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Information Sharing

Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what estimate he has made of the proportion of the UK population aged 15 years and under that will be registered on the Information Sharing Index; [67115]

(2) at what age children will be (a) added to and (b) removed from the Information Sharing Index; [67025]

(3) for what period data on children will be held on the Information Sharing Index; [67026]

(4) at what age children will be registered on the Child Population Register; [67039]

(5) what the earliest date is on which the Child Population Register could be established; [67044]

(6) what recent discussions his Department has had with the Home Office on (a) information sharing, (b) technology sharing and (c) information transfer between current and future databases operated by the Departments; [67045]

(7) who will be responsible for providing data to the Child Population Register; [67047]

(8) whether registration on the Child Population Register will be compulsory; [67048]

(9) at what age individuals' data will be removed from the Child Population Register; [67049]

(10) what estimate he has made of the likely change in the (a) set-up cost and (b) annual running costs of the Information Sharing Index to upgrade it to a Child Population Register; [67050]

(11) what funds his Department has spent to date in connection with the Child Population Register, broken down by main budget heading; [67051]


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(12) what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population aged 15 years and under that will be included on the Child Population Register. [67052]

Beverley Hughes: In relation to questions 67115, 67025 and 67026, the Information Sharing Index will contain records of all children in England. Current estimates from the Government Actuary's Department, giving 2006 projections based on 2003 figures, indicate that there are approximately 9.5 million children in England aged 15 and under, and approximately 11.5 million children in the UK aged 15 and under. We estimate therefore that the England index will contain records of approximately 82 per cent. of children aged 15 and under in the UK. Decisions on whether to establish an index in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are for the devolved Administrations.

An index record will be created for each child at birth and maintained until the child's 18th birthday. To help ensure that the transition from youth to adult services is managed smoothly, it may also be desirable to make provision to retain information on the index on an individual basis for young adults with multiple needs, (for example care leavers and young people with disabilities), beyond their 18th birthday, with their consent.

In line with the Data Protection Act, information will be retained on the index for as long as it is accurate and relevant, for example, practitioner contact details will be available for the period they are involved with the child and for a year beyond the end of that involvement. This will enable contact to be made with those practitioners currently and most recently involved with a child.

In relation to questions 67039, 67044, 67046, 67047, 67048, 67050, 67051 and 67052, the objectives of the index remain as agreed by Parliament when the Children Act 2004 was passed. These are to support the duties on local authorities and other partners to co-operate to promote the well-being of children and to safeguard and improve their welfare. There is, therefore, no provision for a Child Population Register in the funding we have made available for the index.

We have accepted the recommendation in the final report of the Citizen Information Project that we should consider the scope for a Child Population Register. That consideration will be informed by an assessment of whether there are sufficient additional efficiency and effectiveness benefits. No decision has been taken to establish such a register. A Child Population Register would have wider objectives than the index and would therefore require new primary legislation. A clear case would have to be made for it.

My Department has not undertaken scoping or design work in relation to a Child Population Register. There are therefore no proposals for the ages at which children might be registered and their details removed, when a register might be established, who would be responsible for providing data, whether registration would be compulsory or voluntary, or what proportion of the population aged 15 and under would be included. My Department has so far spent and allocated no funds in relation to a register.


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In relation to question 67045, officials from my Department and the Home Office are in regular contact on a range of information sharing issues with the aim of improving efficiency and the effectiveness of public services. These include:


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Pupil Exclusion

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much each local education authority spent on (a) excluded pupils and (b) pupils in (i) pupil referral units, (ii) behaviour support implementation programmes, (iii) inclusion, administration, assessment and co-ordination programmes, (iv) behaviour support plans and (v) other programmes intended to avoid exclusion of pupils in the last period for which figures are available. [67214]

Jim Knight: The DfES does not hold the information requested, as details of expenditure on behaviour-specific measures are not collected centrally. However, the following table details planned spend for each local authority in 2005/06 on: excluded pupils; pupil referral units; behaviour support services; behaviour support plans; support for inclusion; and, SEN administration and assessment. The data are taken from Section 52 budget collections.


