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David Davis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much per capita (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire council, (b) Hull city council, (c) North Lincolnshire council, (d) North East Lincolnshire council and (e) local authorities in England will receive in central government funding in 2007-08. [173568]
Jim Knight:
The revenue per pupil figures shown in the following table are taken from the dedicated schools grant (DSG) which was introduced in April 2006 and other grants. The figures are for all funded pupils aged three to 19.
| Local authority | DSG plus grants 2007-08 (£) |
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
4,104
|
|
Kingston Upon Hull
|
4,705
|
|
North Lincolnshire
|
4,279
|
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
4,661
|
| | |
|
England average
|
4,525
|
Notes:
1. This covers funding through the dedicated schools grant, school standards grant, school standards grant (personalisation) and standards fund as well as funding from the Learning and Skills Council; it excludes grants which are not allocated at LEA level.
2. Some of the grant allocations have not been finalised. If these do change, the effect on the funding figures is expected to be minimal.
3. Figures are in cash terms.
|
Religion: Education
Mrs. May:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which religious education (RE) local syllabuses include the study of the book Islam: Beliefs and Teachings by Gulam Sarwar; and which schools use the book in teaching RE. [173082]
Jim Knight:
Locally agreed syllabuses do not contain references to specific texts, nor do the Government specify which texts should be used in schools. In 2004 we published a non-statutory framework for religious education, on which we encourage Agreed Syllabus Conferences to base their syllabuses. The framework
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places inclusion, tolerance, diversity and interfaith dialogue at the heart of children's learning. These principles are shared both by the Department and faith communities. It is up to schools and teachers to use their professional judgment as to how best to deliver religious education within the locally agreed syllabus and in the spirit of the framework.
Schools: Admissions
Bob Russell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the impact of the Schools Admission Code 2007 on families with twins, triplets or higher multiples; and if he will make a statement. [173123]
Jim Knight:
Local authorities and admission authorities must act in accordance with the school admissions code. In relation to siblings at primary schools, it says that admission authorities should make sure in their oversubscription criteria that, as far as possible, siblings (including twins, triplets or children from other multiple births) can attend the same primary school, as long as they comply with the infant class size regulations. The code goes on to say that children at secondary school age are usually more independent, but does provide guidance for admission authorities on how to help meet parents' wishes where they wish siblings to continue to attend the same school.
The code makes schools' admission arrangements fairer and more transparent for parents. The code applies to admissions to schools from September 2008. We are therefore planning to look at what impact the code has had from 2008.
Schools: Finance
Mr. Jenkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he decided the school funding settlement for 2008-09 to 2010-11; what consideration he gave to small pockets of deprivation in determining the settlement; and if he will make a statement. [173443]
Jim Knight:
On 12 November 2007, I announced to Parliament the three-year school funding settlement for 2008-09 to 2010-11. My statement can be found on the teachernet website at:
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A new deprivation indicator is being used to fund the pockets of deprivation ministerial priority included in the 2008-11 dedicated schools grant allocations. Further information on the new indicator and the local authority allocations for pockets of deprivation is on teachernet at:
Science: GCE A-Level
Mr. Spring:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of pupils in Suffolk have studied (a) chemistry, (b) biology and (c) physics A-Level in each of the last five years. [173452]
Jim Knight:
The number of GCE A level entries by 16 to 18-year-olds in chemistry, biology and physics in Suffolk are provided in the following table. These numbers, as a proportion of all GCE A level entries in Suffolk, are also provided.
| | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007( 1) |
|
Number of entries
| | | | | |
|
Biology
|
609
|
557
|
598
|
606
|
683
|
|
Chemistry
|
428
|
439
|
444
|
483
|
470
|
|
Physics
|
416
|
378
|
391
|
361
|
402
|
| | | | | | |
|
Proportion of all entries (percentage)
| | | | | |
|
Biology
|
7.2
|
6.5
|
6.8
|
6.6
|
7.2
|
|
Chemistry
|
5.1
|
5.1
|
5.1
|
5.3
|
5.0
|
|
Physics
|
4.9
|
4.4
|
4.5
|
3.9
|
4.3
|
(1) Figures for 2007 are provisional and subject to change.
