---

7 Dec 2009 : Column 140W—continued

Departmental Legislation

Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what criminal offences have been (a) abolished and (b) created by primary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. [303248]

Ms Diana R. Johnson: Primary legislation sponsored by the Department for Children, Schools and Families since 1 May 2008 has created and abolished a number of criminal offences. These are detailed in the following table:

7 Dec 2009 : Column 141W

7 Dec 2009 : Column 142W

Legislative reference	Offence
(a) Criminal offences abolished
Education and Skills Act 2008
Schedule 2	Repeals offence of wilfully obstructing an inspection in section 118 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000.
Schedule 2	Repeals offence of disclosing social security information in section 119 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000.
Schedules 1 and 2	Abolishes the offence in section 159 of the Education Act 2002 of conducting an unregistered independent school in relation to independent schools in England only.
Schedules 1 and 2	Repeals section 162B of the Education Act 2002 (including the offence to intentionally obstruct a person in the exercise of his functions in relation to an inspection under that section).
Schedules 1 and 2	Abolishes the offence in section 164 of the Education Act 2002 of obstructing a person in the exercise of his functions in relation to an inspection under that section (in relation to independent schools in England only).
Schedules 1 and 2	Abolishes the offence in section 165 of the Education Act 2002 of failing to comply with an order under that section in relation to independent schools in England only.
Schedules 1 and 2	Abolishes the offence in section 167 of the Education Act 2002 of failing to comply with an order under that section in relation to independent schools in England only.
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009
Schedule 16	Repeals offence of disclosing social security information in section 15 of the Education and Skills Act 2008.
(b) Criminal offences created
Children and Young Persons Act 2008
Section 26	Offence of failing to take the steps specified in a compliance notice within the period so specified under section 22A(4) of the Care Standards Act 2000
Education and Skills Act 2008
Section 15	Offence to disclose social security information otherwise than in the circumstances specified in section 15.
Section 51	Offence for a person to fail to comply with the requirements of an attendance notice.
Section 75	Offence for anyone to wilfully obstruct a person in carrying out, or participating in, an inspection of connexions services provided under s68 and 74.
Section 76	Offence to disclose social security information otherwise than in the circumstances specified in that section. (Offence amended by section 254 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009).
Section 90	Offence for a person to disclose information otherwise than for a purpose within sections 87 or 88 where disclosure reveals identity of a person.
Section 96	Offence for a person to conduct an independent educational institution in England unless it is registered.
Section 97	Offence to intentionally obstruct a person in the exercise of the person's functions in relation to an inspection under that section.
Section 110	Offence to intentionally obstruct a person in the exercise of the person's function in relation to an inspection under that section.
Section 118	Failure of a proprietor of an independent educational institution to comply with a relevant restriction imposed by the Secretary of State under section 116.
Section 121	Failure of a proprietor of an independent educational institution to comply with a relevant restriction imposed by an order of a justice of the peace under section 120.
Section 127	Failure of a proprietor of an independent educational institution to comply with a relevant restriction imposed by the Tribunal under sections 124, 125 or 126.
Welfare Reform Act 2009
Schedule 6	Extends section 36 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 regarding the failure to answer any question put by the registrar in relation to the particulars required to be registered, or failure to comply with any requirement of the registrar, to include questions and requirements made by regulations under sections 2C, 2D, 2E, 10B or 10C of that Act.
Schedule 6	Refusal or failure (without reasonable excuse) to do anything within a particular time which is required by regulations under sections 2C, 2D, 2E, 10B or 10C of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.
Schedule 6	Extends section 4 of the Perjury Act 1911 regarding the provision of false statements etc. as to births or deaths.
Apprenticeship, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009
Section 199	Inserts Part 3A into the Childcare Act 2006. Offence for a person to intentionally obstruct a person from exercising a power under section 98D. Section 98D provides a power for Chief Inspectors to enter Children's centres.
Section 210	Offence to obstruct a Local Commissioner or those assisting him in the performance of his functions under Chapter 2.

Family and Parent Institute: Finance

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much money his Department and its predecessors have spent on supporting the Family and Parent Institute in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement. [304059]

Dawn Primarolo: The Family and Parenting Institute have a long-standing relationship with the Department. Since 2005, the Family and Parenting Institute have received funding support through a strategic grant from The Strengthening Families (SFG) Grant programme (2005/06) and The Children, Young People and Families (CYPF) Grant programme (2006/07 to 2009/10). The CYPF is a national programme to fund work by the third sector to improve outcomes for children, young people and families.

