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Schools: Governing Bodies
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many parent governors of schools were serving on (a) primary and (b) secondary school governing bodies in each year since 2001. [188397]
Jim Knight:
The Department does not collect information on the composition of the governing bodies of maintained schools. However, parents must comprise at least one third of the places on the governing bodies of all maintained schools in England.
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of parent governors of schools were (a) women, (b) men, (c) white and (d) of black and minority ethnic background in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [188398]
Jim Knight:
The Department does not collect information on the gender and ethnicity of the governing bodies of maintained schools.
We encourage all bodies engaged in recruiting new school governors to monitor the ethnic origin of the governors they appoint, but completion of any ethnic monitoring forms is always voluntary. However, all schools and local authorities are under a duty to eliminate unlawful racial discrimination and promote equal opportunities.
Many schools will have pupils from black and minority ethnic groups, different faiths, refugees, or children with English as a second language. It is important that governing bodies include people who have the skills and abilities to drive forward school improvement from all racial and cultural backgrounds.
Teachers
Anne Main:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2008, Official Report, column 180W, on teachers, what recent estimate he has made of the number of teachers whose capability is in question. [187560]
Jim Knight:
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Teachers: Labour Turnover
Michael Gove:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teachers have left the profession within (a) one year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years of completing their qualified teacher status induction period since its introduction. [188371]
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Jim Knight:
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Teachers: Pay
Michael Gove:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many teachers from outside the European economic area received golden hello payments in each year since 2000; and what the value was of such payments; [188369]
(2) what the cost of golden hello payments to newly qualified teachers has been in each year since 2000. [188370]
Jim Knight:
Golden hello payments are only made to qualified teachers of priority subjects who are employed in state maintained secondary schools in England. Teachers qualified in countries outside of the European economic area who teach in England are not eligible to receive a golden hello.
The total cost of golden hello payments to newly qualified teachers in each financial year from 2000-01 is shown in the following table:
| Financial year | Amount (£ million) |
|
2000-01
|
0.3
|
|
2001-02
|
2.6
|
|
2002-03
|
28.5
|
|
2003-04
|
20
|
|
2004-05
|
25
|
|
2005-06
|
29.7
|
|
2006-07
|
28
|
|
2007-08(1)
|
24.9
|
(1 )This represents payments up to 15 February 2008
|
Teachers: Qualifications
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what proportion of teachers attained the National Professional Qualification of Headship between 2003 and 2007 who are not head teachers; [187153]
(2) what proportion of head teachers hold the National Professional Qualification for Headship. [187154]
Jim Knight:
The Department does not hold this information. National College of School Leadership (NCSL) holds details of National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) graduates each year; it does not have information on their current position in schools.
The number of NPQH graduates in each year since 2003 are as follows:
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| | Number |
|
2003
|
3,278
|
|
2004
|
3,839
|
|
2005
|
4,237
|
|
2006
|
4,409
|
|
2007
|
4,721
|
Teachers: Standards
Michael Gove:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many newly qualified teachers have failed their induction period and remained in teaching in the latest period for which figures are available. [188373]
Jim Knight:
The General Teaching Council for England (GTCE) received notification of 23 newly qualified teachers that failed their induction between 1 September 2006 and 31 of August 2007. As the GTCE does not have any active employment details recorded for these teachers there is no evidence that they currently work as a qualified teacher in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England. The GTCE do not regulate independent schools.
Young People: Unemployed
Mr. Hayes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people aged under 18 years were not in employment, education or training in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years. [187953]
Beverley Hughes:
The Department's estimate of the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) cannot be disaggregated to local level. However, we can estimate the number of young people NEET using figures drawn from the client management systems maintained by Connexions services. The following table shows the and proportion of young people aged under 18 who were not in education, employment or training (NEET) in each local authority area at the end of 2005, 2006 and 2007 based on Connexions data. Connexions do not report figures at constituency level. 2005 is the first year for which local authority level figures were available.
