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A-Levels

Mr. Woodward: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of pupils from secondary school went on to take A-levels in (a) the North West region, (b) Merseyside, (c) St. Helens and (d) England in each year since 1997. [137997]

Mr. Miliband: The precise information requested is not available. As the National Pupil Database is developed further, this type of analysis will be possible. As a proxy, the following tables show (i) the number of 17-year-old students who took at least one A level in

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(a) the North West region, (b) Merseyside, (c) St. Helens LEA and (d) England in schools and colleges for the years 1997–2003 and (ii) the number of 15-year-old

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pupils in secondary schools in (a) the North West region, (b) Merseyside, (c) St. Helens LEA and (d) England, two years before each of the years shown in (i).

(i)

1997199819992000200120022003
aNorth West22,30923,40322,85422,75524,09527,08428,077
bMerseyside4,6994,9164,7424,7125,1455,6045,927
cSt. Helens LEA7598237778038678821,022
dEngland192,418198,225196,743193,913203,121219,455228,454

Note:

Figures for 2003 are provisional


(ii)

1995199619971998199920002001
aNorth West78,45280,64779,79979,33980,87580,35083,894
bMerseyside16,73516,95916,92017,00117,28216,81717,810
cSt. Helens LEA2,2102,1932,2002,2562,1952,0882,237
dEngland578,197594,035586,766575,210580,972580,393603,318

Although the exact information required is not currently available, a rough approximation can be obtained by dividing the number of 17-year-old A level students by the number of 15-year-old pupils two years before. It should be noted however that this is not based on data which tracks the same pupils over time.

The following figures approximately show the percentage of 15-year-old pupils who went on to take A levels at 17 in the North West region and in England.

1995199619971998199920002001
North West28292929303433
England33333434353838

Similar figures for the Merseyside area and St. Helen's LEA are less accurate due to where students choose to pursue their further education studies.

Advertising/Marketing

Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money his Department spent on advertising and marketing in each month since 1997. [137571]

Mr. Charles Clarke: Information for expenditure per month for the period and areas specified could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Expenditure from the Department's central advertising and publicity budget is as follows:

£000
1997–9810,879
1998–9913,426
1999–20009,902
2000–0114,595
2001–0211,688
2002–0314,089
2003–04 (to date)2,937

In addition to expenditure from this central budget, expenditure from budgets allocated to individual programmes will also include spend on publicity and marketing related activity. It is not possible, except at disproportionate cost, to separately identify all such expenditure. However, it is possible to identify separately expenditure on advertising, and this is as follows:


£000
1997–989,992
1998–9915,673
1999–200011,900
2000–0129,066
2001–0220,489
2002–0311,261
2003–04 (to date)11,210

Information on expenditure by agencies and non-departmental public bodies is not held centrally.


Domestic Violence

Ms Shipley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to increase support for the non-abusive parent in cases of domestic violence where children are involved. [134909]

Margaret Hodge: The Government have proposed a number of measures which will improve the support and protection available to the children and non-abusive partner of a violent parent. These were set out in our consultation paper "Safety and Justice: The Government's Proposals on Domestic Violence" and include:


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The Government are currently considering the responses to these proposals.Our Green Paper Every Child Matters recognises that supporting parents and carers is a significant factor in our general strategy to improve children's lives. It sets out the Government's vision of better integrated services for all children that are focused around the needs of the child, to ensure no child falls through the net and all children get the support they need to fulfil their potential:


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Education Spending (North-west)

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was spent on (a) primary education, (b) secondary education, (c) tertiary education and (d) further education in the north west in each year since 1992. [134904]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is contained in the following tables.

Primary, secondary and further education expenditure in the north west since 1992

pre-PrimaryPrimarypre-Primary & PrimarySecondary
1992–93n/an/a1,144,8411,153,066
1993–94n/an/a1,158,0101,049,978
1994–95n/an/a1,202,4261,089,653
1995–96n/an/a1,185,0761,000,413
1996–97n/an/a1,213,9431,018,336
1997–98n/an/a1,221,4861,027,733
1998–99n/an/a1,321,1521,089,898
1999–200046,1991,394,8501,441,0491,286,311
2000–0167,3551,522,5081,589,8631,407,303
2001–0291,3791,676,6851,768,0641,588,239

Notes:

1. North West includes the following LEAs:

Knowsley, Liverpool, St. Helens, Sefton, Wirral, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, Cheshire, Halton, Warrington, Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and Cumbria.

2. Net Current Expenditure includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by the LEA's.

3. Cash term figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000.

4. Expenditure was not distinguished between pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of the Section 52 outturn statement in 1999–2000.

5. Data is as reported by LEAs.

6. Data is drawn from the DfES Section 52 outturn statements from 1999–2000 onwards and the ODPM's RO1 statement previously.


Further education funding allocations to institutions in the north west since 1992

Further education
1992–93341,320,591
1993–94360,421,769
1994–95379,275,174
1995–96421,366,768
1996–97449,925,071
1997–98458,258,684
1998–99464,615,551
1999–2000475,546,775
2000–01500,439,180
2001–02530,460,995
2002–03552,474,473
2003–04568,368,735

Notes:

1. Tertiary Education funding is not reported separately from Further Education funding.

2. 1992/93 funding allocation was from LEAs.

3. 1993/94 was a 16 month allocation from 1 April 1993 to July 1994 (first year of funding from the FEFC).

4. From 1 August 1994 funding was allocated from 1 August– 31 July.

5. Cash terms data reported.



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