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School Instructors

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what guidance he gives to local education authorities on ensuring that instructors in maintained secondary schools have the same basic numeracy and literacy skills as those with qualified teacher status; and if he will make a statement. [126783]

Ms Estelle Morris: The Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (England) Regulations 1999 provide that it is for governing bodies acting with the consent of local education authorities to satisfy themselves as to the qualifications and experience of prospective instructors. This would include satisfying themselves as necessary that instructors whom they wish to employ have the requisite literacy and numeracy skills.

Unit Costs

Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the average cost of educating (a) a primary and (b) a secondary school pupil in (i) 1970, (ii) 1980, (iii) 1990 and (iv) 1999; and what was the cost of educating a pupil excluded from school in each of those years. [126785]

Ms Estelle Morris: Unit costs based on net institutional expenditure for primary and secondary pupils in English maintained schools for the financial years 1979-80, 1989-90 and 1998-99 are set out in the following table. Figures on the same basis for 1969-70 are not readily available. Information about the cost of educating pupils excluded from school is not collected centrally.

	Primary	Secondary
1979-80	430	610
1989-90	1,210	1,860
1998-99	1,882	2,450

Under this Government, funding per pupil has increased by over £300 per pupil. In this year alone it has risen by £180. And that does not even include capital expenditure. Under the last Government, spending per pupil fell by £60 in real terms between 1994-95 and 1997-98.

Teachers (Absence and Resignations)

Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how many teachers resigned from teaching in (a) 1970, (b) 1980, (c) 1990 and (d) 1999 citing stress-related reasons; [126786]

(2) what the most frequently cited reasons were for teacher absence giving rise to the need for supply teachers in each of the last five years; [126788]

(3) how many teaching days were lost at schools in England and Wales owing to absence of teachers because of stress-related illness in (a) 1970, (b) 1980, (c) 1990 and (d) 1999. [126787]

Ms Estelle Morris: This information is not held centrally.

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Teacher Training

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the total level of Government funding the current financial year for higher education institutions to support the training of teachers on PGCE courses in a subsidiary subject; and if he will make a statement. [126965]

Ms Estelle Morris: There is no separately identified funding for subsidiary subjects within initial teacher training (ITT) courses. The level of funding for individual courses, which varies between primary and secondary and between individual secondary subjects, depends only on the main subject of study. In 1999-2000 public expenditure to higher education institutions in England for secondary Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) courses was some £58.6 million, of which £46.5 million was distributed by the Teacher Training Agency (TTA) and £12.1 million paid through LEAs to cover tuition fees.

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to offer financial support to higher education institutions that train teachers in a subsidiary subject; and if he will make a statement. [126964]

Ms Estelle Morris: Government funding covers all aspects of initial teacher training (ITT) courses. The level depends on the main subject of study. There are no plans to include any subsidiary subjects that providers might offer in determining the level of funding ITT providers receive. The Government pay the fees for home and European Union students on Post Graduate Certificate in Education courses irrespective of their subject of study.

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Special Educational Needs

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what action his Department has taken to help LEAs increase the percentage of statements of special educational needs issued within 18 weeks of application; and which LEAs have received specific support on this matter. [127141]

Jacqui Smith: In 1998, my Department provided good practice guidance to LEAs which were not producing at least 60 per cent. of their draft statements within 18 weeks. We have followed this up by asking for evidence of improved performance, and we are currently considering what action to take in relation to continuing poor performers as identified in the Audit Commission's performance indicators for 1998-99, the most recent available. We will continue to keep LEA performance in this area under review. It is encouraging to note that the Audit Commission's figures show a continuing improvement, with English councils overall preparing 67 per cent. of draft statements within 18 weeks in 1998-99, compared to 54 per cent. in 1997-98 and 48 per cent. in 1996-97.

School Repairs

Mr. Allan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for (a) England and (b) each local education authority, the number and value of funding bids made to his Department in each financial year since 1995-96 for the repair of school buildings. [126846]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 21 June 2000]: The following table shows the number and value of bids made under the New Deal for Schools programme. There was no equivalent programme prior to 1997-98.

