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Parliamentary Questions
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she will answer the Question from the hon. Member for Maidenhead, ref 221881. [223954]
Margaret Hodge: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 23 March 2005, Official Report, column 853W.
Physical Education (SEN Pupils)
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers in the West Midlands are trained to provide physical education for pupils with special educational needs. [223070]
Mr. Stephen Twigg [holding answer 23 March 2005]: The information is not collected centrally.
School Exclusions
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the number of school exclusions is used to measure levels of indiscipline in schools. [223596]
Derek Twigg:
Exclusions are one of a number of indicators we monitor closely as a measure of school behaviour. The other key indicators are Ofsted inspection evidence and the perceptions of people working in schools and of parents. Exclusion is used generally as a last resort after a range of other strategies to tackle poor behaviour have been tried. The number of
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exclusions may therefore not be a valid measure for levels of low level disruption or minor offences in schools that do not result in exclusion. Also, many schools are now trying, by a variety of means such as learning support units and managed moves, to support disruptive pupils within a school setting, although not necessarily in a classroom, so as to prevent exclusion.
School Funding
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding was allocated per pupil to schools in (a) London, (b) the Vale of York and (c) North Yorkshire in 2004–05. [223829]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: Total funding per pupil aged 3–19 for 2004–05 was £4,880 for London, £3,600 for York and £3,760 for North Yorkshire.
These figures include funding via the Education Formula Spending Share and grants allocated at LEA level. They include the pensions transfer to EFSS and the Learning and Skills Council, and are in cash terms.
The main reason for the difference in funding is that London authorities have more pupils living in deprived circumstances than York and North Yorkshire and receive extra funding to reflect that. London authorities also receive extra funding to reflect their high costs of recruiting and retaining staff: York and North Yorkshire do not.
Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of education EFS settlements and include the pensions transfer to EFS and LSC.
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.
The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to £ per pupil are those underlying the EFS settlement calculations.
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what criteria are used in allocating funding per pupil in comparable local education authorities. [223830]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The formula for distributing funding for schools to local authorities is the School Formula Spending Share (SFSS). It comprises a basic entitlement for each comparable pupil, which is the same across the country, plus top-ups for areas where it costs more to recruit and retain staff; areas with sparse populations; and a top-up for each pupil with additional educational needs. The factor for additional educational needs takes account of the percentage of families in receipt of income support and of those in receipt of the working families tax credit. It also takes account of primary pupils with English as a second language and secondary pupils from low achieving ethnic minority groups.
The funding that individual schools receive is a matter for local authorities through their locally agreed funding formulae.
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Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the merits of a national common funding formula; and if she will make a statement. [223831]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The Government's policy, as stated in the consultation document on new school funding arrangements from 2006–07 issued on 17 February is that local authorities should continue to determine local formulae for the allocation of resources between schools in their areas, in consultation with their Schools Forum.
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will take steps to incorporate core funding into standard funds. [223832]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The Government have no plans to incorporate core funding into the Standards Fund. Proposals for changes to specific grants, including the Standards Fund, were set out in the consultation on new school funding arrangements from 2006–07, published on 17 February, a copy of which has been placed in the Library. The main proposal is to bring separate Standards Fund grants for schools together into a single grant by 2008. This single grant would remain separate from schools core funding, which will continue to be routed through local authorities' school budget formulae.
Shona McIsaac: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much each (a) primary school and (b) secondary school in (i) North East Lincolnshire and (ii) North Lincolnshire has received from the Government in each year since the introduction of direct payments. [223464]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: In 2000–01, the first year of the School Standards Grant, North East Lincolnshire received £1,046,000, and North Lincolnshire £1,027,000. Figures on the primary/secondary split for 2000–01 are not held centrally. The amount of School Standards Grant (SSG) that has been received by North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire since 2001–02 is as follows:
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Grant was allocated to each school according to the following rates in each year:
| Number of pupils | Rate of grant (£) |
|---|---|
| Primary | |
| 0–100 | 3,000 |
| 100.5–200.5 | 6,000 |
| 201 + (27) | 9,000 |
| Secondary | |
| 0–600 | 30,000 |
| 600.5–1,200.5 | 40,000 |
| 1,201 + | 50,000 |
(27) The same rate was given in respect of each middle deemed primary school which did not have a year 8 or 9.
| Number of pupils | Rate of grant (£) |
|---|---|
| Primary | |
| 0–100 | 7,000 |
| 100.5–200 | 13,500 |
| 200.5–400 | 24,000 |
| 400.5–600 | 30,000 |
| 600.5 + | 48,000 |
| Secondary | |
| 0–600 | 58,000 |
| 600.5–1,200 | 70,000 |
| 1,200.5 + | 82,000 |
| Number of pupils | Rate of grant (£) |
|---|---|
| Primary | |
| 0–100 | 7,200 |
| 100.5–200 | 13,900 |
| 200.5–400 | 24,700 |
| 400.5–600 | 30,900 |
| 600.5 + | 49,400 |
| Secondary | |
| 0–600 | 59,600 |
| 600.5–1,200 | 72,000 |
| 1,200.5 + | 84,300 |
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For 2004–05 the grant was calculated on the basis that each school receives the greater of either (a) an increase of 4 per cent. per pupil on its 2003–04 grant or (b) the level of its 2004–05 SSG band.
Information on the amount of School Standards Grant received for each school in 2000–01 to 2002–03 is not held centrally, as the grant formed part of the schools Budget share in those years and was not reported separately by local authorities. A table showing the School Standards Grant paid to each primary and secondary school in North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire in 2003–04 and 2004–05 has been placed in the Library.
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