§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what corrections have been made to the Statistics of Education in England(a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001 editions; if she will list the tables that needed correcting with amendments after each of the volumes were published; and what steps were taken to notify those who received the volumes of such corrections. [44400]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 19 March 2002]: No errata were issued in 1999, 2000 or 2001 for the following volumes:
- Local Labour Force Survey
- Public Examinations GCSE/GNVQ and GCE/AGNVQ in England
- Student Support England and Wales
- Higher Education Statistics in the UK
- National Curriculum Assessments of 7, 11 and 14-year-olds by local education authority.
Education Statistics for the United Kingdom
In 1999 and 2001 there were typographical errors in the volume titled, "Education Statistics for the United Kingdom" and in 2000 there were errors with three single figures. These referred to time series data. The first was in table 2.1 (1990–91 figures), the second in table 3.1 (1998–99 figures) and the third in table 3.24 (1995 figures).
No erratum notes were issued for these errors. They were, however, noted and corrected in the volume the following year.
Schools in England
In 1999 there was an error in the Schools in England volume on table 12. The column listing the pupils' ages was incorrectly labelled for the three and four-year-olds. No erratum was issued.
There were no amendments to the volume for 2000.
In the 2001 volume, tables 13, 36, 47a, 47h and 48 contain incorrect data. This was due to a programming error which was not identified until after the volume was published. A note has been placed on the IX-ES Statistical website informing customers of the errors.
799WTeachers in England
There were several errors detected in the "Teachers in England 2001" volume as follows:
General:
There are no footnotes stating that totals may vary due to rounding.Tables 7(i), (ii),and (iii):
The total rows for men and for women (though not for men and women) have not been correctly tabbed, so that they appear in the wrong columnsTable 12:
The calculation of the London turnover and wastage rates originally used an incorrect definition of Inner and Outer London. The actual figures differ slightly from those published.Table 14:
The 1999 entry for Education elsewhere: Qualified teachers currently reads 3060, whereas it should read 3950Table 24:
The headings on the right hand page (53) are the same as those on the left, and need correcting as follows:
Existing heading Required heading Education Social studies Medicine Language studies Technology Arts other than languages Agriculture Music, drama and visual arts Mathematics Other Other Science Total all subjects Table 25:
The left table (p. 54) has the sub-headings 'Special and PRU' and `Total'. The right table (continued) headings should correspond: they currently read 'Special' and 'All Sectors'. Some of the sub-headings in the right table are not in bold.Table 39:
The left table (p. 72) has the sub-heading 'Special and PRU'. The right table (continued) heading should correspond: it currently reads 'Special'.Table 48:
The title should read Retirements: Type of award by last known sector of service and grade: 2000–01 rather than … grade: 1999–2000.These volumes are issued by the Stationery Office rather than the Department. Corrected version can be downloaded free of charge from the Department's webs ite.