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EDUCATION
Local Education Authorities
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many local education authorities were affected by boundary changes in 1994 95; if she will list for each such local education authority (a) the number of
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schools transferred to a new local education authority, (b) the name of the new local education authority, (c) the education component of the standard spending assessment and (d) the adjusted figure for the standard spending assessment after account has been taken of the boundary changes.Column 98
Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested is set out in the following table. Most local education authorities affected by boundary changes are not affected by school transfers. All the adjustments for boundary changes are included within the "other services" component of local education authorities' standard spending assessments.
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|Education component|Adjusted SSA
|Schools transferred|Receiving LEA |£ million |£ million
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City of London |0 |0.783 |65.873
Camden |0 |78.775 |218.486
Greenwich |0 |114.265 |227.891
Hackney |0 |92.843 |247.328
Hammersmith and Fulham |0 |57.213 |164.606
Islington |0 |80,442 |214.504
Kensington and Chelsea |0 |37.272 |140.302
Lambeth |0 |102.068 |284.848
Lewisham |0 |107.987 |245.200
Southwark |0 |109.934 |273.412
Tower Hamlets |0 |120.163 |259.597
Wandsworth |0 |88.718 |240.671
Westminster |0 |59.934 |241.849
Barking and Dagenham |0 |65.688 |131.085
Barnet |0 |113.666 |227.343
Bexley |0 |84.537 |155.449
Brent |1 |Ealing |106.318 |235.514
Bromley |0 |99.593 |194.122
Croydon |0 |114.342 |239.973
Ealing |0 |108.869 |241.671
Enfield |0 |112.192 |217.111
Haringey |0 |89.054 |213.600
Harrow |0 |70.409 |147.952
Havering |0 |84.067 |155.216
Hillingdon |0 |88.939 |177.762
Hounslow |0 |90.156 |178.744
Kingston upon Thames |0 |45.852 |95.320
Merton |0 |56.276 |124.808
Newham |0 |123.810 |259.435
Redbridge |2 |Barking |94.245 |176.706
Richmond upon Thames |0 |44.331 |102.168
Sutton |0 |64.450 |124.886
Waltham Forest |0 |94.112 |200.246
Birmingham |0 |427.157 |880.278
Coventry |0 |115.727 |227.863
Dudley |0 |98.869 |198.376
Sandwell |0 |113.826 |232.447
Solihull |0 |69.171 |129.509
Walsall |0 |103.691 |206.172
Wolverhampton |0 |96.144 |196.072
Knowsley |0 |69.643 |139.138
Liverpool |2 |Knowsley |202.743 |422.859
St. Helens |0 |63.280 |129.743
Sefton |0 |102.312 |205.107
Bolton |0 |95.727 |193.671
Bury |0 |57.847 |116.426
Manchester |0 |182.485 |420.956
Rochdale |0 |79.656 |159.566
Salford |0 |78.671 |180.186
Stockport |0 |86.091 |175.407
Tameside |0 |76.328 |155.265
Wigan |1 |Salford |104.851 |206.143
Barnsley |0 |73.067 |149.575
Doncaster |0 |113.687 |216.492
Rotherham |0 |96.279 |184.544
Sheffield |0 |162.779 |377.290
Bradford |0 |201.941 |396.947
Calderdale |0 |72.840 |140.552
Kirklees |0 |136.679 |267.648
Leeds |0 |240.355 |512.221
Gateshead |0 |68.177 |153.191
Newcastle upon Tyne |0 |97.287 |224.010
North Tyneside |0 |65.412 |140.100
South Tyneside |0 |56.343 |120.377
Sunderland |0 |110.851 |227.641
Berkshire |0 |273.303 |453.592
Buckinghamshire |1 |Berkshire |244.491 |393.493
Cambridgeshire |0 |226.137 |380.909
Cheshire |0 |332,027 |552.612
Derbyshire |0 |302.839 |522.391
Durham |0 |206.861 |357.911
East Sussex |0 |212.497 |413.417
Essex |0 |540.456 |923.590
Hereford and Worcester |5 |Birmingham |219.794 |364.554
Hertfordshire |0 |371.417 |610.165
Humberside |0 |310.831 |533.528
Kent |0 |559.063 |953.111
Lancashire |0 |483.978 |845.369
Northumberland |0 |107.600 |190.055
Nottinghamshire |0 |346.671 |589.856
Staffordshire |0 |348.788 |581.770
Suffolk |0 |205.854 |357.958
Surrey |1 |Berkshire |299.400 |542.654
Warwickshire |0 |156.224 |260.819
Colleges and Universities (Safety)
Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans she has to require improved security and personal safety at colleges and universities.
