| Previous Section | Index | Home Page |
30 Apr 2003 : Column 417W—continued
School Sixth Forms
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools have (a) opened and (b) closed sixth forms since 1997. [110108]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is not collected centrally. The Annual Schools' Census can be used to estimate the number of schools with a sixth form and this information is shown in the table.
| Position in January each year | (8)Number of schools with a sixth form |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 1,740 |
| 1998 | 1,771 |
| 1999 | 1,777 |
| 2000 | 1,781 |
| 2001 | 1,763 |
| 2002 | 1,747 |
(8) A school is considered to have a sixth form if it has eight or more 16 year old pupils and eight or more 17 year old pupils (age as at 31 August)
Schools Access Initiative
Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which schools in the Hemsworth
30 Apr 2003 : Column 418W
constituency benefited from the Schools Access Initiative in (a) 2000–01, (b) 2001–02 and (c) 2002–03; and how much each school was awarded. [109864]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Schools Access Initiative (SAI) provides resources to help mainstream schools become accessible to pupils with disabilities. £220 million has been made available for the Initiative during the last three financial years, including £100 million for 2003–04, and the Government have recently announced a further £100 million per annum for 2004–05 and 2005–06. The funding is allocated to local education authorities and it is for each authority to decide its priority schemes.
Wakefield local education authority, which includes the Hemsworth constituency, has received £1,029,428 in total through the SAI in the years 2000–03. The Authority has reported that the following schools in the Hemsworth constituency have received SAI funding as follows:
- Crofton High School: £47,093
St. Wilfred's Catholic High School: £2,235
Featherstone High School: £9,075
Badsworth C of E Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School: £11,587.
A sum of £58,011 was used to provide equipment to improve physical and curriculum access in schools across the authority.
- St. Thomas A Becket Catholic Comprehensive School: £84,445;
St. Wilfred's Catholic High School: £5,599;
Crofton High School: £4,396;
Featherstone High School: £937;
Badsworth C of E Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School: £60;
Northfield Junior and Infant School: £500;
Ackworth Howard C of E First School: £401.
A further £80,000 was spent providing equipment to enable access to the curriculum in schools across the authority.
- Local education authorities are not due to report on their SAI expenditure for 2002–03 until 25 July 2003.
Skilled Workers (Hemsworth)
Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) plumbers, (b) joiners, (c) electricians and (d) gas installers were employed doing domestic repair work in the Hemsworth constituency in 1993; and how many there are now. [109861]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: Figures for those employed solely doing domestic repair work in the occupations requested are not collected. Figures for the occupations requested are also not available for parliamentary constituency area. Occupational classifications do not differentiate between plumbers and gas fitters—they are grouped together within the classification for plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers.
The Labour Force Survey estimates the numbers employed for all types of work undertaken and within the UK regions. In 1993 there were 11,000 plumbers (including heating and ventilating engineers), 26,000 joiners and 32,000 electricians in Yorkshire and
30 Apr 2003 : Column 419W
Humberside; and in 2003 there were 16,000 plumbers (including heating and ventilating engineers), 27,000 joiners and 24,000 electricians in Yorkshire and Humberside.
Special Educational Needs
Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many cases concerning schools in the Hemsworth constituency were heard by Special Education Needs Tribunal in 2001–02; and in how many cases the Tribunal ruled that additional support should be provided for children with special needs. [109865]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Tribunal does not collate statistics based on the location of schools named in appeals or the schools attended by children who are the subject of appeals. However, it does collect information by local education authority (LEA). Of the 19 appeals against Wakefield LEA in 2001/02, five concerned the school to be named in the child's statement. Parents requested a special school placement in three of these appeals and a mainstream placement in the other two.
Parents withdrew 10 of the 19 appeals and the LEA conceded a further four. The remaining five all concerned the detailed provision to be made for children, and in all of these the Tribunal ordered amendments to the provision specified in statements.
Specialist Schools
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many former grant-maintained schools have gained (a) specialist, (b) beacon and (c) city academy status in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. [110139]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested has been placed in the Libraries.
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools have become specialist schools in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) specialism and (b) local education authority. [110142]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is provided in a table which has been placed in the Library.
Staff Salary Costs
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the salary costs were for each LEA of (a) all staff, (b) all school staff, (c) school teaching staff and (d) school non-teaching staff in each year since 1997. [110096]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is contained in tables, copies of which have been placed in the Libraries.
Student Loans Company
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many errors in the repayment of student loans have been lodged with the Student Loans Company by (a) members of the public and (b) hon. Members in each of the last three years. [105180]
30 Apr 2003 : Column 420W
Margaret Hodge: The complaints received by the Student Loans Company (SLC) about the repayment of student loans from members of the public and hon. Members in the last three years is detailed as follows. The number of complaints needs to be set against the fact that by the end of February 2003 approximately 2.3 million borrowers were due to repay loans. The SLC investigates each complaint to see if an error has been made. The company cannot determine the number of complaints in which errors actually occurred without manually checking each individual complaint received.
- 2000–01 financial year
- (a) members of the public—171
- (b) Members of Parliament—1
- 2001–02 financial year
- (a) members of the public—239
- (b) Members of Parliament—7
- 2002–03 financial year to date
- (a) members of the public—288
- (b) Members of Parliament—23
Teachers
Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many supply teachers are working in (a) the Hemsworth constituency and (b) England; [109862]
- (2) what percentage supply teachers represent of the total number of teachers in (a) the Hemsworth constituency and (b) England. [109863]
Mr. Miliband: The information is not available at constituency level.
