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Millennium Volunteer Projects
Mr. Blizzard: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding for Millennium Volunteer projects was allocated to (a) each region and (b) each shire county in (i) 2001–02, (ii) 2002–03 and (iii) 2003–04; and how much funding he proposes to allocate to each region in 2004–05. [123287]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The amount of funding allocated for Millennium Volunteers projects in each region in 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04 is provided in the table. Details of funding for each shire county is not collected as many projects operate across boundaries.
| Region | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 1,027,174 | 1,059,268 | 1,111,052 |
| East of England | 1,474,717 | 1,452,331 | 1,325,198 |
| London | 2,062,717 | 1,933,514 | 1,696,119 |
| North East | 1,072,368 | 932,442 | 960,734 |
| North West | 1,834,084 | 1,967,701 | 2,019,687 |
| South East | 1,468,231 | 1,933,827 | 1,952,871 |
| South West | 1,628,993 | 1,675,570 | 1,810,513 |
| West Midlands | 1,598,413 | 1,577,314 | 1,664,627 |
| Yorks and Humberside | 1,315,365 | 1,711,213 | 1,758,946 |
| Total | 13,482,062 | 14,243,180 | 14,299,747 |
The funding which is to be allocated to each region in 2004–05 will not be finalised until September to allow local discussions on budget allocations and final agreement of the funding formula. When this has been agreed I will arrange for the information to be provided in the House of Commons Library.
Modern Languages Courses
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of entrants aged under 21 years to modern languages courses at higher education institutions in each year from 2003 to 2008. [110875]
Alan Johnson: The information is not held centrally. The latest edition of the Department's Annual Report contains projected student numbers for the years up to 2004/05, but these are not disaggregated by subject.
Research (Universities)
Mr. Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what action the Government is taking to improve (a) the quality of research and (b) access to high quality research in universities in Yorkshire and Humberside. [124148]
Alan Johnson: The Government are committed to supporting and encouraging the highest quality research to ensure that we maintain our international standing and competitiveness. A year ago we announced the most generous research settlement for many years, with total expenditure on science and research set to increase by 30 per cent. by 2005–06 compared with 2002–03.
Yorkshire and Humberside will receive quality-related research funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) of £102.3 million in 2003/04 to support university research in the region. This represents an increase of over 12 per cent. on last year. The HEFCE formula for distributing the funding ensures it is targeted at the highest quality work. Our
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White Paper proposals encourage higher education institutions to engage increasingly in collaborative work giving them greater flexibility to determine the focus of their research. In Yorkshire and Humberside, Leeds, York and Sheffield universities are already working successfully together through the White Rose consortium.
Schools (Military Families)
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his visit to King's Ford Junior School, Colchester, on 9 June, when he will report on the funding requirements for schools with large numbers of children from military families; and if he will make a statement. [124337]
Mr. Miliband: We recognise that turbulence in pupil numbers can have an impact on school budgets and pupil attainment. A local military presence is one cause, influxes of asylum seekers is another. Local authorities are able to include factors in their funding formulae to provide additional funding to take account of high turnover of pupils during the year. Essex local education authority has such a factor.
Standards Fund
Shona McIsaac: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was made available to (a) North East Lincolnshire and (b) North Lincolnshire education authority via the standards fund in each year since 1997. [124162]
Mr. Miliband: The following table shows the Standards Fund grant for North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire since 1997. The figures include Government grant only, they do not include local authority contributions to the Standards Fund.
| Recurrent Grant | Capital Grant | Total Standards Fund Grant | Education Standards Spending Assessment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 64.4 |
| 1998–99 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 70.1 |
| 1999–2000 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 73.0 |
| 2000–01 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 7.5 | 77.3 |
| 2001–02 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 10.3 | 79.8 |
| 2002–03 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 12.7 | 81.4 |
| 2003–04 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 10.4 | (1)88.6 |
(1) Education Formula Funding Share (EFSS). This includes the transfer of class size grant and Nursery Education grant. The equivalent figure on the same basis for 2002–2003 would be £85.1 million.
The recurrent grant figure for 2002–2003 includes class size grant of £0.61 million. The funding for class size grant is distributed via the Education Formula Spending Shares (EFSS) in 2003–04. On a like for like basis North East Lincolnshire has received an increase in EFSS per pupil of 3.9 per cent.