|
Special Educational Needs: Expenditure
Mr. Liddell-Grainger:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much was spent on special educational needs in each English local education authority in each year since 2000. [173071]
Jim Knight:
The information is in the following tables:
| Budgeted net expenditure on the provision of education for children with special educational needs by local authorities in England since 2000-01 |
| £ |
| | Budgeted net expenditure on the education of children with special educational needs( 1, 2) |
| Local authority name | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
|
England
|
2,763,226,000
|
2,908,380,000
|
3,038,661,000
|
3,466,180,000
|
| | | | | |
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
9,383,000
|
6,293,000
|
11,935,000
|
12,812,000
|
|
Barnet
|
26,197,000
|
26,090,000
|
26,784,000
|
31,236,000
|
|
Barnsley
|
9,347,000
|
9,023,000
|
11,632,000
|
13,108,000
|
|
Bath and North East Somerset
|
8,304,000
|
8,843,000
|
7,846,000
|
8,522,000
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
19,250,000
|
21,011,000
|
18,838,000
|
24,669,000
|
|
Bexley
|
14,451,000
|
16,754,000
|
17,731,000
|
21,465,000
|
|
Birmingham
|
92,031,000
|
95,614,000
|
99,409,000
|
113,255,000
|
|
Blackburn and Darwen
|
13,775,000
|
13,667,000
|
14,392,000
|
16,207,000
|
|
Blackpool
|
10,260,000
|
10,533,000
|
9,985,000
|
12,895,000
|
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|
Bolton
|
14,605,000
|
14,943,000
|
15,900,000
|
17,216,000
|
|
Bournemouth
|
8,264,000
|
8,702,000
|
9,590,000
|
10,517,000
|
|
Bracknell Forest
|
5,258,000
|
5,859,000
|
5,812,000
|
7,661,000
|
|
Bradford
|
34,027,000
|
35,997,000
|
23,914,000
|
26,423,000
|
|
Brent
|
15,181,000
|
16,626,000
|
17,099,000
|
18,891,000
|
|
Brighton and Hove
|
15,963,000
|
16,391,000
|
17,212,000
|
18,804,000
|
|
Bromley
|
16,356,000
|
16,987,000
|
16,549,000
|
23,357,000
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
24,469,000
|
27,531,000
|
29,588,000
|
36,621,000
|
|
Bury
|
9,455,000
|
9,938,000
|
11,099,000
|
12,551,000
|
|
Calderdale
|
10,001,000
|
11,852,000
|
9,503,000
|
13,950,000
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
31,017,000
|
33,352,000
|
36,290,000
|
44,958,000
|
|
Camden
|
9,490,000
|
14,215,000
|
13,056,000
|
15,388,000
|
|
Cheshire
|
31,671,000
|
33,787,000
|
36,732,000
|
43,613,000
|
|
City of Bristol
|
22,602,000
|
28,522,000
|
28,361,000
|
30,917,000
|
|
City of Kingston-Upon-Hull
|
16,344,000
|
17,231,000
|
17,033,000
|
19,679,000
|
|
City of London
|
202,000
|
242,000
|
336,000
|
401,000
|
|
Cornwall
|
20,772,000
|
24,127,000
|
24,489,000
|
28,480,000
|
|
Coventry
|
16,357,000
|
18,377,000
|
19,805,000
|
22,373,000
|
|
Croydon
|
20,241,000
|
22,008,000
|
21,252,000
|
24,969,000
|
|
Cumbria
|
22,777,000
|
23,761,000
|
29,097,000
|
28,807,000
|
|
Darlington
|
4,739,000
|
4,998,000
|
5,122,000
|
