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Schools (Internet Access)

Mr. Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England have access to the internet. [36853]

Jacqui Smith: Over 99 per cent. of schools in England (primary and secondary) are connected to the internet. Actual school numbers are not collected.

As at November 2005, 85 per cent. of schools (99 per cent. of secondary schools and 83 per cent. of primary schools) had access to broadband.

Schools Commissioner

Mr. Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what power the Schools Commissioner will have to compel local authorities to open new schools under the proposals in the Schools White Paper. [37713]

Jacqui Smith: The Schools Commissioner will have no power to compel local authorities to open new schools under the proposals in the Schools White Paper. The Schools Commissioners role in relation to local authorities will be to support and challenge them in carrying out their new duties to promote choice, diversity and fair access; and to advise the Secretary of State on the exercise of her powers of intervention if they are failing in those duties.
 
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Schools White Paper

Mr. Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment her Department has made of the (a) demand and (b) resource implications for pupil referral units of proposals in the Schools White Paper. [37666]

Jacqui Smith: We propose in the White Paper that full time education should be provided to pupils who have been excluded from the sixth day of their exclusion. We estimate that this additional provision will cost around £16 million a year from September 2007.

It is for local authorities and schools to determine the most appropriate provision for pupils who have been excluded, or have different needs, from a range of available local provision including pupil referral units and other types of alternative educational provision. The impact on demand for places in pupil referral units will therefore vary according to local circumstances.

Mr. Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she will take to ensure that independent schools wishing to apply for trust status under the proposals in the Schools White Paper are (a) of an acceptable educational standard and (b) financially secure; and what criteria she will set in each case. [37668]

Jacqui Smith: Independent schools wishing to join the maintained sector as trust schools will be required to follow similar procedures, and satisfy similar criteria, that apply currently to independent schools joining the maintained sector as voluntary aided schools. As part of their published proposals they will be required to provide prescribed information which includes a recent Ofsted report on the independent school and a statement of the independent school's accounts. Our guidance to local authorities and the schools adjudicator will require them to take into account standards at the school and financial viability when making their decision.

Teachers

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the number of trained teachers not employed in teaching, broken down by subject specialism. [37159]

Jacqui Smith: Information on the subject specialism of out of service teachers is not available.

Table 46 of the Statistics of Education, School Workforce in England, 2004 edition provides the number of qualified teachers under the age of 60 not in service at March 2003. This publication has been placed in the House Libraries.
Table 46a: Out of service teachers aged under 60, qualified teachers out of service1, 2 at 31 March 2003 aged under 60 who were previously in service, by last known sector, calendar year of last service, sex and age at 31 March 20033, 4—England

Thousand
	Calendar year of last service
	Nursery and primary					Secondary
	Before 1988	1988 to 1992	1993 to 1997	1998 to 2003	All years	Before 1988	1988 to 1992	1993 to 1997	1998 to 2003	All years
Men
Under 25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	0.1
25–29	—	—	—	0.5	0.5	—	—	—	1.4	1.4
30–34	—	—	0.2	0.7	0.9	—	—	0.9	2.2	3.1
35–39		0.2	0.4	0.6	1.2	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.7	3.7
40–44	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.2	1.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	5.4
45–49	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.7	5.1	1.3	0.9	1.8	9.1
50–54	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.7	3.3	10.6	1.7	1.1	2.2	15.6
55–59	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	4.1	12.0	1.3	0.7	1.1	15.0
Total	5.8	1.6	1.7	4.0	13.0	29.6	6.6	5.4	11.9	53.5
Women
Under 25	—	—	—	0.4	0.4	—	—	—	0.2	0.2
25–29	—	—	0.1	4.1	4.3	—	—	0.1	3.4	3.5
30–34	—	0.1	2.1	5.9	8.1	—	0.1	1.7	5.2	7.0
35–39	0.1	2.1	3.2	4.3	9.7	0.1	1.7	2.4	3.9	8.1
40–44	1.2	2.1	1.8	2.6	7.6	2.7	2.4	1.8	3.1	9.9
45–49	4.4	1.8	1.7	3.2	11.1	8.1	2.3	1.8	3.6	15.9
50–54	12.2	2.3	2.2	4.1	20.7	15.2	2.6	2.1	4.3	24.1
55–59	16.4	2.2	1.7	2.6	22.8	18.3	2.3	1.8	2.8	25.2
Total	34.2	10.5	12.8	27.1	84.7	44.4	11.3	11.8	26.5	94.0
Men and women
Under 25	—	—	—	0.5	0.5	—	—	—	0.3	0.3
25–29	—	—	0.2	4.6	4.8	—	—	0.1	4.7	4.9
30–34	—	0.1	2.4	6.6	9.1	—	0.1	2.6	7.5	10.1
35–39	0.1	2.3	3.6	4.9	10.9	0.2	2.6	3.5	5.6	11.8
40–44	1.3	2.4	2.0	3.0	8.7	4.5	3.7	2.6	4.5	15.3
45–49	5.0	2.1	2.0	3.8	12.8	13.2	3.6	2.7	5.4	25.0
50–54	14.0	2.6	2.6	4.8	24.0	25.8	4.3	3.2	6.4	39.7
55–59	19.6	2.5	1.9	2.9	26.9	30.2	3.6	2.5	3.9	40.3
Total	40.0	12.1	14.5	31.1	97.7	73.9	17.9	17.3	38.4	147.4

