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Education and Skills

City Academies: Pupil Exclusions

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) temporary and (b) permanent exclusions there were from academies in the last two years for which data is available; and for what reasons pupils were excluded. [128508]


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Jim Knight: The available information is shown in the following table.

Academies: Number and percentage of permanent exclusions( 1 ) 2003/04 and 2004/05—England
2003/04 2004/05

Number of permanent exclusions

90

100

Percentage of school population(2)

0.83

0.67

(1) The number of exclusions from academies are as reported by schools and are unconfirmed. (2) The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the school population. Note: Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census.

Data on fixed period exclusions and the reason for exclusion relating to the 2003/04 and 2004/05 school years have been derived from Termly Exclusions Survey returns. The scope of this survey did not extend to academies.

The Termly Exclusions Survey has now discontinued and the School Census has started to collect information on fixed period exclusions and reasons for exclusion in addition to the information on permanent exclusions it previously collected. First findings relating to the 2005/06 school year are expected to be available in June 2007.

Extracurricular Activities: Greater London

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many places were available in out-of-school clubs for (a) primary and (b) secondary school age children in each London local authority in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2006. [128656]

Beverley Hughes: The information requested about child care places broken down by primary and secondary school age children is not collected. The available information on the number of registered child care places for children under eight is shown in the table.

The latest figures on registered child care provider and places are available on the following website:


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Number( 1) of registered child care places for children under eight years of age in out of school day care—position at 31 March each year
London boroughs 1997( 2) 2006( 3)

Inner London

City of London

70

200

Camden

n/a

1,700

Hackney

1,110

2,000

Hammersmith and Fulham

n/a

1,000

Haringey

200

1,700

Islington

1,100

1,300

Kensington and Chelsea

700

1,500

Lambeth

n/a

1,900

Lewisham

1,000

2,200

Newham

200

1,900

Southwark

2,100

4,200

Tower Hamlets

n/a

1,400

Wandsworth

1,000

3,600

Westminster

700

1,100

Outer London

Barking and Dagenham

200

700

Barnet

300

3,100

Bexley

200

800

Brent

300

1,300

Bromley

300

2,400

Croydon

700

3,700

Ealing

500

2,100

Enfield

300

1,800

Greenwich

200

2,300

Harrow

200

1,400

Havering

300

1,100

Hillingdon

100

1,100

Hounslow

600

1,400

Kingston upon Thames

300

1,300

Merton

300

2,200

Redbridge

200

1,300

Richmond upon Thames

400

1,800

Sutton

100

1,200

Waltham Forest

n/a

2,000

n/a = not available.
(1) Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100 places.
(2) Data source: Children’s Day Care Facilities Survey.
(3) Data source: Ofsted.

General Certificate of Secondary Education: Standards

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many students achieved five GCSEs at grade C or above including English, mathematics and science in each year since 1997; [127840]

(2) how many students achieved five GCSEs at grade C or above including English, mathematics, science and a modern foreign language in each year since 1997. [127841]

Jim Knight: The following table shows the requested information for 15-year-old(1) pupils since 1997.

5+A*-C at GCSE( 2) including English, mathematics and science GCSEs 5+A*-C at GCSE( 2 ) including English, mathematics, science and a MFL GCSEs
Number Percentage Number Percentage

1996

195,181

35.0

151,544

27.2

1997

194,708

35.3

150,755

27.3

1998

197,179

36.1

158,048

28.9

1999

207,272

33.9

169,180

27.7

2000

214,181

35.3

172,772

28.5

2001

226,879

36.5

183,298

29.5

2002

234,205

37.6

183,583

29.4

2003

239,641

38.9

177,553

28.8

2004

251,139

38.7

182,862

28.2

2005

257,440

40.4

178,809

28.1

2006

263,525

40.6

167,114

25.8

(1) Aged 15 at the start of the academic year, i.e. 31 August. (2) Figures for 2004 onwards include GCSEs and equivalents.


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Grandparents

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he expects to answer question 133014, on grandparents, tabled by the hon. Member for Birkenhead on 17 April. [134500]

Mr. Dhanda: I refer my right hon. Friend to the reply given on 24 April 2007, Official Report, column 1021W.

Local Education Authorities: Private Finance Initiative

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which local education authorities have undertaken a review of their school private finance initiative contracts in the last three years; and how many reviews resulted in those contracts being terminated. [134464]

Jim Knight: Private finance initiative (PFI) contracts are made between local authorities and the private sector partner, following a due procurement procedure which includes consideration of design and value for money. The Department is not a partner to the contracts and is not included in reviews. We are aware of only one schools PFI contract which has been terminated, which was a single school contract for the Frances Bardsley School for Girls in Romford.

Primary Education: Sussex

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money he expects to make available to East Sussex county council between now and 2010 to spend on capital projects relating to
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rural primary schools; and how much of that funding will be allocated specifically for the renovation of existing buildings. [134497]

Jim Knight: Planned school capital allocations to East Sussex county council in 2007-08 and to schools in its area amount to £17,526,000. Allocations to local authorities for the financial years 2008-10 will be notified later this year. In addition, for 2007-08, East Sussex has taken advantage of repayable advances of £2,755,000 for maintained schools and £380,000 for voluntary-aided schools.

A long-term primary school programme, worth £500 million in 2009-10, will be rolled out with the aim of improving the condition of primary schools throughout the country. Details of this are being worked on at the present time.

The Department relies on local authorities to prioritise funding between schools and does not allocate funding specifically for rural schools or for renovation.


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