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Funding
Mr. Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the total central Government funding per pupil for each local education authority in England from 1996–97 to 2004–05 calculated on the basis used for the figures provided to the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire on 9 November 2004; if she will provide average figures for (a) the shire counties and (b) England for each of these years on the same basis; and if she will provide estimated figures for 2005–06 on the same basis. [208655]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The figures provided to the hon. Member on 9 November were for the years 2003–04 and 2004–05 in cash terms and included the pensions transfer to Education Formula Spending and the Learning and Skills Council in 2003–04.
A set of tables for all LEAs which give both the real terms series for 1997–98 to 2004–05, and a cash terms series with no adjustment for the pensions transfer for the same time period, has been placed in the Library.
When providing a series of funding figures we would usually supply real terms figures and exclude the pensions transfer to EPS and the LSC to give the most meaningful comparison to years before the transfer occurred. We do not have comparable figures for the year 1996–97, nor do we yet have estimated figures for 2005–06.
Average figures for the shire counties and for England on these bases are given as follows:
Note:
The figures given are total funding per pupil aged 3–19 via education formula spending/standard spending assessment and grants allocated at an LEA level. EFS/SSA are part of the wider local government system and are supported by council tax.
Mr. Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding each school in Derby, North has received from the new deal for schools. [208488]
Mr. Stephen Twigg:
The funding for New Deal for Schools allocated to Derby City from 1997–98 to 2001–02 is set out in the following table.
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| £000 | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 346 |
| 1998–99 | 1,150 |
| 1999–2000 | 1,183 |
| 2000–01 | 2,812 |
Decisions on detailed allocations to individual schools were made locally by LEAs. The breakdown of funds allocated to schools by constituency is not held centrally.
Mr. Patrick Hall: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills by how much funding for (a) lower, (b) middle and (c) upper schools in Bedford and Kempston has changed in real terms between 1997 and 2004. [207226]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information requested is submitted to the Department according to local education authority areas, rather than districts within an LEA. Bedford and Kempston constituency forms part of Bedfordshire LEA. The information requested is only available from 2000–01 onwards. Due to changes in the school funding system, it is not possible to provide corresponding figures for previous years. The available information about funding in Bedfordshire local education authority is contained in the following table.
| Primary | Middle | Secondary | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 47,628,345 | 40,683,595 | 51,134,300 |
| 2004–05 | 57,627,898 | 45,203,408 | 60,545,380 |
| Change | 9,999,553 | 4,519,813 | 9,411,080 |
Notes:
1. The Information is taken from Bedfordshire LEA's section 52 budget statement.
2. These figures are the Individual Schools Budget (ISB) allocated to schools. In 2004–05 there was a further £747,818 unallocated Schools Budget (no unallocated ISB was reported in 2000–01).
3. In 2004–05 an additional £19.4 million was funded through the school standards grant and the devolved standard fund (of which £7.2 million was for primary schools, £3.3 million for middle deemed schools, £5.6 million for secondary schools and £3.3 million was unallocated) while in 2000–01 an additional £12.9 million was funded through the devolved standard fund (of which £1.9 million was for primary schools, £1 million for middle deemed schools, £1.3 million for secondary schools and £8.8 million was unallocated).
4. Prior to 1999–2000 budget data was not collected at school level. In 1999–2000 school level data were collected but amendments were not checked back with LEAs. If the data were to be made available externally, the cleansed data would need to be agreed by the LEAs which would require a significant amount of time and effort.
5. In 2000–01 school standards grants was not recorded on Section 52 Budget Table 2.
6. In 2004–05 Bedfordshire LEA also reported an unallocated Excellence in Cities (EiC) Grant of £229,000 (no EiC was reported as allocated). In 2000–01 EiC was reported within the devolved standard fund and will therefore be included in the additional £12.9million figure given above. This funding is not included in the above table.
7. All figures are as reported by the LEA in real terms (2003–04 prices) using the 23 December 2004 GDP deflators.
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Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the level of funding for schools in Hendon for 2005–06. [207941]
Mr. Stephen Twigg:
The information requested is produced according to local education authority areas rather than districts within an area. Hendon is a district of the London Borough of Barnet. The provisional local government settlement for 2005–06 was announced on 2 December 2004 and provided all authorities with an increase of at least 5.5 per cent. per pupil aged 3–15. Barnet's settlement for 2005–06 is significantly higher at 8 per cent. per pupil, giving the authority flexibility to target resources at schools with particular pressures.
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GCSE grades
Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the percentage change was between 1997 and 2004 for the number of young people in the Leyton and Wanstead constituency achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C; [208769]
(2) what the percentage change between 1997 and 2004 was for young people achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C. [208770]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The following table shows the proportion of pupils achieving five or more grades A* to C at GCSE and equivalent from 1997 to 2004 and the percentage point change for (a) Leyton and Wanstead constituency and (b) England:
(27) As standard the results reported relate to pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year i.e. 31 August and therefore reaching the end of compulsory education at the end of the school year.
(28) For 2004 only results incorporate GCSEs, GNVQs and a wide range of other qualifications approved pre-16. Prior to 2004 results are based on GCSEs and GNVQs only.
Holiday Centres
Mr. Letwin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether she has assessed the level of information made available to parents about the standards of care of children provided by holiday centres. [207595]
Margaret Hodge: Holiday play schemes providing care for children aged under eight for more than two hours in any day and for more than five days a year are registered and inspected by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted).
Registration requirements are set out in national standards which define the required outcome and supporting criteria.
After inspection, Ofsted publishes a report which provides information to parents on the standards of care.
The Government have brought in new regulations clarifying Ofsted's duties to share information with parents and others, including information about the standards of care. These regulations came into force on 30 December 2004.
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