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Educational Psychologists

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many educational psychologist training scheme places were available in each of the last five years; and how many were taken up; [104420]

(2) how many qualified educational psychologists there were in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the extent to which the need for qualified educational psychologists has been met in each of the last five years. [104421]

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Mr. Ivan Lewis: Information on the number of places available under the grant scheme for the training of educational psychologists, and the take-up of such places, is not collected centrally.

The latest available information on the number of qualified educational psychologists employed by local education authorities in England is given in the following table:

EPs (full-timeequivalent)	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
In Post	1,729.1	1,817.5	1,866.2	1,883.9	1,944.8
On secondment	59.0	49.0	62.5	70.5	74.9
Total	1,788.1	1,866.5	1,928.7	1,954.4	2,019.7

Decisions on the recruitment, retention and deployment of educational psychologists are matters for LEAs, as employers, to determine in light of local circumstances and available resources.

The Department is facilitating on-going discussions involving a range of partners, including representatives of the Local Government Association, on developing a new shorter entry training route for educational psychologists. It has been agreed that, subject to the outcome of an implementation study, and the necessary funding being secured, the partners will work towards an implementation date for the new arrangements of September 2005.

External Reports

Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to his Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each external report commissioned by his Department in each year since 1997. [103715]

Mr. Charles Clarke: Full details of the external research commissioned by the Department between 1997 and 2001 are presented in the Department's Annual Report on Research (1997, 1998 and 1999) and Report of the DfES Research Conference 2001. Copies are available in the House of Commons Library. Details for 2002–2003 have also been placed in the Library.

Information for 2002–2003 includes ongoing projects. Results from these projects will not yet be publicly available. Results of the Department's externally commissioned work are routinely published in line with the requirements of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

In addition to its research programme, the Department commissions a wide variety of external experts and independent bodies to help officials and

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others deliver its objectives. These include study materials for teachers, good practice guides and discussion papers. Information on these is not held centrally and therefore cannot be supplied on the grounds of disproportionate cost.

Investors in People

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will encourage companies with Investors in People status to develop links with schools; and if he will make a statement. [104960]

Mr. Stephen Twigg: We welcome the involvement of business in education. We are therefore keen to encourage companies with Investors in People status to develop links with schools. We want schools and businesses to work together to help us in our drive to raise standards of achievement for all children; develop an understanding of the world of work and improve

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employability; acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes about enterprise capability; financial literary and economic and business understanding.

Education business links activities help increase motivation and attendance, and underpins, and put in context what is taught in the classroom; and prepare young people more effectively for adulthood and their working life.

Local Education Authority Finance

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the funding per pupil was for (a) 5–10 year olds and (b) 11–15 year olds for each local education authority in England in each year since 1997. [105284]

Mr. Miliband: The following table contains the information required. The figures include funding through the Education Standard Spending Assessment and grants and are expressed in real terms.

Comparable figures for 2003–04 are not yet available.

Group: Aged 5–10; as at 25 March 2003; Funds: Total funding; Price base: Real terms 2001–02; Actual/Rounded: Rounded£ million/£pp: £ per pupil

