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Apprenticeships

Mr. Kilfoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of Liverpool, Walton have secured apprenticeships in each year from 1997 to 2003. [166964]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: Modern Apprenticeship data are not available at parliamentary constituency level. The table shows the number of learners to have completed their modern apprenticeship framework in the Greater Merseyside LSC area in 2001/02 and 2002/03. Some learners gain an NVQ, but do not complete the rest of their framework—these are also shown separately in the table. Comparable data for the years prior to 2001/02 are not available due to changes in the way data are collected.

	Leavers achieving the whole framework	Leavers achieving NVQ only	Total achievers (25)
2001/02	1,300	900	2,200
2002/03 (26)	1,800	900	2,800

⁽²⁵⁾ Totals may not equal sum of columns due to rounding
⁽²⁶⁾ 2002/03 figures are provisional
Source:
LSC Individualised Learner Record





 
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Mr. Pickthall: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of West Lancashire have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last five years. [171492]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: The information requested is not available at parliamentary constituency level. Nor is the information available on a consistent geographical basis over the last five years. However, the following table shows the number of starts on modern apprenticeships in the Lancashire LSC area between April 2001 and the end of July 2003, as well as the number of starts from April 1998 to March 2001 in the two TECs that amalgamated into Lancashire LSC—ELTEC and LAWTEC.

Time period(27)	TEC/LSC	Advanced MA	Foundation MA
April 1998 to March    1999	ELTEC LAWTEC	1,000 1,600	400 100
April 1999 to March    2000	ELTEC LAWTEC	800 1,900	1,100 1,800
April 2000 to March    2001	ELTEC LAWTEC	900 1,800	1,300 2,100
April 2001 to July    2002	Lancashire LSC	1,900	4,100
August 2002 to July    2003	Lancashire LSC	1,500	3,300

⁽²⁷⁾ TECs reported the figures in financial years. LSC reports figures in academic years. The first LSC 'year' was 16 months in order to bring the financial year figures into line with academic years.
Sources:
TEC Management Information.
LSC Individualised Learner Record.

Care NVQ

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many places are available on the NVQ level 2 course to study care (a) in England and (b) broken down by region; and if he will make a statement. [171008]

Alan Johnson: Information on the number of available places to study National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) is not held centrally. However, the following table shows the numbers of enrolments on NVQ level 2 care courses in England in (i) Learning and Skills Council (LSC) funded further education (FE) and (ii) LSC funded work based learning for young people (WBLYP), broken down by region in 2002–03.
Enrolments on NVQ work based learning 2 care courses in LSC funded further education (FE) and for young people (WBLYP) in England by region: 2002–03

Region	FE(28)	WBLYP	Total(29)
North East	1,900	1,500	3,400
North West	3,800	3,400	7,100
Yorkshire and Humberside	2,300	2,300	4,500
East Midlands	3,000	1,400	4,400
West Midlands	3,900	1,900	5,800
East of England	1,500	1,800	3,300
Greater London	2,700	700	3,300
South East	2,700	2,100	4,800
South West	3,700	2,000	5,700
England(29)	25,300	17,000	42,400

⁽²⁸⁾ FE figures are provisional.
⁽²⁹⁾ totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source:
Individualised Learner Record.





 
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Departmental Work

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what work his Department's Green Minister has undertaken in the last three months in that capacity; [166782]

(2) what meetings his Department's Green Minister has attended in the last 12 months in that capacity; [166783]

(3) if he will list the meetings at which his Department has been represented regarding the delivery of sustainable development across Government as co-ordinated by the Ministerial Sub-committee of Green Ministers. [166784]

Mr. Charles Clarke: As Green Minister for the Department for Education and Skills I meet regularly with other Government Departments, Non-Government Organisations and external partners to take forward the Sustainable Development agenda. For further information on my Department's progress on Sustainable Development I refer the hon. Member to the answer I have given today to question 166786.

