NDPBs
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding his Department provided to the (a) Pensions Advisory Service, (b) Pensions Regulator, (c) Pension Protection Fund and (d) Pensions Ombudsman in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. [88334]
Steve Webb: The information is in the following table:
| Funding provided (£ million) | ||
| Arm’s length body | 2010-11 | 2011-12 |
| Notes: 1. Data for 2010-11 are taken from the annual report and accounts of each arm’s length body for that year. Data for 2011-12 cover funding provided for the period 1 April 2011 to 31 December 2011. 2. Funding for The Pensions Advisory Service is recoverable through the General Levy charged to eligible pension schemes. 3. Funding for The Pensions Regulator is recoverable through the General Levy with the exception of resources provided by DWP for the auto enrolment employer compliance regime. In 2010-11 these resources totalled £7.963 million and for the period 1 April 2011 to 31 December 2011 £12.17 million. 4. Funding for the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is recoverable through levies charged to eligible pension schemes with the exception of resources provided by DWP for the Financial Assistance Scheme. In 2010-11 these resources totalled £10.745 million and for the period 1 April 2011 to 31 December 2011 £5.73 million. 5. Funding for the Pensions Ombudsman (PO) is recoverable through the General Levy. The PO is also the Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman (PPFO). The amounts shown above incorporate the costs of both functions. Funding for the PPFO totalled £0.131 million in 2010-11 and £0.06 million for the period 1 April 11 to 31 December 2011. PPFO funding is recoverable through a PPFO levy, which is not currently being charged. | ||
Redundancy Pay
Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much redundancy pay was paid to civil servants in his Department in each month between September and November 2011. [87970]
Chris Grayling: The Department categorises funded staff releases as either voluntary exit, voluntary redundancy or compulsory redundancy, and each category has its own unique terms and conditions.
There were no voluntary or compulsory redundancies in the given period. However as part of its current Transformation programme, the Department has offered selective voluntary exits in line with the Civil Service Compensation Scheme rules. These resulted in the following aggregate payments to civil servants during the period:
| £ million | |
These are pre-audit figures based on individual exit quotes provided by My Civil Service Pension. The numbers may be subject to minor adjustments once the Department receives the final invoice for transacting these exit payments.
Departmental Temporary Employment
Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many temporary staff were recruited to his Department between September and November 2011. [87971]
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Chris Grayling: Temporary staff are defined by the Office for National Statistics as all staff with contracts, including fixed term, of less than 12 months.
Between September and November 2011 345 temporary staff were recruited. Of these, 234 staff were recruited on fixed term appointments to fill essential posts in operational delivery areas. The remaining temporary recruits were largely taken on as part of the new DWP Apprenticeship programme.
Disability Living Allowance
Mr Virendra Sharma: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 8 November 2011, Official Report, column 206W, on disability allowance, what the cost to the public purse was of severe disablement allowance payments due to a main disabling condition which falls under those ICD-10 diagnosis codes contained in the Department of Health's programme budgeting category 07A for chronic pain for each local authority area in the latest year for which figures are available. [88794]
Maria Miller: To categorise the disabling conditions of claimants for incapacity benefits, the Department uses its own Incapacity Reference Guide (IRG), which details those conditions most relevant for benefit claims. For the purposes of reporting and analysis, these IRG codes are mapped onto the ICD-10 codes at the three-digit level. However, in specifying categories for programme budgeting, the Department of Health uses ICD-10 codes at the four-digit level, which provides a more detailed classification of medical conditions. Therefore because the IRG classifies medical conditions using broader categories than the ICD-10 codes at four-digit level, it has not been possible to identify those claimants whose main disabling condition would be contained in category 07A. An example is shown as follows:
ICD-10 three-digit category “R10 Abdominal and Pelvic Pain”. This contains five sub-categories
R10.0 Acute abdomen
R10.1 Pain localized to upper abdomen
R10.2 Pelvic and perineal pain
R10.3 Pain localized to other parts of lower abdomen
R10.4 Other and unspecified abdominal pain
of which four (excluding R10.0) are included in programme budgeting category 07A.
The IRG provides a subdivision of “abdominal and pelvic pain” into abdominal pain, colic (abdominal or intestinal), colic (other), Gastralgia, and pain in abdomen. It is not possible to identify separately Acute abdomen, which would be necessary in order to match the sub-categories required for the Department of Health’s programme budgeting.
In general, because of the different methods of grouping, it is not always possible to accurately extract the cases to match with those in the Department of Health's programme budgeting categories.
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Disability Living Allowance: Autism
David Tredinnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost to his Department was of disability living allowance assessments in the last year for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the cost of conducting personal independence payment reassessments for those with complex needs, such as those with autism. [81641]
Maria Miller [holding answer 22 November 2011]: The cost of assessments in support of claims for disability living allowance (DLA) in the last financial year (2010-11) was £14.046 million. These costs were solely for the charges incurred for the provision of evidence from ATOS Healthcare and GP's and do not include costs incurred from processing applications.
