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EDUCATION AND SKILLS

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Educational and Skills what advice he gives to social services departments on how to deal with families who have individuals suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [192241]

Margaret Hodge: The National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services published in September, sets national standards for children's health and social care. Standard 9, of the framework "The Mental Health and Psychological Well-being of Children and Young People", states that all children and young people, from birth to their 18th birthday, who have mental health problems and disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have access to timely, integrated, high quality, multi-disciplinary mental health services to ensure effective assessment, treatment, support and advice, for them and their families.

Environmental Measures (Schools)

Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what action his Department is taking to ensure that schools incorporate sustainable and environmental measures into their school buildings as part of the capital investment in school buildings; [194040]

(2) if his Department will ensure that sufficient funding is available for schools to incorporate sustainable and environmental measures into their school buildings as part of the capital investment in school buildings; [194041]

(3) what steps his Department is taking to support the incorporation of sustainable and environmental measures into school buildings; [194042]

(4) how much has been provided by his Department for capital investment in school buildings in each of the last 10 years; and how much of this total was invested in sustainable and environmental measures. [194043]

Mr. Charles Clarke: My Department is committed to sustainable development in education. Our Sustainable Development Action Plan for Education and Skills, launched in September 2003, sets out the work we are doing, and I am placing copies in the House Library. Action on capital investment and school buildings includes the production of a new Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) for schools, which we are launching today at the Environment Agency's annual conference in Birmingham. We also promote good practice through building bulletins, which explain the application of building regulations to schools, demonstration projects such as our 'classrooms of the future' and 'exemplar schools of the future', and the development of design quality indicators.

This Department's support for capital investment in school buildings, including PFI credits, is £4.5 billion this year, 2004–05. Capital support, including PFI credits and ICT, will rise to £5.5 billion in 2005–06 and then, following the Spending Review 2004, by
 
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£750 million to £6.3 billion in 2007–08. The figures for school buildings, including PFI credits, over the last 10 years are as follows:
£ million
1994–95613
1995–96625
1996–97683
1997–98755
1998–99887
1999–20001,040
2000–011,824
2001–021,828
2002–032,156
2003–043,039

We do not ring-fence our support for environmental and sustainable measures, and do not collect information about how resources are invested locally. But these are substantial amounts that will allow all new schools to aim for at least a 'very good' rating under BREEAM, and for existing schools to improve their sustainability.

GCSE Results

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the lowest mark needed to obtain (a) GCSE mathematics, (b) GCSE English and
 
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(c) GCSE physics at (i) A grade, (ii) C grade and (iii) pass has been in each year from 1995 to 2004; and if he will make a statement. [192135]

Mr. Miliband: This information is the responsibility of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. We have requested that they place the information in the House of Commons Library.

Higher Education

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of school leavers domiciled in each local education authority area in England entered higher education in the UK in each year since 1997. [193518]

Dr. Howells: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 4 October 2004, Official Report, column 1806W, which gave the latest available figures up to 2003. Data for 2004 will not be available until February 2005.

Home Education

Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils of school age were educated at home in each age group in (a) Somerset and (b) Taunton in each year since 1997. [193873]

Mr. Miliband: The available information is shown in the table.
Number of pupils not in school and being otherwise educated, 1997–2004, Somerset local education authority and England

Somerset local education authority
England
Pupils aged 5–10Pupils
aged 11–15		Pupils
aged 16+		TotalPupil
aged 5–10		Pupils
aged 11–15		Pupils aged 16+Total
1997637711412,2919,50050412,295
19987123493142,46210,58754513,594
19998330853962,23211,35142214,005
20009334434402,82512,26458515,674
20012433713623,03712,84342716,307
200264119192023,36115,18738618,934
200310380483,47315,4221,37120,266
20048216512483,44714,3851,31019,142



Source:
8B Survey


The available figures record for each local education authority the number of pupils not in school and being otherwise educated under arrangements made by the authority. As well as covering pupils taught at home, this includes but does not separately identify, traveller children and asylum seekers at further education colleges or with voluntary providers. It does not however include pupils who are being educated at home through parental choice and independent of local education authority arrangements.

Schools (Hounslow)

Ann Keen: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many new buildings have been built in Hounslow schools since 2001. [192586]

Mr. Miliband: We do not hold this information. The bulk of capital funding is allocated to local authorities and schools by formula so that they can decide their priorities for investment in line with locally decided asset management plans. Records of how this funding is used should therefore be held locally.

Capital resources allocated to Hounslow and its schools amounted to £36.1 million in 2003–04 (including £25.7 million of PFI credits), and £9.5 million this year, 2004–05.

Private Finance Initiative

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the private finance initiative arrangements in which the Department is engaged; what the total cost of each arrangement is (a) over its lifetime and (b) in each year of its operation; and how the arrangement appears in the Department's public accounts. [193983]

Mr. Miliband: The Department does not have any PFIs. Schools PFI projects are based on contractual agreements reached between local education authorities
 
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(LEAs) and private contractors. The Department gives support to LEAs in securing PFI projects for schools, but enters into no PFI arrangements itself.

School Milk

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Mid-Dorset and North Poole (Mrs. Brooke) on 6 February 2004, Official Report, column 1118W, on school milk, if he will list those education authorities in England which make use of the EU subsidy to provide school milk. [192117]

Alun Michael: I have been asked to reply.

The following list gives the names of all local authorities in England that participated in the EU school milk subsidy scheme during the last 12 months.


 
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