House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 16 Jan 2006 (pt 33)

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Constructivist Approaches to Learning

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research her Department has carried out on the efficacy of constructivist approaches to learning. [40721]

Beverley Hughes: The Department has not commissioned any research exploring the efficacy of constructivist approaches to learning.

Degree Courses

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students were admitted onto degree courses in each year since 1997–98, broken down by (a) socio-economic class and (b) ethnic group. [27540]

Bill Rammell: The latest available information is given in the following tables. The figures are taken from data collected by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) which are limited to students who apply to full-time first degree courses via the UCAS application system. The figures do not therefore cover part-time students nor those full-time students who apply directly to Higher Education Institutions.
(a) Number of UK domiciled students accepted onto full-time degree courses by UK higher education institutions

by social class

1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02

Total number accepted 276,505 272,340 277,340 281,810 298,055

Of which:

I. Professional 37,760 36,850 37,250 37,305 38,195

II. Intermediate 109,020 107,695 108,030 109,820 113,285

IIIN. Skilled non-manual 34,090 32,475 33,215 34,515 35,525

IIIM. Skilled manual 39,695 39,505 39,920 39,780 43,570

IV. Partly skilled 20,850 20,345 20,585 21,590 20,795

V. Unskilled 4,895 4,605 4,770 4,805 4,885

Unknown 30,195 30,870 33,570 33,995 41,800

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by socio-economic group

2002/03 2003/04 2004/05

Total number accepted 309,460 316,240 320,535

Of which:

1. Higher managerial and professional 59,425 58,035 58,595

2. Lower managerial and professional 79,660 80,180 82,310

3. Intermediate occupations 39,835 38,930 39,500

4. Small employers 18,525 18,845 18,950

5. Lower supervisory/technical 11,835 12,695 12,540

6. Semi-routine 31,895 33,065 33,930

7. Routine 14,310 14,015 14,335

Unknown 53,970 60,480 60,375

Notes:
1.Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5 so components may not sum to totals.
2.The classification used to record the social background of students changed between academic years 2001/02 and 2002/03, and so the two sets of data in these tables are not directly comparable.
Source:
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

(b) Number of UK domiciled students accepted onto full-time degree courses by UK higher education institutions, by ethnic group

1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01

Total number accepted 276,505 272,340 277,340 281,810

Of which:

Asian 22,665 23,540 25,050 26,990

Black 8,330 7,980 8,350 8,910

White 224,450 216,880 219,920 222,045

Other 4,215 4,215 4,600 5,110

Unknown 16,845 19,730 19,415 18,750

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2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05

Total number accepted 298,055 309,460 316,240 320,535

Of which:

Asian 28,820 28,775 29,735 30,565

Black 9,240 9,815 11,565 12,505

Mixed 5,150 5,850 6,420 7,215

White 231,370 238,350 244,300 247,990

Other 2,035 1,940 2,090 2,660

Unknown 21,445 24,725 22,130 19,600

Notes:
1.Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5 so components may not sum to totals.
2.The classification of ethnic group changed between academic years 2000/01 and 2001/02 in order to incorporate those of mixed ethnicity, and so the two sets of data in these tables are not directly comparable.
Source:
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

	by social class
	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02
Total number accepted	276,505	272,340	277,340	281,810	298,055
Of which:
I. Professional	37,760	36,850	37,250	37,305	38,195
II. Intermediate	109,020	107,695	108,030	109,820	113,285
IIIN. Skilled non-manual	34,090	32,475	33,215	34,515	35,525
IIIM. Skilled manual	39,695	39,505	39,920	39,780	43,570
IV. Partly skilled	20,850	20,345	20,585	21,590	20,795
V. Unskilled	4,895	4,605	4,770	4,805	4,885
Unknown	30,195	30,870	33,570	33,995	41,800

	by socio-economic group
	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Total number accepted	309,460	316,240	320,535
Of which:
1. Higher managerial and professional	59,425	58,035	58,595
2. Lower managerial and professional	79,660	80,180	82,310
3. Intermediate occupations	39,835	38,930	39,500
4. Small employers	18,525	18,845	18,950
5. Lower supervisory/technical	11,835	12,695	12,540
6. Semi-routine	31,895	33,065	33,930
7. Routine	14,310	14,015	14,335
Unknown	53,970	60,480	60,375

	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01
Total number accepted	276,505	272,340	277,340	281,810
Of which:
Asian	22,665	23,540	25,050	26,990
Black	8,330	7,980	8,350	8,910
White	224,450	216,880	219,920	222,045
Other	4,215	4,215	4,600	5,110
Unknown	16,845	19,730	19,415	18,750

