House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 22 Mar 2001 (pt 14)

Physical Education

Ms Kelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many physical education teacher vacancies there were in secondary schools, broken down by region, in each year since 1995. [154480]

Ms Estelle Morris: The information requested is as follows:

January:

Government Office region 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

North East 2 2 1 1 2 1

North West 0 0 1 5 3 3

Yorkshire and Humber 0 1 2 1 3 1

East Midlands 1 0 0 0 1 2

West Midlands 2 3 3 4 6 5

South West 0 0 1 1 2 1

East 4 4 3 5 2 7

London 6 7 10 13 2 7

South East 4 10 6 4 8 3

Total 19 27 27 34 29 30

	January:
Government Office region	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
North East	2	2	1	1	2	1
North West	0	0	1	5	3	3
Yorkshire and Humber	0	1	2	1	3	1
East Midlands	1	0	0	0	1	2
West Midlands	2	3	3	4	6	5
South West	0	0	1	1	2	1
East	4	4	3	5	2	7
London	6	7	10	13	2	7
South East	4	10	6	4	8	3

Total	19	27	27	34	29	30

The estimated vacancy rate for physical education in each year since 1995 is as follows:

Vacancy rate

January

1995 0.2

1996 0.2

1997 0.2

1998 0.3

1999 0.3

2000 0.2

	Vacancy rate
January
1995	0.2
1996	0.2
1997	0.2
1998	0.3
1999	0.3
2000	0.2

The number of regular teachers (excluding short-term supply) in the maintained schools sector in England at January 2000 was 404,600, the highest for 10 years and 6,900 higher than January 1998.There was a growth of 2,300 in the number of people recruited to train to be teachers between 1999-2000 and 2000-01, the first such increase since 1992-93.

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From April 2001 new graduate recruits can expect to earn £17,000 a year (up 6 per cent. from the previous year) and starting salaries in inner London will rise to £20,000 (up 9 per cent. from the previous year).

Basic Skills Provision (Inspections)

Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has for the continuation of inspections of performance by full-time and part-time education providers in the programme area of basic skills. [154675]

Mr. Wicks [holding answer 21 March 2001]: The Government attach high priority to improving adults' literacy and numeracy skills. On 1 March, we published our national strategy for achieving this in Skills for Life, which set out how regular monitoring and robust inspection will raise standards among basic skills providers and improve the achievement of learners.

From April 2001 'all' providers of adult literacy and numeracy provision funded by the Learning and Skills Council or a local authority will fall within the general arrangements for inspection by Ofsted and/or the Adult Learning Inspectorate, as defined by the Learning and Skills Act 2000. In addition, we will conduct a review of the quality and inspection criteria for basic skills provision.

Curriculum 2000

Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the annual cost, and on whom it will fall, of additional external moderation and examination needed to fulfil the requirement of Curriculum 2000. [154676]

Mr. Wicks [holding answer 21 March 2001]: The Government have provided additional funding of £103 million for schools and colleges for Curriculum 2000 in 2000-01. This includes the costs of external moderation and examination.

Post-16 Educational Qualifications

Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to integrate the award of educational qualifications post-16 with individual pupil records. [154678]

Mr. Wicks [holding answer 21 March 2001]: There are no plans to integrate the award of educational qualifications post-16 with individual pupil records.

School Achievement Awards

Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to give recognition to schools with consistently high standards of achievement in both 1997 and 2000; and if he will make a statement. [154741]

Ms Estelle Morris [holding answer 20 March 2001]: School Achievement Awards are being given for the first time this year. In this first round we are giving priority to improvement. We are also giving excellence awards to schools that achieved better results last year than most other schools in similar circumstances. The Department also recognises sustained achievement in other ways,

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notably through the Beacon Schools scheme. There are now nearly 600 Beacon Schools across the country and the number is set to grow.

University Students

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the unit of resource per full-time student at English universities in (a) cash, (b) real terms and (c) indexed to a base of 1989 = 100, in (i) 1989, (ii) 1992, (iii) 1997, (iv) 2000-01, (v) 2001-02 and estimated for (A) 2002-03 and (B) 2003-04. [154814]

Mr. Wicks: Information relating to the unit of publicly planned funding per full-time equivalent student at higher education institutions in England is shown in the table:

Publicly planned funding per full-time equivalent higher education student in England (in £)⁽²⁴⁾ in cash terms, and in real terms at 1989-90 prices

Cash terms Real terms Real terms index

Outturn

1989-90 5,350 5,350 100

1992-93 5,060 4,280 80

1997-98 4,580 3,410 64

Planned

2000-01 4,860 3,380 63

2001-02 5,020 3,410 64

2002-03 5,150 3,410 64

2003-04 5,290 3,420 64

	Cash terms	Real terms	Real terms index
Outturn
1989-90	5,350	5,350	100
1992-93	5,060	4,280	80
1997-98	4,580	3,410	64

Planned
2000-01	4,860	3,380	63
2001-02	5,020	3,410	64
2002-03	5,150	3,410	64
2003-04	5,290	3,420	64

⁽²⁴⁾ Unit funding per student is rounded to the nearest £5

The Government are investing an extra £1.7 billion in higher education in England over the six years to 2003-04. The increases in publicly planned funding announced last November coupled with planned increases in student numbers imply estimated real terms increases in funding per full-time equivalent student of 0.7 per cent., 0 per cent. and 0.4 per cent. over the next three years.

