House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 9 May 2000 (pt 7)

Performance and Assessment

Mr. Hilary Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment he has made of the recent research by David Jesson of the Centre for Performance Evaluation and Resource Management at the University of York; and if he will make a statement. [119922]

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Jacqui Smith: An analysis by the Department's Analytical Services has shown that, broadly speaking on average points scores, the most able 25 per cent. of pupils achieved the same result in selective and non-selective schools.

David Jesson's research is a further contribution to this debate.

Special Schools

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many (a) primary and (b) secondary special schools have closed since 1995 in each local education authority. [119539]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 17 April 2000]: The table sets out the number of maintained special schools which have closed in each local education authority area since 1995. It does not include those authorities where no such closures have taken place. It includes closures which have been approved but which have not yet taken place. But the closure of some special schools is usually followed by the opening of others, or by the establishing of special units within mainstream schools.

While there are some special schools which cater for pupils wholly of primary school age, or wholly of secondary school age, there are many others which cover both phases, so it is not possible to split the figures between primary and secondary.

Table of local authorities showing number of special schools approved for closure or closed since 1995

Local education authority Number

Avon 1

Barking 3

Barnet 1

Barnsley 3

Bedfordshire 1

Birmingham 5

Blackburn 2

Bolton 2

Bradford 1

Bristol 2

Bromley 1

Bury 1

Cambridgeshire 2

Camden 4

Cheshire 1

Derbyshire 4

Durham 8

Essex 5

Gateshead 4

Gloucestershire 4

Hackney 1

Hampshire 2

Haringey 1

Harrow 2

Hertfordshire 4

Islington 1

Kingston upon Hull 2

Kirklees 1

Knowsley 2

Lambeth 4

Lancashire 3

Leeds 3

Lewisham 1

Liverpool 11

Manchester 2

Merton 1

Newcastle upon Tyne 10

Newham 6

North Lincolnshire 2

North Somerset 2

Northumberland 2

Nottingham City 7

Oldham 3

Oxfordshire 2

Peterborough 1

Rochdale 1

Salford 3

Sandwell 1

Sheffield 3

South Gloucestershire 2

Southwark 1

St. Helens 2

Staffordshire 2

Stockport 4

Sunderland 1

Telford and Wrekin 4

Tower Hamlets 2

Trafford 6

Wakefield 2

Walsall 1

Waltham Forest 1

Wandsworth 3

Warwickshire 5

Westminster 1

Wigan 5

Wiltshire 1

Total 185

Local education authority	Number
Avon	1
Barking	3
Barnet	1
Barnsley	3
Bedfordshire	1
Birmingham	5
Blackburn	2
Bolton	2
Bradford	1
Bristol	2
Bromley	1
Bury	1
Cambridgeshire	2
Camden	4
Cheshire	1
Derbyshire	4
Durham	8
Essex	5
Gateshead	4
Gloucestershire	4
Hackney	1
Hampshire	2
Haringey	1
Harrow	2
Hertfordshire	4
Islington	1
Kingston upon Hull	2
Kirklees	1
Knowsley	2
Lambeth	4
Lancashire	3
Leeds	3
Lewisham	1
Liverpool	11
Manchester	2
Merton	1
Newcastle upon Tyne	10

Newham	6
North Lincolnshire	2
North Somerset	2
Northumberland	2
Nottingham City	7
Oldham	3
Oxfordshire	2
Peterborough	1
Rochdale	1
Salford	3
Sandwell	1
Sheffield	3
South Gloucestershire	2
Southwark	1
St. Helens	2
Staffordshire	2
Stockport	4
Sunderland	1
Telford and Wrekin	4
Tower Hamlets	2
Trafford	6
Wakefield	2
Walsall	1
Waltham Forest	1
Wandsworth	3
Warwickshire	5
Westminster	1
Wigan	5
Wiltshire	1

Total	185

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Nursery Education

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much money has been provided to each local education authority, on a ring-fenced basis, for the provision of nursery places for four-year-olds, since May 1997; and what criteria are used by his Department for the expenditure of that money. [119490]

Ms Hodge [holding answer 17 April 2000]: The following table shows the estimated amount of specific grant this Government have provided to each Local Education Authority, since May 1997, for four-year-old early education places, amounting to £631.2 million.

