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Ealing
East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex
Essex
Greenwich
Halton
Hampshire
Haringey
Hartlepool
Havering
Herefordshire
Hillingdon
Isle of Wight
Islington
Kingston upon Thames
Kirklees
Knowsley
Lambeth
Leeds
Leicester
Lewisham
Lincolnshire
Liverpool
Luton
Manchester
Middlesbrough
Newham
Norfolk
North Lincolnshire
North Somerset
North Yorkshire
Northumberland
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
Plymouth
Redbridge
Rochdale
Rotherham
Salford
Sefton
Sheffield
Shropshire
Solihull
Staffordshire
Stockton-on-Tees
Stoke-on-Trent
Sunderland
Sutton
Swindon
Tameside
Tower Hamlets
Trafford
Wakefield
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
Warrington
Warwickshire
West Sussex
Westminster
Wigan
Wiltshire
Wokingham
Worcestershire
School Meals: Waste
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what guidance he provides to schools on reducing waste from the meals they provide. [219847]
Kevin Brennan: In April 2008 the School Food Trust published comprehensive guidance for schools and local authorities that provide school meals entitled “A fresh look at procurement—efficiency and sustainability”. The guide includes a section on waste management with three recommendations:
To review the school meals service to identify opportunities to reduce food waste;
To review the school meals service to identify opportunities to minimise packaging waste; and
To explore opportunities for diverting waste products for re-use, recycling or resource reclamation.
Case studies are supplied for each recommendation and links are provided to sources of further information.
Schools are advised that reducing food waste may be one of the most productive ways to improve the overall sustainability of the school food system. The guide can be viewed on the School Food Trust’s website at:
Schools: Attendance
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average attendance rate at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local education authority area has been in each of the last five years. [220656]
Kevin Brennan: The latest available information on attendance rates for primary and secondary schools covers the school year 2006/07, this table together with information for the school years 2002/03 to 2005/06 has been placed in the Library.
Schools: Crimes of Violence
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of violence against teachers in schools. [220134]
Kevin Brennan: Violence to school staff is rare but any incident is one too many. We have therefore made it clear that head teachers may permanently exclude pupils for violence, even for a first offence. We are also helping to reduce the risk of violence through a national programme to strengthen schools’ capacity to manage pupils’ behaviour. This includes giving schools access to specialist training and advice, strengthening their legal powers to discipline pupils, reaffirming their legal power to use reasonable force to restrain pupils, giving them legal power to search pupils for weapons and encouraging them to form safer school partnerships that base police officers in schools. Sir Alan Steer is advising on how the programme could be further strengthened.
Schools: Disabled
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many (a) secondary and (b) primary schools have produced a disability equality scheme; and if he will make a statement; [219895]
(2) what steps he is taking to ensure that all schools produce a disability equality scheme; and if he will make a statement. [219896]
Kevin Brennan: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) on 16 July 2008, Official Report, column 499W.
Schools: Greater Manchester
Ann Coffey: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the revenue balance was for schools in each local authority area in Greater Manchester at the end of each of the last three financial years. [218774]
Jim Knight: The available information on school revenue balances for the 10 local authorities in Greater Manchester for 2004-05 to 2006-07 is contained in the following tables. These figures are in cash terms.
Data for 2007-08 is currently being collected by the Department, and should be available in October 2008.
| 2004-05 | ||||
| Of which: | ||||
| Local authority name | Total number of schools | Total revenue balance (£) | Committed revenue balance | Uncommitted revenue balance |
| 200 5-06 | ||||
| Of which: | ||||
| Local authority name | Total number of schools | Total revenue balance (£) | Committed revenue balance | Uncommitted revenue balance |
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