National Training Organisations

Mr. Robert Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when he will make an announcement on the outcome of the consultation on the future national training organisation representation for the telecom industry. [155081]

Mr. Wicks: The consultation ends on 30 March 2001. We will make an announcement on future arrangements as soon as practicable after the end of the consultation period. Details will be published on the internet in accordance with the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Public Consultations.

Mr. Robert Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the annual membership fee of each of the national training organisations. [155082]

Mr. Wicks: NTOs are independent employer-led organisations and it is for them to decide whether they wish to operate a membership arrangement with employers in their sector and if so what the appropriate annual membership should be. The Department does not keep information on the membership schemes that operate.

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Pupil Exclusions

Joan Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many pupils were excluded from school (a) temporarily and (b) permanently (i) in each of the London education authorities and (ii) nationally during the past 12 months, broken down by ethnic origin. [155000]

Jacqui Smith: The Department is currently collating information on the number of permanent exclusions from maintained primary, secondary and special schools in

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England in the school year 1999-2000 and provisional figures will be published in a Statistical First Release in May 2001 (provisional date). The Department does not collect data on the number of fixed period exclusions.

The latest available information, which is for the school year 1998-99, on the number of pupils permanently excluded from school in each of the London education authorities and in England as a whole, broken down by ethnic origin, is shown in the table.

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Number of permanent exclusions from Primary, Secondary and Special⁽²⁵⁾ schools by ethnic origin 1998-99

Number of exclusions

White Black Caribbean Black African Black other Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Any other ethnic group Total

City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Camden 14 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 5 19

Greenwich 51 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 5 7 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 12 75

Hackney 15 8 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 6 0 0 0 0 6 35

Hammersmith and Fulham 18 13 6 9 0 0 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 46

Islington 16 7 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 0 0 5 28

Kensington and Chelsea 11 6 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 0 0 6 23

Lambeth ⁽²⁶⁾-- 23 9 5 0 0 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 37

Lewisham 20 13 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 20 0 0 0 0 9 62

Southwark 22 48 22 10 0 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 102

Tower Hamlets 13 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 0 14 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 27

Wandsworth 22 30 9 11 0 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 72

Westminster 17 10 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 0 0 7 34

Barking and Dagenham 35 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 35

Barnet 19 12 6 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 37

Bexley 54 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 59

Brent 15 27 14 10 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 6 72

Bromley 74 6 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 0 0 0 5 85

Croydon 67 46 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 8 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 7 128

Ealing 28 21 6 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 8 63

Enfield 44 15 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 7 0 0 0 0 9 75

Haringey 13 16 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 6 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 35

Harrow 20 6 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 7 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 33

Havering 37 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 37

Hillingdon 55 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 55

Hounslow 43 5 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 7 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 8 63

Kingston upon Thames 23 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 0 0 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 23

Merton 13 8 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 0 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 21

Newham 23 8 8 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 9 48

Redbridge 21 6 5 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 5 37

Richmond upon Thames 35 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 35

Sutton 33 ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- ⁽²⁶⁾-- 0 0 0 0 0 33

Waltham Forest 40 25 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 9 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 5 0 0 ⁽²⁶⁾-- 79

England 8,791 593 157 268 71 165 42 6 320 10,413

	Number of exclusions
	White	Black Caribbean	Black African	Black other	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese	Any other ethnic group	Total
City of London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Camden	14	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	5	19
Greenwich	51	⁽²⁶⁾--	5	7	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	12	75
Hackney	15	8	⁽²⁶⁾--	6	0	0	0	0	6	35
Hammersmith and Fulham	18	13	6	9	0	0	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	46
Islington	16	7	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	0	0	5	28
Kensington and Chelsea	11	6	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	0	0	6	23
Lambeth	⁽²⁶⁾--	23	9	5	0	0	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	37
Lewisham	20	13	⁽²⁶⁾--	20	0	0	0	0	9	62
Southwark	22	48	22	10	0	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	102
Tower Hamlets	13	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	0	14	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	27
Wandsworth	22	30	9	11	0	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	72
Westminster	17	10	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	0	0	7	34
Barking and Dagenham	35	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	35
Barnet	19	12	6	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	37
Bexley	54	⁽²⁶⁾--	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
Brent	15	27	14	10	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	6	72
Bromley	74	6	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	0	0	0	5	85
Croydon	67	46	⁽²⁶⁾--	8	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	7	128
Ealing	28	21	6	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	8	63
Enfield	44	15	⁽²⁶⁾--	7	0	0	0	0	9	75
Haringey	13	16	⁽²⁶⁾--	6	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	35
Harrow	20	6	⁽²⁶⁾--	7	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	33
Havering	37	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	37
Hillingdon	55	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	55
Hounslow	43	5	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	7	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	8	63
Kingston upon Thames	23	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	0	0	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	23
Merton	13	8	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	0	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	21
Newham	23	8	8	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	9	48
Redbridge	21	6	5	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	5	37
Richmond upon Thames	35	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	35
Sutton	33	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	⁽²⁶⁾--	0	0	0	0	0	33
Waltham Forest	40	25	⁽²⁶⁾--	9	⁽²⁶⁾--	5	0	0	⁽²⁶⁾--	79

England	8,791	593	157	268	71	165	42	6	320	10,413

⁽²⁵⁾ Includes maintained and non maintained special school

⁽²⁶⁾ Fewer than 5 pupils

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