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New Deal for Schools Programme--Bid Information

	NDS 1		NDS 2		NDS 3
LEA name	Number of projects	NDS bid	Number of projects	NDS bid	Number of projects	NDS bid
England	1,138	143,673,836	2,407	761,231,849	6,753	1,427,768,901
Barking and Dagenham	5	210,520	19	1,548,000	101	21,097,222
Barnet	10	370,300	6	1,610,071	18	5,967,682
Barnsley	1	500,000	2	2,076,000	24	7,639,233
Bath and North East Somerset	4	1,032,300	11	1,078,027	43	5,290,678
Bedfordshire	6	1,950,190	1	1,382,000	11	4,698,729
Bexley	10	572,000	22	984,375	78	3,228,916
Birmingham	8	1,622,306	279	2,771,700	24	16,760,924
Blackburn with Darwen	--	0	21	832,939	35	7,818,980
Blackpool	--	0	25	667,395	206	8,855,600
Bolton	3	647,925	8	1,497,039	19	17,725,984
Bournemouth	3	418,000	4	855,091	20	5,859,788
Bracknell Forest	--	0	1	745,500	25	6,100,413
Bradford	18	1,135,308	10	1,895,300	37	27,026,971
Brent	7	807,975	2	1,321,900	30	13,313,899
Brighton and Hove	1	1,588,000	9	1,065,431	27	4,637,498
Bristol, City of	9	619,515	20	12,286,387	87	9,471,973
Bromley	18	304,700	7	582,700	38	3,357,485
Buckinghamshire	3	564,365	18	1,081,883	153	13,138,480
Bury	3	343,000	26	650,000	44	2,081,550
Calderdale	2	842,970	3	2,969,980	19	3,241,146
Cambridgeshire	5	598,000	17	2,375,468	119	24,241,315
Camden	8	220,406	8	620,517	46	5,044,598
Cheshire	10	971,903	6	1,566,890	37	9,684,187
Cornwall	2	1,018,781	29	1,577,016	148	11,075,669
Coventry	3	668,534	20	409,926	58	11,103,475
Croydon	26	2,293,503	9	2,227,540	54	17,079,880
Cumbria	9	655,000	8	1,632,666	31	3,115,942
Darlington	8	320,340	4	185,775	37	5,506,754
Derby, City of	5	555,848	12	1,149,812	39	5,727,180
Derbyshire	10	1,125,000	11	2,677,488	16	11,834,372
Devon	7	2,047,797	21	3,517,200	40	12,146,776
Doncaster	5	419,000	11	446,900	31	9,250,567
Dorset	12	1,637,808	17	2,645,000	39	18,231,100
Dudley	6	278,432	18	66,739,238	47	30,513,213
Durham	14	930,000	20	2,068,052	58	7,535,852
Ealing	7	554,111	5	1,036,000	19	5,265,197
East Riding of Yorkshire	74	1,187,400	3	1,508,680	26	15,186,328
East Sussex	24	2,475,119	5	2,088,000	13	5,271,311
Enfield	9	369,774	8	23,455,000	30	8,124,930
Essex	10	1,479,192	11	2,556,250	52	12,771,860
Gateshead	5	352,000	3	1,187,000	23	8,683,450
Gloucestershire	20	1,618,041	8	4,000,210	50	6,843,046
Greenwich	7	306,850	5	614,725	44	23,149,769
Hackney	--	0	2	575,000	45	6,071,504
Halton	--	0	10	723,500	21	4,481,894
Hammersmith and Fulham	2	300,000	3	870,000	36	7,601,901
Hampshire	21	7,232,201	44	27,277,610	128	20,070,199
