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Special Educational Needs: Poverty

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and in what proportion of pupils with statements of special educational needs (a) lived and (b) attended school in the most deprived decile of lower layer super output areas in 2008, as determined by the income deprivation affecting children index. [256349]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The information requested is shown as follows.

(a) 33,660 pupils^{(1,)( )(2 )}with statements of special educational needs lived in the most deprived decile of lower layer super output areas as determined by IDACI⁽³⁾ in 2008. This represents 16 per cent. of all statemented pupils of known residence in England.

(b) 21,660 pupils^{(1,)( )(2 )}with statements of special educational needs attended school in the most deprived decile of lower layer super output areas as determined by IDACI^{(3 )}in 2008. This represents 10 per cent. of all statemented pupils attending schools in England.

⁽¹⁾ Excludes dually registered pupils.

⁽²⁾ Includes pupils attending nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, CTCs and academies.

⁽³⁾ Income Deprivation Affecting Children Indices.

Source:

Spring 2008 School Census

Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2009, Official Report, column 2117W on special educational needs: pupil exclusions, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures by (a) type of special educational need and (b) local authority area. [258244]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Supply Teachers

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what advice his Department provides to schools on the recruitment of supply teachers; and if he will make a statement; [256732]

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(2) what discussions his Department has had with the Office of Government Commerce on the provision of supply teachers since September 2008; and if he will make a statement. [256733]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Department has provided guidance to schools on the recruitment of supply teachers in the document “Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education”. The guidance sets out the responsibilities of those recruiting supply teachers and the best practices, some underpinned by legislation, to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

The framework for the Department's Quality Mark award for employment agencies and local authorities also sets out recruitment, selection and vetting standards for supply teachers. Schools are encouraged to use holders of the Quality Mark who have demonstrated they meet these standards in managing and providing supply teachers to schools.

Temporary Workers in Education (TWiE) is a project of the Department's Educational Procurement Centre (EPC). The EPC has a remit to work across the schools sector promoting and supporting sustainable procurement practices and effective contract management with the goal of achieving cost and administrative savings for schools.

The TWiE project aims to provide London schools with a reliable, safe and accessible online method of procuring temporary education workers. It is currently working collaboratively with the London Borough of Hounslow which is in a tender process on behalf of the London Contracts and Supplies Group. Companies have been invited to tender to act as a neutral vendor which will provide an online system through which London Boroughs and London schools can procure temporary workers including supply teachers. It is expected that a contract will be awarded in June 2009.

OGC staff sit on the Project Board which oversees the TWiE project, and have done so since September
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2008. OGC and DCSF have also had discussions in relation to the project, including regular monthly meetings between senior responsible staff. There have also been a number of discussions agreeing the role of OGC staff on the Project Board, and a meeting to review models for the project. Some of these discussions also touched on the provision of supply teachers and other staff outside London.

In addition to OGC's role on the TWiE Project Board, another member of OGC staff has been advising the London Contracts and Supplies Group on the current tender process and as part of this work has had some contact with Department staff, particularly on the issue of pricing models.

Sure Start Programme

Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much the Government have spent on Sure Start programmes in each local authority area since 1997; and how much has been spent on Sure Start programmes in each of the (a) 20 per cent. most deprived, (b) 10 per cent. most deprived and (c) 5 per cent. most deprived local authority areas. [252062]

Beverley Hughes: The first Sure Start Local programmes were set up in 1999-2000. By 2003-04 there were 524 Sure Start Local programmes across the country. Data for revenue spend for years prior to 2003-04 are not readily available at local authority level.

The total SSLP revenue spend for all authorities for the period from 1999-2000 to 2002-03 was £315,083,000.

The delivery of first phase Children’s Centres began in 2003-04.

The Combined SSLP and Children’s Centres revenue spend for all authorities from 2003-04 to 2007-08 and the total capital from 1999 to 2007-08 is shown in table A.

