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Class Sizes
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of secondary school students were in classes containing more than 30 pupils in (a) Torbay and (b) England in the last period for which figures are available. [77868]
Jim Knight: The requested information is given in the following table.
| Maintained secondary schools: class sizes( 1,2) . As at January 2006 (Provisional). | ||||||
| Classes taught by one teacher | ||||||
| Classes with 1 to 30 pupils | Classes with 31 or more pupils | All classes | ||||
| Number of pupils | Percentage of pupils | Number of pupils | Percentage of pupils | Number of pupils | Percentage of pupils | |
| (1) Classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census in January. (2) Includes middle schools as deemed. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and totals as shown. Source: Schools Census | ||||||
Free School Meals
Mr. Sanders:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of schoolchildren were (a) eligible for and (b) receiving
free school meals in Torbay in each year since 1997. [77866]
Jim Knight: The available information is shown in the following table.
| Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools( 1) : school meal arrangements. January 1999-2006 (provisional). Torbay local authority area( 2) | |||||
| Maintained nursery and primary | |||||
| Number on roll( 3) | Number of pupils taking free school meals | Percentage taking free school meals | Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals | Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals | |
| Maintained secondary | |||||
| Number on roll( 3) | Number of pupils taking free school meals | Percentage taking free school meals | Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals | Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals | |
| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Torbay local authority came into effect in April 1998 as a result of local government reorganisation, therefore there is no data available prior to this. (3) Prior to 2003 ‘number on roll’ includes all full-time and part-time pupils who are solely registered, excluding boarding pupils. Due to underlying changes in data collection, this coverage was extended to also include all pupils with dual (main) registration and boarding pupils from 2003. (4) Provisional. Source: Schools Census | |||||
Government Grants
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the Government grant per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary education in (i) Torbay and (ii) England was in each year since 1997. [77865]
Jim Knight: From 1997-98 to 2005-06 the majority of school funding was provided through the local government finance settlement. The following tables set out the funding provided through the settlement and the grants paid per pupil in each year:
| Funding per pupil, Torbay 1997-98 to 2005-06 | ||||||
| Real terms, excluding pensions transfer to EPS and LSC from 2003-04 to 2005-06 | ||||||
| 3 to 10-year olds | 11 to 15-year-olds | |||||
| SSA/EFS per pupil (£ million) | Grants per pupil (£ million) | Funding per pupil (£) | SSA/EFS per pupil (£ million) | Grants per pupil (£ million) | Funding per pupil (£) | |
| Funding per pupil, England 1997-98 to 2005-06 | ||||||
| Real terms, excluding pensions transfer to EPS and LSC from 2003-04 to 2005-06 | ||||||
| 3 to 10-year-olds | 11 to 15-year-olds | |||||
| SSA/EFS per pupil (£ million) | Grants per pupil (£ million) | Funding per pupil (£) | SSA/EFS per pupil (£ million) | Grants per pupil (£ million) | Funding per pupil (£) | |
| Notes: 1. The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to per pupil are those underlying the SSA/EFS settlement calculations plus PLASC three-year-old maintained pupils and estimated three to four-year-olds funded through state support in maintained and other educational institutions where these are not included in the SSA pupil numbers. 2. Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DfES departmental expenditure limits relevant to pupils aged three to 10 and 11 to 15 and exclude education maintenance allowances (EMAs) and grants not allocated at LEA level. 3. 1997-98 figures for authorities subject to local government reorganisation in that year have been estimated, pro-rata to their post LGR figures. 4. Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of standard spending assessment/education formula spending (EFS) settlements and exclude the pensions transfer to EFS. 5. 2003-04 to 2005-06 figures are provisional as some grants have not yet been finalised/audited. 6. Real terms at 2004-05 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 23 December 2005. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. | ||||||
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