School Absences
Mrs. Laing:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the number of half days missed through authorised absence in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools; and if she will make a statement. [48262]
Mr. Ivan Lewis
[holding answer 10 April 2002]: The Department's analytical section provides analysis of all absence data collected by the Department. A statistical bulletin was published in December 2001 and is available on the DfES website. Authorised absence accounts for nearly 90 per cent. of all school time missed and therefore can be as much a barrier to improving school standards as unauthorised absence.
In addition, the Department has commissioned a research project on the causes of absence from school. This project will interview children, parents and teachers about the cause of absence and will report in the autumn.
Swimming Advisory Group
Valerie Davey:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the Swimming Advisory Group has completed its work; and when a report will be made. [48058]
Mr. Ivan Lewis:
The Swimming Advisory Group has completed its work and its report is now under consideration within the Department for Education and Skills.
Public Bodies
Mr. Damian Green:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many bodies receive some or all
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of their funding from her Department; how much funding was received by each body in each year since 1997; and who the chief executive of each body was. [47748]
Mr. Ivan Lewis
[holding answer 10 April 2002]: The information cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.
PFI/PPPs
Mr. Bercow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the difference was between the price offered in reaching preferred bidder stage and the final contract price for the five largest PFI contracts let by her Department in each of the last four years; and if she will make a statement. [45601]
Mr. Ivan Lewis
[holding answer 25 March 2002]: My Department has only one PFI contract, which is with Capita, to deliver the Connexions Card project. The final contract price was £109.7 million over seven years. The details of the various bidding stages during contractual negotiations are commercial in confidence and in terms of Part II of the code of practice on access to Government information are exempt from disclosure.
Individual Learning Accounts
Mr. Sheerman:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on progress with the investigations into abuses of the Individual Learning Account scheme; and in how many cases money has been recovered from ILA providers who abused the scheme. [48254]
John Healey
[holding answer 10 April 2002]: In respect of current investigations, 117 learning providers have been passed to the Department's Special Investigations Unit (SIU). Following detailed SIU work, 80 of these have been referred to nine different police forces: Cheshire, City of London, Cumbria, Dorset, Kent, Leicestershire, Metropolitan, National Crime Squad and West Midlands and the SIU are discussing a further 16 with the police. To date police have made 45 arrests that have resulted in 8 accepting cautions and charges being brought against 13 individuals, 12 of whom are awaiting court appearances and one person has been convicted.
A total of £4.47 million of payments are withheld from the 80 providers referred to the police and the 16 SIU are discussing with the police.
Ethnic Minority Funding
Mr. Cox:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding has been given by her Department for section 11 funding for schools in each Inner London borough in the last year. [48683]
Mr. Timms:
The education element of the Home Office's Section 11 Grant scheme ceased on 31 March 1999. It was replaced with the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant, which is administered by my
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Department. For 200203 £155,862,368 is available nationally to improve attainment of minority ethnic pupils. The amounts allocated to London boroughs are set out.
