§ Mr. SawfordTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what guidance he gives to local authorities on collecting revenue from telecommunications masts.[73960]
(2) what the average rateable value is of a telecommunication mast. [73403]
§ Mr. LeslieI have been asked to reply. In addition to the guidance provided on the collection of business rates generally, local authorities were given specific
Performance Indicator12 1996–975 1997–98 1995–99 1999–006 2000–01 % achieving 2 + "A" Levels A-E3 NI 91 92 92 93 93 England 81 81 81 81 82 % achieving 5 + GCSEs A*-C4 NI 54 55 56 57 57 England 45 46 48 49 50 % achieving 5+ GCSEs A*-G4 NI 85 87 87 87 86 England 86 88 88 89 89 % achieving no GCSEs4 NI 4 3 3 4 4 England 8 7 6 6 5 Sources: 1 DE, DfES
2 Excludes special and independent schools in Northern Ireland.
3 A level figures are expressed as a percentage of pupils in the final year of an A level course in Northern Ireland and as a percentage of pupils in school and sixth form colleges in England.
4 GCSE figures are expressed as a percentage of pupils in year 12 in Northern Ireland, and as a percentage of 15 year olds in England and Wales.
5 From 1996/97 GCSE figures include GNVQ Part 1 Qualifications.
6 From 1999/00 A level figures for Northern Ireland are from the University of Bath GCE Database.
Performance information for England by LEA is available on the DfES Website, www.dfes.gov.uk/ statistics/DB/SBU/b0334/index.html.