My Department has published estimates for personal independence payment assessment services ranging between £300 million to £500 million over three years for the purpose of a competitive tender published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). This would include all new applications and re-assessments for those claimants who are of working age including those with autism.
Disability Living Allowance: Children
Ian Mearns: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many households in England claim disability living allowance on behalf of a child aged two; [88668]
(2) how many households in England claim disability living allowance on behalf of a child aged two years and are eligible for free school meals; [88670]
(3) how many in-work households in England claim disability living allowance on behalf of a child aged two years and are in receipt of tax credits; [88671]
(4) how many out-of-work households in England claim disability living allowance on behalf of a child aged two years and are in receipt of child tax credit. [88672]
Maria Miller: Disability living allowance is a non means-tested benefit, eligibility for tax credits or free school meals is not relevant when determining a claim and therefore this information is not recorded.
Such information as is available is contained in the following table.
| Children aged two in receipt of disability living allowance, May 2011 | |
| Number | |
| Notes: 1. Caseloads are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Figures do not include people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended, for example, if they are in hospital. 3. A diagnosed medical condition does not mean that someone is automatically entitled to DLA. Entitlement is dependent on an assessment of how much help someone needs with personal care and/or mobility because of their disability. These statistics are only collected for administrative purposes. 4. DLA is awarded to individuals, not at a household level. Caseloads given are number of claims in payment with respect to two-year-olds. Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate 100%WPLS. | |
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Disability Living Allowance: Prisoners
Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he has received any reports of prisoners claiming (a) disability living allowance and (b) cold weather payments whilst in custody. [87707]
Maria Miller: I have not received any such reports.
Prisoners retain an underlying entitlement to DLA, but they are disqualified from receiving any payment of benefit. People who are held in legal custody as a result of a conviction for a criminal offence are required to inform the Department as soon as possible and failure to inform the Department may lead to recoverable overpayments of DLA.
The cold weather payment scheme is a fully automated service and payments are made to eligible people by the benefits computer systems when a period of severe cold
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weather triggers. Payments are not therefore made as a result of a claim as prisoners are disqualified from receiving payment of any benefit. Consequently there are no reports of prisoners claiming cold weather payments while serving a custodial sentence.
Electrical Safety
Graham Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were (a) killed and (b) seriously injured in circumstances attributable to unsafe electrical fittings in a workplace in each of the last four years. [88746]
Chris Grayling: The information is not available at the level of detail requested. The following table provides statistics on injuries to workers involving contact with electricity or electrical discharge reported under the reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations between 2007-08 to 2010-11.
| Severity of injury | Employment status | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 (1) |
| (1) The data for 2010-11 are provisional at this time. | |||||
Employment and Support Allowance
Toby Perkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many decisions on applications for employment support allowance were (a) turned down, (b) appealed against and (c) upheld on appeal in each month since the work capability assessment was introduced. [88779]
Chris Grayling: The Department regularly publishes statistics on the employment and support allowance (ESA) work capability assessment. The latest report covers new claimants to ESA to February 2011 (the latest data available) and can be found here:
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/workingage/index.php?page=esa_wca
Table 1 in the above publication shows that for all ESA claims started between October 2008 and February 2011, 574,800 (38%) were assessed to be Fit for Work at initial assessment.
Table 3 presents data on ESA claims where the person claiming has been assessed as Fit for Work, they subsequently appeal the Department's decision and the appeal has been heard by the Tribunals Service. It shows that for the 462,100 ESA claims starting between October 2008 and August 2010 (the latest month where sufficient volumes of appeals have been heard to publish) which were assessed as fit to work at the initial assessment there were 181,900 appeals heard (39% of fit for work assessments). This does not include appeals which have not yet been heard.
Of these appeals 112,200 (62%) concluded in favour of the Department such that the original decision was upheld.
Employment Schemes
Mr Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria are to be used to determine suitable employment for Mandatory Work Activity. [88122]
Chris Grayling: Mandatory Work Activity is delivered by contracted providers and they have responsibility for sourcing placements across a range of sectors. The placements will last for four weeks and will usually be for 30 hours per week. Placements will take account of agreed restrictions that a claimant might have on their jobseeker's agreement (JSAg).
The Department is not specifying what the nature of each placement should be, but does expect that every placement will be additional to existing or planned vacancies and offer people the opportunity to gain fundamental work disciplines, as well as being of benefit to local communities.
Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether Work programme providers are paid a fee (a) for referring a person to Mandatory Work Activity (MWA) and (b) in respect of each person (i) attending and (ii) completing MWA; and how much the fee is in each case. [88557]
Chris Grayling: Mandatory Work Activity (MWA) is not available to Work programme participants, and only Jobcentre Plus advisers can refer an individual to the provision. There is therefore no question of payments being made to Work programme providers for referrals, nor for people attending and completing MWA.
