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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has given to hospital trusts on training of overseas doctors in English language skills. - Inc ref to 'Health Service Circular 1999/137: employment of European Economic Area (EEA) Nationals'.

Asked by

Phyllis Starkey (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 June 2004

Reference

177463; 422 c361-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what language tests are required for doctors employed by the NHS who were trained in other EU member states.

Asked by

Phyllis Starkey (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 June 2004

Reference

177456; 422 c150W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 81W, on modern languages, how many GCSE and A level passes, in each of the language categories and years, were obtained by students at (a) independent and (b) state schools....

Asked by

Phyllis Starkey (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 July 2001

For answer on

11 July 2001

Answered on

11 July 2001

Dr. Starkey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her answer of 3 July 2001, Official Report, column 81W, on modern languages, how many GCSE and A-level passes, in each of the language categories and years, were obtained by students at (a) independent and (b) state schools. [2836] Mr. Ivan Lewis: The number of GCSE and A-level passes, in each of the language categories and years, obtained by students in (a) independent and (b) state schools are shown in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. GCSE GCE A-level 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 (a) Independent schools Urdu 380 435 439 508 728 56 105 23 85 113 Bengali 35 36 38 37 36 -- 1 2 -- 2 Gujarati 87 111 97 93 136 -- -- -- -- -- Hindi -- -- -- -- -- 3 6 4 1 -- Chinese 1,243 1,283 1,203 1,112 1,277 750 677 825 888 961 Any modern 46,211 44,501 42,202 41,538 41,876 9,505 9,510 9,310 9,240 8,711 language (b) State schools Urdu 5,617 5,661 5,525 5,732 5,722 231 240 182 205 226 Bengali 1,939 2,061 2,011 2,056 1,967 30 26 36 9 15 Gujarati 1,015 1,043 832 1,009 1,017 -- -- -- -- -- Hindi -- -- -- -- -- 14 3 3 3 -- Chinese 493 574 546 596 593 59 72 87 107 133 Any modern 391,440 388,408 408,264 421,523 425,546 13,890 13,687 13,499 13,048 11,825 language _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

11 July 2001

Reference

2836; 371 c556W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

(Pursuant to reply on 03.07.2001 at 371 c81W) To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students obtained GCSE and A-level examinations in (a) Urdu, (b) Bengali, (c) Gujerati, (d) Hindi, (e) Mandarin, (f) Cantonese and (g) modern languages in each of the last five years....

Asked by

Phyllis Starkey (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 July 2001

Reference

1299; 371 c555W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 36W, on community languages, if she will list those specialist language colleges which offer (a) Urdu, (b) Bengali, (c) Gujerati, (d) Hindi and (e) Chinese. - Includes table.

