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Head Teachers
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what recent representations he has received from head teachers on (a) improving school performance and (b) performance-related pay for heads; and if he will make a statement. [98281]
Ms Estelle Morris: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State receives letters on various subjects from headteachers, and Ministers and officials have regular discussions with the associations that represent headteachers.
Training Reforms
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what representations he has received from head teachers regarding the timetable for the introduction of the National Grid for Learning and the Government's post-16 education and training reforms between April and September 2000; and if he will make a statement. [98282]
Mr. Wills: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy in the Library.
Departmental Staff
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many staff are employed within his Department in the (a) schools, (b) finance and analytical services, (c) personnel and support services, (d) strategy and communications, (e) further and higher education and youth training, (f) employment, lifelong learning and international and (g) operational directorates; and what the current year's budget is for each directorate. [98276]
Mr. Wills:
I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy in the Library.
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Mrs. May:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the research projects related to raising standards in schools which have been commissioned by his Standards and Effectiveness Unit since May 1997. [98285]
Ms Estelle Morris:
The following research projects relating to raising standards have been commissioned directly by the Standards and Effectiveness Unit:
Mrs. May:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many staff were employed in the Standards and Effectiveness Unit at the end of September 1999; and what the budget of the Unit is in the current year. [98297]
Ms Estelle Morris:
At the end of September 1999 the number of staff in the Unit was 204. The running cost budget for the Unit in the current year is £5.9 million.
Mrs. May:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what is the total amount of matched funding which has been pledged by business in the first year of the operation of Round Two Education Action Zones; and what proportion of that funding will be in cash; [98284]
Ms Estelle Morris:
Over £6 million for Round one and £12 million for Round two Education Action Zones has been pledged for their first year of operations. The respective shares of cash and in kind have yet to be precisely confirmed. This and other relevant financial information will be available as part of the annual audited accounts for each zone.
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Mrs. May:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the members, budget and terms of reference of the National Educational Research Forum. [98286]
Mr. Wicks:
There are nineteen members of the National Educational Research Forum. They are:
The terms of reference have not yet been agreed and finalised by the group.
Mrs. May:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in which directorate of his Department the LEA Support Unit is located; how many staff were employed in that unit at the end of September; and what the budget of the unit is in the current year. [98298]
Ms Estelle Morris:
I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mrs. May:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many staff are employed in his Private Office; how many of those staff are political appointees; and what the current year's budget is for the Private Office. [98296]
Mr. Wills:
The number of full time equivalent staff currently employed in the Private Office, working directly to the eight Ministers in the Department, is 47. This includes three full time equivalent special advisers.
The current year's budget for the Private Office is £2.2 million (excluding Ministers salaries).
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Mr. Robertson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of local education authorities spend (a) below, (b) at and (c) above their standard spending assessments. [98367]
Ms Estelle Morris:
In 1999-2000 the budgeted net recurrent expenditure of 35 per cent. of local education authorities in England was below their standard spending assessment while that for 65 per cent. was above it.
Mr. Robertson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of total spending on education is retained by each local education authority for the purpose of central administration. [98361]
Ms Estelle Morris:
The following table shows, for local education authorities in England for 1999-2000, the planned central administration expenditure as a percentage of the total education spend.
1. The Impact of School Transfers and Transitions on Pupil Progress and Attainment
2. Evaluation of the Initial Effects and Implementation of 'Success for All' in Nottingham
3. Causing Concern but Improving: A Review of Schools' Experiences
4. Innovative Grouping Practices in Secondary Schools
5. Evaluation of Pilot Beacon Schools
6. Pupil Mobility in Schools
7. A Review and Evaluation of Approaches for Developing Pupils' Thinking
8. Effective Action Planning after Inspection
9. Excellence in Research on Schools
10. The Impact of Adult/Child Ratios on Standards
11. An Overview of Evaluation of the Literacy and Numeracy Strategies
12. Evaluation of Pilot Education Action Zones
13. Research Centre on Economics of Education
14. Developing a Collaborative Research Unit in Education for Evidence Informed Policy and Practice.
(2) how much of the £18 million of sponsorship for the Education Action Zone initiative which was announced on 8 November has been (a) in kind and (b) in cash. [98283]
Professor Sir Michael Peckham, Director, School of Public Policy (Chair)
Professor Richard Daugherty, University of Aberystwyth, Wales
Professor Alan Dyson, University of Newcastle
Professor David Hargreaves, University of Cambridge
Professor Jean Rudduck, Homerton College
Ms Lesley Saunders, National Foundation for Educational Research
Mr. Paul Lincoln, Director of Education Essex LEA
Ms Parin Bahl, Assistant Director of Education Newham LEA
Ms Pat Reynolds, Headteacher Rushden Secondary School Northants and Chair TTA teacher research panel
Ms Penny Brown, Headteacher West Down Primary School Devon
Ms Rhondda Garraway, Hackney Community College London
Ms Carol Adams, Chief Executive General Teaching Council
Professor Charles Desforges, Director ESRC Teaching and Learning Initiative
Professor Sir Brian Fender, Chief Executive Higher Education Funding Council
Ms Meryl Thompson, Association of Teachers and Lecturers
The budget for the forum is £50,000 per year.
Dr. Helen Quigley, Assistant Director Nuffield Foundation
Ms Anne Diack, BBC/OU Production Centre
Dr. Christopher Grey, Judge Institute of Management Studies
Mr. Michael Bichard, Permanent Secretary, DfEE.
Source:
DETR RA return.
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