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Education Maintenance Allowance

Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many education grants were given to 16 to 19 year olds in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what the total cost was of these grants; and if he will make a statement. [135788]

Bill Rammell [holding answer 8 May 2007]: This is a matter for the Learning and Skills Council who operates learner support programmes for 16 to 19-year-olds, other than those in higher education.
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Mark Haysom, the council’s Chief Executive, has written to the hon. Member with the information requested and a copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.

Letter from Mark Haysom, dated 25 May 2007:

Take-up of EMA in each academic year
Take Up

2002/03

123,415

2003/04

124,383

2004/05

297,567

2005/06

430,327

2006/07 to end of April

514,950


EMA Expenditure in each financial year (National Scheme)
EMA student payments costs (£ million)

2002-03

115.2

2003-04

136.3

2004-05

217.3

2005-06

363.1

2006-07(1)

474.9

(1) This figure is provisional

Education: Standards

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children diagnosed with eating disorders before the age of 15 years subsequently achieved five GCSEs at level A-C in each of the last 10 years. [139137]

Jim Knight: The information requested is not available.

Education: Travelling People

Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment his Department has made of the impact of recent changes in funding formula for Gypsy and Traveller education on (a) pupil participation and (b) recruitment of teaching assistants from traveller communities. [139292]

Jim Knight: From April 2006, the Vulnerable Children Grant and three other grants were put together to form a Children’s Services Grant (CSG). The CSG also contains additional funding to help local authorities and schools to administer the Every Child Matters agenda.

Local authorities have more spending freedom over a larger pot of money to target where it is most needed, including towards support for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils. The Department has made clear in its Guidance on Children and Young People’s Plan the need for local authorities to set out improvements to the outcomes for all children and young people with
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specific focus on narrowing the gap between those who do well and those who do not.

Over the last three years there has been an increase in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils participating in education at school. While we do not collect data, anecdotal evidence is that there is also an increase in recruitment of people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities working within Traveller Education Services.

The Department will be assessing the provision made by local authorities to improve the life chances of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children through its research project which will be launched in June 2007 and the inspection framework.

Educational Attainment

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many (a) maintained secondary schools and (b) independent secondary schools fell within each percentage point in terms of the proportion of pupils at the end of key stage 4 who achieved nine or more GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics in 2006; [117654]

(2) how many (a) maintained secondary schools and (b) independent secondary schools fell within each percentage point in terms of the proportion of pupils at the end of key stage 4 who achieved seven or more GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics in 2006. [117655]

Jim Knight: The information requested has been placed in the House Library.

This analysis is based on the revised 2006 KS4 data.

Free School Meals

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the variation was in the proportion of children entitled to free school dinners between the school in each local education authority with the lowest entitlement and the school with the highest in (a) 1997 and (b) 2005-06; and what category of school was the (i) highest and (ii) lowest in each case. [137764]

Jim Knight: The requested information has been placed in the Library.

Further Education: Foundation Degrees

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he is taking to ensure that foundation degrees awarded by further education colleges will be structured so as to allow those students who wish to do so to pursue shorter honours degree courses. [139272]

Bill Rammell [holding answer 4 June 2007]: Since their introduction in 2000, all foundation degrees have incorporated “progression agreements” as a core element of the qualification. Progression agreements are designed to ensure that all foundation degree students can identify appropriate opportunities for progression on to more advanced study, should they so wish. Further study will typically be the final year of an honours degree programme,
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but progression could also be to a relevant professional or higher vocational qualification. Progression routes are negotiated by institutions at the time of establishing new Foundation Degree programmes. The ‘Foundation Degree Qualification Benchmark’ statement, produced by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, sets out detailed guidance for institutions on how progression routes should be established and maintained.

Progression agreements will continue to be an essential aspect of all foundation degree programmes, regardless of the awarding institution. The proposals in the Further Education and Training Bill to allow further education institutions in England to apply for the power to award foundation degrees only will not change this core characteristic of the foundation degree. I intend to table a Government amendment that seeks to address the issue of progression on the face of the Bill.

Home Education

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary and (b) secondary age children were home schooled in each education authority in each year since 1997. [138503]

Jim Knight: Parents may exercise their right to educate their children at home on a temporary or permanent basis. We do not collect information about the numbers of children whose parents provide education at home, and it would be impractical to do so given the transient nature of some of this type of provision. A recent study on the prevalence of home education in England, conducted by York Consulting estimated that there were around 16,000 children being educated at home that were known to the local authority. We have not made any estimate of the number of home educated children that are not known to their local authority.