Haringey	4	556,000	14	2,125,160	53	7,861,247
Harrow	3	188,500	9	1,057,300	26	7,419,442
Hartlepool	6	412,500	7	426,728	12	2,822,244
Havering	6	446,382	3	333,000	66	5,225,870
Herefordshire	15	810,439	9	1,849,708	101	7,664,268
Hertfordshire	2	1,529,000	22	3,461,399	47	21,453,011
Hillingdon	39	1,341,306	7	1,392,630	45	4,683,851
Hounslow	33	5,232,395	10	1,506,644	149	9,946,717
Isle of Wight	10	232,075	44	5,301,971	12	4,486,077
Isles of Scilly	--	0	1	52,550	3	57,596
Islington	2	395,700	8	1,248,100	30	7,795,865
Kensington and Chelsea	1	244,000	5	550,563	13	1,108,330
Kent	64	3,342,344	6	7,064,000	52	34,169,038
Kingston upon Hull, City of	1	590,000	3	503,195	38	10,099,179
Kingston upon Thames	2	724,000	2	767,000	56	4,350,254
Kirklees	7	660,045	21	768,528	47	5,379,495
Knowsley	4	1,894,130	24	8,441,650	9	5,601,137
Lambeth	3	361,475	6	2,291,688	41	13,508,349
Lancashire	6	2,105,570	7	3,507,489	36	13,350,490
Leeds	5	1,402,380	18	69,620,431	38	14,943,428
Leicester, City of	5	589,000	51	48,287,830	61	9,961,677
Leicestershire	26	795,216	59	7,177,112	96	14,221,370
Lewisham	5	1,105,582	7	3,600,157	18	26,779,014
Lincolnshire	16	1,545,614	15	1,259,945	45	8,359,932
Liverpool	17	6,977,431	4	4,016,000	15	19,410,197
London, City of	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luton	2	345,000	25	397,000	31	5,589,822
Manchester	6	1,447,600	4	2,829,300	35	13,567,400
Medway	--	0	13	1,218,134	34	4,641,936
Merton	1	1,828,547	7	1,288,311	17	7,562,704
Middlesbrough	2	300,000	4	1,512,944	26	3,444,881
Milton Keynes	7	271,000	12	926,520	15	2,182,980
Newcastle upon Tyne	7	611,000	4	8,952,859	15	8,922,816
Newham	3	482,643	9	1,306,430	29	6,435,236
Norfolk	2	1,482,000	7	2,696,680	46	29,633,848
North East Lincolnshire	2	328,437	14	1,471,655	35	8,129,485
North Lincolnshire	1	143,260	10	1,320,263	49	11,603,862
North Somerset	1	2,591,000	4	1,617,238	7	4,301,910
North Tyneside	2	406,000	9	837,775	64	3,626,255
North Yorkshire	3	962,000	5	7,374,000	58	56,602,284
Northamptonshire	21	1,165,050	60	6,961,690	77	10,538,379
Northumberland	21	541,500	12	2,022,500	48	14,313,550
Nottingham, City of	--	0	8	2,619,700	69	19,920,230
Nottinghamshire	4	3,533,651	38	14,643,648	42	22,630,536
Oldham	14	784,323	6	2,591,367	36	9,455,699
Oxfordshire	1	1,030,000	66	41,652,522	111	12,100,128
Peterborough, City of	--	0	15	1,255,500	84	9,126,958
Plymouth, City of	--	0	14	1,641,168	16	3,768,519
Poole	3	241,000	3	905,310	15	2,415,718
Portsmouth	3	1,901,000	24	740,800	75	10,017,757
