House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 12 Mar 2007 (pt 0007)

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Table 1: Number^{( 1, 2 )} of registered child care places for children under eight years of age by type of care, Warrington, position at 31 March each year, 2003-06
Type of care	2003	2004	2005	2006
Full day care	2,100	2,700	2,700	2,800
Sessional day care	1,100	900	800	900
Child minders	1,900	1,800	1,600	1,700
Out-of-school day care	2,200	2,600	2,700	3,000
Crèche day care	200	200	300	300
^{(1 )}Rounded to the nearest 100 places. ^{(2 )}Data Source: Ofsted.

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Table 2: Number^{( 1, 2 )} of day care places for children under eight years of age by type of provider, Warrington, position at 31 March each year, 1990-2002
Type of provider	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Day nurseries	—	1,000	1,300	1,600	—	—
Playgroups and pre-schools	—	—	1,400	1,300	1,100	—
Child minders	—	—	2,700	2,400	1,300	—
Out-of-school clubs	—	—	660	900	990	—
Holiday schemes⁽³⁾	—	—	1,200	1,300	5,900	—
⁽¹⁾ Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 or 100 places. ^{(2 )}Data Source: Children's Day Care Facilities Survey. ⁽³⁾ From 1999, places were counted once for each school holiday. Before 1999, places were counted once each year. Note: — = Not available.

Curriculum

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether it is the policy of his Department that the Key Stage 3 curriculum should be less knowledge based and more skills based. [124617]

Jim Knight: Our policy is that the Key Stage 3 curriculum should ensure that young people secure the key discipline concepts, skills and knowledge to gain an understanding of the subjects they have studied. It should also equip young people with the wider personal, learning and thinking skills needed for everyday life.

Departments: Private Finance Initiative

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) for which future projects his Department is considering a private finance initiative deal; what the estimated life time value is of each potential contract; and what period each will cover; [125186]

(2) what percentage of his Department’s budget was taken up by private finance initiative commitments in each of the last 10 years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement; [125194]

(3) what percentage of his Department’s budget will be taken up by private finance initiative commitments in each of the next 10 years, assuming that the budget grows in line with the Treasury’s estimates for gross domestic product over the period; and if he will make a statement. [125195]

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Jim Knight: PFI credits relate solely to schools capital funding. Future PFI credits available to the Department as part of its capital baseline are largely assigned to the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. PFI contracts usually cover a 25 to 30 year period. After this, the buildings will normally transfer to the local authority which is the signatory to the contract. Partnerships for Schools, our delivery partner for BSF, is working with each local authority which has joined the programme to establish which school projects are suitable for investment through PFI. This is decided on value for money grounds and is usually for those projects where the school is to be largely rebuilt, rather than refurbished.

Percentage budget figures for PFI credits over the last 10 years to 2006-07, and planned for the years 2007-08 to 2010-11, are set out in the following table. The Department has no plans beyond the next spending review period ending 2010-11. The PFI percentage figure is established by dividing PFI credits by the total schools capital funding baseline, including PFI credits.

	Percentage
1997-98	0
1998-99	12
1999-2000	25
2000-01	17
2001-02	19
2002-03	26
2003-04	20
2004-05	22
2005-06	22
2006-07	22
2007-08	20
2008-09	20
2009-10	19
2010-11	16

The changes in the PFI percentage reflect, from year to year, the different rates at which PFI credits and other allocations have increased.

Pupil Exclusions

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many Lancashire pupils were permanently excluded from (a) primary school and (b) secondary school in each of the last 10 years. [125244]

Jim Knight: The information requested is shown in the tables.

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Maintained primary and secondary schools, number of permanent exclusions^{( 1, 2)} , position in January each year
	Lancashire local authority area^{( 3)}				Lancashire local authority area^{( 4)}
	Primary		Secondary		Primary		Secondary
	Number	Percentage^{( 5)}	Number	Percentage^{( 5)}	Number	Percentage^{( 5)}	Number	Percentage^{( 5)}
1995/96	45	0.03	303	0.35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1996/97	42	0.03	353	0.40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1997/98	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	43	0.04	240	0.33
1998/99	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32	0.03	209	0.29
1999/2000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	19	0.02	144	0.19
2000/01	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	34	0.03	207	0.28
2001/02	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	39	0.04	240	0.32
2002/03	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30	0.03	302	0.40
2003/04	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	36	0.04	282	0.37
2004/05	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25	0.03	238	0.31

	Blackburn with Darwen local authority area^{( 4)}				Blackpool local authority area^{( 4)}
	Primary		Secondary		Primary		Secondary
	Number	Percentage^{( 5)}	Number	Percentage^{( 5)}	Number	Percentage^{( 5)}	Number	Percentage^{( 5)}
1995/96	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1996/97	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1997/98	6	0.04	49	0.51	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	36	0.52
1998/99	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	23	0.24	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	18	0.25
1999/2000	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	38	0.40	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	17	0.23
2000/01	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	45	0.47	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	23	0.29
2001/02	7	0.05	31	0.33	6	0.05	27	0.33
2002/03	8	0.05	38	0.40	11	0.09	30	0.35
2003/04	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	31	0.32	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	46	0.53
2004/05	6	0.04	24	0.25	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	56	0.64
n/a = Not applicable. ⁽¹⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed. ⁽²⁾ As reported by LAs as part of the data checking process. ⁽³⁾ Before local government reorganisation. ⁽⁴⁾ After local government reorganisation. ⁽⁵⁾ The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) pupils in primary and secondary schools in January each year ⁽⁶⁾ Less than 5 or a rate based on less than 5. Source: Schools Census.

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