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Written Answers to Questions
Monday 15 January 1990
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Primary Schools, Doncaster
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list by school within the Doncaster local education authority (a) the present and (b) the forecast figure for pupils in primary schools ; and what additional funding he intends to provide for new schools in this area.
Mr. Alan Howarth : No proposals for new schools in Doncaster are currently before my right hon. Friend for decision. I understand, however, that the Doncaster education authority is intending to publish proposals shortly for a new 9-13 age range middle school in the Balby Woodfield area. Priority is given in the allocation of annual capital guidelines for new school places needed as a result of population growth.
The following information was provided by the Doncaster local education authority :
Number on roll
|September 1989 |1993-94 forecast
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First Schools
Adwick Washington |316 |317
Carcroft |198 |247
Owston Skellow |289 |269
Sprotbrough Orchard |106 |130
Woodlands |178 |231
Balby Central |292 |322
Balby Nightingale |371 |461
Balby Waverley |255 |262
Hexthorpe |226 |200
Woodfield |325 |360
Askern Littlemoor |209 |253
Askern Moss Road |192 |157
Norton |194 |211
Intake |520 |534
Kingfisher |172 |198
Park |366 |351
Sandringham |207 |235
Town Field |216 |288
Bentley High Street |156 |178
Bentley Kirkby Avenue |161 |208
Bentley New Village |217 |264
Scawthorpe Castle Hills |160 |203
Edlington Hill Top |222 |201
Edlington Victoria |203 |216
Tickhill |137 |171
Warmsworth |104 |117
Warmsworth CE |79 |65
Bessacarr |190 |175
Cantley Hawthorn |147 |172
Cantley Sycamore |115 |114
Hyde Park |307 |352
South Cantley |270 |302
Stirling |151 |182
West Bessacarr Willow |280 |242
Fishlake Endowed |24 |36
Hatfield Crooksbroom |207 |225
Hatfield Dunsville |169 |181
Hatfield Sheep Dip Lane |253 |228
Hatfield Travis CE |247 |347
Hatfield Woodhouse |89 |84
Stainforth Eastgate |109 |150
Stainforth Kirton Lane |147 |184
Stainforth Westgate |220 |290
Sykehouse |10 |10
Barnby Dun |116 |139
Doncaster St. George's CE |56 |60
Kirk Sandall |257 |251
Grange Lane |269 |346
Tornedale |290 |317
Scawsby Rosedale |128 |147
Scawsby Saltersgate |218 |248
Sprotbrough Richmond Hill |230 |295
Greentop |266 |220
King Edward |285 |413
Moorends |200 |197
Moorends west road |186 |212
South Common |147 |163
Infant Schools
Armthorpe CE |58 |51
Armthorpe Shaw Wood |221 |211
Armthorpe Tranmoor Lane |159 |151
Conisbrough Rowena |201 |185
Denaby Main |128 |143
Doncaster Road |96 |122
Park Road |168 |188
Infant/Junior Schools
Armthorpe Southfield |178 |167
Conisborough Balby Street |180 |200
Conisbrough Ivanhoe |256 |270
Conisbrough Station Road |258 |204
Auckley |169 |128
Bawtry Mayflower |189 |187
Branton CE |140 |149
Finningley CE |93 |79
Finningley Hayfield Lane |223 |274
Highwoods |225 |369
St. John's CE |219 |176
Windhill |296 |308
Armthorpe Our Lady of Sorrows |154 |151
Bentley Our Lady of Sorrows |139 |143
Conisbrough St. Albans |224 |230
Doncaster our Lady of Mount Carmel |225 |273
Doncaster St. Francis Xavier |203 |261
Doncaster St. Peter's |275 |301
Edlington St. Mary's |195 |209
Rossington St. Joseph's |211 |259
Stainforth Holy Family |218 |248
Woodlands East |154 |189
First/Middle Schools
Brodsworth CE |36 |34
Highfields |156 |190
Hooton Pagnell CE |54 |54
Arksey |180 |169
Bentley Toll Bar |126 |137
Scawthorpe Sunny Fields |252 |240
Braithwell |98 |82
Tickhill Estfeld |250 |223
Wadworth |138 |109
Edenthorpe Hall |251 |311
Edenthorpe Popham CE |197 |202
St. Michael's CE |228 |202
Barnburgh |224 |222
Middle Schools (deemed primary)
Adwick Park |278 |316
Carcroft |186 |198
Owston Skellow |311 |289
Sprotbrough Copley |118 |106
Woodlands |165 |178
Askern Sutton Road |336 |401
Norton |170 |194
Bentley High Street |158 |156
Bentley Kirkby Avenue |153 |161
Bentley New Village |185 |217
Scawthorpe Castle Hills |162 |160
Edlington Hill Top |234 |222
Edlington Victoria |153 |203
Tickhill CE |133 |137
Warmsworth |167 |183
Barnby Dun |166 |116
Doncaster Curlew |43 |56
Kirk Sandall |255 |257
Holmscarr |218 |269
Pheasant Bank |270 |290
Scawsby Rosedale |126 |128
Scawsby Saltersgate |255 |218
Sprotbrough Richmond Hill |195 |230
Junior Schools
Armthorpe Shaw Wood |325 |362
Armthorpe Tranmoor |212 |213
Conisbrough Morley Place |208 |267
Denaby Main |186 |184
Doncaster Road |111 |138
Montague |194 |220
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Total |24,524 |26,508
Footnote; The total pupil capacity of the schools listed above was 32,271 in
September 1989.