The criteria for the provision of this funding is set out in the "Requirements of Nursery Education Grant" which is issued to all Local Education Authorities annually. I have placed a copy of this in the Library.

In addition to this specific grant funding, the table also shows the level of funding provided, since April 1997, for the Under Fives Education Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) sub block, which has increased from £1,089 million in 1997-98 to £1,342 million in 2000-01, an increase of £253 million.

£

LEA Number/name Specific grant funding for 4 year old places May 1997-March 2000 Under Fives SSA sub block From 1997-98 to 2000-01

201 City of London 44,239 525,635

202 Camden 2,447,710 26,199,350

203 Greenwich 2,773,478 34,439,251

204 Hackney 2,980,044 42,099,645

205 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,636,268 22,208,333

206 Islington 2,114,722 32,213,647

207 Kensington and Chelsea 1,032,706 16,291,874

208 Lambeth 3,070,930 47,315,973

209 Lewisham 3,130,106 41,799,656

210 Southwark 3,167,629 49,295,463

211 Tower Hamlets 2,146,908 44,930,632

212 Wandsworth 3,867,737 36,090,382

213 Westminster 1,849,560 20,979,552

301 Barking and Dagenham 1,765,439 24,125,654

302 Barnet 3,614,333 35,006,253

303 Bexley 2,606,279 24,149,142

304 Brent 2,736,491 39,619,753

305 Bromley 5,100,604 29,248,314

306 Croydon 6,048,437 42,273,609

307 Ealing 3,430,661 42,080,847

308 Enfield 3,445,040 36,796,575

309 Haringey 2,429,547 38,830,346

310 Harrow 2,215,048 22,798,730

311 Havering 2,776,425 22,302,298

312 Hillingdon 2,672,244 23,681,920

313 Hounslow 2,013,805 28,155,892

314 Kingston-upon-Thames 1,668,814 11,962,294

315 Merton 2,048,953 19,245,190

316 Newham 3,091,355 50,441,093

317 Redbridge 3,435,180 27,301,291

318 Richmond-upon-Thames 2,362,189 13,401,432

319 Sutton 1,974,014 15,210,394

320 Waltham Forest 2,554,006 33,335,378

330 Birmingham 11,783,384 139,962,427

331 Coventry 3,384,879 34,287,990

332 Dudley 3,710,884 28,815,226

333 Sandwell 2,987,298 35,453,907

334 Solihull 2,397,517 19,229,377

335 Walsall 2,604,948 28,904,993

336 Wolverhampton 2,570,806 29,114,582

340 Knowsley 1,585,878 23,661,932

341 Liverpool 4,907,920 59,188,289

342 St. Helens 1,932,173 17,927,819

343 Sefton 2,947,503 26,480,973

344 Wirral 4,149,910 33,882,113

350 Bolton 2,841,652 28,236,268

351 Bury 2,251,775 17,048,891

352 Manchester 4,457,698 63,455,403

353 Oldham 2,619,319 26,597,738

354 Rochdale 2,254,788 25,545,335

355 Salford 2,707,015 26,462,617

356 Stockport 3,484,095 25,133,268

357 Tameside 2,408,284 23,291,539

358 Trafford 2,865,589 20,312,104

359 Wigan 3,433,156 28,979,591

370 Barnsley 2,187,391 20,484,099

371 Doncaster 2,977,993 31,382,784

372 Rotherham 2,912,829 24,035,721

373 Sheffield 6,057,663 47,356,406

380 Bradford 5,486,859 61,363,771

381 Calderdale 1,942,438 20,765,966

382 Kirklees 4,337,797 41,447,454

383 Leeds 7,960,883 70,718,825

384 Wakefield 3,498,079 28,404,693

390 Gateshead 2,018,410 19,314,038

391 Newcastle Upon Tyne 2,904,090 28,988,668

392 North Tyneside 1,873,911 18,124,299

393 South Tyneside 1,430,236 16,268,735

394 Sunderland 2,823,357 30,647,773

420 Isles of Scilly 24,401 223,825

800 Bath and North East Somerset 2,198,269 12,718,586

801 City of Bristol 4,179,267 39,699,083

