Homework Clubs
Mr. Damian Green:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made in the promotion of homework clubs in schools; and if she will make a statement. [19611]
Mr. Timms:
We are committed to providing opportunities for young people to enrich their learning through out-of-school-hours activities. "Extending Opportunity: a national framework for study support", published in 1998, set out the contribution homework clubs can make to a school's wider programme of out-of- school-hours learning activities.
We also published Homework Guidelines, which require school homework policies to refer to any opportunities that exist for pupils to do homework, under supervision, at places other than home. In addition to school homework clubs, these may also include libraries
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and community centres. The homework area on the Department's Standards website supplements the guidelines with examples of good practice and case studies which teachers, governors, parents and pupils can access.
Admissions Forums
Mr. Damian Green:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the estimated cost is of setting up admissions forums under the Education Bill. [19612]
Mr. Timms:
The School Admissions Code of Practice recommended that LEAs set up local Admissions Forums as a vehicle for consultation and discussion of issues arising from proposed admission arrangements. The majority have already done so. LEAs currently have considerable costs associated with difficult admission issues and the benefits gained from resolving these matters more quickly make the setting up of forums, where they don't already exist, broadly cost neutral.
TNC Credit
Mr. Bercow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the cost is to public funds of the implementation of the TNC Credit (New Category of Provider) Regulations 1999. [14100]
Dawn Primarolo:
I have been asked to reply.
It is not possible to produce an accurate estimate.
Instructors
Mr. Willis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time instructors were employed in (i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) special schools in each of the last four years for which figures are available. [8840]
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Mr. Timms:
Instructors and other teachers without Qualified Teacher Status in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools in England, 1998 to 2001 by full-time/part-time and phase were as follows.
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001(14),(15)
|
Full-time | | | |
|
Nursery and primary | 530 | 610 | 750 | 1,340
|
Secondary | 780 | 1,000 | 1,070 | 1,560
|
Special | 100 | 140 | 130 | 210
|
| | | |
|
FTE of part-time | | | |
|
Nursery and primary | 370 | 400 | 430 | 410
|
Secondary | 800 | 850 | 760 | 730
|
Special | 30 | 50 | 40 | 40
|
(14) Totals may not appear to equal the sum of their component parts due to rounding; all figures have been rounded to the nearest 10
(15) Table excludes teachers on routes to Qualified Teacher Status: the Graduate Teacher Programme, Registered Teacher Programme, Licensed teacher scheme and Overseas Trained Teacher scheme
When deciding whether to employ an instructor without QTS, head teachers take into account the fact that they can often bring valuable skills and experience to the classroom, particularly in subjects that have a high practical content. Instructors also include teachers with qualifications obtained overseas who are not currently seeking QTS.
Between January 1998 and January 2001 the number of full-time equivalent regular teachers in the maintained schools sector with Qualified Teacher Status rose from 394,400 to 404,500, an increase of 10,100.
Free School Dinners
Ms Buck:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will rank local education authorities according to the percentage fall in the proportion of children attending day schools who are eligible for free school dinners between 1991 and 2000; and what figures are available for 2001. [17777]
Mr. Timms:
The available information is shown in the following table.
