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Pre-school Education: Finance
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much of his Department's £2.4 billion unspent capital funding at the end of the financial year 2008-09 referred to in the National Audit Office's report on financial management in his Department, HC 267, Session 2008-09, had been earmarked for early years capital programmes; for which such programmes such funding was earmarked; and whether that unspent funding will be carried over into future years. [284302]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The cumulative amount of the Department's unspent capital funding as at the end of the 2008-09 financial year relating to early years capital programmes is £363 million.
The Programmes that this affects is the delivery of Sure Start Children Centres, early years provision and childcare.
Unspent capital funding from prior financial years as well as 2008-09, is added to the Department's end of year flexibility (EYF).
Pupils: Special Educational Needs
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of schoolchildren with a special educational need was diagnosed with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [283486]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The available information for the four latest years (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006) can be found in Table 9 of the following links:
The available information for 2005 can be found in Table 18 of the following link
Information on type of special educational need is collected only for those pupils with statements of SEN or those at School Action Plus.
Schools
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of maintained schools have identified the social and emotional aspects of learning as a key focus for their work with children; and if he will make a statement. [282440]
Mr. Coaker: Our latest figures for the implementation of the social and emotional aspects of learning programme in maintained schools show that 88 per cent. of primary schools and 63 per cent. of secondary schools in England were participating as at June 2009. Last year we set target participation rates for July 2009 of 90 per cent. for primary schools and 45 per cent. of secondary schools.
Schools: Admissions
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will assess the effects of school admissions policies based on residential location on social diversity among school pupils. [283094]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The Department published a bulletin in 2008 on “The Composition of Schools in England” which included data at local authority level to enable a comparison to be made between the socio-economic composition of a local authority area and the schools in the same area.
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many school places there are in (a) Castle Point, (b) Thurrock, (c) Southend and (d) Essex. [284953]
Ms Diana R. Johnson [holding answer 7 July 2009]: The Department collects information annually from each local authority on the capacity of all maintained mainstream schools, as part of the Surplus Places Survey. The most recent data available relate to the position at January 2008. The following table shows the overall capacity of schools within the constituency of Castle Point and the authorities of Thurrock, Southend and Essex.
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Schools: Finance
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding from each source fund of his Department's standards funds has been allocated in the last 12 months; and how much such funding he expects to be allocated in the next 12 months. [283224]
Mr. Coaker: The following table shows the Standards Fund allocations made to local authorities for 2008-09 and 2009-10 to date.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding from each source fund of the area-based grant scheme he expects to be allocated in the next 12 months. [283225]
Mr. Coaker: The following DCSF funding streams, totalling £1,305,693,127, will be paid as part of the area based grant in the 2009-10 financial year:
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