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Sheila Gilmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants have been referred from (a) employment support allowance and (b) jobseeker's allowance to Work Choice since its introduction in October 2010 in (i) Edinburgh, (ii) Scotland and (iii) the UK. [88690]
Maria Miller: The Department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish official statistics on referrals to Work Choice in spring 2012. These timescales take account of the newness of the provision and the length of time it will take for sustained job outcomes to be realised.
Employment: Young People
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he has taken to ensure the Youth Contract supports young people with (a) autism and (b) disabilities to access employment. [88308]
Chris Grayling: We are committed to ensuring that people with a health condition or a disability have the same employment opportunities and chances as everyone else to find and stay in paid employment and this will apply within the delivery of the Youth Contract, including wage incentives.
In addition, disabled claimants may be able to access a range of specialist employment provision including:
Early access to the Work programme. The referral process will give harder to help groups, such as disabled people, access to the personalised, individual support at the appropriate stage in their claim. Disabled people who have been claiming jobseeker’s allowance for three months will have the opportunity to volunteer for early access to the Work programme to ensure they receive it within a time scale that is most appropriate to them.
Work Choice began in October 2010. It provides tailored support to help disabled people who face the most complex barriers find and stay in work and ultimately help them progress into unsupported employment, where it is appropriate for the individual. Work Choice is voluntary and available regardless of any benefits being claimed.
Access to Work provides practical advice and financial support to employed disabled people above and beyond what the employer could reasonably provide, to help them overcome obstacles resulting from disability.
Disability Employment Advisers are also available to provide specialist support to people facing employment challenges because of a health condition or disability and Work Psychologists work with both claimants and advisers to help improve employment outcome.
Future Jobs Fund
Jonathan Ashworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which employers in (a) the East Midlands and (b) Leicester City have participated in the Future Job Fund programme. [87657]
Chris Grayling: The Department does not hold records of the individual organisations that provided temporary placements through the Future Jobs Fund (FJF). Bids for FJF funding were submitted on a regional or national basis. The Lead Accountable Bodies who were successful in receiving FJF awards in the East Midlands region are listed as follows:
Healthy Hub
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Leicestershire Partnership—NHS East Midlands
West Lindsey Council
Community Enterprise Derby
Erewash District Council
Bolsover District Council
First Movement
Northampton Enterprise
Asian Women's Project
Nottingham City Council
Stride Sharp Trading Leicester/Stride
Leicester City Council—Leicester and Leicestershire Partnership
Groundwork Lincolnshire
Enable
Action Deafness
Lincolnshire Dance
NACRO—(as part of a national bid)
Places for People—(as part of a national bid)
Groundwork—(as part of a national bid)
Salvation Army—(as part of a national bid)
Royal Society of Wildlife Trust—(as part of a national bid)
Football League Trust—(as part of a national bid)
Action for Children—(as part of a national bid)
Novas Scarman—(as part of a national bid)
Artswork(ENYAN)—(as part of a national bid)
3SC—(as part of a national bid)
CSV—(as part of a national bid)
Sustrans—(as part of a national bid)
Aspire Foundation—(as part of a national bid)
Creative and Cultural Skills—(as part of a national bid)
National Association of Citizens Advice Bureau—(as part of a national bid)
National Association of Clubs for Young People—(as part of a national bid)
National Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure—(as part of a national bid)
National Trust—(as part of a national bid)
Ixions/New Deal of the Mind—(as part of a national bid)
Russell Commission Implementation Body (v-inspired)—(as part of a national bid)
Housing Benefit: Females
Jessica Morden: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 14 December 2011, Official Report, column 761W, on housing benefit: females, how many women his Department estimates will be affected by the changes; and what the average weekly change in income will be. [87804]
Steve Webb: The following table sets out estimates of the numbers of people in Wales affected by the following LHA reforms:
setting LHA rates at the 30th percentile of Private Rented Sector (PRS) rents;
restricting LHA levels to the four-bedroom rate and applying maximum weekly caps;
increasing the Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR) age threshold to 35.
The table includes estimates of the average weekly financial loss per loser. The figures are based on an estimated caseload of 48,710.
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| Number affected | Average loss per loser (£) | |
| (1) Table 16 http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/impacts-of-hb-proposals.pdf (2) Table 20 http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/impacts-of-hb-proposals.pdf (3) Annex 2, Table 1 http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/eia-hb-shared-accommodation-age-threshold.pdf | ||
The published impact documents do not give separate figures for females, either the number affected in Wales or the average loss. However the following table gives an estimate of the breakdown by household type of those affected by the measures at a national level.
| Percentage | |||
| Household type | |||
| Single female | Single male | Couple | |
| (1) Table 25 http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/lha-eia-nov10.pdf (2) Table 15 and Table 20 http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/lha-eia-nov10.pdf (3) Table 2 http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/eia-hb-shared-accommodation-age-threshold.pdf Note: Figures may not sum to 100 owing to rounding. | |||
Jobcentre Plus: Finance
Mr Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding Jobcentre Plus is to receive in order to deliver extra support for 18-24 year olds as part of the Youth Contract. [88124]
Chris Grayling: The Youth Contract builds on the support already available through Jobcentre Plus and the Work programme and is worth almost £1 billion over the next three years. The final cost of elements of the increased support through Jobcentre Plus such as weekly signing will be driven by the volume of claimants.
