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Teachers
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the gender ratio of registered teachers in maintained (a) primary and (b) secondary schools is, broken down into age categories of (i) less than 24, (ii) 25 to 34, (iii) 35 to 44, (iv) 45 to 54 and (v) greater than 55 years; [205377]
(2) how many and what percentage of teachers employed in maintained schools were aged (a) under
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24, (b) 25 to 34, (c) 35 to 44, (d) 45 to 54 and (e) over 55 years on the latest date for which figures are available. [205386]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The data requested are shown in the following table. The table shows full-time teachers in service in March 2003 1 , the most recent date for which data are available.
(41) Includes heads, deputy heads, assistant heads, classroom, AST, post threshold and grade unknown.
Source:
Database of Teacher Records
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of the teacher workforce he expects will retire in each of the next 10 years. [205385]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information is not available in the form requested.
In the Teacher Supply Model—used to inform decisions on the number of places to make available in Initial Teacher Training—we take into account teachers leaving the profession through both general wastage and retirement. If we consider total wastage (including any form of retirement) of teachers aged 50 and over, as a percentage of the teacher workforce in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools, then—under the central scenario modelled—this rate rises from 3.7 per cent. in 2002–03 to 5.0 per cent. in 2007–08, and then falls slightly to around 4 per cent. in 2012–13. It should be noted that these figures become progressively more uncertain the further ahead they are modelled. The modelling assumptions are reviewed annually.
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Proposed changes to the Teachers' Pension Scheme that will apply to all scheme members by 2013 are aimed at giving teachers much more choice and flexibility about the ways in which they manage the transition from work to retirement. We expect that teachers will welcome a more flexible approach that will enable them to move more gradually from work to retirement than is possible under current arrangements.
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Truancy
Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in (a) West Derbyshire constituency and (b) Derbyshire played truant from school in each of the last five years. [207490]
Derek Twigg: The information requested is as follows:
Young Families (Funding)
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how much expenditure has been allocated to families with children aged 0 to five years in each year from 1997 to 2008; [199715]
(2) when she will reply to the question from the right hon. Member for Birkenhead tabled on 25 November, reference 199715. [206300]
Margaret Hodge [holding answer 29 November 2004]: Details of the annual expenditure since 1997 on Sure Start, childcare and nursery education are published in Table 2.2 of the annual Department for Education and Skills' Departmental Report, as follows. To reflect the increasing integration of services for young children and families, from 2003–04 funding for childcare and nursery education was merged into Sure Start.
| Financial year | Sure start | Childcare | Nursery education | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | n/a | 4 | 637 | 641 |
| 1998–99 | n/a | 45 | 134 | 179 |
| 1999–2000 | 7 | 56 | 150 | 213 |
| 2000–01 | 56 | 65 | 247 | 368 |
| 2001–02 | 134 | 109 | 224 | 467 |
| 2002–03 | 216 | 158 | 306 | 680 |
| 2003–04 | 745 | — | — | 745 |
Note:
The scale of spending identified in 1997–98 was due to a major injection of Nursery Education Grant funding to support the establishment of substantial free provision in the private and voluntary sectors.
In addition, from April 2003 all financial support for the delivery of free nursery education was consolidated within the under fives sub-block of each local authority's Education Formula Spending Share (EFSS)—the main source of education funding. Prior to that, provision in
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the private, voluntary and independent sectors and new places in the maintained sector, were funded through a separate, ring-fenced, nursery education grant, while existing places in the maintained sector were funded through the Standard Spending Assessments (SSAs). Support for free nursery education since 1997 as part of SSA and EFSS was as follows:
| Financial year | £ million |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 562 |
| 1998–99 | 1,170 |
| 1999–2000 | 1,280 |
| 2000–01 | 1,340 |
| 2001–02 | 1,490 |
| 2002–03 | 1,620 |
| 2003–04 | 2,600 |
Following the substantially increased support announced in the Spending Review 2004 and the pre-Budget report 2004, allocations for the Sure Start operational budget for the current financial year, and the next Spending Review period, are as follows:
| Financial year | £ million |
|---|---|
| 2004–05 | 866 |
| 2005–06 | 1,144 |
| 2006–07 | 1,671 |
| 2007–08 | 1,784 |
As a result, Sure Start resources will more than double over the four year period, a rise in average annual real terms of 24 per cent.
The allocation includes extensive support to local authorities to help establish our network of children's centres, delivering a wide range of early learning, childcare, health and family support. There will be 2,500 centres by 2008, and 3,500, one in every community, by 2010.
These totals take no account of the significant increases in Government funding on child benefit, parental leave and tax credit support, all of which support families with children.
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