14 EDUCATION AND SKILLS
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The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 56 meetings.
Members
Sheerman, Mr Barry (Chairman)
Chaytor, Mr David
Davey, Valerie
Ennis, Jeff
Gibb, Mr Nick (added 8.12.03)
Holmes, Paul
Jackson, Mr Robert
Jones, Helen
Pollard, Mr Kerry
Shaw, Jonathan
Simmonds, Mr Mark (discharged 8.12.03)
Turner, Mr Andrew
Overall Attendance:
Number of Members added:
Number of Members discharged:
Turnover of membership during the Session:
| Meetings attended
56
47
53
35
41
45
7
39
40
42
0
37
71.8 %
1
1
9.1 %
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr David Lloyd, Deputy Principal Clerk
(SCS Band 1)
Second Clerk: Dr Sue Griffiths, Assistant Clerk (Band A3)
Committee Specialists: Ms Sara Eustace (until 8.10.04) (Band B1);
Libby Aston (from 7.6.04) (Band B1);
Nerys Roberts (from 20.9.04) (Band B1)
Committee Assistant: Mrs Lisa Wrobel, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2) / Miss Susan Monaghan, Higher Executive Officer (Band
B2)
Secretary: Ms Catherine Jackson, Grade 3 (Band D1) (until 31.3.04),
Grade 2 (Band C) (from 1.4.04)
Senior Office Clerk: Mr John Kittle (from 6.9.04), (shared) (Band
D1)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Janet Beer, Christine Braddock, Valerie Bragg, Professor
Andrew Coyle, Mr Chris Hayes, Professor Bob Hudson, Professor
Roger Mackett, Sarah Morgan, Dame Pat Morgan Webb, Sir Peter Newsam,
Professor Christine Pascal OBE, Rosemary Peacocke, Mrs Teresa
Smith, Professor Alan Smithers, Professor Kathy Sylva, Sir William
Taylor CBE, Dr Sian Thornthwaite, Mr Tony Travers, Mr Thomas Weko
and Professor Peter White.
Witnesses
Oral Evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers
Other Ministers
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Department for Education and Skills
Department for Transport
Home Office
Public bodies and non-Ministerial departments comprising:
Adult Learning Inspectorate
British Council
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
Learning and Skills Council
Local Government Association
Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)
Appearances by other witnesses
|
2
12
9
1
1
2
3
4
5
3
21
97
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
18-23.1.04 | USA | Sheerman, Chaytor, Davey, Ennis, Gibb, Holmes, Jones, Pollard, Shaw
| 2 | Inquiry into National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| £52,315.24 |
21-24.3.04 | Denmark & Germany
| Sheerman, Chaytor, Davey, Ennis, Gibb, Holmes, Jackson, Jones, Pollard, Shaw
| 2 | Inquiry into National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| £13,243.36 |
10-15.10.04 | Finland & Norway
| Sheerman, Chaytor, Davey, Ennis, Gibb, Holmes, Jones, Pollard, Shaw
| 2 | Inquiry into Prison Education & Inquiry into Every Child Matters
| £21,150.88 |
Visits to European Institutions
None.
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
1.12.03 | Slough | Sheerman, Chaytor, Davey, Pollard, Shaw
| 3 | Inquiry into Secondary Education: School Admissions
| £174.84 |
5.2.04 | Wakefield | Sheerman, Chaytor, Ennis, Gibb, Holmes, Pollard, Shaw, Turner
| 3 | Inquiry into Secondary Education: School Admissions
| £2,137.72 |
6.2.04 | CambridgeA
| Sheerman | 0 | Meeting on Higher Education
| £165.34 |
21.6.04 | Reading | Sheerman, Chaytor, Ennis, Holmes, Jones, Shaw
| 3 | Inquiry into Prison Education
| £355.84 |
4-5.7.04 | Isle of Wight |
Sheerman, Chaytor, Davey, Ennis, Holmes, Pollard, Shaw
| 3 | Inquiry into Prison Education
| £1,792.99 |
A Travel in a representative capacity
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2003-04) |
Date of publication | No. of pages
| Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report: Public Expenditure: Schools' Funding
| 112 | 18.12.03 | 129
| £17.50 | Received 11.2.04: published as Second Special Report, Session 2003-04
|
Second Report: The Work of the Committee in 2003
| 348 | 23.2.04 | 6
| £3.50 | Not applicable |
Third Report: The Draft School Transport Bill
| 509-I | 7.7.04 | 54
| £12.00 | Department for Education and Skills Response, Cm 6331, published 22.9.04
|
Oral and Written Evidence: The Draft School Transport Bill
| 509-II | 29.7.04 | 192
| £20.50 | Not applicable
|
Fourth Report: Secondary Education: School Admissions
| 58-I | 22.7.04 | 108
| £15.50 | Department for Education and Skills Response, Cm 6349, published 4.11.04
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Secondary Education: School Admissions
| 58-II | 13.9.04 | 349
| £25.70 | Not applicable
|
Fifth Report: Secondary Education: Teacher Retention and Recruitment
| 1057-I | 21.9.04 | 52
| £12.00 | Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Secondary Education: Teacher Retention and Recruitment
| 1057-II | 21.9.04 | 237
| £21.50 | Not applicable
|
Sixth Report: The Work of Ofsted |
426 | 28.9.04 | 154
| £17.50 | Awaited |
First Special Report: The Government's Response to the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 2002-03: Secondary Education: Pupil Achievement
| 147 | 8.1.04 | 8
| £4.50 | Not applicable |
