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Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the (a) age profile, (b) sex profile and (c) success rate is of individuals who are undertaking modern apprenticeship schemes. [88204]
Bill Rammell: Apprenticeships are the main programme for young employed people seeking qualifications at Level 2 and Level 3.
The following table shows numbers of Apprenticeships and Advanced Apprenticeships in 2004-05 by age and gender, and the corresponding success rates.
| Type of apprenticeship programme | Age | Gender | Average in learning( 1) | Current framework success rate (Percentage) | Overall framework success rate (Percentage) |
| (1 )Average in learning is defined as the average number of learners in learning in any period Notes: Age is based on the age of the learner at the start of the course Source: WBL 2004/05ILR, Learning & Skills Council | |||||
Two measures of success rate are shown in the table. Current success rates for those completing an Apprenticeship or Advanced Apprenticeship have been published for a number of years. The need for the development of an overall success rate as a broad comparator with FE for similar learning aims was outlined in the Success for All programme and figures were published for the first time this year. Both ‘overall’ and ‘current’ success rates are shown in Table 7 of the Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Further Education and Work-Based Learning for Young People—Learner Outcomes in England 2004-05(’) published by the LSC on 11 April 2006. A link to the website is at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000649/index.shtml. Page 9 of the SFR provides further details on the different definitions of the two rates.
Jeff Ennis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many modern apprenticeships have been undertaken in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster in each of the last eight years. [88380]
Phil Hope: Figures for those participating in Apprenticeships (previously called Modern Apprenticeships) funded by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) can be derived from the Individualised Learner Record (ILR). This was collated for the first time in 2001/02 (as an Interim ILR) and consistent and comparable figures are currently only available for the three following years.
The following tables show the total number of Apprentices in Barnsley and Doncaster for each year from 2002/03 to 2004/05.
| Advanced Apprenticeship | Apprenticeship | Total | |
Music A-level
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources allocated to the teaching of music A-level; and if he will make a statement. [88010]
Jim Knight: It is for individual schools and colleges to decide which qualifications they offer post 16 and to allocate the necessary resources to deliver those qualifications.
National Vocational Qualifications
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2005, Official Report, column 392W, on National Vocational Qualifications, how many National Vocational Qualifications were awarded in food preparation and cooking in 2005-06. [88839]
Phil Hope: There were 17,200 National Vocational Qualifications in food preparation and cookery awarded in 2004-05, which is the latest year for which information is available.
Outsourcing
Mr. Gauke: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what administrative functions for which his Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment he has made of the merits of outsourcing further such functions overseas. [81548]
Mr. Dhanda:
A complete answer could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, from the information we have available, we do not appear to have outsourced any administrative functions overseas. The Department complies with European law and the World Trade Organisation Government Procurement Agreement
and has no plans to outsource administrative functions overseas. We will consider the position for individual functions whenever appropriate.
Partially Selective Schools
Mr. Gauke: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many partially selective secondary schools there are within the maintained sector in England. [85975]
Jim Knight: The information requested is not collected centrally as admission arrangements are set locally, after an annual consultation process.
However, we are aware of 35 schools which operate partial selection by ability or aptitude which it would not now be lawful to introduce. This is not a definitive number of such schools, and does not include those who since 1997/98 have introduced selection by aptitude of up to 10 per cent. of their intake.
Private Finance Initiative Contracts
Mr. Dunne: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which local education authorities are expected to conclude new private finance initiative contracts in 2006-07. [88669]
Jim Knight: The following local authorities are expected to sign private finance initiative (PFI) contracts in 2006-07 :
Peterborough—July 2006
Lewisham—July 2006
Slough—August/September 2006
Salford—September 2006
Plymouth—December 2006
Doncaster—March 2007.
Primary School Teachers
Ms Barlow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of teachers in primary schools in England was male (a) in 1977 and (b) on the latest date for which information is available. [89146]
Jim Knight: In March 1977 23 per cent. of full-time regular qualified teachers employed in maintained primary schools were male compared to 15.7 per cent. in March 2004 (provisional). This is the latest year for which figures are available.
A time series showing the proportion of men in the teaching population between 1997 and 2004 can be found in table D4 at the following link at:
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DBA/OL/v000633/Additionald.xls
Pupil Exclusions
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many permanent and fixed period exclusions took place in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each local education authority in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by reason for exclusion. [88568]
Jim Knight: The requested information has been placed in the House Library.
Pupil Statistics
Mr. Willetts:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills in how many schools 50 per cent.
or more of the pupils do not have English as their first language, broken down by region. [86435]
Jim Knight: The available information is given in the table.
| Maintained primary and secondary schools( 1) : Number of schools by percentage of school population whose first language is known or believed to be other than English( 2,3) —as at January 2006 (provisional)—by Government office region | ||||||
| Number of schools | ||||||
| Percentage of school population whose first language is known or believed to be other than English is: | ||||||
| Less than 50 | 50 or more | All schools | ||||
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | |
| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Excludes dually registered pupils. (3) Pupils of compulsory school age and above are classified according to their first language. Source: Schools Census | ||||||
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