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Pupils: Antisocial Behaviour

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what additional revenue support has been allocated in 2006-07 to assist children in mainstream schools with severe behavioural problems. [127942]

Jim Knight: Information on additional revenue support to assist children in mainstream schools with severe behavioural problems is not collected centrally.

In 2006-07, for the first time, schools received their funding from a Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) rather than as part of the local government settlement. The DSG is a ring-fenced grant and must be used for schools' budgets. It is for each local authority to distribute funding using a locally agreed formula, and for schools' governing bodies to decide how to spend the available resources.

Pupils: Clothing

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of Muslim schoolgirls who wear a veil at school. [129406]

Jim Knight: The Department has not made any estimate of the number of Muslim schoolgirls wearing a veil at school.


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Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the contribution of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority futures initiative to the secondary curriculum review. [128317]

Jim Knight: The information gathered from the futures initiative through consultation with stakeholders, such as employers, subject associations, head teachers and young people, helped to inform QCA's proposals for the secondary curriculum review.

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will place in the Library copies of advice sent to (a) him and (b) other Ministers by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority since 14 December 2006. [128806]

Jim Knight: There is an agreed protocol for publishing advice to Ministers from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. Any such advice since 14 December 2006 and during the first four months of 2007 is due to be published on the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority’s website in June 2007.

I will write to the hon. Member when the advice is published.

School Sports

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding his Department made available for school sports facilities in (a) Tamworth and (b) England in each of the last five years. [129996]

Jim Knight: Data at the level requested are not held centrally. The capital funding for investment in school buildings—including sports facilities—is set out in the following table:

England (£ billion) Staffordshire( 1) (£ million)

2002-03

3.3

32.9

2003-04

4.2

35.5

2004-05

4.9

41.1

2005-06

5.6

29.2

2006-07

5.9

41.2

(1 )Where the majority of Tamworth schools are located

Schools: Location

Janet Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of 11-year-olds have no secondary school within two miles of their home; and how their interests will be taken into account under the guidance of the new Schools Admission Code. [128460]

Jim Knight: The percentage of 11-year-olds with no secondary school within two miles of their home is given in the following table. These distances are measured as a straight line between home and school.


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Percentage of 11-year-olds( 1) with no secondary( 2) school within two miles of their home—2006
Pupils

Total number of 11-year-old pupils

557,151

Number of 11-year-old pupils with unknown residence

2,251

Number of 11-year-old pupils with no suitable secondary school within two miles of their home

51,483

Percentage of 11-year-old pupils with no suitable secondary school within two miles of their home

9.2

(1) Pupils aged 11 on 31 August 2005.
(2) Includes maintained secondary, middle deemed secondary, city technology colleges and academies.
Source:
School Census, January 2006

The new School Admissions Code rules out the use of unfair admission criteria, and encourages admission authorities for schools to consider how they can ensure fair access to schools for all children in their area. Local authorities must provide free home-to-school transport for secondary pupils attending their nearest suitable school where the school is beyond the statutory walking distance of three miles.

The Education and Inspections Act 2006 extends rights to free home-to-school transport to a choice of three maintained schools and academies for children from low-income families (defined as those whose children are entitled to free school meals or who are in receipt of their maximum level of working tax credit) where they live between two and six miles from their chosen school. This will remove the lack of affordable transport as a barrier to choice for these families.

Schools: Transport

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total central funding to local authorities, via all mechanisms, for school transport is in 2006-07; how much central funding each local authority has received for school transport; what total sum has been spent by local authorities and central Government on school transport; and how much revenue has been raised from parental contribution to defray the cost of school transport in each local authority area. [128677]

Jim Knight: This question has been passed to the Department as it has responsibility for collecting information from local authorities about school transport expenditure.

Central funding of local authorities for home-to-school transport is included within formula grant. This can be used on a range of services provided by authorities, and the way in which it is calculated does not make it possible to say that a certain amount is for school transport costs.

Local authorities submit financial information to the Department;

For 2006-07 the total planned expenditure on school transport by local authorities in England is £889,101,657. Anticipated income is £9,502,934 which
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includes, but may not be entirely made up of, parental contributions. The table provided shows the information broken down by individual local authority.


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It is not possible to supply the actual amounts spent and raised in 2006-07 as this data will not be supplied to the Department until later this year.


