Mr. Roger Williams:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the extent to which greater use of recovered fuel oil for incineration by industry could reduce the use of fossil fuels. [304301]
Dan Norris:
I have been asked to reply.
Waste Strategy 2007 recognises that recovered fuel oil (RFO), which is part-processed waste oil, may be used as a fuel substitute, and the energy in the RFO recovered. This can lead to a reduction in reliance on fossil fuels. Under the revised Waste Framework Directive the recovery of energy from waste is placed fourth in the waste hierarchy, which shall apply as a priority order, and above waste disposal which includes incineration without energy recovery. The regeneration of waste oil into base oil by re-refining is classed as recycling and is placed third in the waste hierarchy.
Children, Schools and Families
Children: Day Care
Dr. Kumar:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many childcare places have been created in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997. [301932]
Dawn Primarolo:
Information on the number of child care places available in England and the North East from 1997 to 2009 is shown in the following table. Information is not available below local authority level.
Table 1: Number( 1) of childcare places( 2) for children under eight years of age, position at 31 March each year, 1997 to 2 009
England
North East region
1997
1,230,400
(3)-
1998
1,326,100
(3)-
1999
1,480,400
68,300
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2000
1,569,200
68,800
2001
1,670,600
67,700
2002
(4)-
(4)-
2003
1,281,300
51,600
2004
1,415,700
60,500
2005
1,468,300
62,400
2006
1,537,800
66,600
2007
1,551,100
69,800
2008
1.549,100
68,19.0
2009
1,346,100
54,100
(1) Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100. (2) 1997-2001-Data Source: Children's Daycare Facilities Survey-total includes day nurseries, playgroups and pre-schools, childminders, out of school clubs, and holiday schemes.
2003-08-Data Source: Ofsted-total includes full day care, sessional day care, childminders, out of school clubs, and crèche day care.
2009-Data Source: Ofsted-total includes childminders, childcare on non-domestic premises, childcare on domestic premises and home child carer. (3) Data not collected due to transfer of responsibility from LAs to Ofsted. (4) Accurate local authority level information is not available.
Local authorities were responsible for the registration and inspection of children's day care facilities from 1997 to 2001. Responsibility transferred to Ofsted from 2003 and correspondingly, the categories of childcare changed from day nurseries, playgroups and pre-schools, childminders, out of school clubs and holiday schemes to full and sessional day care, childminders, out of school clubs, and crèche day care. Therefore, data from 2003 are not directly comparable with data prior to 2002.
Data were not collected for 2002 during the transfer of responsibility to Ofsted. Due to changes in legislation Ofsted have changed the way they publish statistics on registered childcare providers and places. From 1 September 2008, Ofsted started to record providers in line with new legal requirements using the categories of childminders, childcare on domestic premises, and childcare on non-domestic premises. This change means that the total numbers of providers and places (excluding childminding) shown in its returns up to and including August 2008 and from December 2008 onwards (the last under the old system, and the first under the new system) are not directly comparable.
Norman Baker:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many registered childminders there were in each local authority area in the South East in each quarter of each year since 2003. [304283]
Dawn Primarolo:
For information on the number of registered childminders in each local authority in each quarter of each year from March 2003 to March 2009, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 10 June 2009, Official Report, column 912W.
Information from June 2009 is included in the following table.
Number( 1) of registered childminders in each local authority in the south-east: Position as at each quarter, 2009
Local authority, as at end:
June
September
Bracknell Forest
300
300
Brighton and Hove
300
300
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Buckinghamshire
800
800
East Sussex
400
400
Hampshire
2,200
2,200
Isle of Wight
80
80
Kent
1,600
1,600
Medway
400
400
Milton Keynes
400
400
Oxfordshire
900
800
Portsmouth
200
200
Reading
200
200
Slough
200
200
Southampton
200
200
Surrey
1,700
1,700
West Berkshire
300
300
West Sussex
1,100
1,100
Windsor and Maidenhead
200
200
Wokingham
300
300
(1) Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 if under 100, and to the nearest 100 if over 100. Source:
Ofsted
Children: Social Services
John Hemming:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will amend the Integrated Children's System to enable a pre-birth plan to be changed after birth. [300304]
Dawn Primarolo:
Statutory guidance contained in 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' sets out the processes for managing individual cases when there are concerns about the welfare of a child, including of an unborn child. It also sets out the minimum time periods for reviewing a plan. The local authority should record the plan electronically in its IT system, known as the Integrated Children's System, and update the plan as appropriate following a review. The same processes apply when there are concerns about an unborn child: any pre-birth plan will need to be reviewed following the baby's birth. When a new plan has been developed, the previous plan should be archived in order to provide an audit trail of the reasons for changes agreed at each stage of the decision making process.
