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The following tables, taken from the respective YJB annual work load publications, show financial contributions made to youth offending teams (YOTs) via the YJB and other Government sources by financial year:
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Further details on the financial contributions can be found within the work load data publications available on the YJB Website
Children, Schools and Families
Badman Review
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when the report of the Badman review of secondary education in Gloucestershire was made available to Gloucestershire local education authority. [298955]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: Graham Badman's review of National Challenge progress in Gloucestershire was made available to Gloucestershire local authority on 2 October 2009. The Secretary of State on 12 October wrote to the local authority at Gloucestershire LA to confirm receipt of the report and formally request their response.
CAFCASS: Finance
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many temporary and agency workers the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service has employed since April 2008; and at what cost. [298689]
Dawn Primarolo: CAFCASS devolve responsibility for procuring temporary and agency staff to the budget holders in each of their 21 service areas. Although spend on temporary and agency staff is collated by CAFCASS centrally, the number of temporary and agency workers is not. The latest available set of full-year figures is from 2008/09 when £10.062 million was spent on self-employed contractors and agency practitioners and £3.930 million on temporary staff who had administrative roles.
Children: Antisocial Behaviour Orders
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what sanctions are planned to apply to parents whose children breach an anti-social behaviour order. [298947]
Mr. Alan Campbell: I have been asked to reply.
The Home Office is the lead Department for policy on anti-social behaviour orders. It is planned to introduce legislation to create mandatory parenting orders for parents of 10 to 15-year-olds who breach their anti-social behaviour orders as soon as parliamentary time allows.
Children: International Cooperation
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what initiatives his Department and its predecessors have promoted in support of Resolution 47, on International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010), adopted by the 55th session of the UN General Assembly in 2001; [297851]
(2) what steps he plans to take to implement in schools the provisions of Resolution 47, on International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010), adopted by the 55th session of the UN General Assembly in 2001, with particular reference to the promotion of education to foster a culture of peace and non-violence. [297852]
Ms Diana R. Johnson [holding answer 5 November 2009]: No actions have been taken specifically in response to this resolution but the Department has nevertheless implemented policies which are consistent with its content. The key themes of promoting a culture of mutual understanding, tolerance, active citizenship, human rights and the promotion of a culture of peace are integral to the work the Department and schools are doing within the curriculum as a whole and particularly on citizenship, community cohesion and sustainable development.
Children: Poverty
Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what percentage of children have been living in households with below 60 per cent. of (a) contemporary and (b) 1998-99 median income in (i) the Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK in each year since 2005-06; [295098]
(2) how many children have been defined as living in relative poverty in (a) the North East and (b) the UK in each year since 2007. [298358]
Helen Goodman: I have been asked to reply.
Poverty statistics, published in the "Households Below Average Income" series only allow a breakdown of the overall number of people in relative poverty at Government Office Region level or for Inner or Outer London. Therefore, information for the Jarrow constituency or South Tyneside is not available.
The available information is in the following tables.
| Number and percentage of children in the United Kingdom living in households with incomes below 60 per cent. of contemporary median income, 2005/06 to 2007/08, before housing costs | ||
| Period | Number (millions) | Percentage |
| Number and percentage of children in the North East living in households with incomes below 60 per cent. of contemporary median income, 2005/06-2007/08, before housing costs | ||
| Period | Number (millions) | Percentage |
| Number and percentage of children in the United Kingdom living in households with incomes below 60 per cent. of 1998/99 median income, 2005/06 to 2007/08, before housing costs | ||
| Period | Number (millions) | Percentage |
Children's Commissioner for England
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what official engagements the Children's Commissioner for England has undertaken since January 2008. [297300]
Dawn Primarolo: This is a matter for 11 Million (formerly the Office of the Children's Commissioner). Paul Evans, Director of Corporate Services at 11 Million, has written to the hon. Member with this information and a copy of his reply will also be placed in the Libraries.
Letter from Paul Evans, dated 30 October 2009:
In response to the Parliamentary Question No: 297300, for Commons Written reply on Monday 02/11/2009: "to ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what official engagements the Children's Commissioner for England has undertaken since January 2008".
I can advise the following:
Sir Al Aynsley-Green undertook 293 visits and speaking engagements between 1 January 2008-30 October 2009
Sir Al Aynsley-Green undertook 254 meetings with external stakeholders between 1 January 2008-30 October 2009.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further information.
Children's Commissioner for England: Publications
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what (a) reports and (b) research (i) the Children's Commissioner for England and (ii) 11 Million have published in the last five years. [297301]
Dawn Primarolo: These are matters for 11 Million (formerly the Office of the Children's Commissioner). Paul Evans, Director of Corporate Services at 11 Million, has written to the hon. Member with this information and a copy of his reply will also be placed in the House Libraries.
Class Sizes: Peterborough
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average class size for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Peterborough was on the latest date for which figures are available. [297826]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The requested information on average class sizes is published as part of the "Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics: January 2009" Statistical First Release (table 14a for primary schools and 14c for secondary schools) at:
Departmental Annual Reports
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, pages 175-76, which programmes and allocations have been aggregated under the category (a) Safeguarding and (b) Special Educational Needs/Disabilities. [297024]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: Detail on the constituent parts of safeguarding and special educational needs/disabilities expenditure, aggregated in DCSF's Departmental Annual Report 2009, are provided as follows for the year 2010-11.
Education: Young Offender Institutions
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what resources per head were allocated to (a) the Young Offender Institution estate and (b) Reading Young Offender Institution for the education of prisoners in each of the last five years. [295938]
Mr. Coaker:
The following table shows the calculated 'spend on education per bed place' in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) for each academic year, for which statistics are available. This includes learning delivered through the Offenders' Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) to young people aged 15-17 in Prison Service Young Offender Institutions in England. The figures do not include spend on learning delivered outside the scope of LSC funded provision which is not collected centrally; neither does it include funding for young adults aged 18-20 in YOIs, as this information is not easily disaggregated (it would require information to be requested and compiled by each LSC region). The average spend per place has been calculated using the figures for the number of
'beds' commissioned in the Prison Service juvenile YOI secure estate as at the end of March in each of the relevant years.
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