House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 22 Mar 2004 (pt 27)

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Education Funding (Crosby)

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding was spent per pupil in Crosby in each of the last seven years. [160398]

Net Current Expenditure per pupil

Pre-Primary Education Primary Education Pre-Primary and Primary Education Secondary Education Special Schools

1995–96 ⁽⁴⁴⁾— ⁽⁴⁴⁾— 1,864 2,591 18,029

1996–97 ⁽⁴⁴⁾— ⁽⁴⁴⁾— 1,881 2,641 19,524

1997–98 ⁽⁴⁴⁾— ⁽⁴⁴⁾— 1,887 2,635 20,191

1998–99 ⁽⁴⁴⁾— ⁽⁴⁴⁾— 2,014 2,694 19,953

1999–2000 4,695 2,168 2,184 2,779 23,923

2000–01 16,779 2,325 2,414 3,007 26,116

2001–02 30,555 2,565 2,740 3,434 27,405

	Pre-Primary Education	Primary Education	Pre-Primary and Primary Education	Secondary Education	Special Schools
1995–96	⁽⁴⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁴⁾—	1,864	2,591	18,029
1996–97	⁽⁴⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁴⁾—	1,881	2,641	19,524
1997–98	⁽⁴⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁴⁾—	1,887	2,635	20,191
1998–99	⁽⁴⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁴⁾—	2,014	2,694	19,953
1999–2000	4,695	2,168	2,184	2,779	23,923
2000–01	16,779	2,325	2,414	3,007	26,116
2001–02	30,555	2,565	2,740	3,434	27,405

⁽⁴⁴⁾ n/a

Notes:

1. The financial data are taken from Sefton LEA's Section 52 Outturn Statement submitted to the DfES from 1999–2000 onwards and the ODPM's RO1 statement prior to then.

2. Pupil data are drawn from the Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.

3. Net current expenditure (NCE) included expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by the LEAs.

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

5. The NCE per pupil figures for pre-primary and primary relate the net current expenditure (after recharges) in the pre-primary sector and maintained primary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained nursery and primary schools sector.

6. The NCE per pupil figures for secondary relate the net current expenditure (after recharges) in maintained secondary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained secondary schools sector.

7. The NCE per pupil figures for special schools relate the net current expenditure (after recharges) in maintained special schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained special schools sector.

8. Figures used are quoted in cash terms and are as reported by the LEA.

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Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on education in Crosby in each of the last seven years. [160440]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is submitted to the Department according to local education authority areas, rather than districts within an area. Crosby is a district of Sefton Local Education Authority. The information for Sefton LEA is as follows:

Net current expenditure on education in Sefton£

Pre-Primary Education Primary Education Pre-Primary and Primary Education Secondary Education Special Schools School spend Total spend

1995–96 n/a n/a 50,315,000 50,485,000 7,545,000 108,345,000 127,284,000

1996–97 n/a n/a 50,851,000 51,729,000 8,249,000 110,829,000 129,224,000

1997–98 n/a n/a 50,778,000 51,924,000 8,652,000 111,354,000 129,018,000

1998–99 n/a n/a 53,711,000 53,752,000 8,786,000 116,249,000 134,038,000

1999–2000 746,462 56,623,696 57,370,158 56,179,871 10,574,015 124,124,044 134,055,749

2000–01 2,653,825 59,676,537 62,330,362 61,801,812 11,312,423 135,444,597 142,747,524

2001–02 4,827,740 64,331,639 69,159,379 71,239,782 11,606,211 152,005,372 156,814,246

	Pre-Primary Education	Primary Education	Pre-Primary and Primary Education	Secondary Education	Special Schools	School spend	Total spend
1995–96	n/a	n/a	50,315,000	50,485,000	7,545,000	108,345,000	127,284,000
1996–97	n/a	n/a	50,851,000	51,729,000	8,249,000	110,829,000	129,224,000
1997–98	n/a	n/a	50,778,000	51,924,000	8,652,000	111,354,000	129,018,000
1998–99	n/a	n/a	53,711,000	53,752,000	8,786,000	116,249,000	134,038,000
1999–2000	746,462	56,623,696	57,370,158	56,179,871	10,574,015	124,124,044	134,055,749
2000–01	2,653,825	59,676,537	62,330,362	61,801,812	11,312,423	135,444,597	142,747,524
2001–02	4,827,740	64,331,639	69,159,379	71,239,782	11,606,211	152,005,372	156,814,246

Notes:

1. The financial data are taken from Sefton LEA's section 52 Outturn Statements submitted to the DfES from 1999–2000 onwards and the ODPM's R01 statement prior to then.

