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Gershon Review

Mr. Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much schools are expected to save as part of the Gershon review; and how these savings are being measured. [25529]

Bill Rammell: The Department is committed to realising total annual efficiency gains of at least £4.3 billion by 2007–08 as a result of Spending Review 2004. Within this total the schools sector is responsible for realising roughly two thirds of the total efficiency gains.

Details of how we plan to measure these gains are laid out in the Department's Efficiency Technical Note, (ETN), which can be found at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/otherdocs.shtml.

Highly Skilled Migrant Programme

Mr. Pelling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students in further education have leave to remain in the UK as a member of a family in the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme; and how much in overseas tuition fees was paid by such students in each of the last five years. [24425]

Andy Burnham: I have been asked to reply.

The figures requested are not held centrally as the Home Office does not record whether dependants of migrants under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme are in further education. However, dependants, aged 16 to 18, of migrants with leave under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme are allowed to study in the UK without paying fees. The Department for Education and Skills has no information on the specific immigration leave of overseas students in further education in England and cannot identify any fees they may pay.

Key Stage 2 Results

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills who takes decisions on which data are included in the published key stage 2 results; and if she will make a statement. [25980]

 
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Jacqui Smith: Decisions regarding the content and timing of the publication of key stage 2 data, published as National Statistics, are taken by the Head of Profession for Statistics. These decisions are taken in line with the National Statistics Code of Practice. Decisions regarding the content and timing of the Primary (KS2) Achievement and Attainment Tables are taken by Ministers.

Learning and Skills Council

Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the administrative costs of (a) the Learning and Skills Council in Wiltshire and Swindon and (b) all Learning and Skills councils were in (i) 2003, (ii) 2004 and (iii) 2005. [19339]

Bill Rammell: Administration costs of local council's are a matter for the Learning and Skills Council. LSC's chief executive, Mark Haysom will write to the hon. Member with further information and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Library.

The LSC's core administration costs have fallen steadily from 3.4 per cent. of total funding in 2001–02, to 2.5 per cent. of its planned total budget in 2005–06.
 
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The LSC is embarking upon a major transformation programme that will make it a smaller, more dynamic and more customer-focused organisation. This will build upon its existing strengths; further develop its relationships with providers and with its partners, and help push the highest proportion of its funding out through colleges and providers into front line delivery. At local level, the LSC will develop small teams of professional staff who will support the delivery of its priority objectives through strategic relationships with colleges, providers and other key stakeholders and so ensure that the needs of local employers and learners are met. I fully support the changes the LSC is making as I believe it will help bring about an organisation that is fit for purpose.

Letter from Mark Haysom to Mr. Michael Wills, dated 9 November 2005:

I write to provide further information on your recent Parliamentary Question in which you asked the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the administrative costs of (a) the Learning and Skills Council in Swindon and Wiltshire and (b) all the Learning & Skills councils were in 2003, (ii) 2004 and (iii) 2005.

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) financial year covers the period 1 April 2004 to 31 March.

The attached table shows the total administration expenditure of each of the Learning & Skills Council, its regional offices and national office during the financial years 2002–03, 2003–04 and 2004–05.

I hope that you find this information helpful.