Ethnic minority achievement grant
LEA | £
|
Corporation of London | 107,415
|
Camden | 2,931,900
|
Greenwich | 1,912,505
|
Hackney | 4,299,222
|
Hammersmith & Fulham | 1,202,577
|
Islington | 2,529,175
|
Kensington & Chelsea | 1,164,506
|
Lambeth | 3,402,055
|
Lewisham | 2,698,457
|
Southwark | 2,053,869
|
Tower Hamlets | 8,044,136
|
Wandsworth | 2,332,179
|
Westminster | 2,136,538
|
Barking | 634,870
|
Barnet | 1,913,572
|
Bexley | 273,969
|
Brent | 2,991,961
|
Bromley | 112,808
|
Croydon | 2,107,095
|
Ealing | 3,701,735
|
Enfield | 2,476,533
|
Haringey | 3,599,985
|
Harrow | 1,263,821
|
Havering | 109,926
|
Hillingdon | 792,240
|
Hounslow | 2,360,138
|
Kingston Upon Thames | 312,690
|
Merton | 989,608
|
Newham | 3,333,858
|
Redbridge | 2,417,966
|
Richmond Upon Thames | 142,621
|
Sutton | 229,067
|
Waltham Forest | 2,557,579
|
Note:
All figures include both DfES grant and LEA Contribution
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English Teaching
Mr. Brady:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what grant aid has been paid to each local education authority in each of the last five years to assist in the teaching of English to ethnic minority pupils. [48753]
Mr. Timms:
My Department provides additional ring-fenced support to raise the achievement of ethnic minority pupils and meet the needs of those for whom English is an additional language through the Ethnic Minority Achievement (EMAG) strand of the standards fund. EMAG replaced the education element of the Home Office's Section 11 grant scheme in April 1999. Individual programme allocations for each authority for each year from 19992000 to 200102 are as follows:
£
| | Total allocation
|
LEA number | LEA | 19992000 | 200001(31) | 200102
|
201 | Corporation of London | 108,500 | 107,415 | 107,415
|
202 | Camden | 2,931,900 | 3,102,868 | 2,931,900
|
203 | Greenwich | 1,783,616 | 1,866,510 | 1,912,505
|
204 | Hackney | 4,299,222 | 4,442,766 | 4,299,222
|
205 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 940,880 | 1,189,642 | 1,202,577
|
206 | Islington | 2,529,175 | 2,529,175 | 2,529,175
|
207 | Kensington and Chelsea | 1,177,506 | 1,219,975 | 1,164,506
|
208 | Lambeth | 3,436,055 | 3,603,405 | 3,402,055
|
209 | Lewisham | 2,211,561 | 2,543,947 | 2,698,457
|
210 | Southwark | 1,431,818 | 1,910,192 | 2,053,869
|
211 | Tower Hamlets | 8,125,390 | 8,095,454 | 8,044,136
|
212 | Wandsworth | 1,912,879 | 2,163,323 | 2,332,179
|
213 | Westminster | 2,151,538 | 2,136,538 | 2,136,538
|
301 | Barking | 662,475 | 672,625 | 634,870
|
302 | Barnet | 1,459,113 | 1,190,476 | 1,913,572
|
303 | Bexley | 179,781 | 313,705 | 273,969
|
304 | Brent | 2,370,904 | 2,804,240 | 2,991,961
|
305 | Bromley | 51,161 | 166,547 | 112,808
|
306 | Croydon | 2,032,254 | 2,163,023 | 2,107,095
|
307 | Ealing | 2,949,203 | 3,556,921 | 3,701,735
|
308 | Enfield | 2,293,602 | 2,357,497 | 2,476,533
|
309 | Haringey | 3,337,039 | 3,526,622 | 3,599,985
|
310 | Harrow | 863,751 | 1,214,881 | 1,263,821
|
311 | Havering | 75,640 | 131,090 | 109,926
|
312 | Hillingdon | 629,631 | 872,091 | 792,240
|
313 | Hounslow | 1,829,207 | 2,279,528 | 2,360,138
|
314 | Kingston upon Thames | 222,389 | 309,329 | 312,690
