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The revenue per pupil figures shown in the table below are taken from the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) which was introduced in April 2006. They are not comparable with those for the years 2004-05 to
2005-06 because the introduction of the DSG in 2006-07 fundamentally changed how local authorities are funded.
The 2004-05 to 2005-06 figures are based on education formula spending (EFS) which formed the education part of the Local Government Finance Settlement, plus various grants. This was an assessment of what local authorities needed to fund education rather than what they spent. The DSG is based largely on an authority’s previous spending. In addition, the DSG has a different coverage to EFS. EFS comprised a schools block and an LEA block (to cover LEA central functions) whereas DSG only covers the school block. LEA block items are still funded through DCLG’s Local Government Finance Settlement but education items cannot be separately identified. Consequently, there is a break in the Department’s time series as the two sets of data are not comparable.
To provide a comparison for 2006-07 DSG, the Department have isolated the schools block equivalent funding in 2005-06; as described above this does not represent the totality of ‘education’ funding in that year.
The per pupil revenue funding figures for years 2005-06 (baseline) to 2008-09 for England and Essex local authority are provided in the following table. As the DSG is a mechanism for distributing funding, a split between primary and secondary schools is not available. The figures below are for all funded pupils aged 3-19 and are in real terms:
| Real-terms revenue funding per pupil—DSG plus grants | ||
| £ | ||
| All pupils (3-19 years) | England | Essex |
| Notes: 1. This covers funding through the Dedicated Schools Grant, School Standards Grant, School Standards Grant (Personalisation) and Standards Fund as well as funding from the Learning and Skills Council; it excludes grants which are not allocated at LA level. 2. Price Base: Real terms at 2007-08 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 25 November 2008. 3. These figures are for all funded pupils aged 3-19. 4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10. 5. Some of the grant allocations have not been finalised. If these do change, the effect on the funding figures is expected to be minimal. | ||
Mr. Newmark: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how much his Department spent on average per pupil in primary education in (a) Braintree constituency, (b) Essex and (c) England in each of the last five years; [266331]
(2) how much on average his Department spent per pupil in secondary education in (a) Braintree constituency, (b) Essex and (c) England in each of the last five years. [266342]
Jim Knight: The Department allocates education funding to local authorities so the requested information for Braintree constituency is not available. In addition it is for local authorities to determine how they spend their funds locally. The per pupil revenue funding figures for primary and secondary schools pupils for England and Essex local authority in 2004-05 and 2005-06 are as follows. These figures are in real terms:
| Real terms revenue funding per pupil (£)—EFS plus grants | ||
| England | Essex | |
| Notes: 1. Price Base: Real terms at 2007-08 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 25 November 2008. 2. Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of Education Formula Spending (EFS) settlements and include the pensions transfer to EFS. 3. Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DfES departmental expenditure limits relevant to pupils aged three-15 and exclude education maintenance allowances (EMAs) and grants not allocated at LEA level. 4. The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to £ per pupil are those underlying the EFS settlement calculations. 5. Rounding: Figures are rounded to the nearest £10. 6. Status: Some of the grant allocations have not been finalised. If these do change, the effect on the funding figures is expected to be minimal. | ||
The revenue per pupil figures shown in the following table are taken from the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) which was introduced in April 2006. They are not comparable with those for the years 2004-05 to 2005-06 because the introduction of the DSG in 2006-07 fundamentally changed how local authorities are funded.
The 2004-05 to 2005-06 figures are based on Education Formula Spending (EFS) which formed the education part of the Local Government Finance Settlement, plus various grants. This was an assessment of what local authorities needed to fund education rather than what they spent. The DSG is based largely on an authority's previous spending. In addition, the DSG has a different coverage to EFS. EFS comprised a schools block and an LEA block (to cover LEA central functions) whereas DSG only covers the school block. LEA block items are still funded through DCLG's Local Government Finance Settlement but education items cannot be separately identified. Consequently, there is a break in the Department's time series as the two sets of data are not comparable.
To provide a comparison for 2006-07 DSG, the Department have isolated the schools block equivalent funding in 2005-06; as described above this does not represent the totality of 'education' funding in that year.
The per pupil revenue funding figures for years 2005-06 (baseline) to 2008-09 for England and Essex local authority are provided in the following table. As the DSG is a mechanism for distributing funding, a split between primary and secondary schools is not available. The figures below are for all funded pupils aged three-19 and are in real terms:
National Safeguarding Delivery Unit
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) when he expects the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit to (a) establish and (b) publish timescales for the implementation of Lord Laming’s recommendations; [264377]
(2) when he expects the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit to have developed guidance on referral and assessment systems for children affected by domestic violence, adult mental health problems and drugs and alcohol misuse; [264381]
(3) how many regional representatives the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit will have; [264398]
(4) who will appoint staff to the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit; [264400]
(5) when he expects the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit to make its first annual report to Parliament; [264401]
(6) what powers the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit will have to examine local authority documentation; [264402]
(7) by what date he expects the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit to be fully operational; [264412]
(8) how many people will be employed in the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit when it is at full operational strength; what the unit’s budget will be for 2009-10; and from what sources its budget will be drawn; [264413]
(9) what powers the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit will have beyond those already held by his Department. [265226]
Beverley Hughes: The Government have accepted all the recommendations made by Lord Laming in his recent report, “The Protection of Children in England: A Progress Report”. These include the establishment of a National Safeguarding Delivery Unit .The Government’s immediate response to Lord Laming, published on 12 March, explained that the new Unit would provide support and challenge to local authorities, promote dynamic learning and good practice development, including through sector-led approaches, and act as a bridge between national policy development and local implementation. The Government have undertaken to publish a detailed action plan in response to Lord Laming’s recommendations by the end of April.
This will set out the action to be taken to establish the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit and timescales for the delivery of action in response to all Lord Laming’s recommendations.
Offences against Children
Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when his Department plans to publish its guidance on sexually exploited children. [263631]
Beverley Hughes: We expect to publish guidance on safeguarding children and young people from sexual exploitation in the spring.
Pupil Referral Units
Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupil referral units have been placed in special measures in the last 18 months; and in which local authority areas such units are. [257450]
Jim Knight [holding answer 23 February 2009 ]: This is a matter for Ofsted. HMCI Christine Gilbert will be replying and a copy will be placed in the House Libraries.
Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 4 March 2009:
Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for a response.
The following table shows the pupil referral units that have been placed in special measures from the 1 April 2007 to the 31 December 2008.
| Pupil Referral Units placed in special measures between the 1 April 2007 to 31 December 2008 (12 pupil referral units) | ||
| URN | School name | LA name |
The number and lists of schools causing concern are published each term on the Ofsted website.
A copy of this reply has been sent to the right hon. Jim Knight, MP, Minister of State for Schools and learners, and will be placed in the Library of both Houses.
Schools: Fires
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many fires in schools in England were recorded in each month in each of the last four years. [266329]
Jim Knight: The figures for school fires provided by Communities and Local Government are given as follows. They are for fires attended by Local Fire and Rescue Services and do not include fires that were not attended by the Fire and Rescue Services.
| Fires in schools by month of call, England 2004-07 | ||||
| Month of call | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Note: Figures for 2007 are provisional and subject to change. | ||||
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