§
Mr. Byers
[holding answer 1 December 1997]The following list gives the percentage of schools in each local education authority where both the proportion of 15-year-old pupils achieving five A*-C and five A*-G grades at GCSE was lower in 1997 than in 1994.
|
Per cent. |
| Camden |
7 |
| Greenwich |
5 |
| Hackney |
14 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham |
8 |
| Islington |
7 |
| Kensington and Chelsea |
0 |
| Lambeth |
0 |
| Lewisham |
17 |
| Southwark |
6 |
| Tower Hamlets |
0 |
| Wandsworth |
0 |
| Westminster |
0 |
| Barking and Dagenham |
11 |
| Barnet |
22 |
| Bexley |
15 |
| Brent |
6 |
| Bromley |
10 |
| Croydon |
4 |
| Ealing |
6 |
| Enfield |
14 |
| Harringey |
14 |
| Harrow |
8 |
| Havering |
0 |
| Hillingdon |
28 |
| Hounslow |
0 |
| Kingston upon Thames |
8 |
| Merton |
17 |
| Newham |
0 |
| Redbridge |
5 |
| Richmond upon Thames |
30 |
| Sutton |
18 |
| Waltham Forest |
9 |
| Birmingham |
6 |
| Coventry |
12 |
| Dudley |
17 |
| Sandwell |
21 |
| Solihull |
11 |
| Walsall |
20 |
| Wolverhampton |
17 |
| Knowsley |
0 |
| Liverpool |
8 |
| St. Helens |
0 |
| Sefton |
29 |
| Wirral |
14 |
| Bolton |
28 |
395W
|
Percent. |
| Bury |
6 |
| Manchester |
5 |
| Oldham |
10 |
| Rochdale |
5 |
| Salford |
14 |
| Stockport |
11 |
| Tameside |
14 |
| Trafford |
10 |
| Wigan |
10 |
| Barnsley |
18 |
| Doncaster |
25 |
| Rotherham |
9 |
| Sheffield |
15 |
| Bradford |
18 |
| Calderdale |
19 |
| Kirklees |
16 |
| Leeds |
17 |
| Wakefield |
9 |
| Gateshead |
18 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
6 |
| North Tyneside |
13 |
| South Tyneside |
6 |
| Sunderland |
0 |
| Isles of Scilly |
0 |
| Berkshire |
17 |
| Cambridgeshire |
23 |
| Cheshire |
11 |
| Cornwall |
26 |
| Cumbria |
26 |
| Devon |
15 |
| Essex |
15 |
| Gloucestershire |
11 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
25 |
| Hertfordshire |
12 |
| Isle of Wight |
0 |
| Kent |
12 |
| Lancashire |
10 |
| Lincolnshire |
14 |
| Norfolk |
8 |
| Northamptonshire |
18 |
| Northumberland |
13 |
| Nottinghamshire |
17 |
| (a)The participating Minister or Ministers |
(b)The destination of the trip |
(c) The purpose of the trip |
(d) The cost of the trip £ |
| Deputy Prime Minister |
The Hague, Netherlands |
Attend the Marshall Plan Commemoration on behalf of the Government |
1,570 |
| Deputy Prime Minister |
Luxembourg |
Attend meeting of EU Transport Ministers |
2,701 |
| Deputy Prime Minister |
USA |
Attend United Nations General Assembly Special Session |
18,235 |
| Deputy Prime Minister |
Calcutta, India |
Representing the Prime Minister at the funeral of Mother Theresa of Calcutta. (Costs include flight costs for the Royal party) |
99,500 |
| Deputy Prime Minister |
Luxembourg |
Attend meeting of EU Environment Ministers |
826 |
| Deputy Prime Minister |
Washington, USA |
Meeting with US Vice President Al Gore |
38,964 |
| Deputy Prime Minister |
Japan |
Ministerial discussions in preparation for the Climate Change Convention |
| Deputy Prime Minister |
New Delhi, India |
Ministerial discussions in preparation for the Climate Change Convention |
Costs yet to be finalised |
| Deputy Prime Minister |
Japan |
Ministerial discussions in preparation for the Climate Change Convention |
| Deputy Prime Minister |
New Zealand |
Ministerial discussions in preparation for the Climate Change Convention |
| Deputy Prime Minister |
Australia |
Ministerial discussions in preparation for the Climate Change Convention; and attend Anglo-Australian trade promotion conference/events |
| Minister of Transport |
Luxembourg |
EU Transport Council |
5,431 |
| Minister of Transport |
Germany |
Attend meetings with German Minister concerning UK Presidency |
2,353 |
| Minister of Transport |
Israel |
Trade Mission |
3,371 |
| Minister of Transport |
Luxembourg |
EU Transport Council |
5,080 |
396W
|
Percent. |
| Oxfordshire |
15 |
| Shropshire |
19 |
| Somerset |
11 |
| Suffolk |
9 |
| Surrey |
19 |
| Warwickshire |
6 |
| West Sussex |
27 |