2. Net current expenditure (NCE) includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by the LEAs.

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

4. School spend includes net current expenditure on pre-primary education, primary education, secondary education and special schools.

5. Total spend includes school spend plus net current expenditure on education out of school, continuing education and management and support.

6. Figures used are cash terms as reported by the LEA.

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Education/Training (Greater London)

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money was spent on school buildings in Greater London in each year since 1997, broken down by borough. [163068]

Mr. Miliband: I refer the hon. Member to my reply given on 8 March 2004, Official Report, column 1356W. The tables provided in that answer set out the capital support made by this Government to each London LEA since 1997–98.

Environmentally Sustainable Procurement

Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills in what ways environmentally sustainable procurement strategies within the Department have driven innovation in the design and supply of products. [159101]

Mr. Stephen Twigg: I refer to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs on 10 March 2004, Official Report, column 1543W.

Within the framework of this overall approach, my Department is contributing towards innovation through public procurement in a number of ways including:

encouraging schools to adopt innovative procurement structures in relation to provision of school food;

offering fair trade products for sale in all departmental restaurants; and

achieving a 17 per cent. renewable energy supply.

GCSE (Kurdish)

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if he will make a statement on the establishment of GCSE courses in the Kurdish language; [159248]

Mr. Stephen Twigg: The Department encourages schools to offer a wide range of languages, including community languages, but does not provide targeted support for Kurdish. Under current National Curriculum requirements, schools are free to offer any modern foreign language, including Kurdish, as long as the offer includes at least one of the working languages of the EU.

The decision whether or not to offer particular subjects at GCSE is one for the awarding bodies. Currently they do not offer a GCSE in Kurdish.

Higher Education

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on higher education in Buckingham in each of the last seven years. [161574]

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Alan Johnson: Data on funding for undergraduate students is held at institutional or regional level. There are no publicly funded higher education institutions within Buckingham. Eligible students attending designated courses at the privately funded University of Buckingham are eligible for student support. The available figures for funding these students are shown as follows. They relate only to spending on tuition fees, student loans (cash cost) and Dependants Grant for full-time undergraduate students.

£

Academic year Tuition fees Student Loans (cash cost) Dependants Grant

1999–00 76,800 73,700 2,470

2000–01 157,800 115,700 3,180

2001–02 179,600 141,300 8,990

2002–03 178,000 140,500 2,400

Academic year	Tuition fees	Student Loans (cash cost)	Dependants Grant
1999–00	76,800	73,700	2,470
2000–01	157,800	115,700	3,180
2001–02	179,600	141,300	8,990
2002–03	178,000	140,500	2,400

Kinship Foster Carers

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of kinship foster carers (a) as a total for England, (b) aged 50 to 64 and (c) aged 65 and over; and if he will make a statement. [161934]

Margaret Hodge: The information we have available centrally provides a snapshot of Kinship foster placements at 31 March 2002. At 31 March 2002, 6,900 placements out of a total of 39,200 foster placements in England were with a relative or friend.

The data we hold relates to number of placements rather than number of carers therefore we are unable to breakdown the figure in terms of ages of carers.

2003 data will be available from 31 March 2004.

Learning and Skills Councils

Martin Linton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many complaints about maladministration have been dealt with internally by the Learning and Skills Councils in London since their establishment; and what the outcomes were. [162104]

Alan Johnson: This is a matter for the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). Mark Haysom, the LSC's Chief Executive, will write to you direct and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Library.

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