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Pupils: Protection

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what guidance his Department issues to local authorities and schools about (a) appropriate professional relationships between teachers and other staff and pupils and their families and (b) physical contact with pupils to safeguard children in education. [138626]

Mr. Dhanda [holding answer 22 May 2007]: The Department has included guidance on physical contact with pupils and abuse of a relationship of trust in "Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education". Separate guidance has also been issued on the use of restraint in schools, "Circular 10/98 The Use of Force to Control or Restrain Pupils", outlines what teachers and other authorised staff are allowed to do. This is currently under revision, with the aim of publishing revised guidance by the end of June.

There are also two specialised guidance documents for pupils with special educational needs. "Guidance on the Use of Restrictive Physical Interventions for Staff Working with Children and Adults who Display Extreme Behaviour in Association with Learning Disability and/or Autistic Spectrum Disorders" and "Guidance on the Use of Physical Interventions for Pupils with Severe Behavioural Difficulties".

We have not however issued guidance on relationships between teachers and pupils' families.

Schools: Biometrics

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he expects to publish guidance to schools on the use of biometric technologies. [139122]

Jim Knight [holding answer 24 May 2007]: The Department aims to publish guidance to schools on the use of biometric technologies shortly.

Schools: Combined Heat and Power

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 May 2007, Official Report, columns 365-66W, on schools: combined heat and power, which local planning authorities require new schools of over 1,000m⁽²⁾ in area to install on-site renewable energy to supply a proportion of the predicted building's energy load; and if he will make a statement. [138372]

Jim Knight: We do not collect information on which local planning authorities require new schools to install on-site renewable energy to supply a proportion of the predicted building's load. However, the Town and
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Country Planning Association conducted their own survey of local planning authorities⁽¹⁾ in 2006 asking this question. This showed that nearly 60 per cent. of the 212 councils that replied (out of the 387 sent the survey) had a policy adopted or in draft form at that time. A further 20 per cent. were considering adopting a policy and 20 per cent. had not considered adopting a policy. Since that date more local planning authorities have adopted a policy following the strengthening of the policy recommendations in Policy Planning Statement 22 on Renewable Energy, by the Department for Communities and Local Government, in June 2006.

⁽¹⁾ Reported in the issue of Building Magazine dated 28-07-2007.

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 May 2007, Official Report, columns 365-66W, on schools: combined heat and power, how many new school buildings over 1,000m⁽²⁾ in area built in the last five years use microgeneration facilities. [138373]

Jim Knight: We do not know how many new schools built in the last five years use microgeneration.

Schools: Crime

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students were convicted of crimes committed at their school during school hours in the London Borough of Havering in each year since 1997. [134620]

Jim Knight: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Schools: Industrial Health and Safety

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent discussions he has held with (a) the National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers, (b) the Health and Safety Executive and (c) the National Governors Association on health and safety within schools. [138252]

Jim Knight: The Secretary of State has had no recent meetings with these organisations where health and safety within schools was discussed. Ministers regularly meet representatives of NASUWT and NGA on a wide range of issues; and officials are in regular contact with NASUWT and HSE on matters concerning health and safety.

Secondary Education: Curriculum

Mr. Quentin Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which maintained secondary schools in England which have sixth forms preparing pupils for A level do not offer A level courses in (a)
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further mathematics, (b) French, (c) German, (d) Spanish, (e) economics, (f) physics and (g) chemistry. [127982]

Jim Knight: The information required to answer the question is not available.

Social Enterprise Studies

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which (a) schools and (b) tertiary-level institutions offer social enterprise studies among the courses for the officially recognised qualifications, broken down by local education authority. [117518]

Jim Knight: The information required to answer this question is not available.

Statistics

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on how many occasions in the last five years the publication date of statistics produced by his Department has been changed; what the (a) subject of the statistics, (b) (i) original and (ii) final date of publication and (c) reason for the delay was in each case; and who took the decision to delay the publication in each case. [113673]

Jim Knight: In accordance with the National Statistics Code of Practice (2002), the Head of Profession for Statistics in the Department for Education and Skills has sole responsibility for determining, pre-announcing and, if necessary, altering the dates of publication of “National Statistics” and other relevant statistics produced by the Department.

