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Education: Research
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent in educational research in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [172746]
Jim Knight: I have interpreted ‘educational research’ to mean social research commissioned by the Department in all its guises since 1997. Until September 2004 social research funded from budgets other than the Department’s central research budget was not monitored centrally; to gather that information now would incur disproportionate costs given the many changes to the structure of the Department over the years. The amounts recorded centrally as spent by the Department in each year since 1997 are as follows:
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Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what educational research was commissioned by his Department (a) internally and (b) externally in each month from November 2006 to December 2007. [172769]
Jim Knight: Since November 2007 the Department has commissioned external suppliers to undertake 75 research projects. The monthly breakdown of these follows. The Department does not hold information centrally about the research that is commissioned internally; to collect this now would incur disproportionate costs. The Department's analytical strategy, which is currently being updated to reflect the recent machinery of government changes, contains details of our high-level analytical priorities that are being addressed by both internally and externally commissioned work.
DCSF Externally Commissioned Research between November 2006 to December 2007
Case management and outcomes for neglected children: A five-year follow-up study of neglected children who have been looked after and reunified
Evaluation of ‘Taking the Chair’ (national development programme for chairs of governing bodies and head teachers)
Evaluation of the early learning partnerships
International civic and citizenship education study
Noticing and helping the neglected child: a review of the literature
The views of young people and their experience of education
2006-07 school sport survey
What role for the 3Rs? progress and attainment during primary school
Evaluation overlap co-ordination: targeted youth support pathfinders, budget holding lead professional and parenting early intervention
Further analysis for the development of the 10-year youth strategy—Phase 1
Evaluation of the primary social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL) work
Research on three- and four-year-old pathfinders
Understanding the contribution of Sure Start local programmes to the task of safeguarding children's welfare
Review of the national adoption register for England and Wales and the independent review mechanism in England
Connexions direct website evaluation 2007
OECD thematic review of school to work transition
Evaluation of the first phase of health-led parent support demonstration sites
Behavioural impact of changes in the Teachers Pension Scheme
Office of Manpower Economics teachers’ workload diary survey
Determine the optimum supply of children's residential care
Review of capacity in the parenting support market
Evaluation of disagreement resolution services
The evaluation of the high performing specialist schools programme and specialist special schools
Commissioning and dissemination costs for the safeguarding children initiative
International civic and citizenship education study (international fees)
Phase 2—further analysis for the development of the 10-year-old youth strategy
An evaluation of education related parenting contracts
Promotion of and training for the children's services statistical neighbour benchmarking tool
A review of existing evidence around the benefits of raising the participation age to 18
Evaluation of local authority commissioning Pathfinders
Evaluation support to the re-ach project
Exploring issues surrounding post-16 participation in education and training
Formalised peer mentoring pilot (Phase 2)
Hosting the June 2007 meeting of the OECD's technical group for indicators of education systems.
Local safeguarding children's boards programme
Programme for international student assessment: national project management for PISA 2009
A review of how fathers are recognised and supported through DCSF policy
Evaluating the impact of the UK resilience programme
Local authority music services provision for key stages 1 and 2
Evaluation of the enhanced key skills support programme
Independent learning: a review of the evidence
Literature review on complex expression and punctuation
National centre for excellence in the teaching of mathematics (NCETM)
Parents’ involvement in children's education 2007
Improving the outcomes for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils
A review of existing evidence around the benefits of raising the participation age to 18—economic assessment of the benefits
Review of research centres
An evaluation of the impact of secondary social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL) programme
Evaluating the impact of the UK resilience programme—base line data collection
International perspectives on parenting support
Programme for international student assessment: national project management for PISA 2009
Raising the participation age in education and training to 18: review of existing evidence of the benefits and challenges
Towards the new children in need census
Disabled children: numbers, characteristics and local service provision
Evaluation of choice advisers
Evaluation of the progression pilot
Literature review on inference and deduction skills for reading
Research into work force remodelling strategies and their impact on school standards
Research to explore how transport barriers to 14 to19 participation can be overcome
The opinions of younger people about the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Evaluation of the London student pledge
Definitions of LA services and guidance for children in need
Reviewing diploma development: an evaluation of the design of the diploma qualifications
After school science and engineering clubs
An investigation of the role of the voluntary and community sector in supporting parents and families
Health-led parenting project—review of health-led interventions in pregnancy and early years
Investigation of the role of schools with foundations
Research into the allocation of special educational needs allowances in England and Wales.
Review of section 58 of Children Act 2004—parental opinion survey
Evaluation of sustainable modes of travel strategies
In-depth understanding of parents and children and carers and young people
Survey of parents and carers and children and young people
The training and development requirements of senior local leaders and managers of children's services
Byron review on the impact of new technologies on children: research literature review
Development in the first three sweeps of the millennium cohort study
English Language: Assessments
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether any maintained schools have declined to have their pupils take the key stage 3 English tests; and if he will make a statement. [172504]
Jim Knight: No schools declined to enter pupils for the key stage 3 English tests in May 2007.
Financial Services: Education
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the curricular time needed for the teaching of financial capability at key stages 3 and 4. [173183]
Beverley Hughes: No formal assessment has been undertaken. It is for schools themselves to decide how to organise their timetables, including how much time to spend teaching each subject, working within National Curriculum requirements. To help schools plan for delivery of the new secondary curriculum, the National College of School Leadership and the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust are running joint regional events for secondary school leaders and curriculum planners on whole curriculum design, to help them think through the process of designing and timetabling a curriculum in their own schools.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has to monitor and audit the implementation of financial capability education at key stages 3 and 4. [173184]
Beverley Hughes: From September 2008, a new dedicated ‘Economic wellbeing and financial capability(’) strand will be introduced at key stage 3 and 4, as part of a revised curriculum for Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education. In September, my hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families announced £11.5 million new funding over three years to support the teaching of financial education in schools. We are in the process of appointing a contractor to develop and implement a programme of support for schools in this area. The impact of this programme will be measured by independent evaluation, assessing outcomes through interaction with teachers, pupils and other key stakeholders. We will also use Ofsted evidence and research conducted by the Financial Services Authority to judge the effectiveness of our approach.
Free School Meals
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children were (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of free school meals in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by eligibility criteria. [172405]
Jim Knight [holding answer 10 December 2007]: 1,088,610 children were eligible for and 859,000 were in receipt of free school meals in January 2007, the latest date for which data are available. Information broken down by eligibility criteria is not collected centrally.
The figures quoted are from the School Census of January 2007 and are rounded to the nearest 10. They cover LA maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools (including middle schools) and dually registered and boarding pupils.
Free School Meals: Child Tax Credit
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children of recipients of child tax credit were (a) eligible for and (b) claiming free school meals in the latest period for which figures are available. [172404]
Kevin Brennan [holding answer 10 December 2007]: The requested information is not available.
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