Reading	--	0	1	2,279,825	14	2,792,418
Redbridge	2	335,000	13	981,750	44	3,766,960
Redcar and Cleveland	3	337,210	7	941,625	30	11,510,296
Richmond upon Thames	2	317,100	9	218,500	18	2,163,900
Rochdale	2	1,460,130	4	1,962,000	15	3,297,824
Rotherham	3	817,000	6	2,183,864	21	18,139,193
Rutland	2	340,450	9	1,127,200	47	4,779,155
Salford	4	2,013,155	34	23,344,854	50	7,643,480
Sandwell	5	914,125	6	16,563,955	63	12,807,740
Sefton	10	836,000	8	442,204	199	20,032,123
Sheffield	2	1,273,000	1	4,862,000	21	14,328,791
Shropshire	3	1,277,908	19	1,184,252	52	7,615,357
Slough	--	0	13	384,528	40	6,554,768
Solihull	6	2,931,445	1	1,525,780	115	5,317,434
Somerset	5	620,663	9	2,958,500	26	8,253,903
South Gloucestershire	2	412,270	9	1,507,180	19	6,039,642
South Tyneside	2	945,000	55	16,519,322	19	5,032,435
Southampton	3	711,000	24	724,414	90	7,542,431
Southend on Sea	--	0	4	598,117	46	2,007,530
Southwark	9	381,747	2	770,350	1	280,000
St. Helens	2	663,000	1	1,369,000	5	4,890,400
Staffordshire	16	8,847,122	269	82,143,638	145	14,550,466
Stockport	22	979,429	13	2,173,544	70	8,274,324
Stockton on Tees	3	697,000	15	371,687	31	8,006,946
Stoke on Trent	2	900,000	3	4,414,739	12	3,362,269
Suffolk	2	1,065,000	15	1,578,900	25	4,457,500
Sunderland	2	719,000	2	960,000	36	11,320,320
Surrey	13	1,406,380	33	2,340,108	82	7,547,268
Sutton	6	894,510	4	515,500	72	2,268,003
Swindon	11	1,292,000	4	219,250	11	4,117,373
Tameside	5	462,050	4	2,637,550	38	6,262,009
Telford and Wrekin	--	0	5	675,200	40	5,861,218
Thurrock	--	0	8	507,300	22	1,613,942
Torbay	--	0	14	20,605,047	27	2,755,011
Tower Hamlets	3	928,490	5	21,448,700	25	5,110,392
Trafford	3	425,000	6	1,138,550	22	13,948,425
Wakefield	12	600,225	4	1,923,650	21	8,364,798
Walsall	8	682,250	10	1,805,100	61	11,112,860
Waltham Forest	2	886,272	3	19,563,222	12	7,148,533
Wandsworth	4	260,690	5	865,155	10	3,148,794
Warrington	--	0	26	1,081,554	149	8,748,072
Warwickshire	2	1,177,000	3	2,591,000	17	13,018,883
West Berkshire	1	1,092,650	13	1,359,491	16	2,716,697
West Sussex	125	3,021,104	8	2,130,522	42	6,818,827
Westminster, City of	1	312,800	7	999,371	52	8,209,792
Wigan	3	720,914	3	2,619,300	19	8,755,708
Wiltshire	7	1,541,320	7	1,007,615	47	10,664,442
Windsor and Maidenhead	--	0	8	635,300	21	3,780,690
Wirral	2	500,000	21	1,901,900	41	14,537,717
Wokingham	--	0	3	1,508,050	44	9,297,570
Wolverhampton	7	475,803	29	760,948	48	5,636,120
Worcestershire	--	0	73	16,582,464	80	11,690,306
York, City of	1	180,115	2	691,000	11	5,751,458