6,133,000
|
|
Derby
|
13,368,000
|
14,747,000
|
15,314,000
|
18,185,000
|
|
Derbyshire
|
46,256,000
|
49,566,000
|
51,128,000
|
57,146,000
|
|
Devon
|
35,733,000
|
37,437,000
|
38,267,000
|
43,144,000
|
|
Doncaster
|
14,078,000
|
12,936,000
|
14,984,000
|
16,562,000
|
|
Dorset
|
20,907,000
|
23,317,000
|
26,055,000
|
29,866,000
|
|
Dudley
|
15,583,000
|
17,018,000
|
17,670,000
|
19,074,000
|
|
Durham
|
25,485,000
|
25,564,000
|
26,424,000
|
29,875,000
|
|
Ealing
|
19,895,000
|
20,347,000
|
22,588,000
|
23,075,000
|
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
14,535,000
|
15,019,000
|
16,109,000
|
19,555,000
|
|
East Sussex
|
29,293,000
|
32,176,000
|
32,784,000
|
37,086,000
|
|
Enfield
|
19,814,000
|
20,172,000
|
19,667,000
|
23,536,000
|
|
Essex
|
62,904,000
|
68,285,000
|
69,328,000
|
75,876,000
|
|
Gateshead
|
10,480,000
|
9,871,000
|
11,292,000
|
10,722,000
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
26,751,000
|
27,878,000
|
30,971,000
|
33,530,000
|
|
Greenwich
|
20,336,000
|
19,883,000
|
21,328,000
|
23,425,000
|
|
Hackney
|
17,296,000
|
18,172,000
|
18,690,000
|
20,443,000
|
|
Halton
|
9,276,000
|
9,500,000
|
9,753,000
|
10,931,000
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
8,256,000
|
8,045,000
|
9,280,000
|
10,297,000
|
|
Hampshire
|
57,877,000
|
61,087,000
|
64,668,000
|
72,771,000
|
|
Haringey
|
14,782,000
|
16,974,000
|
20,411,000
|
21,628,000
|
|
Harrow
|
14,763,000
|
13,181,000
|
12,030,000
|
14,794,000
|
|
Hartlepool
|
7,002,000
|
7,248,000
|
7,505,000
|
7,889,000
|
|
Havering
|
9,333,000
|
9,595,000
|
9,607,000
|
10,842,000
|
|
Herefordshire
|
9,464,000
|
9,736,000
|
10,433,000
|
12,403,000
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
54,162,000
|
56,668,000
|
55,427,000
|
63,654,000
|
|
Hillingdon
|
15,789,000
|
18,143,000
|
19,137,000
|
21,263,000
|
|
Hounslow
|
14,772,000
|
16,092,000
|
16,395,000
|
20,330,000
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
8,091,000
|
8,207,000
|
8,425,000
|
9,394,000
|
|
Isles of Scilly
|
48,000
|
37,000
|
57,000
|
58,000
|
|
Islington
|
11,796,000
|
10,973,000
|
12,466,000
|
15,930,000
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
7,636,000
|
7,123,000
|
5,460,000
|
6,869,000
|
|
Kent
|
84,532,000
|
91,413,000
|
84,874,000
|
117,265,000
|
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
7,764,000
|
9,025,000
|
10,363,000
|
10,671,000
|
|
Kirklees
|
16,803,000
|
18,932,000
|
20,150,000
|
23,196,000
|
|
Knowsley
|
10,137,000
|
10,802,000
|
12,973,000
|
13,548,000
|
|
Lambeth
|
20,672,000
|
21,775,000
|
20,900,000
|
23,896,000
|
|
Lancashire
|
79,766,000
|
82,826,000
|
86,666,000
|
99,347,000
|
|
Leeds
|
37,167,000
|
40,409,000
|
42,897,000
|
46,444,000
|
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|
Leicester
|
20,227,000
|
18,264,000
|
20,411,000
|
21,414,000
|
|
Leicestershire
|
29,555,000
|
31,347,000
|
32,413,000
|
39,883,000
|
