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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 2002–03 £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 London107,415
Camden2,931,900
Greenwich1,912,505
Hackney4,299,222
Hammersmith & Fulham1,202,577
Islington2,529,175
Kensington & Chelsea1,164,506
Lambeth3,402,055
Lewisham2,698,457
Southwark2,053,869
Tower Hamlets8,044,136
Wandsworth2,332,179
Westminster2,136,538
Barking634,870
Barnet1,913,572
Bexley273,969
Brent2,991,961
Bromley112,808
Croydon2,107,095
Ealing3,701,735
Enfield2,476,533
Haringey3,599,985
Harrow1,263,821
Havering109,926
Hillingdon792,240
Hounslow2,360,138
Kingston Upon Thames312,690
Merton989,608
Newham3,333,858
Redbridge2,417,966
Richmond Upon Thames142,621
Sutton229,067
Waltham Forest2,557,579

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 1999–2000 to 2001–02 are as follows:

£

Total allocation
LEA numberLEA1999–20002000–01(31)2001–02
201Corporation of London108,500107,415107,415
202Camden2,931,9003,102,8682,931,900
203Greenwich1,783,6161,866,5101,912,505
204Hackney4,299,2224,442,7664,299,222
205Hammersmith and Fulham940,8801,189,6421,202,577
206Islington2,529,1752,529,1752,529,175
207Kensington and Chelsea1,177,5061,219,9751,164,506
208Lambeth3,436,0553,603,4053,402,055
209Lewisham2,211,5612,543,9472,698,457
210Southwark1,431,8181,910,1922,053,869
211Tower Hamlets8,125,3908,095,4548,044,136
212Wandsworth1,912,8792,163,3232,332,179
213Westminster2,151,5382,136,5382,136,538
301Barking662,475672,625634,870
302Barnet1,459,1131,190,4761,913,572
303Bexley179,781313,705273,969
304Brent2,370,9042,804,2402,991,961
305Bromley51,161166,547112,808
306Croydon2,032,2542,163,0232,107,095
307Ealing2,949,2033,556,9213,701,735
308Enfield2,293,6022,357,4972,476,533
309Haringey3,337,0393,526,6223,599,985
310Harrow863,7511,214,8811,263,821
311Havering75,640131,090109,926
312Hillingdon629,631872,091792,240
313Hounslow1,829,2072,279,5282,360,138
314Kingston upon Thames222,389309,329312,690
315Merton803,895913,930989,608
316Newham253,0581,038,9761,410,781
317Redbridge1,965,4422,228,9292,417,966
318Richmond upon Thames76,785164,041142,621
319Sutton151,345301,005229,067
320Waltham Forest2,054,1112,426,4192,557,579
330Birmingham5,908,0437,288,7258,211,164
331Coventry3,208,6353,208,6353,208,635
332Dudley1,679,7231,679,7231,679,723
333Sandwell331,6891,594,5391,736,068
334Solihull73,12039,978
335Walsall1,962,1201,962,1201,962,120
336Wolverhampton2,498,6963,566,2282,498,696
340Knowsley4,0026,760
341Liverpool444,014519,083573,262
342St. Helens27,34386,91434,064
343Sefton79,84113,525
344Wirral12,34020,631
350Bolton938,0521,147,7651,052,062
351Bury487,320539,266487,320
352Manchester2,988,1483,305,3633,013,363
353Oldham2,423,0682,423,9342,403,068
354Rochdale1,490,7031,608,7631,490,703
355Salford94,732206,052125,078
356Stockport114,892103,080120,653
357Tameside531,905646,649531,905
358Trafford421,131518,210523,308
359Wigan121,503243,818121,503
370Barnsley81,32211,316
371Doncaster139,870324,711174,730
372Rotherham628,345667,136628,345
373Sheffield1,870,8592,018,2221,870,859
380Bradford7,569,0007,788,9807,569,000
381Calderdale1,150,7461,150,7461,150,746
382Kirklees4,152,8334,187,5684,152,833
