on the Official Receiver to provide details of the different options available to bankrupts, all are given or sent the Insolvency Service “Guide to Bankruptcy”, which includes information on alternatives to bankruptcy. In addition, leaflets informing bankrupts of their options are available in paper form and on the Insolvency Service website: www.insolvency.gov.uk/ The “Guide to Bankruptcy” covers the possibility of a fast track voluntary arrangement. A leaflet on FTVAs is also available in paper form or from the Insolvency Service website. Consumer Goods: Animal Experiments Mr. Ellwood To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what information is available to consumers for them to determine whether products on sale have been subject to animal testing. Mr. Thomas [holding answer 12 July 2007]: Cosmetic products covered by the Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 2004 (as amended), which implement the EU directive on cosmetic product safety, give manufacturers the choice of whether or not to make a claim about animal testing on their products. In practice most cosmetic product manufacturers do not make claims, and those that do make claims about no animal testing having been carried out on the product or its ingredients. Departmental Responsibilities Charles Hendry To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what his Department’s responsibilities are for technology. Mr. Timms The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform will lead work to create the conditions for business success. This includes liaising closely with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which now leads on technological innovation and research. The Department will address market and regulatory issues to ensure that business can take full advantage of technological developments and enable it to compete successfully in the global economy. Departments: Aviation Mr. Prisk To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many flights to overseas destinations were taken by employees of UK Trade and Investment in the last three calendar years; and what the total cost was of such flights. Mr. Thomas UK Trade and Investment has no direct employees of its own and draws mainly on staff from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The information requested is not readily available centrally, and to collect it would involve disproportionate cost. Departments: Disciplinary Proceedings David Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate telephone numbers in the last 12 months. Mr. Thomas In the former Department of Trade and Industry, 12 staff were disciplined and five staff dismissed for inappropriate use of the internet while at work in the last 12 months. Furthermore, no members of staff in the former Department of Trade and Industry were disciplined for using work telephones to access premium rate telephone numbers in the last 12 months. Departments: Domestic Visits Mr. Atkinson To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what role his private office played in organising his visit to NETpark, Sedgefield, County Durham and other destinations in the north-east; whether officials from his Department accompanied him on the visit; and what the cost was to his Department of the visit. Mr. Thomas The visit to NETpark was organised and funded by the Labour party. The Secretary of State’s private office arranged a fact finding visit to Sheffield to study the impact of flooding on local businesses followed by a visit to Newcastle for a meeting with the chair of One North East. The Secretary of State was accompanied by one of his special advisers to enable him to deal with any departmental business unconnected with the political visit. Departments: Marketing Susan Kramer To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the cost of setting up his new Department is; and how much has been budgeted for (a) fees paid to advisors, (b) replacing official stationery and (c) other transition costs. Mr. Thomas [holding answer 4 July 2007]: The costs of setting up the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform are ongoing and the processes will take some time to complete. I will write to the hon. Member setting out the costs once these processes have been completed and place copies of the letter in the Libraries of both Houses. Mrs. May To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the total cost was of creating signs displaying his Department’s name for ministerial offices. Mr. Thomas The Department has incurred no additional costs associated with providing signage for the ministerial Offices as these signs are produced internally and by reusing existing signage. Mrs. May To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much has been spent on external consultancy fees involved in the (a) relocation and (b) rebranding of his Department, broken down by (i) company contracted and (ii) services provided. Mr. Thomas The information is as follows. To date: No external consultancy fees have been incurred in the relocation of the Department. Bell Design has been paid £10,563.50 for graphic design services. Departments: Private Finance Initiative Mrs. Lait To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the total cost is of all the private finance initiative projects for which his Department has responsibility that have been completed since 1997; and what the projected cost is of such projects that have been commissioned or are under way. Mr. Thomas BERR holds one operational PFI contract, which is with its IT service provider Fujitsu Services. This contract was signed in 1998: it began in 1999 and is due to end in 2014. Expenditure to date under this contract has been £288.7 million. Projected expenditure, for the rest of the life of the contract, is expected to be £243.5 million. Total project cost of this service is expected to be £532.2 million. Departments: Publicity David Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the cost effectiveness of advertising commissioned by his Department, including relevant campaigns commissioned by its predecessor in the last 12 months. Mr. Thomas The former Department of Trade and Industry commissioned a limited amount of advertising in the financial year to March 2007 via the Central Office of Information. This comprised the following: classified recruitment advertising for the Small Business Service; online advertising about the national minimum wage, targeting young people; and press and online advertising about the NMW, targeting migrant workers. The cost effectiveness of the advertising was assessed by the number of responses—for example, cost-per-click in the case of the online advertising targeting young people, and potential audience size as calculated by press circulation and online user figures in the case of the advertising targeting migrant workers. Details of any other expenditure by the Department is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Departments: Racial Harassment David Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many complaints of racial abuse relating to the staff of (a) his Department and (b) its predecessor have been (i) investigated and (ii) upheld in the last 12 months. Mr. Thomas There have been no complaints of racial abuse in the Department or its predecessor over the last 12 months. Departments: Sick Leave David Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months. Mr. Thomas In the former DTI records show: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Spells of absence of less than 5 days|Number of staff (DTI HQ, inc SBS and UKTI), 2006-07| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |5 or more |135 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |4 |117 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |3 |226 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2 |447 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Departments: Sign Language Kerry McCarthy To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the merits of providing British sign language videos on his departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. Mr. Thomas Resources are currently allocated to a project that will secure accessibility improvements to my Department’s website, with the specific aim of ensuring that it meets government accessibility requirements. My Department has made no assessment of the merits of providing BSL videos on its website. Electronic Equipment: Recycling Mr. Hancock To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what in-store facilities are being made available in Hampshire for customers to return white goods under the waste electrical and electronic equipment directive; what his strategy is for increasing such facilities in the county; and if he will make a statement. Malcolm Wicks Detailed figures at a county level are not available, but all retailers of electrical and electronic equipment are obliged to offer in-store take-back if they are not members of the distributor takeback scheme. Within Hampshire all 26 local authority civic amenity sites have been approved as designated collection facilities and are playing their part in the UK waste electrical and electronic equipment system. Estimates made by Hampshire county council suggest that Hampshire is already diverting an average of 11 kg of waste electrical items per person from landfill. Employment Tribunals Service: Finance Mr. Heald To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the average estimated cost of an employment tribunal case is to (a) an employee, (b) an employer and (c) the state. Mr. McFadden The survey of employment tribunal applications 2003 estimated that the mean paid cost of advice and representation for all applicants was £445, while for those applicants who said they had paid for advice and representation it was £2,493. Mean non-advice related costs of a tribunal case to applicants (travel, communications and loss of earnings) were £4,553. For all employers, the mean paid costs of advice and representation were £1,491, while for those employers who said they had paid for advice and representation it was £4,362. In addition, employers said they spent an average of 9.8 days (mean) or four days (median) on tribunal cases. The average cost to the Exchequer of an employment tribunal application is around £606 (based on figures for 2005-06). Employment: Tribunals Bob Spink To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will make it his policy to ensure that costs are generally awarded to claimants who are successful in employment tribunal cases against employers. Mr. McFadden Employment tribunals have powers to make cost orders against parties who have acted vexatiously, abusively, disruptively or otherwise unreasonably. Michael Gibbons' review of employment dispute resolution in Great Britain, published on 21 March, made wide-ranging recommendations for changes to the dispute resolution system. The Government are considering the responses to their consultation on the Gibbons proposals, which closed on 20 June, and will publish their response in due course. Energy Supply: Biofuels Alan Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much energy installed biomass generation has contributed to UK electricity supply through the national grid in each of the last five years. Malcolm Wicks Biomass, here defined as farm waste, animal waste derived fuel (such as poultry litter and, meat and bone), straw, energy crops, sawdust, wood pellets, olive pellets, sunflower pellets, cereal products, palm oil kernels and nuts, tall oil and municipal solid waste (biodegradable fraction) is estimated to have contributed as follows to electricity supplied through the public electricity distribution systems of the United Kingdom: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Generation from biomass transferred to the public distribution system (GWh)|Total electricity supplied (GWh)|Biomass as a proportion of supply (percentage)| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |1,532 |371,187 |0.4 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |1,906 |368,979 |0.5 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |2,375 |374,469 |0.6 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |2,792 |373,401 |0.7 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |4,218 |379,485 |1.1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note: These figures are the latest available data and include the contribution of biomass co-fired with fossil fuels. Source: Digest of UK Energy Statistics, 2006.| | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Energy Supply: European Union Miss McIntosh To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent representations he has received on the liberalisation of the energy sector in the EU. Malcolm Wicks Ministers and officials are in regular contact with business and others to discuss further action to liberalise the internal energy market. Following endorsement by the European Council of the European Commission's strategic energy review of earlier this year, we expect the Commission to bring forward proposals for legislation in the autumn. Enterprise Act 2002: Insolvency Dr. Cable To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many (a) fast-track voluntary arrangements and (b) post-bankruptcy individual voluntary arrangements have been made in each year since the introduction of the Enterprise Act 2002. Mr. McFadden The individual insolvency provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 came into force on 1 April 2004. -------------------------------------------------------------- | |2004-05|2005-06|2006-07| -------------------------------------------------------------- |Fast track voluntary arrangements |8 |9 |3 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |Total number of post-bankruptcy IVAs|135 |114 |71 | -------------------------------------------------------------- EU Law: Recycling Charles Hendry To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether he has received representations opposing the producer compliance schemes requirement under the waste electrical and electronic equipment directive for all participants to be jointly and severally liable for other businesses within the scheme. Malcolm Wicks The WEEE regulations prevent a producer from being excluded from a scheme part way through a compliance period. Producer compliance schemes have made representations on this in relation to a situation when a producer fails to pay its membership fees and thus the scheme has the obligation but has not received the necessary payments from the producer to cover the associated costs. However producer compliance schemes are required under the regulations to ensure that they have sufficient resources to fully discharge the obligation of their members. If a producer does not adhere to membership requirements, such as payment of fees etc., the scheme can use existing debt recovery regulations to pursue the producer. Industrial Diseases: Compensation Dan Norris To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what total amount has been paid to date to former miners in Wansdyke constituency following claims for compensation for (a) respiratory disease and (b) vibration white finger. Malcolm Wicks The total amount of compensation paid to former miners and their families in the Wansdyke constituency for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is £33.5 million, and for vibration white finger is £8,550. Industrial Relations: Disputes Procedures Mr. Heald To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the average time for an employment dispute to be resolved was in the last 12 months. Mr. McFadden Information on the average duration of tribunal cases for the time period in question is not yet available. Insolvency Mr. Djanogly To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps are taken by the Official Receiver in creditor bankruptcy cases to assess the return to creditors that would be achieved through (a) the appointment of an insolvency practitioner as trustee in bankruptcy and (b) a fast track voluntary agreement. Mr. McFadden In all bankruptcy cases the Official Receiver will identify, and establish valuations for, assets in the bankrupt's estate. Where there are sufficient assets to warrant the appointment of an insolvency practitioner as trustee, then a first meeting of creditors is called for creditors to vote for the insolvency practitioner of their choice who will have responsibility for the realisation of assets and distribution of funds to creditors. In cases where there are no assets, or insufficient assets to attract an insolvency practitioner, the Official Receiver will not call a first meeting of creditors and will be appointed trustee. Since 2002 the Insolvency Service has had a policy of retaining and dealing with cases where asset realisations are straightforward and creditors have not indicated they wish to appoint an insolvency practitioner. In most cases this provides a higher return to creditors. All bankrupts are provided with the "Guide to Bankruptcy", which sets out the various alternatives to bankruptcy. If the facts of the case suggest that a fast track voluntary arrangement is appropriate, it will also be discussed with the bankrupt at interview. The key factor in determining whether an FTVA is appropriate is whether the creditors will receive a better return from the FTVA than they could obtain in the bankruptcy. Mr. Djanogly To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps are taken by the Official Receiver in creditor bankruptcy cases to ensure that the best return to the bankrupt's creditors is achieved. Mr. McFadden In all bankruptcy cases the Official Receiver will identify what assets are comprised in the bankrupt's estate and will obtain third-party verification of the valuations given by the bankrupt. Where there are sufficient assets to warrant the appointment of an insolvency practitioner as trustee, a first meeting of creditors is called, and the creditors vote for the insolvency practitioner of their choice who is responsible for the realisation of the assets and distribution of funds to creditors. In cases where there are no or insufficient assets, the Official Receiver will not call a first meeting of creditors and will be appointed as trustee. Since 2002 The Insolvency Service has had a policy of retaining and dealing with cases where asset realisations are straightforward and creditors have not expressed a wish to appoint an insolvency practitioner. In the majority of cases this provides a greater return for creditors. In cases where the Official Receiver forms the view that an individual voluntary arrangement or fast track voluntary arrangement would produce a better return to creditors than a bankruptcy, he will inform the bankrupt of these options. Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry: Arbitration Mr. Heald To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what proportion of cases that have gone through the joint industry board for the electrical contracting industry's dispute resolution procedures have been successfully arbitrated. Mr. McFadden The joint industry board for the electrical contracting industry's dispute resolution scheme is voluntary for members of these industries and therefore the hon. Member should consult the scheme's administrators for details of its performance. Mr. Heald To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment his Department has made of the joint industry board for the electrical contracting industry's dispute resolution procedures; and if he will make a statement. Mr. McFadden In the light of Michael Gibbons' review and the Government's consultation ‘Resolving Disputes in the Workplace’, the Government are considering a broad spectrum of approaches to resolving work place disputes, including those procedures currently operated by the joint industry board. The consultation closed on 20 June and the Government will publish their response and proposals for the way forward in the autumn. Manpower: Renewable Energy Alan Simpson To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate his Department has made of levels of employment in the UK renewable energy sector in each of the last five years. Malcolm Wicks The Department does not make annual estimates as to the number of people employed within the renewable energy sector. The latest year for which we have an estimate is 2004, which indicated that the renewable energy sector, in that year, generated around 8,000 UK jobs. Oil John Hemming To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether the Government plan to review their estimate of when global oil supply will peak following the recent medium term oil market report published by the International Energy Agency; and if he will make a statement on global oil supplies. Malcolm Wicks Although the IEA’s July 2007 medium-term oil market report has revised downwards projections for future global oil production capacity, it nevertheless still sees total capacity increasing by around 10 per cent. between 2007 and 2012 and remaining above demand. Moreover, the report also notes that: “While hydrocarbon resources are finite, nonetheless issues of access to reserves, prevailing investment regime and availability of upstream infrastructure and capital seem greater barriers to medium-term growth than limits to the resource base itself.” The IEA report therefore supports the approach set out in chapter 1 of the 2007 energy White Paper: that the key challenge is not one of insufficient global oil resources, but rather one of promoting—domestically and internationally—more investment across the energy sector and also improvements in energy efficiency. Parental Leave: Low Incomes Mr. Heald To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate his Department has made of the length of (a) paternity leave and (b) maternity leave taken by people from low-income families in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. Mr. McFadden The most recent data available on take-up of maternity and paternity leave is from the Maternity and Paternity Rights and Benefits: Survey of Parents 2005. The report of findings is available at the House of Commons Library and at www.berr.gov.uk/files/file27446.pdf. Statistics in this report are based on responses from a sample of mothers and fathers who had a child in December 2003 who were surveyed approximately 17 months after the child’s birth. Estimates of duration of paternity leave and maternity leave have not been analysed for low-income families. Duration of paternity leave has been analysed by fathers’ income. The following table, an excerpt of table 9.1 in the cited report, shows duration of paternity leave split by fathers’ income (figures are percentages). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Income (£/month)|No paternity leave|Less than two weeks|Two weeks|More than two weeks| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |0 to 999 |34 |27 |28 |11 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1,000 to 1,999 |16 |32 |37 |15 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2,000 to 2,999 |22 |37 |31 |11 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |3,000 + |21 |35 |36 |9 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duration of maternity leave has been analysed by mothers’ income. Table 3.1a of the cited report, shows duration of maternity leave, paid and unpaid, split by hourly pay band. Analysis of this data is presented on pages 28 to 29 of the cited report. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Income (£/hour)|Less than 26 weeks maternity leave|26 weeks maternity leave|27 to 51 weeks maternity leave|52 weeks + maternity leave| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |O to five |14 |64 |11 |10 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Six to eight |10 |57 |18 |14 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nine to 11 |12 |42 |24 |21 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |12 to 14 |14 |33 |35 |17 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |15 to 19 |17 |32 |32 |19 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |20 + |19 |30 |30 |21 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Renewables Obligation Lynne Jones To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the annual cost was of the renewables obligation to the average household in 2006; and what the projected cost is of the obligation to the average household by 2010. Malcolm Wicks Ofgem has calculated the annual cost to the average household in 2006-07 to be £7.35. This is projected to rise to £11.41 by 2010-11 at 2006 prices. Lynne Jones To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what his estimate is of the increase in renewable energy generation since the implementation of the renewables obligation; what the average cost has been per household (a) in total and (b) per kilowatt hour generated; and what estimate he has made of the cost of delivering the same increase through different feed in tariff mechanisms. Malcolm Wicks According to the digest of United Kingdom energy statistics 2006, renewables electricity generation from RO-eligible sources has increased from 5.75 TWh in 2002 to 13.17 TWh in 2005. Ofgem has calculated the cumulative cost of the RO from 2002-03 to 2005-06 (the last date for which figures are currently available) to consumers to be £21.81 per household (in 2002 prices). Ofgem has also calculated the overall UK price per kWh of electricity generated by the RO. Between 2002-03 and 2005-06 it fell from 5.1 pence per kWh to 3.9 pence per kWh. As we have said in the “Meeting the Energy Challenge”, “while a number of other EU member states have used mechanisms such as feed-in tariffs, it is hard to draw firm conclusions as to the effectiveness of these mechanisms from international comparisons, as other forms of support also vary”. World War II: Medals Mr. Beith To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will make Bevin Boy badges available to the (a) widows and (b) children of those who qualified for it but have died. Malcolm Wicks [holding answer 3 July 2007]: As with other veteran badges, the Bevin Boys badge is a survivors badge and it is intended that it can be worn in public by Bevin Boys to raise awareness of the important role they played during World War II and in the post-war reconstruction of the UK. However, as it is anticipated that the application form will not be launched before October this year, it is proposed that applications will be accepted from the widows of Bevin Boys who died on or after 20 June 2007, when the badge was announced, where a death and marriage certificate are attached to the application. Precise details will be announced when the application form is released. Children, Schools and Families Academies Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what freedoms are available to academies that are not automatically available to local authority schools; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight Academies have a range of freedoms that are not automatically available to local authority schools. These freedoms include: Freedom to establish their own pay and conditions system for staff, with the exception of those who transfer from the predecessor school under the transfer of undertakings and protection of employment regulations. A greater degree of flexibility in their curriculum provision than community schools. Following the Secretary of State's statement on 10 July 2007, all future academies will follow the national curriculum programmes of study in the core subjects: English; Science, Maths and ICT. However, academies do not have to follow the national curriculum disapplication procedures. Greater flexibility over the size and composition of governing bodies. Academy governance is not prescribed in regulations, but the Department does insist on parental and local authority representation in all cases: all academies must have one elected parent and one governor appointed by the local authority. Beyond this, academies are free to determine their own governance arrangements. Freedom over the length of school days and the number of sessions taught. This allows academies to tailor the school day to target underachievement and raise standards as effectively as possible. Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many academies there were in each year since 2000-01; and how many he expects there to be in each year to 2012-13. Jim Knight The Government are committed to opening 400 academies. Details of the number of academies opened and planned to open between 2002 (when the first academy opened) and 2008 are included in the following table. The number of academies that open in subsequent years will depend on the final allocation of the Department's comprehensive spending review settlement. We remain committed to our target of the same 200 academies open for in the pipeline by 2010 as we progress to opening 400 academies. ----------------------- | |Number| ----------------------- |2002 |3 | ----------------------- |2003 |9 | ----------------------- |2004 |5 | ----------------------- |2005 |10 | ----------------------- |2006 |19 | ----------------------- |April 2007 |1 | ----------------------- |September 2007|36 | ----------------------- |2008 |50 | ----------------------- Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the cost has been of each academy built since 2000-01; and what the estimated costs are of each academy so far approved but not completed. Jim Knight There are 27 academies where building work has been completed. The capital cost of each is detailed under the heading ‘Completed Costs’ in the following chart. These figures represent the known position as at June 2007 and are subject to change as final accounts have yet to be agreed. The chart also details the estimated capital cost of other academies where building work has not yet been completed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Academy name |£ million1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Completed costs | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 |Bexley Business Academy |38,5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2 |Walsall City Academy |17.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |3 |Greig City Academy |16.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |4 |Capital City Academy |27.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |5 |Lambeth Academy |25.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |6 |King's Academy |22.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |7 |Unity City Academy |22.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |8 |The West London Academy |32.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |9 |Stockley Academy |28.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |10 |Djanogly City Academy |23.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |11 |The Academy at Peckham |30.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |12 |Bristol City Academy |27.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |13 |Manchester Academy |20 0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |14 |Mossbourne Community Academy |28.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |15 |The Academy of St. Francis of Assisi |21.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |16 |Northampton Academy |27.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |17 |City of London Academy |33.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |18 |Trinity Academy |25.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |19 |Marlowe Academy |28.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |20 |London Academy |33.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |21 |Sandwell Academy |27.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |22 |Grace Academy—Solihull |31.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |23 |Salford City Academy |16.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |24 |David Young Community Academy |23.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |25 |Dixons City Academy |6.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |26 |Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham Academy |7.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |27 |Haberdashers’ Knights Academy |40.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Estimated costs | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |28 |St. Paul's Academy |39.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |29 |Harefield Academy |34.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |30 |Macmillan Academy |13.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |31 |Barnsley Academy |28.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |32 |The Petchey Academy |34.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |33 |North Liverpool Academy |34.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |34 |The John Madejski Academy |27.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |35 |Westminster Academy |30.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |36 |Paddington Academy |31.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |37 |Sheffield Springs |26.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |38 |Sheffield Park |27.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |39 |Walthamstowe Academy |29.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |40 |Landau Forte College |4.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |41 |The St. Matthew Academy |31.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |42 |Leigh Technology Academy |36.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |43 |Folkestone Academy |37.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |44 |Bradford Academy |20.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |45 |The Harris Academy South Norwood |36.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |46 |Oasis Academy—Enfield |29.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |47 |St. Mary Magdalene Academy |42.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |48 |The Samworth Enterprise Academy |19.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |49 |The Thomas Deacon Academy |48.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |50 |Harris City Academy Crystal Palace |10.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |51 |Ashcroft Technology Academy |13.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |52 |John Cabot Academy |4.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |53 |The Corby Business Academy |4.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |54 |Gateway Academy |29.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |55 |Darwen Aldridge Community Academy |35.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |56 |Langley Academy |31.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |57 |The Bridge Academy |47.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |58 |The Corby Business Academy |27.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |59 |Herefordshire 1 (Steiner) |9.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |60 |The Globe Academy |38.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |61 |Evelyn Grace Academy |36.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |62 |Excelsior Academy |38.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |63 |Q3 Academy |29.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |64 |Oasis Academy—Immingham |26.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |65 |Oasis Academy—Wintringham |25.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |66 |Stockport Academy |27.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |67 |Merchants' Academy Withywood |29.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |68 |The Harris Bermondsey Academy |17.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |69 |Bacon's A Church of England Sponsored Academy|4.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |70 |William Hulme's Grammar School |9.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |71 |City of London Academy—Islington |29.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |72 |Sandwell—Willengsworth |30.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |73 |Grace Academy—Coventry |32.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |74 |The Burlington Danes Academy |17.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |75 |Harris Boys Academy East Dulwich |23.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |76 |Harris Girls Academy East Dulwich |16.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |77 |Madeley Academy |22.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |78 |St. Mark’s CofE |8.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |79 |Harris Academy Merton |5.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |80 |King Soloman Academy |24.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |81 |City of London KPMG Academy |35.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |82 |JCB Academy |17.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |83 |Bede Academy |28.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |84 |The Belvedere Academy |10.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |85 |North Oxfordshire Academy |16.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |86 |Swindon Academy |34.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |87 |The Chelsea Science Academy |39.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |88 |Wren Academy |23.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |89 |Spires Academy |7.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |90 |The Marsh |10.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |91 |The Rhodesway Academy |20.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 Rounded to the nearest half million| | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what support will be required from local authorities for academies to be approved in future by his Department; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight The Department will continue to work closely with local authorities, as it does at present, on the development of academy projects and the reorganisation of secondary provision in their areas more generally. We welcome the influence and input of local authorities as partners, co-sponsors and catalysts for change in their local communities. Academies: General Certificate of Secondary Education Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the (a) GCSE results and (b) truancy rates were for each academy in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight The first academies opened in September 2002, so the first year in which GCSEs were taken by academy pupils was 2003, GCSE results for each academy where pupils have taken GCSEs are provided in tables A and B. The Department collects information on unauthorised absence rates, and it includes instances of lateness and family holidays that have not been authorised by the school, as well as truancy. Table C shows the unauthorised absence rates for each academy for 2002-03 (the first year in which academies were open and submitted absence data) to 2005-06 (the latest absence data available). Overall, the level of unauthorised absence in academies shows a downward trend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Academy |Year opened|2003 KS4 results1|2004 KS4 results1|2005 KS4 results|2006 KS4 results| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Business Academy, Bexley |2002 |21.0 |34.3 |29.1 |32.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greig City Academy, Haringey |2002 |35.0 |25.7 |54.6 |60.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unity City Academy, Middlesbrough |2002 |15.7 |17.4 |16.2 |33.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Academy at Peckham |2003 |n/a |11,9 |22.0 |30.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Capital City Academy, Brent |2003 |n/a |29,2 |16.4 |31.