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Recycling

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what measures are in place to ensure schemes for recycling (a) waste paper and (b) other recyclable goods are available in all educational establishments. [184223]

Mr. Miliband: Local authorities are responsible for recycling schemes in their areas. Some local authorities operate schemes to encourage recycling of materials by schools. All local authorities have to report annually to DEFRA on their recycling performance which encourages them to develop schemes to separate waste
 
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and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. There are also a number of voluntary schemes in operation to promote recycling in the educational sector some of which are listed at www.teachernet.gov.uk/growingschools.

SEN Teaching

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much the Department spent on research into the effectiveness of special education needs teaching in each of the last three years; and if he will list the projects funded. [183212]

Margaret Hodge [holding answer 12 July 2004]: The Department has developed a considerable research programme on special educational needs, funded through the Department's Research Budget and individual policy programme budgets. In total, since 2001/02 financial year the Department has spent approximately £1,900,000 on research into special educational needs. Of this, approximately £300,000 was spent on research which addressed the issue of the effectiveness of SEN teaching.
 
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In 2001/02 financial year the total spent on research into the effectiveness of SEN teaching was £25,000; in 2002/03 the total spent was £9,000; in 2003/04 the total was £142,714; and in 2004/05 the total was £120,730. These projects were: Teaching Strategies and Approaches for Pupils with SEN: a scoping study.

Inclusion and Pupil Achievement.

Raising the Achievement of Children with Specific Language and Communication Difficulties: Key Stage 4 to work and college.

Early Years Transition and SEN.

What Works for Children with Mathematical Difficulties.

South-West Schools

Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) school places and (b) pupils there were in each local education authority in the South West in each of the last three years. [183655]

Mr. Miliband: The requested information on school places is not available for 2002 and 2004. Figures relating to primary and secondary school places for 2001 and 2003 are given in table 1. Pupil numbers for 2001, 2002 and 2003 (position as at January each year) are given in table 2.
Table 1: Maintained primary and secondary schools⁽⁹⁾: number (headcount) of pupils⁽¹⁰⁾—position as at May each year—by local education authority areas within the South West Government Office Region

	2001 3		2003 4
	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
South West	417,052	321,379	423,720	338,506
Bath and North East Somerset	13,350	12,588	13,680	13,018
Bournemouth	10,695	10,647	11,838	10,193
Bristol, City of	31,758	19,117	30,828	19,301
Cornwall	42,243	29,114	43,130	33,432
Devon	58,560	40,095	58,331	42,472
Dorset	26,585	30,553	27,738	31,747
Gloucestershire	50,698	37,806	49,258	42,178
Isles of Scilly	242	160	265	(13)—
North Somerset	15,146	12,685	15,064	11,781
Plymouth	22,265	18,264	22,582	18,877
Poole	11,160	8,747	11,262	8,422
Somerset	40,402	33,552	42,650	34,721
South Gloucestershire	24,758	17,400	25,686	18,206
Swindon	19,676	11,744	18,702	12,339
Torbay	9,755	8,884	10,323	9,037
Wiltshire	39,759	30,023	42,383	32,782

⁽⁹⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽¹⁰⁾ Excludes nursery pupils.
⁽¹¹⁾ 2001 capacity figures based on More Open Enrolment calculation.
⁽¹²⁾ 2003 capacity figures based on net capacity calculation.
⁽¹³⁾ not applicable. No schools of this type.
Source:
Surplus Places Survey





Table 2: Maintained primary and secondary schools ⁽¹⁴⁾: number (headcount) of pupils⁽¹⁵⁾—position as at January each year—by local education authority areas within the South West Government Office Region

	2001		2002		2003
	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
South West	399,918	314,652	397,169	319,420	393,290	324,255
Bath and North East Somerset	12,924	12,273	12,791	12,266	12,665	12,363
Bournemouth	11,449	9,770	11,226	9,900	11,145	9,961
Bristol, City of	31,597	17,907	31,200	17,873	30,683	17,815
Cornwall	41,146	32,011	41,054	32,323	40,855	32,763
Devon	56,503	39,832	56,159	40,872	55,679	41,696
Dorset	25,374	29,319	25,177	29,814	25,085	30,243
Gloucestershire	46,407	38,165	45,814	39,057	45,314	39,868
Isles of Scilly	140	124	148	117	265	(16)—
North Somerset	14,927	12,269	14,916	12,549	14,922	12,775
Plymouth	21,285	18,829	20,968	18,982	20,431	19,008
Poole	11,250	8,197	11,134	8,327	10,897	8,559
Somerset	38,894	31,214	38,707	31,928	38,384	32,737
South Gloucestershire	23,462	16,442	23,577	16,479	23,331	16,872
Swindon	17,901	11,561	17,626	11,554	17,347	11,579
Torbay	10,328	8,708	10,399	8,863	10,325	9,024
Wiltshire	36,331	28,031	36,273	28,516	35,962	28,992

⁽¹⁴⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽¹⁵⁾ Includes nursery pupils.
⁽¹⁶⁾ not applicable. No school of this type.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census




 
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Student Loans

Mr. Best: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of undergraduates from each social group applied for student loans during their higher education course in each of the last five years. [183315]

Alan Johnson: Data on the percentage of student loan applications from each social group are not available.

Data are available on the take-up rate of student loans for all eligible students in the United Kingdom and are shown in the table.
Percentage take-up of student loans by eligible population—United Kingdom⁽¹⁷⁾—academic years 1998/99 to 2002/03 (provisional)

Academic year	Income contingent loans(18)	Mortgage style loans(19)	All students
1998/99	69	68	68
1999/2000	76	66	72
2000/01	80	65	78
2001/02	82	69	81
2002/03(20)	81	70	81

⁽¹⁷⁾ Student loans are available to eligible students normally domiciled in the United Kingdom.
⁽¹⁸⁾ Students starting their course in 1998/99 or later under the new arrangements.
⁽¹⁹⁾ Students who entered higher education up to 1997/98 and those who entered in 1998/99 to whom existing arrangements still applied.
⁽²⁰⁾ Provisional.
Source:
Student Loans Company.

Teachers

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what incentives he plans to introduce to encourage more teachers to teach (a) science, (b) foreign languages and (c) music. [183629]

Mr. Miliband: Since 1998, the Government has paid in full the tuition fees of all home and European students taking Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) courses in England. In September 2000, this was supplemented by the introduction of £6,000 training bursaries for PGCE students and £4,000 Golden Hellos for those going on to teach mathematics, science, modern languages, technology or English. As a result of these incentives, total recruitment to teacher training rose by 31 per cent. between 1999–2000 and 2003–04.
 
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Over the same period, recruitment rose in science by 21 per cent., in modern languages by 24 per cent. and in music by 19 per cent.

On 28 June, my right hon. Friend announced that the value of the training bursary for students taking PGCE courses in mathematics will be raised to £7,000 from September 2005, and that the Golden Hello for mathematics will also rise to £5,000 for those starting PGCEs from 2005–06. On 12 July, parallel measures for science were announced by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The effectiveness of the current recruitment incentives for modern languages, music and other subjects will be kept under review and any changes announced at the appropriate time.

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