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Schools: Oxfordshire

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to his predecessor’s answer of 27 June 2007, Official Report, column 331, (1) what the locations are of the six new schools in North Oxfordshire; [147696]

(2) what the names are of the 16 schools refurbished in North Oxfordshire; [147697]


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(3) which of the 549 classrooms refurbished are in North Oxfordshire. [147698]

Jim Knight: The data collected are for Oxfordshire county council, rather than North Oxfordshire, and give school names rather than locations. A summary of the information is available in the House Library.

The six new schools built are:

Year opened School name

1998-99

The Ace centre Nursery School

1999-2000

Ladygrove Park Primary School

2000-01

Bure Park Primary School

2002-03

St. John the Evangelist CofE Primary School

2003-04

Hanwell Fields Community School

2003-04

Madley Brook Community Primary School


The 16 schools referred to, which are existing schools that have been rebuilt rather than refurbished, are:

Year opened School name

1997-88

Wallingford School

1998-99

Grandpont Nursery School

1999-2000

Hanborough Manor CofE School

1999-2000

Watlington Primary School

2002-03

Bishopswood School

2002-03

Chilton Count Primary School

2002-03

Kingfisher School

2002-03

Sandhills Community Primary School

2002-03

Shenington Church of England Primary School

2003-04

Springfield School

2003-04

SS Philip and James’ Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford

2003-04

Wantage Church of England Primary School

2005-06

Fritwell Church of England Primary School

2006-07

Elms Road Nursery School and Daycare

2006-07

Nettlebed Community School

2006-07

St. Gregory the Great VA Catholic Secondary School


A further 20 schools have had 50 per cent. or more of their floor area refurbished:


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Year completed School name

2001-02

Bardwell School

2001-02

Slade Nursery School

2001-02

Thameside Primary School

2002-03

Bayards Hill Primary School

2002-03

SS Mary and John Church of England Primary School

2002-03

Windmill Primary School

2003-04

Badgemore Community School

2003-04

Caldecott Primary School

2003-04

Cherwell School (The)

2003-04

The John Henry Newman CE (A) Primary School

2003-04

Whitchurch Primary School

2004-05

Leafield Church of England (Controlled) Primary School

2004-05

Oxfordshire Pupil Referral Unit and Integration Service

2005-06

Bartlemas Nursery School

2005-06

Benson Church of England Primary School

2005-06

Orchard Meadow Primary School

2005-06

South Stoke Primary School

2005-06

Uffington Church of England Primary School

2006-07

Mabel Prichard School

2006-07

Marsh Baldon Church of England Controlled School


Secondary Education: Curriculum

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will make a statement on the implementation of his Department's proposals for reform of the 14-to-19 curriculum. [148191]

Jim Knight: The Department has made substantial progress in delivering the objectives published in December 2005 in the 14-19 Implementation Plan. We have met all major milestones to date as set out in chapter 5 of the implementation plan and are working closely with our key partners and are on track with the activities for 2007 and beyond.

14-19 reform continues to be a key priority of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

I refer the hon. Member to the replies given to the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (Mr. Gibb) earlier this year, 6 February 2007, Official Report, column 831W, and 26 February 2007, Official Report, column 1017W.

Specialised Diplomas

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has to change the functional skills requirement of the level 2 specialised diploma. [148134]

Jim Knight: There are no plans to change the functional skills requirement of the level 2 diploma.

Specialised Diplomas: Take-Up

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the impact of the functional skills requirement on the potential uptake of the specialised diploma; and if he will make a statement. [148135]

Jim Knight: We do not expect any impact on potential diploma take up because of the functional skills requirement. Functional skills will be embedded in all learning routes, such as apprenticeships and GCSEs, as well as diplomas. This means that young people will need to demonstrate competence in functional skills wherever they work or study.

Teachers: Warrington

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants were employed in Warrington (i) in 1997 and (ii) at the last date for which figures are available, broken down into primary and secondary schools. [146260]


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Jim Knight [holding answer 28 June 2007]: Warrington local authority was created as a separate local authority with responsibilities for education on 1 April 1998. Prior to this date figures for Warrington were included with those for the former Cheshire local authority area and are not available separately.

The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of regular teachers and teaching assistants employed in local authority maintained nursery/primary and secondary schools in Warrington local authority area in January 1999 and 2006.

Full-time equivalent regular teachers and teaching assistants in local authority maintained nursery/primary and secondary schools in Warrington local authority: January 1999 and 2006
Regular teachers Teaching assistants
Nursery/primary Secondary Nursery/primary Secondary

1999

700

780

190

20

2006

880

950

430

130

Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
DfES annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies, 618g (regular teachers) and Annual School Census (teaching assistants).

Youth Services

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he expects the minutes of the meeting of the Third Sector Forum for Children and Young People on 23 April to be published; and what the reason is for the time taken to publish them. [149206]

Kevin Brennan: The minutes from the latest meeting of the DfES Third Sector Forum for Children and Young People’s Services will be made public shortly. They will be found on the Every Child Matters web site through the Strategy and Governance section on the Third Sector Forum page. The meeting was postponed from 23 April to 8 May and administrative resources have been focused on the publication on 25 June of the DfES Third Sector Strategy and Action Plan.

Culture, Media and Sport

Departments: Disciplinary Proceedings

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate telephone numbers in the last 12 months. [149195]

Margaret Hodge: No employees have been disciplined or dismissed in the last 12 months for inappropriate use of the internet or for using work telephones to access premium rate telephone numbers.

As part of the Department’s internet policy, we monitor all internet usage and block inappropriate sites. We also block all premium rate phone numbers from our system.


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Departments: Official Visits

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on overnight accommodation by civil servants within his Department’s areas of responsibilities in the last 12 months. [149042]

Margaret Hodge: Expenditure on overnight accommodation by the Department’s civil servants is not recorded separately in the Department’s accounting system. It could be obtained by retrieving and manually analysing a large number of travel and incidental expense claims only at disproportionate cost.

Departments: Opinion Leader Research

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the value is of (a) all payments by his Department to Opinion Leader Research since 1997 and (b) the payment to Opinion Leader Research for “It’s the taking part that counts.” [148852]

Mr. Sutcliffe: There have been no payments made by my Department to Opinion Leader Research since 1997. “It’s the taking part that counts” was a report commissioned by Camelot; therefore no payments were made to Opinion Leader Research by my Department.

Departments: Sick Leave

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months. [147059]

Margaret Hodge: In the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, staff have taken sick leave as follows during the period from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007.

Number of staff Percentage of total staff

Staff who have taken five or more periods of sick leave of less than five days

17

3.24

Staff who have taken four periods of sick leave of less than five days

10

1.90

Staff who have taken three periods of sick leave of less than five days

30

5.72

Staff who have taken two periods of sick leave of less than five days

49

9.35


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