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Sure Start

Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the national performance targets are for Sure Start centres; and what the performance of Sure Start centres in Torbay has been against those targets. [32055]

Beverley Hughes: The progress of Sure Start local programmes (SSLPs) is measured through the SR02 public service agreement targets. It should be noted that Sure Start local programmes are currently being converted into children's centres. 90 per cent. of SSLPs are expected to have been converted by April 2006 and the remainder by April 2008. They will then operate under the targets set for children's centres.

Children's Centre Targets

The Government's overall target for phase l children's centres is for them to reach at least 650,000 children under five by March 2006. Each local authority was given a target number of children under five to reach, plus a target of new child care places to create by March 2006. Torbay has a reach target of 5,575 children under five and child care places target of 172 in phase 1.

In phase 2, we have set targets for local authorities to develop a minimum number of Sure Start children's centres to reach a minimum number of children by 2008. Torbay has been asked to develop three Sure Start children's centres to reach 2,574 children under five by March 2008. Phase 1 targets are expected to be met by June 2006; phase 2 targets are making good progress.

Progress against SR02 PSA Targets

All targets refer to fully operational Sure Start local programmes and cover the period 2003–06.

PSA 1—Improve the proportion of children aged 0–5 with normal levels of personal, social and emotional development—following delays in implementation of the foundation stage profile and concerns over data quality it was not possible to set a baseline or target level. It is therefore not possible to report progress of SSLPs against the SR02 target.

PSA 2—Reduce by 6 per cent. percentage points the proportion of mothers continuing to smoke during pregnancy—2003–05 data shows that the two Torbay SSLPs saw a rise in smoking levels (Paignton—56 per cent. to 62 per cent. Torquay—30 per cent. to 37 per cent.). Nationally, there was a 1.4 per cent. drop between 2002 and 2004, the national data for 2005 is currently being analysed.

 
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PSA 3, part (a)—Improve proportion of children aged 0–5 with normal levels of communication, language and literacy at the end of the foundation stage—see PSA 1.

PSA 3, part (b)—Increase the proportion of children aged two with satisfactory speech and language development—nationally there was a 3 per cent. rise (73 per cent.—2003, 76 per cent.—2004) as measured through the Sure Start speech and language measure. It is not possible to report on the progress of individual SSLPs for this period.

PSA 4—Reduce by 12 per cent. the proportion of children aged 0–4 living households where no one is working—the percentage has risen very slightly between 2003 and 2004 in the Paignton SSLP area (25.7 per cent. to 25.6 per cent.), but has fallen in the Torquay Project SSLP area (29.9 per cent. to 27.3 per cent., a reduction of 8.6 per cent.). Nationally there was a 7.3 per cent. drop in SSLP areas.

Ed Balls: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children living in disadvantaged areas of (a) Wakefield district and (b) Normanton constituency are participating in Sure Start local progammes. [32451]

Beverley Hughes: There are four Sure Start local programmes in Wakefield reaching a total of 2,953 children under the age of four. Sure Start Wakefield West covers 773 children; Sure Start Ferry Fryston and Airedale covers 651 children; Sure Start Hemsworth, Kinsley and Fitzwilliam covers 610 children and Sure Start Wakefield East involves 919 children under four. All four Sure Start local programmes are part of or are becoming children's centres.

There are 14 neighbourhood nurseries in Wakefield providing 596 full day care places. Seven of these nurseries are involved in phase one children's centres. Wakefield has one early excellence centre which forms part of Castle children's centre. The centre is also based
 
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on the Sure Start Wakefield East local programme and a neighbourhood nursery. The centre was designated in April 2005.

Wakefield has 13 children's centres planning to reach a total of 7,886 children under the age of five: 10 of the centres have received approval to proceed from the Sure Start unit and three centres have been designated by the unit.

There is one children's centre in Normanton. Newlands children's centre is based on a primary school and serves 570 children under five. There are also two neighbourhood nurseries based within the constituency, offering a total of 88 full-day care places. There are no Sure Start local programmes in Normanton.