It has, however, been established practice under successive Governments not to disclose information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet Committees. This practice is now formalised by Exemption 2 of Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Education Circulars

Mr. Collins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the circular documents that were sent by (a) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, (b) Ofsted and (c) his Department to (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003; and how many pages each document contained. [167560]

Mr. Miliband: The following pages show the documents that were sent, including the number of pages, during the period 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003 from (a) the Department for Education and Skills (b) the Office for Standards in Education and (c) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority to (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools.

In total, 34 documents were sent to all primary schools and 41 documents were sent to all secondary schools in the period from the Department for Education and Skills.
 
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Nine documents were sent to all primary schools and 17 documents were sent to all secondary schools in the period from the Office for Standards in Education, and a total of 22 documents were sent to all primary schools and 21 documents were sent to all secondary schools in the period from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.

Where a document has been sent to all primary and all secondary schools it will appear in the totals for both primary and secondary above. Details of each document and how many pages each contained have been placed in the Library.
Annex A: Documents sent from the Department for Education and Skills to all primary and secondary schools between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003

Primary schools	Pages
January
NLNS refresher pack	26
Spectrum	10
Languages for all: Languages for life	25
Sure Start	9
KS2 letter from Stephen Twigg	2
February
Raising standards and tackling workload	32
Spectrum	12
Introduction to e-communications	2
Building schools for the future	20
March
Early Years Headcount	3
Write here: write now	2
Spectrum	20
Survey of absences in school	5
April
Notification of move to e-payment system	2
Spectrum	16
May
Spectrum	16
Excellence and Enjoyment	50
June
Spectrum	28
Threshold payments	1
Safeguarding children from abuse	30
September
Implementation Review Unit: poster	1
Implementation Review Unit: publicity leaflet	2
Data collection by type of special educational needs	10
Schoolteachers pay and conditions document 2003	180
Travelling to school: flyer on sustainable school transport	1
Guidance under S133 of the Education Act 2002	14
Spectrum 67	22
October
Spectrum 68	12
Pupil achievement tracker (CD-ROM)	1
Performance management support materials	1
Research topic paper on the impact of parental involvement in children's education	6
November
Speaking, listening, learning: working with children in Key stages 1 and 2	152
Spectrum 69	12
December
Spectrum 70	12
Secondary schools
January
Spectrum	10
Languages for all: languages for life	25
February
Peter Housden letter re e-batch	2
14–19 Outcome Pack	10
Raising standards and workload	32
A new specialist system	50
Specialist system TSE	2
KS3 targets	2
Spectrum	12
Building schools for the future	20
March
Spectrum	16
Survey of absences in schools	5
National non stat spec—careers	30
Protecting children from abuse	5
April
12th youth cohort study	5
Notification of move to e-payment system	2
Spectrum	16
May
Spectrum	16
June
Safeguarding children from abuse	30
Threshold guidance	1
Spectrum	28
September
Implementation Review Unit: poster	1
Implementation Review Unit: publicity leaflet	2
Data collection by type of special educational needs	10
Schoolteachers pay and conditions document 2003	180
Travelling to school: flyer on sustainable school transport	1
Guidance under S133 of the Education Act 2002	14
Education maintenance allowances (EMA)—guidance leaflet	6
Principles underpinning the organisation of 16–19 provision (summary)	8
Spectrum 67	22
October
Spectrum 68	12
Research topic paper on the impact of parental involvement in children's education	6
Performance management support materials	1
Pupil achievement tracker (CD ROM)	1
November
Direct communication with young people	20
KS3 National Strategy: Targeting level 5 and above—teaching responses to reading	122
KS3 National Strategy: Year 9 booster kit—English 2003	170
Spectrum 69	12
KS3 National Strategy: GCSE booster pack	76
Future of higher education: changes to student finance	8
December
Spectrum 70	12

Notes:
1.   There were no circular documents sent to schools in July or August 2003.
2:   'Spectrum' is the DfES monthly catalogue of publications, and source of information and news of interest to schools.





