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School Meals
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools which do not have a kitchen capable of providing hot meals. [228057]
Jim Knight: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools and Learners on 15 October, Official Report, column 1295W.
Schools: Assessments
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what percentage of mainstream maintained schools did not enter any pupils for (a) a GCSE and (b) an A-level in history in each year since 2005; [227387]
(2) how many and what percentage of mainstream maintained schools did not enter any pupils for (a) a GCSE and (b) an A-level in geography in each year since 2005. [227388]
Jim Knight: 145 mainstream maintained schools did not enter any pupils for an A-level in history in 2006/07. This was 8 per cent. of mainstream maintained schools.
264 mainstream maintained schools did not enter any pupils for an A-level in geography in 2006/07. This was 15 per cent. of mainstream maintained schools.
Figures for GCSE and other years are not readily available and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Schools: Internet
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what assessment he has made of school responses to the questions on e-safety in Ofsted’s 2008 Self Evaluation Form; [227188]
(2) if he will place in the Library a copy of the snapshot report of school responses to question 4b of the self evaluation form provided to his Department by Ofsted. [227189]
Jim Knight: Ofsted has conducted a snap-shot assessment of schools’ responses to questions of e-safety in the self-evaluation form, in response to the report of the Byron Review. It will publish this shortly and a copy will be placed in the Library.
Schools: Local Authorities
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils in secondary schools attended their nearest maintained school in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by each local authority; and if he will make a statement. [224671]
Jim Knight: The information requested can be provided only at a disproportionate cost.
Schools: Standards
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when the independent evaluation of the Making Good Progress pilot will be published; and if he will make a statement. [227722]
Jim Knight: The Making Good Progress pilot is being externally evaluated by PricewaterhouseCoopers and a final evaluation report is due in the autumn of 2009. PricewaterhouseCoopers will also be publishing an interim report on the first year of the pilot later this year.
Specialist Schools: Languages
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many mainstream maintained secondary schools are designated as specialist language colleges. [227389]
Jim Knight: 352 maintained schools in England are designated as having a language specialism, of which 220 are specialist language colleges, 20 are specialist schools which have languages combined with another specialism and 112 are other specialist schools which have languages as a second specialism.
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