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Table A( 1) : SSLP and Children's Centre revenue spend 2003-04 to 2007-08 and t otal c apital spend from 1999 to 2007-08
	Revenue s pend
Top t ier LA	20 03-04	20 04-05	20 05-06	20 06-0 7	20 07-08	Total capital s pend from 1999
Barking and Dagenham	1,757,442	2,481,523	3,833,935	2,718,767	2,291,389	10,297,586
Barnet	298,392	519,706	957,768	1,233,400	3,031,896	2,236,056
Barnsley	2,700,556	3,177,468	4,356,089	5,044,862	4,652,058	8,687,272
Bath and North East Somerset	445,032	754,046	940,669	1,271,219	1,410,844	2,307,682
Bedfordshire	620,441	683,731	912,971	2,470,457	2,275,686	4,302,601
Bexley	748,410	785,491	953,745	1,459,868	1,688,734	2,240,057
Birmingham	6,544,638	8,323,079	15,505,854	20,202,569	18,772,623	33,215,232
Blackburn with Darwen	2,967,803	3,763,784	4,569,753	6,283,069	6,239,994	10,280,435
Blackpool	1,356,852	1,718,584	2,363,199	3,058,124	2,877,500	6,681,646
Bolton	2,839,491	3,138,634	4,093,762	3,054,320	2,497,902	10,265,788
Bournemouth	774,796	905,763	1,079,548	1,890,413	1,710,922	2,259,610
Bracknell Forest	0	0	39,669	438,170	505,255	1,168,175
Bradford	5,060,706	5,910,820	8,418,624	9,187,781	10,051,073	12,392,210
Brent	1,924,893	2,287,232	3,136,548	2,062,707	1,645,904	5,984,229
Brighton and Hove	1,212,885	1,320,764	1,674,653	2,358,460	2,655,268	5,645,759
Bristol	3,155,363	3,408,972	4,626,657	5,724,261	5,716,095	8,129,829
Bromley	624,180	723,210	968,219	1,593,486	2,053,334	3,584,763
Buckinghamshire	225,456	447,714	887,958	982,113	2,196,913	3,211,588
Bury	675,403	713,639	1,039,471	1,536,289	1,632,356	2,977,701
Calderdale	1,802,270	2,081,903	2,390,712	3,445,773	3,202,667	4,771,018
Cambridgeshire	1,192,513	1,496,604	1,965,453	2,836,776	3,144,533	2,888,429
Camden	3,328,856	4,011,531	4,429,642	5,003,841	3,977,572	9,768,639
Cheshire	2,115,839	2,551,256	3,610,018	4,931,493	4,840,200	3,733,406
City of London	0	0	0	90,000	90,000	128,176
Cornwall	4,363,840	5,016,203	5,854,055	4,923,359	3,986,907	13,212,019
Coventry	2,283,143	2,682,312	3,004,458	2,950,379	2,409,543	9,074,348
Croydon	754,996	812,875	954,053	2,594,818	2,909,499	4,911,764
Cumbria	3,366,350	3,771,381	4,372,187	5,233,129	4,488,335	8,516,155
Darlington	1,135,960	1,313,523	1,701,263	1,589,514	1,475,563	3,260,982
Derby	2,274,015	2,611,331	2,621,706	2,451,570	2,116,247	9,036,898
Derbyshire	3,028,718	3,584,229	3,504,523	3,501,464	2,875,761	11,089,004
Devon	2,301,557	2,876,215	3,263,950	4,863,394	6,342,455	10,401,877
Doncaster	3,108,451	3,735,822	5,023,025	6,680,423	6,192,264	11,309,946
Dorset	746,023	816,558	1,112,395	1,970,848	2, 229,111	3,016,982
Dudley	1,660,974	2,038,755	3,330,927	3,241,348	3,454,002	6,921,228
Durham	6,388,105	8,238,417	10,356,184	11,262,163	9,898,272	20,381,790
