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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.
27 Mar 2007 : Column 1399W
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 Authoritys 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 buildingsincluding sports facilitiesis 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.
27 Mar 2007 : Column 1400W
Percentage of 11-year-olds( 1) with no secondary( 2) school within two miles of their home2006 |
| 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;
1. specifying their planned expenditure on school transport, and
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
27 Mar 2007 : Column 1401W
includes, but may not be entirely made up of, parental contributions. The table provided shows the information broken down by individual local authority.
27 Mar 2007 : Column 1402W
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.
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
|
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27 Mar 2007 : Column 1404W
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
|
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27 Mar 2007 : Column 1406W
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)
|