Mrs. Spelman:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which organisations have provided media monitoring services to (a) each of the regional development agencies and (b) the national secretariat to the agencies in each of the last three years; and what the cost was of her Department’s contract with each such organisation. [278598]
Mr. McFadden:
The table shows organisations that have provided media monitoring services to RDAs and the RDA National Secretariat in the last three years.
RDA
Media monitoring services
Cost (£)
2008-09
AWM
Haven Research
27,952
EEDA
TNS; EDS Media (now Precise)
9,000
EMDA
EDS Media (now Precise)
29,004
LDA(1)
Speedex, Newsping
18,000
NWDA
Cision
21,824
ONE
EDS Media (now Precise)
35,291
SEEDA
Cision, Meltwater, Durrants, Newsping, Precise
19,884
SWRDA
TNS; Durrants
33,036
YF
TNS; EDS Media (now Precise)
24,876
RDA Secretariat
Meltwater
4,738
2007-08
AWM
Haven Research
20,467
EEDA
Cision; Magenta; Metrica
20,000
EMDA
EDS Media (now Precise)
19,999
LDA(1)
Speedex, Newsping
9,210
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NWDA
Cision
14,441
ONE
TNS; Meltwater
32,154
SEEDA
Cision, Meltwater, Durrants, Newsping, Precise
26,811
SWRDA
TNS; Durrants; Newsping
36, 544
YF
TNS; EDS Media (now Precise)
21,385
RDA Secretariat
Meltwater
4,353
2006-07
AWM
Haven Research
15,807
EEDA
Cision; Magenta
19,000
EMDA
Romeike
41,472
LDA(1)
Speedex, Newsping
5,437
NWDA
Cision
21,864
ONE
TNS; Meltwater
18,864
SEEDA
Cision, Meltwater, Durrants, Newsping, Precise
24,819
SWRDA
TNS; Durrants; Newsping
27,152
YF
TNS; EDS Media (now Precise)
30,014
RDA Secretariat
Meltwater
3,520
(1) During the period 2006-07 to 2008-09 the LDA also made an annual contribution towards the GLA Group In-House cuttings service of approximately £75,000 per annum.
Rover Group
Mr. Prisk:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has received the report of the inspectors investigating MG Rover. [283495]
Ian Lucas [holding answer 2 July 2009]: The inspectors delivered their report on 11 June 2009. It will be for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to consider its findings and next steps.
Children, Schools and Families
Departmental Carbon Emissions
Mr. Paice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. [280959]
Ms Diana R. Johnson:
The Department for Children, Schools and Families makes an annual report to the Sustainable Development Commission on carbon dioxide emissions from offices as part of their returns for the Sustainable Development in Government (SDiG) report.
From the 2007 and 2008 SDiG reports—available in full under ‘Publications’ at:
—carbon dioxide emissions for the office estate was reported as (a) 10,321 tonnes in 2006-07 and (b) 12,316 tonnes in 2007-08 which equated to (aii) 1.705 tonnes per full-time equivalent and (bii) 1.789 tonnes per full-time equivalent.
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Grants for Education Support and Training
Mr. Willis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many families were (a) eligible for and (b) awarded grants under the Home Access Grant scheme in the (i) Oldham and (ii) Suffolk pilot area. [283987]
Mr. Iain Wright:
The answer to the question is set out in the following table.
Suffolk
Oldham
Total
(a) Estimate eligible population (number)
8,449
4,758
13,207
(b) Grants issued (number)
7,545
4,115
11,660
Percentage of estimated eligible learners served
89
86
88
Pupil Exclusions
Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils who are permanently excluded from a mainstream maintained (a) primary and (b) secondary school were placed in a (i) maintained school and (ii) pupil referral unit in the most recent year for which figures are available. [284031]
Mr. Coaker:
The requested information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2009, Official Report, column 50W, on pupil exclusions, how many of the exclusions were from (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools. [284244]
Mr. Coaker:
This information is shown in the following table.