	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03
201 City of London	3,390	3,390	3,730	3,950	4,050	4,490
202 Camden	3,330	3,420	3,660	4,050	4,450	4,650
203 Greenwich	3,140	3,240	3,450	3,830	4,110	4,230
204 Hackney	3,550	3,620	3,840	4,160	4,430	4,630
205 Hammersmith and Fulham	3,300	3,400	3,610	3,970	4,340	4,630
206 Islington	3,350	3,450	3,650	4,050	4,430	4,570
207 Kensington and Chelsea	3,030	3,300	3,590	3,970	4,420	4,820
208 Lambeth	3,450	3,600	3,840	4,130	4,390	4,590
209 Lewisham	3,280	3,380	3,550	3,860	4,170	4,330
210 Southwark	3,380	3,480	3,700	3,980	4,270	4,460
211 Tower Hamlets	3,590	3,670	3,890	4,250	4,640	4,870
212 Wandsworth	3,110	3,160	3,380	3,660	3,980	4,050
213 Westminster	3,120	3,270	3,520	3,900	4,210	4,480
301 Barking and Dagenham	2,740	2,810	2,920	3,150	3,420	3,580
302 Barnet	2,560	2,640	2,770	2,920	3,230	3,350
303 Bexley	2,460	2,540	2,650	2,810	3,040	3,150
304 Brent	2,950	3,040	3,170	3,350	3,690	3,850
305 Bromley	2,420	2,490	2,640	2,830	3,050	3,140
306 Croydon	2,630	2,720	2,850	3,030	3,250	3,370
307 Ealing	2,770	2,850	2,990	3,220	3,530	3,620
308 Enfield	2,680	2,740	2,870	3,070	3,380	3,540
309 Haringey	3,090	3,160	3,330	3,610	3,950	4,110
310 Harrow	2,520	2,590	2,690	2,890	3,110	3,250
311 Havering	2,430	2,490	2,580	2,760	3,000	3,100
312 Hillingdon	2,510	2,610	2,770	2,920	3,140	3,270
313 Hounslow	2,730	2,800	2,950	3,160	3,450	3,660
314 Kingston upon Thames	2,420	2,490	2,620	2,850	3,110	3,210
315 Merton	2,590	2,660	2,780	3,010	3,320	3,370
316 Newham	3,070	3,200	3,370	3,640	3,960	4,080
317 Redbridge	2,600	2,670	2,770	2,970	3,210	3,310
318 Richmond upon Thames	2,370	2,450	2,570	2,770	2,990	3,070
319 Sutton	2,470	2,550	2,680	2,850	3,080	3,180
320 Waltham Forest	2,860	2,940	3,090	3,340	3,660	3,790
330 Birmingham	2,500	2,580	2,750	3,040	3,320	3,410
331 Coventry	2,390	2,470	2,590	2,850	3,030	3,120
332 Dudley	2,180	2,240	2,360	2,550	2,720	2,820
333 Sandwell	2,390	2,490	2,660	2,850	3,080	3,210
334 Solihull	2,200	2,270	2,390	2,590	2,770	2,850
335 Walsall	2,320	2,380	2,520	2,750	2,940	3,040
336 Wolverhampton	2,410	2,480	2,650	2,870	3,100	3,300
340 Knowsley	2,660	2,710	2,880	3,230	3,550	3,640
341 Liverpool	2,570	2,660	2,830	3,220	3,500	3,610
342 St. Helens	2,290	2,350	2,480	2,720	3,010	3,100
343 Sefton	2,280	2,350	2,490	2,740	2,990	3,100
344 Wirral	2,350	2,420	2,550	2,810	3,070	3,190
350 Bolton	2,280	2,350	2,510	2,760	2,920	3,030
351 Bury	2,200	2,290	2,440	2,630	2,810	2,910
352 Manchester	2,640	2,740	2,940	3,320	3,610	3,710
353 Oldham	2,350	2,420	2,560	2,800	3,010	3,190
354 Rochdale	2,370	2,440	2,580	2,850	3,070	3,240
355 Salford	2,390	2,470	2,650	2,970	3,260	3,330
356 Stockport	2,180	2,240	2,380	2,590	2,760	2,840
357 Tameside	2,260	2,340	2,470	2,680	2,920	3,020
358 Trafford	2,230	2,300	2,440	2,650	2,860	2,910
359 Wigan	2,220	2,290	2,440	2,650	2,850	2,920
370 Barnsley	2,290	2,370	2,530	2,740	2,960	3,060