	£
2005/06	783,000
2006/07	850,000
2007/08	935,000
2008/09	1,038,000
2009/10	1,115,000

7 Dec 2009 : Column 143W

GCSE

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which secondary schools are in each decile of the numbers of students achieving five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics in the latest period for which figures are available. [301635]

Mr. Coaker: The request is essentially for a list of all English secondary schools ordered into deciles. The main way school level information is published is in the secondary school achievement and attainment tables on the Department's website at the following link:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/performancetables/schools_08.shtml

A user-friendly Excel version of school level data, from which rankings and deciles of all schools can be derived, has also been placed in the House of Commons Library.

The 2009 secondary school achievement and attainment tables will be published in January 2010.

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of 16-year-olds did not achieve five GCSEs at grades A* to C in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in the latest period for which figures are available. [303141]

Mr. Coaker: The following table gives the percentage of pupils, in their last year of compulsory education who did not gain five or more GCSEs at A*-C and equivalent.

Percentage of pupils( 1) not gaining five or more GCSE at A*-C and equivalent, 2007/08
Area	Percentage
England and Wales(2)	35.1
England(2)	34.7
North East(3)	33.6
Middlesbrough and South East Cleveland(3)	40.8
(1) In England pupils at the end of key stage 4, in Wales pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year. (2) All schools. (3) Maintained schools only.

GCSE: Young Offenders

Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of females of school age in custody gained five GCSEs at grade A* to C in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [301632]

Mr. Coaker: No females aged under 18 in HM Prison Service Young Offender Institutions achieved a GCSE at grade A* to C while in custody in the 2007/08 academic year.

The data above refer only to achievements that were secured by young females who took the examination while they were in custody. Those who were released before the examination date may have continued study and taken examinations in the community.

7 Dec 2009 : Column 144W

Some young people in young offender institutions are still registered at schools and colleges in the community and therefore any GCSEs that they achieve while in custody will be reflected in the achievement figures of their respective school or college.

The female population aged under 18 in HM Prison Service Young Offender Institutions was on average 65 females under 18 in custody in 2006/07 and an average of 65 in 2007/08.

HM Prison Service Young Offender Institutions make up part of the custodial estate for under-18s and achievements of GCSEs in secure children's homes, secure training centres, or private prisons are not recorded centrally.

Home Education

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children of school age are registered as receiving home education in each education authority in (a) Wales and (b) England. [304661]

Ms Diana R. Johnson: There are no registration arrangements for children receiving home education in England so we do not hold this information. The total number of electively home educated children known to the 74 local authorities that provided a response to Graham Badman's supplementary data request in September can be found at

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/ete/independentreviewofhomeeducation/irhomeeducation/.

Home education in Wales is a matter for the Welsh Assembly Government.

National Curriculum Tests

Dr. Pugh: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the cost to the public purse of standard assessment tests was in each of the last five years. [303115]

Mr. Coaker: The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency's (QCDA) estimates of the costs of delivering the national curriculum tests for Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 in each of the last five years are as follows:-

£ thousand
	Total cost of NCT
2008-09	21,755
2007-08	50,570
2006-07	51,559
2005-06	51,743
2004-05	43,828

Statutory Key Stage 3 national curriculum tests have been discontinued and were not administered in 2009. Costs quoted for the 2008-09 financial year are net of the £19,500,000.00 cash settlement received by QCDA, following termination of the test operations contract with ETS Global BV (ETS) in 2008.

7 Dec 2009 : Column 145W

Pupil Exclusions

Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of children who have been excluded or at risk of exclusion from school who are subsequently classified as not in education, employment or training; and if he will make a statement; [301872]

(2) what assessment his Department has made of the causes of exclusion of children from school; what recent steps his Department has taken as a consequence of that assessment; and if he will make a statement. [301873]

Mr. Coaker: We accept that a significant minority of excluded pupils can go on to be not in education, employment or training (NEET). We also know that exclusions are now at their lowest ever level since 1997/98, with permanent exclusions dropping 6.4 per cent. between 2006/07 and 2007/08.

We support heads when taking the tough decision to exclude. It is right that head teachers should use their powers to exclude disruptive pupils when this is in the interests of other pupils. However, our focus must be on preventing bad behaviour from degenerating to the point where exclusion-and particularly permanent exclusion-is necessary.

Data on school exclusion are collected through the school census and published annually. The latest data were published as SFR 18/2009 "Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools in England 2007/08" which can be accessed at:

---