House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 1 Jul 2002 (pt 3)

School Fire Safety

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the estimated cost is of damage caused by fires at schools for each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. [64303]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Department does not collect this information.

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will estimate how many schools have been fitted with fire sprinkler systems; what percentage of schools this represents; and if she will make a statement. [64302]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Department does not collect data on fire sprinkler systems.

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If a fire should happen in a school, the Department's primary concern is the safety of pupils, teachers and other users. Regulation 17 of the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999 requires that every part of a school building, and of the land provided for a school, shall be such that the safe escape of the occupants in case of fire is reasonably assured. Schools are also covered by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, and subsequent regulations. These include aspects of fire safety.

To help schools manage fire safety, the Department published Managing School Facilities Guide 6, "Fire Safety", in 2000. This offers guidance on how to minimise the risk of fire, including identifying hazards and carrying out risk assessments. It also gives advice on training and on fire detection and alarm systems.

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Pupil:teacher Ratios (Suffolk)

Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average pupil:teacher ratio was in Suffolk in each year between 1997 and 2002 in (a) primary, (b) middle and (c) upper schools. [64390]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is shown in the table.

Average pupil:teacher ratio⁽¹⁶⁾ in maintained primary, middle⁽¹⁷⁾ and secondary schools in Suffolk LEA Position in January each year

Total Primary Secondary Middle deemed Secondary Total Secondary

2002⁽¹⁸⁾ 21.6 16.3 18.4 16.9

2001 22.0 16.4 18.7 17.1

2000 22.1 16.0 18.9 16.9

1999 22.0 15.7 18.9 16.6

1998 22.2 15.5 18.8 16.5

1997 22.3 15.6 18.8 16.6

	Total Primary	Secondary	Middle deemed Secondary	Total Secondary
2002⁽¹⁸⁾	21.6	16.3	18.4	16.9
2001	22.0	16.4	18.7	17.1
2000	22.1	16.0	18.9	16.9
1999	22.0	15.7	18.9	16.6
1998	22.2	15.5	18.8	16.5
1997	22.3	15.6	18.8	16.6

⁽¹⁶⁾ The pupil:teacher ratio within schools is the ratio of full-time equivalent pupils to full-time equivalent number of teachers.

⁽¹⁷⁾ There are no middle deemed primary schools in Suffolk.

⁽¹⁸⁾ Provisional

Source:

Annual Schools Census

Education SSA

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which local education authorities (a) spent and (b) proposed to spend less than SSA on education, showing the extent of the shortfalls, in each of the years 1999–2000 to 2002–03. [63889]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested has been placed in the Libraries.

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which local education authorities failed to passport increases in education SSA; and what the extent of the shortfall was in each of the years 1999–2000 to 2002–03. [63890]

Mr. Miliband [holding answer 24 June 2002]: The names of the local education authorities which failed to passport increases in the education SSA were published in the LEAs' Local Schools Budgets Comparative Tables for each of the years 1999–2000 to 2002–03.

The information requested is listed by each of the years in question.

1999–2000

Bath and North East Somerset

Birmingham

Blackpool

Brighton and Hove

Cornwall

Darlington

Doncaster

East Riding of Yorkshire

Gateshead

Haringey

Herefordshire

Kingston upon Hull

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Knowsley

Lambeth

Lancashire

Leicestershire

Lewisham

Merton

Milton Keynes

Newcastle upon Tyne

North Somerset

Redbridge

Redcar and Cleveland

Richmond upon Thames

Somerset

Southampton

South Gloucestershire

St. Helens

Swindon

Trafford

Walsall

Waltham Forest

West Sussex

Wigan

Passporting shortfall: £24,078,000

2000–01

Barnet

Brent

North Somerset

Redbridge

Salford

Somerset

Southwark

Passporting shortfall: £8,578,000

2001–02

Brent

Bristol

Harrow

Northumberland

North Somerset

Swindon

Wolverhampton

York

Passporting shortfall: £7,268,000

2002–03

Bedfordshire

Brent

Bromley

East Riding of Yorkshire

East Sussex

Essex

Hackney

Hounslow

Newcastle

North Tyneside

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Poole

Reading

Rutland

Slough

Southampton

Southwark

South Gloucestershire

Wolverhampton

Passporting shortfall: £30,793,000.

