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Special Educational Needs: East Sussex

Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many maintained special schools there were in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in each year since 1990. [267248]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The available information is shown in the following table. Information by parliamentary constituency is only available from 1997.


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Maintained special schools: number of schools in Eastbourne parliamentary constituency and East Sussex local authority as at January each year
East Sussex local authority Eastbourne parliamentary constituency

1990(1)

20

n/a

1991(1)

20

n/a

1992(1)

19

n/a

1993(1)

19

n/a

1994(1)

19

n/a

1995(1)

19

n/a

1996(1)

19

n/a

1997(1)

18

3

1998(2)

11

3

1999(2)

11

3

2000(2)

11

3

2001(2)

11

3

2002(2)

11

3

2003(2)

11

3

2004(2)

11

3

2005(2)

11

3

2006(2)

11

3

2007(2)

11

3

2008(2)

10

3

n/a = Not available.
(1) Before local government reorganisation.
(2) After local government reorganisation.
Source:
School Census.

Special Educational Needs: General Certificate of Secondary Education

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families at how many mainstream schools attended by pupils with statements of special educational needs no such pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE in 2008. [265674]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry [holding answer 20 March 2009]: In 43 maintained mainstream schools, no pupils with statements of SEN attained five or more GCSEs at grades A* -C or the equivalent in 2008.

Only schools with 10 or more pupils with SEN with statements were considered in the answer.

Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils with special educational needs were given a fixed-period exclusion from a secondary school in each local authority area in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by reason for exclusion. [260807]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: A table showing the number of fixed period exclusions (not the number of pupils) for pupils with special educational needs for 2006/07 and has been placed in the House Libraries. Pupils can be excluded more than once and these can be for different reasons.

Special Educational Needs: Tribunals

Mr. Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of local authorities' expenditure on legal counsel in preparation for and for representation at special educational needs and disability tribunals related to autism in 2007-08. [268741]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: No estimate has been made.

Specialised Diplomas

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils of each age are entered for the 14 to 19 diploma examinations. [268496]

Jim Knight: Data gathered from local authorities in September 2008 told us that 12,072 young people had
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started a diploma course. This figure comprises 8,568 pre-16 and 3,504 post-16 learners. We collected this information for funding purposes, and we have not collected revised figures subsequently.

Because the diploma is a composite qualification consisting of several different elements, centres will not enter their learners for just a single examination. We will know exactly how many diploma awards have been made in the first year when the results are made available on 27 August 2009. However, most diplomas are taken as two-year courses, and we therefore expect the majority of awards from the first phase of teaching to be made in summer 2010. We do not normally expect to know how many learners have been entered for a particular examination before results are collected from awarding organisations.

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many days work-based training pupils have completed on average in each level of each of the 14 to 19 diplomas. [268498]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Young people began diploma programmes for the first time in September 2008. At this early stage, in one or two year programmes, detailed data on the number of days they have completed in work based training is not available.

However, each diploma learner must complete a minimum of 10 days work experience during their programme. In addition, as part of their diploma programme, they will have opportunities to undertake work related learning in a range of settings beyond the classroom, to equip them with the knowledge and skills for employment and further study.

Specialised Diplomas: Publicity

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) on what sites (a) posters and (b) other promotional material for the 14-19 diploma have been placed; [267521]

(2) how much his Department has spent on advertising for the 14-19 diploma; on what date each advertising campaign was commissioned; how much each cost; and what type of advertising was used. [267526]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry [holding answer 27 March 2009]: The aim of the ongoing diploma information campaign is to increase awareness and understanding of the diploma to enable young people and their parents to make informed choices about whether the qualification is the right option for them.

The information campaign has included posters placed on buses, bus shelters, telephone kiosks and roadside sites to raise awareness of the new qualification.

The campaign has also involved: radio and press advertising; events; and information materials, including leaflets and DVDs which are available on the internet and for schools to order.

The diploma information campaign was commissioned in August 2007 and, to date, the Department has spent £6,712,189.38 on advertising.


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There were two main phases of advertising activity in 2007/2008 between 29 October and 25 November and 21 January and 17 February.

There were three main phases of advertising activity in 2008/2009 between 22 September and 19 October, 5 January and 1 February and 9 March and 5 April. The type of advertising is broken down in the following table.

Media Spend (£)

2007/2008

Radio

967,842.04

“Out of home”—posters etc

297,586.03

Press

162,839.00

Online

204,352.00

Associated production

124,256.68

Total

1,756,875.75

2008/2009

Radio

1,667,874.98

“Out of home”—posters etc

1,567,848.32

Press

1,172,029.00

Online

421,732.00

Associated production

125,829.33

Total

4,955,313.63


Sure Start Programme

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families where each Sure Start Centre opened in the last 12 months is located. [268482]

Beverley Hughes: Between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009 Sure Start Children's Centres opened in the following local authorities:


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