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Child Abuse (Witchcraft)
Ms Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on what date she expects to publish the study into child abuse in England linked to belief in witchcraft. [59938]
Maria Eagle [holding answer 21 March 2006]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 13 March 2006, Official Report, column 1860W. The report of this study will be published when Ministers have considered its findings and recommendations.
Construction Apprentices
Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many construction apprentices there are in England, broken down by trade. [40779]
Phil Hope [pursuant to the reply, 24 January 2006, Official Report, c. 1968W]: The number of apprentices in 2004/05 classified as construction was incorrectly quoted as 95,900—in fact there were 54,200.
Correspondence
Tony Lloyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the reasons were for the delay until 23 February in responding to the letter from the hon. Member for Manchester Central sent on 31 August 2005 (DFES Ref: 2005/0050065POJS). [58535]
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Jacqui Smith [holding answer 14 March 2006]: My apologies to the hon. Member for the delay in receiving a response to his letter. This was due to a technical systems problem with the Department's correspondence handling system.
Departmental Staff
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many jobs from her Department have been relocated to Wales since 2001. [58504]
Maria Eagle: No jobs from the Department have been relocated to Wales since 2001.
Education (Peterborough)
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils in the Peterborough local education authority area are in families in receipt of (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) working tax credits. [54863]
Jacqui Smith: The requested information is not available.
Education Maintenance Allowance
Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Denton and Reddish constituency have received the education maintenance allowance. [51746]
Maria Eagle: This is a matter for the Learning and Skills Council, who operate Education Maintenance Allowances for the DfES and hold the information about take-up of the scheme. Mark Haysom, the Council's Chief Executive, has written to the hon. Member with the information requested and a copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.
Letter from Mark Haysom, dated 1 March 2006:I am writing in response to your Parliamentary Question that asked how many children in Denton and Reddish constituency have received the education maintenance allowance?"
Information on the number of young people who have applied, enrolled and received EMA is available at Local Education Authority (LEA) level, but not at constituency level. By the end of January 2006, 1,840 young people in the Stockport LEA area and 2,287 young people in the Tameside LEA area had received one or more EMA payments in the academic year 2005/06 so far.
I hope this information is helpful and addresses your question. If you would like further details please contact Sharon Holmes at the LSC National Office on 0114 207 4567 or Sharon.Holmes @lsc.gov.uk.
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students have claimed education maintenance allowance in West Lancashire in each year that it has been available; and how many she estimates will claim it in 2006–07. [45009]
Maria Eagle:
This is a matter for the Learning and Skills Council. Mark Haysom, the Council's chief executive, has written to my hon. Friend with the information requested and a copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.
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Letter from Mark Haysom, dated 14 February 2006:
I am writing in response to your Parliamentary Question that asked How many students have claimed education maintenance allowance in West Lancashire in each year it has been available; and how many she estimates will claim it in 2006–07?"
Information on the number of young people who have applied, enrolled and received EMA is available at Local Authority level, but not at constituency level. The information relates to academic years.
During the academic year 2004/05, 7,081 young people in Lancashire Local Education Authority received one or more EMA payments. During the academic year 2005/06, 9,638 young people have received one or more EMA payments so far (as at 31 December).
Forecasts of EMA take-up at a national level have recently been revised to reflect better input data and assumptions. However, due to the complexities involved in producing forecasts at sub-national level, comparable forecasts for the academic year 2006/07 and beyond at LEA level are not available until spring 2006.
I hope this information is helpful and addresses your question. If you would like further details please contact Chris Bradley at the LSC National Office on 0114 207 4512 or christopher. bradley@lsc.gov.uk.
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many young people in Hammersmith and Fulham have been granted an education maintenance allowance in each of the last three years. [45269]
Maria Eagle This is a matter for the Learning and Skills Council. Mark Haysom, the Council's chief executive, has written to the hon. Member with the information requested and a copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.
Letter from Mark Haysom, dated 14 February 2006
I am writing in response to your Parliamentary Question that asked How many young people in Hammersmith and Fulham have been granted an education maintenance allowance each of the last three years?"
The table shows the number of young people who received one or more EMA payments in the Hammersmith and Fulham Local Education Authority Area in each of the last three academic years.
| Hammersmith and Fulham | |
|---|---|
| 2003/04 | 951 |
| 2004/05 | 1,247 |
| 2005/06(16) | 1,207 |
(16) 2005/06 figures are at 31 December 2005.
I hope this information is helpful and addresses your question. If you would like further details please contact Chris Bradley at the LSC National Office on 0114 207 4512 or christopher. bradley@lsc.gov.uk.
GCSE
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils in Coventry South constituency left school with fewer than five GCSEs at A* to C grade in each year since 1997. [61755]
Jacqui Smith:
The figures requested are shown in the table.
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(17) Age at the start of the academic year (i.e. 31 August).
(18) From 1997 includes GNVQ equivalences and from 2004 other equivalences approved for use pre 16.
(19) Pupils attending schools located in Coventry South constituency.
Higher Education
Ed Balls: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools and colleges in (a) Wakefield district and (b) Normanton constituency take (i) students and (ii) students and parents for visits to local universities; and what plans there are to extend the service. [62247]
Bill Rammell: Visits to universities are locally planned and are funded in a variety of ways by schools, colleges and universities. For example, some schools and colleges use Aimhigher funds; and universities use funds provided by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) under the widening participation allocation, Aimhigher funding, or core funding. No record is held centrally of these activities.
From September 2006, universities wishing to charge higher level fees must have reached agreement with the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) concerning their plans for outreach and additional financial support that they will offer students from poorer backgrounds. OFFA has approved around 180 access agreements, providing approximately an additional £350 million in student financial support and £30 million in additional outreach activities.
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