802 North Somerset 2,598,843 13,907,594

803 South Gloucestershire 3,442,961 21,981,555

805 Hartlepool 950,625 10,341,339

806 Middlesbrough 1,534,150 18,459,150

807 Redcar and Cleveland 1,400,437 15,375,552

808 Stockton on Tees 1,898,200 19,105,620

810 Kingston Upon Hull 2,903,707 30,263,632

811 East Riding of Yorkshire 3,573,101 23,043,212

812 North East Lincolnshire 1,809,580 36,801,075

813 North Lincolnshire 1,602,657 14,175,583

815 North Yorkshire 6,545,160 44,474,348

816 City of York 2,026,232 13,483,553

820 Bedfordshire 5,478,779 32,620,541

821 Luton 2,362,532 23,342,271

825 Buckinghamshire 7,145,460 36,818,705

826 Milton Keynes 3,793,569 18,601,327

830 Derbyshire 7,882,768 56,773,285

831 City of Derby 2,631,137 24,323,450

835 Dorset 5,964,663 25,105,447

836 Poole 2,198,869 10,824,072

837 Bournemouth 2,397,719 11,566,800

840 Durham 4,731,876 46,614,569

841 Darlington 1,184,119 10,096,485

845 East Sussex 6,174,647 37,623,254

846 Brighton and Hove 2,955,123 21,053,357

850 Hampshire 19,734,237 105,388,667

851 Portsmouth 2,631,819 19,972,766

852 Southampton 2,667,163 22,898,940

855 Leicestershire 8,459,289 42,050,808

856 City of Leicester 3,376,784 37,494,284

857 Rutland 431,985 2,267,346

860 Staffordshire 8,843,720 66,060,025

861 Stoke on Trent 2,395,675 24,933,123

865 Wiltshire 7,039,003 24,059,879

866 Swindon 3,528,047 17,156,587

867 Bracknell Forest 2,146,276 8,643,081

868 Windsor and Maidenhead 2,685,865 19,969,052

869 West Berkshire 1,997,405 9,761,799

870 Reading 1,579,927 12,693,025

871 Slough 625,883 15,076,047

872 Wokingham 3,078,414 9,333,372

873 Cambridgeshire 7,071,693 45,390,961

874 Peterborough 2,910,513 19,057,525

875 Cheshire 11,322,430 56,519,961

876 Halton 1,244,530 14,060,951

877 Warrington 4,185,917 18,084,822

878 Devon 10,254,437 49,728,187

879 Plymouth 3,874,095 22,639,526

880 Torbay 1,493,816 10,092,027

881 Essex 17,727,923 110,200,579

882 Southend-on-Sea 2,230,039 16,388,210

883 Thurrock 1,313,651 15,127,821

884 Herefordshire 2,490,837 13,154,133

885 Worcestershire 8,782,704 41,417,451

886 Kent 20,422,401 122,161,732

887 Medway Towns (R and G) 2,156,170 26,508,014

888 Lancashire 16,605,957 107,804,099

889 Blackburn with Darwen 1,297,803 19,905,426

890 Blackpool 2,076,049 14,023,959

891 Nottinghamshire 9,647,913 53,218,304

892 City of Nottingham 2,529,142 32,514,913

893 Shropshire 4,541,257 18,408,566

894 Telford and Wrekin 1,392,112 14,919,311

908 Cornwall 5,728,739 35,616,608

909 Cumbria 5,010,134 42,532,605

916 Gloucestershire 8,751,420 47,048,781

919 Hertfordshire 13,729,335 95,207,322

921 Isle of Wight 2,118,616 10,961,727

925 Lincolnshire 5,808,892 52,483,372

926 Norfolk 9,427,151 41,930,030

928 Northamptonshire 8,194,925 58,586,326

929 Northumberland 2,888,327 25,987,204

931 Oxfordshire 8,959,795 42,953,283

933 Somerset 7,133,883 39,937,579

935 Suffolk 9,199,437 49,416,913

936 Surrey 16,018,864 84,705,754

937 Warwickshire 6,494,790 41,153,322

938 West Sussex 12,400,914 54,837,210

Total 631,196,266 4,887,492,000

		£
LEA Number/name	Specific grant funding for 4 year old places May 1997-March 2000	Under Fives SSA sub block From 1997-98 to 2000-01
201 City of London	44,239	525,635
202 Camden	2,447,710	26,199,350
203 Greenwich	2,773,478	34,439,251
204 Hackney	2,980,044	42,099,645

