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Selection by Aptitude
Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in (a) Bromsgrove, (b) Wyre Forest, (c) Redditch, (d) Worcester and (e) Worcestershire failed to get into the school of their first choice in each year since 1997; and how many of those subsequently appealed in each of those years. [184711]
Mr. Miliband: Information on the number of pupils admitted to their first choice school is not collected centrally.
Admission appeal data are not available at parliamentary constituency level. A table giving admission appeal information for all local education authority areas has been placed in the House of Commons Libraries. (I refer the hon. Member to the answer I have given to my hon. Friend the Member for Bury, North (Mr. Chaytor), on 23 June 2004, Official Report, column 1430W). Final figures from 1997/98 to 2001/02 have been provided. Further details on the latest 2002/03 (provisional) figures on admission appeals by local education authority can be found on http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000470/index.shtml.
School Admissions
Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list, for each of the last five years, the total (a) number and (b) percentage of non-specialist schools that have declared themselves to have a specialism in which the option to select 10 per cent. of pupils by aptitude has been exercised. [185248]
Mr. Miliband:
The Department does not collect this data. Schools do not identify themselves as schools selecting by aptitude in their annual returns to the Department. The admission authority for any school which can identify itself as having a specialism may introduce 10 per cent. selection by aptitude as part of its
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published admission arrangements. Such arrangements are subject to local consultation, and any objections may be referred to the Schools Adjudicator.
Schools are not required to identify themselves as having selection by aptitude as part of their annual returns to the Department, and so we do not have an exact figure for the number of schools taking advantage of this provision. However, based on research carried out in 2001 by Anne West of the LSE, we estimate that just under 6 per cent. of schools in the specialist schools programme select any pupils on the basis of aptitude for the specialism, and that overall around 2 per cent. of all secondary schools do.
Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the change in costs to local education authorities and individual admission authorities arising from the administration of 11-plus tests as a result of the implementation of the workforce agreement. [185250]
Mr. Miliband: I refer to the Written Statement I laid before the House on Tuesday 13 July on school funding for 2005–06 (column 55WS refers). The Written Statement to the House sets out how we have considered, with our partner signatories—including the local government employer organisation, the costs of implementation of the National Agreement. It announces what funds will be available to schools to implement the Agreement in 2005–06.
We believe that the minimum guarantee set out will cover the cost pressures associated with workforce reform and implementation of the contractual changes. We will of course continue to monitor implementation on the ground. One of the areas that we have promised to return to with our partners in the autumn will be to look at the support involved in the transfer of exam invigilation work from teachers in secondary schools. We will also look at any issues around administration of the 11-plus examination also at that time.
School Design
Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the implications for carbon dioxide emissions of the Building Schools for the Future exemplar designs; what guidance he intends to issue in respect of the use of best practice in energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement. [185252]
Mr. Miliband:
All new schools including those built under the Building Schools for the Future initiative must comply with Part L2 "Conservation of Fuel and Power" of the Building Regulations as revised in 2002. Approved Document L2 in support of the Building Regulations quotes Building Bulletin 87 (BB87) "Guidelines for Environmental Design In schools" as the relevant compliance document for schools. The current May 2003 edition is available for download from the DfES website www.teachernet.gov.uk/energy. The maximum annual energy consumption target allowed under BB87 is 5 kg of carbon per square metre of floor area for all new school buildings. BB87 also
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gives guidance on energy efficient design of new buildings. For best practice guidance on energy efficiency for both new and existing schools see the DfES energy portal www.teachernet.gov.uk/sdenergy.
Secondary Schools (Pupil Numbers)
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will estimate the future numbers of pupils of secondary school age in (a) 2004, (b) 2005, (c) 2006 and (d) 2007 in (i) Newcastle, (ii) North Tyneside and (iii) Northumberland; and what the figures were for 2003. [185575]
Mr. Miliband: The number of pupils of secondary school age in 2003, including pupils over compulsory school age, and provisional estimates for 2004 are as follows:
| At January | 2003 1 | 2004 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Newcastle | 20,317.5 | 20,143.5 |
| North Tyneside | 13,897.5 | 13,866.5 |
| Northumberland | 23,780.5 | 23,850.0 |
(47) actual
(48) provisional
Note:
Full-time equivalents, counting each part-time pupil as 0.5
Projections 1 are only available for England as a whole:
| At January | Pupils of secondary age in all schools (000) |
|---|---|
| 2003(50) | 3,656 |
| 2004(51) | 3,662 |
| 2005(52) | 3,686 |
| 2006(52) | 3,684 |
(49) full-time equivalents, counting each part-time pupil as 0.5
(50) actual
(51) provisional
(52) projected
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Travel Costs
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the travel costs were of civil servants in (a) his Department, (b) its predecessor Department and (c) its related agencies in each year since 1997. [183896]
Mr. Charles Clarke: The detailed information requested is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
All travel is conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Civil Service Management Code.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Exports to Turkey
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what British goods have been exported to Turkey in each of the last three years. [185337]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The value of exports from the UK to Turkey, as published by HM Customs and Excise, were as follows:
Note:
nes=not elsewhere specified
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