Mr. Amess:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which Catholic schools host the Connexions service; and if he will make a statement. [256728]
Beverley Hughes:
The provision of Connexions services in schools is the responsibility of local authorities. We do not keep a central record of what advice is provided by Connexions Services to any particular school.
Mr. David Anderson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the merits of establishing a dedicated telephone line for hon. Members to call regarding the education maintenance allowance. [256260]
Jim Knight:
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families has given no consideration to establishing a dedicated telephone line for hon. Members to call regarding issues with the education maintenance allowance. issues that are raised directly with the Department for Children, Schools and Families by hon. Members are referred to the Learning and Skills Council. The Learning and Skills Council has operational responsibility for the education maintenance allowance.
Education: Finance
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether it is the Governments policy that education spending should continue to rise as a share of gross domestic product; and if he will make a statement. [255287]
Jim Knight:
The proportion of GDP being spent on education across the current period, 2008-11, was determined during comprehensive spending review 2007. There are no plans to change current levels of funding. The proportion of GDP to be committed to education thereafter will be determined by the next spending review.
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Educational Psychology
Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many educational psychologists there were in each local authority in 2008; how many children aged 18 years or under there were per educational psychologist; and how many children and young people aged 18 years or under with (i) statemented and (ii) non-statemented special educational needs there were per educational psychologist. [252674]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry:
The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of educational psychologists (EPs) employed by each local authority in England in January 2008, the number of these per child aged 18 or under and the number per pupil in local authority maintained schools with statemented and non-statemented special educational needs at that date.
Full-time equivalent number of educational psychologists (EPs) employed by local authorities, and the number of these per child aged 18 or under, per child in local authority maintained school with statemented and non-statemented special educational needs, 2008, England
FTE educational psychologists( 1,2)
Children aged 18 or under per EP( 3)
Pupils with statement of SEN per EP( 3)
Pupils with SEN but without statement per EP( 3)
England
2,123
4,830
90
580
Darlington
7
3,200
60
420
Durham
23
4,420
100
690
Gateshead
11
3,730
70
460
Hartlepool
4
5,300
80
770
Middlesbrough
7
4,850
130
550
Newcastle upon Tyne
12
4,280
70
620
North Tyneside
9
4,730
100
560
Northumberland
16
3,890
90
420
Redcar and Cleveland
6
5,420
110
850
South Tyneside
6
5,650
130
710
Stockton on Tees
10
4,170
90
400
Sunderland
13
4,650
90
660
Blackburn with Darwen
12
3,160
50
440
Blackpool
5
6,410
110
930
Bolton
10
6,480
120
850
Bury
8
5,340
110
520
Cheshire
23
6,480
140
550
Cumbria
15
6,860
130
810
Halton
6
5,060
120
720
Knowsley
8
4,480
90
690
Lancashire
40
6,360
150
590
Liverpool
16
5,580
90
1,040
Manchester
17
5,660
130
800
Oldham
10
5,600
80
670
Rochdale
9
5,670
120
650
Salford
9
5,320
90
590
Sefton
22
2,720
40
330
St. Helens
9
4,470
60
480
Stockport
11
5,410
110
550
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Tameside
12
4,220
70
470
Trafford
7
6,430
120
700
Warrington
6
7,260
190
780
Wigan
26
2,590
50
300
Wirral
13
5,390
140
670
Barnsley
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
Bradford
19
6,480
100
1,000
Calderdale
7
6,240
120
750
Doncaster
9
7,340
130
870
East Riding of Yorkshire
13
5,140
90
510
Kingston upon Hull, City of
10
5,810
120
710
Kirklees
24
3,980
80
440
Leeds
24
6,480
90
780
North East Lincolnshire
3
10,700
250
1,840
North Lincolnshire
8
4,350
110
610
North Yorkshire
17
7,360
100.