	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Total number accepted	298,055	309,460	316,240	320,535
Of which:
Asian	28,820	28,775	29,735	30,565
Black	9,240	9,815	11,565	12,505
Mixed	5,150	5,850	6,420	7,215
White	231,370	238,350	244,300	247,990
Other	2,035	1,940	2,090	2,660
Unknown	21,445	24,725	22,130	19,600

Departmental Estate

Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the expenditure on (a) buildings and (b) insurance of buildings and staff was of (i) her Department and (ii) each (A) non-departmental public body, (B) Executive agency and (C) other public body for which her Department is responsible in each English region in each of the last three financial years; and what the planned expenditure is for 2005–06 in each case. [40073]

Maria Eagle: The following table details expenditure on buildings and insurance of buildings for the Department.

2004/05
Planned 2005/06

Region Rent, rates and service charge Insurance Rent, rates and service charge Insurance

London 23,253,389 77,800 23,253,389 80,000

North West 589,736 0 591,250 0

Yorkshire and the Humber 945,355 0 945,355 0

North East 188,000 0 188,000 0

South East 123,621 8,000 124,500 8,500

East of England 218,908 4,637 186,863 3,500

West Midlands 63,212 0 15,750 0

	2004/05	Planned 2005/06
Region	Rent, rates and service charge	Insurance	Rent, rates and service charge	Insurance
London	23,253,389	77,800	23,253,389	80,000
North West	589,736	0	591,250	0
Yorkshire and the Humber	945,355	0	945,355	0
North East	188,000	0	188,000	0
South East	123,621	8,000	124,500	8,500
East of England	218,908	4,637	186,863	3,500
West Midlands	63,212	0	15,750	0

The Department do not hold any records of property expenditure by NDPBs, Executive agencies or other public bodies for which the Department is responsible.

The information requested for the years 2002 to 2003 and 2003 to 2004 could be provided only at disproportionate costs.

Departmental Expenditure

Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much her Department spent on bottled water in 2004–05. [40337]

Maria Eagle: Our data show that £58,401 was spent via the Department's framework contract. £39,875 of this total was spent on bottled water, the remainder being on ancillary products such as cups and maintenance.

A further £43,629 was spent off contract". To provide the information requested for this spend could be provided only at disproportionate costs.

Disabled Children (School Holiday Support)

Ed Balls: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many qualified staff are available to support families with disabled children during school holidays in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Wakefield District and (c) Normanton constituency; and whether she plans to increase resources in this area. [41096]

Maria Eagle: The information requested is not heldby the Department and to collect it would incur disproportionate cost.

Education Maintenance Allowance

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what her estimate is of total spending on the education maintenance allowance for each year from 2003–04 to 2008–09. [41455]

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Maria Eagle: Spending on the education maintenance allowance programme is within the Treasury's annually managed expenditure (AME). The following table shows, for 2003–04 and 2004–05, actual spend on the programme through AME, and for the years 2005–06 to 2008–09, the provision made in AME for the programme based on an assessment of take up in future years. These figures were correct at the time of the pre-Budget report in November 2005. AME programme forecasts are updated every six months.
EMA provision made in AME

£ million

2003–04 actual 142

2004–05 actual 260

2005–06 planned 432

2006–07 planned 569

2007–08 planned 589

2008–09 planned 598

	£ million
2003–04 actual	142
2004–05 actual	260
2005–06 planned	432
2006–07 planned	569
2007–08 planned	589
2008–09 planned	598

Education Spending

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage change in educational spending per pupil is proposed for 2006–07 in (a) Redbridge and (b) Waltham Forest; what this

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equates to in money terms per pupil; and what the total expenditure per pupil will be in 2006–07 in each borough. [42681]

Jacqui Smith: The information is set out in the following table. All figures are for allocations of Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) per pupil. Authorities must apply the whole of their allocation of DSG to their schools budget, but they are free to add to it from their own resources: final figures for total expenditure per pupil may therefore be higher than the authority's allocation of DSG per pupil.