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	NDS 4		All NDS
LEA name	Number of projects	NDS bid	Number of projects	NDS Bid
England	4,963	1,578,330,159	15,261	3,911,004,745
Barking and Dagenham	94	15,240,538	219	38,096,280
Barnet	31	21,453,457	65	29,401,510
Barnsley	31	10,799,803	58	21,015,036
Bathand North East Somerset	23	3,918,505	81	11,319,510
Bedfordshire	16	3,103,705	34	11,134,624
Bexley	61	5,286,907	171	10,072,198
Birmingham	62	22,131,407	373	43,286,337
Blackburn with Darwen	47	6,253,074	103	14,904,994
Blackpool	29	4,597,791	260	14,120,786
Bolton	12	13,072,477	42	32,943,425
Bournemouth	21	10,955,817	48	18,088,696
Bracknell Forest	9	2,036,643	35	8,882,556
Bradford	51	17,363,269	116	47,420,848
Brent	20	16,875,729	59	32,319,503
Brighton and Hove	12	2,989,677	49	10,280,606
Bristol, City of	15	7,659,401	131	30,037,276
Bromley	9	4,478,214	72	8,723,099
Buckinghamshire	56	9,626,414	230	24,411,142
Bury	58	2,452,095	131	5,526,645
Calderdale	32	4,447,833	56	11,501,929
Cambridgeshire	111	17,746,575	252	44,961,358
Camden	15	1,974,604	77	7,860,126
Cheshire	88	22,968,453	141	35,191,433
Cornwall	20	7,522,815	199	21,194,281
Coventry	48	15,356,820	129	27,538,755
Croydon	29	6,617,510	118	28,218,433
Cumbria	41	3,824,576	89	9,228,184
Darlington	29	11,963,599	78	17,976,468
Derby, City of	19	2,972,188	75	10,405,028
Derbyshire	23	11,020,239	60	26,657,099
Devon	48	23,214,431	116	40,926,204
Doncaster	31	19,800,876	78	29,917,343
Dorset	20	13,834,750	88	36,348,658
Dudley	16	9,476,399	87	107,007,282
Durham	47	6,315,317	139	16,849,221
Ealing	12	3,507,648	43	10,362,956
East Riding of Yorkshire	18	10,986,364	121	28,868,772
East Sussex	18	4,826,272	60	14,660,702
Enfield	49	16,606,730	96	48,556,434
Essex	57	30,670,861	130	47,478,163
Gateshead	49	8,061,963	80	18,284,413
Gloucestershire	27	9,581,515	105	22,042,812
Greenwich	28	10,492,818	84	34,564,162
Hackney	72	12,833,120	119	19,479,624
Halton	34	5,167,568	65	10,372,962
Hammersmith and Fulham	41	9,595,337	82	18,367,238
Hampshire	98	20,600,587	291	75,180,597
Haringey	38	5,980,341	109	16,522,748
Harrow	29	8,607,514	67	17,272,756
Hartlepool	21	4,032,982	46	7,694,454
Havering	78	11,476,617	153	17,481,869
Herefordshire	31	5,630,030	156	15,954,445
Hertfordshire	25	12,937,434	96	39,380,844
Hillingdon	12	4,090,842	103	11,508,629
Hounslow	82	16,846,310	274	33,532,066
Isle of Wight	18	5,139,669	84	15,159,792
Isles of Scilly	5	55,326	9	165,472
Islington	19	11,231,566	59	20,671,231
Kensington and Chelsea	8	1,103,275	27	3,006,168
Kent	20	15,840,643	142	60,416,025
Kingston upon Hull, City of	31	9,855,426	73	21,047,800
Kingston upon Thames	17	3,799,051	77	9,640,305
Kirklees	51	12,470,646	126	19,278,714
Knowsley	9	3,857,597	46	19,794,514
Lambeth	30	10,417,819	80	26,579,331
Lancashire	28	16,362,366	77	35,325,915
Leeds	30	14,692,588	91	100,658,827
Leicester, City of	10	9,774,886	127	68,613,393
Leicestershire	80	15,100,892	261	37,294,590
Lewisham	35	29,074,518	65	60,559,271
Lincolnshire	26	4,770,890	102	15,936,381
Liverpool	10	33,102,065	46	63,505,693
London, City of	0	0	0	0
Luton	9	2,275,363	67	8,607,185
Manchester	24	14,643,124	69	32,487,424
