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Schools (Violence)

Mr. Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the number of school staff who have been victims of physical violence from students in (a) London and (b) England since 1997. [11891]

Jacqui Smith: Information on major injuries and injuries to workers involving more than three days absence is collected by the Health and Safety Executive. The available information is shown in the following tables. Prior to 2001 it was not possible to identify the type of assailant or to identify school staff accurately.
Injuries to school staff⁽¹⁵⁾ by pupils⁽¹⁶⁾ in London

	2002–03	2003–04
Non-fatal major injury	1	7
Over-three-day injury	25	27
All reported injuries	26	34

Injuries to school staff⁽¹⁵⁾ by pupils⁽¹⁶⁾ in England

	2002–03	2003–04
Non-fatal major injury	27	55
Over-three-day injury	178	217
All reported injuries	205	272

⁽¹⁵⁾ The following Standard Occupational Classifications were used to identify school staff; educational assistants, primary and nursery education teaching professionals, school mid-day assistants, school secretaries, secondary education teaching professionals, special needs education teaching professionals, teaching professionals not classified elsewhere.
⁽¹⁶⁾ There are no specific categories in HSE's coding framework that identify students/pupils as types of assailant. In this instance, students/pupils are identified on HSE systems by a combination of agent classifications: persons receiving service" and persons receiving care". However, other individuals may be included in these categories.



 
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Secondary Education (Wellingborough and Rushden)

Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on secondary education in Wellingborough and Rushden. [12104]

Jacqui Smith: The Department's Strategy for Children and Learners sets out a range of departmental policies and initiatives which will raise the quality of education, teaching and learning in the Wellingborough and Rushden area and across the country over the next five years.

For 2004/05, this Government have allocated an extra £870 per pupil in real terms to Northamptonshire local education authority since 1997/98, an increase of 32 per cent. Capital resources allocated to Northamptonshire LEA and its schools have increased from £8.5 million in 1997–98 to over £25 million in 2005–06.

Results in Wellingborough and Rushden are largely comparative to Northamptonshire averages. There has been significant improvement in East Northants in English and maths at KS3 and steady improvement at KS4. There is one school in the area, the Weavers School, which is in receipt of the Leadership Incentive Grant and has received additional partnership funding.

The LSC, Connexions and the local authority are working in partnership to improve 14–19 provision and standards in Northamptonshire. Each district partnership (including Wellingborough and East Northants) have been given funding to support area plans.

Student Finance

Mr. Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will establish a commission
 
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to examine the funding of undergraduate education and different schemes for the repayment of graduate contributions. [13993]

Bill Rammell: As the former Secretary of State announced in Parliament on 26 January 2004, an independent commission will be established to review the new arrangements for variable tuition fees, based on the first three years operation of the policy, which comes into effect from the 2006/07 academic year. The commission will examine the impact of the arrangements on higher education institutions, and on students and prospective students; and future policy.

Synthetic Phonics

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2005, Official Report, column 1026W, on Synthetic Phonics, whether she is in a position to announce the names of the people who will work alongside Mr. Jim Rose in conducting the review. [11774]

Jacqui Smith: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) on 18 July 2005, Official Report, columns 1404–05W.

Teachers

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate her Department has made of the number of school staff who have been victims of physical abuse from students in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire schools in each of the last five years. [13305]

Jacqui Smith: Information on major injuries and injuries to workers involving more than three days absence is collected by the Health and Safety Executive. Under this definition there were no reported physical
 
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assaults on school staff by students in Ribble Valley Constituency in 2002/03 or 2003/04. The available information for Lancashire is shown in the table. Prior to 2002/03 it was not possible to identify the type of assailant.
Reported injuries⁽¹⁷⁾ to school staff⁽¹⁸⁾ by pupils⁽¹⁹⁾ in Lancashire

	Non-fatal major injury	Over-3-day injury	All reported injuries
2002/03	1	6	7
2003/04	7	11	18

⁽¹⁷⁾ The HSE estimates that in recent years the reporting rate for all injuries involving more than three days absence in the education sector was around 32 per cent.
⁽¹⁸⁾ The following Standard Occupational Classifications were used to identify school staff; Educational assistants, Primary and nursery education teaching professionals, School mid-day assistants, School secretaries, Secondary education teaching professionals, Special needs education teaching professionals, Teaching professionals not classified elsewhere.
⁽¹⁹⁾ There are no specific categories in HSE's coding framework that identify students/pupils as types of assailant. In this instance, students/pupils are identified on HSE systems by a combination of agent classifications: 'persons receiving service' and 'persons receiving care'. However, other individuals may be included in these categories.

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2005, Official Report, columns 1634–5W, on teacher recruitment, what proportion of teachers were recruited to teach (a) science, (b) mathematics and (c) modern foreign languages on a (i) part-time and (ii) full-time basis in each year between 1994 and 2004. [11111]

Jacqui Smith: The following table provides the proportion of newly qualified teachers in science, mathematics and modern foreign languages entering maintained secondary school service on a part-time and a full-time basis in each year between 1993–94 and 2002–03, the latest information available.
Percentage of newly qualified teachers⁽²⁰⁾ in science, mathematics and modern foreign languages entering part-time and full-time maintained secondary service in each year, 1993–94 to 2002–03

	Science		Maths		Modern foreign languages
	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time
1993–94	5	95	4	96	6	94
1994–95	4	96	4	96	5	95
1995–96	7	93	7	93	7	93
1996–97	7	93	5	95	6	94
1997–98	5	95	3	97	6	94
1998–99	4	96	3	97	7	93
1999–2000	4	96	3	97	5	95
2000–01	3	97	3	97	4	96
2001–02	3	97	3	97	4	96
2002–03(21)	2	98	3	97	3	97

⁽²⁰⁾ Includes those gaining qualified teacher status and going straight into teaching.
2 Provisional
Source:
Database of Teacher Records.

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers have been employed in Ribble Valley schools in each of the last five years. [13306]

Jacqui Smith: The following table gives the full-time equivalent number of teachers in service in Ribble Valley constituency in each January between 2001 and 2005.
Full-time equivalent teachers in Ribble Valley constituency

	Total teachers
2001	860
2002	880
2003	890
2004	890
2005(21)	900

⁽²¹⁾ Provisional.
Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Annual School Census.





 
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