The figures relate to 16 and 17-year-olds known to Connexions and are not directly comparable with statistics on 16 and 17-year-olds NEET published annually by the Department of Children, Schools and Families. This is because the Connexions NEET measure excludes those on gap years, or in custody and young people who attended independent schools or were at school outside England may also be excluded. In addition, the Department's statistics relate to the young person's academic age, rather
than calendar age.
| Number and proportion of 16 to 17-year-olds not in education, employment or training |
| | December 2005 | December 2006 | December 2007 |
| | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
|
South-east
| | | | | | |
|
Bracknell Forest
|
150
|
8.6
|
90
|
5.5
|
80
|
4.8
|
|
Reading
|
330
|
10.8
|
250
|
8.0
|
250
|
8.4
|
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
100
|
4.5
|
90
|
4.3
|
90
|
3.7
|
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|
Slough
|
230
|
87
|
150
|
5.8
|
140
|
5.4
|
|
West Berkshire
|
190
|
6.2
|
150
|
5.0
|
150
|
4.8
|
|
Wokingham
|
140
|
6.1
|
90
|
4.8
|
120
|
6.1
|
|
Kent
|
1,840
|
6.5
|
1,780
|
6.3
|
1,450
|
4.8
|
|
Medway
|
510
|
8.3
|
420
|
6.9
|
380
|
6.0
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
300
|
3.3
|
250
|
2.8
|
240
|
2.6
|
|
Milton Keynes
|
340
|
7.5
|
280
|
6.1
|
260
|
5.2
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
500
|
4.5
|
560
|
5.0
|
470
|
4.2
|
|
Portsmouth
|
360
|
14.0
|
290
|
11.2
|
230
|
9.0
|
|
Southampton
|
500
|
12.3
|
430
|
10.7
|
390
|
10.0
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
160
|
5.8
|
160
|
6.1
|
150
|
5.5
|
|
Hampshire
|
1,320
|
5.2
|
1,420
|
5.5
|
1,270
|
4.9
|
|
Surrey
|
640
|
3.4
|
610
|
3.4
|
560
|
3.3
|
|
Brighton and Hove
|
420
|
10.0
|
430
|
10.9
|
300
|
7.7
|
|
East Sussex
|
550
|
6.0
|
710
|
7.9
|
620
|
6.9
|
|
West Sussex
|
660
|
4.6
|
630
|
4.4
|
550
|
4.2
|
| | | | | | | |
|
London
| | | | | | |
|
Camden
|
240
|
7.6
|
220
|
7.4
|
210
|
6.3
|
|
Islington
|
340
|
9.2
|
320
|
8.4
|
290
|
8.2
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
100
|
8.6
|
120
|
8.8
|
80
|
4.9
|
|
Lambeth
|
400
|
13.7
|
300
|
11.4
|
240
|
9.3
|
|
Southwark
|
370
|
12.6
|
370
|
12.2
|
260
|
9.2
|
|
Wandsworth
|
260
|
6.5
|
230
|
6.0
|
160
|
3.7
|
|
Westminster
|
230
|
8.7
|
150
|
6.7
|
130
|
5.2
|
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
420
|
12.6
|
440
|
11.3
|
390
|
9.2
|
|
Bexley
|
280
|
6.0
