Bob Russell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the relative fitness levels of pupils who walk or cycle to school compared to those who are driven. [320940]
Gillian Merron:
I have been asked to reply.
The Government have not commissioned any work comparing fitness levels of children who walk or cycle to school, to those who are driven.
Neither is any assessment currently made of children's fitness levels on a national scale. We do, however, measure children's physical activity levels in line with the chief medical officer's (CMO) recommendations that children aged 5 to 16 need at least 60 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity every day to be healthy. The 22 Mar 2010 : Column 91W
Health Survey for England 2008 showed that 32 per cent. of boys and 24 per cent. of girls aged two to 15 were meeting the CMO recommendation.
Children's Centres: Public Relations
Bill Wiggin:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much has been spent on public relations in respect of Sure Start children's centres in each year since 2004; how much is planned to be spent in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. [304044]
Dawn Primarolo:
The amount spent on public relations in respect of Sure Start Children's Centres is set out in the following table. Children's Centres are becoming a universal service for young children and their families-it is important that all families are aware of the services centres offer and are able to access them. So this financial year, a major national communications campaign, including public relations activities, has been funded to raise awareness of children's centres.
Table 1: Spending on public relations specifically related to Sure Start children's centres where figures are available since 2004
Financial Year
Amount (£)
2009/10
346,000
2008/09
13,000
2007/08
35,000
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Departmental Finance
Mr. Maude:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on (a) Entry to Employment, (b) community service places, (c) community service local authority pilots, (d) opportunities to participate in community service at school, (e) Youth Taskforce, (f) Youth Opportunity Fund, (g) Youth Capital Fund, (h) Positive Activities for Young People, (i) Empowering Young People pilots, (j) residentials (including Do it 4 Real), (k) Youth Sector Development Fund, (l) Youth Leadership Fund, (m) Youth Workforce Reform, (n) Myplace, (o) Youth Media Fund and (p) other activity programmes for young people in 2008-09; and how much his Department plans to spend on each such programme in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12. [318118]
Dawn Primarolo:
Table 1 as follows shows spend on each of the programmes for 2008-09 and allocations for 2009-10 and 2010-11, except for item (h) Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP). Allocations for this are provided in table 2 as funding for PAYP is included in the area based grant so while local authorities receive a nominal allocation, decisions on planned and actual spend are determined locally.
No funding has been allocated for any of these programmes in 2011-12 as this is outside the current spending review period.
Table 1: Actual and planned spend (for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11)
£ million
Planned spend
Actual spend in 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11( 1)
(a) Entry to Employment
170.0
223.0
(2)-
(b) Community service(3)
0
(4)68.0
(4)78.0
(c) Community service local authority pilots(5)
0
2.0
5.0
(d) Opportunities to participate in community service at school(6)
0
2.0
9.0
(e) Youth Taskforce
12.5
22.2
19.6
(f) Youth Opportunity Fund
36.0
40.9
41.2
(g) Youth Capital Fund(7)
29.0
46.6
26.5
(i) Empowering Young People pilots
6.7
0.0
0.0
(j) Residentials (including Do It 4 Real)
5.5
6.3
6.5
(k) Youth Sector Development Fund (YSDF)
13.5
36.2
39.7
(l) Youth Leadership Fund
0.7
2.3
3.1
(m) Young People's Workforce Reform
6.0
10.0
10.0
(n) myplace capital
2.4
27.8
133.7
(o) Youth Media Fund
3.7
3.3
4.1
(p) Other activity programmes for young people
0.0
0.0
0.0
(1 )2010-11 data are based on allocations. (2) In 2010-11 Entry to Employment (E2E) will become part of provision under the broader Foundation Learning pathway. Funding for Foundation Learning has yet to be determined within the 16-19 further education budget. (3) Funding of £146 million was made available to deliver Community Service following the announcement in April 2009. (4) Includes £64 million/year for community action opportunities as part of E2E (2009-10) and Foundation Learning (2010-11). This funding covers both the overall learning provision and the community action element within it: it therefore overlaps with the funding set out in line (a). (5) The funding for local authority pilots is also included in the figure provided for (b). (6) The funding provided to support all schools in providing opportunities to engage their pupils in community service is also included in the figure provided for (b). (7) Youth Capital Fund (YCF) includes YCF+ funding. Note:
Do It 4 Real, Youth Media Fund, YSDF and Youth Leadership Fund spend includes contributions from other Government Departments.