Ealing	1,416,766	1,451,063	2,011,491	4,075,610	3,312,647	6,016,723
East Riding of Yorkshire	699,330	724,511	1,203,060	1,971,244	2,182,268	2,872,875
East Sussex	2,816,824	3,893,477	4,748,740	3,850,916	3,316,030	13,629,602
Enfield	1,315,744	1,383,859	2,181,936	3,044,367	2,940,685	4,736,110
Essex	2,279,687	2,446,694	3,829,794	3,695,985	6,744,764	13,444,212
Gateshead	2,367,756	2,561,163	2,993,764	3,703,748	3,339,523	6,454,847
Gloucestershire	1,157,971	1,422,103	2,334,527	3,490,142	4,252,368	6,944,959
Greenwich	3,065,929	3,644,687	3,687,766	3,478,031	2,928,769	10,525,461
Hackney	4,283,126	5,286,196	6,536,805	8,349,483	6,840,784	11,777,063
Halton	2,482,187	3,332,537	3,953,978	3,706,949	3,128,584	4,798,098
Hammersmith and Fulham	1,749,699	2,086,587	2,130,907	2,153,039	1,734,015	3,429,210
Hampshire	1,232,097	1,577,381	1,829,281	3,961,009	6,945,331	6,011,092
Haringey	3,339,420	4,142,120	4,594,072	5,962,668	4,811,575	12,704,519
Harrow	0	0	0	759,153	873,408	1,129,862
Hartlepool	2,032,263	2,202,889	2,618,302	2,927,450	2,570,523	4,921,876
Havering	744,128	827,059	877,892	1,513,779	1,882,483	2,910,289
Herefordshire	714,217	718,767	955,608	1,350,751	1,282,198	2,498,461
Hertfordshire	0	5,486	321,853	3,090,625	3,955,463	7,243,926
Hillingdon	686,196	759,801	869,441	1,343,487	1,860,292	1,615,636
Hounslow	744,600	800,335	1,062,747	2,574,292	2,086,533	3,798,597
Isle of Wight	685,602	635,263	1,087,148	1,075,833	1,293,268	2,431,724
Isles of Scilly	0	0	65,824	137,141	127,273	0
Islington	3,470,106	4,494,944	5,638,189	6,573,038	5,594,339	10,324,567
Kensington and Chelsea	1,088,069	1,307,984	1,589,082	1,891,508	1,812,465	3,683,422
Kent	5,322,156	6,516,291	7,458,498	6,490,832	10,542,106	17,954,344
Kingston upon Hull	4,387,044	5,167,439	6,570,364	6,619,223	6,032,778	10,712,182
Kingston upon Thames	0	0	0	595,120	808,095	744,761
Kirklees	2,444,400	3,080,760	5,015,063	3,411,988	2,948,402	11,930,440
Knowsley	2,843,784	3,393,331	4,202,432	3,356,195	2,772,182	8,044,183
Lambeth	3,705,498	4,484,511	6,323,222	6,605,583	8,032,617	13,264,068
Lancashire	9,383,926	11,615,052	15,160,442	17,400,049	17,833,522	31,994,581
Leeds	4,641,320	5,300,404	7,879,956	9,166,923	9,356,074	17,391,062
Leicester City	3,462,817	5,213,243	6,547,270	7,631,859	7,780,950	14,041,010
Leicestershire	391,691	663,738	895,114	785,600	662,048	6,258,691
Lewisham	3,175,857	3,853,158	4,606,830	3,857,762	3,163,592	8,635,750
Lincolnshire	3,945,225	4,772,638	5,393,463	6,665,603	6,127,592	14,765,088
Liverpool	6,071,361	7,472,516	10,297,380	11,132,779	11,430,736	21,395,808
Luton	489,701	699,416	1,247,703	2,074,274	2,337,785	4,273,295
Manchester	6,119,192	7,447,219	9,470,770	8,391,237	9,824,296	14,150,034
Medway	744,429	863,254	1,419,995	2,258,227	2,518,735	5,533,156
Merton	415,445	728,330	741,160	1,581,941	1,595,624	1,658,693
