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Faith Schools
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) both primary and secondary schools that select some or all of their pupils on the basis of faith have (i) opened and (ii) closed in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. [47749]
Mr. Timms [holding answer 10 April 2002]: The information requested is not readily available. I will write to the hon. Member shortly and place a copy of my reply in the Library.
University Funding
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her answer of 19 March 2002, Official Report, column 251W, on university funding, if she will list the low participation postcodes which entail additional costs in student recruitment. [47757]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 10 April 2002]: This is a matter for the Higher Education Funding Council for England. I have therefore asked the Chief Executive of the Funding Council to reply to the hon. Gentleman's question and to place a copy of his reply in the Commons library.
Higher Education Funding
Mrs. Laing: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what decision has been taken on the future of funding students in higher education; and if she will make a statement. [48257]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 10 April 2002]: The Government have announced a review of student finance. We are considering a number of options and no decisions have been made.
Higher Education Entrants
Mr. Rendel: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of each year group between 18 and 30 entered higher education for the first time in 1999–2000. [47758]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 10 April 2002]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 18 March, Official Report, cols 114W, which gave the entry rates to higher education for each individual age from 18 to 30.
University Applications
Mr. Rendel: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many university applications there were in England, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) local government ward in the last year for which figures are available. [47759]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 10 April 2002]: The latest available information from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), showing the number of English domiciled applicants to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses by their area of permanent residence, is shown in the table. UCAS does not hold data on applicants from each local government ward.
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Through the Excellence Challenge, which began in 2001, we are hoping to raise the aspirations and attainment among young people in Excellence in Cities areas and Education Action Zones, to encourage them to enter higher education.
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Performance Targets
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment she has made of whether the 2001–02 target of 280 secondary subject and 51 primary inspections meeting HM Chief Inspector's standard will be achieved. [47896]
Mr. Timms: This is a matter for HM Chief Inspector of Schools. I have therefore asked Mike Tomlinson to write to the hon. Member and to place a copy of his letter in the Library.
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if the target to develop a target for satisfaction for childcare providers by December 2001 was met on time. [47904]
Margaret Hodge: This is a matter for the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) and I have asked HM Chief Inspector for Schools, Mike Tomlinson, to write to the hon. Gentleman and to place a copy of his letter in the Library.
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Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if the target to develop targets for dealing with complaints from childcare providers by December 2001 was met on time. [47903]
Margaret Hodge: This is a matter for the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) and I have asked HM Chief Inspector for Schools, Mike Tomlinson, to write to the hon. Gentleman and to place a copy of his letter in the Library.
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment she has made of whether the performance target to establish integrated inspections of childcare and nursery education by April 2003 will be met. [47901]
Margaret Hodge: The Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) has developed an inspection framework for combined care and nusery education inspections which is currently being piloted. The pilot will be evaluated by the end of April 2002 and OFSTED are on course to meet the target of 1,200 inspections per year for those providers which are not schools but offer a service that includes both childcare and Government funded nursery education.
Pre-school Education
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how (1) many three year olds in Lincolnshire are in pre-school education; and how many were in pre-school education in (a) 1997 and (b) 1992; [48164]
- (2) how many three year olds are in pre-school education; and how many were attending pre schools in (a) 1997 and (b) 1992. [48165]
Margaret Hodge: The information is not available in the form requested.
The available information on numbers of free early years education places taken up by three year olds in England and Lincolnshire Local Education Authority area is shown in the table.
The information was derived from the table published alongside Statistical Bulletin 11/2001 "Provision For Children Under Five Years Of Age in England—January 2001" on the Department's statistical web site www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics/.
The Department is planning to publish information for January 2002 in May.
| 1997 | 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| maintained nursery and primary schools(4) | other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers(5) | total | maintained nursery and primary schools(4) | other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers(5) | total | |
| England | 214,173 | 0 | 214,173 | 226,634 | 108,815 | 335,449 |
| Lincolnshire | 1,686 | 0 | 1,686 | 1,749 | 41 | 1,790 |
Notes:
(4)Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year, from the Annual Schools Census.
(5)Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year, from the Nursery Education Grant data collection exercise.
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