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Theme Parks

Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the revenue generated by theme parks in England in 2004. [222851]

Mr. Caborn: We are not able to estimate the revenue generated by theme parks in England during 2004 as the data is not yet available.

However, the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) provides data for businesses grouped by standard industrial classifications. The ABI estimate for total turnover for 'fair and amusement park activities' was £500 million in 2003, up slightly from £494 million in 2002.
 
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EDUCATION AND SKILLS

Cambridge Schools

Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the change since 1997 in (a) capital expenditure and (b) staffing levels has been for each primary and secondary school in Cambridge constituency. [222834]

Mr. Stephen Twigg: Capital expenditure for primary and secondary schools in Cambridge is not held centrally. The total capital allocation for Cambridgeshire county council for 1996–97 was £9 million, and for 2004–05 it was £33.2 million, an increase of £24.2 million.

A comparison between 1997 and 2004 staffing levels for each primary and secondary school in Cambridge is contained in the following tables.
Maintained primary schools: Full-time equivalent number of teaching and support staff, January 1997—Cambridge parliamentary constituency

LEA numberDfES numberSchool nameTotal full-time equivalent of qualified teachers, other teaching staff and support staff(5)
9052105Milton Road Junior School15.1
9052106Milton Road Infant School13.0
9052109Newnham Croft Primary School11.9
9052110Priory Junior School22.4
9052111Priory Infant School16.4
9052113Romsey Junior School9.9
9052114Sedley Infant School13.4
9052115Shirley Infant School21.5
9052118Arbury Primary School25.7
9052119Colville Primary School16.4
9052121Mayfield Primary School24.0
9052123The Grove Primary School38.8
9052312Cherry Hinton Community Junior School11.4
9052317St. Matthew's Primary School21.4
9052335The Spinney Primary School11.9
9052446Kings Hedges Primary School27.1
9053050Cherry Hinton Church of England VC Infant School12.0
9053350Park Street Church of England Primary School8.9
9053352St. Luke's Church of England Primary School18.3
9053358St. Philip's Church of England Aided Primary School22.3
9053366St. Laurence's RC Primary School12.9
9053381St. Andrew's Church of England Community VA Junior School23.7


(5)Includes instructors and student teachers, foreign language assistants, unqualified teachers, graduate or registered teachers, teachers entitled to qualify by service and teachers not recognised as qualified. Also includes teaching assistants, technicians, administrative staff and all other education support staff.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census





Maintained secondary schools: Full-time equivalent number of teaching and support staff, January 1997—Cambridge parliamentary constituency

LEA numberDfES numberSchool nameTotal full-time equivalent of qualified teachers, other teaching staff and support staff(6)
9054027Parkside Community College45.73
9054029Chesterton Community College71.58
9054031Coleridge Community College48.6
9054057The Manor Community College Community38.98
9054602St. Bede's Inter-Church Comprehensive School44.57


(6) Includes instructors and student teachers, foreign language assistants, unqualified teachers, graduate or registered teachers, teachers entitled to qualify by service and teachers not recognised as qualified. Also includes teaching assistants, technicians, administrative staff and all other education support staff.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census





 
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Maintained primary schools: Full-time equivalent number of teaching and support staff, January 2004—Cambridge parliamentary constituency

LEA numberDfES numberSchool nameTotal full-time equivalent of qualified teachers, other teaching staff and support staff(7)
8732105Milton Road Junior School18.5
8732106Milton Road infant School14.6
8732109Newnham Croft Primary School14.2
8732110Shirley Infant School23.9
8732111Arbury Primary School34.6
8732113Colville Primary School18.7
8732114Mayfield Primary School25.1
8732115The Grove Primary School16.5
8732118Cherry Hinton Community Junior School11.2
8732119St. Matthew's Primary School27.5
8732121The Spinney Primary School14.1
8732123Kings Hedges Primary School30.0
8732312Abbey Meadows Primary School23.4
8732317Ridgefield Primary School20.3
8732335Cherry Hinton Church of England VC Infant School15.6
8732446Park Street Church of England Primary School9.9
8733352St. Luke's Church of England Primary School21.2
8733358St. Philip's Church of England Aided Primary School32.0
8733366St. Laurence's RC Primary School14.7
8733381St. Andrew's Church of England Community VA Junior School19.6


(7)Includes teachers on schemes leading to QTS and teachers recognised as qualified. Also includes teaching assistants, technicians, administrative staff and all other education support staff.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census





Maintained secondary schools: Full-time equivalent number of teaching and support staff, January 2004—Cambridge parliamentary constituency

LEA numberDfES numberSchool nameTotal full-time equivalent of qualified teachers, other teaching staff and support staff(8)
8734027Parkside Community College63.2
8734029Chesterton Community College90.8
8734031Coleridge Community College54.0
8734057The Manor Community College44.5
8734602St. Bede's Inter-Church Comprehensive School62.0


(8)Includes teachers on schemes leading to QTS and teachers recognised as qualified. Also includes teaching assistants, technicians, administrative staff and all other education support staff.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census




Capita SIMS System

Mr. Forth: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Capita SIMS.net in schools, with particular reference to its effect on (a) schools attendance reporting and (b) suppliers of schools attendance recording systems. [215722]

Derek Twigg: My Department has not made a specific assessment of the effectiveness of the Capita SIMS.net with particular reference to its effect on (a) schools attendance reporting and (b) suppliers of schools attendance recording systems and has no plans to do so.

Capita SIMS.net is one of several commercial management information systems specifically designed for school use that schools are free to choose from, often in collaboration with their relevant local education authority. In common with other systems, Capita
 
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SIMS.net includes attendance reporting and recording functionality which can be adapted to meet specific local needs, such as lesson level registration.

Such automated systems provide real time analysis of pupil level attendance data that make a significant contribution to managing attendance as well as reducing administrative work. It is for schools to decide which system best suits their needs. Wide-ranging advice on the use of information communications technologies is available through the Becta ICT Advice website at http://www.ictadvice.org.uk/.

Contested Adoptions

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many contested adoptions have taken place in each of the last 10 years. [222035]

Mr. Lammy: I have been asked to reply.
 
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The number of contested adoptions that have taken place in each of the last 10 years are contained in the following table.
Step-parents(9)
 Other
 Total
ContestedUncontestedContestedUncontestedContestedUncontested
19954912,3887331,7071,2244,095
19963622,3845181,7008804,084
19972721,7805551,5428273,322
19982371,5564771,3777142,933
19992111,3327161,6179272,949
20001671,1936511,9928183,185
20011411,0556532,3297943,384
20021098277252,2128343,039
20031298409382,4891,0673,329
20041047676772,5837813,350


(9)Step-parent adoption occurs where the step-parent applies to formally adopt the child or children of their spouse and assumes parental responsibility to the exclusion of the other birth parent. Contested step-parent adoption cases arise where the non-resident birth parent does not consent to the adoption.


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