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The Education (Budget Statements) (England) Regulations 2005. Budgeted net expenditure by local authorities during 2005-06. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 27 April 2006.
LEA number Local authority name 2.4.3 Excluded pupils( 1) 1.3.1 Pupil referral units( 2) 1.3.2 Behaviour support services( 3)

England

12,776,710

227,793,614

84,908,393

201

City of London

4,300

0

0

202

Camden

120,000

1,236,817

501,227

203

Greenwich

69,570

2,409,750

1,310,970

204

Hackney

27,518

1,976,119

142,125

205

Hammersmith and Fulham

19,287

1,594,894

36,287

206

Islington

0

2,043,509

81,618

207

Kensington and Chelsea

100,241

1,325,912

110,527

208

Lambeth

0

2,019,284

128,995

209

Lewisham

42,086

2,709,378

348,859

210

Southwark

27,000

2,110,030

1,638,600

211

Tower Hamlets

31,894

2,166,079

219,459

212

Wandsworth

113,362

1,304,865

25,567

213

Westminster

44,900

436,300

0

301

Barking and Dagenham

58,870

880,966

350,400

302

Barnet

0

1,017,638

0

303

Bexley

11,000

1,502,000

364,000

304

Brent

256,000

1,292,000

63,000

305

Bromley

49,156

828,755

286,945

306

Croydon

121,182

3,944,040

0

307

Ealing

165,400

2,369,400

689,100

308

Enfield

87,689

1,084,750

473,598

309

Haringey

27,078

2,172,666

995,754

310

Harrow

10,288

694,645

131,234

311

Havering

30,893

915,180

513,490

312

Hillingdon

42,030

73,323

195,071

313

Hounslow

75,036

1,048,935

288,424

314

Kingston-upon-Thames

59,690

386,765

144,666

315

Merton

26,188

864,057

114,137

316

Newham

0

3,248,868

466,116

317

Redbridge

60,665

780,080

283,435

318

Richmond-upon-Thames

53,300

664,300

146,800

319

Sutton

19,614

768,034

399,458

320

Waltham Forest

183,367

678,533

520,424

330

Birmingham

256,560

5,595,720

690,633

331

Coventry

61,322

818,752

292,127

332

Dudley

235,546

2,258,734

148,478

333

Sandwell

0

2,621,200

431,800

334

Solihull

53,024

741,428

0

335

Walsall

0

925,015

797,709

336

Wolverhampton

80,700

2,820,200

1,379,700

340

Knowsley

5,889

1,572,474

409,943

341

Liverpool

704,179

1,557,993

843,691

342

St. Helens

45,198

1,366,927

49,094

343

Sefton

3,670

527,990

887,420

344

Wirral

10,200

917,300

21,700

350

Bolton

53,763

1,429,171

689,500

351

Bury

0

1,693,100

75,300

352

Manchester

594,090

952,795

2,472,167

353

Oldham

11,631

938,581

1,239,990

354

Rochdale

29,748

1,667,836

298,981

355

Salford

89,032

2,242,012

144,578

356

Stockport

54,803

2,180,329

750,456

357

Tameside

0

1,039,150

287,780

358

Trafford

0

432,164

264,097

359

Wigan

142,738

730,306

378,801

370

Barnsley

55,000

1,327,470

434,790

371

Doncaster

107,970

2,645,840

1,414,440

372

Rotherham

32,008

1,297,515

1,466,365

373

Sheffield

10,226

2,373,669

688,569

380

Bradford

83,708

2,380,356

550,514

381

Calderdale

9,256

0

490,531

382

Kirklees

58,200

1,482,000

462,500

383

Leeds

53,560

4,129,050

965,950

384

Wakefield

0

634,381

870,973

390

Gateshead

117,820

752,106

440,876

391

Newcastle upon Tyne

81,670

1,067,264

614,000

392

North Tyneside

56,174

990,122

201,122

393

South Tyneside

0

738,734

0

394

Sunderland

171,296

1,134,469

349,555

420

Isles of Scilly

1,500

0

5,508

800

Bath and NE Somerset

42,123

0

31,643

801

City of Bristol

81,939

2,034,901

569,001

802

North Somerset

8,080

1,286,205

100,200

803

South Gloucestershire