School Building (Doncaster)
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what level of funding he has made available for the Doncaster local education authority for new school building for the years 1990 and 1991.
Mr. Alan Howarth : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Banbury (Mr. Baldry) on 20 December 1989, ( Official Report, columns 254-58, with the correction that "Primary" should be substituted for "Private"). ACGs are made on an annual basis. It is for Doncaster LEA to decide how to use the resources available and to make decisions on expenditure on school buildings in the light of local needs and circumstances.
Human Frontier
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will name the board of trustees and the council of scientists administering the Human Frontier science programme.
Mr. Jackson : The information is as follows :
Board of Trustees--
Canada
Dr. Henri C. Rothschild,
Director General, Technology Policy Branch, Department of Industry, Science and Technology
Mr. Allan S. Pool,
Director, Science and Technology Division, Department of External Affairs
France
M. Jean de Gliniasty,
Director of Development and Co-operation for Science and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
M. Claude Amiel,
Director, Division of Biology, Medicine and Health, Ministry of Research and Technology
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Federal Republic of GermanyDr. Helmut Klein,
Head of Projects Management for Biology, Ecology and Energy, Nuclear Research Centre, Julich
Dr. Heinrich Pfeiffer,
General Secretary, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Italy
Mr. Michele Lener,
Multilateral Units Manager, International Relations Office, Ministry of University and Scientific Research
Professor Alberto Albertini,
President of the Scientific Committee of the National Research Council's Finalised Project on Advanced Biotechnologies
Japan
Ambassador Hiromichi Miyazaki (Chairman),
Committee on Policy Matters, Council for Science and Technology Dr. Kozo Iizuka,
Special Adviser to the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry United Kingdom
Mr. Robin Ritzema,
Head of International Science Division, Department of Education and Science
Dr. Victoria Harrison,
Head of Policy Planning and Assessment, Agricultural and Food Research Council
United States of America
Dr. Katherine Bick,
Deputy Director for Extramural Research, NIH
Dr. Mary Clutter,
Assistant Director for Biological, Behavioural and Social Sciences, NSF
Council of Scientists--
Canada
Dr. Francis S. Rolleston,
Director of Scientific Evaluation Division, Medical Research Council
Dr. James D. Friesen,
Department of Biochemistry, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute
France
M. Pierre Chambon,
Professor, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg,
Director of a Joint CNRS-INSERM Laboratory
M. Jean-Pierre Chageux,
Professor, College de France, Director of Research at the Pasteur Institute
Federal Republic of Germany
Dr. Dieter Oesterhelt,
Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry
Dr. Ernst-Ludiwg Winnacker,
Institute for Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University Italy
Professor Glauco Tocchini-Valentini,
Director of Cellular Biology, Laboratory of CNR, Rome
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Professor Giorgio Parisi,Professor of Theoretical Physics, II University of Rome (Tor Vergata)
Japan
Professor Masao Ito,
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
Professor Akiyoshi Wada,
Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo
United Kingdom
Sir Walter Bodmer,
Director of Research, Imperial Cancer Research Fund
The Lord Adrian,
Professor of Cell Physiology, University of Cambridge
United States of America
Dr. Joseph E. Rall (Chairman),
Deputy Director of Intramural Research, NIH
Dr. Joseph E. Varner,
Professor of Biochemistry, Washington University in St. Louis
Data Protection
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress has been made in issuing guidance concerning the responsibilities of governors of state schools under the Data Protection Act and the purposes for which the governors may hold personal data ; and whether he will make a statement.
