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Simon Crawshaw: North West Regional Assembly
Stewart Kellett: Sport England NW
Tiffany Hunt: National Trust
Sports: Children
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how long on average was spent on sport and physical activity per week by children aged five to 16 years in each of the last 10 years. [195433]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The 2006-07 School Sport Survey showed that 86 per cent. of pupils aged five to 16 in maintained schools in England now participate in at least two hours of high quality PE and school sport each week, exceeding the 2008 target of 85 per cent. a year early.
In previous years the survey demonstrated that 62 per cent. of school children achieved this target in 2003-04; 69 per cent. in 2004-05 and 80 per cent. in 2005-06. No data are available prior to commencement of the strategy in 2003.
DCMS and DCSF continue to work closely through the new PE and Sport Strategy for Young People to offer all children and young people, aged five to 16 years, five hours of sport a week from April 2008.
Sports: Per Capita Costs
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the spend per capita was of (a) public funding and (b) Lottery funding for sport in each of the last three years. [194928]
Mr. Sutcliffe: Using information from the Office for National Statistics website, the estimated population of England in each of the last three years is as follows:
| Population, England | |
| Million | |
Based on the aforementioned information, the following tables show spend on sport per capita in England for the last three years from:
| (a) Public funding | |
| Financial year | Spend per capita (£) |
It should be noted that the Exchequer aforementioned figures include funding from the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Capital Modernisation Fund for School Sport and Space for Sports and Arts respectively.
| ( b ) Lottery funding | |
| Financial year | Spend per capita (£) |
Children, Schools and Families
Departmental Carbon Emissions
Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he has taken to reduce his Department’s carbon dioxide emissions in the next financial year. [191018]
Kevin Brennan: To continue to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in 2008/09 my Department has taken the following steps:
Findings from Carbon Trust energy surveys on our Headquarters buildings are being addressed within my Department’s Environmental Management System.
A continuing major refurbishment project in our London Headquarters building is expected to generate significant reductions in energy use through adoption of new ways of working and energy conserving lighting.
Launching and delivering an internal communications campaign to raise awareness on sustainability issues, highlight successes and initiate activities to lead to a more careful use of resources.
Departmental Internet
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2008, Official Report, column 404W, on the departmental intranet, which Minister amended an entry; what that amendment was; how he is able to identify that the change was made by a Minister; and if he will make a statement. [195355]
Kevin Brennan [holding answer 18 March 2008]: Lord Adonis amended an entry on Wikipedia and not the departmental intranet. The Minister corrected a page about himself on Wikipedia which was factually incorrect. The Minister responded to an internal request for information.
Primary Education
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which local authorities were approached on or before 6 March 2008 in relation to specific issues needing addressing in relation to their primary capital programme strategies; and if he will make a statement. [193498]
Jim Knight: None. The situation remains as outlined in my 17 February written reply to the hon. Member. We are reviewing how best to manage this commitment and will notify local authorities in due course.
Pupil Exclusions
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many pupils were excluded (a) temporarily and (b) permanently excluded from school for possession of a knife in the latest period for which figures are available; [194849]
(2) how many pupils were excluded (a) temporarily and (b) permanently from schools for possession or
use of (i) alcohol and (ii) illegal drugs in each of the last three years. [194651]
Kevin Brennan: The available information is shown in the table, and shows the number of permanent and fixed period exclusions from secondary schools by reason for exclusion.
There are 12 categories describing the various reasons for exclusion. There is no specific category relating to possession of a knife or possession of illegal drugs.
DCSF guidance states that a head teacher can exclude a pupil permanently for supplying an illegal drug and that the Secretary of State would not normally expect the governing body or an appeal panel to reinstate such a pupil. Illegal drugs have no place in schools and harm children’s learning, health and behaviour. We have made clear that we support head teachers and governing bodies together with local partners including the police in their efforts to tackle illegal drugs in schools.
Exclusions data relating to the 2006/07 school year are expected to be published in June 2008, and the scope of information on reasons for exclusion will extend to also include primary and special schools.
| Maintained secondary schools( 1,2) : number and percentage of permanent and fixed period exclusions by reason for exclusion—England, 2005/06 | ||||
| Number of permanent exclusions( 3) | Percentage of all permanent exclusions( 3,4) | Number of fixed period exclusions | Percentage of all fixed period exclusions( 4) | |
| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) For the 2005/06 school year, information on the reason for exclusion was collected via the School Census for the first time for secondary schools only (the Termly Exclusions Survey has discontinued). For exclusions during 2006/07, information on the reason for exclusion will also be collected from primary and special schools. (3) Estimates based on incomplete pupil level data. (4) The number of exclusions by reason expressed as a percentage of the total number of exclusions. (5) There were two permanent and four fixed period exclusions for which circumstance was not known—these were included in the ‘total’ column only. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | ||||
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils were excluded temporarily from school in each of the last three years. [194869]
Kevin Brennan: The available information is shown in the table.
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