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Residential Bursaries (Low Income Earners)

Mr. Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans his Department has to provide residential bursaries for low income earners at colleges. [180932]

Alan Johnson: My Department plans to continue to make funding available for residential bursaries, and for support with lodgings and travel costs, for students on full-time courses. This is paid through the Learning and Skills Council and our national delivery agent
 
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Manchester city council. The amount of support is assessed against individual financial circumstances.

School Exclusions

Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of children permanently excluded from schools are diagnosed dyslexic. [180528]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: The information requested is not collected centrally. However the number of pupils permanently excluded with special educational needs is shown in the table.
Maintained primary, secondary and special schools1,2: number of pupils permanently excluded with special educational needs (SEN)
2002/03 (Provisional)3,4,5
Number of exclusionsPercentage of all permanent exclusions(29)Percentage of school population(30)
Pupils with SEN6,170660.45
of which:
Pupils with statements of SEN1,030110.43
SEN pupils without statements5,140550.46
Pupils with no SEN3,120340.05




Notes
(24) Includes middle schools as deemed.
(25) Includes both maintained and non-maintained special schools.
(26) Provisional figures are subject to revision.
(27) Based on numbers confirmed by local education authorities due to incomplete school data returns.
(28) Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
(29) The number of permanent exclusions by school type expressed as a percentage of the total number of permanent exclusions across all schools.
(30) The number of excluded pupils expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of the school population. Excludes dually registered pupils.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census




School Transport

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list, for each of the last five years, the cost per pupil of school transport for each English local education authority with a wholly selective admissions system, together with the average for their statistical neighbours. [177608]

Mr. Miliband [holding answer 16 June 2004]: The information requested is contained within the following table:
LEAs with a selective admissions system1998–99
1999–2000
LEA numberLEA nameCost per pupil (£)Average for statistical neighbours (£)Cost per pupil (£)Average for statistical neighbours (£)
303Bexley40384141
319Sutton47353836
358Trafford56424841
825Buckinghamshire116938591
871Slough85376934
880Torbay56615548
882Southend-on-Sea88324536
886Kent113828672
887Medway80386338
925Lincolnshire1099911096

 
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LEAs with a selective admissions system2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
LEA numberLEA nameCost per pupil (£)Average for statistical neighbours (£)Cost per pupil (£)Average for statistical neighbours (£)Cost per pupil (£)Average for statistical neighbours (£)
303Bexley514830513060
319Sutton444744516166
358Trafford574668508764
825Buckinghamshire13399135107137125
871Slough654079428857
880Torbay625766558473
882Southend-on-Sea474755467462
886Kent101819788123100
887Medway623865397054
925Lincolnshire124103135111172127




Notes:
1. The financial data are taken from LEAs' section 52 outturn statement submitted to the DfES from 1999–2000 onwards and the ODPM's RO1 statement previously. 2002–03 data are subject to change by the LEA.
2. The cost of home to school transport includes the cost of public transport, contract hire or the use of authority vehicles in transporting pupils to school under section 509 of the Education Act 1996.
3. Wholly selective areas for grammar school ballots purposes are those which the Department has calculated that 25 per cent. or more of the maintained secondary school population attend maintained grammar schools.
4 Figures include all expenditure by the local authority on school transport. This includes the pre-primary, primary, secondary and special school sectors. The unit cost is calculated by dividing the sum of the net expenditure in these sectors by the total number of pupils educated in LEA maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools.
5. The statistical neighbours categorisations are based upon the classifications developed by Ofsted. The calculation of statistical neighbours is concerned with finding, for each LEA, other LEAs with the most similar values of a given set of variables that describe LEA contexts. The average for a LEA's statistical neighbours is calculated using the sum of the 10 statistically "closest' neighbours net expenditure divided by the total number of pupils educated in these 10 LEAs.
6. Pupil data are drawn from the Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.




School Transport (London)

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the cost of home to school transport in Greater London was, broken down by
 
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local education authority, was in each of the last five years. [170499]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is contained in the following table:
Cost of home to school/college transport in Greater London
£000