Local education authorities ranked according to the percentage fall in the proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools
January 1993 | January 2000
LEA name pre-LGR | Proportion of pupils(16) known to be eligible for free school meals | Equivalent region post-LGR | Proportion of pupils(16) known to be eligible for free school meals | Change in proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals | % change in proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals
|
North Yorkshire pre-LGR | 19.5 | North Yorkshire post-LGR | 9.1 | -10.4 | -53.4
|
| n/a | North Yorkshire | 8.5 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | York | 11.0 | n/a | n/a
|
Leicestershire pre-LGR | 18.8 | Leicester post LGR | 13.0 | -5.9 | -31.2
|
| n/a | Leicestershire | 7.9 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Leicester | 23.6 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Rutland | 5.4 | n/a | n/a
|
City of London | 53.3 | City of London | 35.9 | -17.4 | -32.6
|
Gloucestershire | 13.7 | Gloucestershire | 9.5 | -4.2 | -30.9
|
Walsall | 27.1 | Walsall | 19.1 | -8.0 | -29.6
|
Wiltshire pre-LGR | 13.5 | Wiltshire post-LGR | 9.6 | -3.9 | -28.9
|
| n/a | Wiltshire | 8.2 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Swindon | 12.5 | n/a | n/a
|
Avon pre-LGR | 19.4 | Avon post-LGR | 14.1 | -5.3 | -27.5
|
| n/a | Bath and North East Somerset | 10.3 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Bristol, City of | 22.5 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | North Somerset | 9.8 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | South Gloucestershire | 8.4 | n/a | n/a
|
West Sussex | 11.6 | West Sussex | 8.6 | -3.0 | -26.0
|
Coventry | 26.2 | Coventry | 19.6 | -6.6 | -25.2
|
Sheffield | 29.3 | Sheffield | 22.5 | -6.7 | -23.0
|
Doncaster | 26.6 | Doncaster | 20.9 | -5.7 | -21.3
|
Cornwall | 17.2 | Cornwall | 13.6 | -3.6 | -20.9
|
Warwickshire | 11.9 | Warwickshire | 9.6 | -2.3 | -19.2
|
Wolverhampton | 26.9 | Wolverhampton | 21.8 | -5.1 | -19.1
|
Hertfordshire | 11.2 | Hertfordshire | 9.1 | -2.1 | -18.8
|
Hampshire pre-LGR | 13.7 | Hampshire post-LGR | 11.3 | -2.4 | -17.8
|
| n/a | Hampshire | 8.5 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Portsmouth | 17.6 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Southampton | 21.8 | n/a | n/a
|
Lancashire pre-LGR | 22.7 | Lancashire post-LGR | 18.9 | -3.8 | -16.9
|
| n/a | Lancashire | 16.9 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Blackburn with Darwen | 27.5 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Blackpool | 25.3 | n/a | n/a
|
Bolton | 21.2 | Bolton | 17.7 | -3.6 | -16.8
|
Hackney | 52.4 | Hackney | 44.1 | -8.3 | -15.8
|
Dorset pre-LGR | 9.4 | Dorset post-LGR | 8.0 | -1.5 | -15.7
|
| n/a | Dorset | 6.5 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Poole | 8.4 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Bournemouth | 11.1 | n/a | n/a
|
Berkshire pre-LGR | 10.5 | Berkshire post-LGR | 8.9 | -1.6 | -15.7
|
| n/a | Bracknell Forest | 6.8 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Windsor and Maidenhead | 6.6 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | West Berkshire | 6.2 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Reading | 14.2 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Slough | 16.6 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Wokingham | 4.4 | n/a | n/a
|
Devon pre-LGR | 17.0 | Devon post-LGR | 14.4 | -2.5 | -15.0
|
| n/a | Devon | 11.4 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Plymouth | 19.2 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Torbay | 19.1 | n/a | n/a
|