National Insurance Contributions
Brandon Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what obligations employers participating in private financial benefits schemes have to ensure that National Insurance contributions are paid on a regular basis on behalf of their employees. [87665]
Mr Gauke: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Treasury.
Under the terms of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001, employers are required to account to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs for both primary (employee) and secondary (employer) national insurance
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contributions in respect of the earnings received by their employees from their employment. This accounting must be undertaken on a monthly basis (quarterly basis for some employers) using the PAYE system.
New Enterprise Allowance
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) whether he has set a target for take-up of the new enterprise allowance by over 50s; and what the timescale is for any such target to be met; [88306]
(2) what estimate he has made of take-up of the new enterprise allowance (a) by over 50s and (b) in each region of the UK. [88441]
Chris Grayling: We have set no targets nor have we made estimates for the take up of the new enterprise allowance (NEA) by unemployed people aged over 50.
We have made funding available for 40,000 NEA places over two years. The following table shows the projected breakdown of places by region.
| Title: Projected breakdown of NEA places by region (1) | |
| Volumes (2011-12 to 2012-13) | |
| (1) Numbers rounded to the nearest 100. | |
Pensions
Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) if he will take steps to encourage private pension providers to increase the level of annuities they offer; [87753]
(2) what assessment he has made of the extent to which the annuity rates offered by private pension providers act as an incentive for people to save for their retirement. [87759]
Mr Hoban: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Treasury.
Annuity rates are determined by the market and influenced by a number of factors. The Government do not prescribe the terms, conditions or price that insurance companies may set when offering annuity products. As a rule, insurers use their claims experience and other industry-wide statistics to assess the risks posed by an individual and set the terms and price at which they will offer an annuity.
People approaching retirement can shop around by exercising the ‘Open Market Option' to find the best income in retirement for their personal circumstances. A working group set up by the Government are examining
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how to encourage people to use the open market option. The Government will be announcing the outcome of this work in the spring.
The Government also recognises the importance of encouraging people to save for retirement. The Government are introducing automatic enrolment as part of their Workplace Pension Reforms to tackle consumer inertia and increase the number of people saving for retirement.
Poverty: Children
Mr David Hamilton: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to alter the measure of child poverty contained within the Child Poverty Act 2010. [88442]
Maria Miller: The Government set out their approach to measuring child poverty in the child poverty strategy, published in April 2011 and available at:
www.education.gov.uk/childpovertystrategy
In this, the Government stated that we recognise the importance of the four income measures set out in the 2010 Act, but the strategy requires a broader approach, focused on measures that genuinely track changes and improvements in families' lives. Looking at income measures alone creates too narrow a focus and fails to address the root causes of poverty. That is why the strategy established a broader suite of indicators that capture family resources, family circumstances and children's life chances.
Sick Leave: Pain
Mrs Riordan: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the number of working days lost as a result of chronic pain in England in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [88089]
Chris Grayling: The Department for Work and Pensions does not have estimates of the number of working days lost as a result of chronic pain, although we estimate that up to 140 million days are lost to sickness absence in the GB as a whole. The recently published review by Dame Carol Black and David Frost “Health at work: an independent review of sickness absence”
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/health-at-work.pdf
contains considerable up-to-date evidence on the health of the working age population and sickness absence.
Social Security Benefits: Gurkhas
Mr Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases of former Gurkhas officials in his Department have dealt with as part of its joint work with the Gurkha Welfare Trust in Aldershot since 2009. [88070]
Chris Grayling:
The Department for Work and Pensions works closely with the Gurkha Welfare Trust, including providing a weekly information and advice point staffed by DWP advisers at GWT’s Gurkha Welfare Centre in Aldershot. DWP advisers are also able to provide additional ad hoc advice sessions at the centre to meet demand. DWP advisers report seeing, on average, around 10-12 former Gurkhas per week. The Gurkha Welfare Centre
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also makes direct referrals to DWP Visiting for welfare benefit visits to former Gurkhas in the Aldershot area and across the UK.
The Department’s benefit administrative systems do not record whether or not individuals claiming benefits are former Gurkhas and therefore the information on how many cases of former Gurkhas officials the Department have dealt with as part of its joint work with the Gurkha Welfare Trust in Aldershot since 2009 is not available.
