HC Deb 10 April 2002 vol 383 cc128-9W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the names of the unpaid advisers appointed by her and her predecessors since June 1997, stating in each case(a)the date of their appointment, (b)the duration of their appointment and (c)the project or projects on which they have been engaged. [43387]

Estelle Morris

[holding answer 25 March 2002]:No unpaid appointments, as defined in paragraph 51 of the Ministerial Code, have been made in this Department or its predecessors since June 1997.

For details of unpaid appointments made by this Department to task forces, review groups and other ad hoc advisory groups, I refer the right hon. Member to the answer provided by my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Mr. Leslie), on 16 November 2001, Official Report,column 958W.

1999 2000 20011
Newcastle England Newcastle England Newcastle England
Key Stage 1—Percentage of pupils achieving Level 2 or above
Reading 81 82 82 83 81 84
Writing 81 83 84 84 84 86
Maths 87 87 90 90 89 91
Key Stage 2—Percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above
English 61 71 68 75 65 75
Reading 69 78 78 83 71 82
Writing 47 54 47 55 51 58
Mathematics 60 69 65 72 62 71
Science 72 78 81 85 82 87
Key Stage 3—Percentage of pupils achieving Level 5 or above
English2 52 64 53 64 57 64
Mathematics 52 62 54 65 56 66
Science 43 55 47 59 56 66
12001 data are provisional
2Reading and writing are not separately assessed at Key Stage 3, so the overall figure for English is provided

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the Ofsted reports for schools, the LEA and other agencies in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne for(a)2000 and (b)2001; and what programme of Ofsted reports has been agreed for (i) 2002 and (ii) 2003. [45752]

Mr. Timms

These are matters for HM Chief Inspector of Schools. I have therefore asked Mike Tomlinson to write to my hon. Friend and to place a copy of his letter in the Library.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of students achieved(a)five GCSE grades A to C, (b)one grade A to C and (c)one graded A to E and average GCSE point score in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in (i) 1998, (ii) 1999, (iii) 2000 and (iv) 2001; and what the equivalent national average achievements were for those years. [45753]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The percentages of pupils that achieved the stated qualifications are as follows.

1998 1999 2000 2001