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Overarching Strategy for Children andYoung People

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he will publish the Overarching Strategy for Children and Young People. [101419]

Mr. Denham [holding answer 7 March 2003]: The Government is determined to improve outcomes for all children and young people, wherever they live, whatever their background. We will publish an overarching strategy later this year, setting out the nation's vision for children and young people, the outcomes that we want to see them achieve, and what needs to happen to make this vision a reality.

The strategy will be closely linked with the forthcoming green paper, which will identify options for improving services for children at risk.

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Private/Public Boarding Schools

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his policy is on looked after children attending (a) private and (b) public boarding schools; and if he will make a statement. [99378]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: Any decision, regarding the education that is most suitable for a child in care, should be taken locally by those who have responsibility for that child's care and welfare. The decision will be taken following an assessment of the child's developmental needs, including education, and should be in the best interest of the child.

School Governors

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding was allocated to the National Governors Council in each year since 1998–99. [100727]

Mr. Miliband: The table shows how much funding has been allocated to the National Governors Council in each year since 1998–99.

£

Year	Funding allocated
1998–99	141,596
1999–2000	156,226
2000–01	158,507
2001–02	115,000
2002–03	116,500

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been spent on supporting parent governor representatives, including the costs of the e-mail network, website and conferences, since they were established. [100728]

Mr. Miliband: Since the first parent governor representatives (PGRs) were elected in September 1999 we have provided £101,520 support for the integrated website and e-mail network and £87,475 for conferences. LEAs are also encouraged to provide financial support for PGRs because PGRs exist to represent the views of all parents on local authority overview and scrutiny committees and sub-committees dealing with education.

Specialist Schools

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the (a) specialist schools and (b) local education authorities that exercised the option to select up to 10 per cent. of pupils by aptitude in each of the last three years, indicating (i) the nature of the specialism, (ii) the status of the school, (iii) the percentage of pupils selected, (iv) the percentage of pupils with statements and (v) the percentage of pupils receiving free school meals. [101039]

Mr. Miliband [holding answer 10 March 2003]: On the basis of the latest collated information, the attached table lists the specialist schools and local education authorities that exercised the option to select up to 10 per cent. of their pupils by aptitude in the 2000–01 and 2001–02 academic years. Most of the schools and

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LEAs listed were selecting by aptitude prior to the 1998 Act, and therefore some schools listed select more than 10 per cent. of their pupils.

We cannot provide the figures for the 2002–03 academic year as we collect information on aptitude selection from the progress reports which specialist schools are required to submit annually. Specialist schools designated in 2002 will not submit their first

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progress report until September 2003. The 217 specialist schools that were designated in February 2003 will not begin operating until this September, and will submit their first progress reports in September 2004.

The information requested on the percentage of pupils receiving free school meals cannot be provided as it is the Department's current policy not to publish figures about individual schools without their prior agreement.

30 specialist schools operational as of September 2000 which DfES figures suggest are selecting a percentage of their pupils on the basis of aptitude in their specialist subjects

Specialism	School	LEA	Status	Operational as specialist school from September	Percentage of pupils selected(8)	Percentage of pupils on roll with statements of SEN
Technology	Mill Hill County High School	Barnet, LB of	Foundation	1994	Up to 10%	3.6
Sports	Whitefield School	Barnet, LB of	Community	1999	Up to 10%	5.1
Sports	Oldfield School	Bath & NE Somerset	Foundation	1997	Up to 10%	0.6
Technology	Ninestiles School	Birmingham	Foundation	1997	Up to 10%	3.4
Technology	Small Heath School	Birmingham	Foundation	1994	Up to 10%	1.2
Sports	Oakbank School	Bradford	Foundation	1997	Up to 10%	2.7
Sports	The Wye Valley School	Buckinghamshire	Community	1998	Up to 10%	4.5
Arts	Brentwood Ursuline Convent School	Essex	Voluntary Aided	1999	Up to 10%	0.3
Technology	Philip Morant School	Essex	Foundation	1994	Up to 10%	1.2
Technology	St Martin's School	Essex	Foundation	1995	Up to 10%	0.8
Language	Bohunt School	Hampshire	Foundation	1996	Up to 10%	0.9
Language	Hockerill Anglo European School	Hertfordshire	Foundation	1998	Up to 10%	0.9
Technology	Chaucer Technology School	Kent	Foundation	1996	67%	1.6
Technology	Cornwallis School	Kent	Foundation	1994	Up to 10%	3.4
Technology	Sandwich Technology School	Kent	Foundation	1996	Up to 10%	1.7
Technology	Archbishop Temple School	Lancashire	Voluntary Aided	1995	Up to 10%	1.6
Arts	Intake High School	Leeds	Community	1998	Up to 10%	4.3
Arts	North Kesteven School	Lincolnshire	Foundation	2000	Up to 10%	1.9
Technology	Archbishop Blanch School	Liverpool	Voluntary Aided	1996	6%	1.7
Technology	St Margaret's C of E High School	Liverpool	Voluntary Aided	1997	15%	1.7
Technology	Denbigh School	Milton Keynes	Foundation	1997	Up to 10%	1.5
Technology	Lynn Grove VA High School	Norfolk	Voluntary Aided	1994	15%	0.7
Arts	Latimer Community Arts College	Northamptonshire	Community	1997	Up to 10%	3
Technology	Lodge Park School	Northamptonshire	Foundation	1994	Up to 10%	1.4
Technology	George Spencer GM School	Nottinghamshire	Foundation	1994	Up to 10%	0.6
Technology	Deacon's School	Peterborough city	Foundation	1994	15%	1.3
Technology	Glyn Technology School	Surrey	Foundation	1994	15%	0.5
Technology	Heathside School	Surrey	Foundation	1995	|4%	1.2
Arts	Chestnut Grove School	Wandsworth	Community	1997	16%	3.5
Arts	The St Marylebone School	Westminster	Voluntary Aided	1998	Up to 10%	1.6

