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Headteachers: Pay

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many maintained schools paid their head teachers more than (a) £80,000, (b) £90,000, (c) £100,000, (d) £110,000 and (e) £120,000 in the latest year for which figures are available. [262327]

Jim Knight: The information available is not sufficiently reliable to provide the requested information for head teachers only.

The following table provides the number of local authority maintained school leadership teachers paid more than £80,000, £90,000, £100,000, £110,000 and £120,000 in March 2007 the latest information available.


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Local authority maintained schools leadership( 1) teachers by annual salary: March 2007( 2) Coverage: England and Wales

 Number

£80,000 to £89,999

740

£90,000 to £99,999

290

£100,000 to £109,999

90

£110,000 to £119,999

20

Over £120,000

20

Total

1,160

(1 )Includes head, deputy and assistant head teachers.
(2) Provisional.
Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Database of Teacher Records

Pupils

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of school pupils had (a) statemented, (b) non-statemented and (c) no special educational needs in each of the last five years. [262357]

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

Statemented SEN pupils, non-statemented SEN pupils and pupils with no SEN as a proportion of all pupils in all schools( 1, 2) —Position in January each year 2004-08: England

 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Pupils on roll

8,334,880

8,274,470

8,215,690

8,149,180

8,102,190

(a) Pupils with SEN statements

247,590

242,580

236,750

229,110

223,610

Incidence (percentage)(3)

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.8

(b) Pupils with SEN without statements

1,197,490

1,230,800

1,293,250

1,333,430

1,390,670

Incidence (percentage)(4)

14.4

14.9

15.7

16.4

17.2

(c) Pupils with no SEN

6,889,800

6,801,090

6,685,690

6,586,640

6,487,910

Incidence (percentage)(5)

82.7

82.2

81.4

80.8

80.1

(1) Excluding dually registered pupils.
(2) Including general hospital schools but note that data for pupils with SEN without statements is not collected from these schools. Incidence rates are not significantly affected.
(3) Incidence of pupils—the number of pupils with statements expressed as a proportion of the number of pupils on roll.
(4) Incidence of pupils—the number of pupils with SEN without statements expressed as a proportion of pupils on roll.
(5) Incidence of pupils—the number of pupils with no SEN expressed as a proportion of pupils on roll.
Note:
Totals may not appear to equal the sum of the component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School census

Figures on SEN pupils with and without statements are taken from tables 1a and 1b of the Statistical First Release on Special Educational Needs in England: January 2008, accessible via the following link:

Schools: Drugs

Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will commission research on the effect of cannabis use on academic outcomes; and if he will make a statement. [263486]

Beverley Hughes: We are committed to tackling all of the harms associated with cannabis use, including poor school performance or disengagement from education. Although there is no specific research currently planned on the effects of cannabis use on academic outcomes, we will keep this under review as part of our work in relation to developing a cross-Government drugs research strategy. Through delivery of the National Drugs Strategy we will continue to drive the sustained fall in cannabis use amongst young people that we have experienced since 2001.

Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what support is available from his Department to schools which wish to introduce voluntary drug testing; and if he will make a statement. [263487]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Department's guidance, Drugs: Guidance for Schools (DFES 2004) makes it clear that head teachers can introduce voluntary drug testing if they consider that such an approach is appropriate. It is essential that before a school takes the decision to introduce drug testing that it considers very carefully all of the factors outlined in the guidance, including whether such action will result in appropriate support for pupils
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most in need. In deciding whether to use this approach, schools are encouraged to consult with local partners, such as the police, who may be able to offer advice and support.

Secondary Education: Admissions

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many selective state secondary schools there are in (a) England, (b) Leicestershire and (c) Leicester East constituency. [262439]

Jim Knight: There are 164 local authority maintained secondary schools that select by ability in England. There are no such schools in the Leicestershire local authority area, nor in the Leicester East parliamentary constituency.

Communities and Local Government

Business Growth Incentive Scheme

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of local authority business growth incentive scheme funding is not spent directly on assisting local businesses. [263414]

John Healey: Funding under the local authority business growth incentive scheme is paid as an unringfenced grant. Information about how the money is spent is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Council Tax: Valuation

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the supplementary memorandum from the Valuation Office Agency presented to the Treasury Select Committee, dated 29 October 2008, which amendments to the council tax valuation lists involving movements to a lower band were made in each billing authority in each of the years to March (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008. [262601]

John Healey: This information is currently being assembled for publication. I will place a copy in the Library of the House as soon as possible.

Housing: Carbon Emissions

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance she has given to local authorities on the calculation of baseline footprints for the Carbon Reduction Commitment. [262686]

Joan Ruddock: I have been asked to reply.

On Thursday 12 March the Government published a consultation on the Draft Order to implement the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). As part of the consultation package of documents, DECC published a user guide which includes guidance on how scheme participants might calculate the emissions baseline.


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The baseline year for CRC is 1 April 2010-31 March 2011. Prior to the baseline period commencing, the scheme administrators will publish detailed guidance on how scheme participants should calculate their emission baseline.

Local Government

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities operate under the committee system of executive governance. [262144]

John Healey: The Local Government Act 2000 allowed local authorities whose area had a population of less than 85,000 on 30 June 1999 to adopt a reformed, streamlined committee system of governance instead of adopting governance arrangements with an executive. We understand that the following councils currently operate such a system:

Council


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We are aware that eight of these authorities are considering moving to executive arrangements.

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