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Post-16 Education
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the (a) further and (b) higher education participation rate was in each ward in each local authority area, broken down by region, for the last year for which figures are available: [46067]
(2) what the staying-on rates were for 16-year-olds in full-time education in each local authority area in 2005. [46071]
Bill Rammell: Participation rates, as a percentage of the local population are not available at ward level. Participation rates for those aged 16 and 17, in schools, FE colleges, LSC funded work-based learning and part-time education are available for local education authorities (LEAs) in England. The latest available figures are for 2003 and these were published in the Statistical First Release Participation in education and training by 16 and 17-year-olds in each local area in England"—SFR11/2005 on 31 March 2005.
The publication is accessible on the DfES website via the link, http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000568/index.shtml.
LEA detail is available through the link: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000568/SFR11– 2005tables_lea.xls.
Participation rates for young people in higher education are available for LEAs and for parliamentary constituencies in England, Wales and Scotland. The
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latest available figures are for 2000 and were released alongside the report Young Participation in Higher Education" by HEFCE in January 2005.
The publication is accessible on the HEFCE website via the link, http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2005/05_03/.
LEA detail is available through the link, http://www.hefce.ac.uk/widen/polar/extra/lea/.
Primary Schools
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on subsidies for primary schools in the Bournemouth area for daily school milk. [44844]
Mr. Bradshaw: I have been asked to reply.
The EU funds a scheme which subsidises the provision of milk to primary and nursery schools. In England the Government supplements the EU subsidy for primary schools by payment of an annual maximum of £1.5 million in national aid. Participation in the scheme, which is administered by the Rural Payments Agency, is entirely a matter for schools or local education authorities. Bournemouth Borough Council is on the Agency's register of subsidy claimants.
Protection of Children Act
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many checks against the Protection of Children Act list were made in the last year for which figures are available; and what the average time taken to respond to each check was in the last period for which figures are available. [44897]
Andy Burnham: I have been asked to reply.
The Criminal Records Bureau's Standard and Enhanced Disclosures will include a check against the Protection of Children Act (POCA) list where this is requested on the application form. The total number of Disclosures issued in 2005 containing a check against the POCA list was 2,005,205. There are no figures available to determine the average time taken to process a POCA check because the check forms part of the overall internal CRB Disclosure process and figures are not collated centrally.
Pupil Referral Units
John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many places have been provided in off-site pupil referral units in each of the last five years. [46440]
Jacqui Smith:
The Department does not collect data on the number of places that pupil referral units (PRUs) have available. However, we collect data on the number of pupils who were being educated in PRUs at the time
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of the annual school census. The table sets out the number of pupils who were attending PRUs only at the time of the census, as well as those who were attending both a PRU and another educational institution for their education.
| Number of pupils attending PRUs only | Number of pupils attending a PRU and another institution | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9,290 | 4,990 |
| 2002 | 9,960 | 4,970 |
| 2003 | 12,010 | 5,520 |
| 2004 | 13,040 | 7,290 |
| 2005 | 14,470 | 8,010 |
Note:
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Annual schools' census—Pupil Referral Units.
School Admissions
Clive Efford: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many and what percentage of secondary school places were allocated at age 11 years on the basis of aptitude tests in each of the last 20 years for which figures are available in (a) local authority schools and (b) grant maintained schools; [46422]
(2) how many secondary school places in each London borough were allocated at age 11 years on the basis of aptitude tests in each of the last 20 years for which figures are available in (a) local authority schools and (b) grant maintained schools. [46423]
Jacqui Smith: The requested information is not collected centrally.
John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the schools and academies that use banding in their admissions policies. [46436]
Jacqui Smith:
Until 1998, admission authorities for schools were not required to seek approval of statutory proposals to introduce banding arrangements.
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Therefore, we have no data on the number of maintained schools that introduced banding pre-1998, and who continue to operate it. Since 1998, the following 13 maintained schools have introduced banding to their admission policies:
At present, 10 academies include banding in their admission policies. These are:
School Leavers
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils left secondary school with no qualifications in each London borough in each year since 1997. [40808]
Jacqui Smith: The figures requested are included in the following table.
(17) The figures shown relate to pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year.
(18) Figures for 1997 to 2003 include GCSE and GNVQs only. Figures for 2004 and 2005 include GCSEs and other approved qualifications.
(19) 2005 figures are revised. Figures for 1997 to 2004 are finalised.
(20) Local authority figures include all maintained schools and exclude independent schools, non-maintained special schools and independent special schools.
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