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The West London Academy, Ealing |2003 |n/a |34.7 |28.2 |47.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Manchester Academy |2003 |n/a |8.4 |24.6 |28.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The City Academy, Bristol |2003 |n/a |32.7 |53.6 |49.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Kings Academy, Middlesbrough |2003 |n/a |33.8 |43.6 |34.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Walsall City Academy |2003 |n/a |50,0 |65.5 |57.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Djanogly City Academy, Nottingham |2003 |n/a |51.5 |58.3 |56.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London Academy, Barnet |2004 |n/a |n/a |48.2 |50.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stockley Academy, Hillingdon |2004 |n/a |n/a |19.8 |31.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northampton Academy |2004 |n/a |n/a |35.2 |40.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St Paul's Academy, Greenwich |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |59.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Haberdashers’ Knights Academy, Lewisham |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |29.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Harefield Academy, Hillingdon |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |32.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Liverpool |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |40.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Salford City Academy |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |49.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trinity Academy, Doncaster |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |33.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Marlowe Academy, Kent |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |28.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dixons City Academy, Bradford** |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |96.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Academy, Lewisham2 |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |93.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Macmillan Academy, Middlesbrough2 |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |92.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 2003 and 2004 results are based on pupils who were aged 15 at the time of taking their KS4 exams. This changed to any pupils that had taken their exams by the end of K84 in 2005. 2 Former City technology colleges that have converted to Academy status. Source: KS4 School Level Attainment Files| | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Academy |Year opened|2003 KS4 results1|2004 KS4 results1|2005 KS4 results|2006 KS4 results| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Business Academy, Bexley |2002 |15.2 |13.1 |15.7 |27.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greig City Academy, Haringey |2002 |19.4 |9.9 |10.0 |15.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unity City Academy, Middlesbrough |2002 |7.1 |7.5 |6.3 |14.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Academy at Peckham |2003 |n/a |10.3 |17.7 |22.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Capital City Academy, Brent |2003 |n/a |16.7 |11.5 |18.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The West London Academy, Ealing |2003 |n/a |7.6 |10.9 |25.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Manchester Academy |2003 |n/a |5.9 |12.3 |22.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The City Academy, Bristol |2003 |n/a |15.8 |19.3 |17.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Kings Academy, Middlesbrough |2003 |n/a |26.5 |22.9 |23.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Walsall City Academy |2003 |n/a |5.4 |18.2 |24.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Djanogly City Academy, Nottingham |2003 |n/a |19.4 |17.9 |25.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London Academy, Barnet |2004 |n/a |n/a |24.1 |32.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stockley Academy, Hillingdon |2004 |n/a |n/a |9.4 |16.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northampton Academy |2004 |n/a |n/a |17.6 |23.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Paul's Academy, Greenwich |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |39.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Haberdashers' Knights Academy, Lewisham |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |14.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Harefield Academy, Hillingdon |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |.31.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Liverpool |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |17.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Salford City Academy |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |26.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trinity Academy, Doncaster |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |19.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Marlowe Academy, Kent |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |4.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dixons City Academy, Bradford2 |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |78.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Academy, Lewisham2 |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |90.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Macmillan Academy, Middlesbrough2 |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |67.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 2003 and 2004 results are based on pupils who were aged 15 at the time of taking their KS4 exams. This changed to any pupils that had taken their exams by the end of KS4 in 2005. 2 Former City technology colleges that have converted to academy status Source: KS4 School Level Attainment Files.| | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Academy |Year opened|2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |The Business Academy, Bexley |2002 |2.0 |1.0 |0.7 |1.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Greig City Academy, Haringey |2002 |5.1 |1.9 |1.4 |0.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Unity City Academy, Middlesbrough |2002 |2.0 |2.8 |6.2 |6.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |The Academy at Peckham |2003 |n/a |3.6 |2.8 |1.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Capital City Academy, Brent |2003 |n/a |5.9 |6.5 |1.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |The West London Academy, Ealing |2003 |n/a |2.6 |2.0 |0.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Manchester Academy |2003 |n/a |4.2 |2.5 |1.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |The City Academy, Bristol |2003 |n/a |0.2 |0.4 |1.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |The Kings Academy, Middlesbrough |2003 |n/a |8,2 |7.3 |5.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |The Walsall City Academy |2003 |n/a |0.3 |0.8 |0.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Djanogly City Academy, Nottingham |2003 |n/a |1.4 |1.7 |1.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |London Academy, Barnet |2004 |n/a |n/a |0.5 |0.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |City of London Southwark Academy |2004 |n/a |n/a |1.2 |1.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Lambeth Academy |2004 |n/a |n/a |2.4 |1.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Stockley Academy, Hillingdon |2004 |n/a |n/a |3.9 |4.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Northampton Academy |2004 |n/a |n/a |3.2 |2.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Mossbourne Community Academy, Hackney |2004 |n/a |n/a |0.2 |0,2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |St Paul's Academy, Greenwich |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |0.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Haberdashers’ Knights Academy, Lewisham |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |2.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Harefield Academy, Hillingdon |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |1.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Liverpool |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |3.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Salford City Academy |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |2.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Trinity Academy, Doncaster |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |4.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Marlowe Academy, Kent |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |1— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Dixons City Academy, Bradford2 |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |3— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Academy, Lewisham2 |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |0.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Macmillan Academy, Middlesbrough2 |2005 |n/a |n/a |n/a |3— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 No information received. 2 Former City Technology Colleges that have converted to Academy status. 3 Percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence is less than 0.1 per cent. Source: Achievement and Attainment Tables.| | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Care Proceedings John McDonnell To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the proposals contained in the public law outline on (a) the time taken to complete and (b) the costs of cases coming to court. Bridget Prentice I have been asked to reply. The judiciary are currently seeking views on a revised public law outline, designed to reduce unnecessary delay by providing a more streamlined case management process for public law care cases. The current six case management stages, within the existing case management protocol are reduced to four. The public law outline proposals take forward a key recommendation contained in the “Review of the Child Care Proceedings System in England and Wales”, commissioned jointly by the former Department for Constitutional Affairs and the former Department for Education and Skills and published in May 2006. The review’s recommendations are intended to achieve better outcomes for children, as well as helping to ensure that resources across the family justice system are used to best effect. Reduction in unnecessary delay together with an increased emphasis on pre-proceedings preparation should contribute to a containment of costs. Children: Obesity Tim Loughton To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children have been placed on child protection registers due to obesity concerns. Beverley Hughes The information is not available in the form requested. The latest figures on the numbers and percentage of children subject to child protection plans or placed on the child protection register were published in a statistical first release 045/2006 “Referrals, Assessments and Children and Young People on Child Protection Registers, England—Year ending 31 March 2006” on 16 November 2006. A copy of this release is available on my Department’s website: www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/ The ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children: Every Child Matters’ guidance published in 2006 by the Government sets out the clear processes to be followed by agencies if there are concerns about a child’s welfare. A copy of this document is available from the Library. Climate Change: Curriculum Dan Norris To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what resources have been provided to primary and secondary schools by his Department to ensure improved teaching of issues relating to climate change; and what future such resourcing is planned. Jim Knight In May 2007, DCSF and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs sent a climate change pack to every secondary school in England. The online teacher guidance accompanying the pack provided material to support the teaching of climate change in geography, science and citizenship. DCSF has also funded a carbon detective kit for pupils aged seven to 14 to help them investigate the sustainability performance of their own school www.carbondetectives.org.uk. The pack and detective kit are part of the wider DCSF sustainable schools programme, which aims to embed sustainability in the curriculum, how schools operate (e.g. reducing energy and water usage) and in their work with the local community: www.teachernet.gov/uk/sustainableschools As part of the action plan for geography launched in March 2006, teaching resources are being developed for the new secondary curriculum to be taught in schools from September 2008, and they include modules on climate change. This work will be linked to wider guidance being developed by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority to support the implementation of the new curriculum. In addition to work being supported by DCSF, DEFRA has sponsored a number of projects aimed at raising awareness of climate change through the climate challenge fund. Seventeen out of the 83 projects have schools as their main audience or have specifically targeted aspects of their project. These projects include a wide variety of resources from online tools, workshops for teachers, DVDs, peer to peer education and touring exhibitions: www.climatechallenge.gov.uk In the autumn, DCSF will make a sustainable schools teacher resource pack available that will include materials on climate change. Departments: Legislation Mr. Clegg To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what legislative provisions introduced by his Department’s predecessor since 1997 have not yet been brought into force. Jim Knight The information requested is as follows: DCSF Acts still to be implemented in England School Standards and Framework Act 1998 Section 128 (substitutes new section 18 of Education Act 1996 re financial assistance to non-maintained schools) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sections| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |8-10 |Exemptions for schools which meet performance criteria | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |31 |Control of school premises | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |201 |Provisions relating to free school lunches/milk for children in funded nursery education outside the maintained school setting| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Sections | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2-5 |Improvement of young children's well-being | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |6-10 |Child care | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |17 |Charges | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |32-38 |Child care registers and regulation of early years provision| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |40, 47-51|Early years foundation stage | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |52-61 |Regulation of later years provision for children under eight| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |65, 76 |Voluntary registrations | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |80, 81 |Reports and information | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |95 |Certain institutions not to be regarded as schools | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sections | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |5 |School improvement partners (in form only in relation to secondary schools that are not special schools and primary schools which are not special schools and special schools in LEAs listed in the commencement orders)| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |37 |Staff at foundation or voluntary school with religious character | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |74(1), (2), (3), (5)|Curriculum requirements for key stage 4 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |75 |Modification to Learning and Skills Act 2000 in relation to education and training to satisfy entitlements | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |77 and Schedule 8 |Travel to schools etc: meaning of “eligible child”. Partially in force | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |81 |LEAs in England provision of transport for certain adult learners | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |154 |Duty to report on contribution of certain schools to community cohesion | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |169 to 171 |Prohibition in participation in management of independent schools | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- |Children Act 2004| ------------------- |Section 1.8 |In force only in so far as it gives authorities the power to appoint an officer (a director if children’s services) for the purposes specified in that section| ------------------- |Section 19 |Not yet in force| ------------------- |Schedule 2 |Not yet in force| ------------------- Children and Adoption Act 2006 Not yet in force except for section 17 (short title, commencement and extent), Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Departments: Public Expenditure Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of the increase in education spending since May 1997 has been allocated to higher pay; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight The requested information is not readily available. Education: Children in Care Mark Pritchard To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what measures he has put in place to improve the educational achievements of children in institutional care. Jim Knight Our recently published White Paper “Care Matters: Time for Change” sets out specific proposals to improve the education of all children in care. Most children in care live with foster carers—only 13 per cent. live in children’s homes. Our proposals include: a £500 educational allowance for children in care at risk of falling behind at school; putting the ‘designated teacher’ on a statutory footing to improve the expertise in schools; appointing ‘virtual school heads’ to oversee their education; improving attendance and reducing exclusions; reducing mobility of school placements, particularly in the crucial years before GCSEs; and a bursary of a minimum of £2,000 for all children in care who go on to university. These proposals build on the measures already in place: a specific duty on local authorities to promote the educational achievement of children in care and a requirement to give them the highest priority in school admission arrangements. Further Education: Young People Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many young people did not stay on in education and training after age 16 in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight The following figures are for individuals at academic age 161 who were not in any education or training in the last five years (2002-06). 1 Academic age is the age of the individual measured at the beginning of the academic year, 31 August. Academic age 16 would be for those individuals in the year following compulsory education. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2002 |2003 |2004 |2005 |20061 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total not in any education or training |85,900 |85,100 |82,700 |74,000 |68,500 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Percentage of population not in any education or training|13.6 |13.1 |12.4 |11.3 |10.3 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Population |631,000|647,800|664,800|656,000|662,300| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Provisional. | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of children did not remain in education after the age of 16 years in each year since 1990-91; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight The figures provided are for individuals at academic age 161 who were not in education or training (NET) in each year from 1990 to 2006. These figures are available in the statistical first release published by the Department (SFR 22/2007). These NET figures are calculated by subtracting the number of young people estimated to be in education and training from the population; here, education and training covers those in full- or part-time education, work-based learning (including apprenticeships), and those on employer funded or other education and training not otherwise included in the figures. 