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Secondary Education

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many secondary schools with more than (a) 500, (b) 1,000, (c) 1,500, (d) 2,000 and (e) 2,500 pupils there were in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2009. [295289]

Mr. Coaker: The information requested is shown in the table.

State funded secondary schools: number of schools by size( 1, 2, 3, 4) , January 1997 and 2009, England
Schools of size	1997	2009
More than 500 pupils	3,016	3,002
More than 1,000 pupils	1,155	1,494
More than 1,500 pupils	136	294
More than 2,000 pupils	6	26
More than 2,500 pupils	0	3
All state funded secondary schools	3,584	3,361
(1) Based on headcount of pupils, excludes dual registrations. (2 )Includes middle schools as deemed. (3 )Includes CTCs and academies. (4 )Schools are counted against each relevant row e.g. those in 'more than 1,000' are also in 'more than 500'. Source: School Census.

Secondary Education: Milton Keynes

Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of trends in levels of applications to secondary schools in the Milton Keynes area. [295618]

Ms Diana R. Johnson: Since 2008, local authorities have been required to provide data to the Secretary of State on secondary school offers made on the day that parents are notified of their school places. This year's data were published on 12 March 2009 and can be accessed in the SFR 'Secondary School Applications and Offers' at:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/STR/d000833/index.shtml

This year, figures for Milton Keynes local authority show that, of the 2,853 applications received from parents living within the local authority area, 87.3 per cent. were offered their first choice school and 97.5 per cent. were offered a place at one of their first three choices.

Special Educational Needs: East of England

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding has been allocated to special needs provision in each county in the east of England in each year since 1999. [296165]

Ms Diana R. Johnson: The available information on how much funding has been allocated to special needs provision in each local authority in the east of England in each year since 1999 is contained within the following tables. Data are not available prior to 2000-01:

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Budgeted net expenditure on the provision of education for children with special educational needs by local authorities in England since 2000-01
	Budgeted net expenditure on the education of children with special educational needs (£)
Local authority name	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
England	2,763,226,000	2,908,380,000	3,038,661,000	3,466,180,000	3,774,757,000
East of England GOR	262,754,000	281,293,000	296,178,000	339,448,000	371,652,000
Pre-LGR Bedfordshire	19,250,000	21,011,000	18,838,000	24,669,000	26,198,000
Bedford Borough
Central Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire	31,017,000	33,352,000	36,290,000	44,958,000	42,980,000
Essex	62,904,000	68,285,000	69,328,000	75,876,000	81,359,000
Hertfordshire	54,162,000	56,668,000	55,427,000	63,654,000	71,970,000
Luton	9,136,000	9,321,000	14,765,000	15,673,000	17,867,000
Norfolk	34,824,000	37,782,000	38,304,000	42,233,000	44,946,000
Peterborough	12,325,000	13,410,000	14,787,000	16,936,000	18,620,000
Southend	8,867,000	10,222,000	10,653,000	13,096,000	15,107,000
Suffolk	22,845,000	23,452,000	29,012,000	32,374,000	41,529,000
Thurrock	7,425,000	7,788,000	8,774,000	9,979,000	11,076,000

	Budgeted net expenditure on the education of children with special educational needs (£)
Local authority name	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
England	4,120,549,000	4,481,245,000	4,863,604,000	5,094,462,000	5,188,035,000
East of England GOR	393,061,000	431,678,000	473,841,000	512,326,000	525,968,000
Pre-LGR Bedfordshire	27,455,000	31,224,000	32,013,000	32,719,000	-
Bedford Borough	-	-	-	-	12,814,000
Central Bedfordshire	-	-	-	-	19,468,000
Cambridgeshire	45,120,000	47,217,000	48,756,000	51,210,000	49,710,000
Essex	87,946,000	96,982,000	103,046,000	126,001,000	131,637,000
Hertfordshire	75,794,000	79,344,000	87,928,000	93,423,000	95,860,000
Luton	17,431,000	21,541,000	23,164,000	22,377,000	22,466,000
Norfolk	48,604,000	51,472,000	60,953,000	69,471,000	71,983,000
Peterborough	20,337,000	23,188,000	24,838,000	23,747,000	24,273,000
Southend	15,810,000	19,076,000	21,469,000	21,455,000	23,113,000
Suffolk	43,991,000	50,159,000	57,750,000	58,210,000	55,134,000
Thurrock	10,574,000	11,475,000	13,926,000	13,712,000	19,509,000
Notes: 1. The data are drawn from local authorities Section 52 Budget Statements (Tables 1 and 2) submitted to the DCSF (formally the DfES). 2. Includes planned expenditure on the provision for pupils with statements and the provision for non-statemented pupils with SEN, support for inclusion, inter authority recoupment, fees for pupils at independent special schools and abroad, educational psychology service, local authority functions in relation to child protection, therapies and other health related services, parent partnership, guidance and information, the monitoring of SEN provision and inclusion administration, assessment and co-ordination. Also included is the funding delegated to nursery, primary and secondary schools identified as "notional SEN" and the individual schools budget (ISB) for special schools. 3. The ISB for special schools will include some general education costs for pupils with SEN in addition to those costs specifically for SEN while the figures recorded against "notional SEN" are only indicative of the amount that might by spent by schools on SEN and, from 2004-05 onwards, "notional SEN" delegated to nursery schools was reported on Section 52 for the first time (nursery schools "notional SEN" accounts for £7.8 million, £9.5 million, £10.4 million, £11.1 million and £11.7 million of the respective 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 England totals). In 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 local authorities in England also budgeted £499.6 million, £528.5 million, £554.9 million and £552.6 million for SEN transport expenditure but this is not included in the above table as figures are not available prior to 2005-06. 4. Bedfordshire LA ceased to exist and became two new authorities (Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire) as part of the LGR on 1 April 2009. 5. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand pounds and may not sum due to rounding. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 23 October 2009.

Sure Start Programme: Birmingham

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many Sure Start centres are (a) open and (b) planned to open in Birmingham. [296206]

Dawn Primarolo: Birmingham local authority has 69 designated Sure Start Children's Centres, with plans for a further six centres to be designated by March 2010.

We are on track to achieve our target of at least 3,500 Sure Start Children's Centres by March 2010, offering access to services for all children under five and their families. As of 31 August 2009 there were 3,059 centres operational in England, providing access to services for over 2.4 million children and their families.

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