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Information and Communications Technology
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been allocated to schools in Buckingham for information and communications technologies in each of the past seven years. [161583]
Mr. Charles Clarke: Funding for information and communications technologies (ICT) in schools is allocated to local education authorities through the Standards Fund and began in 1998–99. Since 1998–99 schools in Buckinghamshire have benefited from the following funding through the Standards Fund grant for ICT (including match funding from the LEA):
| Allocation to Buckinghamshire LEA | |
|---|---|
| 1998–99 | 1,250,000 |
| 1999–2000 | 1,125,000 |
| 2000–01 | 1,755,443 |
| 2001–02 | 2,568,797 |
| 2002–03 | 3,646,484 |
| 2003–04 | 3,728,097 |
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of teachers in Buckingham have received computer training. [161575]
Mr. Charles Clarke: Statistics on teacher training in ICT are not compiled on a constituency basis, but all teachers are expected to be able to use ICT effectively in the classroom. In-service training was largely addressed by the UK-wide National Lottery-funded New Opportunities Fund (NOF) ICT training, which ran between 1999 and 2003, and to which some 96 per cent. of teachers in England signed up.
Training in the effective use of ICT in teaching is also a mandatory part of Teacher Training Institute courses.
Further training opportunities to address teachers' continuing professional development needs (CPD) in embedding ICT in classroom teaching are now being developed across a range of subjects, and teachers are able to buy into this training using Standards Fund monies.
Mathematics/English
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of 11-year-old pupils in Buckingham reached level four in (a) mathematics and (b) English in each of the past seven years. [161578]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is as follows:
| Mathematics | English | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham | England | Buckingham | England | |||
| Number | Percentage | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Percentage | |
| 2003(10) | 883 | 81 | 73 | 839 | 82 | 75 |
| 2002 | 824 | 80 | 73 | 849 | 83 | 75 |
| 2001 | 886 | 79 | 71 | 942 | 84 | 75 |
| 2000 | 832 | 80 | 72 | 866 | 83 | 75 |
| 1999 | 749 | 76 | 69 | 777 | 79 | 71 |
| 1998 | 663 | 68 | 59 | 748 | 77 | 65 |
| 1997 | 686 | 70 | 62 | 731 | 74 | 63 |
(10) Provisional.
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Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of pupils in Buckingham reached the (a) mathematics and (b) English standard in each of the last seven years. [161580]
Mr. Miliband: The results from the 2003 National Curriculum tests showed that 75 per cent. of 11-year-olds in England reached Level 4 in English and 73 per cent. in mathematics. These results represent a significant improvement in standards—of 12 percentage points in English and 11 percentage points in mathematics—since 1997, reflecting the impact of the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies on primary schools. We remain absolutely committed, through our new Primary Strategy, to supporting schools to achieve the ambitious targets we have set for standards of literacy and numeracy.
The following table shows the number and percentage of pupils in Buckingham who have achieved level 4 or above in the Key Stage 2 English and mathematics tests since 1997. The results for Buckingham are above the national average, with improvements that have been broadly maintained since 2000:
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of pupils | |||||||
| English(11) | 731 | 748 | 777 | 866 | 942 | 849 | 893 |
| Mathematics(11) | 686 | 663 | 749 | 832 | 886 | 824 | 883 |
| Percentage of pupils | |||||||
| English | 74 | 77 | 79 | 83 | 84 | 83 | 82 |
| Mathematics | 70 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 81 |
(11) The number of eligible pupils for the Key Stage 2 tests varies slightly from year-to-year.
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of pupils in Chorley reached the (a) mathematics and (b) English standard in each of the last seven years. [161600]
Mr. Miliband: The results from the 2003 National Curriculum tests showed that 75 per cent. of 11-year-olds in England reached Level 4 in English and 73 per cent. in mathematics. These results represent a significant improvement in standards—of 12 percentage points in English and 11 percentage points in mathematics—since 1997, reflecting the impact of the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies on primary schools. We remain absolutely committed, through our new Primary Strategy, to supporting schools to achieve the ambitious targets we have set for standards of literacy and numeracy.
The following table shows the number and percentage of pupils in Chorley who have achieved level 4 or above in the Key Stage 2 English and mathematics tests since 1997. The results for Chorley are above the national average, and show a considerable improvement since 1997:
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of pupils | |||||||
| English | 920 | 953 | 1,024 | 1,017 | 1,106 | 1,086 | 1,098 |
| Mathematics | 951 | 882 | 1,048 | 1,021 | 1,059 | 1,077 | 1,049 |
| Percentage of pupils | |||||||
| English | 71 | 74 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 81 | 80 |
| Mathematics | 73 | 68 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 80 | 77 |
Note:
The number of eligible pupils for the Key Stage 2 tests varies slightly from year-to-year.
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Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of 11-year-old pupils in Chorley reached level 4 in (a) mathematics and (b) English in each of the past seven years. [161601]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is as follows:
| Mathematics | English | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chorley | England | Chorley | England | |
| 2003(12) | 77 | 73 | 80 | 75 |
| 2002 | 80 | 73 | 81 | 75 |
| 2001 | 74 | 71 | 77 | 75 |
| 2000 | 78 | 72 | 78 | 75 |
| 1999 | 80 | 69 | 78 | 71 |
| 1998 | 68 | 59 | 74 | 65 |
| 1997 | 73 | 62 | 71 | 63 |
(12) Provisional.
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children have been removed from parents on the basis of a diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis in children for which parents have been classed as having Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy; and if he will make a statement. [160650]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 15 March 2004]: The information requested is not held centrally.
National Childcare Strategy
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many children in
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Buckingham have gained from the National Childcare Strategy; and if he will make a statement; [161311]
- (2) how many child care places have been created in Buckingham since 1997. [161563]
Margaret Hodge: Information on the number of new child care places created in an individual constituency is available only from 1999. Buckinghamshire local authority reported that between April 1999 and December 2003, 1,166 new child care places opened in Buckingham constituency. A place typically helps more than one child, as not all children take up places full-time, and we estimate these places will help some 2,200 children. During the same period, Buckinghamshire reported that 100 child care places closed in Buckingham, so that the stock of child care places rose by 1,066.
New Deal for Schools
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding each school in Buckingham has received from the New Deal for Schools. [161585]
Mr. Miliband: The table shows the schools in the Buckingham constituency that benefited from investment through the New Deal for Schools (NDS) programme, which commenced in 1997–98. From 2000–01, capital allocations to local authorities and schools have largely been made by formulae linked to Asset Management Plans. In addition, all schools have, since 2000–01, received Devolved Formula capital to use on their most urgent capital needs.
| School | Project details | Grant awarded (£) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997/98 | East Claydon School | Building repairs | (13)564,000 |
| Grendon Underwood Combined School | Building repairs | (13)564,000 | |
| 1998/99 | Akeley C of E infant School | Replacement of 20-year-old boiler plant | 23,000 |
| 2000/01 | Haddenham Community Junior School | Re-roofing | 138,000 |
| Long Crendon School | Replacement curtain walling to link block | 92,000 |
(13) For NDS 1 the £564,000 grant allocated was for Buckinghamshire local education authority (LEA) wide projects, part of which was used for building repairs at each of two schools in the Buckingham constituency. The LEA will be able to say how much was allocated to each school.
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