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EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

Overseas Students

Mr. Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) at which UK universities overseas students are currently studying; and where these students are from; [78122]

(2) how many overseas students are currently studying in Great Britain. [78129]

Mr. Mudie: Tables showing the numbers and domiciles of overseas students in individual UK higher education institutions in 1997-98 have been prepared from statistical records collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Copies have been placed in the Library.

In 1997-98 there were 266,000 overseas students studying in higher education and further education institutions in Great Britain.

Pupil Numbers

Mr. Maclean: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for each (a) metropolitan district Council, (b) shire district council, (c) unitary council, (d) shire county council and (e) London borough council the current number of (i) primary school and (ii) secondary school pupils. [74806]

Ms Estelle Morris: The information requested is given in a table, copies of which have been placed in the Library.

Key Stage 2 Statistics

Charlotte Atkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools entered pupils for the level 6 (i) Science, (ii) English and (iii) Mathematics paper in Key Stage 2 SATS tests in 1998, 1997 and 1996 broken down by (a) local education authority and (b) type of school. [79329]

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Ms Estelle Morris: The number of schools who entered at least one child for the level 6 test in the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum Assessment tests broken down by subject and school type is shown in the table.

Number of schools with at least one child participatingin the Key Stage 2 level 6 tests by subject and school type

	English	Mathematics	Science
	Maintained mainstream
1996	6,134	4,119	1,253
1997	5,544	4,066	1,423
1998	5,071	3,845	1,331
Independent
1996	383	318	153
1997	430	364	190
1998	456	378	208
Special
1996	4	2	3
1997	11	7	4
1998	10	6	4
All schools
1996	6,521	4,439	1,409
1997	5,985	4,437	1,617
1998	5,537	4,229	1,543

Tables showing the maintained number of schools broken down by subject and by Local Education Authority have been placed in the Library.

Education Funding

Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what amount of Derbyshire County Council's total education budget was not passed on to schools in (a) 1996, (b) 1997 and (c) 1998. [79342]

Ms Estelle Morris: The amount of the General Schools Budget which was not included in the Aggregated Schools Budget in Derbyshire in the years in question was as follows:

	£
1996-97	82,089,000
1997-98	68,006,000
1998-99	71,567,000

We expect that there will be a substantial reduction in amounts held centrally by Local Education Authorities in 1999-2000 as a result of increased delegation to schools under the new Fair Funding framework.

Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will estimate the amount in cash terms of (a) funding from his Department per pupil in Derbyshire between 1996-97 and 1997-98 and (b) the funding allocated by Derbyshire County Council to each school, per pupil, over the same period. [79362]

Ms Estelle Morris: This question cannot be answered in the form in which it has been tabled. Education SSAs have a wider coverage than funding which can be allocated to schools. They have to cover costs such as home-to-school transport, school meals, and some central costs which cannot be delegated to schools, such as the LEA contribution to the Standards Fund. In addition,

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pupils are counted at different dates for the purposes of calculating education SSAs and allocating school funding respectively.

Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much was spent in total on education in Derbyshire at constant prices in each of the last five years from all public sources of funds. [79364]

Ms Estelle Morris: No "like-for like" data exist on total expenditure in Derbyshire on education over the last five years from all public sources of funds. The following table sets out Derbyshire's overall education spending, net of specific grants, in each of the last five years but it is not possible to adjust the figures for each year to take account of local government reorganisation and changes in local authority functions, such as the reform of inter-authority recoupment or the nursery voucher scheme, to give a true picture. Since we took office, some £18 million has been supported through the Standards Fund programme in Derbyshire and the authority has

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received capital allocations of some £18 million. There has been an underlying increase in Derbyshire's education SSA for 1999-2000 of £15.6 million or 6.1 per cent.

	£ million
Financial Year	Education spend
1994-95	333
1995-96	323
1996-97	336
1997-98	243
1998-99	266

Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the average standard spending assessment provision for (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils in each English local education authority area in (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 1998-99, in current prices. [79366]

Ms Estelle Morris: The following table sets out the information requested.