|
315 | Merton | 803,895 | 913,930 | 989,608
|
316 | Newham | 253,058 | 1,038,976 | 1,410,781
|
317 | Redbridge | 1,965,442 | 2,228,929 | 2,417,966
|
318 | Richmond upon Thames | 76,785 | 164,041 | 142,621
|
319 | Sutton | 151,345 | 301,005 | 229,067
|
320 | Waltham Forest | 2,054,111 | 2,426,419 | 2,557,579
|
330 | Birmingham | 5,908,043 | 7,288,725 | 8,211,164
|
331 | Coventry | 3,208,635 | 3,208,635 | 3,208,635
|
332 | Dudley | 1,679,723 | 1,679,723 | 1,679,723
|
333 | Sandwell | 331,689 | 1,594,539 | 1,736,068
|
334 | Solihull | | 73,120 | 39,978
|
335 | Walsall | 1,962,120 | 1,962,120 | 1,962,120
|
336 | Wolverhampton | 2,498,696 | 3,566,228 | 2,498,696
|
340 | Knowsley | | 4,002 | 6,760
|
341 | Liverpool | 444,014 | 519,083 | 573,262
|
342 | St. Helens | 27,343 | 86,914 | 34,064
|
343 | Sefton | | 79,841 | 13,525
|
344 | Wirral | | 12,340 | 20,631
|
350 | Bolton | 938,052 | 1,147,765 | 1,052,062
|
351 | Bury | 487,320 | 539,266 | 487,320
|
352 | Manchester | 2,988,148 | 3,305,363 | 3,013,363
|
353 | Oldham | 2,423,068 | 2,423,934 | 2,403,068
|
354 | Rochdale | 1,490,703 | 1,608,763 | 1,490,703
|
355 | Salford | 94,732 | 206,052 | 125,078
|
356 | Stockport | 114,892 | 103,080 | 120,653
|
357 | Tameside | 531,905 | 646,649 | 531,905
|
358 | Trafford | 421,131 | 518,210 | 523,308
|
359 | Wigan | 121,503 | 243,818 | 121,503
|
370 | Barnsley | | 81,322 | 11,316
|
371 | Doncaster | 139,870 | 324,711 | 174,730
|
372 | Rotherham | 628,345 | 667,136 | 628,345
|
373 | Sheffield | 1,870,859 | 2,018,222 | 1,870,859
|
380 | Bradford | 7,569,000 | 7,788,980 | 7,569,000
|
381 | Calderdale | 1,150,746 | 1,150,746 | 1,150,746
|
382 | Kirklees | 4,152,833 | 4,187,568 | 4,152,833
|
383 | Leeds | 1,186,136 | 1,704,706 | 1,512,802
|
384 | Wakefield | 474,288 | 563,667 | 474,288
|
390 | Gateshead | 54,404 | 128,279 | 65,549
|
391 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 504,213 | 600,263 | 613,453
|
392 | North Tyneside | 155,504 | 198,051 | 161,012
|
393 | South Tyneside | 208,885 | 208,885 | 208,885
|
394 | Sunderland | 128,867 | 194,214 | 144,208
|
420 | Isles Of Scilly | | 0 | 63
|
800 | Bath and North East Somerset | | 45,686 | 51,622
|
801 | Bristol | 1,126,875 | 1,036,269 | 1,036,269
|
802 | North Somerset | | 14,479 | 18,253
|
803 | South Gloucestershire | | 404,142 | 44,911
|
805 | Hartlepool | 23,221 | 23,722 | 25,807
|
806 | Middlesbrough | 459,107 | 612,787 | 454,607
|
807 | Redcar and Cleveland | 45,820 | 45,320 | 45,320
|
808 | Stockton-on-Tees | 197,972 | 195,418 | 195,418
|
810 | Kingston-upon-Hull | 51,694 | 52,791 | 60,019
|
811 | East Riding of Yorkshire | | 387,330 | 19,690
|
812 | North East Lincolnshire | 43,476 | 43,476 | 43,476
|
813 | North Lincolnshire | 281,121 | 281,121 | 281,121
|
815 | North Yorkshire | 72,456 | 174,580 | 43,963
|
816 | York | | 146,838 | 58,901
|
820 | Bedfordshire | 1,018,635 | 1,227,363 | 1,018,635
|
821 | Luton | 2,215,052 | 2,287,952 | 2,188,832
|
825 | Buckinghamshire | 1,594,891 | 1,803,612 | 1,594,891
|
826 | Milton Keynes | 384,562 | 480,419 | 467,667
|
830 | Derbyshire | | 107,991 | 121,568
|
831 | Derby City | 1,741,890 | 1,911,083 | 1,653,054
|