205 Hammersmith and Fulham	1,636,268	22,208,333
206 Islington	2,114,722	32,213,647
207 Kensington and Chelsea	1,032,706	16,291,874
208 Lambeth	3,070,930	47,315,973
209 Lewisham	3,130,106	41,799,656
210 Southwark	3,167,629	49,295,463
211 Tower Hamlets	2,146,908	44,930,632
212 Wandsworth	3,867,737	36,090,382
213 Westminster	1,849,560	20,979,552
301 Barking and Dagenham	1,765,439	24,125,654
302 Barnet	3,614,333	35,006,253
303 Bexley	2,606,279	24,149,142
304 Brent	2,736,491	39,619,753
305 Bromley	5,100,604	29,248,314
306 Croydon	6,048,437	42,273,609
307 Ealing	3,430,661	42,080,847
308 Enfield	3,445,040	36,796,575
309 Haringey	2,429,547	38,830,346
310 Harrow	2,215,048	22,798,730
311 Havering	2,776,425	22,302,298
312 Hillingdon	2,672,244	23,681,920
313 Hounslow	2,013,805	28,155,892
314 Kingston-upon-Thames	1,668,814	11,962,294
315 Merton	2,048,953	19,245,190
316 Newham	3,091,355	50,441,093
317 Redbridge	3,435,180	27,301,291
318 Richmond-upon-Thames	2,362,189	13,401,432
319 Sutton	1,974,014	15,210,394
320 Waltham Forest	2,554,006	33,335,378
330 Birmingham	11,783,384	139,962,427
331 Coventry	3,384,879	34,287,990
332 Dudley	3,710,884	28,815,226
333 Sandwell	2,987,298	35,453,907
334 Solihull	2,397,517	19,229,377
335 Walsall	2,604,948	28,904,993
336 Wolverhampton	2,570,806	29,114,582
340 Knowsley	1,585,878	23,661,932
341 Liverpool	4,907,920	59,188,289
342 St. Helens	1,932,173	17,927,819
343 Sefton	2,947,503	26,480,973
344 Wirral	4,149,910	33,882,113
350 Bolton	2,841,652	28,236,268
351 Bury	2,251,775	17,048,891
352 Manchester	4,457,698	63,455,403
353 Oldham	2,619,319	26,597,738
354 Rochdale	2,254,788	25,545,335
355 Salford	2,707,015	26,462,617
356 Stockport	3,484,095	25,133,268
357 Tameside	2,408,284	23,291,539
358 Trafford	2,865,589	20,312,104
359 Wigan	3,433,156	28,979,591
370 Barnsley	2,187,391	20,484,099
371 Doncaster	2,977,993	31,382,784
372 Rotherham	2,912,829	24,035,721
373 Sheffield	6,057,663	47,356,406
380 Bradford	5,486,859	61,363,771
381 Calderdale	1,942,438	20,765,966
382 Kirklees	4,337,797	41,447,454
383 Leeds	7,960,883	70,718,825
384 Wakefield	3,498,079	28,404,693
390 Gateshead	2,018,410	19,314,038
391 Newcastle Upon Tyne	2,904,090	28,988,668
392 North Tyneside	1,873,911	18,124,299
393 South Tyneside	1,430,236	16,268,735
394 Sunderland	2,823,357	30,647,773
420 Isles of Scilly	24,401	223,825
800 Bath and North East Somerset	2,198,269	12,718,586
801 City of Bristol	4,179,267	39,699,083
802 North Somerset	2,598,843	13,907,594
803 South Gloucestershire	3,442,961	21,981,555
805 Hartlepool	950,625	10,341,339
806 Middlesbrough	1,534,150	18,459,150
807 Redcar and Cleveland	1,400,437	15,375,552
808 Stockton on Tees	1,898,200	19,105,620
810 Kingston Upon Hull	2,903,707	30,263,632
811 East Riding of Yorkshire	3,573,101	23,043,212
812 North East Lincolnshire	1,809,580	36,801,075
813 North Lincolnshire	1,602,657	14,175,583

