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Education Funding

Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Oldham, West and Royton were taught in classes of more than 30 on the latest date for which figures are available. [170917]

Mr. Miliband: Tables giving the requested class size information for all parliamentary constituencies have been placed in the House of Commons Library. Final figures for 2003 and the latest provisional figures for 2004 have been provided. Further details on the 2004 provisional figures on class sizes by local education authority can be found on http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000457/index.shtml.

Education Services

Mr. Gordon Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching assistants there were in schools in Blackpool, South (a) in each of the last seven years and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available. [173068]

Mr. Miliband: The following table gives the numbers of full-time equivalent teaching assistants in maintained schools in Blackpool, South constituency in January of each year between 1997 and 2003, the latest year for which data are available.
Teaching assistants
1997130
1998150
1999160
2000180
2001240
2002140
2003290




Source:
Annual Schools Census.





 
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Mr. Benton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Bootle were taught in classes of more than 30 on the latest date for which figures are available. [172679]

Mr. Miliband: Tables giving the requested class size information for all parliamentary constituencies have been placed in the House of Commons Library. Final figures for 2003 and the latest provisional figures for 2004 have been provided. Further details on the 2004 provisional figures on class sizes by local education authority can be found on http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000457/index.shtml

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary school teachers, (b) secondary school teachers and (c) education support staff there were in Tamworth constituency in each of the last 10 years. [173280]

Mr. Miliband: The following table gives the full time equivalent number of teachers and support staff in maintained primary and secondary schools in Tamworth constituency in each year between 1997 and 2003, the latest year for which constituency level data are available. Information is not available prior to 1997.
TeachersSupport staff
Primary
1997370120
1998360140
1999370150
2000360160
2001360190
2002370190
2003360220
Secondary
199736060
199836070
199935080
200036080
200136090
2002370100
2003380100




Source:
Annual School Census.




Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching assistants there were in schools in Tamworth constituency (a) in each of the last seven years and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available. [173282]

Mr. Miliband: The following table gives the numbers of full-time equivalent teaching assistants in maintained schools in Tamworth constituency in January of each year between 1997 and 2003, the latest year for which data are available.
 
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Teaching assistants
1997110
1998120
1999140
2000140
2001170
2002150
2003210




Source:
Annual School Census.




Education Statistics

Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the cost per pupil of education in (a) primary school, (b) secondary school and (c) sixth form in the Borough of Havering was in the last academic year for which figures are available. [169948]

Mr. Miliband: My Department collects financial data according to the financial year. The available information is provided in the following table for the financial year 2002–03:
Net current expenditure per pupil—2002–03

£
Primary education2,740
Secondary education3,810




Notes:
1.   The financial data are taken from Havering LEA's section 52 Outturn Statement submitted to the DfES. Section 52 is collected on a financial year basis and not an academic year basis. 2002–03 data are subject to change by the LEA. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10.
2.   The outturn 2002–03 tables captured the data in a fundamentally different way to the previous years. Categories were aligned with the Consistent Financial Reporting framework and the spending by LEAs was no longer split by school sector. Consequently the unit costs per pupil in 2002–03 are not strictly comparable with earlier years as they include an apportionment of LEA expenditure based on pupil numbers.
3.   Net current expenditure (NCE) includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by the LEA.
4.   The NCE per pupil figures for primary relate the net current expenditure (after recharges) in maintained primary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained primary schools sector.
5.   The NCE per pupil figures for secondary relate the net current expenditure (after recharges) in maintained secondary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained secondary schools sector and includes those secondary schools with sixth forms. Separate figures cannot be calculated for costs of sixth forms.
6.   Pupil data are drawn from the Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.




Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teaching assistant posts there have been in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Brent in each year since 1997; and what the average figures for (i) English borough councils and (ii) London boroughs were in each year. [172812]

Mr. Miliband: Teacher assistants are not available at borough council level. The following table gives the numbers of full-time equivalent teaching assistants in maintained schools in Brent local LEA, the average
 
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number in London LEAs and in all LEAs in England. The figures are as at January of each year between 1997 and 2003, the latest year for which data are available.
BrentLondon averageEngland average
Nursery and Primary
1997160170270
1998200180280
1999230200300
2000250240340
2001300310420
2002330320460
2003350370530
Secondary
1997102050
1998102060
1999302070
2000303080
20014050100
20026060130
20036070150




Source:
Annual School Census.




Medical Students

Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the estimated intake in medical schools in Great Britain is in each of the next three years. [173430]

Alan Johnson [holding answer 18 May 2004]: The available figures from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) are given in the table. Data are given for English medical schools only. Allocation of places for Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish medical schools is the responsibility of the devolved administrations.
Target(9) medical school intakes to English institutions, 2004–06

Academic yearTarget intake
2004/055,777
2005/065,894
2006/075,894




Target figures cover UK and overseas domiciled students.
Source:
HEFCE





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