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Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) which local authorities applied for targeted capital funds for surplus place removal following his Department's letter to directors of children's services on 16 June 2008; [303063]
(2) which local authorities received targeted capital funds for surplus place removal since June 2008; how much each such local authority received for that purpose; and if he will make a statement. [303064]
Mr. Coaker: Seven authorities applied and all received an award.
The amount awarded under the targeted capital funds for surplus place removal to authorities is set out in the following table.
| Local authority | Allocation (£) |
Schools: Construction
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what response he has received from North East Lincolnshire local authority in respect of his proposal to bring forward from 2010-11 to the current financial year capital funding for building schools; and what proportion of the available funding North East Lincolnshire local authority has taken up. [301767]
Mr. Coaker: North East Lincolnshire bid for, and is taking up, an advance of £775,000 Primary Programme funding from 2010-11 in the current financial year. If the local authority and Voluntary Aided schools had applied for the maximum available advances, they would have received advances of £5,378 for Primary Capital, £1,979 for Modernisation, and £212,000 in respect of Voluntary Aided schools.
In common with all other authorities, all maintained schools in North East Lincolnshire were allocated a Devolved Formula Capital advance calculated as 40 per cent. of the estimated 2010-11 allocation. In the case of the local authority and Voluntary Aided schools, this amounted to £1,284.
Schools: Enfield
Joan Ryan: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many schools in (a) Enfield North constituency and (b) the London borough of Enfield have been rebuilt or refurbished since 1997; [303365]
(2) what plans he has to rebuild and refurbish secondary schools in (a) Enfield North constituency and (b) the London borough of Enfield. [303366]
Mr. Coaker: According to information received from the London borough of Enfield two new schools have been built in Enfield North; Keys Meadow primary school (2003) and the Oasis Academy (2007). Lee Valley high school was rebuilt in 2005. A further three new schools have been built in the rest of the borough; West Grove primary school (1998), Starks Field primary school (2004) and Highlands secondary school (2000). Tottenham Infant school was rebuilt in 2004.
Enfield entered the Building Schools for the Future programme in autumn 2008. It is for Enfield to determine the pattern of school builds in consultation with the Department, Partnerships for Schools and the local community. Their strategy for change identifies five initial school projects-Gladys Aylward, Edmonton Country, Broomfield, Turin Grove and the Eldon Road Pupil Referral Unit.
The Oasis Academy Hadley, that replaced Albany school, opened in September 2009 and will move into new state-of-the art buildings in 2012.
Schools: Norwich
Chloe Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many computers with broadband access there are in each school in Norwich North constituency; and what the average pupil/computer ratio is in each such school. [301706]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The Department does not collect the information requested.
Special Educational Needs
Nadine Dorries: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children with emotional, behavioural and social difficulties there are in (a) Mid-Bedfordshire constituency, (b) the East of England and (c) England. [302919]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The requested information is shown in the table.
| Maintained primary( 1) , state-funded secondary( 1, 2) and special schools( 3) : Number of pupils( 4) with behaviour, emotional and social difficulties( 5) . In Mid-Bedfordshire constituency, East of England Government office region and England-January 2009 | |||||||||
| Mid-Bedfordshire | East of England | England | |||||||
| Maintained primary | State funded secondary | All special | Maintained primary | State funded secondary | All special | Maintained primary | State funded secondary | All special | |
| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes City Technology Colleges and Academies. (3) Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools. (4) Headcount of solely registered pupils only. (5) Pupils at School Action Plus and those pupils with a statement of Special Educational Needs provided information on their primary need and, if appropriate, their secondary need. Information on primary need only is given here. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | |||||||||
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which maintained special schools he has visited since his appointment; and on what date each visit took place. [303587]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has visited the following maintained special schools since his appointment:
| Date | Schools visited |
In addition, the Secretary of State has visited the Treehouse school in Haringey, a non-maintained special school specialising in providing education and support for children with autism.
The Secretary of State has also visited special schools in his capacity as constituency MP. In addition some of the mainstream schools he has visited also had excellent specialist units to support children with special educational needs.
Young People: Eating Disorders
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his latest estimate is of the proportion of young people with eating disorders for whom bullying has contributed to their illness. [302647]
Mr. Coaker: The DCSF does not have any specific estimate of the extent of eating disorders caused by bullying. However, we do know that bullying can destroy lives and impact negatively on young people's confidence, self-esteem, mental health, and social and emotional development, so it is important that young people who are suffering speak out.
Because of the effects of bullying, the DCSF has sent a strong message to all that bullying should not be tolerated in and outside of schools. To reinforce this message, we have given schools the powers to regulate the conduct of pupils, to put measures in place to promote good behaviour, respect for others and to prevent all forms of bullying among pupils.
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