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Maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies( 1) : number and percentage of persistent absentees by size of school( 2) , 2005/06 , England
Schools by size
Fewer than 1,000 pupils 1,000 to 1,500 pupils More than 1,500 pupils Total

Maintained secondary s chools

Number of pupil enrolments that are persistent absentees(3,)( )(4)

91,330

97,640

26,130

215,100

Total number of pupil enrolments(4)

1,233,280

1,390,630

400,830

3,024,730

Percentage of pupil enrolments that are persistent absentees

7.4

7.0

6.5

7.1

City technology c olleges

Number of pupil enrolments that are persistent absentees(3,)( )(4)

x

290

10

300

Total number of pupil enrolments(4)

260

8,120

1,190

9,560

Percentage of pupil enrolments that are persistent absentees

1.2

3.5

0.6

3.1

Academies

Number of pupil enrolments that are persistent absentees(3,)( )(4)

800

1,130

70

1,990

Total number of pupil enrolments(4)

8,510

12,150

1,380

22,040

Percentage of pupil enrolments that are persistent absentees

9.3

9.3

4.9

9.0

Total

Number of pupil enrolments that are persistent absentees(3,)( )(4)

92,130

99,060

26,200

217,390

Total number of pupil enrolments(4)

1,242,040

1,410,900

403,390

3,056,330

Percentage of pupil enrolments that are persistent absentees

7.4

7.0

6.5

7.1

x = Less than five enrolments.
(1) Includes middle schools as deemed.
(2) Persistent absentees are defined as having more than 63 sessions of absence (authorised and unauthorised) during the year.
(3) Number of pupil enrolments in schools between 1 September 2005 and 27 May 2006. Includes pupils on the school roll for at least one session who are aged between five and 15. Excludes boarders. Some pupils may be counted more than once (if they moved school during the school year or are registered at more than one school).
(4) There were some 7,240 cases from maintained secondary schools; 20 cases from CTCs and 370 cases from academies for whom absence data were missing. These cases have been excluded from the total number of pupil enrolments.
Note:
Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Census

Vocational Training

Rob Marris: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many individuals in each region are undertaking training as part of the Train to Gain scheme in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. [138758]

Phil Hope [holding answer 14 June 2007]: Train to Gain is an ongoing service and as such performance is updated on a regular basis. Detailed operational
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information is not held centrally by the Department but is collected by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC); Mark Haysom as the LSC chief executive has written directly to my hon. Friend and a copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.

Letter from Rob Wye dated, 21 June 2007:

Number

East of England

9,500

East Midlands

10,440

London

8,340

North East

10,690

North West

21,990

South East

11,640

Southwest

9,120

West Midlands

17,510

Yorkshire and the Humber

16,370


Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many qualifications have been awarded under Train to Gain, broken down by (a) sector and (b) (i) level and (ii) year awarded. [142161]

Phil Hope: The Train to Gain programme commenced in select regions from April 2006. A full rollout of Train to Gain commenced from August 2006.

To date 38,760 learners have succeeded in gaining their qualifications:

Number

Skills for Life achievements

3,920

Level 2 achievements

32,800

Level 3 achievements.

2,040

Source: LSC Management Information

The LSC is planning to report on Train to Gain success rates, including sector breakdowns, in the 2006-07 learner outcomes statistical first release: Further education and work-based learning for young people—learner outcomes in England, which is expected to be published in April 2008.

West Jesmond School: Newcastle

Mr. Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what advice he has received from the Highways Agency on the proposed temporary relocation of West Jesmond Primary School to the Castle Dene site in the Dene ward of Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Parliamentary constituency; [143729]

(2) what information he has received from Newcastle City Council about the proposed temporary relocation of West Jesmond Primary School to the Castle Dene site in the Dene ward of Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Parliamentary constituency. [143730]


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Jim Knight: The Department normally allocates capital funding to local authorities, and relies on them to determine how this should be used. Decisions on relocation and reorganisation of the school estate are also made locally, and the Department does not generally receive information on such changes. However, exceptionally Newcastle local authority have been granted additional funding for this off-site decant (£900k), by the Department, after presenting a case based on health and safety concerns. This school is to be rebuilt as part of the ‘Building Schools for the Future’ Programme. I understand, from an update report published by Newcastle city council, that this decant will take place over Christmas 2007. I have received no information from the Highways Agency.

Duchy of Lancaster

Central Office of Information: Contracts

Mr. Heald: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of the 6 June 2007, Official Report, column 590W, on the Central Office of Information (CoI): contracts, if she will list the contracts awarded by the CoI to Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO since 1997; and what the value of each contract was. [142218]

Hilary Armstrong [holding answer 12 June 2007]: The contracts awarded to Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO since 1997 are shown in the following list. Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO Contracts

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The total amount of fees paid to Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO since 1997 are shown in the following table.

Total fees paid (£)

1997-98

447,776

1998-99

550,632

1999-2000

1,445,695

2000-01

1,540,870

2001-02

1,775,134

2002-03

903,873

2003-04

1,204,042

2004-05

1,360,997

2005-06

1,359,547

2006-07

248,883


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