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The Education (Budget Statements) (England) Regulations 2006. Planned expenditure on school transport for the 2006-07 financial year. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 23 March 2007
£
Total planned expenditure on home to school transport( 1)
LEA number Local authority name Gross Income Net

201

City of London

53,000

10,900

42,100

202

Camden

2,374,749

0

2,374,749

203

Greenwich

3,019,000

0

3,019,000

204

Hackney

3,484,361

279,400

3,204,961

205

Hammersmith and Fulham

2,148,823

0

2,148,823

206

Islington

1,991,886

0

1,991,886

207

Kensington and Chelsea

1,384,046

0

1,384,046

208

Lambeth

3,463,970

0

3,463,970

209

Lewisham

3,994,455

0

3,994,455

210

Southwark

4,375,807

0

4,375,807

211

Tower Hamlets

3,301,554

0

3,301,554

212

Wandsworth

2,669,921

630

2,669,291

213

Westminster

3,062,200

20,000

3,042,200

301

Barking and Dagenham

1,926,000

0

1,926,000

302

Barnet

5,317,139

0

5,317,139

303

Bexley

2,598,000

0

2,598,000

304

Brent

3,246,000

0

3,246,000

305

Bromley

3,228,452

0

3,228,452

306

Croydon

5,385,912

117,800

5,268,112

307

Ealing

4,797,200

0

4,797,200

308

Enfield

4,164,428

0

4,164,428

309

Haringey

3,723,616

0

3,723,616

310

Harrow

2,631,929

0

2,631,929

311

Havering

1,307,580

0

1,307,580

312

Hillingdon

3,961,772

0

3,961,772

313

Hounslow

2,478,364

0

2,478,364

314

Kingston upon Thames

2,106,735

0

2,106,735

315

Merton

2,020,960

0

2,020,960

316

Newham

2,958,500

0

2,958,500

317

Redbridge

2,946,385

3,763

2,942,622

318

Richmond upon Thames

1,885,200

0

1,885,200

319

Sutton

2,561,359

0

2,561,359

320

Waltham Forest

3,252,937

0

3,252,937

330

Birmingham

13,472,497

0

13,472,497

331

Coventry

2,935,099

40,027

2,895,072

332

Dudley

2,011,105

0

2,011,105

333

Sandwell

2,653,500

0

2,653,500

334

Solihull

2,519,134

0

2,519,134

335

Walsall

2,272,683

0

2,272,683

336

Wolverhampton

3,049,500

0

3,049,500

340

Knowsley

1,710,136

14,738

1,695,398

341

Liverpool

4,796,058

0

4,796,058

342

St. Helens

2,354,517

0

2,354,517

343

Sefton

2,806,599

0

2,806,599

344

Wirral

4,342,300

179,000

4,163,300

350

Bolton

2,693,233

0

2,693,233

351

Bury

1,847,800

55,200

1,792,600

352

Manchester

8,704,688

8,000

8,696,688

353

Oldham

1,914,490

0

1,914,490

354

Rochdale

2,162,716

6,000

2,156,716

355

Salford

1,987,810

0

1,987,810

356

Stockport

2,955,589

0

2,955,589

357

Tameside

1,365,000

0

1,365,000

358

Trafford

3,391,096

171,500

3,219,596

359

Wigan

3,588,946

0

3,588,946

370

Barnsley

1,791,310

0

1,791,310

371

Doncaster

3,967,058

0

3,967,058

372

Rotherham

2,525,043

0

2,525,043

373

Sheffield

5,293,119

99,158

5,193,961

380

Bradford

7,285,216

0

7,285,216

381

Calderdale

2,677,775

5,820

2,671,955

382

Kirklees

3,252,400

0

3,252,400

383

Leeds

8,001,610

0

8,001,610

384

Wakefield

3,824,630

716,646

3,107,984

390

Gateshead

1,573,058

150

1,572,908

391

Newcastle upon Tyne

1,937,840

0

1,937,840

392

North Tyneside

1,287,151

0

1,287,151

393

South Tyneside

929,357

0

929,357

394

Sunderland

2,182,441

0

2,182,441

420

Isles of Scilly

28,500

0

28,500

800

Bath and North East Somerset

3,609,556

45,914

3,563,642

801

Bristol City of

5,967,908

15,888

5,952,020

802

North Somerset

3,475,110

0

3,475,110

803

South Gloucestershire

4,194,000

44,000

4,150,000

805

Hartlepool

1,469,282

676

1,468,606

806

Middlesbrough

1,983,713

0

1,983,713

807

Redcar and Cleveland

1,694,148

50,600

1,643,548

808