Troubled Families Scheme: Wales
Jonathan Edwards: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much of the funding for the Troubled Families scheme announced on 15 December 2011 will be spent in Wales. [87713]
Grant Shapps: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.
As outlined in the written ministerial statement of 15 December 2011, Official Report, columns 110-111WS, this is an England-wide initiative. It is targeted at the Government's ambition to turn around the lives of 120,000 most troubled families in councils across England. Responsibility for dealing with families with multiple problems living in Wales, including the allocation of any funding, has been devolved to the Welsh Assembly.
Unemployment: Older Workers
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to reduce unemployment levels among those aged between 50 and 65. [88307]
Steve Webb: Jobcentre Plus treats jobseekers of all ages equally, and older jobseekers have the same access to a comprehensive menu of individually tailored help as those under 50 (apart from the specific options for jobseekers aged under 25). Support is tailored to the individual needs of each jobseeker, including help with work-related training and job-search support. Older jobseekers who are eligible can also access Get Britain Working measures, such as Work Clubs, Work Together, and the New Enterprise Allowance for individuals who are looking to become self-employed.
The Work programme will also provide support for those who are more at risk of long-term unemployment. Work programme providers are free to innovate and design support based on the needs of individuals, and will be paid primarily for the results they achieve in supporting people into sustained employment. All jobseeker's allowance, employment and support allowance and pension credit claimants can access the Work programme at a time that is right for them.
Unemployment: Young People
Mr Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what organisations will be eligible to receive funding from his Department's Innovation Fund to support 16 and 17-year-olds not in education, employment or training to enter an apprenticeship or employment with training. [88125]
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Chris Grayling: Any organisation in the public, private, or voluntary sector is eligible to bid for the Innovation Fund, either as an investor, intermediary or as a delivery organisation within a social investment partnership.
Work Capability Assessments: Kilmarnock
Cathy Jamieson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many residents of Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency aged (a) under 30, (b) 31 to 40, (c) 41 to 50 and (d) over 50 have been assessed by Atos Healthcare since it began undertaking medical assessments for his Department; [88155]
(2) how many residents of each postcode area in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency have been assessed by Atos Healthcare since it began undertaking medical assessments for his Department; [88168]
(3) how many residents of Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency have been assessed by Atos Healthcare (a) in each of the last 12 months and (b) in each month since Atos began undertaking medical assessments for his Department. [88169]
Chris Grayling: The information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Cathy Jamieson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many residents of Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who (a) have cerebral palsy, (b) have osteoporosis, (c) are registered blind, (d) have hearing impairment, (e) have multiple sclerosis, (f) have autistic spectrum disorders, (g) are carers, (h) have learning difficulties and (i) have mental health disorders have been assessed by Atos Healthcare since it began undertaking medical assessments for his Department; and what proportion of the total number of assessments undertaken by Atos each figure represents. [88170]
Chris Grayling: The information requested for employment and support allowance (ESA) is not available at parliamentary constituency level. Furthermore, any breakdowns by specific medical conditions to small geographical areas risk identification of individuals as the numbers in each category are likely to be very small.
However, for ESA the Department has published information at a Great Britain level on the numbers and outcomes of initial work capability assessments by primary medical condition. The outcomes include the results of any appeals heard. The medical conditions are based on the International Classifications of Diseases, 10th Edition, published by the World Health Organisation. It is available at the following links:
http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/adhoc_analysis/2011/110919_med_cond.pdf
http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/adhoc_analysis/2011/110906_wcaresultsbycondition_clean.xls
The information requested for other benefits that Atos Healthcare undertake medical assessments for, such as disability living allowance and attendance allowance, is not routinely reported and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost to the Department.
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Work Experience: Private Sector
Mr Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of businesses taking part in his Department's work experience scheme he expects to be in the private sector. [88123]
Chris Grayling: No formal estimates have been made with regards to the proportion of work experience places in the private sector. I would expect a majority of places to be in the private sector.
Deputy Prime Minister
Equality
Mr Thomas: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what equality impact assessments he has carried out since May 2010; and for what purpose in each case. [88579]
Mr Harper: The Cabinet Office considers equality issues in exercising its functions, to comply with equality legislation and to ensure it understands how its activities will affect different people. It provides information about this consideration in various ways. In the specified period, this information was sometimes published in the form of an equality impact assessment, although there has never been a legal requirement to produce such a document.
The Constitution Group within the Cabinet Office has published two such documents during the period. This includes an Equality Impact Assessment for the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, which was published on 7 January 2011, and an Equality Impact Assessment for the draft Individual Electoral Registration legislation which was published on 30 June 2011. These are available on the Cabinet Office website.
Electoral Register
Chris Ruane: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will consider the merits of giving additional powers to the Electoral Commission to require under-performing electoral registration officers to follow Government guidelines on electoral registration. [88091]
Mr Harper: The Government are considering how to ensure the electoral registration system operates in the best interests of voters. In this context we are considering means of ensuring adequate performance by Electoral Registration Officers, including the recommendation from the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee to give the Electoral Commission powers to intervene where Electoral Registration Officers fail to meet agreed performance standards. We will respond to the Committee's report in due course.
