House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 1 Nov 2000 (pt 12)

Further Education Contracts

Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many lecturers have been employed on regular contracts (a) full-time and (b) part-time in further education in each of the last 10 years. [135500]

Mr. Wicks [holding answer 31 October 2000]: Data are available only from 1994-95 to 1997-98 and are contained in the table.

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Numbers of staff whose primary role is teaching in further education colleges, by mode England 1994-95 to 1997-98

1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Number of full-time staff whose primary role is teaching 53,800 52,400 48,800 48,300

Number of part-time staff whose primary role is teaching 77,000 82,200 82,100 79,200

Total number of staff whose primary role is teaching 130,900 134,700 130,900 127,500

	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98
Number of full-time staff whose primary role is teaching	53,800	52,400	48,800	48,300
Number of part-time staff whose primary role is teaching	77,000	82,200	82,100	79,200
Total number of staff whose primary role is teaching	130,900	134,700	130,900	127,500

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Special Educational Needs

Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when he will publish the results of the consultation exercise on a new code of practice for special educational needs and announce his decision thereon. [135501]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 31 October 2000]: Responses received to the recent consultation exercise on the draft revised special educational needs code of

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practice are intended to inform my Department in finalising the new code, and there is no intention to publish formally the results of consultation prior to seeking Parliament's approval to the final version of the new code for publication next spring. In accordance with the terms of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, individual responses will however be available for inspection from my Department, other than those whose authors have specifically marked them as confidential, by anyone who requests to see them.

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Mr. Edwards: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what requirement exists for local education authorities to identify a named person on statements for pupils with special education needs. [135890]

Jacqui Smith: Paragraph 6(b) of Schedule 27 of the Education Act 1996 requires that where an LEA makes a statement of special educational needs they shall, when serving a copy of the statement on the parent of the child, give notice in writing to the parent of the name of the person to whom he may apply for information and advice about the child's special educational needs. Supplementary advice on the identification of the named person is given in the "Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs", which applies to England and Wales.

Grammar School Ballots

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list recorded incidents of fraud and misleading information in respect of the conduct of grammar school ballots before 1 September. [135540]

Ms Estelle Morris: During the school year September 1999 to August 2000, officials investigated 38 complaints about grammar school petitions and ballots as follows: one in Barnet, one in Buckinghamshire, one in Birmingham, 10 in Kent, 14 in Ripon, four in Sutton and seven in Trafford. These included alleged cases of schools and local education authorities spending public funds to

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influence the outcome of a petition or ballot and alleged breaches of the Ballot Information Code. Only two of these were fully or partially upheld. Both related to Trafford, one from each side of the debate.

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many staff are working in his Department on grammar school ballots; and what has been the cost of this team in respect of (a) salaries and (b) non-staffing costs. [135542]

Ms Estelle Morris: Officials working on the grammar school ballots policy may also be deployed on other duties and it is not therefore possible to give the number or the cost as requested.

Pupil Statistics

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many and what percentage of pupils are (a) eligible for free school meals, (b) statemented and (c) from ethnic minorities in (i) grammar schools and (ii) non-selective schools, in each local education authority with grammar schools. [135541]

Ms Estelle Morris: The information requested is shown in the tables.

General information on schools by local educational authority area has recently been published in a Statistical Volume "Statistics of Education--Schools in England 2000", a copy of which is available from the Library, or alternatively can be accessed on the Department's statistical website www.dfee.gov.uk/statistics.

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Maintained Secondary Schools, Selective and Non-Selective: number and percentage of pupils with statement of special educational needs, eligibility for free school meals and ethnicity--January 2000, by parliamentary constituency

Selective Schools

Number of pupils Percentage of pupils with statements Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals Number of pupils from ethnic minorities Percentage of pupils from ethnic minorities

Kent 43 0.1 674 2.4 1,293 4.5

Buckinghamshire 14 0.1 203 1.4 1,829 13.8

Lincolnshire 26 0.2 222 1.9 347 3.0

Birmingham 10 0.2 332 5.1 2,405 36.7

Trafford ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.0 318 4.9 627 9.6

Wirral 9 0.1 328 5.4 116 2.1

Medway 12 0.2 218 3.7 484 9.9

Gloucestershire 11 0.2 112 2.1 335 6.3

Sutton ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.1 53 1.2 1,041 23.7

Bexley ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.1 161 3.8 423 10.0

Lancashire 8 0.2 115 3.0 171 5.8

Southend-on-Sea ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.1 104 2.8 266 7.3

Slough 7 0.2 178 5.1 1,792 51.8

Warwickshire ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.1 38 1.2 149 5.0