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| Recurrent Grant | Capital Grant | Total Standards Fund Grant | Education Standards Spending Assessment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 56.5 |
| 1998–99 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 61.9 |
| 1999–2000 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 65.0 |
| 2000–01 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 67.8 |
| 2001–02 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 11.2 | 69.9 |
| 2002–03 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 10.3 | 72.3 |
| 2003–04 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 8.9 | (2)80.4 |
(2) Education Formula Funding Share (EFSS). This includes the transfer of Class Size grant and Nursery Education Grant. The equivalent figure on the same basis for 2002–2003 would be £76.2 million.
The recurrent grant figure for 2002–03 includes class size grant of £0.84 million. The funding for class size grant is distributed via the Education Formula Spending Shares (EFSS) in 2003–04. On a like for like basis North Lincolnshire has received an increase in EFSS per pupil of 4.7 per cent.
Student Numbers (Somerset)
Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people resident in (a) Taunton constituency and (b) Somerset are (i) further and (ii) higher education students. [123582]
Alan Johnson: The question asks for Taunton constituency and for Somerset. A breakdown by parliamentary constituency is not available for higher education students. Figures are available for Somerset local education authority (LEA).
In 2000/01, 10,000 people living in the Taunton constituency and 40,000 people living in Somerset LEA attended courses at Further Education (FE) sector colleges.
In 2001/02,12,000 people resident in Somerset LEA were Higher Education students.
Teachers (Chesham and Amersham)
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers are working in schools in Chesham and Amersham; how many have qualified teacher status; what the status is of the remainder; and what their distribution is by (a) primary and (b) secondary sectors. [123922]
Mr. Miliband: Teacher information is not available at constituency level. The most recent teacher data available for Buckinghamshire LEA is for January 2002, which show that the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) regular teachers in the maintained schools sector was 4,030, of which 3,860 had qualified teacher status (QTS). The FTE number of instructors and teachers without QTS on contracts of a month or more was 100 and the FTE number of teachers on the Graduate Teacher Programme, Registered Teacher Programmer or the Overseas Trained Teacher Programme was 70.
There were 1,850 teachers in maintained nursery and primary schools, 1,990 in maintained secondary schools and 190 in maintained special schools and pupil referral units.
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Teachers' Pay
Rob Marris: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills by what percentage the pay of the average full-time state sector (a) infant school, (b) junior school, (c) secondary school, (d) further education and (e) higher education teacher has changed in real terms since 1997. [122572]
Mr. Miliband: The mean salary 1 of full-time qualified nursery and primary school teachers 2 in England and Wales (it is not possible to distinguish between infant and junior) rose by 6.9 per cent. in real terms between March 1997 and March 2001 3 . The mean salary of full-time 1 qualified secondary school teachers in England and Wales rose by 7.3 per cent. in real terms between March 1997 and March 2001 3 .
The mean salary 4 of full-time lecturers in further education colleges in England and Wales rose by 1.1 per cent. in real terms between March 1997 and March 2001 3 .
The median salary of full-time lecturers in the higher education sector in the United Kingdom 5 rose by 5.9 per cent. in real terms between July 1997 and July 2001.
- 1 Figures cover all grades and include any allowances paid. The mean salary figures include some threshold payments that were made before March 2001, following the introduction of the threshold in September 2000. Some threshold assessments were not made in time for the associated payments to be reflected in the March 2001 data, but these were ultimately backdated to September 2000. As a result there will be an under estimate of the actual mean salary in March 2001.
- 2 Differences in pay between primary and secondary teachers results from the fact that primary schools are on average smaller, and the heads' pay range is based on pupil numbers; this also constrains the pay of other members of the leadership group.
- 3 Figures for the above calculations are from the Database of Teacher Records (DTR). March 2001 is the most recent data available. Average salaries for March 2002 will be published in December in "Statistics of Education: School Workforce in England, 2003 edition".
- 4 Figures may not fully reflect the salaries of those not in the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
- 5 The figures cover full-time higher education lecturers in all higher education institutions in the UK.
- Source:
- Higher Education Statistics Agency Staff Record.
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