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Children's Centres: Doncaster
Caroline Flint: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children's centres there were in (a) Don Valley and (b) the Doncaster borough council area in each year since (i) 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available. [2746]
Sarah Teather: The following table gives details of how many designated (open) Sure Start Children's Centres there were in (a) Don Valley constituency and (b) the Doncaster borough council area in each year since 2003. There were no children's centres designated prior to 2003; the latest data on the total number of children's centres designated in Doncaster were available at 30 April 2010-shown as the 2010 figures in the table.
| Total children's centres in Don Valley constituency | Total children's centres in Doncaster borough council | |
| (1 )In 2009 Conisbrough children's centre merged with Denaby Main children's centre, becoming a satellite to Denaby Main children's centre rather than a centre in its own right. This resulted in a reduction to the overall total of children's centres in Doncaster. | ||
Education Maintenance Allowance
Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many young people in (a) Dudley, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England applied for educational maintenance allowance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [1500]
Mr Gibb: This is a matter for the Young People's Learning Agency (YPLA) who operate the education maintenance allowance for the Department for Education. Peter Lauener the YPLA's chief executive, will write to the hon. Member with the information requested and a copy of his reply will be placed in Hansard and the Library.
Education Maintenance Allowance: Warrington
Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students in Warrington North constituency are in receipt of education maintenance allowance. [3281]
Mr Gibb: This is a matter for the Young People's Learning Agency (YPLA) who operate the education maintenance allowance for the Department for Education. Peter Lauener, the YPLA's chief executive, will write to the hon. Member and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries.
Education Maintenance Allowance: Wigan
Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many young people resident in Wigan constituency receive education maintenance allowance. [1735]
Mr Gibb: This is a matter for the Young People's Learning Agency (YPLA) who operate the education maintenance allowance for the Department for Education. Peter Lauener the YPLA's chief executive, will write to the hon. with the information requested and a copy of his reply will be placed in Hansard and the Libraries.
Free School Meals
Mr Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects to announce the results of the universal free school meals pilot schemes; and if he will make a statement. [1531]
Mr Gibb: The pilots in Newham, Durham and Wolverhampton started in the autumn term 2009 and will run until July 2011. We have commissioned NatCen (National Centre for Social Research) to undertake the evaluation of the pilots. We will closely evaluate them for evidence on how each option affects take up of school lunches; impacts on children's outcomes including diet at school and at home, health, behaviour and attainment; and value for money. We expect the full evaluation results to be available early in 2012. Some results, such as the effect on school lunch take-up, will be available earlier.
As the Secretary of State made clear in his letter of 7 June to the right hon. Member for Morley and Outwood (Ed Balls) which has been placed in the Library, the Government will not be funding the additional free
school meals pilots in Islington, Bradford, Nottingham, Cumbria and Medway that were due to start in September 2010.
Free Schools
Ed Balls: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what funding he plans to allocate to the implementation of free school polices in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2013-14. [1216]
Mr Gibb: Full plans for all education funding depend on the spending review which has yet to be undertaken. Those plans will include provision for the funding of free schools. Details will be published as part of the spending settlement latter this year.
GCSE: West Midlands
Mr Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils obtained five A* to C grades at GCSE in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry in each year since 1997. [3853]
Mr Gibb [holding answer 23 June 2010]: The information required is shown in the following table.
| Number of pupils obtained five A* to C grades at GCSE in the West Midlands and Coventry | ||||
| West Midlands | Coventry | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| Notes: 1. Data for the period 1997 to 2004 relates to 15-year-olds. 2. Data for the period 2005 to 2009 relates to pupils at the end of Key Stage 4. Source: Achievement and Attainment Tables. | ||||
National Curriculum Tests
David Mowat: To ask the Secretary of State for Education when the timetable for Key Stage 2 standard assessment tests for academic year 2010-11 will be published; and on what dates he expects those tests to take place. [2614]
Mr Gibb: We are currently considering the arrangements for the Key Stage 2 tests in 2011 and will confirm the details shortly.
Schools: Discipline
Meg Munn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what assessment he has made of the implications for young carers of a policy in schools of no-notice detentions; [2436]
(2) what assessment was made of the implications for child protection of allowing head teachers to use no-notice detentions. [2439]
Mr Gibb: The Government trust head teachers to make reasonable arrangements for detentions, taking into account any implications for child protection and for young carers.
Schools: Finance
Mr Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of paying to each eligible (a) primary and (b) secondary school under his proposals the payment presently awarded to each school which achieves academy school status. [1398]
Mr Gibb: Outstanding schools making a successful application for conversion to academy status will be entitled to a grant of around £25,000 as a contribution to implementation and development costs. The total cost will depend on the number of successful applications.
Schools: Standards
Meg Munn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will ensure that any reduction in the level of regulation affecting schools does not put children at risk. [2438]
Mr Gibb: I can confirm that the Government's programme of providing greater freedom for schools will not put pupils at risk. Academies already benefit from greater freedoms to help them innovate and raise standards. These include freedom from local authority control; the ability to set their own pay and conditions for staff; freedom from following the national curriculum; and the ability to change the length of terms and school days. Staff in all schools, including academies, have a general duty of care for those in their charge.
Specialised Diplomas
Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many young people in (a) Wigan constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England have enrolled on a 14 to 19 diploma course in each subject in each year since their introduction. [1739]
Mr Gibb: The 14 to 19 Diploma was introduced in the academic year 2008/09. Information on the number of students participating in Diploma learning in 2008/09 was published via the DFE website on 11 November 2009 at:
Final figures for 2009/10 are likely to be available from the end of November 2010; however, indicative figures were released on the DFE website on 18 December 2009 at:
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/14-19/index.cfm?go=site.home&;sid=57&pid=500&lid= 593&l4id=287&ptype=Single&ctype=Text
The number of students who participated in a course of study towards a Diploma for all or part of the academic year 2008/09 in (a) the Wigan constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England up to and including
31 August 2009 by subject, as identified by the number of Diploma students registered on the QCDA Diploma Aggregation Service (DAS) data is:
| 2008/09 | Construction and the Built Environment | Creative and Media | Engineering | Information Technology | Society, Health and Development | Total |
| Source: Full year 2008/09 DAS participation data matched to the DFE National Pupil Database | ||||||
The number of students who were on a course of study towards a Diploma as of September 2009 in (a) the Wigan constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England by subject, as indicated by funding returns from local authorities is:
| September 2009 | Construction and the Built Environment | Creative and Media | Engineering | Information Technology | Society, Health and Development |
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