Physical Education

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many Ofsted inspectors have physical education as their subject specialism. [138882]

Jim Knight: This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply has been placed in the House Library.

Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 30 May 2007:


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Primary Education: Numeracy

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the last meeting held between officials or Ministers in his Department and officials or Ministers of HM Treasury to discuss standards of numeracy in primary schools. [140149]

Jim Knight: Ministers and civil servants meet many people as part of the process of policy development and advice. It is not normal practice to disclose details of such meetings.

Primary Education: Teaching Methods

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was spent on personalised learning in primary schools in (a) English and (b) mathematics in each financial year since 1997-98. [140151]

Jim Knight: The Department does not collect this information.

Pupil Exclusions Pupil Referral Units

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of pupils were (a) permanently excluded and (b) given fixed period exclusions from pupil referral units in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority. [139512]

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

The first year for which information on exclusions from pupil referral units is available relates to the 2003/04 academic year. Data on exclusions from pupil referral units were collected retrospectively via the Termly Exclusions Survey. Exclusions data for 2004/05 academic year were published in June 2006.

The Termly Exclusions Survey has now discontinued so data on exclusions from Pupil Referral Units in 2005/06 are not available.


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Pupil referral units: number and percentage of permanent and fixed period exclusions, 2003/04 and 2004/05, by local authority area and Government office region in England
Permanent exclusions Fixed period exclusions
2003/04 2004/05 2003/04 2004/05
No.( 1) %( 2) No.( 1) %( 2) No.( 1) %( 2) No.( 1) %( 2)

England( 3)

30

0.26

40

0.28

5,780

44.34

7,630

52.75

North East( 3)

10

0.60

10

0.79

500

59.66

850

112.68

841

Darlington

0

0.00

0

0.00

15

71.43

158

329.17

840

Durham

0

0.00

0

0.00

5

45.45

4

14.29

390

Gateshead

(4)

(4)

4

6.35

76

84.44

91

144.44

805

Hartlepool

0

0.00

0

0.00

35

63.64

79

109.72

806

Middlesbrough

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

97

125.97

164

131.20

391

Newcastle upon Tyne

0

0.00

0

0.00

3

2.59

31

32.98

392

North Tyneside

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

38

63.33

76

149.02

929

Northumberland

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

5

166.67

20

666.67

807

Redcar and Cleveland

0

0.00

0

0.00

5

4.17

11

11.00

393

South Tyneside

0

0.00

0

0.00

146

92.41

102

103.03

808

Stockton-on-Tees

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

66

129.41

60

181.82

394

Sunderland

0

0.00

0

0.00

6

8.45

57

139.02

North West( 3)

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

930

42.93

860

36.17

889

Blackburn with Darwen

0

0.00

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

890

Blackpool

0

0.00

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

350

Bolton

0

0.00

0

0.00

25

37.88

57

81.43

351

Bury

0

0.00

0

0.00

32

30.19

52

47.71

875

Cheshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

909

Cumbria

0

0.00

0

0.00

50

75.76

97

159.02

876

Halton

(4)

(4)

(4)

(4)

96

290.91

77

163.83

340

Knowsley

0

0.00

0

0.00

27

24.77

(4)

(4)

888

Lancashire

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

426

114.82

214

62.76

341

Liverpool

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

352

Manchester

0

0.00

0

0.00

6

1.46

13

3.58

353

Oldham(6)

0

0.00

23

57

100.00

354

Rochdale

0

0.00

0

0.00

89

77.39

97

110.23

355

Salford

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

21

16.94

343

Sefton

0

0.00

0

0.00

32

34.78

33

37.08

342

St. Helens

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

26.67

4

5.97

356

Stockport

0

0.00

0

0.00

27

300.00

57

57.58

357

Tameside

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

358

Trafford

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

877

Warrington

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

12.90

0

0.00

359

Wigan

0

0.00

0

0.00

62

144.19

72

144.00

344

Wirral

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

27

49.09

0

0.00

Yorkshire and the Humber( 3)

(5)

(5)

