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Sure Start (Lancashire)

Mr. Dawson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many Sure Start capital programmes have been completed in Lancashire. [164115]

Margaret Hodge [holding answer 30 March 2004]: There are 17 local programmes approved across Lancashire over six rounds. Four have completed some of their planned capital work—Hyndburn Church and
 
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West Accrington has completed its main building which is open for service; Burnley, Danehouse and Stoneyholme, Rossendale Bacup and Stacksteads, and Burnley Duke Bar and Burnley Wood have completed some of their capital builds and are anticipated to open in April. 12 neighbourhood nurseries all involving significant building work have also opened offering 432 places to children under the age of five. In addition, One Early Excellence Centre opened its new building in February this year.

Teachers

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the initiatives launched by the Department concerning the continuing professional development of teachers since June 1997, including (a) the date of their launch and (b) their cost. [165289]

Mr. Miliband: Most of the Department's initiatives since June 1997 have involved elements of continuing professional development for teachers. More than £1 billion has been made available in this period to support professional development through national initiatives, such as the Literacy and Numeracy Strategies, Excellence in Cities, Beacon schools and the Key Stage 3 strategy, but it is not possible to disaggregate the precise amounts that have been spent on professional development as many of the initiatives allow schools to decide how the money should be spent. There have however been a number of initiatives that have been specifically for the individual professional development of teachers. A list of these is provided in the following table. In addition, the National College for School Leadership has introduced a number of programmes to transform the quality of leadership in schools.
£

Name of initiative	Date of Launch	Cost
National Professional Qualification for Headship	June 1997	18,630,000
Leadership Programme for Serving Heads	November 1998	4,009,000
New Opportunities Fund ICT Teacher Training	September 1999	230,000,000
Induction	September 1999	(40)70,536,000
Best Practice Research Scholarships	May 2000	9,000,000
Teachers' International Professional Development	May 2000	12,000,000
Sabbaticals	September 2001	24,612,000
Early Professional Development Pilot	September 2001	25,000,000
Professional Bursaries	April 2002	15,000,000
Enhancing Subject Teaching Using ICT	January 2004	8,000,000

⁽⁴⁰⁾ This figure covers the period from April 2001-March 2003. Support for NQT induction was part of a larger school improvement grant for 1999–2001. Separate figures cannot be disaggregated.

TRANSPORT

Cargo Movements

Mr. Barry Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what quantity of consolidated cargo landing in Europe which was transported by road or rail into the United Kingdom was transported to enhanced remote transit sheds in the last year for which figures are available; and what European regulations apply to these cargo movements. [165628]

Dawn Primarolo: I have been asked to reply.

Neither the Department of Transport or HM Customs and Excise hold information down to the level of detain requested.

The European regulations which apply to these cargo movements are:

Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2913/92 (The Community Customs Code), in particular Articles 91–97 thereof, and

Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2454/93 (Provisions for implementation of the Community Customs Code), in particular Articles 340a-340d, 341–442a and 450a-462a.

Roads and Pavements

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what proportion of local authorities'
 
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roads and pavements maintenance budget was paid out for compensation against claims in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; [165056]

(2) how many claims were received by local authorities in each of the last five years for (a) personal injury and (b) damage to motor vehicles in respect of roads and pavements. [165058]

Mr. McNulty: This information is not collated centrally, although we are looking at whether and how we could do so in the future.

A27

Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the traffic flows on the A27 (a) through Worthing and (b) around Arundel were (i) in 1997 and (ii) on the latest date for which figures are available; [165699]

(2) what representations he has received (a) for and (b) against improvements for traffic on the A27 (i) through Worthing and (ii) around Arundel. [165701]

Mr. Jamieson: Traffic flows on the A27 (a) through Worthing and (b) around Arundel (i) in 1997 and (ii)   2002—the latest date for which figures are available—are given in the table:

Year	Location	Two-way annual average daily traffic (AADT)
1997	Clapham, west of Worthing	24,893
1997	North Lancing, east of Worthing	Not available
1997	Walberton, west of Arundel	24,633
1997	Poling, east of Arundel	27,609
2002	Clapham, west of Worthing	26,800
2002	North Lancing, east of Worthing	52,800
2002	Walberton, west of Arundel	26,700
2002	Poling, east of Arundel	28,400

Since the Secretary of State's announcement on 9 July 2003, Ministers have received five representations in support of improvements on the A27 through Worthing and 11 representations in support of improvements on the A27 through Arundel.

No representations for or against proposed short-term, small-scale improvements for traffic on the A27 through Worthing and around Arundel have been received.

Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for   Transport how many lanes each way are justified for   the A27 (a) through Worthing and (b) around Arundel. [165700]

Mr. Jamieson: In Worthing there are four lanes—two each way—for traffic for some sections of the A27 and the remainder is one lane each way with additional lanes at junctions. There are numerous junctions with local roads and a very high proportion of local traffic uses the route.

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Worthing, and I expect their report in the summer. The justification for the number of traffic lanes required in Worthing will therefore depend on this work.

At Arundel, there is one lane each way along the   existing inner Arundel bypass. The principal congestions points are, however, the main junctions at Arundel and at the nearby Crossbush junction. The agency has recently installed traffic signals to improve the operation of the Crossbush junction. It is envisaged that additional road capacity will be required in the Arundel area, but the exact nature of this provision is under consideration and the agency will report back in the summer.

Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to propose relief for (a) traffic on the A27 and (b) residents in (i) Worthing and (ii) Arundel. [165702]

Mr. Jamieson: In July 2003 we rejected the proposals for a number of road improvements for the A27 as presented in the recommendations of the south coast multi-modal study. We asked the Highways Agency to review the proposals and develop less environmentally damaging options. This work is in progress and I expect the agency to report back in the summer. I will then consider the alternatives and decide on the way forward for the Arundel and Worthing lengths of the A27.

The agency is developing short-term measures to improve traffic flow and pedestrian crossing facilities in Worthing and has installed traffic signals to smooth traffic flow at Crossbush junction near Arundel.

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