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Schools: Standards
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils achieved five good GCSEs in (a) comprehensive and (b) independent schools in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007. [224874]
Jim Knight: The information is given in the following table:
| 1996-97 | 2006-07 | |||
| Number of pupils | Percentage achieved GSCEs 5 or more A*-C grades | Number of pupils | Percentage achieved GSCEs 5 or more A*-C grades | |
| Notes: 1. Figures for 1996-97 relate to 15-year-olds entered for GCSE/GNVQs. 2. Figures for 2006-07 relate to pupils at the end of KS4. Figures include equivalencies. 3. Figures for 1996-97 were published in ‘Statistics for Education, Public Examinations, GCSE/GNVQ and GGE in England, 1997’, ISBN 0-11-271037-9. 4. Figures for 2006-07 were published in ‘DCSF: GCSE and Equivalent Examination Results in England 2006/07 (Revised)’ found at http//www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000768findex.shtml | ||||
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what percentage of pupils obtained five good GCSEs including English and mathematics in the 100 least deprived lower super output areas in 2008; [224876]
(2) what percentage of pupils obtained a GCSE at grade C or above in mathematics in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by decile of the indices of multiple deprivation; [224878]
(3) what percentage of pupils achieved five good GCSEs including English and mathematics in the 100 most deprived lower super output areas in 2008. [224881]
Jim Knight: The information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The available information is published in tables 21 to 24 of “DCSF: GCSE and Equivalent Examination Results in England 2006/07 (Revised)” Statistical First Release on attainment by deprivation, rurality and coalfield areas.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his estimate is of the proportion of children in each local authority who obtained (a) five or more A* to C GCSEs and (b) five or more A* to C GCSEs including English and mathematics in each year between 1996 and 2008; and if he will make a statement. [225113]
Jim Knight:
The available information on GCSE and equivalent results by local authority area is contained within table 18 of Statistical First Release (SFR) “GCSE
and Equivalent Examination Results in England 2006/07 (Revised)” which was published in January 2008. This SFR can be found at:
A time series for 1997 to 2007 showing the proportion of children in each local authority area who obtained five or more A* to C grades and those who obtained five or more A* to C grades including English and maths has been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Figures cover all maintained mainstream schools (including CTCs and academies) and maintained special schools, but exclude hospital schools and pupil referral units.
Schools: Truancy
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils had a recorded unauthorised half-day absence while in year (a) nine, (b) 10 and (c) 11 in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [224929]
Jim Knight: The first year for which information is available on absence rates by National Curriculum year group is 2005-06 and relates to secondary schools only. Data from primary and special schools are available from 2006-07.
The available information relates to the percentage of half days lost by type of absence and is shown in the tables:
| State funded secondary schools( 1, 2) : Pupil absence for national curriculum year groups 9,10 and 11, 2005-06, England | ||||
| State funded secondary schools | ||||
| Percentage of half days missed( 4) | ||||
| Number of day pupils of compulsory school age( 3) | Authorised absence | Unauthorised absence | Overall absence | |
| 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2. Includes local authority maintained secondary school, city technology colleges and academies. 3. Pupil numbers are as at January 2006. Includes pupils aged 5 to 15 with sole and dual (main registration). Excludes boarders. 4. The number of sessions missed due to authorised/unauthorised/overall absence expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions. Source School Census. | ||||
| Primary, Secondary and special schools 1, 2, 3: Pupil absence for national curriculum year groups 9, 10, 11 2006-07: England | ||||
| Primary Schools( 1) | ||||
| Percentage of half days misse d( 5) | ||||
| Number of day pupils of compulsory school age( 4) | Authorised absence | Unauthorised absence | Overall absence | |
| State funded secondary schools ( 1, 2) | ||||
| Percentage of half days misse d( 5) | ||||
| Number of day pupils of compulsory school age( 4) | Authorised absence | Unauthorised absence | Overall absence | |
| Special Schools( 3) | ||||
| Percentage of half days misse d( 5) | ||||
| Number of day pupils of compulsory school age( 4) | Authorised absence | Unauthorised absence | Overall absence | |
| 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. Includes both maintained and non-maintained special schools. 2. Includes local authority maintained secondary school, city technology colleges and academies. 3. Includes both maintained and non-maintained special schools, excludes general hospital schools. 4. Pupil numbers are as at January 2007. Includes pupils aged 5 to 15 with sole and dual (main registration). Excludes boarders. 5. The number of sessions missed due to authorised/unauthorised/overall absence expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions. Note: Total may not appear to equal the sum of the component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. | ||||
Secondary Education: Standards
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will publish each local authority’s latest estimate of the GCSE results of each school in the National Challenge for (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010; and if he will make a statement. [224664]
Jim Knight: We have no plans to publish local authorities’ (LA) estimates of GCSE results for National Challenge schools. The information was provided by LAs on a confidential basis to help us identify which schools are in need of greatest support.
We have held initial discussions with LAs to agree what level of support should be provided for each of their National Challenge schools. National Challenge advisers will work through the detail of this support with individual schools from November. Once plans are in place, every LA with a National Challenge school will publish a summary for parents and others.
Social Services
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of children under 11 years of age live in families where there has been social services involvement during the child’s lifetime. [225479]
Beverley Hughes: The most recent Children in Need (CIN) census showed that approximately 120,000 children aged less than 11 years received services from social care in England during a census week in February 2005. This equates to approximately 2 per cent. of all children aged less than 11 years in England.
The 2005 CIN census (and previous censuses) only provided a snapshot of activity during a typical week in February. It did not give an indication of the involvement of services during a child’s lifetime nor did it account for some families having more than one child receiving services included in the census.
The CIN census has been redeveloped and will be collecting longitudinal information on the characteristics of and services provided to Children in Need. It is anticipated that the first data from the new census will be available in autumn 2009.
Trust Schools
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many schools have applied to become trust schools; [224873]
(2) how many foundation schools have (a) become trust schools and (b) applied to become trust schools. [224870]
Ed Balls: Schools do not have to apply to the Department for Children, School and Families to become a trust or foundation school. A change of school category to foundation and the acquisition of a trust are ‘prescribed alterations’. To make such a prescribed alteration, the governing body must publish statutory proposals in accordance with provisions set out in the Education and Inspections Act 2006 and regulations made under that Act. Since 25 May 2007, proposals are decided by the governing body (or the schools adjudicator where proposals to acquire a trust have been referred by the local authority). There is no role for Ministers in the decision-making process.
To date, 106 schools (including 26 foundation schools) have acquired a trust under the provisions of the Education and Inspections Act 2006. In addition, 378 schools (including 53 foundation schools) are on the Trust and Foundation Schools Support programme where they have access to advice and guidance on the processes associated with acquiring a trust.
Duchy of Lancaster
Breast Cancer
Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people were diagnosed with breast cancer in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. [224787]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated October 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people have been diagnosed with breast cancer in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997 [224787]
The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases of cancer (incidence) are for the year 2005. Numbers of cases of breast cancer for the years 1997 to 2005 for (a) Jarrow Parliamentary Constituency, (b) South Tyneside County District, (c) the North East Government Office Region and (d) England are given in Table 1 below.
| Table 1. Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer( 1) : Jarrow parliamentary constituency, South Tyneside county district, North East government office region and England, 1997-2005 | |||||||||
| Area | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| (1) Breast cancer is defined as code C50 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Source: Office for National Statistics | |||||||||
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