⁽⁸⁾ The percentages refer to aptitude selection relating to the schools' specialist school designations, some schools may also select for aptitude in other specialisms.

Note:

This information was taken from progress reports submitted by 536 schools operational as at September 2000.

The 1998 School Standards and Framework Act provides for schools with a specialism to select up to 10 per cent. of their intake on the basis of aptitude for a specialist subject prescribed in regulations. Prior to the 1998 Act schools had greater discretion over aptitude selection and this accounts for the percentages above 10 per cent.

University Intakes

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which universities in (a) 2001 and (b) 2002 took (i) more than 90 per cent.of their students from state schools and (ii) more than 20 per cent.of students from low participation backgrounds; and if he will make a statement. [98469]

Margaret Hodge: The latest available data are shown in the two tables.

Higher Education Institutes in England taking more than 90 per cent. of young students from state schools in 1999 and 2000.

	1999 state schools percentage	2000 state schools percentage
Anglia Polytechnic University	94	95
Bath Spa University College	94	96
Bishop Grosseteste College	98	98
Bolton Institute of Higher Education	100	99
Bournemouth University	91	91
Bretton Hall	94	96
University of Brighton	93	93
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College	97	98
Canterbury Christ Church University College	94	96
University of Central England	95	96
University of Central Lancashire	97	96
Chester College of Higher Education	92	96
University College Chichester	94	95
Coventry University	94	94
Cumbria Institute of the Arts	98	100
Dartington College of Arts	99	93
De Montfort University	94	95
University of Derby	97	98
University of East London	96	98
Edge Hill College of Higher Education	98	98
University of Essex	91	93
Falmouth College of Arts	98	98
University of Gloucestershire	95	93
University of Greenwich	95	96
University of Hertfordshire	95	96
University of Huddersfield	97	97
Keele University	N/a	92
Kent Institute of Art and Design	98	97
King Alfred's College, Winchester	94	94
Leeds Metropolitan University	93	93
University of Lincoln	97	97
Liverpool Hope University College	96	96
Liverpool John Moors University	94	95
London Guildhall University	92	95
The London Institute	97	98
University of Luton	99	99
Manchester Metropolitan University	93	94
Middlesex University	96	97
Newman College of Higher Education	97	99
University College Northampton	97	97
University of North London	96	97
North Riding College	97	N/a
Norwich School of Art and Design	100	100
Nottingham Trent University	91	93
University of Plymouth	91	93
University of Portsmouth	92	91
Ravensbourne College	100	99
Rose Bruford College	93	92
College of St. Mark & St. John	94	96
St. Martin's College	96	97
St. Mary's College	92	93
University of Salford	95	94
Sheffield Hallam University	92	94
Southampton Institute	93	94
South Bank University	93	94
Staffordshire University	97	98
University of Sunderland	97	97
The Surrey Institute of Art & Design University College	99	99
University of Surrey Roehampton	92	N/a
University of Teeside	98	98
Thames Valley University	98	98
Trinity & All Saints	93	93
University of Westminster	92	94
Wimbledon School of Art	100	98
University of Wolverhampton	98	99
University College Worcester	96	97
Writtle College	N/a	94
York St. John College	95	95

Note:

N/a = not applicable, i.e. below 90 per cent. for the year in question.

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	1999 Low participation (percentage)	2000 Low participation (percentage)
Bolton Institute of Higher Education	26	32
Cumbria Institute of the Arts	22	N/a
Edge Hill College of Higher Education	22	23
Liverpool Hope University College	23	26
Liverpool John Moores University	21	21
Newman College of Higher Education	25	24
Northern School of Contemporary Dance	N/a	21
University of Sunderland	29	29
University of Wolverhampton	23	23

Note:

Not applicable, i.e. not above 20 per cent. for the year in question.

The figures in the tables are taken from the two most recent versions of "Performance Indicators in Higher Education", published annually by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). Copies of these publications can be found in the House Library.

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