Middlesbrough	2,929,556	3,553,786	3,950,493	4,568,275	3,636,661	8,395,883
Milton Keynes	655,984	743,884	1,073,538	1,592,490	1,636,564	2,951,121
NE Lincolnshire	2,768,016	3,329,898	3,698,098	4,167,023	3,698,325	12,105,435
Newcastle upon Tyne	3,842,772	4,873,032	5,432,213	6,253,177	5,823,446	8,374,725
Newham	4,899,609	5,767,383	6,943,172	7,920,973	7,180,196	16,287,137
Norfolk	3,948,978	5,154,535	6,412,916	7,715,646	7,085,456	10,119,733
North Lincolnshire	1,269,500	1,455,894	1,807,366	2,367,860	2,105,769	3,367,920
North Somerset	665,677	726,095	952,336	1,412,763	1,507,909	1,607,260
North Tyneside	1,994,654	2,241,313	2,718,340	3,294,865	3,350,742	7,989,737
North Yorkshire	1,121,964	1,336,423	1,831,229	2,553,867	3,138,061	6,472,542
Northamptonshire	2,767,930	3,368,055	3,827,318	6,309,748	5,008,873	10,912,198
Northumberland	3,121,510	3,723,771	4,096,900	4,807,778	4,204,441	9,514,498
Nottingham City	4,344,223	5,130,045	6,146,486	5,059,066	4,304,828	13,165,254
Nottinghamshire	4,711,171	6,084,644	7,244,126	6,453,623	5,341,639	20,659,791
Oldham	2,294,086	2,611,972	3,446,663	4,535,561	4,908,702	9,903,790
Oxfordshire	1,028,500	1,229,618	1,308,120	3,147,236	2,927,093	4,643,990
Peterborough	1,809,681	1,954,144	2,540,687	3,169,241	2,681,767	5,242,970
Plymouth	2,471,313	2,874,443	3,431,902	4,073,481	3,761,690	7,216,170
Poole	0	0	0	191,250	594,136	1,135,633
Portsmouth	1,264,620	1,500,303	1,895,654	2,533,978	2,368,029	3,191,961
Reading	755,000	815,079	977,535	1,603,954	1,481,557	1,937,445
Redbridge	610,385	721,191	1,220,569	2,247,206	1,940,299	3,558,714
Redcar and Cleveland	2,441,213	2,920,321	3,290,511	3,129,396	2,819,544	7,207,119
Richmond upon Thames	0	0	0	791,372	1,117,583	1,239,171
Rochdale	2,663,066	3,240,476	4,011,941	5,027,881	4,577,870	9,187,350
Rotherham	1,960,459	2,107,249	2,918,716	1,988,066	3,839,756	8,262,256
Rutland	0	0	0	0	0	458,138
Salford	2,750,856	3,273,911	4,218,914	5,097,145	5,092,005	10,541,747
Sandwell	3,822,033	4,715,135	6,935,004	8,041,907	7,251,232	15,216,188
Sefton	2,555,021	2,860,347	3,295,388	4,040,696	4,025,191	7,189,852
Sheffield	4,820,711	5,748,300	5,968,152	5,704,835	4,669,791	11,184,389
Shropshire	1,208,412	1,474,427	1,744,448	1,548,982	1,305,372	4,268,130
Slough	708,429	692,536	934,260	1,620,115	1,494,917	1,808,281
Solihull	720,876	755,639	1,164,878	1,815,511	1,696,367	2,872,233
Somerset	1,995,781	2,246,739	2,909,294	3,700,037	3,743,297	8,252,662
South Gloucestershire	0	0	0	946,333	1,273,818	1,619,195
South Tyneside	2,392,924	2,896,369	3,437,141	4,380,581	3,989,044	7,763,833
Southampton	1,593,902	1,800,840	2,233,999	2,953,344	2,797,688	5,698,593
Southend	650,000	652,613	945,455	1,290,990	1,539,157	2,631,127
Southwark	4,841,458	5,773,606	7,105,078	8,664,773	7,329,649	14,111,579