81,000

1,303,000

419,000

805

Hartlepool

52,299

827,027

313,931

806

Middlesbrough

23,881

2,316,725

332,938

807

Redcar and Cleveland

77,359

493,666

285,900

808

Stockton-on-Tees

31,717

1,198,292

407,252

810

City of Kingston-upon-Hull

39,652

2,081,488

43,982

811

East Riding of Yorkshire

80,794

533,500

540,848

812

North East Lincolnshire

0

1,033,134

44,291

813

North Lincolnshire

20,614

1,119,133

167,063

815

North Yorkshire

208,658

705,699

0

816

York

101,876

605,404

395,375

820

Bedfordshire

154,237

1,129,267

148,305

821

Luton

188,115

1,020,769

207,553

825

Buckinghamshire

0

1,908,183

296,628

826

Milton Keynes

79,630

747,648

1,122,608

830

Derbyshire

196,296

2,025,609

3,717,365

831

Derby

942

2,535,538

230,616

835

Dorset

7,300

2,455,499

354,254

836

Poole

17,667

415,365

21,886

837

Bournemouth

45,750

663,096

220,820

840

Durham

137,478

668,909

844,941

841

Darlington

9,748

418,761

290,380

845

East Sussex

16,586

7,254

154,930

846

Brighton and Hove

2,940

100,000

30,570

850

Hampshire

535,000

4,492,000

1,369,000

851

Portsmouth

57,780

1,358,749

416,197

852

Southampton

132,100

1,569,500

986,800

855

Leicestershire

186,640

1,601,630

803,088

856

Leicester City

125,800

2,438,800

161,800

857

Rutland

4,892

0

0

860

Staffordshire

204,310

2,241,470

1,274,750

861

Stoke

25,000

1,093,383

207,710

865

Wiltshire

10,568

2,428,851

725,877

866

Swindon

0

385,805

896,567

867

Bracknell Forest

121,251

571,717

232,774

868

Windsor and Maidenhead

0

522,366

297,416

869

West Berkshire

18,019

914,267

294,323

870

Reading

78,490

1,176,427

362,838

871

Slough

72,691

665,093

149,970

872

Wokingham

40,401

610,840

207,994

873

Cambridgeshire

36,484

2,133,683

2,303,625

874

City of Peterborough

5,605

1,352,063

49,402

875

Cheshire

3,112

163,207

1,150,909

876

Halton

186,565

654,850

17,590

877

Warrington

11,057

315,295

274,555

878

Devon

26,000

1,597,000

399,000

879

City of Plymouth

35,534

985,071

61,236

880

Torbay

28,616

736,274

175,071

881

Essex

37,980

2,625,434

2,323,695

882

Southend

33,116

489,104

271,553

883

Thurrock

56,644

1,472,893

0

884

Herefordshire

29,888

722,228

107,325

885

Worcestershire

236,354

2,752,589

553,070

886

Kent

184,403

3,818,047

3,282,252

887

Medway

54,401

1,658,268

1,023,769

888

Lancashire

369,680

10,759,755

4,515,923

889

Blackburn and Darwen

145,139

1,750,261

356,215

890

Blackpool

40,210

1,589,941

367,068

891

Nottinghamshire

162,434

2,875,604

1,569,374

892

City of Nottingham

473,690

776,050

1,309,557

893

Shropshire

72,670

547,681

40,790

894

Telford and Wrekin

29,121

993,882

201,293

908

Cornwall

0

2,851,674

604,132

909

Cumbria

332,471

1,948,159

464,797

916

Gloucestershire

0

730,566

1,213,393

919

Hertfordshire

308,517

2,101,213

1,660,100

921

Isle of Wight

49,175

420,546

213,595

925

Lincolnshire

193,411

2,893,505

270,332

926

Norfolk

99,630

2,860,360

1,510,253

928

Northamptonshire

0

2,678,960

226,920

929

Northumberland

90,880

259,180

506,030

931

Oxfordshire

160,488

1,434,695

444,730

933

Somerset

186,814

1,383,842

967,608

935

Suffolk

104,262

4,323,335

1,470,951

936

Surrey

226,805

4,267,356

1,815,720

937

Warwickshire

0

3,405,919

9,554

938

West Sussex

237,846

1,230,129

1,017,698



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