1 Academic age is the age of the individual measured at the beginning of the academic year, 31 August. Academic age 16 would be for those individuals in the year following compulsory education. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |End of calendar year|Total NET|Percentage NET of the population|16-year-old population| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1990 |88,000 |14.7 |599,100 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1991 |67,000 |11.7 |573,100 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1992 |61,500 |11.2 |550,300 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1993 |49,900 |9.4 |531,200 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1994a* |50,500 |9.3 |545,800 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1994b* |50,400 |9.2 |545,800 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1995 |68,400 |11.5 |595,000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1996 |77,500 |12.6 |613,600 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |79,200 |13.1 |605,900 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |81,300 |13.7 |594,500 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |77,300 |12.9 |598,800 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |82,300 |13.6 |606,700 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |90,600 |14.3 |633,500 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |85,900 |13.6 |631,600 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |85,100 |13.1 |647,800 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |82,700 |12.4 |664,800 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |74,000 |11.3 |656,000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 provisional |68,500 |10.3 |662,300 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The break in the time series in 1994 is due to changes in the source of further and higher education data; additionally overseas higher education students studying in England are included from 1994 onwards. Literacy: Publishing Mr. Gibb To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) on what basis publishers are included in the list of publishers and their programmes in the choosing a phonics programme: publishers and their programmes section of his Department’s standards site; (2) whether he plans to assess the effectiveness of the letters and sounds programme against alternative synthetic phonics programmes; (3) whether the letters and sounds programme was piloted prior to its adoption by the primary national strategy; (4) what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Letters and Sounds programme developed by the PNS; (5) what steps his Department is taking to encourage the adoption of effective synthetic phonics programmes in primary schools; (6) what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the phonics programmes listed on the choosing a phonics programme: publishers and their programmes section of his Department’s standards site. Jim Knight The Department launched a new phonics area of the standards website in March this year. The website contains published criteria to help schools and early years settings judge how well phonics teaching programmes meet the characteristics of high quality phonic work as defined in Sir Jim Rose’s review of the teaching of early reading. To ensure that this process is as easy and useful as possible for schools and settings we have invited publishers of commercial programmes to evaluate their own programme against the criteria and complete a self-assessment form which is then published on the site. This is a purely voluntary process. The Department does not rank, endorse or promote any particular commercial phonics programme. We have committed to establishing a monitoring process to assess the accuracy of the information provided in the self-evaluation forms. This process is currently being developed and further information about how it will work will be provided on the website. Letters and Sounds is one of many high quality phonics teaching programmes that meet the core criteria and we are not promoting it as the preferred phonics programme. An early version of the materials was previewed in some local authorities and with practitioners and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. Letters and Sounds was distributed to all primary schools and local authorities during May and June. It will therefore take some time for the full effects to become known but we are confident that Letters and Sounds will make a significant contribution to improving standards of literacy. Initial feedback from practitioners indicates a very positive response to the materials and we will use this information to further refine our support for local authorities. The primary national strategy is monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of Letters and Sounds and Sir Jim Rose has been asked to report back at the end of the year on the implementation of his recommendations, including on Letters and Sounds. Systematic, high-quality phonics is proven to be the most effective way of teaching children to read and is an integral part of the renewed primary literacy framework and the early years foundation stage. The resources and guidance on the phonics website provide schools and early years settings with the tools they need to make informed decisions about which high quality phonics programme will best suit their needs. The primary national strategy’s communication language and literacy development programme, which builds on the successful Early Reading Development Pilot, was developed to implement the recommendations of Sir Jim’s review. The programme began in autumn 2006. Through the programme, every local authority now has a local CLLD lead who will work to strengthen leadership and management of early literacy and support all primary schools and early years settings in the use of an effective phonics programme. Numeracy: Policy Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what (a) numeracy and (b) literacy strategies have been announced since 1 May 1997; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight The Government introduced the national literacy strategy in 1998 and the national numeracy strategy in 1999. Both applied to primary schools. The key stage 3 strategy, which covered English, maths, science and ICT, was introduced in phases from 2001. Each of the strategies has been continually updated to reflect best practice through the addition of further support and materials. In 2006, the primary framework for literacy and mathematics—the core document of the PNS—was revised to raise expectations of progress and implement the recommendations of the Rose review. This was the first time the framework had been updated since the introduction of the national literacy strategy and national numeracy strategy. Personal Social and Health Education Mr. Hancock To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the standards of sex and relationships education in schools. Jim Knight The Department has not undertaken or commissioned any recent assessment of sex and relationship education in schools. Ofsted is responsible for assessing the quality of schools' provision in the area of personal, social and health education, including SRE, through its inspection framework and subject reports, and last reported on SRE in ‘Sex and Relationships Education in Schools’ in 2002. Primary Education: Autism Tim Loughton To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number of primary school age children diagnosed with autism. Jim Knight In January 2007 some 18,800 children in maintained primary schools were identified as having an autistic spectrum disorder and provision made for them at the school action plus level of support as set out in the Special Education Needs code of practice or through a statement. Further information on SEN can be found in SFR 20/2007, which is available on the Department’s website at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s00732/index.shtml Primary Education: Children in Care Mr. Frank Field To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of 11-year-old children in care achieved at least level 4 at key stage 2 in the latest period for which figures are available. Jim Knight [holding answer 16 July 2007]: In 2006, the proportion of children continuously looked after for at least 12 months aged 11 and achieving at least level 4 at key stage 2 for English, maths and science was 43 per cent., 41 per cent. and 57 per cent. respectively1. Although educational outcomes for children in care are improving slowly more needs to be done to close the achievement gap compared to all children. Our White Paper, “Care Matters: Time for Change” describes how we will improve educational outcomes for children in care. Measures include giving all children in care at risk of not meeting expected levels of achievement a personal educational allowance of £500; requiring all schools to have a designated teacher to focus on the learning needs of this vulnerable group and funding ‘virtual school heads’ to drive up attainment, school attendance and reduce exclusions of children in care. We also intend to legislate so that children in care move schools only in exceptional circumstances, particularly during their GCSE years. 1 Statistical first release (SFR) 17/2007 “Outcome Indicators for Looked After Children: 12 Months to 30 September 2006, England’, www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/. Primary Education: Curriculum Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will list the curriculum changes in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools since 1 May 1997; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight A revised curriculum was introduced in 2000. For primary schools the changes were: the introduction of a statement setting out the rationale for the school curriculum, including its values and aims; a new general statement on inclusion, setting out the different ways in which teachers should ensure that individuals or groups of pupils are provided with appropriate opportunities for learning across all national curriculum subjects; the introduction of revised English programmes of study at key stages 1 and 2 which are aligned with the national literacy strategy ‘Framework for Teaching’; the introduction of revised mathematics programmes of study at key stages 1 and 2 which are aligned with the ‘Framework for Teaching Mathematics’; the introduction of a non-statutory framework for the teaching of personal, social and health education. For secondary schools the changes were: the introduction of a statement setting out the rationale for the school curriculum, including its values and aims; a new general statement on inclusion, setting out the different ways in which teachers should ensure that individuals or groups of pupils are provided with appropriate opportunities for learning across all national curriculum subjects; the introduction of citizenship as a subject at key stages 3 and 4; allowing more flexibility at key stage 4 to enable pupils making significantly less progress than their peers to focus on fewer subjects and allow talented pupils to build on their strengths. In September 2004, the key stage 4 curriculum was amended to reduce the number of compulsory national curriculum subjects to six: English, mathematics, science, ICT, citizenship and physical education. We also introduced entitlement areas in languages, design and technology, the arts, and humanities. A review of the secondary curriculum was recently completed and will be rolled out to secondary schools from September 2008. The new secondary curriculum will: further reduce prescription; create flexibility for teachers to support pupils who are struggling to master the basic skills of English and mathematics; free up time and space for greater personalisation of the curriculum, allowing pupils to study some areas in more depth; increase the emphasis placed on developing personal, learning and thinking skills. Pupils: Per Capita Costs Dan Norris To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the funding was per (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupil in the Bath and North East Somerset council area in each year from 1995-96 to 2006-07. Jim Knight The revenue funding figures per pupil aged 3-10 and 11-15 for Bath and North East Somerset local authority for years 1997-98 to 2005-06 are given in the following table. Comparable figures are not available for 1995-96 to 1996-97. 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|1997-98 |2,230 |3,020 | 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|1998-99 |2,350 |3,100 | 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|1999-2000 |2,510 |3,260 | 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|2000-01 |2,710 |3,500 | 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|2001-02 |2,850 |3,610 | 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|2002-03 |2,900 |3,680 | 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|2003-04 |3,070 |3,800 | 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|2004-05 |3,140 |3,950 | 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|2005-06 |3,360 |4,140 | 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|Notes:1. Price base: Real terms at 2005-06 prices, based on gross domestic product deflators as at 27 September 2006.2. Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of standard spending assessment/education formula spending settlements and exclude the pensions transfer to EFS.3. Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DCSF departmental expenditure limits relevant to pupils aged 3-10 and 11-15, and exclude education maintenance allowances and grants not allocated at local education authority level4. The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to £ per pupil are those underlying the SSA/EFS settlement calculations plus PLASC 3-year-old maintained pupils and estimated 3 to 4-year-olds funded through state support in maintained and other educational institutions where these are not included in the SSA pupil numbers.5. Founding: figures are rounded to the nearest £10.6. Status: some of the grant allocations have not been finalised, if these do change, the effect on the funding figures is expected to be minimal.| | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The revenue per pupil figures shown in the following table are taken from the dedicated schools grant that was introduced in April 2006. They are in cash terms. They are not comparable with those for the years 1997-98 to 2005-06 because the introduction of the DSG in 2006-07 fundamentally changed how local authorities are funded. The 1997-98 to 2005-06 figures are based on education formula spending that formed the education part of the local government finance settlement, plus various grants. This was an assessment of what local authorities needed to fund education rather than what they spent. In addition, the DSG has a different coverage to EFS. EFS comprised a schools block and an LEA block (to cover LEA central functions) whereas DSG covers only the school block. LEA block items are still funded through DCLG’s local government finance settlement but education items cannot be separately identified. Consequently, there is a break in the Department’s time series as the two sets of data are not comparable. An alternative time series is currently under development. To provide a comparison for 2006-07 DSG, the Department has isolated the schools block equivalent funding in 2005-06; as described above this does not represent the totality of ‘education’ funding in that year. As the DSG is just a mechanism for distributing funding there is not a primary/secondary split available. The figures are for all funded pupils aged 3-15. Figures2005-06DSG baseline plus grants3,9932006-07DSG plus grants4,235 Notes:1.The revenue funding per pupil figures only run to 2005-06 because we cannot provide a consistent time series beyond that year as the introduction of the DSG in 2006-07 fundamentally changed how local authorities are funded. The 1997-98 to 2005-06 figures are based on EFS, which formed the education part of the local government finance settlement, plus various grants. This was an assessment of what local authorities needed to fund education rather than what they spent. In 2006-07 funding for schools changed with the introduction of the DSG which is based largely on an authority’s previous spending,2. In addition, DSG has a different coverage to EFS: EFS comprised a schools block and an LEA block (to cover LEA central functions) whereas DSG only covers the school block. LEA block items are still funded through DCLG’s local government finance settlement but education items cannot be separately identified. This means we have a break in our time series as the two sets of data are not comparable, an alternative time series is currently under development.3. To provide a comparison for 2006-07 DSG, we have isolated the schools block equivalent funding in 2005-06; as described above this does not represent the totality of ‘education’ funding in that year.4. Some of the grant allocations have not been finalised. If these do change, the effect on the funding figures is expected to be minimal. School Leaving Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the (a) costs and (b) benefits of raising the education leaving age to 18 years; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight The estimated costs of raising the participation age are set out in the regulatory impact assessment published alongside the Green Paper on 22 March. This can be accessed at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/downloadableDocs/RIA%20[FINAL]%20word%20version.pdf I have placed a copy in the Library of the House. We estimate that there will be one-off costs of around £200 million, made up of £80 million for new buildings and facilities, and £120 million for the training of new staff. We estimate that there will be annual costs of around £740 million on top of costs already factored into achieving our existing aspiration of 90 per cent. participation of 17-year-olds by 2015. This is made up of £590 million in additional participation costs, £50 million in additional funding for local authorities (to run the registration system, to provide additional support and guidance, and to enforce the duty), £10 million in enforcement costs and £90 million in additional costs to support those with special educational needs. Initial analysis suggests that the additional economic benefit to the economy from all young people participating to 18, over and above the current 90 per cent. participation aspiration, is around £1.4 billion for a single cohort of young people (discounted over their lifetime). The likely benefits of raising the participation age are much wider than this, however, as we know those who participate and attain post 16 enjoy better health, better social skills and reduced likelihood of being involved in crime. Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number of additional pupils aged over 16 years who will be in (a) schools, (b) further education colleges and (c) other academic and vocational education if the education leaving age is raised to 18; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight Figure 4.3 of the “Raising Expectations: staying in education and training post-16” Green Paper, shows the number of additional 16 to 17-year-olds we would expect to be participating in each learning setting if we introduce compulsory participation to age 18. The overall population of 16 and 17-year-olds is projected to decrease after 2007/08, so the increases in participation numbers are not as great as they would be without this demographic trend. The Green Paper can be found at: http://www.official-documents.gove.uk/document/cm70/7065/7065.pdf School Sixth Forms Mr. Brady To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the oral answer of 10 July 2007, on school sixth forms, by which mechanism (a) funding for new sixth forms will be routed through local education authorities and (b) pupils involved in 14 to 19 programmes in (i) schools and (ii) further education colleges will be funded. Jim Knight Arrangements for the transition of funding for 16 to 18's in school sixth forms and colleges to local authorities, including the mechanisms which will be used to route funds through local authorities to schools, will be subject to consultation to ensure there will be no disruption to schools and colleges and the introduction of diplomas, and subject to the passage of the necessary legislation, Funding of diplomas at key stage 4 from 2008-09 will be through a new specific formula grant to local authorities, as announced in the written statement on school funding made to Parliament on 25 June. Schools: Chelmsford Mr. Burns To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many spare places there are for pupils in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) Chelmsford local authority area in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools. Jim Knight [holding answer 16 July 2007]: The Department collects information annually from each local authority on the numbers of surplus school places. The most recent data available is for 2006. The following tables outline the numbers of surplus places in primary and secondary schools within the West Chelmsford parliamentary constituency and the Chelmsford district council area, which falls within Essex local authority area. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |School name |Surplus places| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnes Farm Infant School |48 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnes Farm Junior School |46 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Boreham Primary School |9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Broomfield Primary School |2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chancellor Park Primary School |45 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ford End Church of England Primary School |34 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Leighs Primary School |32 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Waltham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School |9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Highwood Primary School |23 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kings Road Primary School |34 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lawford Mead Infant and Nursery School |64 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lawford Mead Junior School |72 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Little Waltham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School |19 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Melbourne Park Primary and Nursery School |76 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mildmay Infant and Nursery School |67 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mildmay Junior School |70 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Moulsham Infant School |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Moulsham Junior School |11 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newlands Spring Primary School |42 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oaklands Infant School |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Perryfields Infant School |20 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Perryfields Junior School |12 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Roxwell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School |30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Springfield Primary School |119 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Pius X Catholic Primary School |23 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stock Church of England Primary School |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Bishops’ Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary School |41 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford|33 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Tyrrells School |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trinity Road Primary School |112 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Westlands Community Primary School |215 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Writtle Infant School |32 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Writtle Junior School |54 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |1,394 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |School name |Surplus places| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chelmer Valley High School |4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chelmsford County High School for Girls |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hylands School |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford |55 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Moulsham High School |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. John Payne Catholic Comprehensive School, Chelmsford|99 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Peters College |332 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Boswells School |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |490 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |School name |Surplus places| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Baddow Hall Infant School |11 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Baddow Hal! Junior School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnes Farm Infant School |48 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnes Farm Junior School |46 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Beehive Lane Community Primary School |14 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Boreham Primary School |9 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Broomfield Primary School |2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chancellor Park Primary School |45 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Collingwood Primary School |37 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Danbury Park Community Primary School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Hanningfield Church of England Primary School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Elmwood Primary School |107 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ford End Church of England Primary School |34 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Galleywood Infant School |33 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Leighs Primary School |32 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Waltham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School |9 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Highwood Primary School |23 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kings Road Primary School |34 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Larkrise Primary School |31 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lawford Mead Infant and Nursery School |64 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lawford Mead Junior School |72 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Little Waltham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School |19 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Meadgate Primary School |16 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Melbourne Park Primary and Nursery School |76 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mildmay Infant and Nursery School |67 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mildmay Junior School |70 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Moulsham Infant School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Moulsham Junior School |11 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newlands Spring Primary School |42 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oaklands Infant School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Perryfields Infant School |20 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Perryfields Junior School |12 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Priory Primary School |33 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rettendon Primary School |9 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Roxwell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School |30 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Runwell Community Primary School |1 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Springfield Primary School |119 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Danbury |55 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School |50 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Woodham Ferrers |18 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School |17 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Peters Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, West Hanningfield|0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Pius X Catholic Primary School |23 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stock Church of England Primary School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Bishops’ Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary School |41 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford |33 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Chetwood Primary School |76 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Tyrrells School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trinity Road Primary School |112 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trinity St Mary’s CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Westlands Community Primary School |215 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Woodville Primary School |23 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Writtle Infant School |32 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Writtle Junior School |34 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |1,905 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |School name |Surplus places| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chelmer Valley High School |4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chelmsford County High School for Girls |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Baddow High School |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hylands School |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |King Edward VI Grammar School , Chelmsford |55 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Moulsham High School |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. John Payne Catholic Comprehensive School, Chelmsford|99 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Peters College |332 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Boswells School |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Sandon School |50 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |William de Ferrers School |55 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |595 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Burns To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many spare school places in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools there are within the boundaries of the new Chelmsford constituency. Jim Knight [holding answer 16 July 2007]: The Department collects information annually from each local authority on the numbers of surplus school places. The most recent data available is for 2006. The following tables outline the numbers of surplus places in primary and secondary schools within the new parliamentary constituency of Chelmsford. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ward |School name |Surplus places| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park|Barnes Farm Infant School |48 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park|Barnes Farm Junior School |46 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park|Chancellor Park Primary School |45 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Galleywood |Galleywood Infant School |33 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Galleywood |St. Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School |17 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Goat Hall |Mildmay Infant and Nursery School |70 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Goat Hall |Mildmay Junior School |67 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Baddow East |Baddow Hall Infant School |11 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Baddow East |Baddow Hall Junior School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Baddow East |Meadgate Primary School |16 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Baddow West |Beehive Lane Community Primary School |14 1 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Baddow West |Larkrise Primary School |31 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Marconi |Kings Road Primary School |34 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Moulsham and Central |Oaklands Infant School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Moulsham and Central |Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Moulsham and Central |The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford|33 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Moulsham Lodge |Moulsham Infant School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Moulsham Lodge |Moulsham Junior School |11 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Patching Hall |St. Pius X Catholic Primary School |23 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Andrews |Lawford Mead Infant and Nursery School |64 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Andrews |Lawford Mead Junior School |72 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Andrews |Melbourne Park Primary and Nursery School |78 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Andrews |Newlands Spring Primary School |42 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Springfield North |Springfield Primary School |119 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Springfield North |The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary School |41 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Lawns |Perryfields Infant School |20 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Lawns |Perryfields Junior School |12 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Lawns |The Tyrrells School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trinity |The Edward Francis Infant School |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trinity |The Edward Francis Junior School |2 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trinity |Trinity Road Primary School |112 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Waterhouse Farm Total |Westlands Community Primary School |215 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | |1,226 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ward |School name |Surplus places| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Great Baddow West|Great Baddow High |0 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Marconi |King Edward VI Grammar School |55 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Moulsham Lodge |Moulsham High School |0 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Patching Hall |Chelmsford County High |0 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Patching Hall |St. John Payne Catholic Comp School|99 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Andrews |St. Peters College |332 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Lawns |The Boswells School |0 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Waterhouse Farm |Hylands School |0 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | |486 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Schools: Finance Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what progress has been made towards the target set in the 2006 Budget to bring state school funding per pupil up to the private school level; and if he will make a statement; (2) by what date he expects to reach the target of raising spending on pupils in English state schools to the equivalent level in the private education sector; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight Total funding per pupil in the maintained sector was £4,800 in 2005-08, compared with our estimate of £8,000 per pupil in the independent sector. As set out in Budget 2006, the Government aim—over time, and adjusting for inflation—to increase levels of funding to that level. The comprehensive spending review settlement for education announced in Budget 2007 allows the Government to take a significant further step towards this ambition—with total per pupil revenue and capital funding rising from under £2,500 in 1997-98 to £5,550 in 2007-08 and £6,600 in 2010-11. Progress over future spending reviews will depend on the Government’s fiscal position; demographic change; and progress by schools in continuing to deliver improvements in results and wider support for parents and pupils. Schools: Fire Prevention Dr. Gibson To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has to install sprinklers in existing and new-build primary and secondary schools. Jim Knight Our policy is that all new primary and secondary schools will have fire sprinklers installed. The decision should be taken based on a risk analysis. There may be a few cases where new schools are at a low risk of fire and that sprinklers would not represent good value for money. The risk analysis and cost- benefit analysis tools we have recently published to help clients decide whether or not to install sprinkler systems in schools can also be used to determine whether or not an existing school should have sprinklers fitted, as part of a major refurbishment project. Schools: Further Education Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has to increase the number of schools with post-16 provision; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight In the 14-19 education and skills implementation plan published in December 2005, we set out our plans to create 50,000 additional 16-19 school, college and work based learning places by September 2007. We will ensure that in every area, young people have access to high quality post-16 learning opportunities in schools, colleges and work-based learning. We believe in encouraging successful and popular schools to develop sixth form provision. We have introduced the ‘sixth form presumption’ that sixth form proposals will be approved from high performing specialist schools that are awarded a vocational specialism, Over three years, we anticipate that this will enable around 60 schools to add new post-16 provision. thirteen schools successfully applied to open sixth form provision in 2006/07 through this route, and a further 27 are eligible to do in 2007/08. Additional school sixth forms will also be created to meet local need as a result of other proposals from local authorities and schools, through the Academies programme, through local Building Schools for the Future capital investment strategies and as a result of 16-19 competitions (which are run by the Learning and Skills Council where there is a need for substantial new post-16 provision that is not met through an academy or a ‘presumption’ proposal). In parallel, we have also introduced the ‘FE presumption’ which encourages high performing colleges to expand to provide additional places for 16 to 19-year-olds. Schools: Manpower Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) teachers, (b) pupils, (c) teaching assistants and (d) support staff there were in English (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools in each year since 1996-97, broken down by each local authority area; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight Information for all the years requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The following tables provide the full-time equivalent number of teachers, pupils, teaching assistants and support staff in local authority maintained nursery/primary and secondary schools for each local authority in England, January 1997 and 2006, the latest information available. Pupil numbers by local authority and phase are published as national statistics each year and this information for 2006 is available on the Departments website at the following URL: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000682/index.shtml. Local authority figures for 2007 are likely to be available on 27 September. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1997 |2006 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Teaching assistants2|Support staff3|Teaching assistants2|Support staff3| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Nursery/ primary |Secondary |Nursery/ primary|Secondary|Nursery/ primary|Secondary|Nursery/ primary|Secondary| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England |41,870 |7,820 |75,740|42,480|99,040|33,490|154,370|104,210| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |2,180 |190 |3,200|1,730|4,300|1,480|6,860|5,220| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gateshead |150 |— |230|90|340|50|470|290| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newcastle upon Tyne |210 |10 |320|180|360|160|670|550| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Tyneside |160 |— |230|150|250|90|420|460| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Tyneside |130 |— |180|70|280|100|350|300| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sunderland |300 |30 |420|190|570|140|820|600| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hartlepool |70 |10 |110|80|180|80|370|240| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Middlesbrough |140 |20 |220|130|330|70|490|250| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Redcar and Cleveland |100 |10 |180|110|220|90|430|340| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stockton-on-Tees |160 |10 |250|130|240|100|520|370| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Durham |520 |30 |760|310|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Darlington |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|200|40|300|160| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Durham (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|770|170|1320|830| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northumberland |220 |60 |300|290|560|380|700|840| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West |6,340 |630 |9,680|5,100|14,380|4,300|20,500|13,700| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cumbria |460 |80 |640|430|900|260|1,230|990| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Cheshire |810 |130 |1,130|850|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cheshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|1,140|360|1,530|1,280| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Halton |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|200|70|290|250| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Warrington |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|430|130|550|380| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bolton |300 |40 |410|210|690|240|960|660| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bury |200 |30 |260|120|440|120|520|320| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Manchester |530 |30 |710|290|1,320|330|1,670|880| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oldham |300 |20 |420|210|610|140|850|580| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rochdale |200 |20 |300|160|580|180|810|500| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Salford |330 |20 |500|130|460|140|690|380| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stockport |280 |20 |520|180|570|120|790|450| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tameside |220 |10 |300|130|420|130|730|400| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trafford |130 |20 |210|160|250|100|440|380| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wigan |210 |30 |340|220|610|180|880|590| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Lancashire |1,280 |90 |2,050|910|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lancashire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|2,560|710|3,520|2,080| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Blackburn with Darwen |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|440|120|620|370| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Blackpool |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|290|90|470|280| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Knowsley |140 |— |280|130|250|110|510|370| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Liverpool |290 |30 |630|350|710|240|1,320|880| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Helens |190 |10 |270|140|410|110|570|360| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sefton |270 |40 |410|270|510|180|790|600| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wirral |210 |20 |320|220|590|230|790|720| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber |5,150 |1,560 |8,680|4,830|11,300|4,030|17,240|11,840| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kingston Upon Hull, City of |250 |70 |490|180|510|240|930|660| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Riding of Yorkshire |230 |60 |420|260|630|250|1,020|740| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East Lincolnshire |160 |50 |280|150|380|210|600|470| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Lincolnshire |130 |30 |240|130|370|160|530|370| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire |300 |70 |600|460|1,180|380|1,500|1,140| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |York |90 |10 |160|110|330|100|410|290| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnsley |230 |90 |400|230|450|150|730|480| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Doncaster |350 |90 |610|330|520|200|940|710| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rotherham |180 |40 |340|210|560|210|870|730| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sheffield |410 |40 |670|330|1,080|330|1,530|1,080| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bradford |640 |440 |1,080|830|1,220|520|2,280|1,410| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Calderdale |260 |70 |410|230|620|160|800|500| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kirklees |400 |110 |680|370|1,050|270|1,450|840| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leeds |1,130 |280 |1,660|730|1,640|640|2,530|1,780| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wakefield |380 |100 |640|280|760|210|1,110|640| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |3,600 |700 |6,100|3,770|8,650|3,250|12,570|9,640| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Derbyshire |850 |160 |1,280|840|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Derbyshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|1,490|510|1,920|1,520| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Derby |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|630|180|780|530| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Leicestershire |650 |130 |1,480|860|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|1,140|460|1,750|1,550| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicester |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|690|240|1,120|720| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rutland |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|80|30|110|80| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lincolnshire |560 |130 |910|600|1,490|570|1,870|1,590| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northamptonshire |510 |160 |1,000|710|1,040|580|2,190|1,580| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Nottinghamshire |1,020 |130 |1,420|770|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nottinghamshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|1,340|480|1,850|1,560| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nottingham |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|750|190|980|520| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |5,070 |700 |8,190|4,370|11,360|3,510|17,030|11,350| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Hereford and Worcester |340 |130 |720|540|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Herefordshire |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|260|100|470|280| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Worcestershire |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|850|490|1,320|1,190| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Shropshire |320 |100 |580|420|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Shropshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|470|180|770|540| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Telford and Wrekin |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|440|90|550|320| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Staffordshire |880 |140 |1,540|810|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Staffordshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|1,260|470|2,070|1,590| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stoke-on-Trent |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|600|130|910|560| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Warwickshire |330 |70 |680|430|1,040|340|1,350|1,010| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Birmingham |1,430 |160 |1,900|880|3,120|660|4,080|2,190| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Coventry |270 |20 |580|290|460|190|1,020|710| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dudley |280 |10 |400|210|830|240|1,020|640| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sandwell |380 |10 |530|200|650|190|1,150|680| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Solihull |220 |20 |330|170|410|110|590|450| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Walsall |290 |30 |510|230|550|190|970|630| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wolverhampton |310 |20 |420|210|410|140|770|580| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England |3,900 |1,050 |8,410|5,580|11,400|3,900|17,280|12,300| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Cambridgeshire |750 |320 |1,350|860|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cambridgeshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|1,140|510|1,710|1,130| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Peterborough |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|630|290|780|650| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Norfolk |530 |80 |1,130|600|1,880|460|2,550|1,440| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Suffolk |260 |130 |720|650|870|540|1,610|1,560| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Bedfordshire |500 |130 |840|710|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|750|360|1,050|1,110| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Luton |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|620|150|910|530| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Essex |1,140 |270 |2,670|1,730|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Essex (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|2,680|840|4,120|2,940| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southend-on-Sea |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|480|80|650|400| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Thurrock |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|420|120|650|330| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hertfordshire |730 |120 |1,700|1,030|1,920|560|3,250|2,210| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |5,980 |510 |11,600|5,090|16,010|3,850|24,950|12,800| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Inner London |2,660 |130 |4,980|1,650|7,120|1,320|10,990|4,320| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Camden |130 |30 |260|170|460|90|620|320| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |City of London |— |— |10|—|10|—|10|—| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hackney |170 |— |350|80|590|60|830|240| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hammersmith and Fulham |150 |— |240|70|310|40|470|200| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Haringey |280 |— |440|110|670|130|880|410| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Islington |200 |— |330|90|450|70|620|240| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kensington and Chelsea |120 |— |210|60|230|10|350|120| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lambeth |220 |— |480|110|570|80|940|270| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lewisham |200 |20 |410|160|490|120|850|370| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newham |220 |30 |430|230|710|230|1,620|670| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southwark |290 |20 |540|140|840|110|1,230|340| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tower Hamlets |310 |10 |590|180|1030|220|1,270|580| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wandsworth |230 |10 |460|130|480|80|810|290| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Westminster |130 |— |230|110|280|80|480|270| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Outer London |3,320 |370 |6,620|3,440|8,880|2,520|13,960|8,480| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barking and Dagenham |230 |20 |360|130|390|80|550|310| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnet |230 |10 |480|280|800|160|1,030|550| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bexley |130 |40 |270|190|340|160|660|540| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Brent |190 |10 |330|180|510|120|790|460| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bromley |140 |10 |280|260|340|170|650|610| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Croydon |310 |20 |610|190|690|140|1,100|490| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ealing |260 |10 |450|140|420|110|710|390| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Enfield |180 |10 |420|230|840|170|1,120|650| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greenwich |240 |20 |420|150|560|210|910|500| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Harrow |200 |30 |390|140|400|100|730|300| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Havering |110 |30 |330|220|430|160|670|500| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hillingdon |190 |50 |410|250|510|150|970|520| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hounslow |200 |20 |350|210|450|140|600|520| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kingston upon Thames |90 |— |180|100|240|60|400|230| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Merton |150 |20 |290|100|340|90|540|260| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Redbridge |110 |30 |290|230|650|170|860|570| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Richmond upon Thames |70 |10 |170|100|260|60|360|210| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sutton |120 |10 |230|150|220|130|480|420| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Waltham Forest |190 |20 |350|180|480|140|830|460| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East |6,340 |1,660 |12,930|7,430|13,450|5,560|23,970|16,860| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Berkshire |630 |150 |1,240|740|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bracknell Forest |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|120|50|300|190| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Windsor and Maidenhead |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|170|120|360|330| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Berkshire |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|260|140|500|440| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Reading |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|140|50|410|210| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Slough |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|370|80|580|290| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wokingham |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|250|100|450|340| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Buckinghamshire |410 |90 |990|660|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Buckinghamshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|660|250|1,380|920| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Milton Keynes |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|370|180|850|570| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former East Sussex |450 |90 |1,000|560|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Sussex (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|690|440|1,380|1,140| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Brighton and Hove |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|270|110|590|400| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Hampshire |1,680 |420 |3,160|1,530|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hampshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|2,060|700|3,360|2,150| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Portsmouth |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|400|150|620|390| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southampton |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|420|150|650|440| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Isle of Wight |100 |50 |180|190|150|210|350|450| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Kent |1,500 |440 |2,670|1,680|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kent (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|2,810|1,100|4,440|3,300| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Medway |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|570|250|940|690| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oxfordshire |450 |190 |900|640|850|590|1,700|1,400| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Surrey |810 |140 |1,680|760|1,760|510|2,960|1,630| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Sussex |310 |100 |1,110|670|1,100|390|2,160|1,580| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |3,310 |830 |6,960|4,590|8,210|3,600|13,970|10,500| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Isles of Scilly |— |— |—|—|—|—|10|—| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bath and North East Somerset |130 |20 |210|160|120|80|400|380| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bristol, City of |520 |50 |710|270|790|130|1,130|510| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Somerset |150 |20 |240|170|270|100|430|370| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Gloucestershire |220 |20 |360|200|460|110|620|420| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cornwall |540 |200 |970|560|950|570|1,650|1,220| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Devon |520 |120 |1,420|980|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Devon (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|1,590|590|2,060|1,510| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Plymouth |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|510|230|810|710| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Torbay |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|160|100|400|340| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Dorset |230 |110 |710|600|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dorset (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|760|410|1,000|950| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Poole |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|320|80|410|250| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bournemouth |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|320|90|420|280| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gloucestershire |320 |40 |600|460|550|350|1,350|1,140| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Somerset |380 |120 |870|590|820|410|1,530|1,210| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Wiltshire |310 |130 |870|600|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wiltshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|420|230|1,160|840| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Swindon |n/a |n/a |n/a|n/a|180|130|570|370| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |n/a = Not applicable.