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of education SSA was included in schools' delegated budgets in each local education authority in each year since 1999–2000, ranked by order of the most recent year. [63891]

Mr. Miliband [holding answer 24 June 2002]: The following table shows schools' delegated budgets as a proportion of education SSA. These percentages differ from the delegation percentages published annually by the Department. Those percentages are based on the Local Schools Budget (LSB), the coverage of which differs significantly from the coverage of the Education SSA: in particular, the LSB includes expenditure financed by the Standards Fund and other specific grants, but excludes expenditure on non-school education. The percentages shown below will reflect LEAs' spending levels relative to their SSAs as well as their propensity to delegate within the LSB, and will also be affected, year to year, by changes in the scope of the SSA.

Percentage

LEA name 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Bath and North East Somerset 85.6 86.9 86.5 87.8

Rutland 88.3 910 89.1 87.4

South Gloucestershire 83.2 83.3 84.8 85.5

Wigan 83.9 85.4 85.9 85.3

City of Bristol 4.0 84.9 84.1 84.8

Kingston upon Thames 81.2 81.7 85.1 84.3

Sefton 79.3 84.7 85.4 84.0

Poole 80.1 83.2 82.2 83.9

Suffolk 82.7 82.5 81.5 83.8

Havering 82.5 82.1 84.0 83.6

Dudley 84.4 84.2 82.8 83.4

Richmond upon Thames 80.1 80.3 81.8 83.2

Southend-on-Sea 83.8 85.5 84.5 82.9

Warrington 81.5 81.8 83.2 82.7

Barnet 84.6 83.3 83.4 82.6

Sandwell 76.0 79.6 82.7 82.6

Leeds 80.9 81.2 81.1 82.4

Cheshire 83.2 82.5 82.4 82.3

West Berkshire 81.0 82.3 82.8 82.3

Medway 77.7 79.8 80.1 82.2

North Yorkshire 81.7 81.5 81.4 82.2

East Riding of Yorkshire 81.6 82.2 82.9 82.1

Dorset 76.4 77.2 82.6 82.1

North Tyneside 78.1 77.8 82.3 81.7

Calderdale 77.2 78.1 78.8 81.6

Coventry 79.3 79.5 81.0 81.6

Birmingham 82.0 82.6 82.9 81.6

Barking and Dagenham 76.8 77.4 80.8 81.5

Plymouth 78.4 78.8 81.3 81.4

Northamptonshire 82.8 83.2 83.1 81.4

Wakefield 73.5 76.9 78.8 81.3

Warwickshire 79.7 82.8 81.2 81.3

Harrow 79.1 79.9 80.3 81.2

Somerset 81.0 80.8 81.2 81.2

Nottingham 75.8 76.4 79.2 81.1

Portsmouth 83.0 83.1 81.7 81.1

Worcestershire 77.5 79.0 79.4 81.1

Doncaster 77.1 78.1 80.0 81.0

Staffordshire 79.4 78.6 79.3 81.0

York 82.3 81.5 81.1 81.0

Telford and Wrekin 78.2 79.5 79.6 81.0

North East Lincolnshire 78.3 79.3 79.2 80.9

St. Helens 76.4 79.6 80.9 80.9

Nottinghamshire 81.9 81.3 80.8 80.8

Stockton-on-Tees 79.5 82.0 81.8 80.7

Rotherham 76.2 79.7 81.0 80.6

Oldham 78.7 80.8 80.8 80.6

Merton 76.5 77.8 79.2 80.6

Trafford 79.0 79.4 80.9 80.4

Solihull 82.2 82.4 82.1 80.4

Tameside 76.0 77.3 78.9 80.3

Cambridgeshire 72.1 77.2 79.7 80.3

Barnsley 69.5 74.5 77.5 80.3