Departmental Finance
Mrs. May:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the Home Department's together we can end violence against women and girls strategy, how much his Department plans to spend on family intervention projects in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) each of the subsequent three years; and from what budget such expenditure will be drawn. [305311]
Dawn Primarolo:
The Government allocated £35.5 million for family intervention projects in 2009-10 and are planning to allocate £57 million Government funding in 2010-11. Expenditure is being drawn from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Communities and 9 Dec 2009 : Column 425W
Local Government and Department of Health budgets. In addition there is anticipated match funding of £9.5 million from registered social landlords, housing associations and youth offending teams.
Departmental budgets, and therefore the funding for family intervention projects, have yet to be determined beyond March 2011. Decisions will be made following spending review discussions once the Department's settlement is agreed.
Secondary Education: Gifted Children
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion 9 Dec 2009 : Column 426W
of secondary school pupils are participating in the young, gifted and talented programme in each local authority area. [303732]
Ms Diana R. Johnson:
The Department does not collect data about participation in gifted and talented programmes. Through the School Census schools are asked to confirm the number of gifted and talented pupils they have identified. The following table shows the number and percentage of children identified as gifted and talented by LA for each Government office region in the January 2009 census.
Maintained primary and state-funded secondary schools( 1, 2) , number of pupils who are gifted and talented( 3) as at January 2009 In England by local authority and Government office region
Maintained primary
State-funded secondary
Total pupils
Gifted and talented
Percentage
Total pupils
Gifted and talented
Percentage
England
4,074,890
353,210
8.7
3,271,090
466,820
14.3
North East
203,810
18,110
8.9
170,720
22,100
12.9
Darlington
8,790
340
3.9
5,980
830
13.9
Durham
39,570
3,260
8.2
30,910
3,450
11.2
Gateshead
15,300
1,610
10.5
12,650
1,590
12.6
Hartlepool
8,660
970
11.2
6,340
1,070
16.9
Middlesbrough
13,570
1,120
8.2
8,530
1,040
12.2
Newcastle upon Tyne
19,080
1,830
9.6
16,250
1,890
11.6
North Tyneside
15,690
1,460
9.3
13,390
1,250
9.3
Northumberland
19,210
1,010
5.3
28,380
3,610
12.7
Redcar and Cleveland
12,510
1,310
10.4
9,420
1,650
17.5
South Tyneside
11,990
960
8.0
9,260
1,830
19.7
Stockton-on-Tees
16,950
1,710
10.1
11,700
1,280
11.0
Sunderland
22,500
2,530
11.2
17,910
2,590
14.5
North West
574,500
48,950
8.5
438,860
59,040
13.5
Blackburn with Darwen
14,240
790
5.5
9,430
1,430
15.1
Blackpool
11,290
1,100
9.8
8,180
640
7.9
Bolton
25,230
1,840
7.3
18,900
2,900
15.3
Bury
16,080
360
2.2
11,210
1,400
12.5
Cheshire
51,850
4,010
7.7
44,480
6,280
14.1
Cumbria
37,900
2,310
6.1
34,100
4,490
13.2
Halton
9,960
600
6.0
7,590
1,070
14.1
Knowsley
14,380
1,080
7.5
7,930
880
11.1
Lancashire
89,810
12,600
14.0
70,180
11,000
15.7
Liverpool
35,690
2,650
7.4
31,220
4,220
13.5
Manchester
40,840
3,910
9.6
23,550
3,250
13.8
Oldham
23,330
1,020
4.4
16,120
1,830
11.3
Rochdale