Second Special Report: The Government's Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 2003-04: Public Expenditure: Schools' Funding
| 377 | 26.2.04 | 4
| £3.00 | Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Ministerial Annual Review
| 75-i | 15.7.04 | 28
| £7.00 | Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Ministerial Annual Review
| 75-ii | 15.7.04 | 19
| £5.50 | Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Ministerial Annual Review
| 75-iii | 22.7.04 | 22
| £5.50 | Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Every Child Matters: Next Steps
| 658 | 14.10.04 | 23
| £7.00 | Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Higher Education Bill
| 216 | 20.10.04 | 21
| £5.50 | Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: International Education
| 647-i | 16.11.04 | 18
| £5.50 | Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: International Education
| 647-ii | 16.11.04 | 28
| £4.00 | Not applicable |
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 197-i | 12.1.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 197-ii | 2.2.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 197-iii | 9.2.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 197-iv | 23.2.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 197-v | 3.3.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 197-vi | 15.3.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 197-vii | 29.3.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 197-viii | 19.4.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 197-ix | 21.4.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 197-x | 26.4.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 197-xi | 10.5.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 197-xii | 17.5.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education
| 197-xiii | 14.6.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Public Expenditure on Education and Skills
| 687-i | 16.6.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Public Expenditure on Education and Skills
| 687-ii | 7.7.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: UK e-University
| 755-i | 23.6.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: UK e-University
| 755-ii | 21.7.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: UK e-University
| 755-iii | 8.11.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Prison Education
| 825-i | 30.6.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Prison Education
| 825-ii | 15.9.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Prison Education
| 825-iii | 20.10.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Prison Education
| 825-iv | 27.10.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Prison Education
| 825-v | 3.11.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Prison Education
| 825-vi | 10.11.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Prison Education
| 825-vii | 17.11.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Education Outside the Classroom
| 1170-i | 18.10.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Education Outside the Classroom
| 1170-ii | 1.11.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Education Outside the Classroom
| 1170-iii | 3.11.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: The Work of Ofsted Autumn 2004
| 1121-i | 3.11.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Uncorrected Evidence published on the Internet: Teaching Children to Read
| 1269-i | 15.11.04 |
| | Not applicable
|
Government replies to Reports for Session 2002-03
Reply to the Committee's Seventh Report: Secondary Education:
Pupil Achievement, received 15.12.03 and published as the
Committee's First Special Report, Session 2003-04.
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2002-03
were published on 29.7.04 as HC 1300, Session 2002-03. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2003-04 will be published
as HC 1298, Session 2003-04.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
14.7.04 | Twenty, on amendments proposed to Chairman's draft Report on Secondary Education: School Admissions
|
Debates
The following Report was tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant
to a debate in the House:
Third Report, Session 2003-04, The Draft School Transport Bill,
HC 509-I, 28.10.04
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 43 of the Committee's 56 meetings.[2]
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Education Outside the Classroom | 3
|
Every Child Matters (Children's Bill) | 1
|
Higher Education Bill | 1
|
International Education | 2
|
Ministerial Annual Review | 3
|
National Skills Strategy: 14-19 Education |
13 |
Prison Education | 7
|
Public Expenditure (2004) | 2
|
School Transport Bill | 5
|
Secondary Education: School AdmissionsA
| 3 |
Teaching Children to Read | 1
|
The Work of Ofsted March 2004 | 1
|
The Work of Ofsted November 2004 | 1
|
UK e-University | 3
|
Total | 46
|
A The Committee took oral evidence on this Inquiry
in Session 2002-03; figures appear in the Return for that Session
(HC 1 (2003-04)).
2