Bolton 76.9 78.4 78.3 80.2

Durham 76.2 77.2 81.6 80.2

Hampshire 81.3 81.2 79.5 80.2

Essex 79.7 79.7 79.7 80.1

Salford 74.7 79.4 80.7 80.1

North Lincolnshire 76.1 78.6 80.9 80.0

Stockport 78.2 78.5 80.1 80.0

Lancashire 75.6 76.1 78.7 80.0

Sutton 78.6 80.5 80.3 80.0

Walsall 78.3 79.5 79.6 80.0

Wokingham 82.4 83.3 82.2 80.0

Torbay 75.2 76.3 78.5 80.0

Norfolk 80.7 80.6 81.1 80.0

Hillingdon 82.7 81.5 80.3 80.0

West Sussex 80.4 79.8 80.0 80.0

Sunderland 76.3 76.8 78.1 79.8

Thurrock 76.4 77.0 77.9 79.8

Hertfordshire 78.6 78.8 79.0 79.8

Middlesbrough 71.0 75.5 78.5 79.8

Cumbria 80.6 81.1 81.4 79.7

Northumberland 77.4 77.9 81.0 79.7

Kent 77.5 77.9 78.3 79.7

Bedfordshire 80.6 80.3 79.4 79.6

Kirklees 75.6 79.0 79.8 79.6

City of Kingston Upon Hull 72.9 75.3 79.2 79.6

Derbyshire 79.0 80.6 79.6 79.5

Milton Keynes 73.8 74.7 76.3 79.5

Bournemouth 77.5 80.0 80.6 79.3

Gateshead 75.1 78.5 80.8 79.2

Hartlepool 74.9 77.6 79.2 79.1

Redcar and Cleveland 75.4 78.8 79.9 79.0

Peterborough 74.3 80.4 79.7 79.0

Waltham Forest 78.2 78.9 79.5 78.8

Surrey 77.1 78.6 78.6 78.8

Bury 77.3 79.4 79.1 78.7

Kensington and Chelsea 76.9 81.4 79.7 78.7

Derby 72.5 75.0 76.8 78.7

Halton 76.2 79.0 78.7 78.5

Leicestershire 80.8 80.3 79.1 78.5

East Sussex 77.0 77.6 78.9 78.5

Hounslow 78.3 79.2 79.5 78.4

Enfield 76.4 78.2 78.8 78.4

Lincolnshire 78.6 81.0 79.1 78.4

Luton 72.9 76.4 76.9 78.3

Swindon 77.1 78.0 77.1 78.3

Blackpool 72.8 75.1 77.9 78.3

Wandsworth 75.8 76.9 78.1 78.3

Redbridge 76.7 77.8 78.4 78.2

Blackburn with Darwen 71.5 76.6 77.6 78.2

Stoke-on-Trent 76.0 77.3 79.3 78.1

Leicester 72.1 73.7 77.9 78.0

Bradford 69.9 73.0 75.8 77.8

Isle of Wight 73.6 78.0 78.6 77.6

Darlington 73.8 74.0 78.1 77.6

Shropshire 76.8 78.5 78.6 77.6

Brighton and Hove 74.6 76.2 78.0 77.5

Ealing 72.5 73.3 75.9 77.5

Gloucestershire 77.6 77.4 76.3 77.5

South Tyneside 72.8 73.9 77.7 77.4

Westminster 69.5 73.8 78.3 77.4

Liverpool 72.2 77.1 77.8 77.4

North Somerset 80.3 78.6 78.6 77.3

Devon 74.7 74.6 78.1 77.3

Tower Hamlets 68.0 75.2 76.5 77.2

Manchester 69.8 74.5 78.4 77.2

Cornwall 71.2 71.5 76.8 77.1

Southampton 77.7 78.8 78.5 77.1

Wolverhampton 76.9 76.7 78.4 76.9

Wiltshire 78.1 78.0 76.7 76.9

Windsor and Maidenhead 76.7 77.9 76.5 76.9

Knowsley 71.1 72.5 75.5 76.7

Wirral 75.4 76.8 78.1 76.6

Camden 72.1 74.2 77.2 76.4

Slough 72.0 73.2 74.4 76.3

Oxfordshire 76.2 76.8 75.1 76.3

Sheffield 73.9 75.5 75.8 76.3

Haringey 69.8 73.6 76.3 76.1

Newcastle upon Tyne 72.3 78.0 76.5 75.7

Rochdale 71.0 71.3 74.0 75.6

Croydon 75.5 76.6 76.0 75.5

Greenwich 72.3 74.7 75.2 75.4

Bracknell Forest 73.8 74.5 74.4 75.3

Bexley 74.1 75.4 76.7 75.2

Southwark 69.1 75.3 75.1 75.0

Herefordshire 73.5 75.5 74.7 75.0

Bromley 76.4 77.3 76.6 74.3

Brent 77.2 76.2 75.8 73.8

