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The following tables give the percentages of the pupils achieving particular grades in the maintained and independent sector.
| Percentage | ||||||||
| Maintained | A* | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
| Percentage | ||||||||
| Independent | A* | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
Science: Specialist Schools
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 10 November 2008, Official Report, column 900W, on specialist schools: science, how many of the 433 specialist schools that have chosen science as one of their specialisms entered one or more pupils for (a) a GCSE and (b) an A level in applied science in 2008. [286895]
Mr. Coaker: Of the 433 schools identified as having a specialism in sciences, 77 entered at least one pupil for a vocational GCSE in applied science in 2008.
Of the 433 schools identified as having a specialism in sciences, 269 teach pupils to Key Stage 5 and, of these, 47 entered at least one pupil for an A-level in applied science in 2008.
The source for this answer is the Achievement and Attainment Tables' database.
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 10 November 2008, Official Report, column 900W, on specialist schools: science, how many of the 433 specialist schools that have chosen science as one of their specialisms entered one or more pupils for GCSE biology in 2008. [286896]
Mr. Coaker: Of the 433 schools identified as having a specialism in sciences, 317 (73.2 per cent.) entered at least one pupil for GCSE biology in 2008.
Source:
The source for this answer is the Achievement and Attainment Tables' database.
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 10 November 2008, Official Report, column 900W, on specialist schools: science, how many of the 433 specialist schools that have chosen science as one of their specialisms entered no pupils for a science A level in 2008. [286897]
Mr. Coaker: Of the 433 schools identified as having a specialism in sciences, 269 teach pupils to Key Stage 5 and, of these, three did not enter any pupils for an A-level in the science subjects in 2008.
Note:
A-level subjects included as science are: applied science (single and double awards), biological sciences, chemistry, physics, electronics, environmental science, geology and "psychology as a science".
Source:
The source for this answer is the Achievement and Attainment Tables' database.
Scotland
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether his Department plans to make a submission to the Scottish Executive's National Conversation consultation on Scotland's constitutional future. [288961]
Mr. Coaker: The Department for Children, Schools and Families has not submitted evidence to the Scottish Government's National Conversation.
The Commission on Scottish Devolution was established by majority vote in the Scottish Parliament and with the full support of the UK Government. UK Departments submitted evidence to the Commission during its First phase of evidence gathering.
The Commission recently published its Final Report, which can be found at the following website:
A Steering Group has been established under the Chairmanship of the Secretary of State for Scotland to help the UK Government and the Scottish Parliament plan how to take forward the Calman recommendations and deliver stronger devolution within a stronger United Kingdom.
Sixth Form Education
Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate his Department has made of the number of students educated to GCSE level in the independent sector taking up places in maintained school sixth forms or colleges for 16-19 education in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [291133]
Mr. Coaker
[holding answer 14 September 2009]: The table shows estimates of the numbers and percentages of young people who attended independent schools in
the academic year when they reached 16 and who then went to study at a maintained school or college the following year.
The source of the data is matched administrative data which is used to track progress in the early years of post-compulsory education. The estimates have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
| Attended independent school in academic year( 1) reached 16 then attended maintained school or college( 2) the next academic year( 3) | ||
| Numbers | Percentage( 4) | |
| (1) First academic year shown in row headings. (2) Includes Academies, City Technology Colleges and other mainstream maintained schools, 6(th) form colleges and other FE colleges. (3) Second academic year shown in row headings. (4) The denominator for the percentage is all those in the dataset who attended independent schools in the academic year they reached 16. | ||
Teachers
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many qualified teachers have left the maintained sector since 1997. [287228]
Mr. Coaker: Provisional estimates show that by March 2008 297,300 full and part-time teachers who had been in full or part-time regular service in local authority maintained schools in England in any March between 1997 and 2007 had left. The figure includes teachers who have left temporarily, for example on unpaid maternity leave. Teachers who have retired are also included and those who have gone on to teach outside the English maintained sector.
The source of the information is the Database of Teacher Records. The figure provided may be a slight underestimate because it is known that service details for around 10 to 20 per cent. of part-time teachers are not recorded in the data.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many qualified (a) teachers and (b) male teachers under the age of 60 years are not teaching. [287229]
Mr. Coaker: Provisional information for March 2008 shows that there were 404,600 teachers under the age of 60 with qualified teacher status in England or Wales who were not recorded in service of whom 123,000 were men. This information is from the Database of Teacher Records.
There will be some teachers in the totals provided who will be in service outside of England and Wales or teaching in sectors that are not recorded in the data source. These will include some of the higher education sector and independent schools who are not part of the Teachers Pensions Scheme.
Teachers: Pensions
Mr. Philip Hammond:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to paragraph C. 76, page 242 of Budget 2009, if he will
place in the Library a copy of the actuarial advice he received on the teachers' pension scheme; and if he will make a statement. [289104]
Mr. Coaker: The net expenditure projections for the teachers' pension scheme, used to build up the financial statement and Budget report, reflect assumptions set by the Department, after taking into account comments from their actuarial advisers. The actuarial assumptions for the scheme can be found in the latest valuation report published in November 2006 and available in the House Libraries.
Cabinet Office
Departmental Internet
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the meaning is of each (a) acronym and (b) abbreviation used on the editorial policy section of her Department's CabWeb intranet site. [287261]
Tessa Jowell: I have placed in the Library a document expanding each acronym and abbreviation in the editorial policy section of CabWeb.
Derek Draper and Charlie Whelan
Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many times (a) Mr Derek Draper and (b) Mr Charlie Whelan has visited the Cabinet Office/Downing Street complex in the last six months. [287211]
Tessa Jowell: I am not aware of any meetings involving Derek Draper or Charlie Whelan.
Unemployment
Justine Greening: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people aged more than 50 years old were claiming jobseeker's allowance in each (a) region and (b) Jobcentre Plus district in each month of the last five years. [289151]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Jil Matheson, dated September 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people aged more than 50 years were claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in each (a) region and (b) Jobcentre Plus district in each month of the last five years. (289151)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles the number of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system. Table 1 shows the number of people aged 50 and over resident in each region who has claimed JSA in each of the last 5 years. Table 2 shows the number of persons aged 50 and over resident in each Jobcentre Plus district who has claimed JSA in each of the last 5 years. A copy of the tables are available in the Library of the House.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:
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