Chris Ruane: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will consider the merits of additional ring-fenced funding for electoral activities resulting from new legislation. [88092]
Mr Harper:
Under current arrangements, it is the responsibility of local authorities to allocate resources from the revenue support grant provided by central
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Government to fund electoral registration activities and any polls that they have the responsibility for funding. The Government are committed to funding any additional electoral registration and polling activity and in respect of electoral activities more generally, will ensure that Electoral Registration Officers and Returning Officers are resourced to carry out their duties.
Chris Ruane: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his policy is on methods to ensure a full and reliable canvass in 2014. [88094]
Mr Harper: Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) will carry out an amended canvass as part of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration in 2014. In 2014 registered electors on the electoral register will be sent a personally addressed application form inviting them to register under the new system. EROs will also send out household canvass forms to those properties where there are no registered electors, or where they believe that those on the register for that property are no longer present. This will help identify eligible electors who will then be individually invited to register under the new registration system.
EROs will be obliged to chase non-responses to the individual invitations to apply to register and to the household canvass forms. This will include the use of door-to-door canvassers. This will help identify people who have not received an invitation to register and encourage those who have not applied to register to do so.
Chris Ruane: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the factors underlying the change in the number of unregistered voters between December 2010 and April 2011; and what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of unregistered voters. [88095]
Mr Harper: The Electoral Commission's research into the completeness and accuracy of the electoral registers in 2010 and 2011, confirms that the electoral register is at its most complete and accurate following the annual canvass when it is published in December. The greatest reason for the decline in completeness following the publication of the December register is people moving home. We are looking at how we can better help home movers to get on the electoral register in the right place as part of the move to Individual Electoral Registration.
Lobbying
Julian Sturdy: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he plans to publish his proposed register of lobbyists. [88320]
Mr Harper: The Government have repeatedly emphasised the commitment made in the Coalition programme for government to bring greater transparency to lobbying by establishing a statutory register. We plan to bring forward proposals in the coming weeks.
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Education
Academies: Bournemouth
Mr Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many secondary schools in Bournemouth (a) are considering applying to and (b) have applied to adopt academy status. [84075]
Mr Gibb [holding answer 1 December 2011]: As of 1 December 2011, three secondary schools in Bournemouth borough council have applied to convert to academy status, and all three have now converted. In addition, a special school (age range five to 16) applied to convert to academy status and received an academy order on 25 November. A further two secondary schools have registered an interest in applying to convert to academy status.
Two secondary schools have become sponsored academies.
Full details of schools that have formally applied for academy status, as well as a list of academies that have opened in the academic year 2010/11, can be found on the Department for Education academies website at:
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/leadership/typesof schools/academies/a0069811/schools-submitting-applications-and-academies-that-have-opened-in-201011
Colleges
Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the autumn statement, what assessment he has made of the availability of capital support for sixth form colleges. [87630]
Mr Gibb: On 13 December 2011, the Secretary of State for Education, my right hon. Friend the Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove), announced the total capital allocation for 2012-13. This included £107 million of capital funding that would be available to meet maintenance and building needs of sixth form colleges and demographic pressures for new 16-19 places in schools, academies and sixth form colleges.
£59.1 million of this funding will be allocated to the sixth form college Building Condition Improvement Fund in 2012-13 to address priority building condition needs within the sixth form college sector.
In addition £44 million will be available in the coming financial year for basic need funding for additional places for 16 to 19-year-old students where there are demographic pressures in schools, academies and sixth form colleges. This funding will also support the provision of new places in mainstream settings, including in FE colleges, for students with learning difficulties and disabilities.
The balance of the funding (£4 million) is Devolved Formula Capital (DFC) for sixth form colleges, repeating the investment introduced for sixth form colleges in 2011-12. In 2012-13 all sixth form colleges will remain eligible for DFC at a rate of £4000 per college plus £22.50 per student. This means the average allocation to a sixth form college will be in the region of £40,000. This funding is primarily for planned maintenance.
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Co-operatives
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps (a) his Department and (b) those bodies for which his Department is responsible are taking to mark UN Year of the Co-operative 2012; and if he will make a statement. [88605]
Tim Loughton: The Department and those bodies for which it is responsible are not specifically marking the UN Year of the Co-operative 2012.
Advertising: Job Vacancies
Tom Blenkinsop: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department has spent on advertising (a) in total, (b) in newspapers and magazines, (c) on television and radio and (d) online since May 2010. [83483]
Tim Loughton: The Department for Education (DfE) has approved a total of £66,678.71 on advertising since May 2010. These costs relate to recruitment advertising undertaken to fill DfE job vacancies or attract volunteers to act as expert advisors to the Department across key policy areas (non-salaried posts).