Mrs. Rumbold : The necessary guidance will be issued as soon as possible.
Local Government Finance
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received concerning the way colleges and universities respond to requests from a community charges registration officer concerning students ; whether he will allocate additional grants so that these institutions need only disclose information about students resident in a particular charging authority area ; and whether he will make a statement.
Mr. Jackson : Apart from the question asked by the hon. Member on 26 October 1989 ( Official Report, col. 536 ), my right hon. Friend has received no representations concerning the way colleges and universities respond to requests from community charges registration officers (CCROs) about students. As I said in reply to the earlier question, the information needs of CCROs are a matter for my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Environment.
History and Geography Working Groups
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many copies of the interim report of the geography working group and the history working group were sent to local education authorities for consultation.
Mrs. Rumbold : Each of the 104 local education authorities in England and Wales were sent 10 copies of the history and 10 copies of the geography interim reports
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at the time they were published. Further copies were offered to authorities and others on application to the Department and many availed themselves of this offer.Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many people with inner-city school experience are members of (a) the history working group and (b) the geography working group in the preparation of the national curriculum.
Mrs. Rumbold : Two members of the history working group and three members of the geography working group have had experience either of teaching in inner cities or of working closely with school teachers in inner-city areas.
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many people with primary teaching experience are members of (a) the history working group and (b) the geography working group in the preparation of the national curriculum.
Mrs. Rumbold : Four out of 12 members of the history working group and four out of 12 members of the geography working group have had teaching experience in primary schools or are employed as advisers with responsibilities for primary schools.
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many school pupils aged 14 to 16 years are currently studying (a) history and (b) geography expressed in total numbers and as a percentage of the total numbers of school pupils.
Mrs. Rumbold : The latest readily available information--taken from the 1988 secondary school staffing survey--indicated that the following numbers and percentages of pupils were studying history, geography and combined courses which might include history and geography in the third, fourth and fifth secondary years in England :
Year group
|3 |4 |5
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Pupils studying history
number |490,000|225,000|250,000
as a percentage of all pupils
in the year group |90 |40 |42
Pupils studying geography
number |490,000|260,000|275,000
as a percentage of all pupils
in the year group |90 |46 |46
Pupils studying combined
courses within the arts/
humanities/social science
fields
number |60,000 |50,000 |45,000
as a percentage of all pupils
in the year group |11 |9 |7
The secondary school staffing survey was carried out in March 1988 based on a representative 10 per cent. sample of maintained secondary schools in England.
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science which organisations, other than local education authorities, have been sent copies of the interim reports of (a) the history working group and (b) the geography working group ; and how many copies were sent to each organisation.
Mrs. Rumbold : Copies of the interim reports of both the history and the geography working groups were sent to
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over 200 organisations. A total of 17,500 history and 26,000 geography reports have been distributed up to 31 December last.Special Educational Needs
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what account he has taken in considering schemes from local education authorities for local management of schools, of special educational needs provision.
Mrs. Rumbold : In considering schemes for local management of schools submitted by local education authorities, my right hon. Friend has been concerned to ensure that appropriate and effective provision is made for pupils with special educational needs. This follows the requirement in circular 7/78 on local management of schools that LEAs' schemes should reflect the incidence of pupils with special educational needs in their schools.
Financial Delegation
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will identify those local education authorities for which he has agreed schemes for financial delegation of colleges where the costs of premature retirement, severance and dismissal are treated as exceptions to the scheme ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) if he will number those local education authorities for which he has agreed schemes for financial delegation of colleges where the costs of premature retirement, severance and dismissal are treated as exceptions to the scheme ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Jackson : Of schemes approved to date, the following local education authorities allow for the costs of premature retirement, severance and dismissal to be treated as an exception to the scheme :
Tameside
Northamptonshire
Cheshire
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