 
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Thousand

	Calendar year of last service
	Special and PRU					Other(34)
	Before 1988	1988 to 1992	1993 to 1997	1998 to 2003	All years	Before 1988	1988 to 1992	1993 to 1997	1998 to 2003	All years
Men
Under 25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25–29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2	0.2
30–34	—	—	—	0.1	0.1	—	—	0.1	0.4	0.5
35–39	—	—	—	0.1	0.1	—	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.8
40–44	—	—	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3
45–49	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.7	2.3
50–54	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.6	0.7	0.7	1.1	4.0
55–59	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	2.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	3.8
Total	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.9	4.7	2.0	2.1	4.1	12.9
Women
Under 25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25–29	—	—	—	0.1	0.1	—	—	—	0.5	0.6
30–34	—	—	—	0.2	0.3	—	—	0.3	1.2	1.5
35–39	—	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	—	0.2	0.5	1.0	1.7
40–44	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.9	2.3
45–49	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.5	0.6	1.2	3.7
50–54	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.4	2.1	0.6	0.8	1.9	5.4
55–59	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.2	1.3	2.5	0.7	0.7	1.5	5.4
Total	2.1	0.7	0.8	1.5	5.2	6.4	2.6	3.4	8.2	20.6
Men and women
Under 25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25–29	—	—	—	0.1	0.1	—	—	—	0.8	0.8
30–34	—	—	0.1	0.3	0.3	—	—	0.4	1.7	2.1
35–39	—	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	—	0.3	0.7	1.5	2.5
40–44	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.4	3.6
45–49	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.5	2.1	1.0	1.0	2.0	6.0
50–54	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	3.6	1.3	1.5	2.9	9.4
55–59	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.8	4.7	1.3	1.1	2.1	9.1
Total	2.8	1.0	1.1	2.1	7.0	11.1	4.6	5.5	12.3	33.5

 
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Thousand

	Calendar year of last service
	Total
	Before 1988	1988 to 1992	1993 to 1997	1998 to 2003	All years
Men
Under 25	—	—	—	0.1	0.1
25–29	—	—	0.1	2.1	2.2
30–34	—	—	1.2	3.4	4.7
35–39	0.1	1.2	1.6	2.9	5.8
40–44	2.2	1.9	1.4	2.6	8.0
45–49	6.6	2.1	1.7	3.2	13.6
50–54	14.2	2.8	2.3	4.1	23.4
55–59	17.6	2.4	1.3	2.1	23.4
Total	40.7	10.5	9.6	20.5	81.2
Women
Under 25	—	—	—	0.7	0.7
25–29	—	—	0.2	8.1	8.4
30–34	—	0.2	4.2	12.6	16.9
35–39	0.2	4.1	6.3	9.4	20.0
40–44	4.4	5.1	4.2	6.7	20.5
45–49	14.3	4.9	4.2	8.4	31.7
50–54	30.2	5.6	5.3	10.5	51.6
55–59	38.0	5.3	4.3	7.1	54.7
Total	87.1	25.1	28.8	63.4	204.4
Men and women
Under 25	—	—	—	0.8	0.8
25–29	—	—	0.3	10.2	10.5
30–34	—	0.2	5.4	16.0	21.6
35–39	0.3	5.3	8.0	12.2	25.8
40–44	6.7	7.0	5.6	9.3	28.5
45–49	20.8	7.0	5.9	11.6	45.3
50–54	44.3	8.5	7.6	14.6	75.0
55–59	55.6	7.7	5.6	9.2	78.1
Total	127.8	35.6	38.4	83.9	285.7

⁽³⁰⁾ Excluding those who are receiving a pension from the Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS).
⁽³¹⁾ Some in service teachers may be shown as not in service because their service details are not recorded. These may include qualified teachers in the 'old' university sector, teachers in the independent sector who are not members of the Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS), part-time teachers outside the maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector who are not members of the TPS.
⁽³²⁾ Provisional data.
⁽³³⁾ Figures below 50 will be rounded to zero.
⁽³⁴⁾ Other includes the independent sector, further and higher education.
Source:
Database of Teacher Records.