Kent pre-LGR | 14.8 | Kent post-LGR | 12.8 | -2.1 | -14.1
|
| n/a | Kent | 12.7 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Medway | 12.9 | n/a | n/a
|
Northumberland | 15.6 | Northumberland | 13.5 | -2.2 | -13.8
|
Oxfordshire | 11.0 | Oxfordshire | 9.5 | -1.5 | -13.5
|
Newcastle upon Tyne | 35.6 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 31.1 | -4.5 | -12.5
|
Wigan | 19.3 | Wigan | 16.9 | -2.4 | -12.5
|
Norfolk | 15.7 | Norfolk | 13.8 | -1.9 | -12.1
|
Islington | 50.3 | Islington | 44.2 | -6.0 | -12.0
|
Cambridge pre-LGR | 14.5 | Cambridge post-LGR | 12.8 | -1.7 | -11.8
|
| n/a | Cambridgeshire | 9.5 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Peterborough | 21.4 | n/a | n/a
|
Gateshead | 27.6 | Gateshead | 24.4 | -3.2 | -11.6
|
Bedfordshire pre-LGR | 17.4 | Bedfordshire post-LGR | 15.4 | -2.0 | -11.3
|
| n/a | Bedfordshire | 11.2 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Luton | 23.7 | n/a | n/a
|
Knowsley | 48.4 | Knowsley | 43.0 | -5.4 | -11.2
|
East Sussex pre-LGR | 18.8 | East Sussex post-LGR | 16.7 | -2.1 | -11.2
|
| n/a | East Sussex | 14.8 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Brighton and Hove | 20.7 | n/a | n/a
|
Bradford | 29.1 | Bradford | 25.9 | -3.3 | -11.2
|
Surrey | 8.8 | Surrey | 7.8 | -1.0 | -11.2
|
Calderdale | 19.4 | Calderdale | 17.3 | -2.2 | -11.2
|
Lincolnshire | 8.7 | Lincolnshire | 7.8 | -0.9 | -10.1
|
Wandsworth | 32.9 | Wandsworth | 29.7 | -3.3 | -10.0
|
Stockport | 15.9 | Stockport | 14.3 | -1.6 | -10.0
|
Isle of Wight | 21.3 | Isle of Wight | 19.2 | -2.1 | -9.9
|
South Tyneside | 31.2 | South Tyneside | 28.2 | -3.1 | -9.8
|
Essex pre-LGR | 14.5 | Essex post-LGR | 13.1 | -1.4 | -9.6
|
| n/a | Essex | 12.0 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Southend-on-Sea | 18.3 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Thurrock | 16.9 | n/a | n/a
|
Waltham Forest | 31.5 | Waltham Forest | 28.5 | -3.0 | -9.4
|
Solihull | 13.9 | Solihull | 12.6 | -1.3 | -9.3
|
Lambeth | 45.2 | Lambeth | 41.1 | -4.1 | -9.1
|
Nottinghamshire pre-LGR | 21.3 | Nottinghamshire post-LGR | 19.6 | -1.7 | -8.2
|
| n/a | Nottinghamshire | 14.3 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Nottingham | 34.8 | n/a | n/a
|
Durham pre-LGR | 21.0 | Durham post-LGR | 19.3 | -1.7 | -8.0
|
| n/a | Durham | 19.5 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Darlington | 18.3 | n/a | n/a
|
Shropshire pre-LGR | 15.4 | Shropshire post-LGR | 14.3 | -1.2 | -7.6
|
| n/a | Shropshire | 9.7 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Telford and Wrekin | 21.3 | n/a | n/a
|
Derbyshire pre-LGR | 15.8 | Derbyshire post-LGR | 14.6 | -1.2 | -7.5
|
| n/a | Derbyshire | 12.5 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Derby | 20.8 | n/a | n/a
|
Sandwell | 26.4 | Sandwell | 24.4 | -1.9 | -7.4
|
Somerset | 11.4 | Somerset | 10.6 | -0.8 | -7.3
|
Trafford | 19.4 | Trafford | 18.0 | -1.4 | -7.2
|
Rotherham | 21.2 | Rotherham | 19.8 | -1.4 | -6.8
|
Southwark | 46.4 | Southwark | 43.2 | -3.1 | -6.8
|
Tameside | 21.6 | Tameside | 20.1 | -1.4 | -6.7
|
Dudley | 17.0 | Dudley | 15.9 | -1.1 | -6.5
|
Westminster | 39.3 | Westminster | 36.8 | -2.5 | -6.4
|
Humerside pre-LGR | 19.9 | Humerside post-LGR | 18.6 | -1.3 | -6.4
|
| n/a | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 27.5 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | East Riding of Yorkshire | 10.6 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | North East Lincolnshire | 22.8 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | North Lincolnshire | 14.5 | n/a | n/a
|
Staffordshire pre-LGR | 16.3 | Staffordshire post-LGR | 15.3 | -1.0 | -6.3
|