815 North Yorkshire	6,545,160	44,474,348
816 City of York	2,026,232	13,483,553
820 Bedfordshire	5,478,779	32,620,541
821 Luton	2,362,532	23,342,271
825 Buckinghamshire	7,145,460	36,818,705
826 Milton Keynes	3,793,569	18,601,327
830 Derbyshire	7,882,768	56,773,285
831 City of Derby	2,631,137	24,323,450
835 Dorset	5,964,663	25,105,447
836 Poole	2,198,869	10,824,072
837 Bournemouth	2,397,719	11,566,800
840 Durham	4,731,876	46,614,569
841 Darlington	1,184,119	10,096,485
845 East Sussex	6,174,647	37,623,254
846 Brighton and Hove	2,955,123	21,053,357
850 Hampshire	19,734,237	105,388,667
851 Portsmouth	2,631,819	19,972,766
852 Southampton	2,667,163	22,898,940
855 Leicestershire	8,459,289	42,050,808
856 City of Leicester	3,376,784	37,494,284
857 Rutland	431,985	2,267,346
860 Staffordshire	8,843,720	66,060,025
861 Stoke on Trent	2,395,675	24,933,123
865 Wiltshire	7,039,003	24,059,879
866 Swindon	3,528,047	17,156,587
867 Bracknell Forest	2,146,276	8,643,081
868 Windsor and Maidenhead	2,685,865	19,969,052
869 West Berkshire	1,997,405	9,761,799
870 Reading	1,579,927	12,693,025
871 Slough	625,883	15,076,047
872 Wokingham	3,078,414	9,333,372
873 Cambridgeshire	7,071,693	45,390,961
874 Peterborough	2,910,513	19,057,525
875 Cheshire	11,322,430	56,519,961
876 Halton	1,244,530	14,060,951
877 Warrington	4,185,917	18,084,822
878 Devon	10,254,437	49,728,187
879 Plymouth	3,874,095	22,639,526
880 Torbay	1,493,816	10,092,027
881 Essex	17,727,923	110,200,579
882 Southend-on-Sea	2,230,039	16,388,210
883 Thurrock	1,313,651	15,127,821
884 Herefordshire	2,490,837	13,154,133
885 Worcestershire	8,782,704	41,417,451
886 Kent	20,422,401	122,161,732
887 Medway Towns (R and G)	2,156,170	26,508,014
888 Lancashire	16,605,957	107,804,099
889 Blackburn with Darwen	1,297,803	19,905,426
890 Blackpool	2,076,049	14,023,959
891 Nottinghamshire	9,647,913	53,218,304
892 City of Nottingham	2,529,142	32,514,913
893 Shropshire	4,541,257	18,408,566
894 Telford and Wrekin	1,392,112	14,919,311
908 Cornwall	5,728,739	35,616,608
909 Cumbria	5,010,134	42,532,605
916 Gloucestershire	8,751,420	47,048,781
919 Hertfordshire	13,729,335	95,207,322
921 Isle of Wight	2,118,616	10,961,727
925 Lincolnshire	5,808,892	52,483,372
926 Norfolk	9,427,151	41,930,030
928 Northamptonshire	8,194,925	58,586,326
929 Northumberland	2,888,327	25,987,204
931 Oxfordshire	8,959,795	42,953,283
933 Somerset	7,133,883	39,937,579
935 Suffolk	9,199,437	49,416,913
936 Surrey	16,018,864	84,705,754
937 Warwickshire	6,494,790	41,153,322
938 West Sussex	12,400,914	54,837,210

Total	631,196,266	4,887,492,000

Note:

Specific grant funding provided in 1997-98 to LEAs that no longer exist have been distributed across the new LEA areas. Where there is more than one new area it has been distributed according to the percentage of funding the new areas received in 1998-99 and 1999-2000.

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