Asked by

Phyllis Starkey (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 July 2001

For answer on

5 July 2001

Answered on

5 July 2001

Dr. Starkey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her answer of 2 July 2001, Official Report, column 36W, on community languages, if she will list those specialist language colleges which offer (a) Urdu, (b) Bengali, (c) Gujerati, (d) Hindi and (e) Chinese. [2356] Mr. Timms: I understand that of the 99 specialist language colleges in operation as of September 2000, 46 offer one or more of the languages in question to an accredited level: Urdu (17), Bengali (10), Gujerati (7), Hindi (1) and Chinese (31). The names of the 46 schools are given in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. School LEA Urdu Bengali Gujerati Hindi Chinese 1 Arden school Solihull -- -- -- -- Yes 2 Ashcombe Surrey -- -- -- -- Yes school 3 Bishop Heber Cheshire -- -- -- -- Yes county high school 4 Bournemouth Bournemouth -- -- -- -- Yes school 5 Bullers Wood London -- -- -- -- Yes school borough of Bromley 6 Chatham Medway -- -- -- -- Yes grammar school for boys 7 Clevedon North -- -- -- -- Yes community Somerset school 8 Cranford London Yes -- Yes Yes Yes community borough of high school Hounslow 9 Dallam school Cumbria -- -- -- -- -- 10 Dartford Kent -- Yes Yes -- -- grammar school 11 Elizabeth London -- Yes -- -- -- Garrett borough of Anderson Islington school 12 Gosforth high Newcastle Yes -- -- -- -- school upon Tyne 13 Haydon school Hillingdon -- -- Yes -- Yes 14 Hele's school City of -- -- -- -- Yes Plymouth 15 Hockerill Hertfordshire -- -- -- -- Yes Anglo- European school 16 Hummersknott Darlington Yes -- -- -- -- school 17 Ian Ramsey CE Stockton on Yes -- -- -- -- school Tees 18 Judgemeadow City of -- -- Yes -- -- community Leicester college 19 Katharine Gloucester -- -- -- -- Yes Lady Berkeleys school 20 King Edward Sheffield Yes -- -- -- -- VII school 21 Kingsthorpe Northamptonsh Yes Yes Yes -- Yes community ire school 22 Levenshulme Manchester Yes Yes -- -- Yes high school 23 Little Lever Bolton Yes -- -- -- Yes school 24 Lord Grey Milton Keynes Yes -- -- -- Yes school 25 Lymm high Warrington -- -- -- -- Yes school 26 Millais West Sussex -- -- -- -- Yes school 27 Monkseaton North -- Yes -- -- Yes community Tyneside high school 28 Montgomery Blackpool -- -- -- -- Yes high school 29 Moseley Birmingham Yes Yes -- -- -- school 30 Northgate Suffolk -- Yes -- -- -- high school 31 Oulder Hill Rochdale Yes -- -- -- -- community school 32 Prince Henrys Leeds -- -- -- -- Yes grammar school 33 Queen Mary's Walsall Yes Yes Yes -- -- high school 34 Royal grammar Buckinghamshi -- -- -- -- Yes school re 35 Shireland Sandwell Yes -- -- -- Yes language school 36 Sir Thomas Gloucestershi -- -- Yes -- -- Rich's school re 37 St. Edward's Liverpool -- -- -- -- Yes college 38 Tavistock Devon -- -- -- -- Yes college 39 The Harwich Essex -- -- -- -- Yes school 40 The Holy Bradford Yes -- -- -- -- Family school 41 The John Wiltshire -- -- -- -- Yes Bentley school 42 The Sir John Tower Hamlet Yes Yes -- -- Yes Cass's Foundation and Red Coat CE school 43 Tile Hill Coventry Yes -- -- -- -- Wood school 44 William Ellis London -- Yes -- -- Yes school borough of Camden 45 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton -- -- Yes -- Yes Girls' high school 46 Woodbridge Redbridge Yes -- -- -- Yes high school Total 17 10 7 1 31 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

5 July 2001

Reference

2356; 371 c300-2W;371 c300-1W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students obtained GCSE and A-level examinations in (a) Urdu, (b) Bengali, (c) Gujerati, (d) Hindi, (e) Mandarin, (f) Cantonese and (g) modern languages in each of the last five years. - Includes table. (Table corrected at 11.07.2001 at...

Asked by

Phyllis Starkey (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 June 2001

For answer on

3 July 2001

Answered on

3 July 2001

Dr. Starkey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students obtained GCSE and A-level examinations in (a) Urdu, (b) Bengali, (c) Gujerati, (d) Hindi, (e) Mandarin, (f) Cantonese and (g) modern languages in each of the last five years. [1299] Mr. Ivan Lewis: The number of students of all ages who obtained GCSE and GCE A-level passes in the various languages over the last five years are shown in the table. Figures for Mandarin and Cantonese are not available, data for Chinese as a whole have been provided instead. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 GCSE (a) Urdu 5,658 6,660 6,370 6,497 6,677 (b) Bengali 2,116 2,220 2,146 2,152 2,041 (c) Gujerati 1,313 1,309 1,026 1,189 1,200 (d) Hindi -- -- -- -- -- (e)(f) Chinese 1,956 2,048 1,937 1,917 2,028 (g) All modern languages 450,244 444,639 460,186 472,010 476,050 GCE A-Level (a) Urdu 833 837 591 746 725 (b) Bengali 99 98 108 37 53 (c) Gujerati -- -- -- -- -- (d) Hindi 31 19 13 8 -- (e)(f) Chinese 972 887 1,074 1,165 1,225 (g) All modern languages 32,937 32,340 31,298 30,224 27,455 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

3 July 2001

Reference

1299; 371 c81W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers are qualified to teach (a) Urdu, (b) Bengali, (c) Gujerati, (d) Hindi, (e) Mandarin, (f) Cantonese and (g) modern languages; how many teacher training places are available for the teaching of such languages; and if she will...

Asked by

Phyllis Starkey (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 July 2001

Reference

1396; 371 c36W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, If he will make a statement on future plans in relation to specialist schools.

Asked by

Phyllis Starkey (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

11 February 1999

Reference

325 c451; 68877

House

House of Commons

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