|
Lewisham
|
15,996,000
|
17,092,000
|
17,190,000
|
27,098,000
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
29,713,000
|
30,834,000
|
33,762,000
|
37,824,000
|
|
Liverpool
|
25,981,000
|
26,125,000
|
28,671,000
|
26,140,000
|
|
Luton
|
9,136,000
|
9,321,000
|
14,765,000
|
15,673,000
|
|
Manchester
|
24,053,000
|
26,238,000
|
28,448,000
|
35,869,000
|
|
Medway
|
17,821,000
|
18,581,000
|
18,325,000
|
22,817,000
|
|
Merton
|
11,422,000
|
12,169,000
|
12,696,000
|
13,467,000
|
|
Middlesbrough
|
8,272,000
|
8,790,000
|
9,034,000
|
10,111,000
|
|
Milton Keynes
|
14,383,000
|
14,386,000
|
17,972,000
|
18,928,000
|
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
14,605,000
|
9,758,000
|
14,476,000
|
16,418,000
|
|
Newham
|
19,623,000
|
21,807,000
|
24,554,000
|
28,901,000
|
|
Norfolk
|
34,824,000
|
37,782,000
|
38,304,000
|
42,233,000
|
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
10,181,000
|
10,472,000
|
8,609,000
|
11,888,000
|
|
North Lincolnshire
|
9,041,000
|
9,848,000
|
11,004,000
|
12,678,000
|
|
North Somerset
|
9,361,000
|
9,174,000
|
9,064,000
|
11,289,000
|
|
North Tyneside
|
8,953,000
|
8,987,000
|
10,599,000
|
11,905,000
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
29,813,000
|
31,360,000
|
35,864,000
|
31,827,000
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
30,405,000
|
31,926,000
|
34,506,000
|
36,174,000
|
|
Northumberland
|
26,717,000
|
27,279,000
|
29,158,000
|
32,934,000
|
|
Nottingham City
|
14,472,000
|
14,414,000
|
8,780,000
|
16,444,000
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
26,889,000
|
29,117,000
|
33,316,000
|
34,350,000
|
|
Oldham
|
12,723,000
|
13,335,000
|
13,056,000
|
14,871,000
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
25,847,000
|
28,246,000
|
27,346,000
|
31,417,000
|
|
Peterborough
|
12,325,000
|
13,410,000
|
14,787,000
|
16,936,000
|
|
Plymouth
|
15,867,000
|
16,758,000
|
17,414,000
|
15,686,000
|
|
Poole
|
6,668,000
|
6,901,000
|
7,613,000
|
5,411,000
|
|
Portsmouth
|
10,331,000
|
11,386,000
|
11,634,000
|
13,134,000
|
|
Reading
|
7,331,000
|
7,371,000
|
8,259,000
|
6,780,000
|
|
Redbridge
|
12,670,000
|
13,658,000
|
14,655,000
|
16,587,000
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
8,779,000
|
7,953,000
|
6,781,000
|
9,432,000
|
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
6,228,000
|
8,651,000
|
7,935,000
|
10,085,000
|
|
Rochdale
|
11,384,000
|
11,841,000
|
13,400,000
|
14,687,000
|
|
Rotherham
|
11,181,000
|
11,771,000
|
18,004,000
|
19,876,000
|
|
Rutland
|
1,418,000
|
1,548,000
|
1,486,000
|
1,714,000
|
|
Salford
|
15,807,000
|
16,268,000
|
15,763,000
|
18,548,000
|
|
Sandwell
|
19,169,000
|
19,293,000
|
18,567,000
|
18,710,000
|
|
Sefton
|
15,161,000
|
14,700,000
|
15,122,000
|
16,495,000
|
|
Sheffield
|
21,201,000
|
22,148,000
|
20,328,000
|
27,267,000
|
|
Shropshire
|
10,724,000
|
11,716,000
|
12,581,000
|
15,244,000
|
|