Any decision to change a pre-announced publication date will be based on a range of professional considerations such as the completeness of the underlying data, their fitness for purpose, the need for consistency and coherence, the need to promote widespread access and informed debate, or any earlier accidental or wrongful release. In reaching a decision, the Head of Profession will also take into consideration the detailed procedural guidance given in the “National Statistics Protocol on Release Practices”. The Head of Profession has published a statement describing how the Department’s release practices comply with the Release Practice Protocol. This can be accessed at http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/compliance06.pdf The code and its 12 supporting protocols are available in the Library of the House, and can also be accessed using the following address: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/national_statistics/cop/default.asp

There have been only 27 occasions from a total of 322 publications in the last five years when the Head of Profession has changed a pre-announced publication date. The details are as follows:

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Subject of the statistics	The original publication date	Final date of publication	Reason for the delay	Who took the decision to delay
SFR: GCSE/GNVQ and GCE A/AS Level Performance of Candidates Attempting two or more GCE A Levels or AS Equivalents: 2000/01	27 March 2002	25 April 2002	Due to the time taken to quality assure the charts and tables	Head of Profession for Statistics
Bulletin: Pupil Progress in Secondary Schools by School Type in England: 2001	March 2002	17 June 2002	Discussions with users about the proposed content of the publication took longer than expected	Head of Profession for Statistics
SFR: Adult Education Enrolments in England: November 2001	22 May 2002	4 July 2002	Record of reason is no longer available	Head of Profession for Statistics
Volume: Statistics of Education Schools in England 2002 Edition	September 2002	28 October 2002	Due to quality assurance of the tables taking longer than expected	Head of Profession for Statistics
Bulletin: Provision for Children Under Five Years of Age in England: January 2002	October 2002	17 December 2002	Due to our own quality assurance processes revealing discrepancies with the data	Head of Profession for Statistics
SFR: GCSE/GNVQ and GCE/VCE A/AS Results for Young People in England (Provisional Statistics)	December 2002	January 2003 for the GCSE/GNVQ element and March 2003 for the GCE/VCE A/AS element	This publication was based on the data that underpins the Secondary School Performance Tables. As a result of the delay to the 2002 Performance Tables, the SFR had to be delayed until early 2003	Head of Profession for Statistics
Volume: Statistics of Education: Teachers in England 2002 Edition (including teachers pay in England and Wales)	December 2002	30 January 2003	The preparation of the publication was delayed because of other work priorities, and staff shortages	Head of Profession for Statistics
Bulletin: Class Sizes and Pupil: Teacher Ratios in England 2002	January 2003	20 February 2003	The preparation of the publication was delayed because of other work priorities, and staff shortages	Head of Profession for Statistics
SFR: Adult Education Enrolments in England: November 2002	March 2003	15 May 2003	The release was delayed because of the lateness of returns from some local education authorities and the need for further quality assurance of the dataset to be completed	Head of Profession for Statistics
Bulletin: GCSE/GNVQ and GCE A/AS/VCEs level performance of candidates attempting two or more GCE A levels/VCEs or AS Equivalents in 2001/02	April 2003	29 May 2003	Due to the delay in publication of the post-16 performance tables. The final performance tables dataset was not available week beginning 17 March 2003; therefore the Bulletin followed at a later date	Head of Profession for Statistics
Bulletin: Statistics of Education: Vocational Qualifications in the UK: 2001/02	29 May 2003	26 June 2003	Due to problems with data from one Awarding Body on the National Information System for Vocational Qualifications (NISVQ)	Head of Profession for Statistics
Bulletin: National Curriculum Assessments of 7 and 11 year olds in England 2002 (This publication is only available on the internet)	June 2003	October 2003 However, instead of being published as a separate bulletin, extra tables were added to the provisional SFRs	Delayed in order to incorporate final information on pupil performance in 2002 taken from the National Pupil Database in June 2003	Head of Profession for Statistics
