HC Deb 18 July 2001 vol 372 cc207-8W
Dr. Palmer

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the key targets are for the Chief Executive of Service Children's Education for 2001–02. [5486]

Dr. Moonie

The Chief Executive has been set the following key targets for 2001–02.

  1. 1. To meet the following percentage of pupils achieving Level 2 at the end of Key Stage 1 in:
    • Reading—89 per cent.
    • Writing—91 per cent.
    • Spelling—80 per cent.
    • Mathematics—93 per cent.
  2. 2. To meet the following percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above at the end of Key Stage 2 in:
    • English—77 per cent.
    • Mathematics—74 per cent.
    • Science—88 per cent.
  3. 3. To meet the following percentage of pupils achieving Level 5 or above at the end of Key Stage 3 in:
    • English—76 per cent.
    • Mathematics—75 per cent.
    • Science—71 per cent.

Deaths to UK Gulf veterans1 1 April 1991–30 June 2001 Causes (coded to ICD-9)2
ICD chapter Cause of death Gulf Era Mortality rate ratio
All deaths 496 494 1.00
All cause coded deaths 485 473 1.02
I—XVI Disease-related causes 179 216 0.83
I Infectious and parasitic diseases 3 2 1.49
II Cancers 71 77 0.92
III Endocrine and immune disorders 1 4 0.25
V Mental disorders 9 11 0.81
VI Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 7 6 1.16
VII Diseases of the circulatory system 66 86 0.76
VIII Diseases of the respiratory system 10 5 1.99
IX Diseases of the digestive system 9 14 0.64
IV, X—XVI All other disease-related causes 3 11 0.27
EXVII External causes of injury and poisoning 306 257 1.18
Railway accidents 4 1 3.98
Motor vehicle accidents 110 88 1.24
Water transport accidents 4 1 3.98
Air and space accidents 25 17 1.46
Other vehicle accidents 0 1 0.00
Accidental poisoning 10 13 0.77
Accidental falls 8 6 1.33
Accidents due to fire/flames 0 1 0.00
Accidents due to natural environmental factors 2 2 1.00

  1. 4. To meet a three year rolling average percentage of Year 11 pupils achieving five or more higher (A*-C) grades in GCSE of 50 per cent.
  2. 5. To meet a three year rolling average subject entries achieving passes at grades A-C at A Level of 56 per cent.
  3. 6. To meet the following percentages against the four attributes of Standards, Quality, School Climate and Management and Efficiency measured during Ofsted inspections.
    • 100 per cent. of SCE schools are to achieve grade 3 or above.
    • 85 per cent. of SCE schools are to achieve grade 2 or above except that in the "Schools Climate" attribute 100 per cent. of SCE schools are to achieve grade 2 or above.
  4. 7. To respond in full to customers seeking education advice from SCE (UK) within the following timescales:
    • 93 per cent. within 10 working days of receipt
    • remainder within 20 working days of receipt.

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