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Children at Risk
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when the Green Paper on Children at Risk will be published. [127893]
Mr. Charles Clarke: The Green Paper "Every Child Matters" is being published today.
Children's Day Care Facilities
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many places have been provided in school holiday schemes in each of the past five years; [127899]
- (2) how many places in after-school clubs have been provided in each of the past five years; [127900]
(3) how many day nurseries have operated in each of the past five years; [127905]
(4) how many places there were in day nurseries in each of the past five years; [127906]
(5) how many registered childminders there were on 1 January in each of the past five years; [127907]
(6) how many playgroups were operating in each of the past five years; and how many places were provided in playgroups in each year. [127918]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is shown in the tables.
n/a = not available.
(13) Figures have been rounded.
(14) Data Source: Children's Day Care Facilities.
(15) Data Source: Ofsted.
(16) Includes those schemes exempt from registration.
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| Position at 31 Marcheach year | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day nurseries(18) | 247,700 | 264,200 | 285,100 | n/a | n/a |
| Full day care(19) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 383,200 |
| Playgroups and pre-schools(18) | 347,200 | 353,100 | 330,200 | n/a | n/a |
| Sessional day care(19) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 285,600 |
| Childminders | 336,600 | 320,400 | 304,600 | n/a | 300,600 |
| Out-of-school clubs(18) | 113,800 | 141,100 | 152,800 | n/a | n/a |
| Holiday schemes(18) | 435,300 | (20)490,400 | 550,400 | n/a | n/a |
| Out-of-school day care(19) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 301,600 |
| Creche day care(19) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 43,900 |
n/a = not available.
(17) Figures have been rounded.
(18) Data Source: Children's Day Care Facilities.
(19) Data Source: Ofsted.
(20) Includes those schemes exempt from registration.
Local authorities were responsible for the registration and inspection of children's day care facilities until these responsibilities were transferred to Ofsted in September 2001. The figures on children's day care facilities up to and including 2001 were derived from local authority estimates returned to DfES by local authority social service departments.
The period from September 2001 to March 2003 was designated as a transitional period where Ofsted, as a by-product of its inspections, validated the actual number of individuals and organisations that were providing child care. At the end of the transitional period, Ofsted conducted appropriate quality checks on its administrative database and released the number of provider and places in June, with further publications planned on a quarterly basis. The number of child care providers and places are not directly comparable with the previous data made available by the DfES because they were collected differently.
With the introduction of the National Day Care Standards the day care facilities classification has been updated. Day nurseries, playgroups and pre-schools and childminders have been equivalently reclassified to full day care, sessional day care and childminders respectively.
Day care 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 31 March 2001", which is available in the Library and on the DfES website: www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics Figures for 2001 for out-of-school clubs and holiday schemes have recently been revised. Latest child care statistics were published in a report by Ofsted,
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"Registered Childcare Providers and Places in England, 31 March 2003", which is available on the Ofsted website: www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications
City Academies
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many city academies had been set up by 1 July, and how many he anticipates being set up by September 2005. [127885]
Mr. Miliband: Three Academies opened in September 2002 and there are a further nine opening in September 2003. We anticipate that by September 2005 there will be 27 open Academies.
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils he expects to have been enrolled at city academies by the end of the academic year 2003–04. [127888]
Mr. Miliband: By the end of the 2003–04 academic year there will be 12 Academies open. These will cater for an estimated total of 10,710 pupils. This figure breaks down to 9,773 pupils who are under 16 and 937 pupils over 16. These figures include The City of London Academy which, being a totally new school, will have an initial entry of only 180 pupils.
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average cost of setting up a city academy is to (a) public sector and (b) private sector investors. [127883]
Mr. Miliband: Of the 12 Academies currently open or opening this September the mean average expenditure across the projects is £23.10 million; £21.31 million from the public sector and £1.79 million from private sector investors.
Recurrent costs cover establishing the initial feasibility of a project and, once a Funding Agreement has been signed, the implementation of proposals to open an Academy During the feasibility phase, grant of up to £250,000 is available; during the implementation phase, grant of up to £650,000 is available. These costs are met by the public sector.
Classroom Assistants
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the impact of the new Formula Spending Share system on classroom assistant numbers in the South East; and if he will make a statement. [127285]
Mr. Miliband: In January 2003 there were more than 225,000 full-time equivalent support staff in schools in England including 122,000 teaching assistants, compared to 217,000 (including 106,000 teaching assistants) in January 2002. Statistics due to be released on 9 September will provide regional and LEA level breakdowns of these figures. It is for individual schools to decide on staffing levels in the light of their needs and priorities and the overall resources available to them. It is estimated that funding being made available to schools should enable them to recruit at least 50,000 additional full-time equivalent support staff over the lifetime of the current Parliament.
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Classroom Teachers
Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of (a) how many and (b) what percentage of teachers on the General Teaching Council register are employed as classroom teachers. [127755]
Mr. Miliband: The Secretary of State has made no such estimate. The management of the register is a matter for the General Teaching Council and I have asked the council's registrar to write to the hon. Gentleman with information about teacher entries. A copy of his response will be placed in the Library.
Connexions
Valerie Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the purpose of Connexions, with particular reference to the range of options for post 16. [127112]
Margaret Hodge: Connexions is the Government's front line support service in England for all 13–19 year olds and those up to 25 who have learning difficulties and disabilities. It is a universal service that is differentiated according to the needs of young people. Its key purpose is to encourage more young people to continue and succeed in learning.
Connexions provides a range of advice and support to help young people make the transition from compulsory education to post 16 learning, Higher Education and employment. Depending on the individual young person's needs this could include impartial careers guidance, information and advice on health, lifestyle, housing, financial support and other personal issues and access to personal development opportunities.
Mr. Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what guidance he provides to the Connexions service on the provision of advice to young lesbians and gay men facing homophobic abuse. [127871]
Margaret Hodge: We intend to issue guidance to Connexions personal advisers (PAs) on how to engage effectively with young lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people in the autumn.
The guidance will aim to raise awareness among Connexions PAs of the issues facing young LGB people. It will cover issues such as confidentiality, child protection, supporting a young person 'coming out', referring a young person to specialist agencies, multiple disadvantage and individual and organisational strategies to combat homophobia.
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