Bulletin: National Curriculum Assessments at Key Stage 3, GCSE/GNVQ Examination Results and Associated Value Added Measures in England 2001/02 (This publication is only available on the internet)	June 2003	October 2003 However, instead of being published as a separate bulletin, extra tables were added to the provisional SFRs	Delayed in order to incorporate final information on pupil performance in 2002 taken from the National Pupil Database in June 2003	Head of Profession for Statistics
SFR: Participation in Education, Training and Employment by 16-18 Year Olds in England: 2001 and 2002	June 2003	20 November 2003	The publication was delayed to allow further quality assurance of the underlying data	Head of Profession for Statistics
SFR: School Workforce in England (including pupil teacher ratios and pupil adults ratios) January 2003 (Revised)	August 2003	9 September 2003	Due to a change in priorities, this statistical first release was released in September	Head of Profession for Statistics
Bulletin: Information and Communications Technology in Schools in England: 2003	September 2003	30 October 2003	Delayed until October 2003 because of other work priorities and staff shortages	Head of Profession for Statistics
Volume: Higher Education Statistics for the United Kingdom 2001/02 (Prepared and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency in consultation with DfES statisticians)	25 September 2003	23 October 2003	Delayed due to printing difficulties	Head of Profession for Statistics
Bulletin: Participation in Education and Training by 16 and 17 Year Olds in Each Local Area in England: 2004 (internet only)	December 2003	26 February 2004	Delayed to allow further quality assurance of the underlying data. The delay was also due to the knock-on effect of the delay to the publication of the national participation estimates	Head of Profession for Statistics
Volume: Statistics of Education: School Workforce in England 2003 Edition	December 2003	20 January 2004	Delayed because of other work priorities and to allow for the inclusion of up-to-date figures on initial teaching training	Head of Profession for Statistics
SFR: National Curriculum Assessments and GCSE/GNVQ attainment by pupil characteristics, in England 2002 (Final) and 2003 (Provisional)	January 2004	24 February 2004	Delayed in order to incorporate a later version of the 2003 data.	Head of Profession for Statistics
SFR: Qualification and Participation in learning at a local level: England 2002/03	April 2004	11 May 2004	The original publication date was dependent on receiving the dataset for the Local Labour Force Survey from ONS in February. ONS were unable to provide the dataset for analysis until the end of March	Head of Profession for Statistics
Volume: Statistics of Education: School Workforce in England 2004 Edition	September 2004	27 January 2005	As an interim measure, an update to SFR 09/2004 was released in September. This included revised national and regional tables together with LEA level tables	Head of Profession for Statistics
SFR: Children looked after in England (including adoptions and care leavers): 2003-04	October 2004	17 November 2004	Delayed due to problems related with the implementation of a new data collection system	Head of Profession for Statistics
SFR: Provision for Children Under Five Years of Age in England: January 2005 (Final)	August 2005	28 September 2005	The date of publication was deferred until September to allow further quality assurance of the sub-national data to be carried out	Head of Profession for Statistics
SFR: National Curriculum Assessments at Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2 Value Added Measures in England 2004/05 (Revised)	November 2005	1 December 2005	The slight delay was due to the additional time needed to finalise the SFR that included some new features. For example, confidence intervals quoted alongside the key stage 1 to key stage 2 Value Added (VA) measures	Head of Profession for Statistics
Volume: Statistics of Education: School Workforce in England 2005 Edition (including teachers’ pay for England and Wales)	December 2005	26 January 2006	The volume had been rescheduled to January from December. The slight delay was due to a combination of other competing work pressures and the need to incorporate the latest data from external sources	Head of Profession for Statistics
SFR: National Curriculum Assessment, GCSE and Equivalent Attainment and Post-16 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics in England 2005	February 2006	1 March 2006	This SFR was originally planned for publication in late February 2006. However, its release was delayed until early March to allow for additional quality assurance	Head of Profession for Statistics

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