Young People (Statistics)

Mr. Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18-year-olds not in full-time education or training, broken down by local education authority area. [30799]

Phil Hope: Estimates of the number and percentage of young people aged (a) 16 and (b) 17 who were not in full-time education or work-based learning (e.g. apprenticeships) in local authorities in England are given in the table. Figures for 18-year-olds are not available at a local level.

These estimates are provisional and are snapshot information as at the end of the calendar year 2003. They are derived from the Department's Statistical First Release (SFR 11/2005) entitled, 'Participation in Education and Training by 16 and 17 year olds in Each Local Area in England: 2002 and 2003'.
Number and percentage of 16 and 17-year-olds not in full-time education or work based learning by local authorities in England, 2003 provisional

	16-year-olds		17-year-olds
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
East Midlands	13,000	23	18,000	33
Derbyshire	3,100	25	4,100	34
Derbyshire	2,300	24	3,000	33
Derby	900	28	1,200	38
Leicestershire	2,300	19	3,500	28
Leicester	700	17	1,200	29
Leicestershire	1,600	20	2,100	28
Rutland	100	12	200	23
Lincolnshire	2,100	24	2,800	35
Northamptonshire	2,000	23	3,000	35
Nottinghamshire	3,600	26	4,500	35
Nottingham	1,000	27	1,200	36
Nottinghamshire	2,600	26	3,300	35
West Midlands	16,300	22	23,900	34
Birmingham	4,200	28	5,300	37
Coventry	900	22	1,400	34
Dudley	1,100	27	1,300	34
Hereford and Worcester	1,600	17	2,700	29
Herefordshire	400	20	800	34
Worcestershire	1,200	16	1,900	28
Sandwell	1,000	26	1,500	38
Shropshire	1,200	20	2,000	32
Shropshire	600	17	1,200	31
Telford and Wrekin	600	26	800	36
Solihull	700	24	900	32
Staffordshire	2,900	21	4,600	34
Staffordshire	2,100	20	3,300	31
Stoke-on-Trent	800	25	1,300	43
Walsall	800	23	1,300	37
Warwickshire	1,200	18	1,900	29
Wolverhampton	700	20	1,000	32
East of England	14,200	21	21,200	31
Bedfordshire	1,500	19	2,400	31
Bedfordshire	800	16	1,500	30
Luton	700	25	900	33
Cambridgeshire	2,000	22	2,900	32
Cambridgeshire	1,400	20	2,100	30
Peterborough	600	27	800	38
Essex	4,700	23	7,000	35
Essex	3,600	22	5,400	33
Southend-on-Sea	500	25	700	34
Thurrock	500	28	900	49
Hertfordshire	1,800	13	2,900	22
Norfolk	2,300	24	3,500	37
Suffolk	1,900	22	2,600	31
Greater London	16,200	18	24,300	28
Inner London(36)	6,900	22	9,100	29
Outer London	9,300	16	15,200	27
Barking and Dagenham	500	23	1,000	45
Barnet	700	19	900	23
Bexley	500	19	1,000	34
Brent	500	14	800	23
Bromley	700	20	900	26
Croydon	800	17	1,100	24
Ealing	600	16	1,200	30
Enfield	500	13	900	26
Greenwich	70	23	1,000	34
Harrow	300	11	500	18
Havering	500	17	1,000	34
Hillingdon	600	18	800	27
Hounslow	600	22	900	33
Kingston upon Thames	200	14	400	23
Merton	300	16	600	29
Redbridge	300	10	700	23
Richmond upon Thames	200	9	300	18
Sutton	400	17	600	29
Waltham Forest	300	12	700	24
North East	6,900	20	11,500	33
Cleveland	1,600	19	2,700	33
Hartlepool	300	19	500	34
Middlesbrough	400	19	800	35
Redcar and Cleveland	500	24	600	32
Stockton-on-Tees	400	15	900	32
Durham	1,600	22	2,600	34
Darlington	300	22	400	33
Durham	1,300	21	2,100	34
Gateshead	600	22	900	35
Newcastle upon Tyne	600	18	1,000	31
North Tyneside	400	18	800	33