19,340
1,100
5.7
13,030
1,270
9.7
Salford
18,990
1,310
6.9
11,170
1,080
9.6
Sefton
21,860
2,050
9.4
19,260
2,130
11.1
St. Helens
14,730
1,410
9.6
10,940
1,620
14.8
Stockport
22,470
1,500
6.7
14,810
1,630
11.0
Tameside
19,650
1,870
9.5
14,620
2,340
16.0
Trafford
19,330
800
4.1
16,330
1,810
11.1
Warrington
17,190
1,810
10.5
13,550
2,080
15.4
Wigan
25,210
2,280
9.0
19,530
2,530
12.9
Wirral
25,150
2,560
10.2
22,750
3,180
14.0
Yorkshire and t he Humber
433,590
36,050
8.3
334,760
42,070
12.6
Barnsley
19,220
1,180
6.1
13,240
2,010
15.1
Bradford
52,950
5,320
10.0
34,110
3,390
9.9
Calderdale
18,520
1,850
10.0
15,400
2,430
15.7
Doncaster
25,940
2,130
8.2
20,670
2,060
10.0
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East Riding of Yorkshire
24,610
1,710
7.0
22,650
2,630
11.6
Kingston Upon Hull, City of
21,070
2,360
11.2
14,130
1,580
11.2
Kirklees
35,720
2,820
7.9
26,000
3,690
14.2
Leeds
60,870
4,280
7.0
46,420
6,000
12.9
North East Lincolnshire
13,330
1,060
8.0
9,860
1,160
11.7
North Lincolnshire
13,560
980
7.2
10,150
630
6.2
North Yorkshire
42,960
2,550
5.9
40,530
6,140
15.1
Rotherham
22,780
2,250
9.9
19,590
2,510
12.8
Sheffield
41,630
3,730
9.0
30,830
3,590
11.7
Wakefield
27,590
2,570
9.3
21,370
2,570
12.0
York
12,840
1,270
9.9
9,810
1,670
17.0
East Midlands
351,160
31,360
8.9
294,390
40,780
13.9
Derby
21,470
1,930
9.0
16,330
2,360
14.5
Derbyshire
59,280
4,070
6.9
49,270
7,300
14.8
Leicester
27,880
2,710
9.7
18,110
2,090
11.6
Leicestershire
47,130
6,560
13.9
45,670
5,870
12.9
Lincolnshire
50,790
4,350
8.6
48,830
8,140
16.7
Northamptonshire
56,080
4,300
7.7
47,050
6,810
14.5
Nottingham
23,490
2,470
10.5
14,370
1,460
10.2
Nottinghamshire
62,520
4,740
7.6
52,410
6,530
12.5
Rutland
2,520
250
9.7
2,360
210
8.9
West Midlands
459,760
38,400
8.4
365,680
52,900
14.5
Birmingham
101,190
8,440
8.3
69,260
10,140
14.6
Coventry
27,290
2,730
10.0
20,660
3,360
16.3
Dudley
26,830
2,280
8.5
19,890
2,790
14.0
Herefordshire
12,520
1,000
8.0
10,020
1,270
12.7
Sandwell
30,020
2,160
7.2
20,320
2,580
12.7
Shropshire
20,950
2,000
9.5
17,250
2,160
12.5
Solihull
19,110
1,260
6.6
16,840
2,420
14.3
Staffordshire
61,140
2,840
4.6
58,070
6,580
11.3
Stoke-on-Trent
20,780
1,880
9.0
13,440
1,690
12.5
Telford and Wrekin
14,120
1,510
10.7
11,820
2,210
18.7
Walsall
25,560
2,140
8.4
21,010
3,280
15.6
Warwickshire
39,800
4,170
10.5
33,910
6,280
18.5
Wolverhampton
21,970
2,020
9.2
15,660
2,610
16.7
Worcestershire
38,480
3,980
10.3
37,540
5,550
14.8
East Of England
429,860
38,230
8.9
389,280
54,650
14.0
Bedfordshire
24,810
1,980
8.0
37,240
4,430
11.9
Cambridgeshire
43,740
4,290
9.8
32,480
4,580
14.1
Essex
104,360
8,910
8.5
89,220
10,990
12.3
Hertfordshire
92,250
7,630
8.3
80,320
12,520
15.6
Luton
18,810
1,540
8.2
12,250
1,680
13.7
Norfolk
58,860
6,010
10.2
49,770
7,430
14.9
Peterborough
15,590
1,180
7.6
13,210
2,730
20.6
Southend-on-Sea
13,410
2,090
15.5
12,920
2,290
17.7
Suffolk
44,190
3,230
7.3
52,920
7,230
13.7
Thurrock
13,830
1,380
9.9
8,950
770
8.6
London
633,180
51,400
8.1
446,510
62,890
14.1
Inner London
226,670
19,310
8.5
138,670
17,410
12.6
Camden
11,370
1,160
10.2
9,990
1,180
11.8
City of London
240
20
6.7
(4)-
(4)-
(4)-
Hackney
17,750
1,610
9.1
8,070
1,230
15.2
Hammersmith and Fulham
9,690
920
9.5
6,890
1,070
15.5
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Haringey
21,600
1,500
6.9
13,090
1,930
14.8
