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Education (Heywood and Middleton)
Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many new nurseries have been established in Heywood and Middleton since 1997. [168495]
Margaret Hodge: Rochdale City Council is responsible for determining the local need for nursery places in Heywood and Middleton and currently holds this information. 235 new nursery places have been opened in Rochdale under the Neighbourhood Nurseries scheme, of which 25 places are in Heywood and Middleton.
Educational Attainment
Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of 11-year-old pupils in Manchester, Gorton reached level four in (a) mathematics and (b) English in each of the last seven years. [167438]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is as follows:
| Mathematics | English | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester, Gorton | England | Manchester, Gorton | England | |||
| Number of pupils achieving Level 4 + | Percentage of pupils achieving Level 4+ | Percentage of pupils achieving Level 4+ | Number of pupils achieving Level 4 + | Percentage of pupils achieving Level 4+ | Percentage of pupils achieving Level 4+ | |
| 2003 | 659 | 61 | 73 | 690 | 64 | 75 |
| 2002 | 711 | 64 | 73 | 688 | 62 | 75 |
| 2001 | 628 | 61 | 71 | 638 | 62 | 75 |
| 2000 | 612 | 60 | 72 | 621 | 61 | 75 |
| 1999 | 584 | 55 | 69 | 593 | 56 | 71 |
| 1998 | 456 | 43 | 59 | 548 | 52 | 65 |
| 1997 | 526 | 49 | 62 | 568 | 53 | 63 |
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Mr. Collins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils in England have achieved five GCSEs A*-C including (a) mathematics, (b) English and (c) mathematics and English in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency. [167567]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested has been placed in the Libraries.
Free Nursery Places (Croydon)
Richard Ottaway: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether Croydon council is in breach of its obligations in the provision of free nursery places for three-year-olds. [171448]
Margaret Hodge: Section 118 of the School Standards Framework Act 1998 places a duty on all LEAs to ensure sufficient nursery education for children of the prescribed age. They must also have regard to a Code of Practice which makes clear that, with effect from 1 April 2004, and six months ahead of target, all three-year-olds are entitled to receive a free part-time place for at least six terms prior to compulsory school age. Croydon council has yet to confirm that all three-year-olds will receive that entitlement in full. I have asked my officials to investigate the matter and to work closely with the local authority officials to ensure that parents and children in Croydon are able to benefit fully from the free entitlement.
Information Technology Training
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many women in Oldham, West and Royton have visited an information and communications technology training centre in order to learn skills to return to work. [170929]
Mr. Charles Clarke: In the period October 2003 1 —March 2004, 1,717 people visited a UK online centre in Oldham, West and Royston, 962 (56 per cent.) of these people were women. Since learndirect was launched in 1999, 2,931 people from Oldham, West and Royton have enrolled on a learndirect course. 1,634 (56 per cent.) of these people were women. Of the total number of women who enrolled on a course 8 per cent. did so in order to learn skills to return to work.
1 Please note the complete statistics are not available for UK online prior to September 2003 as the DfES did not collect this data on a centre-by-centre basis.
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people in Oldham West and Royton have received a computer to assist in seeking employment or retraining. [170930]
Mr. Charles Clarke: At present no centrally funded schemes exist which provide people with a free or low cost computer to assist in seeking employment or retraining.
Mr. Benton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many women in Bootle have visited an information and communications technology training centre in order to learn skills to return to work. [171124]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
Seven Capital Modernisation Funded UK online centres have been established in Bootle.
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Mr. Benton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many Capital Modernisation Fund computer-learning centres have been established in Bootle. [171126]
Mr. Charles Clarke: Seven Capital Modernisation Funded UK online centres have been established in Bootle.
Learning Disabilities
Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children with learning disabilities are educated in mainstream schools; and if he will make a statement. [170608]
Margaret Hodge: The provisional figures from the pupil level annual schools census for January 2004, published on 29 April, show that 148,200 pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs are being educated in maintained mainstream nurseries, primary schools or secondary schools.
The provisional figures also show that 1,137,600 pupils with SEN but without statements are being educated in maintained mainstream nurseries, primary schools and secondary schools.
Section 312 of the Education Act 1996 states that children have special educational needs if they have a learning difficulty which calls for special educational provision to be made for them.
Local Authority Care (Children)
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) boys and (b) girls are looked after by local authorities (i) in total, (ii) in foster care and (iii) in children's homes. [169040]
Margaret Hodge: The information requested is provided in the table as follows.
| Number of Children Looked After at 31 March 2003(27) | Boys | Girls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 33,600 | 27,200 | 60,800 |
| Foster Placements | 22,000 | 19,100 | 41,100 |
| Children's Homes(28) | 4,300 | 2.400 | 6,600 |
| Other Placements(29) | 7,300 | 5,800 | 13,100 |
(27) Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements
(28) Children's homes include secure units, homes and hostels but excludes residential schools.
(29) Includes children who are placed for adoption, with parents and in residential schools. Also includes those living independently or in residential employment and other accommodation.
Source:
Children Looked After by Local Authorities, Year Ending 31 March 2003
Medical Students
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students who are aged under 21 years and have less than the equivalent of three grade Cs at A level he expects to be recruited for courses leading to registration with the General Medical Council and subsequent practice as a doctor in (a) the academic year 2004–05 and (b) subsequent years. [168186]
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Alan Johnson: The information is not held centrally. Admission of students to medical, and other, courses is a matter for individual institutions. However, latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency show that, of those students aged under 21 with A levels entering undergraduate courses in Pre-clinical medicine in 2002/03, only 95 (or 3 per cent.) had A level tariff scores equivalent to less than 3 grade Cs.
National Childcare Strategy
Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many childcare staff have been employed through the National Childcare Strategy to support disabled children; and if he will make a statement. [170609]
Margaret Hodge: We do not collect information in the form requested. All childcare settings in receipt of funding for nursery education are required to appoint a Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) whose role is to support children with disabilities or special needs and to advise other staff in the setting.
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