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Child Care (Buckinghamshire)
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) day nurseries, (b) playgroups, (c) childminders, (d) out-of-school clubs and (e) holiday schemes have been provided in Buckinghamshire in each year since 1997. [106991]
Maria Eagle: The information is not available in the form requested. The Department collected information on day nurseries and playgroups and pre-schools defined in terms of the full day or sessional care that they provide. It does not collect information on pre-schools separately from playgroups.
The available information for Buckinghamshire local authority is shown in the tables. Figures for 2001 for out-of-school clubs and holiday schemes have recently been revised and are shown in the tables. Figures for 2001 and earlier years for England and Government Office regions were published in DfES Statistical Bulletin 08/01 "Children's Day Care Facilities at 31st March 2001", which is available in the Library and on the DfES website, www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics.
| Position at 31 March each year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of provider | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
| Day nurseries | — | 20 | 90 | 90 |
| Playgroups and pre-schools | — | 70 | 200 | 200 |
| Childminders | 1,300 | 450 | 1,100 | 1,100 |
| Out-of-school clubs | — | 20 | 20 | 50 |
| Holiday schemes | — | 50 | 80(29) | 70 |
(28) Figures have been rounded.
(29) Includes those schemes exempt from registration.
| Position at 31 March each year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of provider | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
| Day nurseries | — | 1,100 | 2,430 | 1,400 |
| Playgroups and pre-schools | 4,900 | 1,820 | 1,400 | 4,600 |
| Childminders | — | 1,800 | 6,800 | 6,200 |
| Out-of-school clubs | — | 550 | 210 | 420 |
| Holiday schemes | — | 1,700 | 1,600(31) | 4,200 |
(30) Figures have been rounded.
(31) Includes those schemes exempt from registration
Children's Centres
Martin Linton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the 20 per cent. most deprived wards in the country to benefit from children's centres; and what criteria he will use to determine which of those wards will be included in the first wave of children's centres to be established. [105639]
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Maria Eagle: Officials wrote to all local authorities on 21 February 2003 enclosing Start Up Guidance on children's centres. There are 136 local authorities that have wards rated as among the most disadvantaged 20 per cent. Of these 124 were given indicative funding, and targets for reach and child care places. The remaining 12 will be individually assessed on a case by case basis to determine the level of funding required.
Local authorities are now beginning their strategic planning and will make decisions at a local level as to the best sites to develop children's centres. Sure Start Unit regional teams will work closely with local authorities over the spring and summer in developing these plans and local authorities will then submit their final strategic plans by 15 October 2003 at the latest. It is at that point that we will have full details of which wards will have children's centres.
The only criterion is that the wards selected must be from the local authority's 20 per cent. most disadvantaged wards as defined in the ODPM Index of Multiple Deprivation.
Classroom Abuse
Mr. Djanogly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many incidents of classroom abuse against teachers have been reported in Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997. [109182]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: This information is not collected from local education authorities. However, we are concerned to help schools prevent such behaviour. We have made clear that, where necessary, head teachers can permanently exclude pupils responsible for violence against teachers. We have also made available to schools, free on request, a toolkit which gives details of legal remedies available when parents or other adults behave in a violent or threatening manner towards teachers.
Departmental Expenditure
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns between April 2002 and March 2003; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media. [106442]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The spend on all advertising media space by the Department between April 2002 and March 2003 is set out as follows. This includes the spend on television, radio, poster, press and magazine and online activity. This does not include costs for internal recruitment advertising.
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It is not possible to provide costs broken down by different media as requewsted. These could only be collated at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Pay
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made with the pay review in his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible, with particular reference to the gender pay gap; and if he will make a statement. [106752]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: My Department has carried out a Gender Pay Equality Review in accordance with the commitment made by Government in response to the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) Task Force 'Just Pay' Report.
Any matters arising from the Review will be taken forward as part of the 2003 pay negotiations within the Department which are due to start in May.
Education Funding
Mr. Alan Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding for education, excluding the Standards Fund and School Standards Grant, was given to North Tyneside local authority in 2002–03; and how much is being given in 2003–04. [108830]
Mr. Miliband [holding answer 11 April 2003]: In 2002–03 North Tyneside's Education Standard Spending Assessment was £83.09 million. In 2003–04 North Tyneside's Education Formula Spending Share is £91.8 million.
The figure for 2003–04 is not fully comparable with 2002–03. The figure for 2003–04 includes funding transferred into EFS from grant and to take account of the increase in contributions to the teachers pension scheme. Neither figure includes funding transferred to the Learning and Skills Council for Sixth Form funding.
Educational Action Zones
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what criteria he uses to determine educational action zones. [108475]
Mr. Miliband: There are no plans to establish new Education Action Zones (EAZs). The first EAZs were established in September 1998; the last one started in May 2000. When they complete their five-year statutory term, they will transform either into an Excellence in Cities (EiC) Action Zone in an EiC area, or into an Excellence Cluster in a non-EiC area. There will be no new EiC Action Zones, other than those statutory zones that are transforming into EiC Action Zones in EiC areas. My predecessor, the hon. Member for East Ham made the announcement outlining the Transformation Strategy in November 2001.
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However, there will be a further expansion of Excellence Clusters between now and September 2005. There are now 25 clusters; 41 EAZs will transform to Excellence Clusters, and a further 14 new Excellence Clusters will be established by September 2005.
Employment Relations Act
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many staff in his Department have taken time off from work in order to attend to domestic incidents, as provided for by the Employment Relations Act 1999. [108340]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: Responsibility for authorising and monitoring leave for domestic reasons is devolved to individual management units in the Department. Records are not kept centrally and details could, therefore, be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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