Table 2: Positive Activities for Young People allocations within the area based grant (for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11)
£ million
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
(h) Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP)
52.85
74.50
94.50
Departmental Surveys
Mr. Grieve:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will place in the Library a copy of the benchmark results of the Civil Service People Survey for his Department and its agencies. [322570]
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Ms Diana R. Johnson:
The 2009 People Survey results for DCSF are now available in the House Libraries. These results are also available on the DCSF website at the following link:
Michael Gove:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what 22 Mar 2010 : Column 94W
proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals were entered for GCSEs in each subject in 2009. [318410]
Mr. Coaker:
The information is shown in the following table.
Number and percentage of pupils entered for GCSEs in each subject in 2009 by free school meal eligibility
Number of FSM pupils entered
Percentage of all FSM pupils at the end of Key Stage 4
Number of non-FSM pupils entered
Percentage of all non-FSM pupils at the end of Key Stage 4
Biological Science
3,525
4.7
67,757
13.4
Chemistry
2,985
4.0
64,334
12.8
Physics
2,954
4.0
64,231
12.7
Core Science
53,925
72.5
378,560
75.1
Additional Science
30,470
41.0
275,635
54.7
Additional Applied Science
6,965
9.4
39,902
7.9
Single Award Science
53,927
72.5
378,603
75.1
English
67,351
90.5
487,358
96.6
Maths
68,130
91.6
489,359
97.0
Statistics
6,112
8.2
63,908
12.7
Design and Technology and Electronics
1,028
1.4
10,583
2.1
Design and Technology and Food Technology
7,003
9.4
58,591
11.6
Design and Technology and Graphics
5,498
7.4
49,547
9.8
Design and Technology and Resistant Materials Technology
7,889
10.6
60,360
12.0
Design and Technology and Systems Control
436
0.6
5,325
1.1
Design and Technology and Textiles Technology
4,551
6.1
34,133
6.8
Office Technology
3,465
4.7
28,372
5.6
Information Technology
3,791
5.1
46,167
9.2
Business Studies
5,696
7.7
63,969
12.7
Home Economics
3,401
4.6
19,158
3.8
Geography
11,049
14.9
137,972
27.4
History
13,466
18.1
160,715
31.9
Music
2,951
4.0
39,641
7.9
Art and Design
17,714
23.8
135,362
26.8
Fine Art
4,019
5.4
36,876
7.3
English Literature
44,942
60.4
399,628
79.2
Drama
8,124
10.9
70,021
13.9
Media, Film and Television Studies
7,314
9.8
52,715
10.5
Physical Education
10,314
13.9
117,719
23.3
Religious Studies
16,202
21.8
137,223
27.2
French
10,273
13.8
130,311
25.8
German
3,098
4.2
58,014
11.5
Spanish
3,294
4.4
42,685
8.5
Italian
171
0.2
2,615
0.5
Arabic
676
0.9
751
0.1
Bengali
581
0.8
598
0.1
Chinese
109
0.1
1,168
0.2
Dutch
209
0.3
211
0.0
Gujarati
38
0.1
718
0.1
Japanese
48
0.1
797
0.2
Modern Greek
25
0.0
346
0.1
Modern Hebrew
12
0.0
230
0.0
Panjabi
111
0.1
760
0.2
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Persian
144
0.2
253
0.1
Polish
61
0.1
2,021
0.4
Portuguese
254
0.3
938
0.2
Russian
62
0.1
871
0.2
Turkish
523
0.7
624
0.1
Urdu
1,248
1.7
2,747
0.5
Notes:
1. Figures are revised.
2. Figures relate to pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in maintained schools. Source:
National Pupil Database