Mr. Boswell: None. Colleges and universities are independent, autonomous bodies, responsible for their own affairs. Any arrangements that they make for security and personal safety on campus are for the governing body of each institution to determine. Ministers have no powers to intervene.
Grants
Mr. Pawsey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what percentage of students in full-time education received grants.
Mr. Boswell: Information is not available in the form requested. In 1992 93, 1,192,000 full-time students below postgraduate level normally resident in England and Wales were studying at publicly funded further and higher education institutions, including universities. In the same year, 864,000 students below postgraduate level held mandatory or discretionary awards from local education authorities in England and Wales. Some of these awards will have been to part-time students, some will have been for study at private institutions, and some will have been for fees only, not maintenance grants. Because the figures for students and award holders are not directly comparable, it is not possible to calculate the percentage of full-time students who received a grant.
University Salaries
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what has been the average change in real terms of university salaries since 1979. [14463]
Mr. Boswell: Between April 1979 and April 1994, university academics' pay rose by 27 per cent. in real terms as measured by the new earnings survey. Definitional changes may have slightly reduced this figure.
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Teachers' Salaries
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what has been the average change in real terms of teachers' salaries in further education since 1979. [14461]
Mr. Boswell: It is not possible to provide a figure solely for teachers in further education. Between April 1979 and April 1994, the pay of staff in former local authority further and higher education rose by 31 per cent. in real terms, as measured by the new earnings survey.
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what has been the change in real terms of secondary school teachers' salaries since 1979; [14460]
(2) what has been the average change in real terms of primary school teachers' salaries since 1979. [14458]
Mr. Robin Squire: The average salary of a primary and secondary school teacher in Great Britain has increased by 60 per cent. in real terms between April 1979 and April 1994, as measured by the new earning survey. This compares with an increase of 37 per cent. in real terms in the average pay for all employees over the same period.
Physical Education Curriculum
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what education and training is available in schools on coastal hazards and life- saving techniques. [14719]
Mr. Forth: The revised national curriculum for physical education requires that, by the age of 11, all pupils should be taught to swim unaided, competently and safely, for at least 25 m. They should also be taught the principles and skills of water safety and survival. Detailed advice on safe practice in teaching swimming and outdoor and adventurous activities is included in the handbook "Safe Practice in Physical Education" which was first published in 1985 by the British Association of Advisers and Lecturers in Physical Education. A revised edition of the handbook was published in 1990 with the approval and recommendation of the then Department of Education and Science. The handbook includes advice about
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recommended teacher-tutor qualifications, supervision and pupil behaviour. The handbook is currently subject to further revision and will be republished later this year.Surplus Places
Mr. Thurnham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many surplus places there are in Bolton's local authority (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools; and what is the cost of such empty places. [14238]
Mr. Robin Squire: In January 1994, there were 2,187 surplus primary places and 2,000 surplus secondary places in Bolton LEA maintained schools, representing 9 per cent. and 10 per cent. of capacity respectively. We estimate that the cost of maintaining these places is in the region of £1 million. Not all these places are in practice removable. Increasing pupil numbers will fill many of them.
Pupil-teacher Ratios
Mr. Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the pupil-teacher ratio in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in Nottinghamshire. [14675]
Mr. Robin Squire: In January 1994, the latest date for which information is available, the pupil-teacher ratios within maintained primary and secondary schools in Nottinghamshire local education authority area were 22.9 and 15.8 respectively.
Mr. Hicks: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the pupil-teacher ratio in Cornwall and the national average for (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in each of the last 20 years. [15010]
Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested is shown in the table.
Pupil:Teacher Ratios within maintained primary and
secondary
schools in Cornwall local education authority and
England 1975-
94-Position in January each year
Primary Secondary<1>
Year |England |Cornwall|England |Cornwall
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1975 |24.3 |26.0 |17.3 |17.6
1976 |23.9 |25.4 |17.1 |17.5
1977 |23.8 |25.1 |17.1 |17.5
1978 |23.6 |24.6 |17.0 |17.3
1979 |23.1 |24.2 |16.8 |16.9
1980 |22.7 |24.0 |16.7 |16.8
1981 |22.6 |23.9 |16.7 |17.0
1982 |22.5 |23.8 |16.7 |17.1
1983 |22.3 |23.6 |16.6 |17.2
1984 |22.1 |23.7 |16.4 |17.2
1985 |22.2 |23.5 |16.3 |17.2
1986 |22.1 |23.5 |16.1 |16.9
1987 |21.9 |23.2 |15.8 |16.8
1988 |22.0 |23.4 |15.5 |16.6
1989 |22.0 |23.1 |15.4 |16.4
1990 |22.0 |23.2 |15.4 |16.1
1991 |22.2 |23.3 |15.7 |16.4
1992 |22.2 |23.3 |15.9 |16.4
1993 |22.4 |23.4 |16.2 |16.9
1994 |22.7 |23.3 |16.4 |17.3
<1>Excludes Sixth Form Colleges which ceased to be
classified as schools from 1 April 1993.