Slough
|
7,722,000
|
8,076,000
|
8,453,000
|
10,715,000
|
|
Solihull
|
10,561,000
|
10,576,000
|
11,125,000
|
12,335,000
|
|
Somerset
|
21,932,000
|
22,268,000
|
26,714,000
|
29,068,000
|
|
South Gloucestershire
|
12,108,000
|
12,745,000
|
12,750,000
|
9,698,000
|
|
South Tyneside
|
15,465,000
|
16,413,000
|
17,211,000
|
10,163,000
|
|
Southampton
|
10,526,000
|
11,846,000
|
11,973,000
|
13,003,000
|
|
Southend
|
8,867,000
|
10,222,000
|
10,653,000
|
13,096,000
|
|
Southwark
|
20,278,000
|
21,253,000
|
20,208,000
|
23,129,000
|
|
St. Helens
|
8,987,000
|
9,277,000
|
9,477,000
|
11,612,000
|
|
Staffordshire
|
30,120,000
|
38,600,000
|
43,505,000
|
52,707,000
|
|
Stockport
|
12,546,000
|
14,109,000
|
13,252,000
|
14,181,000
|
|
Stockton-on-Tees
|
11,150,000
|
12,562,000
|
12,659,000
|
15,175,000
|
|
Stoke on Trent
|
9,956,000
|
10,751,000
|
11,517,000
|
13,819,000
|
|
Suffolk
|
22,845,000
|
23,452,000
|
29,012,000
|
32,374,000
|
|
Sunderland
|
12,415,000
|
10,962,000
|
11,856,000
|
15,693,000
|
|
Surrey
|
61,123,000
|
62,218,000
|
69,738,000
|
82,021,000
|
|
Sutton
|
11,443,000
|
12,880,000
|
15,259,000
|
16,863,000
|
|
Swindon
|
11,380,000
|
12,546,000
|
12,757,000
|
12,519,000
|
18 Dec 2007 : Column 1275W
18 Dec 2007 : Column 1276W
|
Tameside
|
11,394,000
|
11,734,000
|
10,584,000
|
12,381,000
|
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
10,505,000
|
11,575,000
|
10,765,000
|
12,565,000
|
|
Thurrock
|
7,425,000
|
7,788,000
|
8,774,000
|
9,979,000
|
|
Torbay
|
6,355,000
|
6,938,000
|
6,295,000
|
7,723,000
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
24,829,000
|
24,946,000
|
22,926,000
|
27,202,000
|
|
Trafford
|
10,841,000
|
11,167,000
|
12,073,000
|
14,494,000
|
|
Wakefield
|
17,260,000
|
15,580,000
|
15,103,000
|
18,328,000
|
|
Walsall
|
16,697,000
|
17,869,000
|
18,671,000
|
24,714,000
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
14,395,000
|
15,119,000
|
18,181,000
|
17,295,000
|
|
Wandsworth
|
17,511,000
|
18,312,000
|
18,815,000
|
19,980,000
|
|
Warrington
|
9,340,000
|
9,803,000
|
10,150,000
|
11,357,000
|
|
Warwickshire
|
31,216,000
|
30,659,000
|
32,508,000
|
37,871,000
|
|
West Berkshire
|
6,647,000
|
7,420,000
|
7,664,000
|
9,260,000
|
|
West Sussex
|
44,923,000
|
45,567,000
|
50,632,000
|
54,732,000
|
|
Westminster
|
8,314,000
|
8,814,000
|
9,760,000
|
11,901,000
|
|
Wigan
|
19,757,000
|
17,858,000
|
18,177,000
|
20,046,000
|
|
Wiltshire
|
17,175,000
|
18,351,000
|
20,829,000
|
23,839,000
|
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
4,988,000
|
5,881,000
|
6,284,000
|
7,904,000
|
|
Wirral
|
19,936,000
|
21,501,000
|
21,377,000
|
24,853,000
|
|
Wokingham
|
6,148,000
|
6,893,000
|
6,515,000
|
8,143,000
|
|
Wolverhampton
|
15,205,000
|
15,287,000
|
16,178,000
|
18,295,000
|
|
Worcestershire
|
22,841,000
|
23,550,000
|
22,755,000
|
25,648,000
|
|
York
|
8,450,000
|
9,536,000
|
10,015,000
|
9,957,000
|
