§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for(a) his Department and (b) associated bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (1) fuel types and (2) engine cubic capacities; how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (A) his Department and (B) associated bodies listed in the National Asset Register will be replaced in (x) 1999–2000, (y) 2000–1 and (z) 2001–2 by vehicles using (al) petrol, (b2) diesel, (c3) natural gas, (d4) electric batteries and (e5) other; and how much his Department plans to spend in each year on vehicle replacements. [90689]
§ Mr. Mudie[holding answer 19 July 1999]: The information provided in the following table is in respect of vehicles owned and leased by the DfEE, its non
Financial year 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 (a) Entrants to full-time teaching in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector New entrants 15,900 16,900 18,100 19,300 19,500 Those who in previous March were: In full-time service in another sector 1,200 1,200 1,000 1,000 900 In part-time service in any sector 5,500 5,100 5,000 5,300 4,800 In other service (mainly occasional) 1,000 900 900 900 800 Out of service 8,200 7,800 6,300 6,600 6,100 Previously retired 100 100 200 200 100 Total 16,000 15,100 13,300 13,900 12,800 Total entrants 32,000 32,000 31,300 33,200 32,300 (b) Movement from full-time teaching in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector Those who moved to: Full-time service in another sector 2,500 1,800 1,700 2,000 2,000 Part-time service in any sector 5,200 4,900 5,700 5,500 5,900 Other Service (mainly occasional) 1,000 1,000 900 700 800 Out of service 12,900 11,700 10,800 11,400 9,800 Retirement 11,200 11,600 12,900 12,400 13,100 Other 1 100 200 400 400 300 Total 32,900 31,200 32,300 32,300 32,000 1 The 'other' category includes those whose position is not known. Notes:
1. The period 1995–96 is the latest for which full records of teacher movements are available.
2. The latest teacher retirement data shows that early retirements from the maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector, England and Wales fell from 15,500 in financial year 1997–98 to 4,600 in 1998–99.
3. The full-time equivalent teachers in service in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector in England rose by 4,100 (1 per cent.) between January 1998 and 1999.
162Wdepartmental public bodies (NDPBs), the Employment Service Agency (ES) and the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED).
Currently 977 vehicles owned and 536 leased; 1,005 of which are petrol, 506 diesel and 2 LPG.
Engine cc Petrol Diesel Petrol/Gas Owned Leased Up to 1600 344 42 —— 359 27 1600–1799 192 222 —— 328 86 1800–2000 418 151 2 197 374 2001–2200 39 22 —— 14 47 Over 2200 12 69 —— 79 2 Total 1,005 506 2 977 536 DfEE does not use a replacement cycle as the basis for replacing vehicles. Vehicles are replaced only when a new business case from a user is approved. The DfEE and the Employment Service continue to be "on target" to reduce their fleet size.
In ES, there are now 284 vehicles less than in 1998 with the number continuing to fall. In DfEE, only 1 (one) replacement vehicle has been applied for under the Private User Scheme following the tightening of these rules.