“—“ = Nil or negligible1 Includes both full-time and the full-time equivalent of part-time support staff.2 Includes nursery nurses, nursery assistants, literacy and numeracy support staff and any non-teaching staff regularly employed to support in the classroom expect from special needs and minority ethnic pupils support staff.3 Includes teaching assistants.Note:Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.Source:School Census | | ||||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1997 |2006 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Nursery/primary|Secondary|Nursery/primary|Secondary| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England |191,670 |189,430 |198,190|216,290| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |10,400 |10,790 |10,070|11,440| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gateshead |830 |780 |790|780| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newcastle upon Tyne |950 |1,050 |920|1,090| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Tyneside |710 |860 |730|910| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Tyneside |700 |590 |590|720| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sunderland |1,310 |1,210 |1,180|1,360| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hartlepool |400 |400 |410|430| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Middlesbrough |720 |570 |650|410| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Redcar and Cleveland |650 |610 |610|670| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stockton-on-Tees |810 |750 |820|840| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Durham |2,470 |2,260 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Darlington |n/a |n/a |410|370| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Durham (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |2,060|2,040| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northumberland |850 |1700 |890|1,820| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West |29,210 |27,190 |28,240|31,090| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cumbria |1,990 |1,980 |2,060|2,600| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Cheshire |3,910 |4,000 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cheshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |2,570|3,020| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Halton |n/a |n/a |520|570| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Warrington |n/a |n/a |880|950| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bolton |1,230 |1,130 |1,140|1,300| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bury |750 |660 |750|760| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Manchester |2,070 |1,480 |1,950|1,720| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oldham |1,050 |1,080 |1,060|1,170| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rochdale |940 |830 |940|910| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Salford |1,060 |750 |950|830| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stockport |1,150 |970 |1,080|1,050| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tameside |910 |820 |920|1,000| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trafford |850 |840 |850|1,080| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wigan |1,310 |1,300 |1,230|1,420| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Lancashire |5,710 |5,410 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lancashire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |4,540|4,920| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Blackburn with Darwen |n/a |n/a |720|620| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Blackpool |n/a |n/a |570|560| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Knowsley |800 |600 |720|650| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Liverpool |2,110 |1,960 |1,850|2,190| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Helens |760 |760 |710|790| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sefton |1,210 |1,240 |1,030|1,360| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wirral |1,390 |1,390 |1,210|1,640| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber |19,980 |20,230 |20,430|22,540| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kingston Upon Hull, City of |1,110 |870 |1,020|990| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Riding of Yorkshire |1,080 |1,260 |1,220|1,510| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East Lincolnshire |680 |640 |680|680| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Lincolnshire |610 |630 |590|720| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire |2,140 |2,340 |2,210|2,820| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |York |630 |600 |620|700| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnsley |850 |740 |860|860| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Doncaster |1,290 |1,290 |1,240|1,360| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rotherham |1,070 |1,180 |1,010|1,390| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sheffield |1,960 |1,650 |1,940|1,980| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bradford |1,830 |2,640 |2,310|2,150| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Calderdale |850 |880 |910|1,060| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kirklees |1,620 |1,540 |1,760|1,710| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leeds |2,940 |2,760 |2,770|3,170| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wakefield |1,310 |1,230 |1,270|1,440| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |15,530 |16,750 |16,600|18,680| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Derbyshire |3,580 |3,580 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Derbyshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |2,840|3,220| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Derby |n/a |n/a |970|1,050| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Leicestershire |3,600 |3,830 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |2,360|2,870| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicester |n/a |n/a |1,390|1,270| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rutland |n/a |n/a |120|130| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lincolnshire |2,290 |2,610 |2,460|3,040| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northamptonshire |2,420 |2,870 |2,610|2,720| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Nottinghamshire |3,630 |3,860 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nottinghamshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |2,750|3,380| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nottingham |n/a |n/a |1,100|1,000| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |21,960 |21,640 |22,210|24,530| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Hereford and Worcester |2,330 |2,790 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Herefordshire |n/a |n/a |670|710| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Worcestershire |n/a |n/a |1,910|2,600| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Shropshire |1,580 |1,640 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Shropshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |1,010|1,180| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Telford and Wrekin |n/a |n/a |630|660| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Staffordshire |3,950 |4,130 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Staffordshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |2,920|3,830| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stoke-on-Trent |n/a |n/a |940|950| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Warwickshire |1,870 |1,840 |1,940|2,220| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Birmingham |4,940 |4,350 |5,030|4,640| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Coventry |1,340 |1,290 |1,310|1,460| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dudley |1,370 |1,210 |1,340|1,340| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sandwell |1,370 |1,220 |1,340|1,340| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Solihull |900 |890 |920|1,000| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Walsall |1,180 |1,260 |1,180|1,410| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wolverhampton |1,130 |1,010 |1,080|1,180| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England |19,880 |21,750 |21,240|24,740| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Cambridgeshire |2,690 |2,500 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cambridgeshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |2,120|2,000| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Peterborough |n/a |n/a |730|850| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Norfolk |3,010 |2,740 |3,040|3,070| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Suffolk |2,130 |3,060 |2,200|3,320| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Bedfordshire |2,050 |2,750 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |1,270|2,270| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Luton |n/a |n/a |940|750| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Essex |6,000 |6,090 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Essex (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |5,050|5,800| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southend-on-Sea |n/a |n/a |750|900| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Thurrock |n/a |n/a |650|580| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hertfordshire |4,020 |4,610 |4,490|5,200| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |28,860 |24,940 |30,740|29,480| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Inner London |11,060 |8,160 |11,950|9,210| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Camden |610 |780 |600|750| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |City of London |20 |— |10|—| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hackney |850 |500 |1,010|520| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hammersmith and Fulham |470 |370 |530|500| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Haringey |1,030 |740 |1,050|870| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Islington |820 |520 |760|600| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kensington and Chelsea |380 |260 |420|250| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lambeth |1,050 |500 |1,080|570| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lewisham |1,010 |750 |1,070|720| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newham |1,120 |1,010 |1,550|1,260| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southwark |1,030 |600 |1,160|730| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tower Hamlets |1,210 |930 |1,200|1,080| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wandsworth |880 |650 |930|750| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Westminster |580 |530 |580|630| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Outer London |17,790 |16,780 |18,790|20,270| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barking and Dagenham |750 |680 |780|860| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnet |1,290 |1,420 |1,340|1,370| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bexley |890 |910 |910|1,100| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Brent |1,120 |940 |1,150|1,250| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bromley |970 |1,190 |1,130|1,500| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Croydon |1,450 |1,030 |1,380|1,260| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ealing |1,220 |900 |1,190|1,030| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Enfield |1,130 |1,260 |1,350|1,560| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greenwich |1,030 |880 |1,080|1,120| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Harrow |960 |570 |970|630| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Havering |900 |920 |900|1,200| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hillingdon |940 |970 |1,120|1,180| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hounslow |920 |1,010 |920|1,170| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kingston upon Thames |490 |520 |540|630| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Merton |700 |460 |680|530| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Redbridge |920 |1,060 |1,130|1,380| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Richmond upon Thames |550 |480 |600|450| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sutton |580 |730 |670|1,020| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Waltham Forest |1,000 |840 |970|1,030| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East |28,650 |28,440 |30,550|33,220| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Berkshire |2,900 |3,130 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bracknell Forest |n/a |n/a |420|380| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Windsor and Maidenhead |n/a |n/a |430|680| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Berkshire |n/a |n/a |600|860| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Reading |n/a |n/a |490|420| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Slough |n/a |n/a |590|630| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wokingham |n/a |n/a |590|730| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Buckinghamshire |2,730 |2,360 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Buckinghamshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |1,920|2,160| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Milton Keynes |n/a |n/a |1,050|1,000| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former East Sussex |2,480 |2,350 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Sussex (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |1,740|1,810| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Brighton and Hove |n/a |n/a |790|790| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Hampshire |6,090 |5,340 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hampshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |4,680|4,520| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Portsmouth |n/a |n/a |680|610| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southampton |n/a |n/a |790|780| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Isle of Wight |340 |630 |360|760| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Kent |5,890 |6,740 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kent (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |5,390|6,710| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Medway |n/a |n/a |1,130|1,300| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oxfordshire |1,920 |2,150 |2,260|2,480| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Surrey |3,660 |3,200 |3,700|3,630| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Sussex |2,650 |2,530 |2,930|2,960| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |17,210 |17,700 |18,120|20,570| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Isles of Scilly |10 |10 |30|—| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bath and North East Somerset |590 |720 |590|760| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bristol, City of |1,550 |1,120 |1,480|1,070| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Somerset |640 |770 |680|810| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Gloucestershire |960 |940 |1,020|1,140| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cornwall |1,770 |1,780 |1,910|2,170| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Devon |3,650 |3,760 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Devon (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |2,560|2,570| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Plymouth |n/a |n/a |840|1,160| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Torbay |n/a |n/a |440|600| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Dorset |1,980 |2,550 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dorset (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |1,150|1,840| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Poole |n/a |n/a |460|560| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bournemouth |n/a |n/a |490|620| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gloucestershire |2,070 |2,140 |2,170|2,700| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Somerset |1,700 |1,670 |1,800|2,030| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Wiltshire |2,270 |2,250 |n/a|n/a| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wiltshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |1,740|1,830| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Swindon |n/a |n/a |770|720| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |n/a = Not applicable.“—“ = Nil or negligible.1 Excludes occasional teachers.Note:Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.Source:Annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies 618g.