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Bullying
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Behaviour Improvement Programme on (a) behaviour, (b) bullying, (c) antisocial behaviour, (d) attendance and (e) truancy. [4903]
Jacqui Smith: In his 2003/04 annual report, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools said that
The government's Behaviour Improvement Programme is effective in the large majority of schools in which it is in place".
My Department has commissioned the London University Institute of Education to carry out a detailed evaluation of the programme. The results will be published this autumn.
Child Care
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to raise the proportion of child care workers who are male. [4722]
Maria Eagle: We have been running a national recruitment campaign since 2000 to encourage people to consider working in child care. Within the campaign, we have targeted those under-represented in the child care workforce, including men, through a range of initiatives. We have, for example, produced a video for men considering working in child care and our latest press advertising campaign features a case study about a male child carer. We have also commissioned the Daycare Trust to work with local authorities to enhance their efforts to promote the recruitment of men in their local labour markets.
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the cost to local authorities of the implementation of the Childcare Bill's new duties for local authorities. [4378]
Beverley Hughes: We shall shortly be undertaking a consultation exercise on the content of the Childcare Bill to be introduced in the autumn. As part of the consultation we will produce a Regulatory Impact Assessment which will include details of costings.
Children's Fund
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the allocation from the Children's Fund was in each of the last four financial years (a) in total and (b) for each recipient authority. [4362]
Beverley Hughes:
There are 149 Children's Fund partnerships based in each local authority area in England, responsible for delivering a range of preventive services for children and young people aged 5–13. The fund was rolled out in three waves from April 2001 to March 2005 onwards and I have placed in the
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Library a full list of allocations made to Children's Fund partnerships, totalling well over £500 million for that period.
Following the last Spending Review, Children's Fund partnerships have been allocated £411.5 million over the three years 2005–06 to 2007–08.
Departmental Union Representation
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many trade union learning representatives there are in her Department. [3310]
Maria Eagle: My Department currently has five trade union learning representatives, with provision for a further 15 and one full-time union learning representative co-ordinator, yet to be appointed. Trade union representatives carry out their union duties in addition to their normal job roles.
Family Resolutions Project
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what estimates her Department had made of the number of likely participants prior to the setting up of the Family Resolutions Project; [4686]
(2) what the estimated costs of running the Family Resolutions Project are; [4687]
(3) how many parents have taken part in the Family Resolutions Pilot Project to date; and how many have accepted mediation services as part of the project. [4688]
Maria Eagle:
During the design phase of Family Resolutions it was estimated that up to 1,000 parental couples could be eligible for consideration as participants in the Family Resolutions Pilot Project during a full year of operation. However, the number referred to the project has to date been significantly lower, due to a number of factors. These include there being a lower than expected number of applications to the participating courts; the exclusion of cases where harm is a factor and the refusal of some parents to
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participate. As at 14 June 2005, 47 couples have participated in the pilot and, of these, 23 couples have participated in the Parent Planning session.
Family Resolutions does not offer mediation as part of its services. Instead, in the Parent Planning session, couples, with the aid of a CAFCASS adviser and the Parenting Plans, are enabled to seek agreement about the practicalities of contact and other post-separation parenting arrangements
The costs of setting up and running the pilot project were estimated at £300,000 over one year for the three pilot areas; exact costs cannot be confirmed until the pilot is complete, after September 2005. To date, £173,669 has been spent.
Forecasts (16 to 18-year-olds)
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the projected (a) number and (b) percentage of 16 to 18-year-olds participating in (i) education, (ii) training and (iii) employment in the UK is for each year between 2005 and 2010; and what the figures were for each year from 1994 to 2004. [3052]
Jacqui Smith: The Department only holds information for participation estimates and their projections at England level. Participation rates and projections in other countries of the UK are matters for the respective devolved authorities.
The numbers and the percentages of 16 to 18-year-olds in education, training and employment from end 1994 to end 2003 are shown in the following table. The education and training information is split into those young people participating in full-time education and training which includes LSC funded work-based learning (WBL), employer funded training (EFT) and other education and training (OET). The participation projections between end 2004 and end 2007 are also given in the table. Projections after end 2007 will be constructed as part of the 2006 spending review. Projections are not made of the number of 16 to 18-year-olds in employment.
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(36) Participation estimates may be slightly underestimated for 16-year-olds between 1999 and 2000; 17-year-olds between 2000 and 2001; and 18-year-olds 2001 and 2002.
See paragraphs 9–11 of SFR 03/2005 for further information.
(37) Includes a small number of 16 to 18-year-olds who are also doing full-time education. Includes part-time education funded through WBL.
(38) Includes part-time education funded by employers.
(39) Includes part-time education not funded by employers or through WBL; also full-time or part-time education in independent FE and HE institutions.
(40) Total of all full-time education and WBL (less WBL in full-time education) plus EFT and OET.
(41) The remainder of the age group who are in employment but not in any form of education or training.
(42) The remainder of the age group who are ILO unemployed or economically inactive and not in any form of education or training.
Source:
DfES SFR 03/2005—Participation in education, training and employment by 16 to 18-year-olds in England: 1985 to 2003 (Revised) and DfES participation projections for 16 to 18-year-olds
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