David Miliband: ...ceremony marking the handover of coalition divisional command. Multi National Division (South-East), led by British troops, has done so much to stabilise southern Iraq, and the handover signals the merger of MND (South-East) with MND centre to form a new MND (South) command for all nine provinces of southern Iraq. Over the next few months, the final draw-down of British forces will take...
David Miliband: The hon. Gentleman may be referring to the merger of the housing and planning functions, which has been set out clearly. Otherwise, the situation is as it has always been: the three main functions of the regional assemblies relate to planning, housing and the regional development agency and its scrutiny.
David Miliband: The numbers of primary school closures in Greater London during the calendar years 1997 to 2003 are shown in the table. The figures include schools that closed as a result of the amalgamation or merger of two or more schools; schools that have closed but re-opened as voluntary schools with a religious character; and schools that have closed in local education authorities that have moved from...
David Miliband: ...schools closed 1997 171 1998 174 1999 197 2000 188 2001 227 2002 223 2003 207 Source: DfES. The figures include schools that closed as a result of the amalgamation or merger of two or more schools; schools that have closed but re-opened as voluntary schools with a religious character; and schools that have closed in local education authorities that have moved...
David Miliband: ...("faith schools") since 1997, listed by LEA area. The first table shows single community schools that have closed and been replaced by single faith schools. The second table shows amalgamations or mergers where community and faith schools have closed, to be replaced by a single faith school. Reliable information is not available in relation to school re-organisations before 1997. Community...
David Miliband: ...1 0 0 0 Worcestershire 0 0 0 1 0 1 Total (1) 1 2 3 8 0 8 (1) To 13 October 2003 The tables exclude schools that opened or closed as a result of amalgamations, mergers or reorganisations, and also former community schools that closed and re-opened with a religious character.