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Mr. Pawsey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the number of secondary schools which play regularly organised (a) cricket, (b) football and (c) rugby football. [27267]
Mr. Paice [holding answer 26 April 1996]: This information is not collected centrally. The national curriculum requires that all pupils aged 11 to 16 should pursue games as part of their physical education. Precisely which games are taught is a matter for schools themselves to decide.
Evidence from the Office for Standards in Education inspections shows that the overwhelming majority of secondary schools offer traditional team games to their pupils, both within curriculum time and as extra-curricular activity.
Left-handed Children
Mr. Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what assessment she has made of the number of left-handed children of school age; [27864]
- (2) if she will make it her policy to provide equal opportunity at schools for left-handed pupils; [27867]
(3) if she will conduct a study of the special educational needs of left-handed pupils. [27868]
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Mrs. Gillan: Left-handedness is not recognised as a special educational need within the meaning of the Education Acts. Provisions relating to pupils with special educational needs apply equally to left-handed and right-handed pupils. The Department does not collect information on the number of left-handed pupils, and has no plans to conduct a study on the special educational needs of such pupils. If my hon. Friend wishes to write to me with details of any case causing him concern, I shall gladly look into it.
Mr. Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what plans she has to help teachers respond appropriately to the special requirements of left-handed pupils, with particular reference to assisting them in avoiding discomfort in writing; [27866]
- (2) for what reasons dealing with left-handedness is not among the criteria she specifies for teacher training; [27869]
(3) what assessment she has made of the relative advantage of teaching strategies for coping with left-handedness in pupils during (a) initial training, (b) induction and (c) service. [27865]
Mr. Robin Squire: Teaching methods and arrangements for the induction and inservice training of teachers are not centrally prescribed. It is for schools and teachers to determine the most effective way to ensure they meet the needs of all their pupils, using the resources available to them. The Secretary of State specifies broad criteria for courses of initial teacher training, including the need for new teachers to be able to respond to relevant
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individual differences between pupils. Institutions accredited to provide such courses are responsible for meeting these criteria. All schools and courses of initial teacher training are subject to independent inspection followed by published reports.
Training and Enterprise Councils
Mr. Etherington: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans she has to harmonise the rates and rules governing TEC-funded training programmes with Further Education Funding Council funding for colleges; when she expects the research funded by her Department from the Further Education Funding Council on the inequalities in the funding mechanism to be finalised and published; and if she will make a statement. [27776]
Mr. Paice: The Government are committed to raising participation and attainment by young people in education and training and promoting fair competition between providers. In support of this agenda, they are investigating whether there is a case for encouraging a more consistent approach to funding methodologies across school sixth forms, further education sector colleges and work-based training for young people, and to funding levels for similar qualifications in the different sectors.
We have already published for discussion an initial analysis of the comparative public funding cost per qualification achieved by 16 to 19-year-olds in each of the three sectors and placed a copy in the Library.
We are refining this initial analysis and considering the scope for convergence of funding methodologies across 16 to 19 provision in consultation with the Further Education Funding Council, the Training and Enterprise Council national council, local authority associations and others.
Mr. Redmond:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what sums have been provided in (a) 1995-96 and (b) 1996-97 to fund the range of advice and information centres and other schemes run directly or indirectly by Barnsley and Doncaster TEC; and what assessment she has made of the cost-effectiveness of transferring these funds in future years to careers services. [27634]
Mr. Paice:
In 1995-96, training and enterprise councils had flexibility to use up to 2.7 per cent. of the training for work budget provided by the Department to fund local adult advice and guidance services. Barnsley and Doncaster TEC exercised this flexibility to devote £336,280 towards the funding of the advice and information centre--"Skillshops"--run directly by the TEC. The TEC also received £41,000 for an access to assessment project and £28,331 for a gateway to learning project.
In 1996-97, TECs have flexibility to use up to 1 per cent. of their training for work budget to fund local adult advice and guidance services. It will be for Barnsley and Doncaster TEC to decide whether to exercise this flexibility and, if so, how the services might be delivered.
In 1996-96, Barnsley and Doncaster TEC also received funding in respect of advice and information services for young people, comprising £377,044 for careers guidance delivered by careers services to pupils in years 9 and 10;
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and £14,748 to enhance careers libraries in schools and colleges. For 1996-97, all funding for careers advice and guidance for young people in Barnsley and Doncaster is being routed through Lifetime Careers (Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham) Ltd., the company which is contracted to provide careers services in Barnsley and Doncaster.
Mr. Tom Clarke:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what arrangements she intends to introduce to restore the eligibility of self-employed disabled people to apply for support under the access to work scheme. [27623]
Mr. Paice:
As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State said in her announcement on 26 March, Official Report, columns 489-91, we are considering this issue further.
Miss Emma Nicholson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what mechanisms of accountability are available to measure performance and ensure value for money for Ofsted. [27632]
Mr. Robin Squire:
These are matters for the Office for Standards in Education. I have asked Mr. Chris Woodhead, Her Majesty's chief inspector of schools, to write to the hon. Member.
Miss Emma Nicholson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment to what extent, and for what reasons, standard spending assessment calculations for local authority education budgets differentiate between spending per pupil in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools. [27630]
Mr. Robin Squire:
The main determinant of the differential between the primary and secondary allowances per pupil in the education standard spending assessment calculations is the differential in the national pattern of local education authorities--LEA--reported spending between the sectors. The standard spending assessment allocations are not hypothecated: LEAs can and do deploy the resources available to them on a different basis.
