HC Deb 05 December 1994 vol 251 cc62-4W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the number and percentage of disabled people employed by her Department and associated agencies over the past five years; and what are the projected figures for the next five years.

Mr. Forth

The number and percentage of registered disabled people employed by the Department and the Teachers Pensions Agency over the last five years are as follows:

year Number(full-time equivalents) per cent
1994 60.0 2.9
1993 63.0 3.0
1992 68.5 2.6
1991 70.0 2.6
1990 65.5 2.6

This table refers only to staff who are registered disabled. There are disabled people employed by the Department who choose not to register, and therefore do not appear in the figures.

Projected figures for the next five years are not available.

Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the budget allocated by her Department and associated agencies for each of the next five years; and how many staff or staff hours equivalent have been allocated to achieve the objectives of the programme for action to achieve equality of opportunity in the civil service for disabled people.

All grant figures are given in £ million (Revenue in academic years; capital in financial years)
Recurrent grant paid 1993–94 Pupil numbers 1993–94 Capital grant paid 1993–94 Recurrent grant estimate 1994–95 Pupil numbers 1994–95 Capital grant estimate 1994–95
Kingshurst 3.6 1,223 0.3 3.7 1,250 0.2
Djanogly 2.6 844 0.1 2.7 867 0.1
Macmillan 2.8 912 0.3 3.0 980 0.7
Emmanuel 1.9 600 2.0 750 0.1
Dixons 2.5 730 0.3 2.7 895 0.2
Leigh 3.4 1,140 0.3 3.7 1,236 0.7
Harris 3.2 1,000 0.1 3.5 1,033 0.3
BRITschool 2.9 686 3.0 703 0.4
Bacon's 4.0 1,050 4.1 1,061
Haberdashers' 4.7 1,150 2.7 4.8 1,139 0.1
Thomas Telford 2.5 664 2.8 832
Brooke Weston 2.5 745 0.1 2.7 860 0.1
ADT 2.7 592 3.1 736 0.1
Landau Forte 2.0 450 2.2 600
John Cabot 1.3 150 2.9 1.5 327 0.7
Total 42.4 11,936 7.1 45.4 13,269 3.8

Mr. Jamieson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will publish a list of all city technology colleges showing their examination results and truancy figures.

1994 Performance tables—CTCs
15 year-old performance GCSEs 16+ year-old performance GCEA/S Absence
CTC Pupils aged 15 5+ A* -C Pet cent. 5+ A* -G Per cent. 1+ A* -G Per cent VQ number entered VQ percentage achieving Per cent. Number entering<2 Average point score Per candidate Number entering 2 or more Average point score Per candidate Average point score per exam entry VQ number entering in final year VQ percentage number achieving qualifications Per cent. Pupils of compulsory school age Authorised absence Per cent Unauthorised absence Per cent.
ADT College 3 0 0 0 572 6.9 0.2
Wandsworth 29 75 88 80 3.4 11.9 4.4 85 8.0 2.3
Bacon's 150 11 76 95 18 0.7 22 8.6 2.8 892 13.1 0.8
Southwark 18 70 85 85 0.6 7.3 2.5 100 9.8 3.8
Brooke Weston 64 58 100 100 34 100 37 3.0 38 13.8 4.1 7 100 644 7.3 0.1
Northants 39 89 95 95 2.6 13.9 4.5 90 7.6 0.7
Bril school 108 31 86 92 81 91 86 3.3 16 10.9 3.7 168 86 234 0.5 0.2
Croydon 37 83 91 89 3.3 13.6 4.7 85 7.6 0.6
Dianogly 145 16 80 98 145 38 1 4.0 1.3 797 3.1 0.5
Notts 35 84 91 80 14.0 4.3 83 8.1 1.6
Dixons 98 68 100 100 94 52 744 5.6 0.1
Bradford 27 76 89 71 13.6 4.1 87 9.2 3.5

Mr. Forth

Departmental expenditure in support of the programme for action to achieve equality of opportunity in the civil service for disabled people includes cost elements associated with staff numbers, training, special equipment and other forms of support, accommodation, etcetera, and cannot be disaggregated.

The number of staff or staff hours equivalent allocated to achieve the objectives of the programme for action cannot be estimated, since successful implementation will require the commitment not only of equal opportunities officers but of other personnel, welfare and training officers and individual line managers throughout the organisation.