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Key Stage 2

Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of children in (a) Wiltshire, (b) Dorset, (c) Devon and (d) Somerset gained level 4 and above at Key Stage 2 in (i) English and (ii) mathematics in each year since 1997. [138962]

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Mr. Miliband: The percentage of 11-year-olds in (a) Wiltshire, (b) Dorset, (c) Devon and (d) Somerset who gained level 4 and above at Key Stage 2 in (i) English and (ii) mathematics in each year since 1997 are as follows:

LEA	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
English
Wiltshire	75	74	73	75	73	67	67
Dorset	76	78	77	79	74	68	68
Devon(43)	74	74	76	75	72	66	62
Somerset	74	74	74	75	73	67	67
England	75	75	75	75	71	65	63
Mathematics
Wiltshire	73	73	70	71	69	62	67
Dorset	73	72	70	73	71	60	67
Devon	74	73	71	72	70	60	62
Somerset	72	72	69	70	70	58	63
England	73	73	71	72	69	59	62

⁽⁴³⁾ For 1997, Devon LEA included schools in Torbay and Plymouth. Following the local Government reorganisation in 1998, Torbay and Plymouth schools are excluded from the Devon figures.

Note:

The 2003 information is based on provisional data.

Literacy

Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the literacy level is in (a) the constituency of Romford and (b) other population centres in Essex. [136476]

Mr. Miliband: The constituency of Romford falls within the London borough of Havering education authority. The Key Stage 2 English results for Havering are above average with 80 per cent. of pupils achieving the expected level for their age (level 4+) in 2003, an 11 percentage points increase since 1998, when the National Literacy Strategy was introduced. Nationally, 75 per cent. of pupils achieved level 4+ in English at Key Stage 2 in 2003, a rise of 10 percentage points since 1998.

The 2003 Key Stage 2 results for Havering, compared with those for the London boroughs of Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham, and with the unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock, and with Essex local education authority are set out in the table. The table shows the percentage of pupils who achieved the expected level for their age (level 4+) in the Key Stage 2 English tests since 1998 in these areas:

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003(44)
Havering	71	78	78	79	80	80
Redbridge	70	72	77	77	78	77
Barking and	60	65	72	72	69	70
Dagenham
Essex	65	71	76	75	76	77
Southend-on-Sea	63	69	72	73	75	74
Thurrock	55	60	65	68	68	66

⁽⁴⁴⁾ Provisional

Local Education Authorities

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he expects the 2002–03 contextual value added indicators to be distributed to local education authorities; and if he will place a copy in the Library. [136817]

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Mr. Miliband: The Department will share contextual value added information for secondary schools with individual LEAs before the end of this term. The analysis will be based on provisional data for 2003 results at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, and therefore subject to slight revision. The information is provided on a confidential basis in order to help authorities to review and evaluate the performance of their schools, and to challenge any underperformance.

We have no plans to publish this analysis.

London Universities

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the drop-out rate for universities in London was by (a) percentage and (b) number in each year since 1997. [138665]

Alan Johnson: The available information on non continuation rates is contained in "Performance Indicators in Higher Education", published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). The figures cover full-time first degree courses only, and show, for each individual HE institution in the UK, the numbers and proportion of entrants who failed to complete their course. Copies of the HEFCE publication are available for students starting courses in 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–00 in the House Library. The next edition, covering students starting courses in 2000–01, is scheduled for publication in autumn 2003.

NVQs

Rob Marris: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many NVQs were completed in further education colleges in (a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03. [136977]

Alan Johnson: The National Information System for Vocational Qualifications (NISVQ) showed that 146,000 NVQs/SVQs of a total 315,000 NVQ/SVQs were achieved ¹ in further education colleges/tertiary colleges in England in 2001/02. The equivalent figure for 2002/03 is not yet available.

¹ NISVQ collects information on full NVQ/SVQs awarded. It does not collect information on those qualifications which were completed but not achieved.

Rob Marris: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of NVQs were completed in further education colleges in (a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03. [136978]

Alan Johnson: The National Information System for Vocational Qualifications (NISVQ) showed that 46.4 per cent. of a total 315,000 NVQ/SVQs were achieved ¹ in further education colleges/tertiary colleges in England in 2001/02. The equivalent figure for 2002/03 is not yet available.

¹ NISVQ collects information on full NVQ/SVQs awarded. It does not collect information on those qualifications which were completed but not achieved.

Performance and Assessment Reports

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he expects the 2002–03 Ofsted PANDA information to be distributed to schools; and if he will place a copy in the Library. [136818]

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Mr. Miliband: This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, David Bell, will write to my hon. friend and place a copy of his letter in the Library.

Performance-related Pay

Mr. Jack: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the costs for every local education authority's performance-related pay expenditure for 2004–05 will be funded in full by government grant, including the on-going costs arising from performance awards in earlier years. [136889]

Mr. Miliband: The threshold performance payments made by schools are refunded in full by the Department, including for on-costs. In 2003–04 we are also contributing a further £205 million towards other performance-related payments to teachers, principally to help meet the costs of the upper pay scale. This will be sufficient to meet all schools' continuing commitments arising from the performance-related pay grant provided in 2002–03 and will support the costs of similar progress along the Upper Pay Scale for those teachers becoming eligible for performance points in September 2003.

For 2004–05, the £205 million we have allocated this year will be uprated at least in line with the headline pay settlement. And if proper arrangements for point 3 of the upper pay scale can be settled with the stakeholders, additional resources will be allocated from September 2004.

Pupil Funding

Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the standard deviation from the mean per pupil funding is across (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in 2003–04. [137200]

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

Per pupil funding for primary and secondary schools for the 2003–04 session£

	Per pupil funding
	Mean	Standard deviation
Primary schools	2,660	642
Secondary schools	3,269	556

Notes:

1. LEA funding to schools as reported by LEAs.

2. The data are taken from the 2003–04 Section 52 Budget table 2.

3. Per pupil funding includes schools budget share, devolved standards fund and school standards grant.

School Funding

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average per pupil funding for (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) special schools was in each local education authority area for (i) 2002–03 and (ii) 2003–04. [133603]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested has been placed in the Libraries.

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