10

0.36

810

58.39

1,280

90.96

370

Barnsley

0

0.00

0

0.00

25

35.21

107

105.94

380

Bradford

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

132

76.30

276

148.39

381

Calderdale

0

0.00

0

0.00

38

84.44

127

249.02

371

Doncaster

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

57

40.71

69

36.70

811

East Riding of Yorkshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

3

20.00

810

Kingston upon Hull, City of

(4)

(4)

(4)

(4)

176

308.77

236

374.60

382

Kirklees

0

0.00

0

0.00

45

26.01

71

35.50

383

Leeds

0

0.00

0

0.00

81

41.33

130

86.09

812

North East Lincolnshire

0

0.00

3

6.52

9

18.37

6

13.04

813

North Lincolnshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

41

74.55

28

96.55

815

North Yorkshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

3

13.04

3

12.00

372

Rotherham

0

0.00

0

0.00

8

20.00

10

23.26

373

Sheffield

0

0.00

0

0.00

129

84.87

89

80.91

384

Wakefield

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

64

136.17

123

256.25

816

York

0

0.00

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

East Midlands( 3)

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

430

42.17

720

49.38

831

Derby

0

0.00

0

0.00

203

122.29

214

109.74

830

Derbyshire

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

163

525.81

380

157.02

856

Leicester

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

855

Leicestershire

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

925

Lincolnshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

3

1.40

(4)

(4)

928

Northamptonshire

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

0

0.00

892

Nottingham

(4)

(4)

(4)

(4)

42

25.30

90

54.22

891

Nottinghamshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

20

30.77

35

40.70

857

Rutland

West Midlands( 3)

0

0.00

(5)

(5)

430

31.78

500

40.32

330

Birmingham

0

0.00

0

0.00

29

8.29

26

6.44

331

Coventry

0

0.00

0

0.00

8

133.33

0

0.00

332

Dudley

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

59

327.78

46

153.33

884

Herefordshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

9

22.50

6

27.27

333

Sandwell

0

0.00

0

0.00

96

76.19

150

214.29

893

Shropshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

334

Solihull

0

0.00

0

0.00

15

27.78

7

12.96

860

Staffordshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

861

Stoke-on-Trent

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

894

Telford and Wrekin

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

21

22.83

335

Walsall

0

0.00

0

0.00

8

7.69

4

7.14

937

Warwickshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

62

38.75

117

64.64

336

Wolverhampton

0

0.00

0

0.00

39

39.00

43

64.18

885

Worcestershire

0

0.00

0

0.00

104

45.41

82

62.12

East of England( 3)

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

270

24.49

330

24.94

820

Bedfordshire

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

14

13.33

34

34.34

873

Cambridgeshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

80

30.53

98

42.79

881

Essex

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

919

Hertfordshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

19

17.12

821

Luton

0

0.00

0

0.00

9

36.00

15

93.75

926

Norfolk

0

0.00

0

0.00

43

113.16

25

8.83

874

Peterborough

0

0.00

0

0.00

6

37.50

8

50.00

882

Southend-on-Sea

0

0.00

0

0.00

39

169.57

41

120.59

935

Suffolk

(4)

(4)

(4)

(4)

68

46.26

60

46.15

883

Thurrock

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

5

7.81

28

33.73

London( 3)

10

0.33

10

0.39

1,100

40.31

1,300

38.89

Inner London( 3)

10

0.37

860

67.88

950

50.48

202

Camden

0

0.00

0

0.00

44

118.92

30

40.00

201

City of London

204

Hackney

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

64

136.17

59

18.97

205

Hammersmith and Fulham

0

0.00

0

0.00

43

22.75

47

26.70

309

Haringey

0

0.00

0

0.00

163

155.24

81

89.01

206

Islington

0

0.00

0

0.00

285

239.50

231

210.00

207

Kensington and Chelsea

0

0.00

0

0.00

9

20.45

9

19.57

208

Lambeth

(4)

(4)

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

15

14.85

209

Lewisham

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

119

81.51

199

140.14

316

Newham

0

0.00

3

0.73

0

0.00

66

16.06

210

Southwark

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

125

125.00

211

281.33

211

Tower Hamlets

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

212

Wandsworth

0

0.00

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

213

Westminster

0

0.00

0

0.00

7

116.67

5

10.87

Outer London( 3)