Mr. Don Foster:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is (a) the total number and (b) the number in each LEA of (i) head teachers, (ii) deputy head teachers and (iii) teachers who have taken early retirement on the ground of ill health in each year since 1991; and if she will make a statement. [27832]
Mr. Robin Squire
[holding answer 2 May 1996]: The table shows the retirements on ill health grounds for England and each local education authority--LEA--area, from the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special education sector, including grant-maintained schools, for the financial years 1991-92 to 1994-95, the most recent year for which this information is available.
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Separate figures are provided for head teachers, deputy head teachers and classroom teachers. The table is restricted to members of the teachers' superannuation
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scheme in full-time, part-time or occasional service at 31 March immediately before the financial year in which they retired.
| 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial year of award | Heads | Deputy heads | Other | Heads | Deputy heads | Other | Heads | Deputy heads | Other | Heads | Deputy heads | Other |
| Corporation of London | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camden | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Greenwich | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Hackney | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Hammersmith | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| Islington | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Lambeth | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Lewisham | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Southwark | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Tower Hamlets | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Wandsworth | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Westminster | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Barking | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Barnet | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Bexley | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Brent | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Bromley | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Croydon | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| Ealing | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Enfield | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Haringey | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Harrow | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| Havering | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Hillingdon | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Hounslow | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Merton | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Newham | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Redbridge | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sutton | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Waltham Forest | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Birmingham | 9 | 10 | 67 | 5 | 6 | 78 | 5 | 8 | 81 | 5 | 7 | 89 |
| Coventry | 1 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| Dudley | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| Sandwell | 3 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 35 |
| Solihull | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| Walsall | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| Wolverhampton | 5 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| Knowsley | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Liverpool | 2 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 36 |
| St. Helens | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| Sefton | 1 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Wirral | 3 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| Bolton | 2 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| Bury | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Manchester | 4 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 43 |
| Oldham | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| Rochdale | 4 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| Salford | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| Stockport | 2 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 38 |
| Tameside | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| Trafford | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| Wigan | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| Barnsley | 4 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 24 |
| Doncaster | 3 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| Rotherham | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| Sheffield | 3 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 26 |
| Bradford | 7 | 4 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 39 |
| Calderdale | 4 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 26 |
| Kirklees | 2 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 5 | 4 | 42 |
| Leeds | 2 | 4 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 3 | 4 | 67 |
| Wakefield | 7 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 33 |
| Gateshead | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 5 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| North Tyneside | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| South Tyneside | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Sunderland | 2 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 36 |
| Isles of Scilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avon | 5 | 5 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 62 | 15 | 8 | 55 |
| Bedfordshire | 5 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| Berkshire | 8 | 6 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 43 |
| Buckinghamshire | 8 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 46 |
| Cambridgeshire | 8 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 49 |
| Cheshire | 7 | 3 | 58 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 12 | 7 | 64 | 11 | 15 | 74 |
| Cleveland | 3 | 3 | 55 | 4 | 7 | 74 | 6 | 13 | 68 | 9 | 6 | 67 |
| Cornwall | 8 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 32 |
| Cumbria | 5 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 31 |
| Derbyshire | 10 | 6 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 47 |
| Devon | 8 | 5 | 64 | 6 | 8 | 67 | 14 | 11 | 70 | 15 | 11 | 88 |
| Dorset | 5 | 5 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 45 |
| Durham | 5 | 9 | 38 | 1 | 8 | 53 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 13 | 9 | 60 |
| East Sussex | 4 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 54 |
| Essex | 4 | 11 | 81 | 6 | 12 | 79 | 12 | 16 | 103 | 16 | 9 | 121 |
| Gloucestershire | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 28 |
| Hampshire | 10 | 11 | 97 | 15 | 9 | 110 | 10 | 13 | 140 | 16 | 8 | 151 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 8 | 10 | 47 | 12 | 7 | 50 | 11 | 11 | 58 | 14 | 10 | 78 |
| Hertfordshire | 4 | 6 | 63 | 12 | 3 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 14 | 9 | 73 |
| Humberside | 2 | 6 | 51 | 5 | 5 | 62 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 88 |
| Isle of Wight | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Kent | 15 | 15 | 92 | 19 | 17 | 107 | 17 | 8 | 111 | 16 | 7 | 143 |
| Lancashire | 14 | 18 | 112 | 16 | 12 | 109 | 24 | 13 | 156 | 24 | 19 | 146 |
| Leicestershire | 8 | 4 | 57 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 10 | 7 | 58 |
| Lincolnshire | 11 | 9 | 49 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 46 | 4 | 6 | 58 |
| Norfolk | 9 | 10 | 52 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 56 | 15 | 7 | 42 |
| North Yorkshire | 6 | 3 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 56 |
| Northamptonshire | 4 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 61 | 14 | 4 | 51 |
| Northumberland | 4 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| Nottinghamshire | 12 | 5 | 74 | 13 | 9 | 79 | 5 | 12 | 73 | 13 | 3 | 82 |
| Oxfordshire | 5 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 36 |
| Shropshire | 5 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| Somerset | 9 | 5 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 9 | 8 | 38 |
| Staffordshire | 12 | 6 | 79 | 12 | 14 | 73 | 15 | 9 | 81 | 19 | 9 | 95 |
| Suffolk | 2 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 48 |
| Surrey | 11 | 10 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 10 | 8 | 52 |
| Warwickshire | 1 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 41 |
| West Sussex | 1 | 3 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 37 |
| Wiltshire | 13 | 5 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 51 |
| England | 377 | 339 | 2,859 | 368 | 331 | 2,927 | 471 | 377 | 3,455 | 559 | 384 | 3,743 |
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