|
320
|
7.4
|
270
|
6.4
|
|
City of London(1)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
0.9
|
|
Greenwich
|
470
|
11.6
|
450
|
10.8
|
390
|
9.7
|
|
Hackney
|
350
|
14.7
|
360
|
13.7
|
280
|
11.1
|
|
Havering
|
400
|
7.4
|
360
|
6.0
|
320
|
5.5
|
|
Lewisham
|
380
|
8.8
|
250
|
5.6
|
240
|
5.6
|
|
Newham
|
490
|
9.8
|
570
|
11.4
|
400
|
9.0
|
|
Redbridge
|
310
|
6.0
|
270
|
4.8
|
240
|
4.2
|
|
Tower Hamlets(1)
|
380
|
10.1
|
410
|
11.0
|
230
|
6.5
|
|
Barnet
|
320
|
5.6
|
280
|
4.3
|
250
|
4.2
|
|
Enfield
|
480
|
7.9
|
390
|
6.5
|
370
|
6.9
|
|
Haringey
|
370
|
10.1
|
360
|
12.8
|
250
|
10.2
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
310
|
6.0
|
350
|
6.4
|
270
|
5.0
|
|
Bromley
|
270
|
4.4
|
290
|
4.7
|
270
|
4.2
|
|
Croydon
|
540
|
8.8
|
480
|
7.8
|
430
|
7.4
|
|
Kingston
|
100
|
3.2
|
110
|
3.6
|
90
|
2.9
|
|
Merton
|
120
|
7.2
|
120
|
7.3
|
90
|
6.2
|
|
Richmond
|
80
|
4.2
|
90
|
4.3
|
40
|
2.1
|
|
Sutton
|
210
|
4.6
|
190
|
4.4
|
180
|
4.3
|
|
Brent
|
190
|
4.4
|
200
|
5.4
|
180
|
5.1
|
|
Baling
|
280
|
7.2
|
280
|
7.7
|
180
|
5.3
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
260
|
17.2
|
170
|
9.3
|
100
|
6.4
|
|
Harrow
|
210
|
5.3
|
170
|
4.3
|
80
|
2.0
|
|
Hillingdon
|
520
|
8.4
|
360
|
6.4
|
250
|
4.5
|
|
Hounslow
|
300
|
6.3
|
310
|
7.6
|
240
|
6.0
|
| | | | | | | |
|
East of England
| | | | | | |
|
Bedfordshire
|
540
|
6.8
|
500
|
6.4
|
470
|
6.1
|
|
Luton
|
330
|
7.9
|
310
|
8.1
|
250
|
6.0
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
560
|
5.3
|
540
|
5.2
|
500
|
4.8
|
|
Peterborough
|
390
|
9.6
|
340
|
8.2
|
310
|
7.4
|
|
Essex
|
2,160
|
8.5
|
1,730
|
6.8
|
1,370
|
5.1
|
|
Thurrock
|
330
|
9.1
|
270
|
7.5
|
240
|
6.6
|
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|
Southend
|
330
|
7.2
|
310
|
6.4
|
270
|
5.5
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
1,070
|
4.8
|
950
|
4.2
|
760
|
3.3
|
|
Norfolk
|
1,130
|
7.3
|
1,240
|
7.9
|
900
|
5.7
|
|
Suffolk
|
960
|
7.3
|
1,020
|
7.9
|
830
|
6.4
|
| | | | | | | |
|
South-west
| | | | | | |
|
Bournemouth
|
220
|
8.5
|
250
|
8.9
|
240
|
8.6
|
|
Dorset
|
380
|
5.6
|
490
|
6.8
|
380
|
5.2
|
|
Poole
|
180
|
6.4
|
180
|
6.1
|
160
|
5.4
|
|
Cornwall
|
540
|
5.0
|
630
|
5.8
|
590
|
5.5
|
|
Devon
|
720
|
5.3
|
830
|
6.0
|
710
|
5.5
|
|
Isles of Scilly
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Plymouth
|
420
|
6.8
|
410
|
7.0
|
400
|
6.9
|
|
Torbay
|
140
|
4.6
|
210
|
7.3
|
170
|
5.1
