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Social Services: Children
Helen Southworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what guidance is issued by his Department to local authority children’s services in relation to the provision of accommodation and support services for young persons leaving care who are placed outside the borough with care responsibility. [271339]
Beverley Hughes: The framework for planning looked after children in and leaving care is established in very detailed regulations and guidance setting out the requirements established by the Children Act 1989 and the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000. This framework is intended to ensure that there is proper and thorough planning on behalf of each child wherever they are placed. Every child and young person must have a “care plan”. This becomes their pathway plan from age 16 when local authorities must begin to prepare them for the time when they will no longer be looked after. Where young people have been placed outside of their local area, the pathway planning process must identify whether they will continue to remain in the area where they are placed into adulthood or whether they will return to the area of their responsible authority.
Government have published the National Protocol on Inter-Authority Arrangements for Care Leavers as a model to assist in managing joint working arrangements
between local authorities where a care leaver who is the responsibility of one authority is a resident in another authority.
This protocol can be accessed on the ‘Children Leaving Care’ page of the Every Child Matters website.
The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 received Royal Assent in the last session of Parliament. Section 8 of this Act sets out the factors that local authorities must consider when they make a placement for children in their care. This clarifies that as far as reasonably practicable authorities must attempt to secure placements that are within their area and close to children's homes. The priority given to these factors will depend on a detailed assessment of the circumstances in each individual case.
Later this year we will be consulting on planned revision of the Children Act statutory guidance which will include revision of leaving care guidance. This revision provides us with the opportunity to provide more information about how we expect local authorities to plan for looked after children and care leavers who have been placed away from their responsible authority.
Special Educational Needs
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2009, Official Report, column 1317W, on special educational need, what the name and local authority area of each of the 10 schools is. [271832]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information is shown in the table.
Special Educational Needs: GCSE
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 need no such pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE in each year from 1997 to 2007. [271474]
Jim Knight: The available information can be found in the following table.
| Number of mainstream schools attended by pupils with statements of special educational needs where no such pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE | |
| Number | |
| Notes: 1. Figures prior to 2004 have not been provided as these are not available on a comparable basis. 2. These figures are for pupils in maintained mainstream schools that have more than 10 pupils with statements of special educational needs. 3. Figures for 2008 include two closed schools that are published in the Achievement and Attainment Tables. Source: National Pupil Database | |
Sure Start Programme: First Aid
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will make it his policy to ensure that all Sure Start children's centres offer first aid training to new parents. [272495]
Beverley Hughes: Local authorities, working with NHS and Job Centre Plus partners, are responsible for planning and delivering services in Sure Start children's centres. Parenting and family support services, including support for new parents, are tailored to respond to needs in the local area. Our Sure Start children's centres practice guidance makes clear that children's centres should be offering a range of interventions to all parents to help reduce the risk of accidents. Examples include: advising parents on the stages of infant development and the implications for accident and injury prevention; and offering education awareness campaigns on accident and injury avoidance.
Teachers: Training
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teachers have entered teacher training under the Transition to Teaching programme since its inception; how much his Department has spent on the programme to date; and if he will make a statement. [275038]
Jim Knight: Transition to Teaching is currently supporting 225 participants with more people joining the programme every week. These people are being supported to explore the possibility of training as teachers, have applied for places, gained places or begun training. It is supported by 282 companies and that number is expected to rise. Since the programme was launched in July 2008 the Training and Development Agency for Schools using grant in aid from the Department has spent £1,228,812 on it. This includes initial set-up and launch costs and costs incurred supporting participants.
