---

26 Apr 2004 : Column 813W—continued

Schools (Capital Funding)

Mr. Collins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much capital funding for schools has come from (a) private and (b) public sources in each year since 1997. [167578]

Mr. Miliband: The Government encourage capital investment from private sources, but do not hold information about total amounts. Recent government programmes which encourage such investment include the Private Finance Initiative, specialist schools, academies and Seed Challenge. This approach will continue in Building Schools for the Future. Local authorities can also secure private investment through agreements with developers.

The following table shows the Department's support for capital investment, including the Private Finance Initiative, in each year since 1997. Some other departments also provide capital support for schools.

	£ billion
1997–98	0.8
1998–99	1.1
1999–2000	1.4
2000–01	2.1
2001–02	2.2
2002–03	3.0
2003–04	3.8
2004–05(44)	4.5

⁽⁴⁴⁾ Budgeted allocation

Sexual Abuse

Ms Shipley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what requirement there is on head teachers in private schools to report to the police allegations of sexual abuse of pupils by school employees. [165943]

Margaret Hodge: Proprietors of independent schools are under the same duty as governing bodies of maintained schools to safeguard and promote the welfare of their pupils. They must comply with DfES Circular 10/95, "Protecting Children from Abuse: The Role of the Education Service". This guidance includes advice about the action to take following allegations of suspected abuse of pupils by a member of staff, including referral to child protection agencies.

Sure Start

Mrs. Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average full cost per child care place at a children's centre operating under Sure Start is for children aged (a) 0 to six months, (b) six months to two years and (c) two to four years. [166464]

Margaret Hodge: The Sure Start Unit does not collect this information. However according to research undertaken by the Daycare Trust the typical weekly cost of a fulltime nursery place for a child under two ranges from £107-£169. For children over two it ranges from £103-£149. Local authorities and childcare providers will decide on fee policies locally. LAs may offer free or subsidised places to children in need.
 
26 Apr 2004 : Column 814W
 

Mrs. Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will estimate the full annual running costs of a typical children's centre operating under the Sure Start scheme. [166466]

Margaret Hodge: It is not possible to estimate the typical annual running costs for a children's centre. Children's centres will offer a core programme including childcare integrated with early education, health, family and parenting support. They may offer additional services depending on the needs of the community. Local authorities are being asked to work with partners to reshape existing funded services, such as health visiting. Furthermore children's centres will be developed from a variety of existing provision such as Sure Start local programmes, neighbourhood nurseries, early excellence centres, maintained nursery schools and health centres all of which have wide ranging annual budgets.

Teachers

Mr. Collins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many new teachers entered full-time teaching in each year since 1990. [167557]

Mr. Miliband: The following table shows the number of newly qualified teachers entering full-time service in maintained schools in England in each year from 1989–90 to 2001–02, the latest period for which information is available.

	Number
1989–90	12,700
1990–91	12,300
1991–92	12,700
1992–93	13,900
1993–94	16,700
1994–95	16,600
1995–96	16,300
1996–97	17,100
1997–98	18,000
1998–99	16,800
1999–2000	17,600
2000–01	16,900
2001–02	17,700

Source:
Database of Teacher Records.

Mr. Collins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many registered teachers were recorded as working in a non-teaching capacity in each year since 1997; [167563]

(2) how many registered teachers worked for local education authorities in a non-teaching capacity in each year since 1997. [167564]

Mr. Miliband: This information is not collected centrally.

Mr. Collins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people have qualified as (a) teachers and (b) advanced skills teachers in each year since 1997. [167577]

Mr. Miliband: The following table gives the numbers of people who successfully completed initial teacher training courses in each academic year between 1996/97 and 2001/02, the latest period for which information is available. The table excludes teachers who gained
 
26 Apr 2004 : Column 815W
 
qualified teacher status through employment based routes because the information was not available until 2001/02. In that year 2,210 teachers gained qualified teacher status by those routes.

	Number
1996/97	25,310
1997/98	24,040
1998/99	24,070
1999/2000	21,690
2000/01	22,640
2001/02	23,280

Source:
Teacher Training Agency.

The following table gives the numbers of teachers who have been successfully assessed for advanced skills teacher status in each financial year between 1998–99 and 2003–04. These assessments commenced in July 1998.

	Number
1998–99	142
1999–2000	480
2000–01	120
2001–02	865
2002–03	1,895
2003–04	1,145

Source:
Westminster Education Consultants, National Assessment Agency.

Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teacher vacancies there were in Manchester, Gorton on the latest date for which figures are available; and what steps he is taking to reduce them. [167458]

Mr. Miliband: The information is not available in the form requested. In January 2003, there were two advertised vacancies for full-time permanent teachers in maintained schools in the Manchester local education authority area.

Mr. Pickthall: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what measures he is taking to ensure that fully-qualified teachers employed by Social Services have parity of pay and conditions with colleagues in mainstream schools. [168176]

Mr. Miliband: None. My right hon. Friend has no responsibility for the pay and conditions of service of teachers employed by Social Services.

Teaching Assistants (Manchester)

Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching assistants
 
26 Apr 2004 : Column 816W
 
there were in schools in Manchester, Gorton (a) in each of the last seven years and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available. [167459]

Mr. Miliband: The following table shows the full time equivalent number of teaching assistants in service in maintained schools in the Manchester, Gorton constituency in each year between 1997 and 2003, the latest year for which information is available.

Manchester, Gorton	Number of assistants
1997	150
1998	150
1999	160
2000	180
2001	260
2002	300
2003	360

Source:
Annual Schools Census.

Universal Day Care

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the additional cost of offering universal day care for children under five. [165481]

Margaret Hodge [holding answer 20 April 2004]: We have made no such estimate. Child care places, including those for full day care, are offered by a wide range of providers, including private nurseries, childminders, employers, local government and community organisations. The Government make start up grants available to help potential childminders and day care providers set up in business, as well as sustainability funding to help support good quality child care provision in danger of closing in disadvantaged areas.

---