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Qualifications
Mr. Hilary Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of the population in (a) the Leeds, Central parliamentary constituency, (b) the City of Leeds and (c) the UK have (i) a higher education degree, (ii) at least 2 A-levels at grade E or above, (iii) 5 or more GCSEs at grades A-C or equivalent and (iv) no qualifications. [111064]
Mr. Wicks: The information available, as measured by the Labour Force Survey, is contained in the following table.
(40) People of working age consist of males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59
n/a = estimates not available
Source:
DfEE estimates from the Labour Force Survey
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Mr. Willis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to allocate threshold payments to a school where a deficit budget exists. [110999]
Ms Estelle Morris
[holding answer 21 February 2000]: The Special Grant will target resources for the performance threshold additional to and separate from schools' delegated budgets. Schools will be able to draw additional funds from this grant via their local education authority for each teacher promoted to the upper pay spine. Such payments will not be affected if a school has set a deficit budget.
Mr. Stunell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the amount spent per head of population on youth services for each local authority area in the North West Region in (a) 1990, (b) 1995 and (c) the last year for which figures are available. [111665]
Mr. Wicks:
The following table sets out the unit cost per head of population, based on the 13 to 19-year-old population for each authority in the north-west region, and in the Merseyside area, as these two regions are often presented together. These figures cover 1995-96, and 1997-98, the latest figures which are available. Information for unit cost per head of population for 1990-91 is not available because the Office for National Statistics (ONS) did not collect individual age band data at that time.
(41) Figures not available
Notes:
1. Unit costs are presented in cash terms.
2. Unit costs have been calculated using net current expenditure (after recharges for management and support services) from the Department of Transport and the Regions Revenue Outturn form called the RO1, together with population data supplied by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Pupil Mobility
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to introduce an agreed national formula for assessing pupil mobility at school level. [111139]
Ms Estelle Morris: University College London are currently undertaking research into pupil mobility, funded partly by this Department and partly by the Nuffield Foundation. The project is due to conclude in June 2000. The Department will be looking further at the issues once the final report is available.
Class Sizes (Newcastle)
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the average class sizes were (a) in (i) primary and (ii) middle schools, and (b) for (1) seven, (2) eight, (3) nine, (4) 10, (5) 11, (6) 12, (7) 13, (8) 14, (9) 15, (10) 16 and (11) 17 year olds in the last three years in the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. [111052]
Ms Estelle Morris: The available information on class sizes for the Newcastle-upon-Tyne local education authority area is shown in the following tables.
(42) Ages as the start of the academic year (August 31)
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(43) Excludes mixed year group classes which are comprised wholly of pupils educated at key stage 1
(44) Includes all classes in primary schools
(45) Not applicable (no classes of this type)
(46) Not available
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Mr. Reed:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much money has been given to Leicestershire County Council in respect of education funding for each year since the introduction of the revenue support grant. [110838]
Ms Estelle Morris:
The information requested is set out in the table.
| Year | SSA total |
|---|---|
| 1990-91 | 276.8 |
| 1991-92 | 321.3 |
| 1992-93 | 344.5 |
| 1993-94(47) | 311.2 |
| 1994-95 | 313.9 |
| 1995-96 | 316.4 |
| 1996-97 | 333.8 |
| 1997-98(48) | 201.1 |
| 1998-99 | 215.3 |
| 1999-2000 | 228.2 |
| 2000-01 | 241.0 |
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Mr. Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the percentage increase in education funding for Leicestershire County Council for each year between 1991-92 and 2000-01. [110839]
Ms Estelle Morris: The information requested is set out in the table.
| Year | |
|---|---|
| 1991-92 | 16.1 |
| 1992-93 | 7.2 |
| 1993-94(50) | -9.7 |
| 1994-95 | 0.9 |
| 1995-96 | 0.8 |
| 1996-97 | 5.5 |
| 1997-98(51) | -- |
| 1998-99 | 7.1 |
| 1999-2000 | 6.0 |
| 2000-01 | 5.6 |
(49) The Government are reviewing the way the local authority finance system distributes funding and plans to issue a green paper on the options for change by the summer of 2000.
(50) In 1993-94 Education Standard Spending figures were affected by the creation of the Further Education Funding Council and the subsequent reduction in post-16 funding.
(51) In 1997-98 £527 million was removed from Education Standard Spending for the Nursery Voucher Scheme. Leicestershire was also affected by Local Government Reorganisation--the old Leicestershire LEA was split into Leicester City, Rutland and 1997 Leicestershire. The figures from 1997-98 to 2000-01 quoted in this table are for 1997 Leicestershire.
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