835 | Dorset | | 65,534 | 26,415
|
836 | Poole | 48,708 | 67,272 | 22,098
|
837 | Bournemouth | | 24,909 | 31,284
|
840 | Durham | | 336,146 | 92,529
|
841 | Darlington | 191,074 | 114,645 | 114,645
|
845 | East Sussex | 149,209 | 334,931 | 180,666
|
846 | Brighton and Hove | 247,270 | 247,270 | 247,270
|
850 | Hampshire | 177,125 | 397,838 | 250,513
|
851 | Portsmouth | 217,491 | 217,491 | 217,491
|
852 | Southampton | 483,237 | 483,237 | 483,237
|
855 | Leicestershire | 634,726 | 1,048,455 | 811,986
|
856 | Leicester City | 3,255,001 | 3,645,064 | 3,645,064
|
857 | Rutland | | 0 | 1,630
|
860 | Staffordshire | 490,666 | 490,666 | 528,985
|
861 | Stoke-on-Trent | 614,112 | 614,112 | 614,112
|
865 | Wiltshire | | 280,985 | 89,375
|
866 | Swindon | 178,352 | 128,473 | 142,712
|
867 | Bracknell Forest | | 18,058 | 23,219
|
868 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 242,142 | 281,552 | 307,795
|
869 | West Berkshire | | 20,692 | 26,541
|
870 | Reading | 503,353 | 480,975 | 480,975
|
871 | Slough | 1,084,527 | 1,238,694 | 1,344,916
|
872 | Wokingham | 25,109 | 297,927 | 72,947
|
873 | Cambridgeshire | 461,390 | 889,509 | 456,390
|
874 | Peterborough | 1,008,312 | 1,084,212 | 981,212
|
875 | Cheshire | | 280,000 | 35,384
|
876 | Halton | | 0 | 4,175
|
877 | Warrington | 110,886 | 108,886 | 108,886
|
878 | Devon | 17,597 | 325,827 | 36,839
|
879 | Plymouth | 108,390 | 108,390 | 108,390
|
880 | Torbay | | 3,563 | 6,159
|
881 | Essex | 10,658 | 548,237 | 124,623
|
882 | Southend-on-Sea | | 17,583 | 31,111
|
883 | Thurrock | 51,146 | 133,954 | 72,670
|
884 | Herefordshire | | 2,019 | 3,480
|
885 | Worcestershire | 374,099 | 374,099 | 374,099
|
886 | Kent | 1,824,159 | 2,459,221 | 1,824,159
|
887 | Medway | 456,320 | 343,320 | 343,320
|
888 | Lancashire | 4,134,560 | 4,506,176 | 4,134,560
|
889 | Blackburn with Darwen | 2,069,706 | 2,069,706 | 2,069,706
|
890 | Blackpool | | 5,176 | 8,491
|
891 | Nottinghamshire | 176,832 | 362,633 | 267,267
|
892 | Nottingham City | 1,989,797 | 2,004,797 | 1,973,797
|
893 | Shropshire | | 35,230 | 39,608
|
894 | Telford and Wrekin | 216,498 | 211,140 | 228,496
|
908 | Cornwall | | 124,501 | 10,843
|
909 | Cumbria | | 86,920 | 12,900
|
916 | Gloucestershire | 329,641 | 534,935 | 361,118
|
919 | Hertfordshire | 2,272,207 | 2,841,259 | 2,272,207
|
921 | Isle Of Wight | | 0 | 4,168
|
925 | Lincolnshire | 124,699 | 369,384 | 153,817
|
926 | Norfolk | 317,925 | 679,779 | 305,925
|
928 | Northamptonshire | 837,562 | 1,139,918 | 837,562
|
929 | Northumberland | | 89,118 | 12,271
|
931 | Oxfordshire | 690,665 | 1,188,472 | 742,282
|
933 | Somerset | 94,353 | 246,840 | 94,353
|
935 | Suffolk | 357,869 | 519,886 | 356,984
|
936 | Surrey | 433,308 | 886,970 | 596,398
|
937 | Warwickshire | 1,498,412 | 1,498,412 | 1,498,412
|
938 | West Sussex | 312,228 | 571,061 | 430,072
|
| England Total | 139,274,586 | 162,946,443 | 153,907,740
|
(31) For 200001 Ethnic Minority Achievement grant was combined with Traveller Achievement grant. It is not possible to disaggregate the figures for each.
Note:
All figures include both DfES grant and LEA contribution
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