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Education Statistics (Havering)
Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total education budget awarded to Havering was in (a) 1997, (b) 1999, (c) 2001, (d) 2003 and (e) 2004. [169946]
Mr. Miliband:
The following table provides the total education funding for 1997–98 to 2004–05. There have been changes to the structure of Standard Spending Assessments and their successor from 2003–04, Education Formula Spending, which make them incomparable over time: for example, several large transfers from SSA/EFS to grant funding. Only total funding per pupil (including SSA/EFS and grants) is comparable between years. Also, for 2003–04 and 2004–05, pension transfers to EFS and the Learning and Skills Council are excluded from EFS and total funding figures to enable comparison between years.
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| SSA/EFS | Grants(18) | Grants | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 98.5 | 3.5 | 101.9 |
| 1998–99 | 104.2 | 1.6 | 105.7 |
| 1999–2000 | 106.4 | 2.6 | 109 |
| 2000–01 | 110.7 | 8.1 | 118.8 |
| 2001–02 | 115.1 | 12.9 | 128 |
| 2002–03 | 113.1 | 17.6 | 130.7 |
| 2003–04 | 116.6 | (19)18.4 | (19)135 |
| 2004–05 | 121.2 | (20)18.9 | (20)140.1 |
(18) Grants are all revenue grants in DfES Departmental Expenditure Limits relevant to EPS pupils aged three to 19. Education Maintenance Allowance's (EMAs) and grants not allocated at LEA level are excluded.
(19) Provisional.
(20) Estimated.
Note:
Real terms figures based on GDP deflators as at 26 March 2004 (2002–03 prices).
Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many new computers the Department plans to put in schools in the next five years; and how many of those will be put in schools in Havering. [169949]
Mr. Charles Clarke: Our targets for 2004 were to achieve computer: pupil ratios of 1:8 in primary schools and 1:5 in secondary schools. We have already reached the primary school target and confidently expect to reach the secondary target this year. Funding for ICT in schools is currently available through the Standards Fund and the Devolved Capital Grant and it is for schools to decide how to spend their allocations to best meet their local need and circumstances.
Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the forecast budget for the Borough of Havering for education is for 2005–06. [169985]
Mr. Miliband: The Government do not produce forecast budgets by local education authority. The settlement for 2005–06 will be announced in the autumn of 2004.
Electronic On-screen Assessment
Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what discussions his Department has had with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority regarding electronic on-screen assessment. [168968]
Mr. Stephen Twigg:
The effective use of electronic on-screen assessment will have an important role to play in supporting learners in schools and colleges in the future. Both Ministers and officials in this Department have discussed with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority ways in which electronic assessment can be introduced, while maintaining standards; ensuring access for all learners; and guaranteeing high security levels. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority is developing more detailed plans for electronic on-screen assessment, and we look forward to further discussions with it as we seek to promote greater use of such techniques in the learning process.
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Examination Boards
Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the readiness of the examination boards for this summer's examinations. [169952]
Mr. Miliband: In 2003, the summer examinations ran smoothly, and students received their results on time. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, as regulator, is in close contact with the examination awarding bodies to achieve the same outcomes in summer 2004.
Last November the Secretary of State announced that £100 million would be available over the next two years to help modernise the examination system and ensure its safe delivery. I am glad to say that investment is already delivering improvements. More examiners are being recruited, and training is being provided for examination officers in schools and colleges. Further investment is planned to improve the system for transfer of examination information between schools; colleges and awarding bodies, and streamlining and making more secure the movement of examination papers and scripts. We look forward to close co-operation between the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and examination awarding bodies to ensure our investment creates an examinations system which fully meets the needs of students, both this year and in the future.