Islington
13,670
1,200
8.7
8,200
850
10.3
Kensington and Chelsea
6,890
600
8.8
3,410
450
13.2
Lambeth
20,460
1,610
7.9
9,480
1,290
13.6
Lewisham
21,360
1,700
8.0
13,720
1,760
12.8
Newham
30,610
2,680
8.8
18,220
2,100
11.6
Southwark
21,840
1,520
7.0
13,100
1,270
9.7
Tower Hamlets
22,730
2,200
9.7
14,490
1,840
12.7
Wandsworth
17,560
1,640
9.3
11,410
1,340
11.7
Westminster
10,900
940
8.6
8,600
1,090
12.7
Outer London
406,520
32,100
7.9
307,850
45,480
14.8
Barking and Dagenham
19,500
930
4.8
12,920
1,230
9.5
Barnet
26,660
2,570
9.6
21,240
3,630
17.1
Bexley
20,290
1,980
9.8
19,980
3,510
17.6
Brent
23,770
1,630
6.8
18,070
2,450
13.5
Bromley
23,570
1,570
6.7
22,470
3,800
16.9
Croydon
29,250
1,600
5.5
20,660
2,790
13.5
Ealing
27,110
1,330
4.9
17,280
1,850
10.7
Enfield
28,090
2,430
8.7
22,090
5,090
23.0
Greenwich
21,370
1,640
7.7
14,590
1,820
12.5
Harrow
19,620
1,680
8.6
10,000
1,700
17.0
Havering
19,180
2,270
11.8
16,620
2,120
12.7
Hillingdon
24,960
2,290
9.2
18,400
2,860
15.5
Hounslow
19,320
1,620
8.4
16,560
1,930
11.7
Kingston upon Thames
11,830
1,110
9.4
9,780
1,230
12.5
Merton
15,660
1,310
8.4
8,490
1,180
13.9
Redbridge
25,550
2,260
8.8
21,450
3,310
15.4
Richmond upon Thames
13,530
1,120
8.3
6,690
850
12.6
Sutton
14,780
810
5.5
16,670
2,220
13.3
Waltham Forest
22,480
1,930
8.6
13,890
1,920
13.8
South East
622,050
57,960
9.3
507,570
81,160
16.0
Bracknell Forest
8,920
680
7.6
6,260
840
13.4
Brighton and Hove
17,230
2,140
12.4
12,110
2,160
17.8
Buckinghamshire
39,770
3,930
9.9
34,590
7,130
20.6
East Sussex
35,080
3,770
10.7
27,660
4,150
15.0
Hampshire
94,520
10,780
11.4
70,380
9,080
12.9
Isle of Wight
6,260
720
11.5
11,570
1,240
10.7
Kent
108,670
12,350
11.4
100,150
18,390
18.4
Medway
22,100
2,120
9.6
19,640
4,040
20.6
Milton Keynes
21,500
1,390
6.4
16,200
2,250
13.9
Oxfordshire
47,140
3,640
7.7
36,550
6,370
17.4
Portsmouth
13,790
1,910
13.8
9,160
1,080
11.8
Reading
10,810
590
5.4
6,160
1,150
18.6
Slough
12,420
840
6.7
9,810
860
8.8
Southampton
16,020
1,700
10.6
10,670
1,290
12.1
Surrey
78,660
3,390
4.3
59,130
7,070
11.9
West Berkshire
12,230
1,450
11.8
12,140
2,230
18.4
West Sussex
56,080
5,120
9.1
45,000
8,770
19.5
Windsor and Maidenhead
8,480
530
6.2
10,130
1,160
11.4
Wokingham
12,380
920
7.4
10,280
1,910
18.6
South West
366,980
32,750
8.9
323,300
51,240
15.8
Bath and North East Somerset
11,820
660
5.6
12,440
1,420
11.4
Bournemouth
10,260
1,100
10.7
9,690
1,810
18.7
Bristol, City of
29,090
2,640
9.1
17,220
1,780
10.3
Cornwall
37,700
3,010
8.0
31,910
4,700
14.7
Devon
51,900
5,460
10.5
42,800
6,840
16.0
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Dorset
23,830
1,580
6.6
29,690
3,310
11.1
Gloucestershire
41,840
3,930
9.4
39,910
6,310
15.8
Isles of Scilly
270
10
2.6
(4)-
(4)-
(4)-
North Somerset
15,120
1,200
7.9
12,770
2,460
19.3
Plymouth
18,480
1,870
10.1
18,050
2,930
16.2
Poole
10,120
780
7.7
8,420
1,980
23.5
Somerset
35,460
3,570
10.1
31,520
6,510
20.6
South Gloucestershire
20,910
1,470
7.0
18,230
2,710
14.9
Swindon
16,290
1,790
11.0
12,390
1,810
14.6
Torbay
9,520
1,080
11.3
8,700
1,800
20.7
Wiltshire
34,380
2,620
7.6
29,580
4,900
16.5
(1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes City Technology Colleges and Academies (3) Excludes dually registered pupils. (4) No schools of this type. Note:
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 Source:
School Census