Essex ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.0 22 0.7 271 9.2

Torbay ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.1 124 4.7 42 1.6

Plymouth ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.2 99 3.8 68 2.8

Barnet ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.0 34 1.4 765 34.1

Bournemouth 0 0.0 47 2.3 66 3.2

North Yorkshire 0 0.0 30 1.5 58 2.9

Calderdale 5 0.3 36 1.9 107 5.6

Kingston upon Thames 0 0.0 19 1.0 665 35.7

Poole ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.1 45 2.4 44 2.4

Bromley ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.1 20 1.2 280 16.5

Redbridge ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.1 49 2.9 806 48.0

Wiltshire ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.1 8 0.5 20 1.2

Reading ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.1 5 0.4 207 13.7

Walsall 0 0.0 37 2.7 364 27.0

Enfield ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.1 33 2.5 306 26.8

Kirklees 0 0.0 23 2.3 79 8.1

Telford and Wrekin 0 0.0 8 0.9 54 5.6

Liverpool 0 0.0 63 7.5 72 8.5

Cumbria ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.1 13 1.7 0 0.0

Devon ⁽⁸⁾-- 0.3 15 2.1 9 1.2

Wolverhampton 0 0.0 18 2.6 136 19.4

Stoke-on-Trent 0 0.0 6 1.1 27 5.1

England 181 0.1 3,810 2.7 15,724 11.4

	Selective Schools
	Number of pupils	Percentage of pupils with statements	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Number of pupils from ethnic minorities	Percentage of pupils from ethnic minorities
Kent	43	0.1	674	2.4	1,293	4.5
Buckinghamshire	14	0.1	203	1.4	1,829	13.8
Lincolnshire	26	0.2	222	1.9	347	3.0
Birmingham	10	0.2	332	5.1	2,405	36.7
Trafford	⁽⁸⁾--	0.0	318	4.9	627	9.6
Wirral	9	0.1	328	5.4	116	2.1
Medway	12	0.2	218	3.7	484	9.9
Gloucestershire	11	0.2	112	2.1	335	6.3
Sutton	⁽⁸⁾--	0.1	53	1.2	1,041	23.7
Bexley	⁽⁸⁾--	0.1	161	3.8	423	10.0
Lancashire	8	0.2	115	3.0	171	5.8
Southend-on-Sea	⁽⁸⁾--	0.1	104	2.8	266	7.3
Slough	7	0.2	178	5.1	1,792	51.8
Warwickshire	⁽⁸⁾--	0.1	38	1.2	149	5.0
Essex	⁽⁸⁾--	0.0	22	0.7	271	9.2
Torbay	⁽⁸⁾--	0.1	124	4.7	42	1.6
Plymouth	⁽⁸⁾--	0.2	99	3.8	68	2.8
Barnet	⁽⁸⁾--	0.0	34	1.4	765	34.1
Bournemouth	0	0.0	47	2.3	66	3.2
North Yorkshire	0	0.0	30	1.5	58	2.9
Calderdale	5	0.3	36	1.9	107	5.6
Kingston upon Thames	0	0.0	19	1.0	665	35.7
Poole	⁽⁸⁾--	0.1	45	2.4	44	2.4
Bromley	⁽⁸⁾--	0.1	20	1.2	280	16.5
Redbridge	⁽⁸⁾--	0.1	49	2.9	806	48.0
Wiltshire	⁽⁸⁾--	0.1	8	0.5	20	1.2
Reading	⁽⁸⁾--	0.1	5	0.4	207	13.7
Walsall	0	0.0	37	2.7	364	27.0
Enfield	⁽⁸⁾--	0.1	33	2.5	306	26.8
Kirklees	0	0.0	23	2.3	79	8.1
Telford and Wrekin	0	0.0	8	0.9	54	5.6
Liverpool	0	0.0	63	7.5	72	8.5
Cumbria	⁽⁸⁾--	0.1	13	1.7	0	0.0
Devon	⁽⁸⁾--	0.3	15	2.1	9	1.2
Wolverhampton	0	0.0	18	2.6	136	19.4
Stoke-on-Trent	0	0.0	6	1.1	27	5.1
England	181	0.1	3,810	2.7	15,724	11.4

⁽⁸⁾ Fewer than five pupils

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Non-Selective Schools

Number of pupils Percentage of pupils with statements Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals Number of pupils from ethnic minorities Percentage of pupils from ethnic minorities

