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School discipline

Mr. Hawkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research he has commissioned into disciplinary problems in schools, related to juvenile drug abuse. [88654]

Mr. Miliband: The Department for Education and Skills has not commissioned research specifically focusing on disciplinary problems in schools related to juvenile drug abuse.

Specialist Schools

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate his Department has made of the additional cost if the number of specialist schools rose to (a) 50 per cent., (b) 75 per cent. and (c) 100 per cent. of all maintained schools. [87197]

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Mr. Miliband: The 2002–03 estimated cost of the programme will be #154.4 million. The full year revenue cost of the programme with the different levels of coverage of maintained secondary schools would be (a) #213.2 million (b) #320.2 million and (c) #427.2 million. Capital costs to take coverage to these levels would be (a) #61.8 million (b) #141.5 million and (c) #221.2 million.

In November 2002 the Government lifted the cap on national funding to support the expansion of the programme. However, progress to specialist status continues to be dependent on meeting the required standard.

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Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the specialist schools which have lost specialist status, with the date of the decision in each case and the reason for it. [87198]

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

Applicant schools seeking re-designation in their specialism are assessed against published criteria. Those applicants which do not meet the criteria in respect of the progress expected of specialist schools against the designation criteria, and/or prepare new plans that do not meet the required standard, are unsuccessful in their applications and are not re-designated.

De-designated specialist schools

School	LEA	Specialism	Operational From (September)	To
Aldersley High School	Wolverhampton	Technology	2000	31 August 19971
Archbishop Michael Ramsey	Southwark, LB of	Technology	2001	31 July 19991
Ashcroft High School	Luton	Technology	1996	1 September 2002
Baines School	Lancashire	Technology	1994	31 August 2000
Banbury School Technology College	Oxfordshire	Technology	1995	31 August 2001
Bethnal Green High School	Tower Hamlets	Technology	1996	1 September 2002
Chalfonts Community College (The)	Buckinghamshire	Technology	2002	31 August 19981
Cowes High School	Isle of Wight	Technology	1995	31 August 2001
Culcheth High School	Warrington	Technology	1995	31 December 1997
de Stafford College	Surrey	Technology	1995	31 August 1998
Fallibroome High School	Cheshire	Technology	1995	31 December 1997
Kings School Grantham	Lincolnshire	Technology	1994	31 August 2000
Knowles Hill School	Devon	Technology	2000	31 August 19981
Latymer School (The)	Enfield	Technology	1995	31 August 1998
Lea Manor High School	Luton	Language	1996	31 August 1999
Mansfield High School	Lancashire	Technology	1997	31 August 1998
Maricourt High School	Sefton	Technology	1996	1 September 2002
Merrill College	Derby, City of	Technology	1995	31 August 1998
Oakmead School	Bournemouth	Technology	2001	31 August 19991
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School	Derbyshire	Technology	1997	31 August 2000
Rastrick High School	Calderdale	Technology	1994	31 August 2000
Reading School	Reading	Technology	1995	31 August 1998
Sawston Village College	Cambridgeshire	Technology	1999	31 August 19981
Senacre Technology College	Kent	Technology	1994	31 August 1997
Sidney Stringer School	Coventry	Technology	1995	31 August 2001
St Francis Xavier College	Liverpool	Technology	1996	31 August 1999
St James C of E School	Bolton	Technology	1995	31 August 1998
St Peter's High School and Technology College	Essex	Technology	1995	31 August 2001
St Thomas More Catholic College	Stoke on Trent	Technology	1995	31 August 1998
Tring School	Hertfordshire	Technology	1995	31 August 1998
Westlands High School	Cheshire	Technology	1997	31August 2000
Westwood St Thomas School	Wiltshire	Technology	1997	31 August 2000
Woolston High School	Warrington	Technology	1996	31 August 1999

1 These schools have subsequently been successful in applications to re-join the programme.

Note:

Reasons for de-designation:

All of the schools listed above, with the exception of Mansfield High School, were de-designated because they did not meet the criteria in respect of the progress expected of specialist schools against the designation criteria, and/or they did not prepare new plans that met the required standard. Mansfield High School was de-designated because of financial irregularities.

Standards Fund

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the elements of the standards fund for each of the next two years showing budgeted expenditure under each head for each year. [87199]

Mr. Miliband: Details of education funding for the next three years, including the Standards Fund, were announced in the Secretary of State's statement to the House on 9 December and have been placed in the Library.

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# million

The Standards Fund	Total budget
	2003–04	2004–05
Leadership Incentive Grant	175	175
Targeted Improvement Grant	34	34
Special Educational Needs	41	0	Cease to be paid from 2004–05
Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco Education and Prevention	12	0	Cease to be paid from 2004–05
Study Support	27	0	Cease to be paid from 2004–05
Study Support (Excellence in Cities)	19	21
Child Protection Co-ordinators	1	1
Vulnerable Children	42	42
National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies	109	79
Key Stage 3 National Strategy	104	71
Key Stage 3 National Strategy: Behaviour	20	20
Ethnic Minority Achievement	78	78
Education Health Partnerships	6	6
Music Services	60	60
Playing for Success	3	3
Early Excellence Centres	10	n/a	This grant will be paid outside the SF from 2004–06
Behaviour (Excellence in Cities)	60	70
School Achievement Award Scheme	60		Funding from 2004–05 will be determined by the outcome of the evaluation of scheme
Excellence in Cities and Excellence Clusters	287	330
Summer Schools for Gifted and Talented Children	4	4
Specialist Schools: Revenue	193	273	Demand led
Beacon Schools	—	—	To be determined
Diversity Pathfinders	2	2	Demand led
Extended Schools	5	14
Federations	—	—	To be determined
Advanced Schools	—	—	To be determined
Golden Hello Payments	29	0	Demand led
Training Schools	8	11	Demand led
Advanced Skills Teachers	33	0	Cease to be paid from 2004–05
School Support Staff	134	0	Cease to be paid from 2004–05
School Support Staff: Training and Development	37	65
Teacher Sabbaticals	10	0	Cease to be paid from 2004–05
Early Professional Development	10	58
Fast track	—	—	To be determined
Fresh Start and New Partnerships	—	—	To be determined
Information Communications Technology in Schools	178	—	2004–05 to be determined

Targets

Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his response was to recent representations on targets connected with (a) the implementation of asset management plans by local educational authorities and (b) the rewording of substantial school repair projects. [88326]

Mr. Miliband: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has sent no response to representations on these targets. In recent weeks, officials have had meetings with representatives of the Construction Products Association to give details of the capital strategy and the role of the DfES in providing support for capital investment in their buildings by schools and LEAs. The Department is currently considering how best to collect information on the delivery of improved school buildings without imposing undue bureaucratic burdens locally or centrally.

Temporary Workers Legislation

Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what costs he estimates will fall on (a) local education authorities and (b) other public education providers resulting from recent European legislation on temporary workers. [88327]

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Mr. Miliband: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has arranged for Regulatory Impact Assessments to be placed in the Library concerning: the recent Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of less favourable treatment) Regulations, which came into force on 1 October; and the European Commission's proposed Directive on the Working Conditions of Temporary Agency Workers.

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