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Departmental Press
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in the latest period for which figures are available. [279423]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: Attached is a list of newspapers and periodicals delivered to the private office of each Minister in the Department.
The overall cost of newspapers and periodicals delivered to the Ministers' office, for financial year 2008-09, was £6,851.21.
List of newspapers and periodicals delivered to each Minister's private office at the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Newspapers
Daily Express
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Daily Telegraph
Evening Standard
Financial Times
Guardian
Independent
Sun
Times
Times Higher
Periodicals
Economist
Private Eye
New Statesman
Spectator
Sarah McCarthy-Fry/Andrew Adonis
Newspapers
Financial Times
Guardian
Independent
Daily Mail
Daily Express
Daily Mirror
Sun
Times
Times Higher
Daily Telegraph
Evening Standard
Periodicals
Economist
New Statesman
Spectator
Times Educational Supplement
Newspapers
Financial Times
Guardian
Independent
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Sun
Times
Times Higher
Daily Telegraph
Evening Standard
Daily Express
Periodicals
Voice Weekly
Community Care
Nursery World
Local Government Chronicle
Health Service Journal
Prospect
First News
Times Educational Supplement
Economist
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin/Kevin Brennan
Newspapers
Financial Times
Guardian
Independent
Daily Mail
Daily Express
Daily Mirror
Sun
Times
Daily Telegraph
Evening standard
Western Mail
Periodicals
Times Educational Supplement
Jim Knight shared newspapers with Sarah McCarthy-Fry/Andrew Adonis' private office
Newspapers
Dorset Echo
EC Law
Bob Spink:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the proportion of statutory obligations provided for by legislation on matters for which his
Department is responsible which were introduced as a consequence of obligations arising from EU legislation in the latest period for which figures are available. [281870]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The Department for Children, Schools and Families has not carried out an estimate of the proportion of statutory obligations deriving from EU law within its policy remit. The key policy areas within the Department's remit (education in schools, children's social care and substantive family law) fall outside community competence.
European Union: Primary Education
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what information about the EU his Department provides to primary schools for teaching purposes. [282424]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The Department does not provide information about the European Union to schools. The proposed new primary curriculum, which is being consulted on, will provide opportunities for children to learn about Europe and the European Union. For example pupils should be taught about links between local, British, European and world history.
Further Education
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of year 11 pupils (a) entitled to and (b) not entitled to free school meals who achieved at least five GCSEs at grades A* to C, including English and mathematics in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006, achieved a level 3 qualification within two years of completing their GCSEs; and if he will make a statement. [280172]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The information requested is shown in the following table. The higher progression rate to Level 3 at 18 among those not eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) who had gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C, including English and Maths, is partly a reflection of their higher average attainment in year 11 compared with their counterparts who were FSM eligible in year 11.
| Number and proportion year 11 pupils gaining at least five GCSEs at A*-C in year 11 includ ing English and Maths who gain l evel 3 within two years, by eligibility for free school meals | |||
| Level 3 at 18( 1) | |||
| Number | Percentage | Base( 2) | |
| (1) Level 3 within two years of year 11 (e.g. 2006 for 2004 year 11 cohort). (2) The base is total number gaining five or more GCSEs grades A*-C in year 11 including English and Maths. (3) Based on eligibility for free school meals in year 11 for those in maintained provision only ) as eligibility for free school meals in year 11 is not available for the independent sector). Source: Matched Administrative Dataset. | |||
Outdoor Education
Mr. Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what funding his Department has given to the Learning Outside the Classroom programme in each of the last three years; and what funding has been allocated to the programme for each of the next three years; [282418]
(2) how many schools have indicated their support for the Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto in each year since its launch; [282419]
(3) how many children of each age in each region experienced learning outside the classroom in each of the three years (a) before and (b) after the launch of the Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto. [282420]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: A breakdown of the Department’s investment in England into the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) programme is set out as follows:
| Financial year | Funding (£) |
This year the Department is funding the newly established Council for Learning Outside the Classroom £740,000 to take forward the aims of the Manifesto. Funding beyond this financial year has not yet been agreed.
There are currently 1,698 signatories to the Manifesto, including 199 schools. We also know from the huge
interest and enthusiasm from schools for last year’s LOtC Awards that schools and teachers recognise the importance of different activities outside of the classroom in supporting learning and development for their young people.
The Department does not collect data on how many children experience learning outside the classroom. However, we know that most schools do provide learning outside the classroom and recognise its importance. The 2006 NFER survey confirmed that schools were doing the same, or more, learning outside the classroom than before and they expect to do the same or more in future. Changes to the secondary curriculum are designed to encourage ‘curriculum opportunities’ outside the classroom and the proposed new primary curriculum, to be introduced from 2011, which is currently subject to consultation, will also reflect the need for teachers to engage pupils with these experiences.
Pupil Exclusions: Disadvantaged
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of children in each region who were subject to (a) permanent and (b) fixed-term exclusion from school were entitled to free school meals in the latest year for which figures are available. [279462]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The information available on the number of exclusions (not the number of children) for 2006/07 is shown in the table. Some pupils may be excluded more than once.
| Primary, secondary and special schools( 1) : Number and proportion of permanent and fixed period exclusions for pupils who were eligible for free school meals( 2, 3) —2006/07 | ||||
| Type of exclusion | ||||
| Permanent | Fixed period | |||
| Government office region | Number | Proportion( 3) | Number | Proportion( 4) |
| (1) Includes primary, state funded secondary, and maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools. (2) Pupils who were eligible for free school meals at the time of the January 2007 census. (3) Number of permanent exclusions of pupils who were eligible for free school meals as a proportion of all permanent exclusions by region. Total number of exclusions includes pupils whose free school meal eligibility could not be determined. (4) Number of fixed period exclusions of pupils who were eligible for free school meals as a proportion of all fixed period exclusions by region. Total number of exclusions includes pupils whose free school meal eligibility could not be determined. Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 Source: School Census | ||||
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