Duchy of Lancaster
Employment Level
Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how many people were unemployed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 2007; [277459]
(2) how many people were in employment in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 2007; [277460]
(3) what the average unemployment rate of the working age population in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK was in each year since 2007; [277461]
(4) how many (a) males, (b) females and (c) single parents were (i) in employment and (ii) unemployed in (A) Jarrow constituency, (B) South Tyneside, (C) the North East and (D) the UK in each year since 1997. [277462]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated May 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking how many people were unemployed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 2007; how many people were in employment in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 2007; what the average unemployment rate of the working age population in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK has been in each year since 2007; and how many (a) males, (b) females and (c) single parents were in (i) in employment and (ii) unemployed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK has been in each year since 1997. (277459,277460,277461 & 277462).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles labour market statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) and its predecessor the annual Labour Force Survey (LFS). Estimates of total unemployment for unitary and local authorities are produced from a statistical model, following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.
Table 1 shows the number of people aged 16+, resident in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK, who were unemployed in each year since 2007. The estimates for UK and the North East have been compiled from the APS to be consistent with those for Jarrow constituency, and will therefore differ from the unemployment figures published in the Labour Market First Release. Estimates for South Tyneside are compiled from model based estimates.
Table 2 shows the number of people aged 16+, resident in the requested geographies who were employed in each year since 2007. The estimates for UK and the North East have been compiled from the APS to be consistent with those for Jarrow constituency and South Tyneside and will therefore differ from the unemployment figures published in the Labour Market First Release.
Table 3 shows the average unemployment rate, for persons of working age (males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59), resident in the requested geographies, who were unemployed in each year since 2007. Unemployment rates published by ONS have been compiled from the APS and are based on the percentage of the economically active population. Estimates for South Tyneside are compiled from Model based estimates.
Table 4 shows the number of lone parents below state pension age with dependent children in employment and unemployed in the requested geographies for the calendar years 2004 to 2007. Estimates are derived from the APS household datasets and are only available for January to December for the years 2004 to 2007. Estimates for 2008 will be available from summer 2009.
Table 5 shows the number of people aged 16+, males and females resident in the requested geographies who were employed in each year since 2007. The estimates for UK and the North East have also been compiled from the APS to be consistent with those for Jarrow constituency and South Tyneside and will therefore differ from the unemployment figures published in the Labour
Market First Release National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment and unemployment are available from the NOMIS website at: http://www.nomisweb.co.uk.
| Table 1 : Number of persons unemployed( 1) resident in Jarrow constituency, South Tyneside, the North East and the UK in each year since 2007 | ||||
| Thousand | ||||
| 12 months ending: | Jarrow | South Tyneside( 2) | North East | UK |
| — = Data is unreliable for practical purposes. (1) Levels of unemployment are provided for persons aged 16 and over. The figures presented are weighted to population estimates published in 2007. (2) Model Based Estimates. (3) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates. See Guide to Quality as follows. Guide to Quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220. Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (%) Statistical Robustness * 0 = CV<5 Estimates are considered precise ** 5 = CV <10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise *** 10 = CV <20 Estimates are considered acceptable **** CV 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes Source: Annual Population Survey and Model Based Estimates | ||||
| Tabl e 2: Number of persons employed( 1) resident in Jarrow constituency, South Tyneside, the North East and the UK in each year since 2007 | ||||
| Thousand | ||||
| 12 months ending: | Jarrow | South Tyneside | North East | UK |
| (1) Levels of employment are provided for persons aged 16 and over. The figures presented are weighted to population estimates published in 2007. (2) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates. See Guide to Quality as follows. Guide to Quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220. Key Statistical Robustness * Estimates are considered precise. ** Estimates are considered reasonably precise. *** Estimates are considered acceptable. **** Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes. Source: Annual Population Survey | ||||
| Table 3: Average unemployment rates( 1) for people of working age resident in Jarrow constituency, South Tyneside, the North East and the UK in each year since 2007 | ||||
| Percentage | ||||
| 12 months ending: | Jarrow | South Tyneside( 2) | North East | UK |
| (1) Number of unemployed people of working age as a percentage of the economically active population. Working age is defined as being: males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59. (2) Model based estimates. Source: Annual Population Survey and Model Based Estimates | ||||
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