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Departmental Information and Communications Technology
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what IT systems have been in development for use within his Department in the last five years; what the reason for the development of each system was; how much has been spent on the development of each system; and which systems have been subsequently (a) implemented, (b) terminated prior to implementation and (c) terminated following implementation. [290532]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Procurement
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of procurement contracts his Department and its predecessors awarded to small businesses in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08, (c) 2008-09 and (d) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. [293238]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Public Expenditure
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to table 8.4 of his Department's Annual Report 2009, page 176, to which programmes (a) the 2009-10 and (b) the 2010-11 budget for (i) the Youth Task Force and (ii) Youth Programmes has been allocated. [293272]
Dawn Primarolo: The breakdown of the Youth Task Force and Youth Programmes, which are shown aggregated in DCSF's departmental annual report 2009, are provided in the following tables for the years 2009-10 and 2010-11:
Members: Correspondence
Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will send a copy of his reply to the letter of 21 September 2009 from Mr. Christopher Curtis, the headmaster of St. Bede's School, Redhill, to the hon. Member for Reigate, to whom the original letter was copied. [293470]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The Department's correspondence target is to answer all items of correspondence from within 15 working days of receipt. Mr. Curtis's letter was received in the Department on 29 September and, in line with this target, a full reply will be sent on or before 20 October. In line with information legislation it is not the Department's practice to send a copy of final replies to copy recipients unless advised to do so by the correspondent. The hon. Member may wish to approach Mr. Curtis directly to ask if he will provide him with a copy of the letter.
Primary Education
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children attended (a) two, (b) three, (c) four, (d) five and (e) 10 primary schools in each of the last 10 academic years for which figures are available. [293385]
Dawn Primarolo: The information requested would require substantial new analysis. This could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Pupils: Discipline
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what forms his Department issues to schools to complete relating to disruptive pupils; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each such form. [291941]
Mr. Coaker: The Department does not issue forms for schools to complete when dealing with a disruptive pupil. However our guidance on the use of force to control or restrain pupils strongly advises schools to maintain systematic records of significant incidents and provides a model record form that they are able to use for this purpose. A copy of that guidance, including the model form, is shown in the following link:
Pupils: Teachers
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the pupil to teacher ratio in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools is in each London borough in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [293062]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is published in table 27 of the Statistical First Release (SFR) "School Workforce in England (including local authority level figures) January 2009 (Revised)" published on 29 September 2009. The SFR is available at the following web link:
Schools: Broadband
Mr. Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what support is available to introduce broadband services into primary and secondary schools. [292400]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The introduction of broadband into primary and secondary schools has been supported by both funding and regional support networks. Targets were set for over 99 per cent. of schools to be connected by the end of 2006, and by that date 98.96 per cent. of primary schools and 99.82 per cent. of secondary schools were reported as connected. Funding continues to be made available for the introduction of broadband and its use via the Harnessing Technology and School Development Grants and 10 regional broadband consortia support schools in their areas and nationally through the National Education Network.
Schools: Sports
Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the cost to the public purse of undertaking the most recent Schools Sport Surveys was. [292571]
Mr. Iain Wright: The cost of undertaking the annual School Sport Survey in 2008/09, via the DCSF's contractors TNS, was £296,628 including VAT.
Secondary Education: Per Capita Costs
Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding per secondary school pupil has been allocated in (a) Sunderland and (b) England for 2009-10. [289334]
Mr. Coaker: The Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) guaranteed per pupil unit of funding (GUF) for 2009-10 for Sunderland is £4,137. The average guaranteed per unit of funding for 2009-10 for England is £4,218. This is for all funded pupils aged three to 15 and is in cash terms. Separate figures are not available for secondary schools as funding is not allocated by phase.
Teachers: Pensions
Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many members of the teachers' pension scheme are expected to reach scheme pension age in each of the next 10 years. [292838]
Mr. Coaker: The following table shows the number of in-service teachers who will reach age 60-the normal pension age (NPA) for existing members of the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) on 1 January 2007-in the next ten years. Since January 2007 any new entrant to the TPS has a NPA of 65. There will also be a number of out of service teachers who will become eligible for their pension benefits over the next 10 years.
| Membership of the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS)( 1) by age, March 2008, provisional-England and Wales | ||
| In service | ||
| Age | Full-time | Part-time( 2) |
| (1) Teachers with recorded service in any establishment that is within the TPS (includes state funded schools, further education, and other higher and independent sector institutions that are members of the TPS). (2 )Part-time teachers include a proportion who are not contributors to the TPS. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Database of Teacher Records. | ||
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