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Education (13 to 19)
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people aged 13 to 19 were in (a) school, (b) further education college and (c) neither school nor further education college in (i) 2001–02, (ii) 2002–03 and (iii) 2003–04. [138544]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: Data for the academic year 2003/04 is not available at the present.
The numbers of 13 to 18-year-olds by type of institution attended for end 2001 to end 2002, the latest available year, are shown in the table.
| 2001/02 | 2002/03 | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 to 15-year-olds | ||
| Schools | 1,892,259 | 1,920,952 |
| Not in schools(3) | 15,390 | 15,635 |
| 16 to 18-year-olds | ||
| Schools | 405,300 | 418,700 |
| Further Education Institutions (FEIs) | 494,100 | N/A |
| Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) | 131,400 | N/A |
| Not in schools, FEIs or HEIs(4) | 825,500 | N/A |
(3) This figure is for 11 to 15-year-olds. This will include, for example, pupils being educated at home, or non-statemented pupils in hospital.
(4) These 16 to 18-year-olds not in schools, FE or HE institutions may be in government supported training (GST), employer funded training (EFT), other education training (GET) or employment.
Data for 16 to 18-year-olds in the year 2002/03 (shown as N/A in the table), and updated 2001/02 figures, are due to be published on 20 November 2003 in the SFR "Participation in Education, Training and Employment By 16–18 year olds in England".
Education Provision (East Riding)
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the pay rates are for (a) primary school teachers, (b) secondary school teachers and (c) teaching assistants in the East Riding of Yorkshire in 2003–04. [136471]
Mr. Miliband: Classroom teachers in the East Riding of Yorkshire are paid on the national pay scales for teachers in England and Wales. Apart from the London area, these national rates do not distinguish between geographic locations or between primary and secondary schools. The national pay rates for classroom teachers in England and Wales for 2003/04 are as follows:
| £ pa | |
|---|---|
| M1 | 18,105 |
| M2 | 19,536 |
| M3 | 21,108 |
| M4 | 22,734 |
| M5 | 24,525 |
| M6 | 26,460 |
| U1 | 28,668 |
| U2 | 29,730 |
| U3 | 30,831 |
| U4 | 31,968 |
| U5 | 33,150 |
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Newly qualified teachers normally start at point M1 and move up a point a year, subject to satisfactory service, until they reach point M6. They can then apply to be assessed against national standards and, if successful, move to point U1 with the possibility of further moves based on performance.
Schools have discretion to give classroom teachers extra allowances worth up to £10,572 pa for taking on management responsibilities, up to £3,312 pa for teaching special educational needs pupils, and up to £5,415 pa for recruitment and retention purposes.
The Government considers that pay and contractual arrangements for teaching assistants are best determined at local level and detailed information on these matters is not held centrally. Many local authorities are now reviewing support staff pay in the light of the agreement—commonly known as the Single Status Agreement—made in 1997 by the National Joint Council for Local Government Services (NJC). A guidance document on the employment and grading of school support staff was published by the NJC in October. Links between potential roles and the pay of support staff will remain a matter for local determination, but the National Agreement on Raising Standards and Tackling Workload, signed on 15 January 2003 by the government, local authority employers and school workforce unions, makes clear that we expect support staff remuneration to reflect their level of training, skills and responsibilities.
Employer Training Pilots
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the Employer Training Pilots project. [139077]
Alan Johnson: We are in the process of considering the evaluation from the first year of operation of the pilots and it is our intention to publish an interim report in due course. In November 2002 a decision was made to extend the pilots to August 2004 to give us a wider base of evidence on which to base future policy decisions. We will be undertaking a full evaluation of the second year of operation and hope to publish a full report by Spring 2005.