Medway	20	4,088,953	67	9,949,023
Merton	25	17,059,638	50	27,739,200
Middlesbrough	19	4,698,723	51	9,956,548
Milton Keynes	20	4,816,413	54	8,196,913
Newcastle upon Tyne	14	47,077,611	40	65,564,286
Newham	30	4,984,823	71	13,209,132
Norfolk	29	39,751,229	84	73,563,757
North East Lincolnshire	15	8,193,255	66	18,122,832
North Lincolnshire	38	13,756,693	98	26,824,078
North Somerset	15	8,384,494	27	16,894,642
North Tyneside	9	2,956,129	84	7,826,159
North Yorkshire	27	10,761,617	93	75,699,901
Northamptonshire	77	18,365,633	235	37,030,752
Northumberland	36	15,286,701	117	32,164,251
Nottingham, City of	22	6,148,460	99	28,688,390
Nottinghamshire	63	61,138,652	147	101,946,487
Oldham	43	8,863,589	99	21,694,978
Oxfordshire	28	12,978,067	206	67,760,717
Peterborough, City of	68	15,365,282	167	25,747,740
Plymouth, City of	17	3,706,030	47	9,115,717
Poole	12	4,823,309	33	8,385,337
Portsmouth	37	10,836,597	139	23,496,154
Reading	20	7,217,449	35	12,289,692
Redbridge	44	4,915,155	103	9,998,865
Redcar and Cleveland	21	9,774,307	61	22,563,438
Richmond upon Thames	21	2,306,900	50	5,006,400
Rochdale	20	7,135,981	41	13,855,935
Rotherham	5	35,694,167	35	56,834,224
Rutland	36	6,409,153	94	12,655,958
Salford	38	4,238,528	126	37,240,017
Sandwell	66	15,322,489	140	45,608,309
Sefton	122	15,562,099	339	36,872,426
Sheffield	16	9,055,560	40	29,519,351
Shropshire	31	3,616,268	105	13,693,785
Slough	10	4,466,849	63	11,406,145
Solihull	10	3,314,400	132	13,089,059
Somerset	25	6,808,108	65	18,641,174
South Gloucestershire	34	14,395,265	64	22,354,357
South Tyneside	18	3,734,149	94	26,230,906
Southampton	70	5,275,710	187	14,253,555
Southend on Sea	27	7,512,240	77	10,117,887
Southwark	21	13,315,218	33	14,747,315
St. Helens	8	4,413,355	16	11,335,755
Staffordshire	53	8,994,369	483	114,535,595
Stockport	21	9,629,519	126	21,056,816
Stockton on Tees	17	5,303,280	66	14,378,913
Stoke on Trent	10	4,656,877	27	13,333,885
Suffolk	56	12,580,000	98	19,681,400
Sunderland	9	5,164,736	49	18,164,056
Surrey	99	12,878,258	227	24,172,014
Sutton	44	1,734,470	126	5,412,483
Swindon	50	15,237,262	76	20,865,885
Tameside	30	10,954,379	77	20,315,988
Telford and Wrekin	47	13,044,261	92	19,580,679
Thurrock	36	1,800,063	66	3,921,305
Torbay	56	6,462,291	97	29,822,349
Tower Hamlets	15	9,060,712	48	36,548,294
Trafford	38	12,120,431	69	27,632,406
Wakefield	8	7,804,550	45	18,693,223
Walsall	48	13,670,987	127	27,271,197
Waltham Forest	11	2,698,057	28	30,296,084
Wandsworth	6	4,650,522	25	8,925,161
Warrington	44	6,302,252	219	16,131,878
Warwickshire	23	13,011,898	45	29,798,781
West Berkshire	6	1,200,308	36	6,369,146
West Sussex	35	19,467,210	210	31,437,663
Westminster, City of	48	5,162,836	108	14,684,799
Wigan	20	7,554,932	45	19,650,854
Wiltshire	51	14,822,736	112	28,036,113
Windsor and Maidenhead	10	1,581,098	39	5,997,088
Wirral	32	23,161,690	96	40,101,307
Wokingham	25	4,374,055	72	15,179,675
Wolverhampton	35	7,104,625	119	13,977,496
Worcestershire	90	11,717,681	243	39,990,451
York, City of	10	10,446,099	24	17,068,672

22 Jun 2000 : Column: 281W

22 Jun 2000 : Column: 283W

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