371 Doncaster	2,360	2,430	2,580	2,800	3,000	3,110
372 Rotherham	2,280	2,360	2,530	2,830	3,080	3,150
373 Sheffield	2,310	2,390	2,570	2,870	3,100	3,200
380 Bradford	2,410	2,480	2,660	2,960	3,240	3,290
381 Calderdale	2,290	2,370	2,530	2,750	2,950	3,040
382 Kirklees	2,320	2,400	2,550	2,750	2,970	3,070
383 Leeds	2,290	2,360	2,510	2,790	3,040	3,150
384 Wakefield	2,230	2,290	2,440	2,680	2,870	2,960
390 Gateshead	2,330	2,390	2,550	2,830	3,100	3,180
391 Newcastle upon Tyne	2,450	2,560	2,710	3,000	3,280	3,370
392 North Tyneside	2,270	2,330	2,460	2,710	2,940	3,070
393 South Tyneside	2,380	2,470	2,620	2,900	3,190	3,270
394 Sunderland	2,330	2,400	2,530	2,790	3,060	3,150
420 Isles of Scilly	4,110	4,320	4,760	5,140	5,700	7,230
800 Bath and North East Somerset	2,150	2,230	2,400	2,600	2,760	2,820
801 Bristol, City of	2,340	2,410	2,540	2,790	3,000	3,120
802 North Somerset	2,180	2,270	2,430	2,630	2,770	2,860
803 South Gloucestershire	2,140	2,210	2,360	2,520	2,660	2,720
805 Hartlepool	2,350	2,420	2,570	2,810	3,050	3,150
806 Middlesbrough	2,450	2,560	2,720	2,960	3,250	3,380
807 Redcar and Cleveland	2,360	2,430	2,560	2,840	3,110	3,200
808 Stockton-on-Tees	2,310	2,370	2,530	2,820	3,100	3,210
810 Kingston Upon Hull, City of	2,410	2,490	2,650	2,920	3,150	3,260
811 East Riding of Yorkshire	2,200	2,270	2,420	2,650	2,820	2,890
812 North East Lincolnshire	2,320	2,410	2,570	2,810	3,010	3,110
813 North Lincolnshire	2,280	2,390	2,560	2,780	2,930	3,000
815 North Yorkshire	2,250	2,320	2,470	2,700	2,880	2,960
816 York	2,190	2,270	2,420	2,650	2,800	2,850
820 Bedfordshire	2,300	2,370	2,500	2,730	2,930	3,030
821 Luton	2,500	2,580	2,710	2,930	3,150	3,310
825 Buckinghamshire	2,310	2,380	2,540	2,730	2,930	3,040
826 Milton Keynes	2,380	2,450	2,590	2,790	2,990	3,120
830 Derbyshire	2,190	2,260	2,410	2,620	2,800	2,890
831 Derby	2,320	2,420	2,600	2,790	2,970	3,100
835 Dorset	2,200	2,270	2,420	2,620	2,780	2,860
836 Poole	2,170	2,230	2,350	2,530	2,690	2,770
837 Bournemouth	2,280	2,340	2,460	2,690	2,840	2,900
840 Durham	2,290	2,370	2,530	2,780	3,050	3,110
841 Darlington	2,290	2,350	2,500	2,740	2,930	3,000
845 East Sussex	2,340	2,430	2,570	2,810	2,990	3,080
846 Brighton and Hove	2,430	2,520	2,670	2,930	3,140	3,220
850 Hampshire	2,240	2,310	2,420	2,610	2,810	2,900
851 Portsmouth	2,410	2,490	2,600	2,790	3,050	3,150
852 Southampton	2,430	2,510	2,620	2,820	3,070	3,150
855 Leicestershire	2,140	2,200	2,330	2,510	2,660	2,730
856 Leicester	2,460	2,560	2,720	2,950	3,170	3,310
857 Rutland	2,170	2,250	2,450	2,660	2,900	2,980
860 Staffordshire	2,170	2,220	2,350	2,550	2,710	2,790
861 Stoke-on-Trent	2,290	2,350	2,490	2,780	3,050	3,200
865 Wiltshire	2,220	2,290	2,440	2,630	2,780	2,860
866 Swindon	2,210	2,270	2,410	2,600	2,760	2,840
867 Bracknell Forest	2,340	2,430	2,530	2,720	2,910	3,030
868 Windsor and Maidenhead	2,340	2,430	2,560	2,780	3,000	3,110
869 West Berkshire	2,230	2,330	2,460	2,710	2,910	2,990
