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Children, Schools and Families
Academies: Expenditure
Mr. Purchase: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the total capital spend was on the school academy programme in England in each year since 2003-04; and what percentage that total represented of all new secondary school building capital expenditure in England in each year. [189199]
Jim Knight: The following table details the capital provision for academies as a proportion of the corresponding figure for all schools.
The Department does not keep a record of the capital funding split between primary and secondary schools. This is because local authorities’ formulaic funding is not ring-fenced, and the split of expenditure between primary and secondary schools is decided at local authority level.
The figures for academies, similarly, will include any contributions that the Department has made towards the primary element of academy school buildings.
| All schools (£ million) | Academies (£ million) | Academies as a proportion of all schools (percentage) | |
| (1 )Actual outturn (2 )Estimated outturn (3) Planned | |||
Assessments: Standards
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many schools have requested a re-mark of a whole year group’s (a) key stage 2 and (b) key stage 3 examination papers in (i) English, (ii) mathematics and (iii) science in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement; [188982]
(2) how many (a) Key Stage 2 and (b) Key Stage 3 examination papers in (i) English, (ii) mathematics and (iii) science were re-marked following a request from schools in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. [188983]
Jim Knight: The following Tables 1 and 2 show how many schools, since 2004, requested a group re-mark in the Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 English, mathematics and science tests, and how many scripts were re-marked following a request from schools.
Data for the period 2001 to 2003 is not available in the format requested.
The figures in the tables were provided by the National Assessment Agency (NAA), which is responsible for the administration of National Curriculum tests including the external marking and group reviews service to schools.
| Table 1 | ||||||
| Number of schools requesting reviews of whole year group | Number of scripts re-marked as a result of a school’s request | |||||
| Key Stage 2 | English | Maths | Science | English | Maths | Science |
| Table 2 | ||||||
| Number of schools requesting reviews of whole year group | Number of scripts re-marked as a result of a school’s request | |||||
| Key Stage 3 | English | Maths | Science | English | Maths | Science |
| (1) Group reviews in mathematics and science were not conducted until 2005. | ||||||
Children: Obesity
John Cummings: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in the age groups (a) 5 to 8, (b) 9 to 11, (c) 12 to 13 and (d) 14 to 16 years were classed as obese in each school in Easington constituency in the latest period for which figures are available. [186210]
Dawn Primarolo: I have been asked to reply.
The best available data on prevalence of child obesity in the North East region are available through the “Health Survey for England (HSE) and the National Child Measurement Programme” (NCMP).
The HSE 2006, published in January 2008, showed that in the North East for children aged 2-15 years, 20 per cent. of boys and 15 per cent. of girls were obese.
The NCMP weighs and measures children aged 4-5 years and 10-11 years. The Report published on February 21, 2008 showed that for the North East Strategic Health Authority, 10.9 per cent. of children aged 4-5 years, and 19.9 per cent. of children aged 10-11 years, were obese.
Obesity prevalence is available by primary care trust and local authority in the NCMP report, which is available on the Department of Health website at:
School-level results are not available from the HSE, because a sampling method is used and, due to the small numbers involved, results are not reliable below regional level.
School-level results have not been published at a national level for the NCMP. However, the dataset has
now been shared with Public Health Observatories to allow them to undertake their own analysis, including analysis at school level, according to regional and local needs.
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children aged (a) five to eight, (b) nine to 11, (c) 12 to 13 and (d) 14 to 16 years were classed as obese in each school in Tamworth constituency in the latest period for which figures are available. [187723]
Dawn Primarolo: I have been asked to reply.
The best available data on prevalence of child obesity in the West Midlands region are available through the “Health Survey for England” (HSE) and the “National Child Measurement Programme” (NCMP).
The HSE 2006, published in January 2008, showed that in the West Midlands for children aged 2-15 years, 19 per cent. of boys and 18 per cent. of girls were obese.
The NCMP weighs and measures children aged 4-5 years and 10-11 years. The report published on February 21, 2008 showed that for the East Midlands Strategic Health Authority, 9.8 per cent. of children aged 4-5 years, and 16.6 per cent. of children aged 10-11 years, were obese.
Obesity prevalence is available by primary care trust and local authority in the NCMP report, which is available on the Department’s website at:
School-level results are not available from the HSE, because a sampling method is used and, due to the small numbers involved, results are not reliable below regional level.
School-level results have not been published at a national level for the NCMP. However, the dataset has now been shared with Public Health Observatories to allow them to undertake their own analysis, including analysis at school level, according to regional and local needs.
Children: Protection
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will make a statement on the final outcome of his Department’s review of the 210 cases identified on List 99 who were subject to only a partial bar on working with children. [189067]
Kevin Brennan: In the written parliamentary statement of 28 February 2007 the then Secretary of State for Education and Skills reported on progress on the review of those cases where individuals were placed on List 99, but subject to a partial bar. The Secretary of State intends to make a further statement to the House in due course.
Classroom Assistants: Enfield
Joan Ryan: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teaching assistants were employed in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Enfield North in each of the last 10 years. [190257]
Jim Knight: The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent teaching assistants employed in local authority maintained primary and secondary schools in Enfield North constituency, in each January from 1998 to 2007.
| Full-time equivalent teaching assistants( 1) employed in local authority maintained primary and secondary schools in Enfield North constituency, in each January from 1998 to 2007 | ||
| Teaching assistants( 1) | ||
| Primary | Secondary | |
| (1) Includes teaching assistants, special needs support staff and minority ethnic pupil support staff. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | ||
Departmental Data Protection
Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many meetings his Department’s chief information officer had with officials in other Government Departments and agencies as part of Government-wide initiatives on data security in the last 12 months. [190744]
Kevin Brennan: In the last 12 months, the Department for Children, Schools and Families’ chief information officer has had seven meetings with officials in other Government Departments and agencies as part of Government-wide initiatives on data security.
Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many of his Department's civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. [188791]
Kevin Brennan: No civil servants in the Department have been suspended or dismissed over the last five years for accessing obscene or other prohibited websites on their work computers.
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