Mr. Drew:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require minimum standards in respect of provision for (a) the supply of drinking water and (b) toilets in schools. [266073]
Jim Knight:
The Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999 already specify minimum standards in respect of the quality of drinking water and the numbers of toilets. There are no plans to bring forward any further legislation on these matters.
Social Workers
Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many people have graduated from the new social worker degree since its creation; [265238]
(2) how many people have started the new social worker degree since its creation; [265239]
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(3) how many graduates of the new social worker degree remain in post as social workers; [265230]
(4) how many graduates of the new social worker degree have become social workers since its creation. [265231]
Beverley Hughes:
The General Social Care Council registers both social work students and practising social workers.
As of 16 March 2009, the General Social Care Council has recorded 28,120 people as having enrolled on the social work degree since its creation in 2003 and 10,353 people as having passed the social work degree.
The number of social work degree graduates now practising as social workers is not recorded by the General Social Care Council; however, as of 16 March 26 Mar 2009 : Column 658W
2009, 9,007 qualified social workers who have graduated from the social work degree are registered with them.
Special Educational Needs
Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of mainstream schools in each local authority area had more than (a) 5 per cent. and (b) 10 per cent. of pupils with statements of special educational need in 2008. [260287]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry:
The information, for those local authorities with schools with more than 5 per cent. and more than 10 per cent. of pupils with statements, is shown in the following table.
Nursery, primary and secondary schools( 1, 2) : number and percentage of schools with pupils with special ed ucational needs with statements( 3) , position in January 2008, by local authority area
LA maintained nursery and primary schools and state-funded secondary schools with more than 5 per cent . of pupils with statements
LA maintained nursery and primary schools and state-funded secondary schools with more than 10 per cent . of pupils with statements
Local authority number
Local authority name
Number of schools
Percentage of schools
Number of schools
Percentage of schools
202
Camden
3
5.9
0
0.0
203
Greenwich
7
8.4
2
2.4
204
Hackney
5
7.6
0
0.0
205
Hammersmith and Fulham
3
6.3
1
2.1
206
Islington
2
3.5
2
3.5
207
Kensington and Chelsea
3
8.8
0
0.0
208
Lambeth
4
5.2
0
0.0
209
Lewisham
1
1.2
0
0.0
210
Southwark
5
5.5
1
1.1
211
Tower Hamlets
6
6.7
1
1.1
212
Wandsworth
3
4.3
2
2.9
213
Westminster
2
3.7
1
1.9
301
Barking and Dagenham
1
1.7
0
0.0
302
Barnet
5
4.5
0
0.0
303
Bexley
4
5.3
0
0.0
305
Bromley
14
15.1
2
2.2
306
Croydon
4
3.4
0
0.0
307
Ealing
3
3.7
0
0.0
308
Enfield
1
1.2
0
0.0
310
Harrow
1
1.6
0
0.0
311
Havering
2
2.4
1
1.2
312
Hillingdon
1
1.2
0
0.0
313
Hounslow
2
2.7
1
1.4
314
Kingston upon Thames
1
2.2
0
0.0
