§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the average morbidity in terms of annual admissions to hospital per 100,000 population in each district health authority in(a) 1980, (b) 1984, (c) 1985 and (d) each year since 1990–91.
§ Mr. Gwilym Jones[holding answer 14 March 1995]: Latest estimates of the number of in-patient cases and day cases per 100,000 population are given in the following table.
number of forms this represents; how many (a) pupils and (b) forms had entered each September since the school attained grant-maintained status; how many other pupils joined during each academic year as a grant-maintained school; and how many are entered to join in September 1995. [23873]
§ Mr. Robin SquireStratford school's approved admissions number at the time of the decision on grant-maintained status was 180, indicating six forms of entry. The Department does not collect information in the precise form requested. Returns from the school indicate the following first-year intakes, organised in each case in five forms:
- September 1991: 124 pupils
- September 1992: 116 pupils
- September 1993: 129 pupils
- September 1994: 111 pupils
An estimated figure for the 1995 intake can be provided by the school.
§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Lidington) of 5 May,Official Report, column 338, on Stratford grant-maintained school, what consultancy help the school has received; for what purpose; at what cost and from whom; and what further grants it has received from the Funding Agency for Schools and for what purposes. [23875]
§ Mr. ForthDecisions on the appointment of consultants in a grant-maintained school are the responsibility of the school's governing body. The cost of consultancies is met from within a school's normal recurrent funding, plus any additional grants which may have been agreed.
135WThe funding of Stratford school is a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman of the funding agency to write to the hon. Member with the information requested.