Northumberland	800	21	1,200	31
South Tyneside	400	20	700	33
Sunderland	800	20	1,500	37
North West	20,000	21	29,600	32
Bolton	700	20	1,200	31
Bury	500	21	800	31
Cheshire	2,600	20	3,600	28
Cheshire	1,700	20	2,300	27
Halton	300	18	500	29
Warrington	600	23	800	31
Cumbria	1,100	17	1,600	27
Knowsley	500	20	900	40
Lancashire	4,500	23	6,500	33
Blackburn with Darwen	400	17	600	28
Blackpool	400	22	700	40
Lancashire	3,700	24	5,100	33
Liverpool	1,300	21	2,300	36
Manchester	1,300	22	1,800	31
Oldham	800	25	1,100	34
Rochdale	900	29	1,100	37
St. Helens	600	24	700	31
Salford	700	26	1,300	44
Sefton	700	18	1,000	26
Stockport	800	21	1,100	29
Tameside	700	24	1,100	38
Trafford	600	20	900	30
Wigan	1,000	24	1,400	35
Wirral	700	16	1,300	30
Yorkshire and the Humber	20,000	24	23,500	35
Barnsley	900	30	1,200	42
Bradford	1,700	24	2,400	35
Calderdale	600	23	800	33
Doncaster	1,200	28	1,600	40
Humberside	2,400	20	3,600	30
East Riding of Yorkshire	700	17	800	21
Kingston Upon Hull, City of	800	21	1,300	37
North East Lincolnshire	600	26	800	35
North Lincolnshire	300	17	600	30
Kirklees	1,400	26	1,800	35
Leeds	3,100	32	3,700	39
North Yorkshire	1,600	16	3,300	33
North Yorkshire	1,200	15	2,700	34
York	400	17	600	28
Rotherham	800	25	1,300	40
Sheffield	1,400	23	1,900	33
Wakefield	1,200	28	1,700	39
South East	19,499	19	30,300	30
Berkshire	1,900	18	2,500	23
Bracknell Forest	400	23	500	31
Reading	300	17	500	32
Slough	300	21	600	34
West Berkshire	400	19	600	28
Windsor and Maidenhead	300	15	400	22
Wokingham	200	11	—	—
Buckinghamshire	1,800	20	2,800	31
Buckinghamshire	1,200	20	1,700	27
Milton Keynes	600	20	1,200	38
East Sussex	1,700	19	2,800	32
Brighton and Hove	400	16	800	31
East Sussex	1,200	20	2,000	33
Hampshire	4,200	20	6,700	32
Hampshire	3,000	19	5,000	30
Portsmouth	500	22	800	35
Southampton	700	27	900	39
Isle of Wight	400	21	600	34
Kent	4,400	21	6,600	32
Kent	3,500	20	5,300	31
Medway	900	25	1,300	38
Oxfordshire	1,300	18	2,100	28
Surrey	2,000	15	3,600	27
West Sussex	1,800	19	2,600	30
South West	12,000	19	17,700	29
Avon	2,500	20	3,800	31
Bath and North East Somerset	300	14	500	23
Bristol, City of	1,000	20	1,600	33
North Somerset	500	22	700	29
South Gloucestershire	700	24	1,000	34
Cornwall	1,100	17	1,800	28
Devon	2,700	20	4,000	30
Devon	1,700	19	2,400	28
Plymouth	600	19	1,00	33
Torbay	400	26	500	34
Dorset	1,800	21	2,100	25
Bournemouth	400	23	500	31
Dorset	1,000	20	1,100	21
Poole	400	23	500	28
Gloucestershire	1,300	17	2,100	29
Somerset	1,200	17	1,800	27
Wiltshire	1,400	17	2,200	29
Swindon	400	18	700	32
Wiltshire	900	17	1,500	28
England(37)	134,300	21	200,000	31

⁽³⁶⁾ Figures for individual Inner London LEAs cannot be estimated reliably, therefore only a total is provided. See paragraphs 19 of the SFR for further information.
⁽³⁷⁾ Definitive national figures for participation in education and training are published in the SFR entitled Participation in education, training and employment by 16 to 18-year-olds in England", see section E in Notes to Editors.
Note:
Due to the margin of error surrounding local level participation estimates and the use of school level data for independent schools, participation rates can be over 100 per cent. For these areas, an asterisk is placed in the table.





 
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