 
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Annex B: Documents sent from the Office for Standards in Education to all primary and secondary schools between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003

	Date	Schools	Pages
Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools: Standards and Quality in Education 2001–02	5 February 2003	All	106
Area Inspection Framework Consultation	10 February 2003	Secondary	22
Good assessment in secondary schools	3 March 2003	Secondary	41
Key Stage 3 Strategy: Evaluation of second year	14 March 2003	Secondary	32
Writing in English as an Additional Language at Key Stage 4 and Post-16	17 March 2003	Secondary	74
Curriculum 2000: Implementation	21 March 2003	Secondary	27
Bullying: Action taken in secondary schools	25 March 2003	Secondary	33
Framework for Inspecting Schools (May 2003)	30 May 2003	All	57
Excellence in Cities and EAZs: management and impact	2 June 2003	Secondary	78
Key Stage 4: towards a flexible curriculum	10 June 2003	Secondary	53
The School Sports Co-ordinator Programme: Evaluation of Phases 1 and 2, 2001–03	16 June 2003	All	40
Leadership and Management of Schools: What Ofsted inspections tell us	27 June 2003	All	48
Boys' achievement in secondary schools	11 July 2003	Secondary	58
The education of six-year-olds in England, Denmark and Finland	23 July 2003	Primary	63
Area Inspection Framework	22 September 2003	Secondary	22
The education of asylum-seeker pupils	22 October 2003	All	38
Handbook for Inspectors—Inspection of Connexions Partnerships	18 November 2003	Secondary	89
Provision and support for traveller pupils	9 December 2003	Primary	21
National Literacy and Numeracy Report 2003	9 December 2003	Primary	66
Leadership and management: managing the school workforce (leaflet)	16 December 2003	All	4

 
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Annex C: Documents sent from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority to all primary and secondary schools between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003

	Date	Schools	Pages
KS1 and KS2 standards report	January 2003	Primary	2
KS3 standards report	January 2003	Secondary	2
Foundation Stage Profile (+ order form)	January 2003	Primary	2
A-level circular	January 2003	Secondary	1
Using mathematics to raise achievement	January 2003	All	1
KS1 audit	January 2003	Primary	1
Citizenship Key stages 1–4 Guidance on assessment recording and reporting	February 2003	All	1
New perspectives on spoken English in the classroom	February 2003	All	1
Introduction or revised VCEs postponed to September 2005	March 2003	Secondary	1
Checklist and packing sheets for Key Stage 2 tests 2003	March 2003	Primary	2
Checklist and packing sheets for year 7 progress tests 2003	March 2003	Secondary	2
Checklist and packing sheets for Key Stage 3 tests 2003	March 2003	Secondary	2
Drugs, alcohol and tobacco	March 2003	All	1
Update to the exemplar scheme of work for ICT at Key stages 1 and 2	April 2003	Primary	1
KS1 Test circular 2003 with HDF	April 2003	Primary	3
Test dates for 2004	May 2003	All	1
Diagnostic software CD-ROM	June 2003	All	1
2003 KS2 level threshold tables	July 2003	Primary	2
2003 KS3 level threshold tables	July 2003	Secondary	2
2003 Year 7 level threshold tables	September 2003	Secondary	2
Work-related learning for all at key stage 4: guidance for implementing the statutory requirement from 2004	September 2003	Secondary	2
Changes to the Key stage 4 curriculum: guidance for implementation from 2004	September 2003	Secondary	2
KS1 ARA	October 2003	Primary	2
KS2 ARA	October 2003	Primary	2
KS3 ARA	October 2003	Secondary	2
Year 7/8 ARA	October 2003	Secondary	2
Religious education and collective worship	October 2003	All	1
2003 Testbase and implications for Key stages 1, 2 and 3	October 2003	All	1
School-based assessment video (CD format)—Assessment for learning: Involving pupils	November 2003	All	1
2004 Key stage 1 statutory tasks for English and mathematics	December 2003	Primary	2
2004 Key stage 1 statutory tasks for English and mathematics (independent schools)	December 2003	Primary	2
2004 Key stage 1 tasks for English and mathematics and copies of 2003 tests for English and mathematics	December 2003	Primary	2
Data Handling Toolkit	December 2003	All	1

 
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