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	1998-99 SSAs		1997-98 SSAs in 1998-99 prices		Real terms increases
LEA	Primary per pupil	Secondary per pupil	Primary per pupil	Secondary per pupil	Primary per pupil	Secondary per pupil	Primary per pupil	Secondary per pupil
	£	£	£	£	£	£	%	%
City of London	3,094	9,236	3,094	7,430	0	1,805	0.0	24.3
Camden	3,131	3,947	3,050	3,836	81	112	2.6	2.9
Greenwich	2,967	3,854	2,881	3,773	86	81	3.0	2.1
Hackney	3,327	4,558	3,259	4,441	68	117	2.1	2.6
Hammersmith and Fulham	3,128	4,081	3,030	3,924	97	157	3.2	4.0
Islington	3,168	4,218	3,075	4,129	93	90	3.0	2.2
Kensington and Chelsea	3,047	3,946	2,780	3,723	267	223	9.6	6.0
Lambeth	3,307	4,661	3,185	4,515	122	146	3.8	3.2
Lewisham	3,111	4,088	3,010	3,988	101	100	3.4	2.5
Southwark	3,197	4,191	3,106	4,132	90	59	2.9	1.4
Tower Hamlets	3,377	4,434	3,298	4,370	78	64	2.4	1.5
Wandsworth	2,900	3,797	2,849	3,763	51	34	1.8	0.9
Westminster	2,987	3,741	2,860	3,670	127	71	4.4	1.9
Barking and Dagenham	2,561	3,377	2,490	3,296	71	81	2.9	2.5
Barnet	2,429	3,112	2,359	3,051	70	60	3.0	2.0
Bexley	2,331	3,031	2,262	2,961	69	70	3.0	2.4
Brent	2,804	3,710	2,715	3,670	89	40	3.3	1.1
Bromley	2,298	2,965	2,235	2,912	63	53	2.8	1.8
Croydon	2,496	3,288	2,421	3,205	75	84	3.1	2.6
Ealing	2,622	3,503	2,542	3,415	80	88	3.1	2.6
Enfield	2,528	3,260	2,459	3,211	69	49	2.8	1.5
Haringey	2,892	3,849	2,832	3,816	60	32	2.1	0.8
Harrow	2,388	3,148	2,325	3,076	63	72	2.7	2.3
Havering	2,293	2,993	2,231	2,925	62	68	2.8	2.3
Hillingdon	2,399	3,115	2,319	3,044	80	71	3.4	2.3
Hounslow	2,570	3,301	2,502	3,235	68	66	2.7	2.0
Kingston upon Thames	2,293	2,954	2,223	2,897	70	57	3.1	2.0
Merton	2,451	3,186	2,373	3,107	78	79	3.3	2.5
Newham	2,917	3,809	2,822	3,710	95	98	3.4	2.6
Redbridge	2,456	3,181	2,381	3,114	74	68	3.1	2.2
Richmond upon Thames	2,253	2,878	2,180	2,797	73	81	3.3	2.9
Sutton	2,345	2,995	2,275	2,939	70	56	3.1	1.9
Waltham Forest	2,703	3,530	2,628	3,486	75	44	2.9	1.3
Birmingham	2,370	3,113	2,297	3,036	73	77	3.2	2.5
Coventry	2,243	2,922	2,177	2,857	67	65	3.1	2.3
Dudley	2,059	2,673	2,004	2,624	55	48	2.8	1.8
Sandwell	2,261	2,954	2,193	2,879	67	75	3.1	2.6
Solihull	2,053	2,648	2,010	2,605	43	43	2.1	1.7
Walsall	2,176	2,819	2,124	2,770	52	49	2.5	1.8
Wolverhampton	2,270	2,987	2,205	2,921	65	66	2.9	2.3
Knowsley	2,489	3,336	2,441	3,258	48	78	2.0	2.4
Liverpool	2,436	3,165	2,353	3,099	83	66	3.5	2.1
St. Helens	2,158	2,824	2,097	2,764	61	60	2.9	2.2
Sefton	2,153	2,789	2,089	2,730	64	60	3.1	2.2
Wirral	2,218	2,905	2,153	2,834	65	71	3.0	2.5
Bolton	2,159	2,802	2,094	2,742	65	60	3.1	2.2
Bury	2,081	2,686	2,022	2,624	59	63	2.9	2.4
Manchester	2,510	3,321	2,419	3,218	90	103	3.7	3.2
