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Exemplar Design Costs
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his Answer of 17 May 2004, Official Report, column 710W, what estimate he has made of the cost of building each of the exemplar designs; and which designs have been adopted by local education authorities as part of their bid. [182505]
Mr. Miliband: There were 11 exemplar designs developed, five for secondary, five for primary and one all-through school. Each of the schemes were costed by the design teams all of which included Q.S. practices experienced in schools design. The costs were all compared with the DfES cost guidelines normalised to a location factor of one. The DfES cost guideline for a 1,150 pupil secondary school (6 FE and 250 sixth form) was £17,198,000 excluding any allowance for site related abnormal costs. The five secondary designs ranged between £16,060,000 and £16,674,563. The DfES cost guideline for a 2 FE Primary School with 26 FTE Nursery was £4,030,000. The five primary designs ranged between £3,736,000 and £4,053,000. The DfES cost guideline for a primary and secondary school (as described) combined was £21,038,000, the exemplar design was £20,914,000. All these costs are detailed in the 'Exemplar Designs'—concepts and ideas publication available on the website at www.teachernet.gov.uk/exemplars.
All local education authorities in the Pathfinder and First Wave authorities have used the material published on all the exemplar designs in developing their thinking on education and design. It is too early to say whether any authority plans to adopt a specific design and develop it for one or more sites in their bid.
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Failing Schools
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Coventry have been classified as failing in each year since 1996. [182434]
Mr. Miliband: This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, David Bell, will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of his letter in the Library.
FE Colleges
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many places are being made available for 14–16 year olds in further education colleges in 2004–05, broken down by local education authority area; and what the figures were in 2003–04. [183443]
Alan Johnson: The Department does not make specific provision for 14–16 year olds to attend further education colleges and therefore there are no estimates on the number of places to be made available in 2004–05.
The most comprehensive data which is available arises from the Increased Flexibility for 14–16 year olds programme (IFP). In September 2003 there were around 90,000 14–16 year olds participating in this programme, of which about 65 per cent. were being taught in colleges of further education for part of the week.
It is anticipated that participation in the Increased Flexibility programme in 2004–05 will be similar to that for 2003–04.
Former Grant-maintained Schools
Mr. Collins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding each formerly grant maintained school has received in each year since 1995. [167561]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
GCSEs
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of children obtained five A*–C GCSE passes in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) ethnic origin, (b) social class and (c) gender. [183213]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for North Swindon on 4 May 2004, Official Report, column 1424W.
Dan Norris: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of pupils achieved five or more A* to C grades at GCSE in state schools in Wansdyke constituency in each year since 1997. [182501]
Mr. Miliband:
The information requested is as follows.
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| Academic year | Wansdyke | England |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 50.2 | 45.1 |
| 1998 | 48.8 | 46.3 |
| 1999 | 50.1 | 47.9 |
| 2000 | 55.2 | 49.2 |
| 2001 | 56.0 | 50.0 |
| 2002 | 57.7 | 51.6 |
| 2003 | 61.2 | 52.9 |
(35) 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.
Learning and Skills Council
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether post-16 education undertaken by city academies is included within the scope of the strategic area reviews being undertaken by the Learning and Skills Council. [183211]
Mr. Miliband: All post-16 education within a local Learning and Skills Council's (LSC) area is covered by strategic area reviews. As academies are not directly funded by the Learning and Skills Council a protocol has been developed between the Department and the LSC for working together and for ensuring that information is shared effectively. The protocol encourages new academy partnerships to share information with the relevant local LSC in the early stages of the project. Expressions of interest for new academy projects are circulated to the national and relevant local LSC for comment before being submitted to Ministers for approval. And the national and local LSC is notified when Ministers approve funding for a new academy.
Local Education Partnerships
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what discussions he held with (a) the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on the operation of arm's length management organisations and (b) the Department of Health on the operation of local improvement finance trusts before establishing local education partnerships. [173148]
Mr. Miliband [holding answer 13 May 2004]: My officials routinely discuss the operation of a range of commercial relationships with colleagues in other departments, including arms-length management organisations and local improvement finance trusts. Furthermore, the Department makes use of its relationship with Partnerships UK to keep abreast of lessons learnt and best practice in this area of policy.
Overseas Students
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what estimate he has made of the number of bogus applications from overseas students to universities in each year since 1997; [178212]
(2) how many applications to university have been made by overseas students in each year since 1997, broken down by country of origin. [178332]
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Alan Johnson: Information on the number of applications from overseas students by country of origin is available from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) at www.ucas.ac.uk. Information on the number of these applications which are bogus is not available. Although UCAS has a Verification Unit which detects and records fraudulent applications, their available figures cover all UK-domiciled and overseas students in total, and do not identify overseas students separately.
Physical Education
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what sports are judged inappropriate by the Joint Council for General Qualification for the practical aspect of GCSE and A Level physical education. [182424]
Mr. Miliband: I understand that the Joint Council for Qualifications, which represents and coordinates the work of the unitary awarding bodies, AQA, Edexcel and OCR, has agreed not to permit, for the practical elements of GCSE and A Level physical education, sports such as boxing which they regard as involving the intention to cause injury.
Plagiarism Advisory Service
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what discussions he has had with the Plagiarism Advisory Service. [183628]
Alan Johnson: I have had no discussions with the Plagiarism Advisory Service. However, I am aware that this service, set up by the Joint Information Systems Committee, provides valuable advice, guidance and tools for institutions, academic staff and students in the area of plagiarism.
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