| | ||| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1997 |2006 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Nursery/primary|Secondary|Nursery/primary|Secondary| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England |4,300,860 |3,041,580|4,041,790|3,306,360| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |237,550 |177,910 |203,060|174,600| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gateshead |17,730 |11,750 |15,470|11,770| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newcastle upon Tyne |22,090 |17,380 |19,910|16,730| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Tyneside |15,990 |14,370 |15,200|13,650| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Tyneside |15,520 |9,720 |12,190|9,970| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sunderland |29,350 |19,200 |23,420|19,120| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hartlepool |9,840 |6,180 |8,590|6,460| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Middlesbrough |16,000 |8,610 |12,910|5,580| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Redcar and Cleveland |15,370 |10,160 |12,360|10,010| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stockton-on-Tees |19,030 |12,520 |16,090|12,590| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Durham |56,200 |37,980 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Darlington |n/a |n/a |8,600|6,260| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Durham (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |40,130|32,510| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northumberland |20,430 |30,050 |18,180|29,960| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West |671,170 |437,760 |580,470|462,310| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cumbria |43,690 |32,370 |38,560|35,620| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Cheshire |90,760 |65,770 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cheshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |53,500|46,960| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Halton |n/a |n/a |10,240|8,060| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Warrington |n/a |n/a |16,910|14,050| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bolton |27,600 |17,800 |24,550|19,620| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bury |17,530 |11,100 |15,470|11,810| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Manchester |45,650 |22,230 |40,550|23,500| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oldham |24,370 |16,680 |22,770|16,550| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rochdale |22,260 |13,170 |19,090|14,150| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Salford |24,260 |12,080 |19,330|11,820| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stockport |26,750 |15,680 |22,970|16,320| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tameside |22,800 |14,220 |19,080|15,660| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trafford |20,210 |13,230 |18,490|16,240| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wigan |29,420 |19,980 |25,470|20,890| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Lancashire |134,530 |87,450 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lancashire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |92,780|75,120| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Blackburn with Darwen |n/a |n/a |14,830|9,420| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Blackpool |n/a |n/a |11,510|8,650| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Knowsley |18,420 |9,670 |14,460|9,530| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Liverpool |47,540 |31,770 |36,670|32,110| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Helens |17,360 |11,870 |14,990|11,760| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sefton |27,020 |19,630 |22,500|20,420| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wirral |31,020 |23,080 |25,770|24,060| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber |459,900 |334,070 |425,330|345,540| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kingston Upon Hull, City of |26,900 |15,080 |21,160|15,770| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Riding of Yorkshire |26,610 |20,790 |25,340|23,560| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East Lincolnshire |16,810 |11,190 |13,780|11,070| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Lincolnshire |14,500 |10,400 |13,540|10,760| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire |46,750 |37,040 |43,500|41,890| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |York |14,420 |9,320 |13,040|10,210| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnsley |20,890 |12,930 |19,330|13,710| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Doncaster |29,600 |20,730 |25,600|20,410| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rotherham |24,590 |19,150 |22,820|20,360| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sheffield |44,310 |27,450 |40,970|31,380| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bradford |39,690 |46,180 |48,760|34,220| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Calderdale |19,720 |14,070 |18,140|15,540| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kirklees |36,980 |25,560 |34,410|26,590| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leeds |67,260 |44,420 |58,250|47,810| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wakefield |30,890 |19,760 |26,700|22,270| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |363,510 |272,020 |348,280|295,860| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Derbyshire |85,700 |58,890 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Derbyshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |60,580|50,960| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Derby |n/a |n/a |20,930|15,660| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Leicestershire |81,260 |61,800 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |48,190|46,790| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicester |n/a |n/a |26,770|17,890| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rutland |n/a |n/a |2,480|2,410| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lincolnshire |52,940 |40,000 |52,110|48,320| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northamptonshire |53,710 |45,930 |55,580|45,260| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Nottinghamshire |89,890 |65,400 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nottinghamshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |59,620|54,960| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nottingham |n/a |n/a |22,020|13,600| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |498,520 |350,640 |456,940|375,190| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Hereford and Worcester |51,630 |47,640 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Herefordshire |n/a |n/a |12,680|10,390| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Worcestershire |n/a |n/a |37,380|40,860| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Shropshire |36,930 |26,110 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Shropshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |21,320|18,100| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Telford and Wrekin |n/a |n/a |14,680|10,540| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Staffordshire |95,770 |71,710 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Staffordshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |62,220|60,910| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Stoke-on-Trent |n/a |n/a |21,140|14,690| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Warwickshire |43,390 |30,280 |40,730|34,290| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Birmingham |107,800 |66,870 |100,400|70,270| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Coventry |29,400 |19,740 |25,930|21,210| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dudley |29,400 |18,910 |27,100|20,750| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sandwell |31,010 |19,090 |28,010|19,850| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Solihull |20,620 |14,390 |18,850|15,500| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Walsall |27,470 |20,080 |24,920|20,890| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wolverhampton |25,100 |15,840 |21,570|16,950| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England |437,170 |348,220 |429,810|389,630| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Cambridgeshire |60,520 |42,020 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cambridgeshire (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |43,630|32,700| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Peterborough |n/a |n/a |15,240|13,180| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Norfolk |65,130 |41,580 |63,670|46,860| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Suffolk |45,610 |49,610 |43,680|54,160| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Bedfordshire |43,380 |46,380 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |24,150|37,660| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Luton |n/a |n/a |18,470|12,300| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Essex |133,590 |97,650 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Essex (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |105,200|91,090| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southend-on-Sea |n/a |n/a |13,790|12,600| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Thurrock |n/a |n/a |13,310|8,840| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hertfordshire |88,940 |70,980 |88,670|80,250| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |603,380 |375,150 |607,160|423,140| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Inner London |221,150 |117,540 |224,610|127,780| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Camden |11,130 |10,930 |11,370|9,950| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |City of London |200 |— |230|—| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hackney |17,620 |7,350 |17,580|6,990| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hammersmith and Fulham |9,630 |6,040 |9,740|6,860| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Haringey |20,700 |10,070 |21,170|11,660| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Islington |16,180 |7,580 |14,320|8,060| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kensington and Chelsea |6,700 |3,310 |7,250|3,510| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lambeth |18,730 |6,590 |19,720|8,050| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lewisham |21,090 |10,860 |21,180|11,000| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Newham |27,280 |15,660 |29,280|18,280| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southwark |22,600 |9,160 |22,540|10,230| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tower Hamlets |22,470 |13,060 |22,250|14,370| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wandsworth |17,400 |9,280 |17,090|10,430| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Westminster |9,410 |7,660 |10,900|8,400| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Outer London |382,230 |257,610 |382,550|295,360| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barking and Dagenham |16,830 |10,140 |17,410|12,630| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Barnet |25,150 |19,780 |25,310|19,550| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bexley |21,400 |15,320 |19,850|18,320| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Brent |21,910 |13,570 |22,730|16,420| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bromley |24,200 |18,650 |23,720|22,420| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Croydon |29,750 |15,480 |28,630|18,620| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ealing |25,800 |14,180 |24,800|15,180| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Enfield |25,170 |18,960 |26,160|22,150| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greenwich |21,120 |13,640 |20,480|14,540| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Harrow |19,460 |8,300 |19,040|9,040| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Havering |20,670 |14,700 |18,940|16,590| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hillingdon |20,780 |15,010 |22,710|17,080| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hounslow |18,660 |15,290 |17,830|16,590| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kingston upon Thames |10,860 |8,180 |11,070|9,570| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Merton |14,710 |7,620 |13,810|8,600| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Redbridge |20,280 |16,840 |22,860|20,650| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Richmond upon Thames |11,220 |7,690 |12,270|7,160| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sutton |13,870 |12,420 |14,220|16,160| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Waltham Forest |20,420 |11,840 |20,710|14,070| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East |639,790 |454,810 |615,660|514,190| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Berkshire |63,540 |49,650 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bracknell Forest |n/a |n/a |8,410|6,200| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Windsor and Maidenhead |n/a |n/a |8,410|10,280| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Berkshire |n/a |n/a |11,810|12,240| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Reading |n/a |n/a |9,980|6,030| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Slough |n/a |n/a |11,300|8,910| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wokingham |n/a |n/a |11,800|10,810| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Buckinghamshire |64,250 |38,310 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Buckinghamshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |38,400|35,140| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Milton Keynes |n/a |n/a |20,650|15,100| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former East Sussex |53,570 |36,280 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Sussex (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |35,200|28,700| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Brighton and Hove |n/a |n/a |16,320|12,130| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Hampshire |137,760 |86,210 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hampshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |97,010|72,670| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Portsmouth |n/a |n/a |13,860|9,780| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southampton |n/a |n/a |15,880|11,490| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Isle of Wight |7,310 |10,970 |6,890|12,150| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Kent |135,290 |104,810 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kent (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |108,750|98,940| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Medway |n/a |n/a |22,120|20,390| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oxfordshire |43,790 |36,530 |44,690|37,760| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Surrey |76,340 |51,700 |77,070|59,620| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Sussex |57,940 |40,340 |57,110|45,850| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |389,870 |291,010 |375,070|325,910| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Isles of Scilly |160 |110 |250|—| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bath and North East Somerset |12,870 |11,480 |11,980|12,620| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bristol, City of |33,910 |16,520 |29,770|15,480| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Somerset |14,650 |11,880 |14,740|13,000| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Gloucestershire |22,410 |15,220 |22,030|17,100| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cornwall |40,310 |29,820 |38,520|32,870| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Devon |83,650 |62,050 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Devon (post 1.4.98) |n/a |n/a |52,440|43,420| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Plymouth |n/a |n/a |18,960|18,550| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Torbay |n/a |n/a |9,500|9,230| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Dorset |46,300 |43,580 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dorset (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |24,520|30,170| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Poole |n/a |n/a |10,260|8,690| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bournemouth |n/a |n/a |10,320|9,890| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gloucestershire |46,200 |34,960 |43,360|40,710| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Somerset |38,150 |28,850 |36,470|33,130| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Former Wiltshire |51,290 |36,550 |n/a|n/a| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wiltshire (post 1.4.97) |n/a |n/a |35,310|29,440| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Swindon |n/a |n/a |16,620|11,620| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |n/a = Not applicable.“—“ = Nil or negligible.Note:Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.Source:School Census| | ||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schools: Rural Areas Mr. Evans To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number of rural schools that are likely to close in each year to 2015. Jim Knight The Department has not made an estimate of the number of rural schools that are likely to close in each year to 2015. Decisions about school closures are made by the local authority, or schools adjudicator. When considering proposals, local authorities and the schools adjudicator are required to have regard to statutory guidance which contains a presumption against closing rural primary schools. While this does not mean that no rural primary school will ever close, the case for closure must be strong and in the best interests of educational provision in the area. Local authorities are responsible for the overall planning of school places in their area and we expect them to ensure that school places are where parents want them. Schools: Standards Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the structural changes necessary in the schools system to drive up standards; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State made a statement to the House on 10 July setting out the Government's plans for raising standards in schools. The Education and Inspections Act 2006 put in place a new framework which will underpin these plans, including the creation of trusts to strengthen the governance of schools and enable schools to forge permanent relationships with external partners. The Act requires local authorities to promote diversity and increase choice, and gives them new powers to commission school places in response to parental demand. Local authorities also have enhanced powers to tackle poorly performing schools. The academies programme will continue to drive up standards in disadvantaged communities. As my right honourable Friend made clear, the Government's focus is on standards. We are confident that the framework that we have put in place gives schools and local authorities the tools they need to deliver better outcomes for children and families. Secondary Education: Admissions Mr. Byers To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of parents did not receive their first choice of school on transfer of their child from primary to secondary education, broken down by local education authority, in the last period for which figures are available. Jim Knight [holding answer 16 July 2007]: The Department does not routinely collate data on preferences met, but did obtain this information from a number of local authorities during March 2007. A copy of the data received will be placed in the House Library. 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|Authorities |Number of offers issued|Number who obtained a preferred school|Percentage who obtained a preferred school|Number who obtained first preference|Percentage who obtained first preference|Number without any offer|Vacant school places| 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|Barking and Dagenham |2,360 |2,210 |94.00 |1,689 |71.50 |0 |215 | 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|Barnet |3,383 |2,991 |88.40 |2,058 |60.80 |0 |0 | 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|Barnsley |2,774 |2,739 |98.70 |2,614 |94.20 |36 |327 | 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|Bath |1,616 |1,555 |96.00 |1,498 |93.00 |0 |223 | 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|Bedfordshire |4,650 |4,567 |98.21 |4,299 |92.45 |0 |259 | 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|Bexley |2,772 |2,687 |97.00 |1,728 |62.34 |85 |0 | 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|Birmingham |14,694 |13,795 |87.34 |10,005 |63.35 |0 |0 | 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|Blackburn |1,933 |1,745 |90.00 |1,558 |81.00 |0 |28 | 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|Blackpool |1,562 |1,507 |96.50 |1,442 |95.20 |0 |216 | 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|Bolton |3,520 |3,444 |97.84 |3,281 |93.21 |0 |70 | 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|Bournemouth |1,468 |1,411 |96.11 |1,042 |70.98 |0 |204 | 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|Bracknell Forest |1,229 |1,145 |93.00 |— |— |0 |39 | 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|Bradford |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | 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|Brent |2,767 |2,580 |92.00 |1,963 |69.80 |45 |42 | 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|Brighton |2,238 |2,088 |93.30 |1,871 |83.60 |0 |92 | 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|Bristol |3,641 |3,45