GCSEs
Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what proportion of 15-year-olds in (a) Wiltshire, (b) Dorset and (c) Devon achieved (i) five or more A* to C GCSE grades and (ii) five or more GCSE passes in each year since 1997; [138961]
- (2) what proportion of 15 and 16-year-olds in (a) Wiltshire, (b) Dorset and (c) Devon were entered for GCSE examinations in each year since 1997. [138964]
Mr. Miliband [holding answer 17 November 2003]: The statistical information requested is detailed in the following table.
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| Academic year | Dorset | Wiltshire | Devon(6) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of 15-year-old pupils(5) achieving 5 or more grades A*-C | ||||
| 1997 | 49.8 | 50.5 | 44.0 | |
| 1998 | 50.0 | 51.9 | 47.0 | |
| 1999 | 53.5 | 52.3 | 48.4 | |
| 2000 | 54.6 | 55.5 | 49.1 | |
| 2001 | 56.4 | 55.5 | 51.3 | |
| 2002 | 59.0 | 57.0 | 50.4 | |
| 2003(7) | 59.6 | 57.3 | 52.5 | |
| Percentage of 15-year-old pupils(5) achieving 5 or more grades A*-G | ||||
| 1997 | 91 .9 | 90.7 | 89.8 | |
| 1998 | 92.7 | 91.0 | 91.1 | |
| 1999 | 93.7 | 90.7 | 91.0 | |
| 2000 | 93.0 | 91.9 | 91.2 | |
| 2001 | 92.1 | 91.7 | 90.5 | |
| 2002 | 91.9 | 90.7 | 89.9 | |
| 2003(7) | 92.8 | 91.5 | 90.5 | |
| Percentage of 15- year- old- pupils(5) attempting at least one GCSE/GNVQ | ||||
| 1997 | 95.9 | 95.8 | 96.6 | |
| 1998 | 96.7 | 95.8 | 97.3 | |
| 1999 | 96.9 | 95.8 | 96.8 | |
| 2000 | 96.2 | 96.4 | 96.8 | |
| 2001 | 96.7 | 96.2 | 96.5 | |
| 2002 | 96.9 | 96.1 | 96.7 | |
| 2003(7) | 97.1 | 96.3 | 96.7 | |
(5) Pupils are aged 15 at the start of the academic year i.e. 31 August.
(6) 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.
(7) Provisional
Higher Education White Paper
Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the graduate contribution scheme described in the White Paper on Higher Education is (a) debt, (b) an income contingent loan or (c) an individualised graduate tax. [139625]
Alan Johnson: Under the Graduate Contribution Scheme described in the Higher Education White Paper, students may take out a loan to cover the cost of their tuition fees, repayable on an income-contingent basis through the tax system.
Maths Teachers
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps his Department is taking to encourage mathematics graduates to become teachers. [138723]
Mr. Miliband: Since September 2000, £6,000 training bursaries have been available to postgraduate trainee teachers and £4,000 golden hellos for those who go on to teach priority subjects, including mathematics, in a maintained school. Since September 2002, these incentives have been reinforced by the Repayment of Teachers' Loans pilot scheme for new teachers of priority subjects. Recruitment to postgraduate courses of initial teacher training in mathematics has accordingly risen by 68 per cent. between 1999/2000 and 2003/04. Partly as a result of this increase, the number of unfilled vacancies for mathematics teachers in maintained secondary schools has fallen by 22 per cent. in only two years.
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The Government will build on these achievements over the coming years. The Teacher Training Agency is currently developing a number of new initiatives to bring more mathematics specialists into the classroom. These include enhancement courses designed to allow prospective teachers of mathematics to bring their subject-knowledge up to the required level for entry onto a postgraduate teacher training course.
Medical Students
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 November, Official Report, column 90W, if he will give a breakdown by individual institution of the 81 students on courses leading to registration with the General Medical Council and subsequent practice as a doctor who are under 21 and have less than the equivalent of three grade Cs at A level. [139121]
Alan Johnson: No. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) does not, as a matter of policy, publish sensitive student data at course level for individual institutions.
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