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International Baccalaureate
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in England offer the International Baccalaureate; and how many did so in (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. [101957]
Jim Knight: The available information is given in the table.
The number of pupils following the International Baccalaureate in maintained secondary schools is only available from 2002 onwards.
| Maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies: Number of schools with at least one pupil following an International Baccalaureate—position in January each year: 1997, 2001 and 2006—England | |||
| Number of schools with at least one pupil following an International Baccalaureate | |||
| Maintained secondary | City technology college | Academy | |
| n/a = not available ‘—’= not applicable Source: Schools’ Census | |||
Physics (Universities)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment he has made of provision of physics courses in universities. [106212]
Bill Rammell: The number of students on physics courses has increased by 6 per cent. over the 10 years to 2004 and new entrants have also increased by 10 per cent. over the last two years. Subjects like physics are starting to become more popular and the measureswe are taking to increase demand and the extra£75 million announced earlier this month should help to sustain capacity as demand increases. Physics is also taught as a major subject at some 50 UK institutions. We have consistently made clear that if a physics department closes at one institution, the Higher Education Funding Council for England should seek to maintain regional capacity elsewhere and we recently announced that the council should report to us on how provision can be maintained in this way.
Class Sizes
Sir Gerald Kaufman:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils were in primary school classes larger than 30 in (a) the North West, (b) Manchester City and (c) Manchester,
Gorton constituency on (i) 2 May 1997 and (ii) the most recent date for which figures are available. [106383]
Jim Knight: The available information is shown in the table.
| Maintained primary schools: classes containing more than 30 pupils( 1, 2) , 1997 and 2006, position in January each year | ||||
| Number | ||||
| 1997 | 2006 | |||
| Classes | Pupils | Classes | Pupils | |
| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) One teacher classes taught during a single selected period on the day of the census in January. Source: Schools Census. | ||||
Information on class sizes is derived from Annual Schools’ Census returns made by schools to the Department in January each year.
Residence Orders
Mr. Kidney:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many residence orders were made in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005; how many have
been made in 2006; and how many of these orders were made to a person other than the child’s parent; [106611]
(2) how many special guardianship orders made since 30 December 2005 were made in (a) private law proceedings, (b) public law proceedings and (c) adoption proceedings in (i) county courts and (ii) family proceedings courts; [106612]
(3) how many special guardianship orders have been (a) applied for and (b) made since 30 December 2005, broken down into region. [106613]
Ms Harman: The number of residence orders made in;
(a) 2004 was 31,878
(b) 2005 was 26,523; and
(c) January to September 2006 is 19,517
Statistical data on the number of orders made to a person who is not the child's parent is not collected and to obtain it would incur disproportionate cost.
The number of special guardianship orders made since 30(th) December 2005 in (a) private law proceedings, (b) public law proceedings and (c) adoption proceedings in (i) county courts are contained in the table.
The SGO data for Family Proceedings Courts is not available as to obtain it would incur disproportionate cost.
The number of special guardianship orders (a) applied for and (b) made since 30 December 2005 broken down into region are contained in the table.
| Special guardianship orders—January 2006 to October 2006 inclusive | ||||||
| County courts | ||||||
| Applications made | Orders made | |||||
| Government region | Private law | Public law | Adoption | Private Law | Public law | Adoption |
| Notes: 1. Figures exclude discharge of special guardianship orders. 2. Data for SGO applications made under county court adoption proceedings are not collected. Source: FamilyMan via MIS, data as at 30 November 2006 | ||||||
School Closures
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) independent special schools and (b) maintained special schools closed in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority; and how many pupils there were at each school at the time of closure. [102052]
Jim Knight [holding answer 22 November 2006]: The information requested has been placed in the House Library.
School Meals
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools fall within each percentage point in terms of the proportion of pupils attending the school who are eligible for free school meals. [104451]
Jim Knight: The requested information is shown in the following table.
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