383Leeds1,186,1361,704,7061,512,802
384Wakefield474,288563,667474,288
390Gateshead54,404128,27965,549
391Newcastle upon Tyne504,213600,263613,453
392North Tyneside155,504198,051161,012
393South Tyneside208,885208,885208,885
394Sunderland128,867194,214144,208
420Isles Of Scilly063
800Bath and North East Somerset45,68651,622
801Bristol1,126,8751,036,2691,036,269
802North Somerset14,47918,253
803South Gloucestershire404,14244,911
805Hartlepool23,22123,72225,807
806Middlesbrough459,107612,787454,607
807Redcar and Cleveland45,82045,32045,320
808Stockton-on-Tees197,972195,418195,418
810Kingston-upon-Hull51,69452,79160,019
811East Riding of Yorkshire387,33019,690
812North East Lincolnshire43,47643,47643,476
813North Lincolnshire281,121281,121281,121
815North Yorkshire72,456174,58043,963
816York146,83858,901
820Bedfordshire1,018,6351,227,3631,018,635
821Luton2,215,0522,287,9522,188,832
825Buckinghamshire1,594,8911,803,6121,594,891
826Milton Keynes384,562480,419467,667
830Derbyshire107,991121,568
831Derby City1,741,8901,911,0831,653,054
835Dorset65,53426,415
836Poole48,70867,27222,098
837Bournemouth24,90931,284
840Durham336,14692,529
841Darlington191,074114,645114,645
845East Sussex149,209334,931180,666
846Brighton and Hove247,270247,270247,270
850Hampshire177,125397,838250,513
851Portsmouth217,491217,491217,491
852Southampton483,237483,237483,237
855Leicestershire634,7261,048,455811,986
856Leicester City3,255,0013,645,0643,645,064
857Rutland01,630
860Staffordshire490,666490,666528,985
861Stoke-on-Trent614,112614,112614,112
865Wiltshire280,98589,375
866Swindon178,352128,473142,712
867Bracknell Forest18,05823,219
868Windsor and Maidenhead242,142281,552307,795
869West Berkshire20,69226,541
870Reading503,353480,975480,975
871Slough1,084,5271,238,6941,344,916
872Wokingham25,109297,92772,947
873Cambridgeshire461,390889,509456,390
874Peterborough1,008,3121,084,212981,212
875Cheshire280,00035,384
876Halton04,175
877Warrington110,886108,886108,886
878Devon17,597325,82736,839
879Plymouth108,390108,390108,390
880Torbay3,5636,159
881Essex10,658548,237124,623
882Southend-on-Sea17,58331,111
883Thurrock51,146133,95472,670
884Herefordshire2,0193,480
885Worcestershire374,099374,099374,099
886Kent1,824,1592,459,2211,824,159
887Medway456,320343,320343,320
888Lancashire4,134,5604,506,1764,134,560
889Blackburn with Darwen2,069,7062,069,7062,069,706
890Blackpool5,1768,491
891Nottinghamshire176,832362,633267,267
892Nottingham City1,989,7972,004,7971,973,797
893Shropshire35,23039,608
894Telford and Wrekin216,498211,140228,496
908Cornwall124,50110,843
909Cumbria86,92012,900
916Gloucestershire329,641534,935361,118
919Hertfordshire2,272,2072,841,2592,272,207
921Isle Of Wight04,168
925Lincolnshire124,699369,384153,817
926Norfolk317,925679,779305,925
928Northamptonshire837,5621,139,918837,562
929Northumberland89,11812,271
931Oxfordshire690,6651,188,472742,282
933Somerset94,353246,84094,353
935Suffolk357,869519,886356,984
936Surrey433,308886,970596,398
937Warwickshire1,498,4121,498,4121,498,412
938West Sussex312,228571,061430,072
England Total139,274,586162,946,443153,907,740

(31) For 2000–01 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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