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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]
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:
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]
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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