Oldham	2,218	2,868	2,155	2,802	63	66	2.9	2.4
Rochdale	2,235	2,934	2,168	2,877	67	57	3.1	2.0
Salford	2,259	2,970	2,193	2,886	66	84	3.0	2.9
Stockport	2,042	2,665	1,988	2,613	53	53	2.7	2.0
Tameside	2,135	2,768	2,076	2,716	59	52	2.9	1.9
Trafford	2,103	2,726	2,044	2,669	59	57	2.9	2.1
Wigan	2,076	2,689	2,019	2,638	57	51	2.8	1.9
Barnsley	2,154	2,823	2,090	2,755	64	68	3.1	2.5
Doncaster	2,232	2,918	2,169	2,853	63	65	2.9	2.3
Rotherham	2,152	2,779	2,089	2,723	63	56	3.0	2.1
Sheffield	2,184	2,854	2,121	2,794	63	60	3.0	2.1
Bradford	2,272	2,985	2,206	2,917	66	68	3.0	2.3
Calderdale	2,161	2,820	2,102	2,758	59	62	2.8	2.2
Kirklees	2,185	2,848	2,118	2,788	66	61	3.1	2.2
Leeds	2,156	2,806	2,092	2,749	64	57	3.0	2.1
Wakefield	2,097	2,728	2,038	2,670	59	58	2.9	2.2
Gateshead	2,188	2,854	2,127	2,806	61	48	2.9	1.7
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,296	2,998	2,226	2,919	70	79	3.2	2.7
North Tyneside	2,125	2,793	2,066	2,732	58	60	2.8	2.2
South Tyneside	2,232	2,900	2,175	2,851	58	50	2.7	1.7
Sunderland	2,203	2,871	2,142	2,814	61	57	2.8	2.0
Isles of Scilly	3,884	5,051	3,667	4,821	217	230	5.9	4.8
Cambridgeshire	2,104	2,734	2,040	2,679	64	56	3.2	2.1
Cheshire	2,058	2,663	2,002	2,606	56	56	2.8	2.2
Cornwall	2,162	2,820	2,109	2,767	53	54	2.5	1.9
Cumbria	2,133	2,774	2,073	2,711	60	63	2.9	2.3
Devon	2,137	2,794	2,076	2,736	61	58	2.9	2.1
Essex	2,228	2,907	2,157	2,831	70	75	3.3	2.7
Gloucestershire	2,081	2,703	2,027	2,650	54	53	2.7	2.0
Herefordshire	2,149	2,818	2,098	2,776	50	42	2.4	1.5
Worcestershire	2,051	2,664	2,006	2,623	45	41	2.2	1.6
Hertfordshire	2,257	2,927	2,189	2,859	68	68	3.1	2.4
Kent	2,227	2,902	2,158	2,829	70	73	3.2	2.6
Lancashire	2,138	2,783	2,077	2,724	60	59	2.9	2.1
Lincolnshire	2,149	2,802	2,093	2,744	56	59	2.7	2.1
Norfolk	2,153	2,802	2,094	2,743	59	59	2.8	2.1
Northamptonshire	2,104	2,739	2,050	2,687	54	52	2.6	1.9
Northumberland	2,120	2,765	2,067	2,706	54	59	2.6	2.2
Nottinghamshire	2,077	2,709	2,019	2,646	58	62	2.9	2.4
Oxfordshire	2,178	2,815	2,099	2,737	79	78	3.8	2.8
Shropshire	2,100	2,727	2,051	2,678	49	49	2.4	1.8
Somerset	2,105	2,747	2,046	2,687	59	59	2.9	2.2
Suffolk	2,100	2,724	2,033	2,665	67	59	3.3	2.2
Surrey	2,228	2,897	2,162	2,834	65	63	3.0	2.2
Warwickshire	2,063	2,685	2,010	2,638	52	47	2.6	1.8
West Sussex	2,159	2,810	2,094	2,743	65	67	3.1	2.4
North Yorkshire	2,117	2,732	2,057	2,669	60	63	2.9	2.4
Bedfordshire	2,179	2,835	2,107	2,765	72	70	3.4	2.5
Buckinghamshire	2,180	2,851	2,116	2,781	64	70	3.0	2.5
Derbyshire	2,057	2,682	2,001	2,630	56	52	2.8	2.0
Dorset	2,073	2,691	2,013	2,630	60	61	3.0	2.3
Durham	2,159	2,824	2,095	2,754	64	70	3.1	2.5
East Sussex	2,226	2,910	2,147	2,823	79	87	3.7	3.1
