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Departmental Procurement

Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for   Education and Skills what percentage of the (a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture. [170798]

Mr. Stephen Twigg: The percentage of crockery, cutlery and glassware procured by my Department over the last five years, which is of British manufacture is as follows:

(a) crockery 90 per cent.

(b) cutlery unknown country of origin not displayed

(c) glassware 0 per cent.

Education Services (Bootle)

Mr. Benton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Bootle have benefited from the Excellence in Cities programme; and what the per pupil spending was in each year since the programme's inception. [172682]

Mr. Miliband: The following table shows the number of children in Bootle benefiting from EiC, and the annual spend per pupil for the years in question.

	Number of children	Total EiC expenditure(12) (£)	Spend per pupil (£)
2000–01	4,219	373,916	88.63
2001–02	7,846	1,150,998	146.70
2002–03	7,821	1,297,269	165.87
2003–04	7,825	2,498,105	319.25

Note:
All funding figures supplied by Sefton Excellence in Cities Coordinator.

The increase in the number of pupils benefiting from EiC from 2001 onwards is due to the schools in the Education Action Zones in the area coming under the control of the Sefton EiC Partnership.

The large increase in the rate of EiC funding in 2002–03 is due to the extra funding provided through the Behaviour Improvement Programme and the increase in 2003–04 is due to the introduction of the Leadership Incentive Grant.
 
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Education Statistics (Manchester)

Mr. Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what public funding has been spent on adult (a) literacy and (b) numeracy in Manchester, Blackley in each of the last five years. [172889]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: The estimated total spend on "Skills For Life" (the Government's strategy for literacy, language and numeracy needs of all post-16 learners from pre-entry level up to and including level 2) and on   Key Skills (essential skills of communication, application of number and information technology), from April 2001 to July 2003, in the Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council (LSC) area is set out in the following table:
£000

	Basic skills	Key skills
April 2001 to July 2001(12)	8,925	2,598
August 2001 to July 2002	15,369	3,586
August 2002 to July 2003	27,258	4,210

⁽¹²⁾ The figures for April to July 2001 include costs incurred from August 2000 on learning aims continuing into April 2001.

From the information available to the LSC it has not been feasible to obtain estimates at constituency level or   separate figures by subject without incurring disproportionate cost. Likewise it has not been feasible to obtain comparable figures for periods before April 2001 when the Skills for Life strategy was launched and the LSC was formed, but information shows it was considerably less than at present.

Mr. Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in Manchester, Blackley deemed to be failing since 1997 have since reached satisfactory standards. [172890]

Mr. Miliband: One primary school in Manchester, Blackley has been deemed to be failing on two inspections since 1997 and placed in special measures twice. Following the second designation, the requirement for special measures was removed in June 2003.

Free School Meals (Edmonton)

Mr. Love: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children received free school meals in the constituency of Edmonton in (a) 1991–92, (b) 2001–02 and (c) 2003. [169304]

Mr. Stephen Twigg [holding answer 5 May 2004]: The available data on free school meals is shown in the table.   Information for 1991–92 is not available at Parliamentary Constituency level.
Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools⁽¹³⁾: school meal arrangements Position as at January each year—Edmonton Parliamentary Constituency

	Number on roll	Number of pupils taking free school meals	Percentage taking free school meals	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals
Maintained Nursery and Primary
2001	10,703	2,556	23.9	2,977	27.8
2002	10,686	2,540	23.8	3,046	28.5
2003(14)	10,616	2,611	24.6	3,097	29.2
Maintained Secondary
2001	5,791	822	14.2	1,282	22.1
2002	5,964	727	12.2	1,258	21.1
2003(14)	5,822	738	12.7	1,189	20.4

⁽¹³⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽¹⁴⁾ Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census





 
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GCSEs

Mr. Neil Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of 15 and 16-year-olds in Wigan achieved five or more GCSEs at grade A* -C or GNVQ equivalent in each of the last seven years. [169287]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is as follows:
Percentage of 15-year-old pupils⁽¹⁵⁾ achieving five or more grades A*–C at GCSE/GNVQ Percentage

Academic year	Wigan	England
1997	44.8	45.1
1998	43.2	46.3
1999	45.7	47.9
2000	46.7	49.2
2001	47.1	50.0
2002	49.3	51.6
2003	50.7	52.9

⁽¹⁵⁾ GCSE/GNVQ results are reported as standard as the results of pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year i.e. 31 August and therefore reaching the end of compulsory education at the end of the school year.

Mr. Love: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the GCSE results in the constituency of   Edmonton were in (a) 1991–92, (b) 2001–02 and (c) 2003. [169305]

Mr. Miliband [holding answer 5 May 2004]: The information requested is as follows:
Percentage of 15-year-old pupils⁽¹⁶⁾ achieving five or more grades A* -C at GCSE/GNVQ

Academic year	Edmonton parliamentary constituency	England
1991/92	42.4	38.3
2001/02	42.4	51.6
2002/03	44.0	52.9

⁽¹⁶⁾ GCSE/GNVQ results are reported as standard as the results of pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year i.e. 31 August and therefore reaching the end of compulsory education at the end of the school year.

Mr. Borrow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of 15 and 16-year-olds in South Ribble achieved five or more GCSEs at grade A* -C or GNVQ equivalent in each of the last seven years. [171981]

 
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Mr. Miliband: The information requested is as follows:
Percentage of 15-year-old pupils⁽¹⁷⁾ achieving five or more grades A*–C Percentage

Academic year	South Ribble	England
1997	54.7	45.1
1998	53.9	46.3
1999	56.0	47.9
2000	61.0	49.2
2001	59.5	50.0
2002	61.5	51.6
2003	63.7	52.9

⁽¹⁷⁾ GCSE/GNVQ results are reported as standard as the results of pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year i.e. 31 August and therefore reaching the end of compulsory education at the end of the school year.

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