Stockton-on-Tees

2,726,816

0

2,726,816

810

Kingston upon Hull City of

2,405,909

0

2,405,909

811

East Riding of Yorkshire

9,676,910

11,900

9,665,010

812

North East Lincolnshire

2,298,200

61,200

2,237,000

813

North Lincolnshire

3,425,144

61,550

3,363,594

815

North Yorkshire

18,139,577

175,266

17,964,311

816

York

2,478,736

41,360

2,437,376

820

Bedfordshire

12,344,268

0

12,344,268

821

Luton

2,651,971

21,788

2,630,183

825

Buckinghamshire

18,510,472

1,138,916

17,371,556

826

Milton Keynes

3,414,436

56,460

3,357,976

830

Derbyshire

12,042,648

42,420

12,000,228

831

Derby

2,713,525

0

2,713,525

835

Dorset

11,602,500

156,600

11,445,900

836

Poole

1,678,150

0

1,678,150

837

Bournemouth

1,221,895

270

1,221,625

840

Durham

12,886,871

2,000

12,884,871

841

Darlington

1,436,002

0

1,436,002

845

East Sussex

8,491,982

75,000

8,416,982

846

Brighton and Hove

2,739,619

21,000

2,718,619

850

Hampshire

20,953,100

0

20,953,100

851

Portsmouth

1,655,584

0

1,655,584

852

Southampton

1,540,766

34,077

1,506,689

855

Leicestershire

14,575,257

286,166

14,289,091

856

Leicester

3,634,208

82,014

3,552,194

857

Rutland

1,053,354

60,000

993,354

860

Staffordshire

14,755,520

285,960

14,469,560

861

Stoke-on-Trent

2,032,983

0

2,032,983

865

Wiltshire

13,264,919

191,400

13,073,519

866

Swindon

2,599,517

0

2,599,517

867

Bracknell Forest

2,026,918

66,310

1,960,608

868

Windsor and Maidenhead

2,290,003

61,810

2,228,193

869

West Berkshire

3,352,631

61,100

3,291,531

870

Reading

1,461,555

23,517

1,438,038

871

Slough

1,959,971

32,500

1,927,471

872

Wokingham

2,459,421

26,674

2,432,747

873

Cambridgeshire

13,667,039

155,572

13,511,467

874

Peterborough

2,956,606

687

2,955,919

875

Cheshire

15,761,579

483,608

15,277,971

876

Halton

1,244,950

0

1,244,950

877

Warrington

3,007,702

0

3,007,702

878

Devon

21,247,880

489,484

20,758,396

879

Plymouth

2,990,654

8,056

2,982,598

880

Torbay

1,914,890

68,100

1,846,790

881

Essex

28,466,245

172,364

28,293,881

882

Southend-on-Sea

2,077,877

2,050

2,075,827

883

Thurrock

2,322,449

0

2,322,449

884

Herefordshire

5,228,832

55,269

5,173,563

885

Worcestershire

10,309,430

0

10,309,430

886

Kent

34,582,220

440,000

34,142,220

887

Medway

4,063,847

174,341

3,889,506

888

Lancashire

25,342,295

0

25,342,295

889

Blackburn with Darwen

2,034,546

0

2,034,546

890

Blackpool

1,418,282

0

1,418,282

891

Nottinghamshire

11,093,954

0

11,093,954

892

Nottingham

2,308,899

0

2,308,899

893

Shropshire

9,331,443

173,000

9,158,443

894

Telford and Wrekin

2,672,411

0

2,672,411

908

Cornwall

10,112,560

113,000

9,999,560

909

Cumbria

12,476,234

36,000

12,440,234

916

Gloucestershire

9,806,151

433,402

9,372,749

919

Hertfordshire

22,310,243

1

22,310,242

921

Isle of Wight

1,718,813

31,626

1,687,187

925

Lincolnshire

28,205,890

0

28,205,890

926

Norfolk

22,775,340

352,840

22,422,500

928

Northamptonshire

11,580,560

40,000

11,540,560

929

Northumberland

9,135,642

26,980

9,108,662

931

Oxfordshire

15,544,370

558,486

14,985,884

933

Somerset

12,107,700

450,000

11,657,700

935

Suffolk

16,050,694

92,000

15,958,694

936

Surrey

24,586,930

100,000

24,486,930

937

Warwickshire

10,755,934

83,000

10,672,934

938

West Sussex

13,082,267

0

13,082,267

(1) Includes all elements of home-to-school transport for school pupils. This is drawn from local authorities Section 52 budget statements (Table 1 lines 1.2.6, 2.4.6 and 2.4.7)

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