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Classroom Assistants: Preston
Mr. Hendrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time equivalent teaching assistants there were in schools in Preston in (a) 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available. [311234]
Mr. Coaker: There were 170 full-time equivalent teaching assistants in service in local authority maintained schools in Preston constituency in January 1997 and 480 in January 2009.
Departmental Buildings
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the (a) area and (b) estimated value is of (i) vacant and (ii) occupied office space (A) owned and (B) rented by his Department. [310534]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The Department has the following office space.
| NIA sq m | Value (£) | |
Departmental Conferences
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) away days and (b) conferences that took place outside his Department's building attended by civil servants in his Department there have been since its inception; and what the cost was of each. [307525]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: To provide a response would be at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Domestic Visits
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many planned visits by Ministers in his Department within the UK were cancelled within 72 hours of the visit taking place in the last 12 months; and what the planned venue or venues were for each such visit. [309883]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: Ministerial visits are arranged on the basis that they are provisional and subject to parliamentary and Government business.
It is not normal practice for Government to report on cancelled visits. The Department does not hold the information to allow us to answer this question.
Departmental Internet
Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. [302411]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The Digital Communications Unit was created in 2008. The programme budget in the year 2008-09 was £12.5 million and in 2009-10 planned expenditure of £10.8 million.
The remit of the unit covers all online services from the Department including elements of Direct Gov, Teachers TV and essential e-mail communications and phone line support services to local authorities, regional government offices and to all schools.
The cost of maintaining/developing the Department's website at:
2008/09-£1,009,484
2009/10-£515,415
Departmental Pay
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department in each of the last three financial years. [303769]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The information requested is as follows:
In 2006-07, reimbursable expenses totalled £7,740
In 2007-08, reimbursable expenses totalled £10,042
In 2008-09, reimbursable expenses totalled £11,621
These reimbursable expenses are in large part due to the work of the four regional press officers, who frequently accompany Ministers on visits across the country.
These expenses also cover the costs of press officers being on duty at the weekends and cover the costs of purchasing newspapers and the rental of BT lines for work-related telephone calls made at the weekend and out of office hours in the evenings.
Departmental Research
Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department has allocated to research related to children and families in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and how much it allocated to such research in 2008-09. [305301]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: Overall, the Department expects to spend in the region of £33 million on research and evaluation in 2009-10. The figure for 2008-09 was £32 million. We are currently in the process of finalising our research and evaluation plans for 2010-11. Further details of our research and evaluation programme are set out in our Analysis and Evidence Strategy.
Education: Staffordshire
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how much funding has been allocated for capital expenditure on educational establishments in Staffordshire in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011; [310470]
(2) how much was allocated for capital expenditure on education in Staffordshire in (a) 1997 and (b) in each year since 2007. [310471]
Mr. Coaker: The following table sets out total school allocations to Staffordshire for the financial year 1996-97, and for the financial years 2006-07 to 2010-11.
| Total allocations (£ million) | |
The £61.9 million allocation in 2006-07 includes £23.0 million for an academy. The £67.1 million in 2009-10 includes £14.7 million advanced from 2010-11 as part of the Government's fiscal stimulus.
Capital funding is allocated to local authorities and schools who will prioritise how it is spent. This can be prioritised for direct capital expenditure such as classrooms, or for expenditure which is more of an establishment nature such as administration offices within schools. Records are not maintained centrally of the different types of expenditure.
Free School Meals
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) key stage 1, (b) key stage 2 and (c) key stage 3 pupils in each local authority are eligible for free school meals; and if he will make a statement. [310090]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The requested information has been placed in the House Libraries.
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children under the age of 16 years received free (a) primary and (b) secondary school lunches in (i) England, (ii) Leicester and (iii) the East Midlands in the latest period for which figures are available. [311164]
Mr. Iain Wright: The available information on free school meals (FSM) is shown in the following table.
| Maintained primary( 1) and state-funded secondary( 1,2) schools: school meal arrangements for pupils under 16( 3) as at January 2009: in England, East Midlands Government Office Region and Leicester parliamentary constituency | ||||||
| Primary schools( 1) | State-funded secondary schools( 1,2) | |||||
| Number of pupils( 4) | Number of pupils eligible for FSM( 5) | Percentage of pupils eligible for FSM | Number of pupils( 4) | Number of pupils eligible for FSM( 5) | Percentage of pupils eligible for FSM | |
| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes CTCs and Academies. (3) Pupils aged 15 and under at 31 August 2008. (4) Includes sole and dual (main) registrations. (5) Those eligible may choose not to take up their offer of a free school meal for various reasons e.g. through preference or through non-attendance on the day. Pupils are counted as eligible only if they meet the eligibility criteria and make a claim. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | ||||||
Free School Meals: Crewe
Mr. Timpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils in schools in Crewe and Nantwich constituency receive free school meals. [310067]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The requested information is shown in the following table, together with the numbers of children eligible for free school meals.
| Maintained primary( 1) and state-funded secondary( 1,2) schools: school meal arrangements as at January 2009: in Crewe and Nantwich constituency | |||||
| Number on roll( 3) | Number of pupils taking free school meals( 4) | Percentage taking free school meals | Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals( 3,4) | Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals | |
| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes City Technology Colleges and Academies. (3) Includes sole and dual (main) registrations. (4) Number of pupils taking a free school meal on the day of the census. Those eligible may choose not to take up their offer of a free school meal for various reasons e.g. through preference or through non-attendance on the day. Pupils are counted as eligible only if they meet the eligibility criteria and make a claim. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | |||||
GCSE: Crewe
Mr. Timpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils in Crewe and Nantwich constituency obtained five or more A* to C GCSE grades in each academic year since 1997. [310061]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is given as follows. Data below local authority level for 2008/09 are not yet available.
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in maintained schools in Crewe and Nantwich constituency achieving five or more GCSEs or equivalent( 1) at grades A*-C, 1996/07 to 2007/08( 2) | ||
| Number of pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C | Percentage of pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C | |
| (1) From 1997/98 includes GNVQ equivalences and from 2003/04 other equivalences approved for use pre-16. (2) Figures for 2004/05 onwards are based on pupils at the end of key stage 4. Data for previous years are based on pupils aged 15 years old at the start of the academic year. Source: National Pupil Database and Achievement and Attainment Tables (final data). | ||
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