870 Reading	2,400	2,480	2,610	2,860	3,060	3,230
871 Slough	2,720	2,850	3,010	3,200	3,450	3,640
872 Wokingham	2,140	2,210	2,310	2,510	2,710	2,790
873 Cambridgeshire	2,220	2,290	2,450	2,640	2,790	2,860
874 Peterborough	2,350	2,430	2,600	2,800	2,970	3,090
875 Cheshire	2,190	2,250	2,380	2,590	2,760	2,830
876 Halton	2,380	2,440	2,590	2,880	3,160	3,260
877 Warrington	2,180	2,240	2,340	2,540	2,730	2,800
878 Devon	2,270	2,360	2,490	2,680	2,840	2,930
879 Plymouth	2,290	2,380	2,540	2,750	2,900	3,000
880 Torbay	2,310	2,350	2,500	2,710	2,880	2,950
881 Essex	2,340	2,420	2,550	2,760	2,960	3,050
882 Southend-on-Sea	2,380	2,450	2,600	2,830	3,060	3,160
883 Thurrock	2,490	2,570	2,700	2,890	3,100	3,240
884 Herefordshire	2,290	2,390	2,550	2,750	2,900	3,000
885 Worcestershire	2,190	2,240	2,370	2,560	2,740	2,820
886 Kent	2,350	2,420	2,540	2,750	2,950	3,040
887 Medway	2,330	2,400	2,530	2,730	2,930	3,020
888 Lancashire	2,270	2,340	2,480	2,700	2,890	2,970
889 Blackburn with Darwin	2,430	2,540	2,740	2,980	3,230	3,310
890 Blackpool	2,280	2,370	2,510	2,740	2,900	3,040
891 Nottinghamshire	2,200	2,260	2,400	2,630	2,790	2,870
892 Nottingham	2,520	2,610	2,780	3,030	3,290	3,440
893 Shropshire	2,240	2,290	2,440	2,650	2,830	2,930
894 Telford and Wrekin	2,310	2,370	2,530	2,760	2,960	3,000
908 Cornwall	2,310	2,370	2,520	2,730	2,920	3,000
909 Cumbria	2,270	2,330	2,490	2,730	2,930	3,010
916 Gloucestershire	2,210	2,270	2,420	2,650	2,810	2,880
919 Hertfordshire	2,390	2,460	2,580	2,790	2,990	3,080
921 Isle of Wight	2,440	2,520	2,650	2,890	3,070	3,170
925 Lincolnshire	2,280	2,340	2,480	2,680	2,870	2,970
926 Norfolk	2,290	2,360	2,510	2,740	2,940	3,040
928 Northamptonshire	2,240	2,300	2,430	2,630	2,790	2,870
929 Northumberland	2,270	2,340	2,480	2,690	2,920	2,970
931 Oxfordshire	2,300	2,390	2,530	2,730	2,900	3,010
933 Somerset	2,240	2,300	2,440	2,650	2,810	2,900
935 Suffolk	2,220	2,290	2,410	2,600	2,760	2,850
936 Surrey	2,350	2,420	2,540	2,730	2,920	3,010
937 Warwickshire	2,190	2,260	2,400	2,590	2,770	2,860
938 West Sussex	2,290	2,360	2,470	2,660	2,850	2,950

Notes:

Coverage:

Figures reflect education SSA settlement figures (primary sub-block), plus all revenue grants in DfES's Departmental Expenditure Limits relevant to pupils aged 5–10 (excluding EMA and a handful of others where it is not possible to get figures on a comparable basis over time).

The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to £ per pupil are the maintained pupils underlying the SSA settlement calculations.

1997–98 figures for LEAs subject to Local Government Reorganisation in that year have been estimated, pro-rata to their post LGR figures.

Status:

2002–03 figures are provisional.

Price Base:

Real terms, 2001–02 prices, based on GDP deflators as at December 2002

Rounding:

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not sum due to rounding.

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