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
670
|
5.5
|
570
|
4.7
|
470
|
4.0
|
|
Somerset
|
510
|
4.9
|
480
|
4.7
|
390
|
3.9
|
|
Bath and NE Somerset
|
190
|
5.1
|
150
|
3.9
|
120
|
3.4
|
|
Bristol
|
600
|
9.2
|
530
|
7.1
|
450
|
6.3
|
|
North Somerset
|
150
|
4.3
|
150
|
4.8
|
140
|
4.0
|
|
South Gloucestershire
|
280
|
5.3
|
240
|
5.6
|
240
|
4.4
|
|
Swindon
|
220
|
5.3
|
350
|
8.1
|
240
|
5.4
|
|
Wiltshire
|
390
|
5.3
|
480
|
6.2
|
430
|
5.7
|
| | | | | | | |
|
West midlands
| | | | | | |
|
Birmingham
|
2,550
|
13.2
|
2,240
|
10.2
|
1,630
|
7.2
|
|
Solihull
|
490
|
8.3
|
410
|
7.7
|
300
|
5.1
|
|
Dudley
|
580
|
8.5
|
560
|
6.5
|
480
|
5.7
|
|
Sandwell
|
690
|
11.9
|
700
|
17.1
|
570
|
13.3
|
|
Walsall
|
620
|
11.0
|
540
|
9.2
|
560
|
9.2
|
|
Wolverhampton
|
620
|
11.4
|
590
|
11.1
|
500
|
9.4
|
|
Coventry
|
570
|
8.4
|
550
|
8.0
|
420
|
6.0
|
|
Warwickshire
|
630
|
6.0
|
720
|
6.6
|
620
|
5.6
|
|
Herefordshire
|
190
|
5.9
|
170
|
5.2
|
180
|
5.3
|
|
Worcestershire
|
590
|
5.7
|
530
|
5.0
|
440
|
4.1
|
|
Shropshire
|
290
|
5.5
|
260
|
4.8
|
200
|
4.1
|
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
300
|
8.2
|
330
|
9.1
|
340
|
9.5
|
|
Staffordshire
|
1,100
|
6.6
|
1,120
|
6.7
|
870
|
4.9
|
|
Stoke on Trent
|
760
|
14.3
|
760
|
14.3
|
620
|
11.9
|
| | | | | | | |
|
East midlands
| | | | | | |
|
Derby City
|
460
|
8.5
|
460
|
8.6
|
400
|
7.4
|
|
Derbyshire
|
860
|
6.8
|
870
|
6.7
|
830
|
6.2
|
|
Leicester City
|
730
|
10.2
|
740
|
10.0
|
650
|
8.5
|
|
Leicestershire
|
700
|
5.9
|
670
|
5.4
|
560
|
4.2
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
800
|
5.8
|
710
|
5.0
|
580
|
4.1
|
|
Rutland
|
—
|
0.7
|
10
|
3.0
|
10
|
1.9
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
980
|
7.1
|
840
|
6.1
|
700
|
5.1
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
770
|
4.8
|
770
|
5.0
|
670
|
4.5
|
|
Nottingham
|
470
|
8.3
|
540
|
7.8
|
470
|
6.2
|
| | | | | | | |
|
Yorks and the Humber
| | | | | | |
|
East Riding
|
310
|
5.7
|
380
|
5.5
|
320
|
6.1
|
|
Kingston upon Hull
|
820
|
12.8
|
740
|
13.4
|
670
|
9.8
|
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
350
|
8.9
|
400
|
10.3
|
270
|
5.9
|
|
North Lincolnshire
|
270
|
7.3
|
320
|
8.9
|
270
|
6.7
|
|
Barnsley
|
630
|
14.1
|
530
|
12.1
|
350
|
7.7
|
|
Doncaster
|
800
|
12.5
|
790
|
12.5
|
510
|
7.9
|
|
Rotherham
|
630
|
10.3
|
700
|
10.5
|
600
|
8.9
|
|
Sheffield
|
1,000
|
10.0
|
940
|
9.7
|
850
|
8.6
|
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|
