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Physical Education
Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of schoolchildren
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are meeting the school sporting target of participating in two hours minimum a week of sport or physical education. [178443]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The results of the 2003/04 PE, School Sport and Club Links survey indicated that 62 per cent. of school children within a School Sport Partnership spend a minimum of two hours in a typical week on high quality PE and school sport within and beyond the curriculum. A copy of the full report has already been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. The survey is used to measure progress towards meeting our target to increase the percentage of pupils spending a minimum of two hours each week on high quality PE and school sport within and beyond the curriculum to 75 per cent. by 2006.
School Funding
Mr. Collins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what (a) proportion and (b) amount of funding for secondary schools in England comes from the (i) Delegated Budget, (ii) Standards Fund, (iii) School Standards Grant and (iv) post-16 Learning and Skills Council funding streams. [171084]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is contained within the following table:
£ million | Percentage of Total Schools Budget | |
|---|---|---|
| Schools Budget | 12,112 | 92.63 |
| of which: | ||
| (i) Individual Schools Budget | 9,985 | 82.44 |
| (ii) Total Standards Fund | 920 | 7.60 |
| (iii) Schools Standards Grant | 314 | 2.59 |
| £894 million or 7.38 per cent. of the Total Schools Budget is additional expenditure outside of the areas covered by (i), (ii) or (iii) above | ||
| Memorandum items (already included in totals above): | ||
| Sixth Form—Allocation from LSC for 16+ funding for secondary schools (included in (i)) | 1,303 | 10.76 |
| Expenditure covered by LSC Grant (included in lines within Total Schools Budget) | ||
| Sixth form element included in provision for pupils with statements | 8 | 0.07 |
| Sixth form element included in fees for pupils independent special schools and abroad | 3 | 0.03 |
| Sixth form element included in fees to independent schools for pupils without statements | 1 | 0.01 |
| (iv) Total post-16 LSC funding streams | 1,315 | 10.86 |
Notes:
1. The financial data are taken from Local Education Authorities' 2003–04 Section 52 Budget Statement Table 1 submitted to the DfES. Gross figures are provided rather than net as income cannot be split by phase of education. All figures are as recorded in LEAs' Section 52 Budget statements. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
2. In addition to the Total Schools Budget for secondary schools £3,012 million was spent on total LEA central functions and part of this would have been used to support secondary education.
3. Within the schools' budget the amount available for delegation to schools after provision has been made for retained items is known as the Individual Schools Budget (ISB). ISB for secondary schools is £9,985 million of which £1,303 million is supported by the LSC for the funding of education for pupils in Sixth Forms.
4. Total Standards Fund includes: Standards Fund allocation—Revenue (the Standards Fund allocation that the authority expects to devolve to its schools); Standards Fund—Non-Devolved (Standards Fund allocations not yet planned to be devolved to schools or to be spent centrally on items in the schools block; and Specific Formula Grants—Excellence in Cities (expenditure pursuant to a partnership agreement (under the DfES programme known as "Excellence in Cities") made between the authority, the Secretary of State and one or more of the authority's schools. In previous years this was not a separate line item but was recorded under the Devolved Standards Fund).
5. Total post-16 LSC funding streams comprises of the memorandum items of expenditure included within the Total Schools Budget. The allocation from LSC for 16+ funding is included in (i) within the ISB. The sixth form elements of the provision for pupils with statements, the fees to independent schools for pupils without statements and the fees for pupils at independent special schools and abroad is included in other lines within the Total Schools Budget. Consequently the Total Schools Budget for secondary schools comprises of the total of (i) to (iii) plus additional expenditure of £894 million for secondary schools on areas such as SEN, education out of school, school meals, school based strategic management, non-standards fund grants and capital expenditure from revenue.
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School Leavers (Qualifications)
Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils left school aged 16 years with no formal qualifications in each year since 1997. [179447]
Mr. Miliband: The percentages of pupils reaching the end of compulsory education but not achieving any passes at GCSE/GNVQ in each year since 1997 are shown in the following table:
| Percentage of 15-year-olds not achieving GCSE/GNVQ passes | |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 5.2 |
| 2002 | 5.4 |
| 2001 | 5.5 |
| 2000 | 5.6 |
| 1999 | 6.0 |
| 1998 | 6.6 |
| 1997 | 7.7 |
Pupils with no GCSE/GNVQ passes may have achieved passes in other approved qualifications such as entry level qualifications, key skills, national vocational and vocationally related qualifications.
Skills Gap
Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what discussions his Department has had with employers (a) groups and (b) federations regarding the skills gap. [179418]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Department has regular exchanges with employer groups and federations about skills gap and skills shortage issues. This was of crucial importance in the development of the Skills Strategy—"21st Century Skills, Realising Our Potential" when we consulted all our partners and stakeholders. The Skills Strategy is now being taken forward by a new Skills Alliance. This brings together the social and economic partners including the CBI, TUC and Small Business Council with Government and our key delivery agencies.
Special Schools (Greater London)
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many special schools there are in each of the education authorities in the Greater London area. [179051]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is shown in the table.
(33) Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census
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School Sport
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding is available for school sport in each year up to 2005–06; and how the funding is to be allocated. [177650]
Mr. Miliband: The following table sets out the Department for Education and Skills' PE and school sport budget between 1996–97 and 2002–03 and the projected budget between 2003–04 and 2005–06.
| Financial Year | DfES PE and school sport budget |
|---|---|
| 1996–97 | 0 |
| 1997–98 | 1.9 |
| 1998–99 | 3.6 |
| 1999–2000 | 4.8 |
| 2000–01 | 9.5 |
| 2001–02 | 14.6 |
| 2002–03 | 23.5 |
| 2003–04 | 46 |
| 2004–05 | 108 |
| 2005–06 | 155 |
The national PE, School Sport and Club Links strategy brings together eight individual but interlinked work strands. The following table sets out details for each of the work strands and their budgets.
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| Work strand | Budget 2003–04 to 2005–06 |
|---|---|
| Specialist Sports Colleges Programme | £11 5 million |
| School Sport Partnerships (formerly the School Sport Co-ordinator programme) 1/2 | |
| PE and School Sport Professional Development Programme | |
| PE and Sport Gifted and Talented Programme | £224 million (total for all five work strands) |
| QCA PE and School Sport Investigation 1/2 | |
| Swimming Strategy | |
| Step Into Sport Programme | £12 million (includes £2 million from the Home Office) |
| Club Links Programme | £10 million |
In addition, related work to enhance Community Club Development (£60 million between 2003–04 and 2005–06), Coaching (£28 million between 2003–04 and 2005–06) and the Sporting Playgrounds Programme (£10 million between 2003–04 and 2004–05) is supporting the national strategy and the delivery of the sports Public Service Agreement target.
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