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Northumberland Education Authority
Mr. Ronnie Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the per pupil funding allocation to the Northumberland education authority was in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) the latest year for which figures are available. [216078]
Mr. Stephen Twigg:
The latest year for which figures are available is 2004–05. The following table sets out the total funding (in real terms) per 3–19 pupil for Northumberland for 1997–98, 2001–02 and 2004–05.
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| Total funding £ pp | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 2,720 |
| 2001–02 | 3,330 |
| 2004–05 | 3,700 |
Notes:
1. Price Base: Real terms at 2003–04 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 30 September 2004.
2. Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of education SSA/EFS settlements and exclude the pensions transfer to EPS and LSC.
3. Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DfES departmental expenditure limits relevant to pupils aged 3–19 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 three-year-old maintained pupils and estimated three to four-year-olds funded through state support in maintained and other educational institutions where these are not included in the SSA pupil numbers.
5. Rounding: Figures are rounded to the nearest £10.
6. Status: 2004–05 figures are provisional as some grants have not yet been finalised/audited.
Popular Schools
Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how a school's popularity will be determined in order to allocate additional money to popular state schools due to a rising enrolment demand; and what is expected to be the total cost of such additional funding. [217140]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: Guidance on the DfES website, titled Decision Makers Guidance Section 1, sets out a number of indicators to be considered when deciding whether a school should be classified as successful and popular. These include the school's performance, the numbers of applications for places, and any other relevant evidence prepared by schools.
The cost of such additional funding is decided on a case by case basis.
Pupil Referral Units
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average cost of providing a pupil with education in a referral unit was in Lancashire in each year since 2000. [216309]
Derek Twigg: We do not hold the information requested, although we do hold planned net expenditure on Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) places in Lancashire.
The number of pupils shown in the following table is for pupils attending PRUs who are not registered at a maintained mainstream or special school. This underestimates PRU activity, and therefore overestimates the unit cost, as it does not include the number of pupils attending a PRU, but registered in another school. The figures do not include cross-border pupils who live in Lancashire but attend a PRU in a bordering authority, for which Lancashire LEA pays. This payments included in the planned expenditure, but the number of pupils involved is not known.
The average cost of a pupil attending a PRU in England is £10,000.
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n/a= denotes figures not available.
Note:
1. The planned net expenditure on PRUs includes all planned expenditure on the provision of education at PRUs as defined in section 19 of the 1996 Act. Figures for 2001–02 onwards include all School Standards Grant income and expenditure in relation to PRUs.
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what training is required for a teacher to teach in a pupil referral unit; what the cost of the training is; and if she will make a statement. [216862]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: Teachers in pupil referral units are the same as any other teachers and therefore receive the same initial teacher training as teachers in other schools.
There are a number of different routes into teaching. According to research, undertaken by JM Consulting Ltd. for my Department, the average annual cost of initial teacher training per full-time equivalent student was £5,973 in 2002/03. The research was based on a review of the costs of initial teacher training at 15 higher education institutions chosen to represent a broad range of types of institution and types of provision (primary, secondary, undergraduate and postgraduate).
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers are teaching in pupil referral units in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each local education authority; and how many have received specific training to teach in such units. [216863]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The following table shows the full-time equivalent number of regular teachers in pupil referral units for each Government Office region and local education authority in January 2004, the latest information available.
All teachers with qualified teacher status are trained to teach in pupil referral units.
(154) Between 1 and 5
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10
Source:
Annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies.
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