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Departmental Manpower
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many reports have been made to his Department’s nominated officers under paragraph 16 of the revised Civil Service Code since its publication on 6 June 2006. [162480]
Kevin Brennan: Since the publication of the revised Civil Service Code on 6 June 2006, my Department’s nominated officers have received two reports made under paragraph 16.
Extra-curricular Activities
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which schools in Hendon are offering extended hours; what additional services they are providing in the extended hours; what funding has been made available for those extended hours; and if he will make a statement. [177701]
Beverley Hughes: We want all schools to offer access to extended services by 2010, including providing access to child care and a range of activities, with at least half of all primary and a third of secondary schools doing so by September 2008; The core offer of extended services in and around schools comprises: a varied menu of activities in primary and secondary schools; high quality child care 8 am to 6 pm 48 weeks a year in primary schools; parenting support; swift and easy access to a wide range of specialist support services such as health and social care; and wider community access to ICT, sports and arts facilities.
We do not hold reliable information on individual services within schools but the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) does collect reliable data on schools delivering access to the extended schools full core offer. We encourage schools to work in clusters to help maximise delivery and to provide more joined up services for their local communities. Clusters often cross constituency boundaries, which means that information on extended services at constituency level must be treated with care. The following table shows the extended schools data for Hendon.
| LEA—Hendon | |
| Number/percentage | |
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Total number of schools providing access to the full core offer | |
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Percentage of schools providing access to the full core offer | |
The following list shows the schools providing access to the full core offer of extended services in the Hendon parliamentary constituency area.
Dollis Junior School
St. Mary’s and St. John’s CE Primary School
Woodcroft Primary School
Independent Jewish Day School
St. Joseph’s RC Junior School
St. Joseph’s RC Infant School
St. Vincent’s RC School
The Orion Primary School
The Hyde School
Fairway Primary School
Edgware Infant School
Edgware Junior School
Dollis Infant School
Deansbrook Infant School
Bell Lane Primary School
Barnfield Primary School
Parkfield Primary School
Northway School
Month to month variations can occur, resulting in figures going down as well as up in individual parliamentary constituencies, for example as a result of local school reorganisations. There are many other schools which are already providing individual parts of the core offer that are not yet included in these figures.
Funding is not broken down to constituency level. Funding for the extended schools programme for 2008-11 in Barnet is detailed as follows.
| Barnet | Start up and sustainability funding |
We are providing over £1.1 billion for extended schools in England for the period 2008-09 to 2010-11.
Family Fund: Eligibility
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will increase the age limit for recipients of Family Fund grants to enable those between 16 and 18-years-old to qualify; and if he will make a statement. [171230]
Beverley Hughes: As part of the Children's Plan published on 11 December, the Secretary of State announced an additional £8.4 million over the next three years to allow the Family Fund Trust to increase the eligibility age from 16 to 18 in England.
The Department already provides £22.8 million annually to the Family Fund, allowing the fund to distribute 38,857 grants in England in 2006-07, averaging £549 per grant. The additional £8.4 million is equivalent to around 16,000 grants for families with 16 and 17-year-old disabled young people over the next three years.
This renews our commitment to providing low income families with a tailored package of support and is all part of the philosophy of the Children's Plan and part of our drive to end child poverty.
Graduates: Cumbria
Mr. Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many young people from (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland graduated from higher education in each of the last 10 years. [175992]
Bill Rammell: I have been asked to reply.
The latest available information is shown in the table. Figures for 2006/07 will be available in January 2008.
Secondary Education: Admissions
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of secondary school pupils were taught in schools with more than (a) 1,000 pupils, (b) 1,500 pupils and (c) 2,000 pupils in (i) 1990, (ii) 1995, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2005, (v) 2006 and (vi) 2007. [163182]
Jim Knight: The requested information is given in the following tables.
| Maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies( 1) , number of schools and pupils by size of school( 2) , position in January each year: 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2006 and 2007, England | |||||||||
| Schools with up to and including 1,000 pupils | Schools with 1,001 to 1,500 pupils | Schools with 1,501 to 2,000 pupils | |||||||
| Number of schools | Number of pupils | Percentage of pupils( 3) | Number of schools | Number of pupils | Percentage of pupils( 3) | Number of schools | Number of pupils | Percentage of pupils( 3) | |
| Schools with more than 2,000 | All schools | |||||
| Number of schools | Number of pupils | Percentage of pupils( 3) | Number of schools | Number of pupils | Percentage of pupils( 3) | |
| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Based on a headcount of pupils. Excludes dually registered pupils. (3) The number of pupils by size band of schools expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census. | ||||||
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