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Designated Accommodation
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many rooms are set aside for (a) the use of smokers, (b) worship, broken down by religion and (c) nursing mothers and pregnant women in each building and set of offices for which his Department is responsible. [187314]
Mr. Charles Clarke:
The following table shows the number of rooms which have been set aside in each of the five Department for Education and Skills buildings for (a) smokers (b) worship and (c) nursing/pregnant women.
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| Site/Building | Smokers room | Worship room | Nursing/Pregnant women's facilities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darlington | 1 | 1 (non denominational) | 1 room |
| 1 | |||
| London: | |||
| Caxton House | 1 | 1 Muslim prayer room and 1 non denominational | 1 room and use of the first aid room |
| Sanctuary Buildings | 1 | 1 Muslim prayer room and 1 non denominational | 1 room |
| Sheffield | 1 | 1 (non denominational) | 1 room |
| Runcorn | 3 | 1 (non denominational) | Nursing chairs provided within on-site Nursery |
Early Excellence Centres
Mr. Woodward: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many Early Excellence centres (a) have been opened and (b) are planned to be opened in (i) St. Helens and (ii) England, broken down by region. [186809]
Margaret Hodge: There is one Early Excellence Centre (EEC) in St. Helens based at Legh Vale school in Haydock ward.
No further EECs will be developed. The Government are establishing children's centres across England many of which will be developed from existing EECs.
There are 107 EECs in England six of which are special projects. The special projects are run by RNIB which works with four EECs (two in London and two in the South East) and NHS Newborn which works with two London based EEC's.
A list of EECs in England, broken down by local authority region follows:
Note:
Six special projects are operated by NHS Newborn and RNIB. The RNIB project works with four EECs (two in North West and two in South East). The NHSP Newborn initiative works with two EECs in London.
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Early-years Initiatives (Funding)
Mr. Love:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding has been made available to (a) Sure Start projects, (b) Early Excellence centres, (c) Neighbourhood Nurseries and (d) other early years
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initiatives in the London borough of Enfield in each year since their inception; what the projected funding is over the period of the Spending Review; and if he will make a statement. [187007]
Margaret Hodge: The London borough of Enfield has one Sure Start local programme, five neighbourhood nursery projects, and no Early Excellence Centres. In addition grant was paid for a range of early year's initiatives within the Childcare Grant until 2003, and under the Sure Start General Grant between 2004–06. The funding for each initiative since its inception is as follows:
| £ | |
|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | 42,000 |
| 2000–01 | 924,000 |
| 2001–02 | 1,300,000 |
| 2002–03 | 1,300,000 |
| 2003–04 | 1,300,000 |
| 2004–05 | 1,300,000 |
| 2005–06 | 1,300,000 |
Note:
The programme was also allocated £1,250,000 capital funding.
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| £ | |
|---|---|
| 2003–04 | 133,500 |
| 2004–05 | 531,600 |
| 2005–06 | 297,600 |
| 2006–07 | 90,300 |
Note:
2006–07: £90,300 (funding agreed for this year due to slippage of last project). The authority has also been allocated £327,298 capital.
| Source data | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Grant | 72,000 | 249,000 | 312,950 | 596,030 | 613,560 |
| National Recruitment Campaign | — | — | 28,300 | 28,690 | 29,000 |
| Childminder Start-Up Grant | — | — | 25,900 | 40,100 | 31,500 |
| Outdoor Play Equipment | — | — | — | 29,610 | — |
| Unlocking Barriers for Training | — | — | — | 114,102 | 79,893 |
| Daycare Expansion | — | — | — | 24,100 | 15,070 |
| Toy Libraries/Musical Instruments | — | — | — | 50,680 | 32,460 |
| Capital for Playgroup Conversion | — | — | — | — | 19,950 |
| Foundation Stage | — | — | — | 94,448 | 94,448 |
| SENCO Training | — | — | — | 13,774 | 11,806 |
| SENCO Low Incidence | — | — | — | 18,903 | |
| Capital Funding | — | — | — | 115,700 | |
| Total | 72,000 | 249,000 | 367,150 | 991,534 | 1,062,29 0 |
| Source data | 2004–06 |
|---|---|
| Delivery Support Fund | 1,031,179 |
| Children's Information Service | 193,947 |
| Workforce Development (Recruitment and Training) | 699,462 |
| Nursery Schools Development | — |
| Extended Schools | 79,000 |
| New Childcare Places (Revenue) Disadvantaged Areas | 236,685 |
| New Childcare Places (Revenue) Other Areas | 86,462 |
| New Childcare Places (Capital for out of school Childcare) | 51,232 |
| New Childcare Places (Capital for Playgroup Conversion) | 99,000 |
| New Childcare Places (Capital for Playgroup Conversion) Other Areas | 36,387 |
| SEN and Inclusion (Children with Special Needs and Disabled Children) | 273,258 |
| Children's Centre's (Revenue) | 1,033,220 |
| Children's Centres (Capital) | 2,225,058 |
| Support Childminder Scheme | 105,367 |
| Total | 6,150,257 |
The Chancellor announced in the Spending Review that the Sure Start Unit will be allocated £1,167 million, £1,483 million and £1,667 million for 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2007–08 respectively for England. At this stage it is not possible to say how much will be allocated to individual local authorities.
Educational Attainment
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of (a) girls and (b) boys in receipt of free school meals achieved (i) Level 2 or more at Key Stage 1 in (A) reading, (B) writing and (C) mathematics, (ii) Level 4 or above at Key Stage 2 for (1) English, (2) mathematics and (3) science, (iii) Level 5 and above at Key Stage 3 in (x) English, (y) mathematics and (z) science, (iv) five or more A*-C GCSE/GNVQ and (v) no passes at GCSE/GNVQ in each year since 1997; and what the percentages were for those not in receipt of free school meals. [185807]
Mr. Miliband [holding answer 22 July 2004]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for North Swindon (Mr. Wills) on 4 May 2004, Official Report, column 1424W.
A copy of the Statistical First Release 04/2004 was placed in the Libraries in response to this question.
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