The figures used in this response are taken from records of the exemption applications approved across the marketing and advertising spending controls. Final, actual spend is not recorded and to provide individual, actual costs for each post advertised would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.
The recruitment activity included newspaper, sector/specialist magazine and online advertising. The cost breakdown against each medium is not recorded.
No paid-for television or radio advertising and no paid-for campaign advertising has been undertaken since May 2010.
Costs for the last three years are as follows:
| £ | ||||
| Total advertising spend | Total newspapers and magazines | Total television and radio | Total online (includes search) | |
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Equality
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what equality impact assessments his Department has carried out since May 2010; and for what purpose in each case. [88575]
Tim Loughton: A full list of the equality impact assessments published by the Department since May 2010 can be found on our website here:
http://www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/policiesandprocedures/equalityanddiversity/a0063621/equality-impact-assessments-carried-out-since-may-2010
A hard copy of this information has been placed in the House Libraries.
Mobile Phones
Lyn Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department spent on (a) the purchase of and (b) bills for (i) BlackBerrys and (ii) mobile telephones for (A) Ministers, (B) special advisers and (C) officials in his Department in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [72335]
Tim Loughton: During the last 12 months between September 2010 and August 2011, the Department for Education spent the following on BlackBerry smartphones and mobile telephones (all costs exclude VAT):
For (A) Ministers, the Department spent no money at all on the purchase of BlackBerrys and mobile telephones, reusing existing handsets as required. The total bill for BlackBerry usage was £1,209.65 and since no Ministers used departmental mobile phones in the period, there were no charges for their use.
For (B) special advisers, the Department spent £204 on the purchase of one new BlackBerry and again reused existing handsets where necessary. The total bill for BlackBerry usage was £803.77 and since no special advisers used departmental mobile phones in the period, there were no charges for their use.
For (C) officials in the Department (excluding Ministers and special advisers), £18,371.00 was spent on the procurement of 142 BlackBerrys and £2,285.00 for 25 mobile telephones. The total bill for their use was £240,513.81.
Official Hospitality
Mr Hain: To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether any (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010. [87611]
Tim Loughton: None of the Ministers or special advisers in the Department for Education has received hospitality from Japan Tobacco International since May 2010.
The Department for Education publishes information about hospitality received by Ministers and special advisers on a quarterly basis. Information for the period 13 May 2010 to 30 June 2011 can be viewed on the Department's website via the following links:
http://www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/departmentalinformation/transparency/b0065263/ministers-quarterly-returns
http://www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/departmental information/transparency/a0065912/special-advisers-quarterly-returns
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Information for July to September 2011 will be published in due course.
Recruitment
Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department spent on recruitment agencies in each month since September 2011. [87999]
Tim Loughton: The Department has spent the following amounts on the provision of temporary staff via the two recruitment agencies with which it has a contract.
| Spend (£) | |
| (1 )Further invoices are expected for December. | |
During this period the Department has not incurred any expenditure with a recruitment agency for the recruitment of permanent staff.
Redundancy Pay
Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much redundancy pay was paid to civil servants in his Department in each month between September and November 2011. [87997]
Tim Loughton: The Department has not made any redundancy payments. However, it has funded a number of approved voluntary exits over the period. All compensation payments have been made in line with civil service compensation scheme rules and these payments are set out in the following table:
| Number of staff | Total amount of compensation paid (£) | |
Secondment
Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what secondments there have been to his Department from (a) industry and (b) the third sector since May 2010; what the (i) purpose and (ii) duration is of each secondment; and whether each secondment was to a policy development role. [86138]
Tim Loughton: Since May 2010 there were fewer than five people seconded from the third sector into the Department. These lasted around 12 months and were to support the Munro Review, the review and development of the special education needs Green Paper and evidence-based interventions for looked after children. Of these, one secondment was in a policy development capacity.
Over the same period, there were no secondments from the industry sector.
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Departmental Temporary Employment
Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many temporary staff have been recruited to his Department between September and November 2011. [87998]
Tim Loughton: Between September and December 2011, four temporary members of staff were recruited, three in September and one in October.
Design: Education
Mr Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the level of future provision of design and technology education for 11 to 14-year-olds. [86968]
Mr Gibb [holding answer 19 December 2011]:The Government's review of the national curriculum is considering whether a numberof subjects, including design and technology, should be a part of the nationalcurriculum, and if so at which key stages. The review is being informed by responsesto the call for evidence issued on 20 January 2011 and by evidence from the educationsystems of high-performing countries. We will be announcing our initial proposals forthe national curriculum this year, following which there will be full public consultationbefore final decisions are made.
Drugs: Health Education
Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the role of education in schools in tackling drug and alcohol abuse by young people. [88407]
Sarah Teather: The Government approach to the role of education in tackling drug and alcohol misuse is set out in the Government Drug Strategy published December 2010. The Drug Strategy Inter-Ministerial Group, which includes Ministers from seven Government Departments, meets regularly to discuss progress against drug strategy commitments.