Teachers
Mr. Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what were the teacher numbers in (a) primary and (b) secondary education in 1979 and what are they now. [14679]
Mr. Robin Squire: Information on qualified teachers employed within maintained primary and secondary schools in England in 1979 and 1994, the latest date for which information is available, is shown in the table.
Full-time equivalent (FTE)<1> qualified
teachers in maintained
primary and secondary schools in England
Position in January each year
|Primary |Secondary
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1979 |192,500 |<2>226,800
1994 |180,600 |178,800
<1>Includes the FTE of part-time qualified
teachers.<2> Excludes sixth form colleges
which ceased to be classified as schools
from 1 April 1994.
Mr. Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the average cost of employing a teacher for a year in (a) infant schools, (b) junior schools and (c) secondary schools. [14702]
Mr. Robin Squire: The Department's estimate of the average annual cost of employing a teacher in an infant school or in a junior school in Great Britain as at 1 April 1994 is around £23,600. The estimated average annual cost of employing a teacher in a secondary is around £25,700.
Public and Polling Opinion Survey Organisations
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will make a statement on the employment of polling or public opinion survey organisations by her Department during the current and previous financial years, on the organisations employed by her Department, on the values of the individual contracts for these services, on the total amounts of money spent and on the purposes of the research undertaken by these organisations. [14509]
Mr. Boswell: The Department carries out regular market research to measure public awareness of key policy initiatives, to evaluate the effectiveness of its information campaigns and to inform the planning of future publicity activity.
All departmental research is commissioned via the Central Office of Information, which contracts commercial research companies on behalf of the Department.
The overall cost of completed market research carried out by the Department during the current and previous financial year is some £262,000. To give the cost of individual research surveys would compromise confidential tendering procedures.
Sports Equipment
Mr. David Porter: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recommendations her Department makes to schools and education authorities on improving safety in the use of sports equipment, with particular reference to portable goal posts, and on the purchase of all sports equipment. [14618]
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Mr. Forth: Detailed advice on safe practice in the use of sports equipment in physical education is included in the handbook "Safe Practice in Physical Education" which was first published in 1985 by the British Association of Advisers and Lecturers in Physical Education. A revised edition of the handbook was published in 1990 with the approval and recommendation of the then Department of Education and Science. The handbook includes advice about the safe use and maintenance of premises and equipment, recommended teacher or tutor qualifications, supervision and pupil behaviour. The handbook is currently subject to further revision and will be published later this year.
School Budgets
Mr. Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the budget, per head, in respect of children in school in each member of the European Union. [14673]
Mr. Robin Squire: Information on budgets is not collected centrally. Information on expenditure per pupil or student is shown in table P6 of the OECD publication "Education at a Glance", published in December 1993, copies of which are available in the Library.
Business Funding
Mr. Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what progress has been made in acquiring business funding for schools. [14672]
Mr. Robin Squire: There is already significant non-commercial private sector investment in schools. For example, business sponsors have committed over £37 million to city technology colleges and £7 million to technology colleges to date.
In the context of the Government's private finance initiative, we are actively promoting and facilitating school and private sector partnerships to increase commercial investment in schools.
School Places (Costs)
Mr. Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the average cost of providing a place in a school per child for (a) infant schools, (b) junior schools and (c) secondary schools. [14703]
Mr. Robin Squire: Net institutional expenditure per pupil in LEA- maintained nursery and primary schools in England is estimated at £1,638, and in secondary schools £2,250, in 1993 94, the latest year for which figures are available.
Equivalent information for grant-maintained schools is the responsibility of the Funding Agency for Schools. I will ask the chairman of the funding agency to write to the hon. Member. Information for independent schools is not available.
School Reserves
Mr. David Porter: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is her policy in respect of the putting of school reserves into special project accounts not counted in total reserves; and if she will make a statement. [14619]
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Mr. Robin Squire: This is not a matter on which my right hon. Friend has had occasion to give specific guidance to local education authorities.
Pupil Numbers
Mr. Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children are in (a) primary and (b) secondary education now and how many in 1979. [14678]
Mr. Robin Squire: Information on pupils is maintained primary and secondary schools in England in 1979 and 1994, the latest date for which information is available, is shown in the table.
Full-time equivalent (FTE)<1> pupils in maintained
primary and
secondary schools in England
Position in January each year
|<1>Primary |Secondary
----------------------------------------------------
1979 |4,444,500 |<2>3,820,300
1994 |4,093,500 |2,933,600
<1>Each part-time pupil is treated as 0.5 full-time
equivalents.