690
Rotherham
11
5,130
100
770
Sheffield
18
6,100
120
900
Wakefield
11
6,460
120
820
York
7
5,120
60
500
Derby
10
5,350
100
720
Derbyshire
29
5,490
90
590
Leicester
15
4,670
100
640
Leicestershire
21
6,380
120
570
Lincolnshire
24
5,970
160
740
Northamptonshire
33
4,690
100
620
Nottingham
16
3,440
30
630
Nottinghamshire
25
6,490
50
790
Rutland
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
Birmingham
43
5,820
140
800
Coventry
16
4,290
80
620
Dudley
11
6,200
130
790
Herefordshire
7
5,640
90
680
Sandwell
16
4,300
60
620
Shropshire
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
Solihull
12
3,990
90
510
Staffordshire
30
5,740
120
520
Stoke on Trent
13
3,940
90
620
Telford and Wrekin
17
2,320
60
280
Walsall
11
5,290
90
580
Warwickshire
17
6,580
130
770
Wolverhampton
20
2,640
60
300
Worcestershire
22
5,510
110
640
Bedfordshire
14
6,440
130
680
Cambridgeshire
3
46,430
950
4,810
Essex
42
7,120
130
690
Hertfordshire
42
5,860
100
620
Luton
9
5,010
80
710
Norfolk
24
6,980
160
880
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Peterborough
8
5,100
150
820
Southend on Sea
7
5,000
120
570
Suffolk
17
9,100
160
940
Thurrock
8
4,770
110
660
Camden
12
3,220
70
350
City of London
0
7,700
40
940
Hackney
13
3,830
70
470
Hammersmith and Fulham
7
4,150
90
580
Haringey
12
4,050
80
620
Islington
13
2,550
50
430
Kensington and Chelsea
6
4,730
40
230
Lambeth
15
3,390
70
470
Lewisham
11
5,060
100
720
Newham
12
5,190
40
830
Southwark
17
3,140
80
500
Tower Hamlets
17
2,840
70
440
Wandsworth
14
3,250
90
510
City of Westminster
9
3,680
70
520
Barking and Dagenham
17
2,590
n/a
n/a
Barnet
13
5,700
100
710
Bexley
10
5,340
120
760
Brent
13
4,230
90
680
Bromley
13
5,150
120
500
Croydon
13
5,930
90
760
Ealing
15
4,260
80
590
Enfield
18
3,720
60
600
Greenwich
16
3,250
90
560
Harrow
11
4,450
80
530
Havering
10
5,170
80
470
Hillingdon
11
5,440
100
790
Hounslow
13
3,700
80
610
Kingston upon Thames
14
2,280
40
200
Merton
7
5,470
100
550
Redbridge
8
7,500
160
770
Richmond upon Thames
7
5,780
100
430
Sutton
10
4,410
100
500
Waltham Forest
12
4,290
110
810
Bracknell Forest
4
6,460
120
660
Brighton and Hove
7
6,290
120
860
Buckinghamshire
22
5,130
100
430
East Sussex
19
5,490
100
610
Hampshire
48
5,790
90
660
Isle of Wight
5
5,500
90
540
Kent
48
6,560
120
980
Medway
7
9,200
190
1,620
Milton Keynes
11
5,080
110
530
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Oxfordshire
26
5,260
80
510
Portsmouth
7
5,270
110
840
Reading
5
5,430
90
610
Slough
10
3,000
70
460
Southampton
11
3,930
50
660
Surrey
37
6,480
120
610
West Berkshire
9
4,260
100
480
West Sussex
36
4,550
80
550
Windsor and Maidenhead
7
4,490
80
380
Wokingham
3
10,550
230
830
Bath and North East Somerset
7
4,890
110
450
Bournemouth
8
3,720
60
450
City of Bristol
40
1,950
40
200
Cornwall
23
4,610
80
510
Devon
35
4,190
80
470
Dorset
16
5,320
80
630
Gloucestershire
23
5,480
90
570
Isles of Scilly
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
North Somerset
10
4,280
50
480
Plymouth
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
Poole
8
3,390
50
410
Somerset
28
4,000
30
400
South Gloucestershire
9
6,210
110
600
Swindon
6
6,580
130
820
Torbay
4
7,340
230
860
Wiltshire
23
4,510
70
440
n/a = Not applicable. (1) EPs in service including those on secondment for in service and other training. (2) Local authorities showing no EPs may acquire these services from neighbouring authorities. (3) Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source:
Form 618g survey, School Census and ONS population estimates.