HC Deb 01 February 1995 vol 253 cc723-6W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many intensive therapy unit beds there were in each region in each of the last five years.

Mr. Sackville

[holding answer 13 January 1995]: Information is provided in the table on the average daily number of available designated intensive therapy beds for England, excluding neonatal intensive care, and for each regional health authority area, in the years 1989–90 to 1993–94. However, in addition to these services provided in units designated as intensive therapy units, intensive therapy can also be delivered in a variety of hospital departments, such as neonatal intensive care, coronary care units, accident and emergency departments, renal units and high dependency units. It is for each purchasing authority to determine the appropriate level and type of provision of intensive therapy based on an assessment of the needs of their population, taking account of local priorities.

requirements of the current or previous national curriculum for English, mathematics and history; and the curriculum guidance listed under heading 3a related to these requirements. The current requirements will be superseded by those of the revised national curriculum as set out in the documents listed under the second heading, but the guidance listed under heading 3a will continue to be relevant to the revised national curriculum in as much as this is essentially a slimmed down version of the existing curriculum.

The documents listed under heading 3b are in the main annual publications relating to each year's assessment. arrangements and are directly relevant therefore only to the year to which they relate, though teachers may use a previous year's tests in their teaching and, as with the curriculum materials, the content remains relevant because the tests assess core elements of the curriculum which are largely unchanged.

The following list shows the publications relating to national curriculum subjects other than English, mathematics and history, arranged under similar headings to those used in the answer of 24 January. The separate costs of the documents listed under the second heading cannot be disaggregated for the reason given in the answer of 24 January, but the total costs of the revised national curriculum documents were included in that answer. I will write the hon. Member as soon as possible with the costs of the documents listed under the third and fourth headings. The relevance of the documents listed to the revised national curriculum is as explained above.

1. Statutory documents containing or relating to attainment targets and programmes of study for the current or previous national curriculum
Production costs £ Distribution costs £
Science in the National Curriculum 762,0001 198,0001
Science in the National Curriculum (1991) 251,000 76,000
Technology in the National Curriculum 630,0001 185,0001
Geography in the National Curriculum 888,000 243,000
Modern Foreign Languages in the National Curriculum 172,000 90,000
Music in the National Curriculum 488,000 175,000
Art in the National Curriculum 490,000 175,000
Physical Education in the National Curriculum 502,000 179,000
Order removing sex education from "Science in the National Curriculum" 12,000 7,000
1 These figures are estimates.

The cost of miscellaneous deliveries in all subjects subsequent to the initial bulk distributions has totalled approximately £257,000.

2. Statutory documents containing Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study for the revised National Curriculum

  • Science in the National Curriculum
  • Design and Technology in the National Curriculum
  • Information Technology in the National Curriculum
  • Geography in the National Curriculum
  • Modern Foreign Languages in the National Curriculum
  • Music in the National Curriculum
  • Art in the National Curriculum
  • Physical Education in the National Curriculum
  • The National Curriculum
  • Key Stages 1 and 2 of the National Curriculum

3. Non-Statutory Curriculum guidance Science

  • 1989 Science Non-Statutory Guidance
  • 1991 Science Explorations
  • 1991 Science Non-Statutory Guidance
  • 1992 Forces
  • 1993 Electricity and Magnetism
  • 1993 Energy
  • 1993 Teaching Science at Key Stages 1 and 2
  • 1993 Teaching Science at Key Stages 3 and 4
  • 1993 Earth Sciences—Primary
  • 1993 Earth Sciences—Secondary
  • 1994 Chemical Changes
  • 1994 Genetics and Ecology

Design and Technology

  • 1990 Design and Technology Non-Statutory Guidance
  • 1991 Implementing Design and Technology at Key Stages 1 and 2
  • 1991 Implementing Design and Technology at Key Stage 3

Information Technology

  • 1990 Information Technology Non-Statutory Guidance

Geography

  • 1991 Geography Non-Statutory Guidance
  • 1993 Teaching Geography at Key Stages 1 and 2: an INSET Guide
  • 1993 Teaching Geography at Key Stage 3: an INSET Guide
  • 1993 An Introduction to Teaching Geography at Key Stages 1 and 2
  • 1993 An introduction to Teaching Geography at Key Stage 3

Modern Foreign Languages

  • 1992 Modern Foreign Languages Non-Statutory Guidance
  • 1993 Target Practice

Art

  • 1992 Art Non-Statutory Guidance

Music

  • 1992 Music Non-Statutory Guidance

Physical Education

  • 1992 Physical Education Non-Statutory Guidance

4. Assessment of pupils Science

Key Stage 1

  • 1994 Optional Science Pack

Key Stage 2

  • 1993 Pilot Tests
  • 1994 Pilot Tests
  • 1995 Tasks

Key Stage 3

  • 1991 INSET material (Ma & Sc)
  • 1992 Pupils' Work Assessed
  • 1992 School Assessment Folder
  • 1992 Tests
  • 1993 Sample Test Questions
  • 1993 Tests
  • 1993 Assessing Sc1
  • 1993 Pupils' Work Assessed
  • 1994 Level 1&2 Tasks
  • 1994 Tests
  • 1995 Level 1&2 Tasks

Key Stage 4

  • 1993 Scl: Scientific Investigation

Technology

Key Stage 1

  • 1992 Children's Work Assessed
  • 1992 Optional Tasks
  • 1993 Optional Level 4 Tasks
  • 1993 Working with the current Order (D&T)

Key Stage 2

  • 1993 Working with the current Order (D&T)

Key Stage 3

  • 1993 Assessment material Te5
  • 1993 Sample Test Questions (IT)
  • 1993 Long Task and Test Questions (D&T)
  • 1993 Tests
  • 1993 Pupils' Work Assessed (IT)
  • 1994 Optional Tasks

Geography

Key Stage 1

  • 1993 Optional Tasks

Key Stage 3

  • 1992 Teacher Assessment at KS3
  • 1993 Pupils' Work Assessed

Modern foreign languages

Key Stage 3

  • 1992 Teacher Assessment at KS3

Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the total income received since 1988 for the sale of documentation relating to changes in the national curriculum.

Mr. Forth

Information on income from the sale of documents relating specifically to changes to the national curriculum is not available. Income from the sale of all documents relating to the national curriculum and its assessment since 1988 by the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority and its predecessors is estimated at around £0.9 million. In addition the Department for Education has received royalties from Her Majesty's Stationery Office as a result of its sales of national curriculum documents estimated at £0.2 million since 1988.