Redbridge Waltham Forest

Percentage increase 7.3 6.9

Cash increase (£) 255 264

Total Dedicated Schools Grant (£) 3,757 4,115

	Redbridge	Waltham Forest
Percentage increase	7.3	6.9
Cash increase (£)	255	264
Total Dedicated Schools Grant (£)	3,757	4,115

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what per capita spending on primary school pupils in England was as a percentage of per capita spending on secondary school pupils in each year from 1978–79; and if she will make a statement. [41448]

Jacqui Smith: The available information is contained within the following table. Similar data are not available before 1992–93.
School based expenditure1,2,3 per pupil⁽²³⁾ in local authority maintained primary and secondary schools since 1992–93⁽²⁴⁾

£ cash terms prices

Primary⁽²⁵⁾
(£ per pupil) Pre-primary and primary⁽²⁵⁾
(£ per pupil) Secondary
(£ per pupil) Primary (£ per pupil as a percentage of secondary £ per pupil) Pre-primary and primary (£ per pupil as a percentage of secondary £ per pupil)

1992–93 n/a 1,560 2,260 n/a 69.2

1993–94 n/a 1,610 2,240 n/a 71.9

1994–95 n/a 1,660 2,270 n/a 73.1

1995–96 n/a 1,690 2,300 n/a 73.8

1996–97 n/a 1,740 2,350 n/a 74.0

1997–98⁽²⁶⁾ n/a 1,740 2,360 n/a 73.6

1998–99⁽²⁶⁾ n/a 1,870 2,450 n/a 76.4

1999–2000⁽²⁵⁾⁽²⁶⁾ 2,010 2,050 2,610 76.9 78.5

2000–01 2,210 2,280 2,830 78.2 80.5

2001–02 2,480 2,570 3,150 78.7 81.4

2002–03⁽²⁴⁾ 2,530 n/a 3,230 78.5 n/a

2003–04 2,750 n/a 3,550 77.7 n/a

2004–05 2,910 n/a 3,800 76.7 n/a

n/a=figures are not available.
⁽²²⁾School based expenditure includes only expenditure incurred directly by local authority schools. This includes the pay of teachers and school-based support staff, school premises costs, books and equipment, and certain other supplies and services, less any capital items funded from recurrent spending and income from sales, fees and charges and rents and rates. This excludes the central cost of support services such as home to school transport, local authority administration and the financing of capital expenditure.
⁽²³⁾The expenditure data to 1998–99 are drawn from the annual 'RO1' spending returns which local authorities submitted to the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions. Figures for 1999–2000 to 2001–02 are drawn from section 52 (table 3) outturn statements which local authorities submitted to the DfES. Figures for 2002–03 onwards are taken from section 52 (table A) outturn statements. The change in sources is shown by the blank rows. The pupil data are drawn from the DfES Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.
⁽²⁴⁾From 2002–03 the calculation is broadly similar to the calculation in previous years. However, 2001–02 and earlier years includes all premature retirement compensation (PRC) and Crombie payments, mandatory PRC payments and other indirect employee expenses, while from 2002–03 only the schools element of these categories is included. In 2001–02 this accounted for approximately £70 per pupil of the England total, while the schools element of these categories accounted for approximately £50 per pupil of the England total in 2002–03. Also, for some LAs, expenditure that had previously been attributed to the school sectors was reported within the LA part of the form from 2002–03 and would therefore be excluded, though this is not quantifiable from existing sources.
⁽²⁵⁾Expenditure was not distinguished between the pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of section 52 for financial year 1999–2000.
⁽²⁶⁾Spending in 1997–98 reflects the transfer of monies from local government to central Government for the nursery vouchers scheme. These were returned to local government from 1998–99.
⁽²⁷⁾The expenditure data for 1999–2000 onwards reflect the return of grant maintained schools to local authority maintenance.
Note:
Figures are reported in cash terms as at 11 January 2006 and rounded to the nearest £10 and may not sum due to rounding.

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	£ cash terms prices
	Primary⁽²⁵⁾ (£ per pupil)	Pre-primary and primary⁽²⁵⁾ (£ per pupil)	Secondary (£ per pupil)	Primary (£ per pupil as a percentage of secondary £ per pupil)	Pre-primary and primary (£ per pupil as a percentage of secondary £ per pupil)
1992–93	n/a	1,560	2,260	n/a	69.2
1993–94	n/a	1,610	2,240	n/a	71.9
1994–95	n/a	1,660	2,270	n/a	73.1
1995–96	n/a	1,690	2,300	n/a	73.8
1996–97	n/a	1,740	2,350	n/a	74.0
1997–98⁽²⁶⁾	n/a	1,740	2,360	n/a	73.6
1998–99⁽²⁶⁾	n/a	1,870	2,450	n/a	76.4

1999–2000⁽²⁵⁾⁽²⁶⁾	2,010	2,050	2,610	76.9	78.5
2000–01	2,210	2,280	2,830	78.2	80.5
2001–02	2,480	2,570	3,150	78.7	81.4

2002–03⁽²⁴⁾	2,530	n/a	3,230	78.5	n/a
2003–04	2,750	n/a	3,550	77.7	n/a
2004–05	2,910	n/a	3,800	76.7	n/a

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