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Table H: Pupil referral units placed in special measures in 2000/01 (5 pupil referral units)
URN	School name	LA name
102957	Secondary Support Service	Sutton
104287	The Braybrook Centre	Wolverhampton
107476	Beaconsfield PRU	Calderdale
110204	Manor Road PRU	Milton Keynes
132032	Ridgewaye Centre Pupil Referral Unit	Kent

Table I: Pupil referral units placed in special measures in 1999/2000 (8 pupil referral units)
URN	School name	LA name
104288	The Orchard Centre Pupil Referral Unit	Wolverhampton
105831	The Masbrough Centre	Rotherham
115836	South Farnborough Pupil Referral Unit	Hampshire
130314	Crossways Pupil Referral Unit	Dorset
131515	Bleach Green Centre	Gateshead
131588	The Martlet Pupil Referral Unit	Nottinghamshire
131532	Kirk Hallam Pupil Referral Unit	Derbyshire
131640	Waterside Education Unit	West Berkshire

Table J: Pupil referral units placed in special measures in 1998/99 (6 pupil referral units)
URN	School name	LA name
100392	Special Learning Centre (Secondary Base)	Islington
108139	The Springfield Centre	Wakefield
109425	Charles Street Tuition Centre Pupil Referral Unit	Luton
110600	CSSC Ascham	Cambridgeshire
125497	The Milverton Centre Pupil Referral Unit	Warwickshire
130981	The Priory Centre	Wakefield

Table K: Pupil referral units placed in special measures in 1997/98 (5 pupil referral units)
URN	School name	LA name
108567	Abbotsfield Pupil Referral Unit	North Tyneside
115479	The Hatherley Centre	Gloucestershire
115838	Woodside Centre PRU	Hampshire
123971	The Queensbury Vocational Centre	Stoke-on-Trent
124925	Staines Tuition Centre	Surrey

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Schools: Animal Welfare

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether his Department encourages schools to provide extra-curricular activities in the interests of promoting and educating pupils on animal welfare issues. [259535]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The new secondary curriculum has a range of opportunities for schools to teach about animal welfare. Citizenship helps young people to consider a wide range of political, social, ethical and moral issues. Pupils should also be taught about the way in which the environment and living things need protection. In personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE education), pupils learn that people and other living things have needs, and that they have responsibilities to meet them. Teachers have the freedom and flexibility to decide how to teach the curriculum and what activities best suits the needs of their learners.

To support and inspire all schools to harness the full potential of the living world as a cross-curricular teaching and learning resource, both within and beyond the school grounds the Department funds the Growing Schools programme. It focuses on farming, as well as food and environmental issues, and on ensuring pupils are given first hand, practical experience in the outdoor classroom. Through Growing Schools the Department supports the school farms network which offers support and assistance to school farms through materials and CPD.

Schools: Nurses

Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time equivalent school nurses there were in each local authority area in each year since 1997. [255655]

Ann Keen: I have been asked to reply.

This information is not held centrally.

School nurses are generally employed by primary care trusts (PCTs) although some school nurses will be directly employed by both state and independent schools. The national health service workforce census does not capture these. A number of qualified school nurses will also work across PCT boundaries but be directly employed by one single PCT.

A table showing the number of full-time equivalent school nurses employed by PCTs and national health service trusts from 2004-07 has been placed in the Library.

Special Educational Needs

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1730-32W, on special educational needs, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures given by (a) primary and (b) secondary schools. [258049]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information is provided in the table.

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Maintained primary and secondary schools: Number of pupils( 1,2) —position in January each year 2004-08—England
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Maintained primary schools( 3)
Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals and have statemented special educational needs	18,180	17,120	15,600	14,730	14,050
Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals and have non-statemented special educational needs	198,760	196,160	191,960	193,730	194,090
Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals and were children in care	2,660	2,760	2,600	2,550	2,420
Number of pupils who had statemented special educational needs and were children in care	1,520	1,600	1,460	1,520	1,500
Number of pupils who had non-statemented special educational needs and were children in care	5,880	5,980	5,830	6,320	6,350
Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals, had statemented special educational needs and were children in care	230	240	210	190	200
Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals, had non-statemented special educational needs and were children in care	1,500	1,530	1,350	1,360	1,320
Maintained secondary schools( 3)
Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals and have statemented special educational needs	21,230	19,860	18,430	16,840	15,190
Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals and have non-statemented special educational needs	123,340	125,410	130,430	132,240	136,510
Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals and were children in care	2,110	2,310	2,470	2,360	2,300
Number of pupils who had statemented special educational needs and were children in care	1,700	1,850	2,170	2,280	2,210
Number of pupils who had non-statemented special educational needs and were children in care	4,760	5,310	6,400	7,270	7,730
Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals, had statemented special educational needs and were children in care	230	250	250	250	220
Number of pupils who were eligible for free school meals, had non-statemented special educational needs and were children in care	930	1,050	1,160	1,150	1,190
(1) Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils. (2) All pupils aged 5-19. (3) Includes middle schools as deemed. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census

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Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many non-maintained special schools had (a) between 100 and 200 pupils, (b) between 201 and 300 pupils, (c) between 301 and 400 pupils and (d) over 400 pupils in 2008. [259297]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information is shown in the following table.

Non maintained special schools: number of schools by size( 1) ; position at January 2008—England
	Number of schools
Between 100 and 200 pupils	9
Between 201 and 300 pupils	1
Between 301 and 400 pupils	0
Over 400 pupils	0
Total	10
(1) Excludes dually registered pupils. Source: School Census

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