Bradford
|
910
|
9.8
|
1,010
|
10.5
|
870
|
9.2
|
|
Calderdale
|
350
|
8.5
|
330
|
8.3
|
320
|
7.9
|
|
Kirklees
|
770
|
8.3
|
810
|
9.0
|
740
|
7.9
|
|
Leeds
|
1,400
|
9.5
|
1,390
|
9.4
|
1,410
|
9.7
|
|
Wakefield
|
790
|
11.5
|
810
|
11.2
|
730
|
9.7
|
|
York
|
200
|
4.3
|
240
|
5.2
|
210
|
4.2
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
500
|
4.4
|
480
|
4.2
|
440
|
4.0
|
| | | | | | | |
|
North-west
| | | | | | |
|
Cheshire
|
680
|
4.6
|
780
|
5.3
|
620
|
4.2
|
|
Warrington
|
240
|
6.2
|
270
|
6.7
|
200
|
4.9
|
|
Cumbria
|
550
|
5.4
|
500
|
4.8
|
450
|
4.3
|
|
Bolton
|
670
|
10.4
|
740
|
13.8
|
630
|
11.7
|
|
Bury
|
310
|
7.2
|
350
|
8.4
|
310
|
5.7
|
|
City of Manchester
|
1,070
|
11.3
|
1,040
|
11.4
|
840
|
8.8
|
|
Oldham
|
410
|
6.9
|
450
|
8.7
|
400
|
7.2
|
|
Rochdale
|
380
|
7.9
|
450
|
13.2
|
390
|
10.4
|
|
City of Salford
|
460
|
10.1
|
520
|
11.9
|
390
|
7.1
|
|
Stockport
|
370
|
6.4
|
480
|
8.4
|
480
|
6.6
|
|
Trafford
|
290
|
6.0
|
290
|
7.2
|
270
|
6.0
|
|
Tameside
|
460
|
8.6
|
450
|
9.6
|
420
|
8.7
|
|
Wigan
|
680
|
9.8
|
720
|
10.3
|
570
|
7.7
|
|
Halton
|
260
|
9.4
|
290
|
10.7
|
270
|
10.1
|
|
Knowsley
|
300
|
8.9
|
380
|
12.8
|
360
|
13.1
|
|
Liverpool
|
1,070
|
10.4
|
1,130
|
12.1
|
990
|
10.0
|
|
Sefton
|
470
|
7.2
|
440
|
6.1
|
400
|
5.8
|
|
St. Helens
|
380
|
10.3
|
380
|
8.8
|
320
|
7.1
|
|
Wirral
|
620
|
8.1
|
660
|
8.9
|
630
|
8.5
|
|
Blackburn-Darwen
|
320
|
8.9
|
340
|
6.2
|
290
|
6.3
|
|
Blackpool
|
340
|
10.4
|
370
|
8.2
|
340
|
7.1
|
|
Lancashire
|
1,560
|
6.6
|
1,680
|
7.7
|
1,640
|
7.1
|
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|
North-east
| | | | | | |
|
County Durham
|
1,160
|
12.2
|
1,150
|
11.9
|
930
|
9.2
|
|
Northumberland
|
470
|
8.0
|
530
|
9.0
|
450
|
7.5
|
|
Darlington
|
220
|
8.7
|
190
|
6.0
|
180
|
5.5
|
|
Stockton on Tees
|
400
|
8.9
|
330
|
9.0
|
300
|
7.8
|
|
Middlesbrough
|
460
|
14.2
|
430
|
11.5
|
320
|
8.2
|
|
Hartlepool
|
180
|
8.3
|
230
|
10.6
|
140
|
6.3
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
310
|
9.1
|
330
|
10.4
|
320
|
10.3
|
|
Sunderland
|
770
|
12.4
|
740
|
12.2
|
660
|
10.9
|
|
Gateshead
|
460
|
12.2
|
400
|
10.9
|
370
|
9.7
|
|
Newcastle
|
700
|
10.1
|
660
|
9.1
|
660
|
8.5
|
|
Tyneside
|
430
|
11.2
|
390
|
10.5
|
310
|
8.2
|
|
South Tyneside
|
370
|
12.6
|
300
|
10.3
|
260
|
9.2
|
(1) Figures for City of London are included with those for Tower Hamlets in 2005 and 2006
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