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Civil Servants (Disabilities)
Mr. Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made in meeting targets for the proportion of people with disabilities in senior posts in his Department. [145999]
Mr. Charles Clarke: My Department's target is that by 2005, 3 per cent. of those in the senior civil service should be people with disabilities.
Statistical information about senior civil servants with disabilities is available on the Civil Service Statistics web-site at: http://www.civil-service.gov.uk/
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statistics/documents/pdf/disability-octOS.pdf. This shows that as of 1 April 2003, the proportion of senior civil servants with declared disabilities is 2.3 per cent.
As there are less than five members of the senior civil service in my Department with a declared disability, the actual number is not published in order to protect the privacy of the individual in line with exemption 12 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.
Specialist College Status
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools applied in the latest round for engineering specialist status; how many were successful; and if he will make a statement. [146500]
Mr. Miliband [holding answer 8 January 2004]: 17 schools applied for the engineering specialism in the last round of applications for specialist college status, which closed on 17 October 2003. Assessment of the 393 applications received is continuing and an announcement will be made in approximately one month.
Education (Financial Support)
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list for each local education authority the financial support for education that remains to be transferred under the changes to local government funding announced last year; and when he expects this process to be completed. [144905]
Mr. Miliband: The Government introduced a new funding formula for local authorities in 2003–04. Floors and ceilings have been used on both the calculation of education Formula Spending Shares and Revenue Support Grant to phase in the new formula. This means that some authorities receive funding allocations above the level of the new formula and some receive funding allocations below the level of the new formula. The Government expect floors and ceilings to continue for as long as they are necessary. We have also said that we expect the Schools Formula Spending Share floor to be at least 5 per cent. per pupil in 2005–06.
The amount of damping through floors and ceilings on the Education Formula Spending Share for each local education authority is shown as follows:
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Education (North-west)
Mr. Woodward: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much spending there was on (a) education as a whole, (b) nursery schools, (c) primary education and (d) secondary education in (i) St. Helens, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the north west region, in each year since 1992. [141469]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is contained in the following table.
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| Pre-primary | Primary | Pre-primary and Primary(20) | Secondary | Education as a Whole(21) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helens. | |||||
| 1992–93 | (22)— | (22)— | 28,898 | 35,041 | 102,426 |
| 1993–94 | (22)— | (22)— | 30,627 | 32,779 | 85,062 |
| 1994–95 | (22)— | (22)— | 32,871 | 32,844 | 85,310 |
| 1995–96 | (22)— | (22)— | 30,956 | 30,296 | 77,700 |
| 1996–97 | (22)— | (22)— | 32,117 | 29,771 | 78,556 |
| 1997–98 | (22)— | (22)— | 32,702 | 29,885 | 78,961 |
| 1998–99 | (22)— | (22)— | 35,645 | 32,198 | 84,024 |
| 1999–00 | 1,084 | 36,540 | 37,623 | 34,488 | 85,584 |
| 2000–01 | 1,831 | 40,133 | 41,965 | 37,845 | 91,093 |
| 2001–02 | 2,411 | 43,486 | 45,897 | 42,519 | 99,637 |
| Merseyside | |||||
| 1992–93 | (22)— | (22)— | 241,358 | 257,792 | 761,742 |
| 1993–94 | (22)— | (22)— | 248,440 | 245,652 | 675,489 |
| 1994–95 | (22)— | (22)— | 262,010 | 250,141 | 681,582 |
| 1995–96 | (22)— | (22)— | 258,121 | 229,249 | 634,928 |
| 1996–97 | (22)— | (22)— | 262,052 | 228,950 | 636,955 |
| 1997–98 | (22)— | (22)— | 261,716 | 228,303 | 633,227 |
| 1998–99 | (22)— | (22)— | 283,225 | 245,987 | 668,422 |
| 1999–00 | 8,562 | 295,022 | 303,584 | 285,872 | 706,519 |
| 2000–01 | 14,988 | 325,021 | 340,009 | 326,085 | 772,295 |
| 2001–02 | 21,048 | 350,485 | 371,533 | 365,721 | 838,990 |
| North West | |||||
| 1992–93 | (22)— | (22)— | 1,144,841 | 1,153,066 | 3,503,836 |
| 1993–94 | (22)— | (22)— | 1,158,010 | 1,049,978 | 3,056,288 |
| 1994–95 | (22)— | (22)— | 1,202,426 | 1,089,653 | 3,075,507 |
| 1995–96 | (22)— | (22)— | 1,185,076 | 1,000,413 | 2,826,562 |
| 1996–97 | (22)— | (22)— | 1,213,943 | 1,018,336 | 2,865,849 |
| 1997–98 | (22)— | (22)— | 1,221,486 | 1,027,733 | 2,887,946 |
| 1998–99 | (22)— | (22)— | 1,321,152 | 1,089,898 | 3,045,955 |
| 1999–00 | 46,199 | 1,394,850 | 1,441,049 | 1,286,311 | 3,229,306 |
| 2000–01 | 67,355 | 1,522,508 | 1,589,863 | 1,407,303 | 3,455,557 |
| 2001–02 | 91,379 | 1,676,685 | 1,768,064 | 1,588,239 | 3,798,289 |
(20) Expenditure was not distinguished between pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of the Section 52 outturn statement in 1999–2000.
(21) Education as a whole includes expenditure on all phases of school education (including pre-primary), education out of school, continuing education and management and support.
(22) n/a
Notes:
1. Net current expenditure includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by the LEAs.
2. Figures are in cash terms and rounded to the nearest £1,000.
3. The decrease in local authority expenditure on education from 1993–94 reflects the transfer of responsibility for providing most kinds of further education from local education authorities to the Further Education Funding Council on 1 April 1993.
4. Financial data is drawn from the DfES Section 52 outturn statements from 1999–2000 onwards and the ODPM's RO1 statement previously.
5. Nursery education was not shown separately until 1999–2000, therefore figures for nursery are included within pre-primary and primary.
6. Figures are as reported by LEAs.
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