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Data on eligibility and take up of free or subsidised child care overall are not available centrally.
Child care used by parents can be subsidised in a variety of ways, including the London Childcare Affordability Pilot, the child care element of the working tax credit, local authority subsidies, Jobcentre Plus new deals, care to learn, learner support funds and NHS child care allowances.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of families in Coventry (a) are eligible for and (b) have taken up (i) free and (ii) subsidised child care. [117379]
Beverley Hughes: Information is not available in the form requested.
At December 2005 the Office for National Statistics shows Coventry having a population of 7,200(1) three and four-year-olds, and the 2006 early years and annual schools censuses show the number of part-time early education places funded by the free entitlement for three and four-year-olds in the Coventry local authority area was 6,500(2).
Data on eligibility and take-up of free or subsidised child care overall are not available centrally.
Child care used by parents can be subsidised in a variety of ways, including the child care element of the working tax credit, local authority subsidies, Jobcentre Plus new deals, care to learn, learner support funds and NHS child care allowances.
(1) ONS population estimates are aggregated to age groupings of at least five years. Figures based on a single year of age at the sub-national level are therefore of limited reliability.
(2) The number of children benefiting from some form of free early education can exceed the number of free part-time early education places taken up by children as a place may be taken up by more than one child.
Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of families in Eastbourne (a) are eligible for and (b) have taken up (i) free and (ii) subsidised child care. [116546]
Beverley Hughes: Information is not available in the form requested.
At December 2005 the Office for National Statistics shows East Sussex having a population of 10,000(1) three and four-year-olds, and the 2006 Early Years and Annual Schools Censuses show the number of part-time early education places funded by the free entitlement for three and four-year-olds in the East Sussex local authority area was 8,500(2).
Data on eligibility and take-up of free or subsidised child care overall are not available centrally.
Child care used by parents can be subsidised in a variety of ways, including the child care element of the Working Tax Credit, local authority subsidies, Jobcentre Plus new deals, care to learn, learner support funds and NHS childcare allowances.
(1) ONS population estimates are aggregated to age groupings of at least five years. Figures based on a single year of age at the sub-national level are therefore of limited reliability.
(2) The number of children benefiting from some form of free early education can exceed the number of free part-time early education places taken up by children as a place may be taken up by more than one child.
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of families in Chorley (a) are eligible for and (b) have taken up (i) free and (ii) subsidised child care. [117197]
Beverley Hughes: Information is not available in the form requested.
At December 2005 the Office for National Statistics shows Chorley parliamentary constituency having a population of 2,200(1) three and four-year-olds, and the 2006 Early Years and Annual Schools Censuses show the number of part-time early education places funded by the free entitlement for three and four-year-olds in the Chorley parliamentary constituency was 2,000(2).
Data on eligibility and take-up of free or subsidised child care overall are not available centrally.
Child care used by parents can be subsidised in a variety of ways, including the childcare element of the Working Tax Credit, local authority subsidies, Jobcentre Plus new deals, care to learn, learner support funds and NHS childcare allowances.
(1) ONS population estimates are aggregated to age groupings of at least five years. Figures based on a single year of age at the sub-national level are therefore of limited reliability.
(2) The number of children benefiting from some form of free early education can exceed the number of free part-time early education places taken up by children as a place may be taken up by more than one child.
Church Music
Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what provision exists in the national curriculum for teaching about the role of church music in English culture; and if he will make a statement. [110894]
Jim Knight: The national curriculum for music sets out that children must be taught about music through a range of live and recorded music from different times and cultures including music from the British Isles, the “Western classical” tradition, folk, jazz and popular genres, and by well-known composers and performers. Religious education syllabuses are drawn up locally and it is a matter for individual schools to decide within this framework if they wish to address the role of church music. Choir schools in the independent and maintained sectors are pre-eminent in supporting church music and maintaining our rich choral heritage.
Education Maintenance Allowance
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was paid in the education maintenance allowance scheme in each year since the programme’s inception. [117466]
Phil Hope: Expenditure on education maintenance allowance since its inception in 1999 is shown in the following table.
| Cost (£ million) | |
Education Supervision Orders
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many education supervision orders were put in place for children with special educational needs in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire in each of the last five years. [111012]
Jim Knight: The Department does not collect data relating to education supervision orders.
Further Education
Mark Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many adults participated in further education in (a) Lincolnshire, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) Derbyshire, (d) Leicestershire, (e) Rutland and (f) Northamptonshire in each year since 1997. [109636]
Bill Rammell: Figures for those participating in further education (FE) funded by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) can be derived from the Individualised Learner Record (ILR). The FE ILR was collated for the first time in 2002-03 and figures are given from that time.
The following table shows the total number of learners aged 19 and above in FE in local LSC areas within the east Midlands since 2002/03 based on home postcode of the learner. Numbers of learners nationally are presented for comparison.
| Area/year | Adult learners in FE |
| Note: Figures rounded to nearest 10. Source: 2005-06 figures breakdown figures reported in ILR/SFR11, Further Education, Work-Based Learning and Adult and Community Learning—Learner Numbers in England: 2005-06; 2004-05 and 2003-04 derived from figures reported in ILR/SFR08; 2002-03 figures derived from figures reported in ILR/SFR05. | |
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