Table 2: Administrative costs by LSC

		Financial Year
	LSC Name	2004–05	2003–04	2002–03
EE060	Norfolk	1,470,219	1,805,963	1,981,816
EE070	Cambridgeshire	1,569,191	2,068,357	2,329,571
EE080	Suffolk	1,468,409	1,762.619	1,695,017
EE090	Bedfordshire and Luton	1,521,678	1 ,934,059	1,924,289
EE100	Hertfordshire	1,930,225	2,448,685	2,297,987
EE110	Essex	2,835,731	3,295,371	3,243,063
EE900	East England Regional Office	380,229	0	0
EM010	Derbyshire	2,048,732	2,469,016	2,397,296
EM020	Nottinghamshire	2,348,914	2,959,344	3,205,982
EM030	Lincolnshire and Rutland	1,418,725	1,749,342	1,825,183
EM040	Leicestershire	2,367,323	2,454,287	2,375,832
EM050	Northamptonshire	1,422,356	1,808,557	1,805,271
EM900	East Midlands Regional Office	337,254	0	0
GL120	London-North	2,154,313	2,610,722	2,694,684
GL130	London-West	2,587,527	3,315,618	3,644,301
GL140	London-Central	3,591,862	4,411,710	4,485,516
GL150	London-East	4,236,950	4,972,332	4,585,676
GL160	London-South	2,777,363	3,300,762	3,463,520
GL900	Greater London Regional Office	284,024	0	0
NE170	Northumberland	1,100,316	1,375,326	1,436,812
NE180	Tyne and Wear	3,233,259	3,546,660	3,648,120
NE190	County Durham	1,293,844	1,756,866	2,054,976
NE200	Tees Valley	2,049,665	2,461,191	2,546,533
NE900	North East Regional Office	21,466	0	0
NW210	Cumbria	1,377,830	1,713,363	1,909,892
NW220	Lancashire	2,531,682	3,044,097	3,137,275
NW230	Greater Merseyside	3,252,741	3,937,629	4,265,898
NW240	Greater Manchester	4,692,883	5,569,494	5,533,928
NW250	Cheshire and Warrington	1,766,610	2,274,155	2,286,610
NW900	North West Regional Office	72,538	0	0
SE260	Milton Keynes, Oxon and Bucks	2,526,535	2,630,468	2,838,174
SE270	Berkshire	2,190,217	2,737,881	2,536,686
SE280	Hampshire and Isle of Wight	3,116,176	3,597,499	3,746,165
SE290	Surrey	2,270,964	2,700.102	2,754,063
SE300	Sussex	2,544,525	3,108,746	3,173,562
SE310	Kent and Medway	3,228,074	3,676,781	3,948,310
SE900	South East Regional Office	253,955	0	0
SW320	Devon and Cornwall	3,125,682	3,327,553	3,689,940
SW330	Somerset	1,358,010	1,720.098	1,663,936
SW340	Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole	1,737,166	2,099,840	2,258,536
SW350	West of England	2,442.757	2,986,288	3,201,167
SW360	Wiltshire and Swindon	1,740,911	2,114.163	2,055,748
SW370	Gloucestershire	1,548,140	2,146,143	2,328,816
SW900	South West Regional Office	269,779	0	0
WM380	Shropshire	1,499,731	1,618.893	1,443,114
WM390	Staffordshire	1,777,020	2,473,728	2,411,065
WM400	Black Country	2,562,023	2,958,276	2,980,075
WM410	Birmingham and Solihull	3,502.543	3,748.183	3,704,107
WM420	Herefordshire and Worcestershire	1,654,769	2,069,515	2,137.807
WM430	Coventry and Warwickshire	1,909,149	2,227,032	2,253,091
WM900	West Midlands Regional Office	127,905	0	0
YH440	North Yorkshire	1,525.159	1,912.682	1,928.042
YH450	West Yorkshire	3,513,807	4,640,313	4.825.085
YH400	South Yorkshire	2,590,809	3,021,919	3,097.246
YH470	Humberside	1,754,635	2,377,909	2,583,204
YH900	Yorkshire Regional Office	120,090	0	0
ANN	National Office and Central costs	124,208.272	120,194.896	106,378.646
	Total	233,242,662	249,134,433	238,711,633

 
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Administration costs per statutory accounts

£000
	Financial Year
	2004–05	2003–04	2002–03
Staff costs	140,514	149,097	134,195
Other costs	74,061	82,937	89,070
Depreciation, impairment and losses	18,669	17,099	15,449
	233,244	249,133	238,714

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham (Mr. Hoban) of 18 October 2005, Official Report, column 962W, on the Learning and Skills Council, by whom those learners not funded by the Learning and Skills Council were funded. [24964]

Bill Rammell: There is a diverse range of possible sources of funding for Further Education (FE) provision that is delivered by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) but not funded by the LSC. The most common sources of funding for learners in 2003/04 include: the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE); the Department of Health, national health service (NHS) and regional health authorities; other HM Government Departments and public bodies; overseas funding; United Kingdom (UK) industry and commerce; private training organisations; the Teaching Training Agency (TTA); local education authorities (LEAs); New Deal for both young people and the long term unemployed; funding from Europe including the European Social Fund (ESF); and learners paying for full-cost courses themselves.

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham (Mr. Hoban) of 18 October 2005, Official Report, column 962W, on the Learning and Skills Council, in what circumstances the level is not specified. [25062]

Bill Rammell: Qualification level of courses delivered by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is not specified where no level is assigned to a course, or where
 
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the level is mixed or not known. The vast majority of such provision is:

initial and diagnostic tests in literacy, language and numeracy;

taster provision of one-day or less duration;

vocational study not leading to a recognised qualification; and

leisure courses.

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