Kent 2,256 3.6 8,915 14.3 1,924 3.2

Buckinghamshire 544 3.0 2,190 11.9 4,469 25.8

Lincolnshire 1,199 3.9 3,519 11.3 311 1.0

Birmingham 1,111 1.8 22,261 36.1 25,774 42.5

Trafford 212 2.3 2,627 29.0 1,039 12.5

Wirral 534 3.0 6,101 34.4 203 1.1

Medway 552 4.1 1,876 13.8 609 4.7

Gloucestershire 817 2.6 2,808 8.8 894 2.8

Sutton 248 2.6 1,125 11.9 730 7.8

Bexley 310 2.5 2,000 16.0 1,220 11.1

Lancashire 2,723 3.9 11,527 16.4 4,863 7.0

Southend-on-Sea 110 1.5 1,455 19.7 269 3.7

Slough 194 4.6 1,073 25.5 2,177 53.1

Warwickshire 753 2.6 2,496 8.6 1,548 5.4

Essex 1,311 1.6 8,803 10.8 1,687 2.2

Torbay 166 2.8 1,161 19.7 58 1.1

Plymouth 342 2.1 2,765 17.2 194 1.4

Barnet 494 2.7 3,320 18.0 6,420 37.8

Bournemouth 222 2.9 1,069 14.0 112 2.1

North Yorkshire 880 2.4 2,671 7.2 360 1.0

Calderdale 370 2.9 2,381 18.7 1,448 11.8

Kingston upon Thames 151 2.3 795 12.1 1,142 17.6

Poole 119 1.9 612 9.9 58 1.0

Bromley 566 3.0 2,461 13.1 1,570 10.0

Redbridge 232 1.4 3,000 17.6 8,166 48.2

Wiltshire 547 2.1 1,804 7.0 358 1.4

Reading 162 3.3 773 15.9 827 17.0

Walsall 544 2.8 3,687 18.7 3,457 17.5

Enfield 378 2.0 4,419 23.6 5,874 32.5

Kirklees 1,073 4.3 4,821 19.1 4,877 20.2

Telford and Wrekin 470 5.2 1,956 21.5 530 6.2

Liverpool 581 1.8 12,288 38.2 1,714 5.4

Cumbria 997 3.1 4,309 13.3 270 0.9

Devon 1,262 3.3 3,694 9.7 294 0.9

Wolverhampton 374 2.4 3,520 22.5 5,092 32.6

Stoke-on-Trent 443 3.2 3,594 25.7 1,060 7.6

England 79,607 2.6 519,820 17.1 347,943 11.9

	Non-Selective Schools
	Number of pupils	Percentage of pupils with statements	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Number of pupils from ethnic minorities	Percentage of pupils from ethnic minorities
Kent	2,256	3.6	8,915	14.3	1,924	3.2
Buckinghamshire	544	3.0	2,190	11.9	4,469	25.8
Lincolnshire	1,199	3.9	3,519	11.3	311	1.0
Birmingham	1,111	1.8	22,261	36.1	25,774	42.5
Trafford	212	2.3	2,627	29.0	1,039	12.5
Wirral	534	3.0	6,101	34.4	203	1.1
Medway	552	4.1	1,876	13.8	609	4.7
Gloucestershire	817	2.6	2,808	8.8	894	2.8
Sutton	248	2.6	1,125	11.9	730	7.8
Bexley	310	2.5	2,000	16.0	1,220	11.1
Lancashire	2,723	3.9	11,527	16.4	4,863	7.0
Southend-on-Sea	110	1.5	1,455	19.7	269	3.7
Slough	194	4.6	1,073	25.5	2,177	53.1
Warwickshire	753	2.6	2,496	8.6	1,548	5.4
Essex	1,311	1.6	8,803	10.8	1,687	2.2
Torbay	166	2.8	1,161	19.7	58	1.1
Plymouth	342	2.1	2,765	17.2	194	1.4
Barnet	494	2.7	3,320	18.0	6,420	37.8
Bournemouth	222	2.9	1,069	14.0	112	2.1
North Yorkshire	880	2.4	2,671	7.2	360	1.0
Calderdale	370	2.9	2,381	18.7	1,448	11.8
Kingston upon Thames	151	2.3	795	12.1	1,142	17.6
Poole	119	1.9	612	9.9	58	1.0
Bromley	566	3.0	2,461	13.1	1,570	10.0
Redbridge	232	1.4	3,000	17.6	8,166	48.2
Wiltshire	547	2.1	1,804	7.0	358	1.4
Reading	162	3.3	773	15.9	827	17.0
Walsall	544	2.8	3,687	18.7	3,457	17.5
Enfield	378	2.0	4,419	23.6	5,874	32.5
Kirklees	1,073	4.3	4,821	19.1	4,877	20.2
Telford and Wrekin	470	5.2	1,956	21.5	530	6.2
Liverpool	581	1.8	12,288	38.2	1,714	5.4
Cumbria	997	3.1	4,309	13.3	270	0.9
Devon	1,262	3.3	3,694	9.7	294	0.9
Wolverhampton	374	2.4	3,520	22.5	5,092	32.6
Stoke-on-Trent	443	3.2	3,594	25.7	1,060	7.6
England	79,607	2.6	519,820	17.1	347,943	11.9

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Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for each local education authority in England the total number and percentage of out-borough children in secondary schools. [135751]

Ms Estelle Morris: The information requested on out- borough children in secondary schools is not collected centrally.

Information on pupils attending schools by local education authority area has recently been published in a statistical volume "Statistics of Education--Schools in England 2000" a copy of which is

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available from the Library, or alternatively can be accessed on the Department's statistical website www.dfee.gov.uk/statistics.

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