Occasional teacher numbers (teachers on contracts of less than a month who were in service for the whole of the survey date) in the maintained schools sector in England are shown in table 17 of the January 2002 edition of Statistics of Education: School Workforce in England. This table shows data for January 2002, the most recent available. A copy of this volume has been placed in the Library. The table is also available on the statistics section of the DfES website at: www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics/DB/VOL/v0380/456-t17.htm.
The following table shows occasional teachers as a percentage of the full-time equivalent number of teachers in the maintained sector at January 2002 1 . The table shows figures for Wakefield local education authority because constituency level figures are not available.
- 1 January 2002 is the most recent information currently available.
| Wakefield | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Regular teachers(9) | 2,750 | 419,620 |
| Occasional teachers(10) | 50 | 17,470 |
| All teachers | 2,800 | 437,100 |
| Occasional teachers as percentage of all teachers | 1.8 | 4.0 |
(9) All teachers (FTE) on contracts of a month or more in service on the survey date (17 January 2002).
(10) Teachers on contracts of less than one month in service for the whole of the day on the survey date.
Note:
Teacher numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
DfES annual 618G survey.
30 Apr 2003 : Column 421W
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many supply teachers were provided each month, broken down by (a) LEA and (b) teacher supply agency in (i) 2000–01, (ii) 2001–02 and (iii) 2002 to present. [110055]
Mr. Miliband: This information is not collected centrally.
Occasional teacher numbers (teachers on contracts of less than a month who were in service for the whole of the survey date) in the maintained schools sector in England are shown in table 17 of the January 2002 edition of Statistics of Education: School Workforce in England. This table shows data for January 2002, the most recent available. A copy of this volume has been placed in the Library. The table is also available on the statistics section of the DfES website at: www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics/DBA/OL/v0380/456-t17.htm.
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of teachers in England employed in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools are (i) under and including the age of 35 and (ii) over the age of 35 years. [110128]
Mr. Miliband: The proportion of full time teachers in the maintained sector by age 1 and phase at March 2001 1 are given in the following table.
| Percentage of teachers by age | ||
|---|---|---|
| Phase | 34 and under | 35 and over |
| Nursery and primary | 34 | 66 |
| Secondary | 30 | 70 |
(11) Age as at 31 March.
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded.
2. Data are provisional. 2001 is the most recent year for which these data are available.
Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers were subjected to (a) verbal and (b) physical attacks in schools in Shrewsbury and Atcham in the last year. [109673]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The Department does not collect this information. Recording of such incidents will depend on local reporting procedures.
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers have been attacked by (a) pupils and (b) parents, broken down by education authority, in each academic year since 1997. [110123]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 23 October 2002, Official Report, column 385W.
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers have been dismissed from their posts since June 2001. [110126]
Mr. Miliband: This information is not collected centrally.
30 Apr 2003 : Column 422W
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) head teachers, (b) deputy head teachers, (c) teachers and (d) classroom assistants have been suspended for misconduct from (i) primary, (ii) secondary, (iii) special and (iv) all schools in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. [110120]
Mr. Miliband: The Department does not collect this information.
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what estimate his Department has made of the amount of time spent by (a) deputy head teachers and (b) classroom assistants (i) reading and (ii) acting on circulars issued by his Department in each year since 1997; [110115]
- (2) what estimate he has made of the amount of time spent by head teachers dealing with (a) Government-produced circulars and (b) other work, expressed as a proportion of total time worked by head teachers, in each year since 1997; [110116]
(3) what estimate he has made of the amount of time spent by classroom assistants dealing with (a) Government-produced circulars and (b) other work, expressed as a proportion of total time worked by classroom assistants, in each year since 1997; [110117]
(4) what estimate he has made of the amount of time spent by teachers dealing with (a) Government-produced circulars and (b) other work, expressed as a proportion of total time worked by teachers, in each year since 1997; [110118]
(5) what estimate he has made of the amount of time spent by deputy head teachers dealing with (a) Government-produced circulars and (b) other work, expressed as a proportion of total time worked by deputy head teachers, in each year since 1997. [110119]
Mr. Miliband: My Department does not hold the information requested.
The National Agreement on workload and standards, which was signed in January 2003, was a landmark event in terms of tackling teachers' and head teachers' workload; and enabling them to focus on the core professional activities that make the most impact in raising standards in schools. The signatories to the Agreement, including unions and employers, are now ensuring that it becomes a reality in schools. From this September, for example, a range of administrative activities that have routinely been undertaken by teachers will be transferred to support staff and information and communications technology. Resources are being made available to enable schools to recruit at least an additional 50,000 full-time equivalent support staff over the lifetime of this Parliament.
We are committed to streamlining the flow of information to schools. We have put in place rigorous controls on the number of documents automatically sent to all schools and have achieved significant reductions. We plan to cut mailings by a further 50 per cent. in the 2002–03 academic year.
30 Apr 2003 : Column 423W
In addition, we recently announced the establishment of an Implementation Review Unit. Made up of front line practitioners—the great majority serving head teachers—the Unit will review the workload implications of Government policies, and seek to remove any unnecessary paperwork and bureaucratic burdens.
| Next Section | Index | Home Page |