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Sixth Form Education: Finance

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) if he will reverse the reductions announced in overall funding levels for the 2009-10 sixth form allocations; and if he will make a statement; [269312]

(2) what the reasons are for the reductions in 2009-10 sixth form funding allocations made by the Learning and Skills Council; and if he will make a statement. [269313]


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Jim Knight: We are not cutting funding for further education (FE) colleges or sixth forms in 2009/10.

We are planning record investment of over £6.7 billion in education for 16 to 18-year-olds from September this year. That means there is funding for over 1.5 million young people to study, the most 16 to 18-year-olds that have ever been in education in this country.

As part of the Department’s wider discussions in the National Economic Council on what more we can do to support the economy, we are working across Government on the extra financial support we need to provide for the new learners that are coming forward.

The Learning and Skills Council’s (LSC) letter 31 of March confirmed that we continue to consider options for further funding, including meeting emerging pressures from the impact of the recession and recruitment during the year. The LSC will be writing again to schools and colleges by the end of April.

Social Services: Children

Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many serious case reviews there have been on the death of children in Eastbourne in each of the last 10 years. [267270]

Beverley Hughes: Information is collected at local authority level only.

Special Educational Needs

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the planned expenditure in England on (a) provision for pupils with statements and the provision for non-statemented pupils with special educational needs (SEN), (b) support for inclusion, (c) inter-authority recoupment, (d) fees for pupils at independent special schools abroad, (e) educational psychology services, (f) local authority functions in relation to child protection, therapies and other health-related services, (g) parent partnership, guidance and information, (h) the monitoring of SEN provision and inclusion administration, assessment and co-ordination, (i) funding delegated to nursery, primary and secondary schools identified as notional SEN and (j) the individual schools budget for special schools is for 2008-09. [253326]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The available information for planned net expenditure on the provision of education for pupils with special educational needs in England for 2008-09 is contained within the following table:


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£

Individual Schools Budget (ISB) for special schools

1,505,416,000

Funding delegated to nursery, primary and secondary schools identified as "notional SEN"

2,043,281,000

SEN funding delegated to schools

3,548,697,000

Provision for pupils with SEN (including assigned resources)

261,032,000

Provision for pupils with SEN; provision not included in line 1.2.1

215,724,000

Support for inclusion

80,239,000

Fees for pupils at independent special schools and abroad

582,156,000

Inter-authority recoupment

45,991,000

Centrally retained SEN element of the school budget

1,185,141,000

Educational Psychology Service

146,243,000

SEN administration assessment and co-ordination

86,016,000

Therapies and other Health Related Services

13,171,000

Parent partnership guidance and information

20,115,000

Monitoring of SEN provision

17,895,000

LA functions in relation to child protection

81,789,000

SEN element of the LA budget

365,229,000

Total planned expenditure on the provision of education for children with special educational needs'

5,099,068,000

Planned expenditure on SEN transport

552,559,000


Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of pupils with statements in each local authority area attended (a) mainstream primary, (b) mainstream secondary, (c) independent primary and (d) independent secondary schools in each year since 1997. [258732]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information for the 12 year time period could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, a table providing information for the years 1997, 2002 and 2008 has been placed in the House Libraries. Information is provided for maintained primary, state-funded secondary and independent schools. Information on types of independent schools is not collected.

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils with statements of special educational needs attended mainstream secondary schools at which fewer than (a) 10 per cent., (b) 20 per cent. and (c) 30 per cent. of pupils obtained fewer than five A* to C grades in GCSEs including English and mathematics in 2007-08. [260508]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: In 2008, 38 (0.29 per cent.) of pupils with statements of SEN were in maintained mainstream schools with fewer than 10 per cent. of pupils achieving five or more grades A*-C including English and maths.

578 (4.38 per cent.) of pupils with statements of SEN were in maintained mainstream schools with fewer than 20 per cent. of pupils achieving five or more grades A*-C including English and maths.

2383 (18.06 per cent.) of pupils with statements of SEN were in maintained mainstream schools with fewer than 30 per cent. of pupils achieving five or more grades A*-C including English and maths.

Only maintained mainstream schools with 10 or more pupils were considered in the answer.

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many maintained and non-maintained special schools there were in each local authority in (a) 1997, (b) 2003 and (c) 2008, broken down by special educational needs priority. [260935]


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Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Department does not hold historical data relating to the special educational needs priority one indicator for special schools. The indicator relates only to a school’s current SEN designation. Tables, taken from my Department’s records, based on information provided by local authorities, indicating the number of maintained and non-maintained special schools in each local authority area for each of the years 1997, 2003 and 2008 have been placed in the House Libraries for viewing.