<2>Excludes sixth form colleges which ceased to be
classified as schools from 1 April 1993.
Student Loans Company
Mr. Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the estimated cost of the Coopers and Lybrand investigation into financial irregularities at the Student Loans Company. [14988]
Mr. Boswell: I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to him on 20 January 1995, Official Report, column 720.
Cornwall Local Education Authority
Mr. Hicks: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was spent per pupil in Cornwall in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in each of the last 20 years at constant prices. [15009]
Mr. Robin Squire: The table below shows expenditure by Cornwall local education authority on (a) pre-primary and primary pupils combined, and on (b) secondary pupils from 1974 75 to 1993 94, the latest year for which provisional outturn figures are available.
Cornwall County Council
Spending per
pupil
(1994-95 prices)
Year |Nursery/Primary|Secondary
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1974-75 |1,006 |1,832
1975-76 |1,009 |1,836
1976-77 |1,034 |1,807
1977-78 |1,004 |1,744
1978-79 |1,035 |1,779
1979-80 |1,026 |1,747
1980-81 |1,038 |1,597
1981-82 |1,079 |1,651
1982-83 |1,101 |1,669
1983-84 |1,126 |1,699
1984-85 |1,124 |1,681
1985-86 |1,130 |1,723
1986-87 |1,222 |1,886
1987-88 |1,317 |2,033
1988-89 |1,379 |2,164
1989-90 |1,373 |2,123
1990-91 |1,381 |2,192
1991-92 |1,534 |2,139
1992-93 |1,584 |2,241
1993-94<1> |1,566 |2,203
<1> Provisional.
Mr. Hicks: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was spent in total on education in Cornwall at constant prices in each of the past 20 years.
Mr. Robin Squire: The following table shows total expenditure by Cornwall local education authority from 1974 75 to 1993 94, the latest year for which provisional outturn figures are available. These figures have not been adjusted for any changes of function.
Cornwall County Council gross expenditure (1994-95 prices) Year |£ millions --------------------------------- 1974-75 |145.5 1975-76 |150.0 1976-77 |154.8 1977-78 |155.0 1978-79 |161.0 1979-80 |158.0 1980-81 |161.2 1981-82 |164.2 1982-83 |163.9 1983-84 |162.6 1984-85 |163.4 1985-86 |166.2 1986-87 |177.4 1987-88 |186.8 1988-89 |195.0 1989-90 |196.0 1990-91 |207.5 1991-92 |209.3 1992-93 |226.8 1993-94<1> |197.0 <1> Provisional.
Civil Service
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the total number of civil servants employed by (a) her Department, (b) the agencies under her Department's responsibility and (c) public and other bodies under her Department's responsibility, for each year since 1979, divided into (1) full-time equivalents,(2) overtime, (3) casuals and (4) other; and whether she will also provide for each year her estimates of (A) civil service job reductions due to privatisation, (B) civil service job reductions due to contracting out, (C) civil service job reductions resulting from other transfer of
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responsibilities, (D) the total of all other staff undertaking work for the Department or its agencies without being categorised as civil servants, including external consultants, researchers, agency secretarial staff and staff substitution and (E) total manpower expenditure, in 1994 prices. [15011]Mr. Boswell: The civil service covers the permanent staff of central Government Departments and next steps agencies. The staff of other bodies are outside the civil service.
The annual publication "Civil Service Statistics" gives details of the number of civil servants employed by the Department and its agency, including full-time equivalent staff and casuals, from 1993 onwards, and staff leaving the civil service.
"Public Bodies", published annually since 1982, contains staffing information for those bodies not covered by "Civil Service Statistics".
Details of running costs and the civil service pay bill for the Department can be found in table 22 of the Department's annual report Cm 2810.
Copies of all of these publications are available in Library. The remaining information sought could be provided only at
disproportionate cost.
Class Sizes
Mr. Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many primary school children in Nottinghamshire are taught in classes of more than 30 children; [14677]
(2) how many secondary school children in Nottinghamshire are taught in classes of more than 30 children. [14676]
Mr. Robin Squire: In January 1994, the latest date for which information is available, 19,900 pupils were being taught in single teacher classes of size greater than 30 in maintained primary schools in Nottinghamshire local education authority area. The equivalent figure for maintained secondary schools was 2,100 pupils.
Mr. Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many secondary school children are taught in class sizes of over 30. [14680]
Mr. Robin Square: In January 1994, the latest date for which information is available, 208,700 pupils were being taught in single teacher classes of size greater than 30 in maintained secondary schools in England.
Mr. Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the average class size in each member country of the European Union for (a) infant schools, (b) primary schools and (c) secondary schools. [14674]
Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested is not available centrally.
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