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Standard Spending Assessment (Somerset)

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to increase the level of the standard spending assessment per pupil in Somerset to the average such figure for England; and if she will make a statement. [66273]

Mr. Miliband: We intend to commence consultation on detailed options for a new education funding system shortly, which will run over the summer. We will take decisions in time for the local government finance settlement and implement the new system in 2003–04. At this stage it is not possible to say how individual authorities will be affected by the new system.

Value-added League Tables

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether value-added league tables are available for all schools; and if she will make a statement. [66283]

Mr. Miliband: This year, we intend to publish value- added measures in the secondary school performance tables of progress made from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3 and from Key Stage 3 to GCSE/GNVQ for all secondary schools. We are also conducting a pilot programme for measures of progress made from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2 for primary schools, with full publication planned for 2003. We aim to pilot a measure of value-added between Key Stage 2 and GCSE/GNVQ in 2003, and between GCSE/GNVQ and A/AS level in 2004, prior to full publication the following year.

Education Action Zones

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many education action zones exist; where they are; and if she will make a statement. [66285]

Mr. Miliband: There are 73 Statutory Education Action Zones. The table indicates where they are located:

Education action zoneLocal education authority
AshingtonNorthumberland
Aston and NechellsBirmingham
BarnsleyBarnsley
BarrowCumbria
BedfordBedfordshire
Blackburn with DarwenBlackburn with Darwen
Breightmet and TongeBolton
BridgwaterSomerset
BristolBristol
Camborne Pool RedruthCornwall
Clacton and HarwichEssex
CorbyNorthamptonshire
CoventryCoventry
Derby North EastDerby
Dingle Granby ToxtethLiverpool
Downham and BellinghamLewisham
DudleyDudley
Easington and SeahamDurham
East BasildonEssex
East BrightonBrighton and Hove
East ClevelandRedcar and Cleveland
East ManchesterManchester
Ellesmere PortCheshire
GloucesterGloucestershire
Great YarmouthNorfolk
GreenwichGreenwich
GrimsbyNorth East Lincolnshire
HackneyHackney
HalifaxCalderdale
Hastings and St. LeonardsEast Sussex
HerefordshireHerefordshire
HullKingston upon Hull
Kent-Somerset VirtualKent and Somerset
Kitts Green/Shard EndBirmingham
LambethLambeth
LeicesterCity of Leicester
LeighWigan
Leigh ParkHampshire
MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough
NE Derbyshire CoalfieldsDerbyshire
NE SheffieldSheffield
New AddingtonCroydon
NewcastleNewcastle-upon-Tyne
NewhamNewham
North GillinghamMedway Towns
North IslingtonIslington
North SouthwarkSouthwark
North StocktonStockton
NottinghamNottingham
NW ShropshireShropshire
Oxford HamiltonOxford
PeterleeDurham
PlymouthPlymouth
PrestonLancashire
Rainbow (Stoke)Stoke
Salford and TraffordSalford and Trafford
SE England VirtualBromley and Essex
SE SheffieldSheffield
SloughSlough
South BradfordBradford
South TynesideSouth Tyneside
SouthendSouthend
Speke GarstonLiverpool
SunderlandSunderland
Telford and WrekinTelford and Wrekin
ThetfordNorfolk
WakefieldWakefield
WednesburySandwell
WestminsterWestminster
WestonNorth Somerset
Withernsea and Southern HoldernessEast Riding
WolverhamptonWolverhampton
WythenshaweManchester

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There are also 102 EiC Action Zones which form part of the Excellence in Cities initiative, and are located in EiC areas.

School Admissions

Mr. Pickthall: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what mechanisms she has to guarantee fair admissions in the secondary school system as restructured according to her plans. [66364]

Mr. Miliband: The Education Bill will place a duty on LEAs to co-ordinate the admissions process for their area. Every admission authority in that area will have a duty to comply with the agreed co-ordination scheme for their area. The scheme will set out a common timetable for local admissions, and ensure that all parents state their preferred schools on a single form and are made a single offer of a school place on the same day. This will be fairer than the current system—where some parents may hold multiple offers of places, while others have none. All maintained schools and academies will be part of these local schemes. Admission forums will be responsible for

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monitoring the admissions process in their area, to check that it operates in the best interests of children and parents.

School Leavers

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils left school or formal education at the age of 16 years as a proportion of the total cohort in each local authority area, in each year from 1990–91 and 2001–02; and if she will make a statement. [66277]

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Mr. Miliband: The proportions of 16-year-olds who were not in full-time education in each year 1990–91 to 1999–2000, by local education authority, are given in the following table. Some of these will of course be involved in part-time education or work based learning.

The participation rates by LEA are taken from an annual statistical bulletin, 'Participation in Education and Training by Young People Aged 16 and 17 in Each Local Area and Region, England'. The year 1999–2000 is the latest for which figures are available.