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils attended independent special schools in each local authority area in each year since 1997. [264608]

Jim Knight: The earliest and latest available data are shown in the following table.

Data for further years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The data show the number of pupils attending independent schools in each local authority area that are either approved under s347 of the Education Act 1996, or that cater wholly or mainly for pupils with special educational needs. The Department does not hold data identifying which authority may have placed a pupil in an independent school, or whether pupils have been placed at their parents' own expense.


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Independent special sch oo ls( 1) : Number of pupils in independent schools that are either approved under s347 of the 1996 Education Act or that cater wholly or mainly for pupils with SEN: As at January 2005 and 2008—England
Headcount of pupils( 2)
LA Number LA n ame 2005( 3) 2008( 3)

202

Camden

40

10

204

Hackney

50

70

205

Hammersmith and Fulham

130

90

207

Kensington and Chelsea

0

40

208

Lambeth

40

30

210

Southwark

40

40

212

Wandsworth

110

100

213

Westminster

130

150

301

Barking and Dagenham

0

10

302

Barnet

20

30

305

Bromley

30

30

306

Croydon

50

60

307

Ealing

100

100

308

Enfield

10

0

309

Haringey

30

70

312

Hillingdon

70

90

315

Merton

130

180

316

Newham

0

0

318

Richmond upon Thames

0

140

319

Sutton

(4)

(4)

330

Birmingham

50

130

331

Coventry

0

(4)

334

Solihull

0

(4)

335

Walsall

0

100

340

Knowsley

20

0

341

Liverpool

50

50

342

St Helens

60

60

343

Sefton

50

50

350

Bolton

0

(4)

351

Bury

0

10

352

Manchester

60

40

353

Oldham

0

0

354

Rochdale

(4)

10

356

Stockport

50

60

357

Tameside

0

10

370

Barnsley

10

130

371

Doncaster

70

70

372

Rotherham

130

0

373

Sheffield

20

30

380

Bradford

0

10

381

Calderdale

20

50

382

Kirklees

0

(4)

383

Leeds

0

(4)

384

Wakefield

10

30

392

North Tyneside

0

20

394

Sunderland

80

70

801

City of Bristol

80

80

803

South Gloucestershire

20

20

805

Hartlepool

0

(4)

810

City of Kingston-Upon-Hull

50

30

811

East Riding of Yorkshire

(4)

10

813

North Lincolnshire

0

10

815

North Yorkshire

10

20

820

Bedfordshire

(4)

30

825

Buckinghamshire

90

120

830

Derbyshire

270

250

835

Dorset

230

240

840

Durham

0

10

841

Darlington

0

10

845

East Sussex

210

210

846

Brighton and Hove

10

10

850

Hampshire

420

510

852

Southampton

60

50

855

Leicestershire

80

140

857

Rutland

0

50

860

Staffordshire

180

180

861

Stoke

0

10

865

Wiltshire

160

160

867

Bracknell Forest

0

10

869

West Berkshire

60

60

870

Reading

10

0

872

Wokingham

30

10

873

Cambridgeshire

80

80

874

City of Peterborough

0

10

875

Cheshire

50

50

876

Halton

(4)

20

877

Warrington

10

20

878

Devon

170

190

879

City of Plymouth

20

10

880

Torbay

10

10

881

Essex

130

190

882

Southend

0

(4)

884

Herefordshire

100

90

885

Worcestershire

70

70

886

Kent

470

540

887

Medway

50

40

888

Lancashire

460

550

889

Blackburn and Darwen

60

10

890

Blackpool

(4)

10

891

Nottinghamshire

10

10

892

City of Nottingham

30

10

893

Shropshire

140

210

894

Telford and Wrekin

30

50

908

Cornwall

0

10

909

Cumbria

360

300

916

Gloucestershire

50

50

919

Hertfordshire

50

60

925

Lincolnshire

50

60

926

Norfolk

190

210

928

Northamptonshire

70

90

929

Northumberland

0

(4)

931

Oxfordshire

50

70

933

Somerset

470

420

935

Suffolk

90

130

936

Surrey

420

520

937

Warwickshire

30

50

938

West Sussex

220

210

(1) Includes school types: Independent Schools Approved for SEN Pupils and Other Independent Special Schools.
(2) Excludes dually registered pupils.
(3) In a small number of cases there is a relatively large change between the two years. This is because of changes in the number of schools of this type between the years, and movement of schools between local authority areas.
(4) Less than five pupils.
Note:
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Census

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