Buckinghamshire 73.2 73.2 73.5 73.6

Reading 72.4 75.0 74.2 73.3

Hammersmith and Fulham 72.3 74.6 74.7 72.8

City of London 79.2 81.0 84.0 72.6

Lewisham 72.5 72.7 73.5 72.5

Isles of Scilly 71.9 72.9 76.0 72.0

Newham 63.2 68.4 71.5 71.6

Islington 67.3 66.7 69.3 69.1

Lambeth 69.3 68.6 68.9 68.2

Hackney 63.1 68.0 67.8 67.5

England 77.2 78.4 79.2 79.3

LEA name	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03
Bath and North East Somerset	85.6	86.9	86.5	87.8
Rutland	88.3	910	89.1	87.4
South Gloucestershire	83.2	83.3	84.8	85.5
Wigan	83.9	85.4	85.9	85.3
City of Bristol	4.0	84.9	84.1	84.8
Kingston upon Thames	81.2	81.7	85.1	84.3
Sefton	79.3	84.7	85.4	84.0
Poole	80.1	83.2	82.2	83.9
Suffolk	82.7	82.5	81.5	83.8
Havering	82.5	82.1	84.0	83.6
Dudley	84.4	84.2	82.8	83.4
Richmond upon Thames	80.1	80.3	81.8	83.2
Southend-on-Sea	83.8	85.5	84.5	82.9
Warrington	81.5	81.8	83.2	82.7
Barnet	84.6	83.3	83.4	82.6
Sandwell	76.0	79.6	82.7	82.6
Leeds	80.9	81.2	81.1	82.4
Cheshire	83.2	82.5	82.4	82.3
West Berkshire	81.0	82.3	82.8	82.3
Medway	77.7	79.8	80.1	82.2
North Yorkshire	81.7	81.5	81.4	82.2
East Riding of Yorkshire	81.6	82.2	82.9	82.1
Dorset	76.4	77.2	82.6	82.1
North Tyneside	78.1	77.8	82.3	81.7
Calderdale	77.2	78.1	78.8	81.6
Coventry	79.3	79.5	81.0	81.6
Birmingham	82.0	82.6	82.9	81.6
Barking and Dagenham	76.8	77.4	80.8	81.5
Plymouth	78.4	78.8	81.3	81.4
Northamptonshire	82.8	83.2	83.1	81.4
Wakefield	73.5	76.9	78.8	81.3
Warwickshire	79.7	82.8	81.2	81.3
Harrow	79.1	79.9	80.3	81.2
Somerset	81.0	80.8	81.2	81.2
Nottingham	75.8	76.4	79.2	81.1
Portsmouth	83.0	83.1	81.7	81.1
Worcestershire	77.5	79.0	79.4	81.1
Doncaster	77.1	78.1	80.0	81.0
Staffordshire	79.4	78.6	79.3	81.0
York	82.3	81.5	81.1	81.0
Telford and Wrekin	78.2	79.5	79.6	81.0
North East Lincolnshire	78.3	79.3	79.2	80.9
St. Helens	76.4	79.6	80.9	80.9
Nottinghamshire	81.9	81.3	80.8	80.8
Stockton-on-Tees	79.5	82.0	81.8	80.7
Rotherham	76.2	79.7	81.0	80.6
Oldham	78.7	80.8	80.8	80.6
Merton	76.5	77.8	79.2	80.6
Trafford	79.0	79.4	80.9	80.4
Solihull	82.2	82.4	82.1	80.4
Tameside	76.0	77.3	78.9	80.3
Cambridgeshire	72.1	77.2	79.7	80.3
Barnsley	69.5	74.5	77.5	80.3
Bolton	76.9	78.4	78.3	80.2
Durham	76.2	77.2	81.6	80.2
Hampshire	81.3	81.2	79.5	80.2
Essex	79.7	79.7	79.7	80.1
Salford	74.7	79.4	80.7	80.1
North Lincolnshire	76.1	78.6	80.9	80.0
Stockport	78.2	78.5	80.1	80.0
Lancashire	75.6	76.1	78.7	80.0
Sutton	78.6	80.5	80.3	80.0
Walsall	78.3	79.5	79.6	80.0
Wokingham	82.4	83.3	82.2	80.0
Torbay	75.2	76.3	78.5	80.0
Norfolk	80.7	80.6	81.1	80.0
Hillingdon	82.7	81.5	80.3	80.0
West Sussex	80.4	79.8	80.0	80.0
Sunderland	76.3	76.8	78.1	79.8
Thurrock	76.4	77.0	77.9	79.8
Hertfordshire	78.6	78.8	79.0	79.8
Middlesbrough	71.0	75.5	78.5	79.8
Cumbria	80.6	81.1	81.4	79.7
Northumberland	77.4	77.9	81.0	79.7
Kent	77.5	77.9	78.3	79.7