Non-participation of 16-year-olds in full-time education by LEA, England, 1990–91 to 1999–2000

LEA1990–911991–921992–931993–941994–951995–961996–971997–981998–991999–2000
North East
Cleveland47423938373837383733
Hartlepool36373433
Middlesbrough39414232
Redcar and Cleveland40413936
Stockton-on-Tees33353331
Durham50454342434041414138
Durham414139
Darlington414135
Northumberland48394136373132333432
Gateshead57494446484041423839
Newcastle upon Tyne42333130333230353333
North Tyneside38322928333233333632
South Tyneside55514648454645484743
Sunderland52484545444448474744
North West
Cheshire39353027292930283026
Cheshire2523
Halton4740
Warrington3328
Cumbria49413933313232323130
Bolton45433834342832323326
Bury31292428312526293128
Manchester43333331363540403738
Oldham54514135373637373431
Rochdale54514945504545434440
Salford51524944495250515452
Stockport36282529303231343332
Tameside52464641464037424438
Trafford44484236393637353335
Wigan42373342434242414237
Lancashire45423734403536353534
Lancashire3634
Blackburn with Darwen2934
Blackpool3636
Knowsley59565159494946495048
Liverpool43423533383841373736
St. Helens34393033322725272827
Sefton31272422222423262220
Wirral37332831313032293330
Yorkshire and the Humber
Humberside47443935383437373534
City of Kingston upon Hull42484443
East Riding of Yorkshire34302928
North East Lincolnshire37393735
North Lincolnshire33323129
North Yorkshire pre April 199637312823242325232726
North Yorkshire post April 199626252827
York19192424
Barnsley56524646484848484745
Doncaster48454138404343424136
Rotherham41353834333334343427
Sheffield51434137424344444643
Bradford47414140403838394137
Calderdale37353526303431333031
Kirklees41363234373432333334
Leeds44373733343534363735
Wakefield47413534353436303631
East Midlands
Derbyshire42383434383636384032
Derbyshire363932
Derby444234
Leicestershire39353028323028272624
Leicestershire262826
Leicester302625
Rutland6106
Lincolnshire42363329343435333430
Northamptonshire39302725282929313033
Nottinghamshire48413736383737383633
Nottinghamshire3433
Nottingham4334
West Midlands
Hereford and Worcester37322826252625272524
Herefordshire3533
Worcestershire2222
Shropshire41342925273029292827
Shropshire2625
Telford and Wrekin3232
Staffordshire45393734353635373533
Staffordshire333230
Stoke on Trent514842
Warwickshire36292926292830303028
Birmingham43383430343233323331
Coventry44343027323333353234
Dudley49464039394041433839
Sandwell57524844404549464643
Solihull36262412161923262021
Walsall48423535404143393633
Wolverhampton48403732323636393535
East of England
Bedfordshire35262522252525262424
Bedfordshire192022
Luton393229
Cambridgeshire40302424282623292925
Cambridgeshire2925
Peterborough2926
Essex41343027282828302929
Essex2929
Southend-on-Sea2425
Thurrock3639
Hertfordshire26181411151414151313
Norfolk43353227333133313231
Suffolk45373327302929312930
London
Inner London45313027313232303030
Outer London
Barking and Dagenham59443939343730414039
Barnet27141216171819162217
Bexley39302726302727302929
Brent44363828312828242725
Bromley34262518201820161412
Croydon36241715171824232523
Ealing35252428263234263130
Enfield36302318221616181515
Greenwich45333328323137353837
Harrow20181621272930333131
Havering44322821242629272928
Hillingdon39272324232020222020
Hounslow37271817121517171210
Kingston upon Thames271917101077777
Merton37312421232324203032
Redbridge332018141715141267
Richmond upon Thames33192016101013273030
Sutton31181714121677118
Waltham Forest42322927242320222826
South East
Berkshire32212016202424242524
Bracknell Forest2525
Windsor and Maidenhead2319
West Berkshire2220
Reading3133
Slough2822
Wokingham2324
Buckinghamshire34292727282930292928
Buckinghamshire222523
Milton Keynes424040
East Sussex37252119222425252725
East Sussex242624
Brighton and Hove262825
Hampshire40312725282628293029
Hampshire293028
Portsmouth272730
Southampton323228
Isle of Wight29292224212119232017
Kent38272320232424242323
Kent2224
Medway2720
Oxfordshire38262121242425252928
Surrey29221919202122212221
West Sussex30232016202223232323
South West
Avon39292228262524262826
Bath and NE Somerset1013109
City of Bristol33333833
North Somerset20262729
South Gloucestershire25262725
Cornwall (inc. Isles of Scilly)32282221222423252422
Devon39302825262828283028
Devon3129
Plymouth2927
Torbay2725
Dorset37262318232422232323
Dorset262625
Poole231821
Bournemouth131819
Gloucestershire39282325242226262325
Somerset36272524242624292726
Wiltshire43322927302828312929
Wiltshire282727
Swindon393532
England total41333028303030303029

Note:

The figures given in the table are for non-participation in full-time education. Those students in both full-time education and Government support training are included in full-time education figures.

Source:

DfES Statistical Bulletins 8/96 and 14/01.


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