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Telecommunications: Databases
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much has been paid by her Department to EADS for the development of technology to store and monitor internet communications data (a) in total and (b) in the last 12 months. [302296]
Angela E. Smith: The Cabinet Office financial systems show that no payments have been made to EADS during the past eight financial years. An exercise to provide information prior to 2001-02 would incur disproportionate cost.
Unemployment: Tyne and Wear
Jim Cousins: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many and what percentage of children were living in workless households in each local education authority area in Tyne and Wear in each year from 1999 to 2009. [302456]
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 November 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on how many and what percentage of children were living in workless households in each local education authority area in Tyne and Wear in each year from 1999 to 2009. (302456)
Information at local education authority level comes from the Annual Population Survey (APS) household dataset, which is only available from 2004 to 2008. The number and percentage of children living in workless households for January to December for each year are shown in table 1.
Figures for children in households are based on children aged under 16 years old living in working-age households. A working-age household is a household that includes at least one person of working-age, that is a woman aged 16 to 59 or a man aged 16 to 64.
As with any sample survey, estimates from the APS are subject to a margin of uncertainty as different samples give different results. Table 2 shows the percentage and confidence intervals for January to December 2008. This is to give an indication as to the accuracy of the most recent estimates, and how much they could vary if taken from a different sample. These estimates are such that there is 95 per cent. certainty that from all samples possible they will lie within the lower and upper bounds.
| Table 1: Number and percentage of children( 1) in workless( 2) households in local education authorities in Tyne and Wear January to December for each year 2004 to 2008 | ||||||||||
| Thousands and Percentages | ||||||||||
| Children in workless households | Percentage of children in workless households | |||||||||
| Local education authorities | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| (1) Children under 16. (2) Workless household is a working-age household where no one aged 16 or over is working. | ||||||||||
| Table 2: Percentage of children( 1) in workless( 2) households with 95 per cent. confidence intervals( 3) January to December 2008 | |||
| Percentages | |||
| Local education authorities | 2008 | Lower C1 | Upper C1 |
| (1) Children under 16. (2) Workless household is a working-age household where no one aged 16 or over is working. (3) 95 per cent. confidence interval which means that from all samples possible there would be 95 per cent. certainty that the true estimate would lie within the lower and upper bounds. | |||
Children, Schools and Families
Children: Antisocial Behaviour Orders
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what provisions exist for the punishment of parents in respect of breaches of anti social behaviour orders by their children. [302835]
Mr. Alan Campbell: I have been asked to reply.
Plans to legislate for mandatory parenting orders when 10 to 15-year-olds breach their ASBO are contained in the Crime and Security Bill. Parenting orders are court-based orders that can be applied for by a range of different agencies in different circumstances. They are intended for parents who are unwilling to engage with voluntary measures. An order will specify requirements for the parent to comply with, for example, to counselling or guidance sessions for a period of up to three months. They may also have conditions imposed on them such as attending meetings with teachers at their child's school, ensuring their child does not visit a particular place unsupervised or ensuring their child is at home at particular times. These conditions can last for a period up to 12 months. A parent/carer can be prosecuted for failing to keep the requirements of the order. A parenting order is a civil order but breach of the order is an offence punishable by a fine of up to £1,000.
Children: Day Care
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of registered childminders were (a) male and (b) female in each local authority area in the South East in each year since 1997. [301364]
Dawn Primarolo: The Childcare and Early Years Providers survey provides estimates of the proportion of childminders(1) who are male and female in England from 1998 until 2008. These data are not available for years prior to 1998. Estimates can be provided of the number and proportion of male and female childminders by region for 2006 to 2008, however these data are not available at the local authority level, or for earlier years. Table 1 provides the number and proportion of male and female childminders in England from 1998 until 2008. Table 2 provides the number and proportion of male and female childminders in the south-east in 2006 to 2008.
(1) The data provided refer to the number and proportion of working childminders. Childminders who were registered but not working are not included.
| Table 1: Sex of childminders in England | ||||
| Male c hildminders | Female c hildminders | |||
| Proportion of childminders (Percentage) | Number of male childminders (Percentage) | Proportion of childminders (Percentage) | Number of female childminders | |
| Table 2: Sex of childminders in the South East | ||||
| Male c hildminders | Female c hildminders | |||
| Proportion of childminders (Percentage) | Number of male childminders | Proportion of childminders (Percentage) | Number of female childminders | |
Class Sizes
Nadine Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average class size of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Mid-Bedfordshire constituency and (ii) the East of England was in each year since 1997. [302915]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The requested information is shown in the table.
| Maintained primary( 1) and state-funded secondary( 1,)( )( 2) schools: Classes as taught( 3) . As at January each year. In Mid-Bedfordshire constituency and East of England Government office region | ||||
| Average class size | ||||
| Mid-Bedfordshire | East of England | |||
| Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | |
| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes CTCs and academies. (3) One teacher classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census. Source: School Census | ||||
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