Bedfordshire	80.6	80.3	79.4	79.6
Kirklees	75.6	79.0	79.8	79.6
City of Kingston Upon Hull	72.9	75.3	79.2	79.6
Derbyshire	79.0	80.6	79.6	79.5
Milton Keynes	73.8	74.7	76.3	79.5
Bournemouth	77.5	80.0	80.6	79.3
Gateshead	75.1	78.5	80.8	79.2
Hartlepool	74.9	77.6	79.2	79.1
Redcar and Cleveland	75.4	78.8	79.9	79.0
Peterborough	74.3	80.4	79.7	79.0
Waltham Forest	78.2	78.9	79.5	78.8
Surrey	77.1	78.6	78.6	78.8
Bury	77.3	79.4	79.1	78.7
Kensington and Chelsea	76.9	81.4	79.7	78.7
Derby	72.5	75.0	76.8	78.7
Halton	76.2	79.0	78.7	78.5
Leicestershire	80.8	80.3	79.1	78.5
East Sussex	77.0	77.6	78.9	78.5
Hounslow	78.3	79.2	79.5	78.4
Enfield	76.4	78.2	78.8	78.4
Lincolnshire	78.6	81.0	79.1	78.4
Luton	72.9	76.4	76.9	78.3
Swindon	77.1	78.0	77.1	78.3
Blackpool	72.8	75.1	77.9	78.3
Wandsworth	75.8	76.9	78.1	78.3
Redbridge	76.7	77.8	78.4	78.2
Blackburn with Darwen	71.5	76.6	77.6	78.2
Stoke-on-Trent	76.0	77.3	79.3	78.1
Leicester	72.1	73.7	77.9	78.0
Bradford	69.9	73.0	75.8	77.8
Isle of Wight	73.6	78.0	78.6	77.6
Darlington	73.8	74.0	78.1	77.6
Shropshire	76.8	78.5	78.6	77.6
Brighton and Hove	74.6	76.2	78.0	77.5
Ealing	72.5	73.3	75.9	77.5
Gloucestershire	77.6	77.4	76.3	77.5
South Tyneside	72.8	73.9	77.7	77.4
Westminster	69.5	73.8	78.3	77.4
Liverpool	72.2	77.1	77.8	77.4
North Somerset	80.3	78.6	78.6	77.3
Devon	74.7	74.6	78.1	77.3
Tower Hamlets	68.0	75.2	76.5	77.2
Manchester	69.8	74.5	78.4	77.2
Cornwall	71.2	71.5	76.8	77.1
Southampton	77.7	78.8	78.5	77.1
Wolverhampton	76.9	76.7	78.4	76.9
Wiltshire	78.1	78.0	76.7	76.9
Windsor and Maidenhead	76.7	77.9	76.5	76.9
Knowsley	71.1	72.5	75.5	76.7
Wirral	75.4	76.8	78.1	76.6
Camden	72.1	74.2	77.2	76.4
Slough	72.0	73.2	74.4	76.3
Oxfordshire	76.2	76.8	75.1	76.3
Sheffield	73.9	75.5	75.8	76.3
Haringey	69.8	73.6	76.3	76.1
Newcastle upon Tyne	72.3	78.0	76.5	75.7
Rochdale	71.0	71.3	74.0	75.6
Croydon	75.5	76.6	76.0	75.5
Greenwich	72.3	74.7	75.2	75.4
Bracknell Forest	73.8	74.5	74.4	75.3
Bexley	74.1	75.4	76.7	75.2
Southwark	69.1	75.3	75.1	75.0
Herefordshire	73.5	75.5	74.7	75.0
Bromley	76.4	77.3	76.6	74.3
Brent	77.2	76.2	75.8	73.8
Buckinghamshire	73.2	73.2	73.5	73.6
Reading	72.4	75.0	74.2	73.3
Hammersmith and Fulham	72.3	74.6	74.7	72.8
City of London	79.2	81.0	84.0	72.6
Lewisham	72.5	72.7	73.5	72.5
Isles of Scilly	71.9	72.9	76.0	72.0
Newham	63.2	68.4	71.5	71.6
Islington	67.3	66.7	69.3	69.1
Lambeth	69.3	68.6	68.9	68.2
Hackney	63.1	68.0	67.8	67.5
England	77.2	78.4	79.2	79.3

Notes

Schools delegated budgets comprise the Individual Schools' Budget excluding the School Standards Grant (which does not form part of the SSA) as taken from LEAs Section 52 budget statements returned to the DfES each year.

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Education SSA figures are as per settlement rounds for each year.

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