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Connexions Service

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.

Education Maintenance Allowance: Telephone Services

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 Government’s 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.


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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

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

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

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.

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