Primary, secondary and special schools( 1,2) : Number of pupils receiving fixed period exclusions three or more times, England 2006-07, by local authority area, by Government office region in England
Maintained primary schools
State-funded secondary schools
Special schools
Total
England
4,850
38,590
2,130
45,570
North East
160
1,640
110
1,910
Darlington
20
190
10
220
Durham
50
390
30
470
Gateshead
10
60
*
80
Hartlepool
*
40
0
40
Middlesbrough
10
160
*
170
Newcastle upon Tyne
10
150
*
160
North Tyneside
10
60
10
80
Northumberland
20
210
10
240
Redcar and Cleveland
10
110
10
130
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South Tyneside
0
120
0
120
Stockton-on-Tees
10
90
20
110
Sunderland
20
70
10
100
North West
560
5,330
380
6,260
Blackburn with Darwen
10
90
*
110
Blackpool
30
140
0
170
Bolton
40
300
*
340
Bury
10
150
*
160
Cheshire
70
590
50
720
Cumbria
30
400
*
430
Halton
10
60
*
60
Knowsley
*
90
10
100
Lancashire
70
830
70
980
Liverpool
30
150
10
190
Manchester
80
420
30
530
Oldham
20
210
*
230
Rochdale
20
190
10
220
Salford
20
150
20
190
Sefton
10
30
10
40
St. Helen’s
20
100
*
120
Stockport
10
310
30
350
Tameside
30
260
30
310
Trafford
10
130
10
150
Warrington
10
180
20
210
Wigan
20
300
50
370
Wirral
20
260
30
300
Yorkshire and the Humber
550
5,160
160
5,870
Barnsley
50
150
0
190
Bradford
60
530
*
590
Calderdale
30
180
0
210
Doncaster
20
430
10
460
East Riding of Yorkshire
40
460
*
510
Kingston Upon Hull, City of
40
150
10
200
Kirklees
60
380
60
490
Leeds
40
770
30
830
North East Lincolnshire
20
150
0
170
North Lincolnshire
30
120
10
160
North Yorkshire
40
340
10
380
Rotherham
30
280
10
320
Sheffield
50
630
10
690
Wakefield
30
480
20
530
York
30
120
*
150
East Midlands
430
3,080
100
3,610
Derby
30
130
10
160
Derbyshire
130
440
40
600
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Leicester
40
240
10
300
Leicestershire
40
510
10
550
Lincolnshire
50
220
10
280
Northamptonshire
60
650
20
720
Nottingham
30
200
*
240
Nottinghamshire
60
690
*
750
Rutland
*
10
0
10
West Midlands
540
3,780
240
4,570
Birmingham
210
970
60
1,240
Coventry
20
210
20
250
Dudley
20
300
*
320
Herefordshire
10
160
*
170
Sandwell
30
190
*
230
Shropshire
10
190
10
200
Solihull
20
180
20
210
Staffordshire
40
450
20
500
Stoke-on-Trent
20
140
20
170
Telford and Wrekin
40
180
10
230
Walsall
30
170
10
210
Warwickshire
50
320
10
390
Wolverhampton
10
120
50
170
Worcestershire
30
220
20
270
East of England
500
4,180
160
4,850
Bedfordshire
20
260
10
300
Cambridgeshire
40
240
*
270
Essex
170
1,330
40
1,540
Hertfordshire
80
790
70
950
Luton
20
70
0
90
Norfolk
80
460
10
550
Peterborough
*
110
0
120
Southend-on-Sea
10
110
20
140
Suffolk
50
640
*
700
Thurrock
20
180
*
200
London
650
3,990
350
4,980
Inner London
290
1,310
110
1,700
Camden
30
100
10
130
City of London
0
0
0
0
Hackney
20
80
*
100
Hammersmith and Fulham
30
50
*
70
Haringey
20
160
0
170
Islington
20
50
*
70
Kensington and Chelsea
*
30
*
30
Lambeth
30
170
30
230
Lewisham
20
100
*
120
Newham
30
190
20
240
Southwark
60
110
10
180
Tower Hamlets
10
70
*
80
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Wandsworth
20
110
30
160
Westminster
10
120
0
120
Outer London
360
2,680
240
3,280
Barking and Dagenham
20
70
0
100
Barnet
10
200
*
210
Bexley
*
120
20
140
Brent
30
140
10
180
Bromley
20
70
30
120
Croydon
20
90
40
150
Ealing
10
160
0
170
Enfield
20
190
10
220
Greenwich
80
260
40
370
Harrow
30
110
0
140
Havering
10
150
0
160
Hillingdon
20
230
*
260
Hounslow
10
130
10
140
Kingston upon Thames
20
40
0
60
Merton
10
150
20
180
Redbridge
20
150
30
190
Richmond upon Thames
*
50
*
50
Sutton
20
110
30
150
Waltham Forest
20
290
10
320
South East
920
7,450
330
8,690
Bracknell Forest
*
80
0
80
Brighton and Hove
50
270
10
340
Buckinghamshire
30
270
50
350
East Sussex
130
560
40
720
Hampshire
120
1,180
50
1,350
Isle of Wight
*
140
0
140
Kent
130
1,390
30
1,550
Medway
60
430
0
490
Milton Keynes
20
160
10
180
Oxfordshire
50
450
*
500
Portsmouth
60
190
20
270
Reading
20
40
10
70
Slough
10
30
*
50
Southampton
60
410
20
490
Surrey
70
920
50
1,050
West Berkshire
10
120
0
130
West Sussex
70
650
20
750
Windsor and Maidenhead
10
70
*
80
Wokingham
10
100
10
120
South West
530
3,980
300
4,820
Bath and North East Somerset
10
160
30
200
Bournemouth
30
80
*
100
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Bristol, City of
130
330
60
510
Cornwall
40
220
*
260
Devon
60
740
20
820
Dorset
20
230
*
250
Gloucestershire
30
500
40
570
Isles of Scilly
0
0
0
0
North Somerset
10
70
*
90
Plymouth
10
120
40
170
Poole
40
190
10
240
Somerset
50
500
40
590
South Gloucestershire
40
220
10
260
Swindon
20
170
40
220
Torbay
20
120
*
140
Wiltshire
40
350
10
400
* = less than 5. (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes CTCs, academies and non-maintained special schools. Note:Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Schools Census.