Examination Results
Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many (a) black Caribbean, (b) Pakistani, (c) black African, (d) Bangladeshi, (e) white, (f) Indian and (g) Chinese (i) males and (ii) females achieved five A*-C grades at GCSE in each year since 1994; [170121]
(2) how many (a) Pakistani, (b) black African, (c) Bangladeshi, (d) white, (e) Indian, (f) Chinese and (g) black Caribbean (i) males and (ii) females achieved level 2 or above at Key Stage 1 in (A) English, (B) mathematics and (C) science in each year since 1994; [170122]
(3) how many (a) black Caribbean, (b) Pakistani, (c) black African, (d) Bangladeshi, (e) Indian, (f) Chinese and (g) white (i) males and (ii) females achieved level 5 or above at Key Stage 3 in (A) English, (B) mathematics and (C) science in each year since 1994; [170123]
(4) how many (a) Pakistani, (b) black African, (c) Bangladeshi, (d) white, (e) Indian, (f) Chinese and (g) black Caribbean (i) males and (ii) females achieved level 4 or above at Key Stage 2 in (A) English, (B) mathematics and (C) science in each year since 1994. [170124]
Mr. Miliband:
The information requested has been placed in the Libraries.
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Information and Communications Technology (School Funding)
Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money has been allocated to schools in Manchester, Gorton for information and communications technologies since 2001. [167435]
Mr. Charles Clarke: I refer my right hon. Friend to my answer to his question on the funding spent on computers for schools in Manchester, Gorton in each of the last seven years on 27 April 2004, Official Report, column 985W.
School Funding (Wigan)
Mr. Neil Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how much funding each school in the Wigan constituency has received from the New Deal for Schools; [169284]
(2) how much public money has been spent on repairing schools in Wigan in each year since 1997; [169282]
(3) how much money has been invested in Wigan to build sustainable school sports. [169276]
Mr. Miliband: Table A shows the schools in the Wigan constituency that benefited from investment through the New Deal for Schools (NDS) programme, which ran between 1997–98 and 2000–01.
Since 2001, the majority of capital support has been allocated to schools and local education authorities by formula, and they decide how to invest it in line with their asset management plans. The Department does not, therefore, have complete information about capital investment at constituency level; this should be held at local authority level.
Table B sets out the capital support made by the Department to Wigan local education authority and its schools since 1997–98, in total and by programme (including all allocations through NDS mentioned in table A).
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The Government are investing significant funding to enhance school sports facilities across England. The New Opportunities for PE and Sport Programme is providing £581.25 million in England (£25 million of which has gone towards the Space for Sport and the Arts Programme) and schools from all local education authority areas are benefiting. The Space for Sport and the Arts Programme is providing £130 million to support projects at primary schools in 65 target areas; £4,310,000 will be invested in Wigan to build sustainable school sports facilities. All funds from these programmes have now been allocated to local authorities and schools.
| Year/School | Project | Package | Funding (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997/98 | |||
| Wigan St. Andrew's CofE Junior and Infant School | To renew a backlog of defective roof coverings | LEA wide grant | 720,000 |
| Mab's Cross Primary School | To renew a backlog of defective roof coverings | LEA wide grant | 720,000 |
| Pemberton Primary and Nursery School | Major repair and replacement of decrepit WC blocks | LEA wide grant | 720,000 |
| Beech Hill Community Primary School | Major repair and replacement of decrepit WC blocks | LEA wide grant | 720,000 |
| Mere Oaks School | Major repair and replacement of decrepit WC blocks | LEA wide grant | 720,000 |
| 1998/99 | |||
| Beech Hill Community Primary School | Replacement of dining hall/kitchen | — | 439,600 |
| 2000/01 | |||
| The Deanery CofE High School | Replacement of dilapidated accommodation | — | 150,000 |
| Scot Lane Community Primary School | Toilet Refurbishment (Group 1) | Project including 13 schools | 362,840 |
| Mab's Cross Primary School | Toilet Refurbishment (Group 1) | Project including 13 schools | 362,840 |
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To date we have allocated £20.5 million capital funding for 2004–05 and 2005–06.
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