§ Mr. WoodwardTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the average class sizes were for (a) 11, (b) 10, (c) 9, (d) 8, (e) 7, (f) 12, (g) 13, (h) 14, (i) 15, (j) 16, and (k) 17 year olds in each school in the Witney constituency over the past three years; and what were the national averages in the same period. [109093]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisInformation on class sizes for individual schools is not normally published. Where individual school information is published, as in the School Performance tables, the information is first checked with the schools concerned.
The available information on class sizes in the parliamentary constituency of Witney, and in England, is shown in the table. In Witney parliamentary constituency, the large majority of classes in maintained primary schools involve mixed year groups so these have also been shown for completeness.
interview with a personal adviser and 89 per cent. of those parents have agreed to participate further. At the end of November 1999, 32,710 had found jobs.
The New Deal for Disabled People is still in the pilot stage and continues to make encouraging progress. Since the pilots began in autumn 1998, 13,539 people on incapacity benefits have attended initial interview or applied for innovative schemes, around two out of three participated further, and as a result 1,911 have found jobs. 395W An interim evaluation report was published in December 1999, a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library. We are actively considering the way forward.