315
Merton
2
3.9
0
0.0
316
Newham
1
1.1
0
0.0
317
Redbridge
1
1.4
0
0.0
318
Richmond upon Thames
3
6.0
0
0.0
319
Sutton
4
7.0
2
3.5
330
Birmingham
19
4.8
3
0.8
331
Coventry
1
1.0
0
0.0
332
Dudley
2
2.0
0
0.0
333
Sandwell
1
0.9
0
0.0
334
Solihull
1
1.3
0
0.0
335
Walsall
1
0.9
0
0.0
336
Wolverhampton
4
3.9
1
1.0
341
Liverpool
4
2.4
3
1.8
343
Sefton
5
4.9
1
1.0
344
Wirral
7
5.8
1
0.8
350
Bolton
1
0.8
0
0.0
351
Bury
6
7.7
0
0.0
352
Manchester
1
0.6
0
0.0
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353
Oldham
1
0.9
0
0.0
354
Rochdale
3
3.4
0
0.0
355
Salford
2
2.1
1
1.0
356
Stockport
7
6.1
1
0.9
357
Tameside
1
1.1
0
0.0
358
Trafford
4
4.5
2
2.2
359
Wigan
1
0.8
0
0.0
370
Barnsley
1
1.1
0
0.0
371
Doncaster
1
0.8
0
0.0
372
Rotherham
2
1.7
1
0.8
373
Sheffield
6
3.6
1
0.6
380
Bradford
2
1.0
0
0.0
382
Kirklees
10
5.4
2
1.1
383
Leeds
3
1.2
0
0.0
384
Wakefield
5
3.5
0
0.0
390
Gateshead
2
2.5
0
0.0
392
North Tyneside
4
5.6
0
0.0
393
South Tyneside
3
4.7
2
3.1
394
Sunderland
3
2.8
0
0.0
800
Bath and North East Somerset
6
8.0
0
0.0
801
Bristol, City of
5
3.5
3
2.1
802
North Somerset
2
2.7
0
0.0
803
South Gloucestershire
5
4.5
0
0.0
806
Middlesbrough
6
11.8
2
3.9
807
Redcar and Cleveland
3
5.4
0
0.0
808
Stockton-on-Tees
2
2.7
0
0.0
810
Kingston Upon Hull, City of
5
5.7
1
1.1
811
East Riding of Yorkshire
1
0.7
0
0.0
812
North East Lincolnshire
5
7.2
0
0.0
813
North Lincolnshire
6
7.6
0
0.0
815
North Yorkshire
7
1.9
0
0.0
820
Bedfordshire
1
0.5
0
0.0
821
Luton
2
2.8
0
0.0
825
Buckinghamshire
10
4.6
2
0.9
826
Milton Keynes
5
4.8
0
0.0
830
Derbyshire
14
3.4
0
0.0
831
Derby
4
4.0
2
2.0
835
Dorset
4
2.4
0
0.0
840
Durham
6
2.1
1
0.4
841
Darlington
1
2.6
0
0.0
845
East Sussex
4
2.2
0
0.0
846
Brighton and Hove
3
4.5
0
0.0
850
Hampshire
14
2.8
1
0.2
851
Portsmouth
1
1.6
1
1.6
855
Leicestershire
14
5.0
1
0.4
856
Leicester
2
2.0
1
1.0
857
Rutland
1
5.0
0
0.0
860
Staffordshire
3
0.8
0
0.0
861
Stoke-on-Trent
2
2.1
0
0.0
865
Wiltshire
13
5.6
2
0.9
866
Swindon
1
1.4
0
0.0
867
Bracknell Forest
1
2.8
0
0.0
868
Windsor and Maidenhead
3
4.8
0
0.0
869
West Berkshire
4
5.1
0
0.0
870
Reading
3
6.1
0
0.0
871
Slough
2
4.5
0
0.0
872
Wokingham
6
9.8
2
3.3
873
Cambridgeshire
9
3.8
0
0.0
874
Peterborough
3
4.3
1
1.4
875
Cheshire
30
9.7
4
1.3
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876
Halton
5
7.8
1
1.6
877
Warrington
7
8.4
2
2.4
878
Devon
28
7.9
2
0.6
879
Plymouth
4
4.3
0
0.0
880
Torbay
5
12.5
1
2.5
881
Essex
17
3.1
7
1.3
883
Thurrock
2
3.8
0
0.0
884
Herefordshire
2
2.1
1
1.1
885
Worcestershire
5
2.2
2
0.9
886
Kent
19
3.4
4
0.7
887
Medway
6
5.8
4
3.8
888
Lancashire
37
6.2
5
0.8
889
Blackburn with Darwen
2
2.7
0
0.0
892
Nottingham
1
0.9
0
0.0
893
Shropshire
7
4.3
2
1.2
894
Telford and Wrekin
2
2.8
0
0.0
908
Cornwall
16
5.9
1
0.4
909
Cumbria
23
7.0
3
0.9
916
Gloucestershire
10
3.4
1
0.3
919
Hertfordshire
6
1.2
2
0.4
925
Lincolnshire
37
10.5
2
0.6
926
Norfolk
38
9.0
3
0.7
928
Northamptonshire
13
4.1
1
0.3
929
Northumberland
14
7.1
2
1.0
931
Oxfordshire
2
0.7
0
0.0
933
Somerset
2
0.8
0
0.0
935
Suffolk
20
6.0
2
0.6
936
Surrey
29
7.9
8
2.2
937
Warwickshire
5
2.1
0
0.0
938
West Sussex
7
2.5
1
0.4
England
798
3.8
116
0.6
(1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes City Technology Colleges and Academies. (3) Excludes dually registered pupils.