Hampshire	2,124	2,776	2,058	2,697	66	79	3.2	2.9
Leicestershire	2,006	2,620	1,953	2,568	53	53	2.7	2.1
Staffordshire	2,037	2,653	1,984	2,598	53	55	2.7	2.1
Wiltshire	2,092	2,731	2,038	2,669	54	62	2.7	2.3
Isle of Wight Council	2,288	2,981	2,221	2,913	67	68	3.0	2.3
Bath and North East Somerset	2,041	2,606	1,982	2,547	59	59	3.0	2.3
City of Bristol	2,207	2,911	2,146	2,855	61	57	2.8	2.0
North Somerset	2,054	2,681	1,991	2,618	63	63	3.2	2.4
South Gloucestershire	2,004	2,619	1,951	2,560	54	59	2.8	2.3
Hartlepool	2,208	2,875	2,151	2,824	57	51	2.6	1.8
Middlesbrough	2,318	3,066	2,255	3,010	62	56	2.8	1.9
Redcar and Cleveland	2,218	2,866	2,158	2,809	59	58	2.7	2.0
Stockton-on-Tees	2,174	2,837	2,119	2,776	55	61	2.6	2.2
City of Kingston-upon-Hull	2,279	2,968	2,214	2,906	65	62	3.0	2.1
East Riding of Yorkshire	2,071	2,688	2,011	2,626	60	62	3.0	2.3
North East Lincolnshire	2,187	2,849	2,129	2,798	58	52	2.7	1.9
North Lincolnshire	2,155	2,806	2,091	2,741	65	65	3.1	2.4
York	2,056	2,700	1,995	2,630	61	69	3.1	2.6
Luton	2,380	3,111	2,301	3,033	79	77	3.5	2.6
Milton Keynes	2,252	2,956	2,187	2,885	66	71	3.0	2.5
Derby	2,197	2,865	2,138	2,817	59	48	2.8	1.7
Poole	2,044	2,655	1,992	2,604	52	50	2.6	1.9
Bournemouth	2,148	2,774	2,084	2,718	63	57	3.0	2.1
Darlington	2,145	2,810	2,089	2,752	56	59	2.7	2.1
Brighton and Hove	2,303	3,001	2,228	2,919	75	82	3.3	2.8
Portsmouth	2,295	2,988	2,218	2,904	78	84	3.5	2.9
Southampton	2,310	3,036	2,234	2,962	76	74	3.4	2.5
Leicester	2,332	3,035	2,264	2,972	68	63	3.0	2.1
Rutland	2,065	2,594	1,991	2,529	74	65	3.7	2.6
Stoke on Trent	2,155	2,818	2,095	2,761	61	57	2.9	2.1
Bracknell Forest	2,231	2,909	2,157	2,823	74	87	3.4	3.1
Windsor and Maidenhead	2,228	2,859	2,151	2,774	77	86	3.6	3.1
Newbury	2,118	2,733	2,045	2,657	73	77	3.6	2.9
Reading	2,279	3,037	2,207	2,970	71	66	3.2	2.2
Slough	2,613	3,485	2,510	3,361	103	124	4.1	3.7
Wokingham	2,028	2,657	1,962	2,581	67	76	3.4	2.9
Peterborough	2,222	2,886	2,153	2,826	70	61	3.2	2.1
Halton	2,235	2,946	2,182	2,882	53	64	2.4	2.2
Warrington	2,036	2,659	1,988	2,608	48	51	2.4	1.9
Plymouth	2,149	2,773	2,085	2,712	64	61	3.0	2.2
Torbay	2,163	2,811	2,107	2,756	56	55	2.7	2.0
Southend	2,264	2,955	2,189	2,880	75	74	3.4	2.6
Thurrock	2,373	3,096	2,296	3,013	76	83	3.3	2.7
Medway Towns	2,205	2,876	2,145	2,819	60	57	2.8	2.0
Blackburn	2,304	2,995	2,234	2,921	70	75	3.1	2.6
Blackpool	2,168	2,872	2,100	2,808	68	64	3.2	2.3
Nottingham City	2,382	3,135	2,321	3,072	61	62	2.6	2.0
The Wrekin	2,166	2,820	2,112	2,769	54	51	2.6	1.8
Swindon	2,082	2,720	2,029	2,666	53	53	2.6	2.0
Total	2,248	2,918	2,183	2,853	65	65	3.0	2.3

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