| n/a | Staffordshire | 11.7 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Stoke-on-Trent | 27.7 | n/a | n/a
|
Rochdale | 27.5 | Rochdale | 25.8 | -1.7 | -6.2
|
Oldham | 25.7 | Oldham | 24.2 | -1.5 | -5.7
|
Suffolk | 12.8 | Suffolk | 12.1 | -0.7 | -5.5
|
Merton | 17.8 | Merton | 16.8 | -1.0 | -5.5
|
Cleveland pre-LGR | 27.4 | Cleveland post-LGR | 26.2 | -1.2 | -4.3
|
| n/a | Hartlepool | 26.8 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Middlesbrough | 32.1 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Redcar and Cleveland | 25.4 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Stockton-on-Tees | 21.9 | n/a | n/a
|
Bromley | 14.0 | Bromley | 13.6 | -0.4 | -3.2
|
Lewisham | 36.7 | Lewisham | 35.8 | -0.9 | -2.5
|
Salford | 30.5 | Salford | 29.8 | -0.7 | -2.4
|
Birmingham | 33.9 | Birmingham | 33.1 | -0.7 | -2.2
|
Hereford and Worcester pre-LGR | 9.4 | Hereford and Worcester post-LGR | 9.2 | -0.2 | -1.9
|
| n/a | Herefordshire | 7.3 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Worcestershire | 9.8 | n/a | n/a
|
Kingston upon Thames | 8.0 | Kingston upon Thames | 7.9 | -0.1 | -1.3
|
Manchester | 45.2 | Manchester | 44.7 | -0.6 | -1.2
|
Bury | 16.0 | Bury | 15.8 | -0.2 | -1.1
|
Sefton | 21.4 | Sefton | 21.2 | -0.2 | -1.0
|
Liverpool | 38.8 | Liverpool | 38.4 | -0.4 | -0.9
|
Kirklees | 19.6 | Kirklees | 19.5 | -0.1 | -0.4
|
St. Helens | 20.9 | St. Helens | 20.8 | -0.1 | -0.3
|
Tower Hamlets | 60.2 | Tower Hamlets | 60.0 | -0.1 | -0.2
|
Barnsley | 24.2 | Barnsley | 24.2 | 0.0 | -0.2
|
Cheshire pre-LGR | 14.2 | Cheshire post-LGR | 14.2 | 0.0 | 0.2
|
| n/a | Cheshire | 12.4 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Halton | 27.2 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Warrington | 11.5 | n/a | n/a
|
Camden | 36.2 | Camden | 36.5 | 0.3 | 0.7
|
Greenwich | 36.0 | Greenwich | 36.4 | 0.4 | 1.2
|
Brent | 26.8 | Brent | 27.2 | 0.4 | 1.5
|
Leeds | 19.6 | Leeds | 19.9 | 0.3 | 1.6
|
Wakefield | 18.3 | Wakefield | 18.7 | 0.3 | 1.7
|
Richmond upon Thames | 12.8 | Richmond upon Thames | 13.0 | 0.3 | 2.3
|
Sunderland | 27.5 | Sunderland | 28.4 | 0.9 | 3.1
|
Hammersmith and Fulham | 38.1 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 39.6 | 1.5 | 3.9
|
Barnet | 16.0 | Barnet | 16.7 | 0.7 | 4.1
|
Northamptonshire | 10.8 | Northamptonshire | 11.4 | 0.6 | 5.9
|
Bexley | 13.3 | Bexley | 14.1 | 0.8 | 6.2
|
North Tyneside | 20.2 | North Tyneside | 21.5 | 1.3 | 6.4
|
Ealing | 24.6 | Ealing | 26.3 | 1.7 | 6.8
|
Wirral | 27.4 | Wirral | 29.3 | 1.9 | 6.9
|
Buckinghamshire pre-LGR | 8.2 | Buckinghamshire post-LGR | 8.8 | 0.6 | 7.8
|
| n/a | Buckinghamshire | 6.6 | n/a | n/a
|
| n/a | Milton Keynes | 13.7 | n/a | n/a
|
Redbridge | 15.5 | Redbridge | 16.7 | 1.2 | 8.0
|
Sutton | 10.1 | Sutton | 10.9 | 0.8 | 8.3
|
Haringey | 36.3 | Haringey | 39.4 | 3.1 | 8.6
|
Kensington and Chelsea | 35.2 | Kensington and Chelsea | 38.8 | 3.5 | 10.1
|
Hounslow | 20.1 | Hounslow | 22.4 | 2.3 | 11.4
|
Isles of Scilly | 4.6 | Isles of Scilly | 5.1 | 0.5 | 11.5
|
Croydon | 19.5 | Croydon | 21.8 | 2.3 | 11.8
|
Havering | 10.9 | Havering | 12.4 | 1.5 | 13.4
|
Cumbria | 12.7 | Cumbria | 14.6 | 1.8 | 14.3
|
Newham | 32.3 | Newham | 39.7 | 7.4 | 22.8
|
Hillingdon | 10.9 | Hillingdon | 13.6 | 2.7 | 25.2
|
Enfield | 17.8 | Enfield | 22.6 | 4.7 | 26.6
|
Barking and Dagenham | 19.9 | Barking and Dagenham | 25.5 | 5.5 | 27.6
|
Harrow | 10.2 | Harrow | 13.9 | 3.7 | 35.9
|
|
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(16) Single registered day pupils
Notes:
n/a = not applicable
LGR = Local Government Reorganisation
Between 1997 and 2000, 24 LEAs were subject to Local Government Reorganisation
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