St Helens	2,683,347	3,451,901	4,248,141	3,461,307	2,911,305	9,611,379
Staffordshire	3,420,406	3,459,755	4,213,454	5,990,872	6,975,081	10,449,472
Stockport	597,228	3,750,019	968,135	2,137,466	1,896,553	3,982,148
Stockton-on-Tees	2,959,248	644,598	4,168,682	3,836,548	3,155,902	7,816,193
Stoke on Trent	4,396,329	4,794,613	5,587,731	4,398,091	3,449,846	11,479,260
Suffolk	1,778,409	2,158,319	2,587,539	4,360,907	5,196,760	9,273,315
Sunderland	4,134,708	4,943,826	6,219,195	6,543,067	5,469,474	12,809,583
Surrey	0	0	80,340	1,545,357	2,919,055	3,983,599
Sutton	495,817	700,208	1,018,432	1,372,516	1,889,667	2,560,400
Swindon	754,769	847,681	1,153,713	1,595,119	1,879,232	3,841,288
Tameside	2,161,541	2,716,862	3,588,200	4,127,811	4,354,183	7,614,993
Telford and the Wrekin	1,185,342	1,445,490	1,512,447	1,348,654	1,169,537	3,886,054
Thurrock	875,450	889,512	1,272,558	1,673,054	1,970,939	3,258,875
Torbay	1,177,153	1,565,512	1,897,685	2,052,410	1,909,418	5,003,186
Tower Hamlets	4,377,958	5,291,872	5,743,059	7,297,693	7,361,975	11,831,221
Trafford	469,833	503,743	793,653	1,871,656	1,954,114	3,506,102
Wakefield	2,443,231	2,991,768	4,078,569	5,064,116	5,506,944	10,935,594
Walsall	2,869,573	3,509,691	4,536,032	5,929,141	5,435,428	10,827,910
Waltham Forest	2,045,046	2,960,185	4,047,816	2,807,347	2,428,644	8,201,136
Wandsworth	1,319,785	1,589,032	1,847,460	3,007,408	2,610,230	6,355,958
Warrington	1,036,767	1,266,326	1,700,177	2,449,004	2,651,225	4,624,908
Warwickshire	1,405,163	1,210,086	1,540,640	3,326,379	4,143,741	8,537,956
West Berkshire	0	0	0	472,812	538,032	934,158
West Sussex	1,023,194	1,504,270	2,128,382	1,471,576	1,240,140	4,418,336
Westminster	1,817,255	2,215,173	2,672,509	3,241,846	3,034,775	4,839,071
Wigan	1,093,405	1,162,269	2,578,218	4,076,436	4,198,570	5,076,437
Wiltshire	0	0	86,000	1,672,898	2,135,486	3,924,606
Windsor and Maidenhead	0	0	0	430,294	642,032	1,042,310
Wirral	2,396,851	2,966,387	4,188,872	4,976,227	5,307,493	10,092,574
Wokingham	0	0	11,994	450,870	790,201	484,220
Wolverhampton	2,997,011	3,974,474	4,906,402	5,693,847	5,311,341	9,271,159
Worcestershire	1,879,426	2,081,621	2,416,921	3,810,001	4,061,717	8,632,504
York	467,000	601,860	699,927	992,562	1,184,614	2,094,078
Total	308,361,426	371,230,349	472,767,237	563,052,390	560,053,519	1,114,406,891
(1) Not all audits have been received from the Sure Start Local Programmes. For those programmes with outstanding audits an average spend rate has been applied to their allocation to produce a likely spend. Similarly five of the most deprived authorities were in Local Area Agreements in 2006/07 and 2007/08 and were not required to submit statements of spend to the Department. An average spend has been applied for these authorities.

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