Table 46b: Out of service teachers aged under 60, qualified teachers who have never been in servicel up to 31 March 2003 aged under 60, by calendar year qualified, sex and age at 31 March 20032, 3—England

Thousand
	Calendar year qualified
	Before 1988	1988 to 1992	1993 to 1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	All years
Men
Under 25	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.6
25–29	—	—	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	2.3
30–34	—	0.3	2.0	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	3.2
35–39	0.4	1.2	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	3.1
40–44	2.2	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	3.7
45–49	5.5	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	—	—	6.4
50–54	4.7	0.2	0.3	0.0	—	—	—	—	5.3
55–59	2.7	0.2	0.2	—	—	—	—	—	3.1
Total	15.6	2.8	4.7	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.8	1.3	27.7
Women
Under 25	—	—	—	—	—	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.3
25–29	—	—	1.4	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.0	6.0
30–34	—	0.7	4.0	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	6.7
35–39	0.8	2.2	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	5.4
40–44	4.6	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	7.1
45–49	13.3	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	15.0
50–54	6.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	—	—	7.3
55–59	3.6	0.3	0.2	—	—	—	—	—	4.1
Total	28.7	4.9	9.0	2.1	1.8	1.6	2.1	3.8	53.9
Men and women
Under 25	—	—	—	—	—	0.2	0.7	1.9	2.9
25–29	—	—	1.9	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.4	8.3
30–34	—	1.0	6.0	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.7	9.9
35–39	1.2	3.4	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	8.4
40–44	6.8	1.5	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	10.8
45–49	18.9	0.8	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	21.4
50–54	11.0	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	12.7
55–59	6.3	0.4	0.4	—	—	—	—	—	7.3
Total	44.3	7.7	13.7	3.1	2.6	2.3	3.0	5.1	81.6

⁽³⁵⁾ Some in service teachers may be shown as not in service because their service details are not recorded. These may include qualified teachers in the 'old' university sector, teachers in the independent sector who are not members of the Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS), part-time teachers outside the maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector who are not members of the TPS.
⁽³⁶⁾ Data are provisional.
⁽³⁷⁾ Figures below 50 will be rounded to zero.
Source:
Database of Teacher Records.





 
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Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) whom she has asked to carry out the review of the framework for teaching mathematics; what the terms of reference are; and which experts have been invited to submit evidence; [36020]

(2) how many responses she has received to her Department's consultation on reviewing the framework for teaching mathematics. [36021]

Jacqui Smith: The Primary National Strategy has been asked to renew and update its framework for the teaching of mathematics. The renewed framework will reflect the significant improvements in mathematics teaching we have seen since the framework was introduced in 1999 and will draw on the latest evidence to ensure that it supports schools and settings to raise attainment still further by delivering education tailored to the needs of every child.

The strategy's terms of reference are to ensure that the renewed framework for teaching mathematics provides schools and settings with:

(a) a clearer set of age-related outcomes relating to learning progression in mathematics, which will inform the structure of the curriculum;

(b) better sign-posting to the range of teaching materials and professional development opportunities currently on offer to support teaching practice;

(c) an increased sense of drive and momentum on mathematics, making adjustments to learning objectives involving some progressive scaling up of expectations for each year group.

A period of informal consultation is currently under way. Discussions are being held with consultancy groups drawn from national samples of head teachers, teachers, local authority representatives, subject and professional organisations and higher education institutions. A consultation forum has been set up on the DfES website. To date, well over 100 contributors have taken part in consultancy group discussions and the website consultation forum has had 40 contributions posted on it, many of which are from local authorities feeding back comments from their meetings with local teachers.

The strategy will continue to hold discussions with experts across the mathematics community to elicit their views on proposed content and structure of the revised
 
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framework and will post documentation on the website for wider comment. After Easter 2006, a draft revised framework will be published for more formal consultation.

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