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EDUCATION AND SKILLS
CAFCASS
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff were employed in each CAFCASS region on 1 April (i) 2001, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2003 and (iv) 2004. [197136]
Margaret Hodge: CAFCASS was established on 1 April 2001. Before 1 April 2003, CAFCASS collected data on the total numbers of staff, but they were not broken down between full-time and part-time staff or between each region and Wales. The total numbers of staff (full-time and part-time) employed at 1 April 2001 and 1 April 2002 were as follows:
| Number | |
|---|---|
| Employed staff in post | 1257 |
| Self-employed practitioners | 695 |
| Total staff | 1952 |
| Number | |
|---|---|
| Employed staff in post | 1699 |
| Self-employed practitioners | 340 |
| Total staff | 2039 |
The number of full-time and part-time staff employed at 1 April 2003 and 1 April 2004, in the regions and Wales, were as follows:
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In addition, there were 441 self-employed CAFCASS practitioners on 1 April 2004. This figure cannot be broken down by region and Wales.
The discrepancy between the total figures given here (1884 and 1918) and those quoted in the CAFCASS 2003–04 Annual Report (1879 and 1932) is because CAFCASS subsequently undertook a data cleansing exercise of its management information systems and redefined the criteria used for employed staff. Furthermore, CAFCASS had included Board members and agency staff in its historical data.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many staff skilled in mediation are employed by CAFCASS. [198345]
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Margaret Hodge: CAFCASS does not collect information that identifies which of its practitioners are skilled in mediation. However, CAFCASS practitioners are skilled and qualified social workers, and many of them will have undertaken further training in dispute resolution and conflict resolution. CAFCASS is aware that some of its practitioners will have undertaken specific training in order to become accredited mediators.
In addition, CAFCASS refers families who might benefit from mediation services to an accredited mediation scheme.
CAFCASS practitioners also receive appropriate training to enable them to undertake dispute resolution work. Dispute resolution is one of the training modules that CAFCASS has commissioned for its practitioners from Royal Holloway College.
Education Provision (Easington)
Mr. Cummings: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the level of public funding per pupil in the Easington constituency was in the last seven years. [198131]
Mr. Miliband: The information is produced according to local education authority areas rather than districts within an area. Easington is a district of Durham Local Education Authority. The following table shows total funding per pupil aged 3 to 19 in Durham since 1997–98 in real terms.
| £ per pupil | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 2,730 |
| 1998–99 | 2,810 |
| 1999–2000 | 2,950 |
| 2000–01 | 3,210 |
| 2001–02 | 3,410 |
| 2002–03 | 3,470 |
| 2003–04 | 3,590 |
| 2004–05 | 3,710 |
Notes:
1. Price base: Real terms at 2003–04 prices GDP deflators as at 30 June 2004.
2. The 2004–05 figures are provisional as some grants have not yet been finalised/audited.
3. Figures include formula funding and grants within the DfES Departmental Expenditure Limit.
4. They exclude EMAs and grants not allocated at LEA level, and also exclude the pensions transfer to EPS and LSC in 2003–04 and 2004–05.
5. The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to per pupil are those underlying the SSA/EFS settlement calculations plus PLASC 3-year-old maintained pupils and estimated 3 to 4-year-olds funded through state support in maintained and other educational institutions where these are not included in the SSA pupil numbers.
6. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Mr. Cummings: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average class size of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the Easington constituency was in each of the last five years. [198132]
Mr. Miliband:
The information requested is shown in the table.
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(31) Includes middle schools as deemed.
(32) Classes as taught during one selected period in each school on the day of the census in January.
(33) Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census
Education Finance (Staffordshire)
Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on changes to the level of funding for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Staffordshire and (ii) Newcastle-under-Lyme since 1997. [198669]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is produced according to local education authority areas rather than districts within an area. Newcastle-under-Lyme is a district of Staffordshire Local Education Authority. The following table shows how the level of funding in Staffordshire, on a per pupil basis, has increased since 1997–98 in primary and secondary schools.
Notes:
1. Price Base: Real terms at 2003–04 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 30 June 2004.
2. Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of education SSA/EFS settlements and exclude the pensions transfer to EFS and LSC.
3. Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DfES Departmental Expenditure Limits relevant to pupils aged 3–10 and 11–15 and exclude EMAs and grants not allocated at LEA level.
4. The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to per pupil are those underlying the SSA/EFS settlement calculations plus PLASC 3-year-old maintained pupils and estimated 3 to 4-year-olds funded through state support in maintained and other educational institutions where these are not included in the SSA pupil numbers.
5. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
6. Status: 2004–05 figures are provisional as some grants have not yet been finalised/audited.
7. 1997–98 figures for LEAs subject to Local Government Reorganisation in that year have been estimated, pro-rata to their post LGR figures.
Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how the total funding for schools has changed in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Newcastle-under-Lyme since 1997. [198678]
Mr. Miliband: :
The information requested is produced according to local education authority areas rather than districts within an area. Newcastle-under-Lyme is a district of Staffordshire local education
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authority. Total funding for all pupils aged 3–19 in Staffordshire was £338.4 million in 1997–98 and £459.0 million in 2004–05 in real terms—an increase of 36 per cent. This includes funding via Education Formula Spending/Standard Spending Assessment and Grants, and excludes the pensions transfer to EPS and the Learning and Skills Council. Total funding per pupil aged 3–19 for schools in Staffordshire has increased from £2,600 in 1997–98 to £3,410 in 2004–05, an increase of 31 per cent. in real terms.
Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of education SSA/EFS settlements and exclude the pensions transfers to EFS and LSC made in 2003–04 and 2004–05.
Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DfES Departmental Expenditure Limits and exclude EMAs and grants not allocated at LEA level.
1997–98 figures for LEAs subject to Local Government Reorganisation in that year have been estimated, pro-rata to their post
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