1998–99
1999–2000
LEA nameTotal transport expenditureTransport related incomeNet current expenditure on transportTotal transport expenditureTransport related incomeNet current expenditure on transport
City of London00076076
Camden1,58801,5882,93502,935
Greenwich1,92301,9232,19602,196
Hackney2,41002,410000
Hammersmith and Fulham1,23801,2381,45901,459
Islington1,35401,3541,44901,449
Kensington and Chelsea50213489820125695
Lambeth2,78402,7842,75002,750
Lewisham2,02402,0242,39102,391
Southwark2,03802,0382,68802,688
Tower Hamlets2,28902,2892,18702,187
Wandsworth1,51401,5141,75601,756
Westminster1,81901,8191,71801,718
Barking and Dagenham1,29601,2961,49201,492
Barnet2,25602,2562,46002,460
Bexley1,44901,4491,66101,661
Brent2,25102,2512,68102,681
Bromley2,29802,2982,58202,582
Croydon1,96601,9662,24902,249
Ealing3,0983182,7803,2503062,944
Enfield1,95601,9563,76003,760
Haringey1,83401,8342,00202,002
Harrow1,47701,4771,68201,682
Havering7022567787726851
Hillingdon2,15502,1552,61802,618
Hounslow1,6691021,5671,80701,807
Kingston-upon-Thames749676821,228181,210
Merton1,07301,0731,19101,191
Newham1,83401,8342,23502,235
Redbridge2,16102,1612,22402,224
Richmond-upon-Thames81708171,04701,047
Sutton89108911,07901,079
Waltham Forest1,38601,3861,83401,834

 
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2000–01
2001–02
LEA nameTotal transport expenditureTransport related incomeNet current expenditure on transportTotal transport expenditureTransport related incomeNet current expenditure on transport
City of London6006049049
Camden2,03002,0302,16802,168
Greenwich2,30002,3002,38202,382
Hackney2,0979151,1821,14701,147
Hammersmith and Fulham1,69901,6991,64901,649
Islington1,499151,4841,66301,663
Kensington and Chelsea82138181,05681,048
Lambeth3,02703,0272,5661142,453
Lewisham2,41602,4162,72102,721
Southwark2,73002,7302,38502,385
Tower Hamlets2,47802,4781320132
Wandsworth2,23422,2322,0021571,844
Westminster2,44602,4461,91901,919
Barking and Dagenham2,06302,0631,984301,954
Barnet2,70002,7002,82702,827
Bexley2,11602,1161,24201,242
Brent2,83502,8352,83102,831
Bromley2,71202,7122,95202,952
Croydon3,29003,2904,40404,404
Ealing3,4503663,0843,7502863,464
Enfield3,60303,6033,93203,932
Haringey2,11602,1164,69704,697
Harrow1,81701,8172,19502,195
Havering989349551,067141,054
Hillingdon2,742312,7123,29803,298
Hounslow1,95801,9582,14902,149
Kingston-upon-Thames1,276161,2601,467121,455
Merton1,25501,2551,46601,466
Newham2,32302,3232,48902,489
Redbridge2,49802,4982,57102,571
Richmond-upon-Thames000000
Sutton1,26701,2671,28701,287
Waltham Forest2,41502,4152,32722,324

2002–03
LEA nameTotal transport expenditureTransport related incomeNet current expenditure on transport
City of London62062
Camden2,34602,346
Greenwich2,677112,666
Hackney1,5855161,070
Hammersmith and Fulham1,59901,599
Islington2,2711702,101
Kensington and Chelsea1,03901,039
Lambeth1,98801,988
Lewisham3,27903,279
South wark2,32502,325
Tower Hamlets7430743
Wandsworth2,52002,519
Westminster1,63601,636
Barking and Dagenham2,46702,467
Barnet4,11904,119
Bexley1,26801,268
Brent2,98702,987
Bromley1,24801,248
Croydon5,6001,2444,356
Ealing4,1402,2211,919
Enfield3,780143,766
Haringey2,90562,899
Harrow2,56502,565
Havering1,26131,258
Hillingdon3,70603,706
Hounslow2,43502,435
Kingston-upon-Thames1,58201,582
Merton1,49601,496
Newham2,89302,893
Redbridge3,02003,020
Richmond-upon-Thames1,14801,148
Sutton1,86501,865
Waltham Forest2,88402,884




Notes:
1. The financial data is taken from LEAs' Section 52 Outturn Statements submitted to the DfES from 1998–99 onwards and the ODPM's R01 statement before then. 2002–03 data is subject to change by the LEA.
2. The cost of home to school/college transport includes the cost of public transport, contract hire or the vehicles in transporting pupils/students to school/college under section 509 of the Education Act 1996.
3. Figures include all expenditure by the local authority on transport. This includes the pre-primary, education out of school and continuing education sectors.
4. Some substantial variations between years have occurred. We are not able to offer a detailed analysis for the reasons because LEAs do not offer a breakdown of inconsistencies across the years.
5. ConfED/DfES conducted a joint survey in 2003 of LEA transport expenditure and policies. The data should enable LEAs to compare their policies and costs with other similar authorities.





 
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