10

0.34

10

0.41

240

16.25

350

23.83

301

Barking and Dagenham

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

302

Barnet

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

9

17.31

303

Bexley

0

0.00

0

0.00

8

15.69

9

17.65

304

Brent

0

0.00

0

0.00

35

34.65

40

41.24

305

Bromley

0

0.00

0

0.00

26

26.00

46

46.94

306

Croydon

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

39

11.14

74

22.70

307

Ealing

0

0.00

0

0.00

29

21.80

23

17.29

308

Enfield

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

3.54

203

Greenwich

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

310

Harrow

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

311

Havering

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

312

Hillingdon

0

0.00

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

3

9.09

313

Hounslow

0

0.00

0

0.00

14

25.45

9

15.00

314

Kingston upon Thames(6)

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

5

315

Merton

0

0.00

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

317

Redbridge

3

4.05

4

4.55

(4)

(4)

37

42.05

318

Richmond upon Thames

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

11

183.33

319

Sutton

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

21

123.53

(4)

(4)

320

Waltham Forest

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

57

300.00

74

569.23

South East( 3)

10

0.72

1,060

76.33

1,420

106.83

867

Bracknell Forest

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

37

148.00

846

Brighton and Hove(6)

(4)

(4)

7

825

Buckinghamshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

9

11.54

7

11.11

845

East Sussex

0

0.00

0

0.00

41

141.38

39

134.48

850

Hampshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

367

136.94

439

148.31

921

Isle of Wight

0

0.00

0

0.00

12

75.00

15

71.43

886

Kent

5

3.27

3

2.05

19

12.42

56

38.36

887

Medway

(4)

(4)

(4)

(4)

33

23.24

94

63.95

826

Milton Keynes

0

0.00

0

0.00

12

21.43

8

10.67

931

Oxfordshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

60

89.55

851

Portsmouth

0

0.00

0

0.00

113

282.50

95

250.00

870

Reading

0

0.00

0

0.00

34

109.68

45

145.16

871

Slough

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

852

Southampton

0

0.00

0

0.00

50

166.67

146

634.78

936

Surrey

0

0.00

0

0.00

225

158.45

225

150.00

869

West Berkshire

3

5.17

0

0.00

36

62.07

65

125.00

938

West Sussex

0

0.00

0

0.00

74

80.43

52

68.42

868

Windsor and Maidenhead

0

0.00

0

0.00

31

163.16

33

235.71

872

Wokingham

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

South West( 3)

(5)

(5)

(5)

(5)

260

24.07

380

29.90

800

Bath and North East Somerset

0

0.00

0

0.00

32

457.14

48

960.00

837

Bournemouth

(4)

(4)

3

15.79

15

166.67

13

68.42

801

Bristol, City of

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

908

Cornwall

0

0.00

0

(4)

0

0.00

878

Devon

0

0.00

0

0.00

42

54.55

98

158.06

835

Dorset

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

3

2.42

916

Gloucestershire

(4)

(4)

0

0.00

12

6.63

19

8.84

420

Isles of Scilly

802

North Somerset

0

0.00

0

0.00

(4)

(4)

12

33.33

879

Plymouth

0

0.00

0

0.00

22

15.60

41

27.70

836

Poole

0

0.00

0

0.00

8

40.00

(4)

(4)

933

Somerset

0

0.00

0

0.00

52

85.25

68

113.33

803

South Gloucestershire

0

0.00

0

0.00

6

10.91

0

0.00

866

Swindon

0

0.00

0

0.00

20

29.41

10

20.00

880

Torbay

0

0.00

0

0.00

37

69.81

23

121.05

865

Wiltshire

0

0.00

0

0.00

11

8.73

38

26.03

(1) Figures refer to the cases of exclusion rather than the number of pupils excluded as some pupils were excluded more than once during the year.
(2) The number of exclusions expressed as a percentage of the school population (includes solely registered pupils and pupils with other providers). School population data are as at January.
(3) National and regional figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
(4) 1 or 2 exclusions, or a rate based on 1 or 2 exclusions
(5) Less than 5 exclusions, or a rate based on less than 5 exclusions
(6) Pupil referral unit population is reported as being zero for these authorities, although they have reported exclusions. Potentially new provision has opened after the School Census was conducted in January.
Source:
Termly Exclusions Survey and School Census

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