All schools should teach pupils about the effects of drugs (including alcohol, tobacco, volatile substances and medicines) through the non-statutory framework for personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) and as part of the statutory national curriculum for science.
The Government are currently reviewing PSHE education including drug and alcohol education. The aim of the review is to determine how we can support schools to improve the quality of all PSHE teaching while giving teachers the flexibility to use their professional judgment to meet the needs of their pupils. The first phase of the review has completed and the Department will be publishing proposals for public consultation in 2012.
Education Maintenance Allowance
Tom Blenkinsop: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effect of ending education maintenance allowance on retention and enrolment rates in the further education sector in 2011. [87394]
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Mr Gibb: There is no evidence that the ending of education maintenance allowance (EMA) has had an impact on overall levels of retention and enrolment rates in the further education sector. On 15 December the Government published “Building Engagement, Building Futures”, which sets out our strategy for increasing participation among 16 to 24-year-olds. Access for young people to financial support, through the 16-19 Bursary Fund, is a key element of this strategy. The Department is commissioning an independent evaluation of the Bursary Fund which will commence in due course.
Education: Harrow
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education for what reasons the London borough of Harrow received the lowest funding per pupil through total basic need grant compared to other outer London boroughs in 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. [88786]
Mr Gibb: Basic need funding is not calculated on a per-pupil basis but on an assessment of the aggregate need in each area.
In the main allocation for basic need in 2011-12 the London borough of Harrow received £3.171 million. The allocation was based on the growth expected between the base year (2010-11) and the forecast year (2013-14). In Harrow, the data showed that there was a need for primary places, but no need for additional secondary places (secondary places attract a higher weighting).
The allocation methodology for the additional £500 million in 2011-12 used a different methodology and was based solely on shortfall in pupil places (the difference between the current capacity and the forecast). The London borough of Harrow had very little shortfall at the time of the allocations (none in primary and less than 20 places in secondary) and therefore received a small allocation of these additional funds.
Free Schools
Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many of the free schools due to open in 2012 are (a) new schools and (b) existing schools transferring to free school status; [85981]
(2) how many existing free schools are (a) new schools and (b) existing schools which transferred to free school status. [85982]
Mr Gibb: Of the 24 free schools that opened in September 2011, 19 are new schools and five were previously in the independent sector. A further 67 new schools and four independent schools have been approved to move to pre-opening stage, all of which are planning to open in 2012.
Roberta Blackman-Woods: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the costs that will be incurred by local authorities as a consequence of his Department's decision not to pay section 106 contributions levied on free schools; and if he will make a statement. [87754]
Mr Gibb:
The Department for Education is funding free schools to pay contributions under reasonable and justified section 106 agreements that have been entered
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into as a condition of planning consent. The Department will continue to fund free schools to meet commitments under section 106 agreements where required.
The Government believe that the creation of new schools is strongly in the national interest. As the Planning Policy Statement of 15 August 2011 makes clear, conditions placed on school development by local planning authorities should therefore only be those absolutely necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms.
GCSE
Charlotte Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many 16-year-olds in each (a) region, (b) local authority and (c) parliamentary constituency achieved C grades or better in both English and mathematics GCSE last year. [86235]
Mr Gibb: The information requested has been placed in the House Libraries.
Damian Hinds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education which GCSE subjects are (a) tiered and (b) untiered; and whether there is variation between awarding bodies as to which GCSE subjects are tiered. [87808]
Mr Gibb: This is a matter for the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation and I have asked its chief executive, Glenys Stacey, to write directly to my hon. Friend. A copy of her reply will be placed in the House Libraries.
Letter from Glenys Stacey, dated 10 January 2012:
I am responding to your parliamentary question raised with regard to which subjects are tiered at GCSE and possible variations between awarding bodies.
I can confirm that there is no variation between awarding bodies as to which GCSE subjects are tiered. A list of subjects which are examined at foundation or higher tier and those which are examined at a single tier, are set out as follows.
If you wish to discuss this further, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Classical Subjects (Classical Greek)
Construction and the Built Environment
History (England and Wales only)
Information and Communication Technology(ICT)
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Two tiers (foundation and higher)
Classical Subjects (Classical Civilisation, Classical Latin)
Michaela Community School
Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) which sites have been considered for use by the Michaela Community Free School; [87643]
(2) whether his Department is meeting the cost of the purchase of Balham Youth Court by the Michaela Free School. [87644]
Mr Gibb [holding answer 20 December 2011]:The original application for Michaela Community School suggested a number of locations as potential permanent or temporary sites for the school but none was found to be both suitable and available.
Since the application was approved to pre-opening stage, Partnerships for Schools has conducted a further site search. This has led to negotiations about a potential site which we hope to be able to announce shortly.
Balham Youth Court has been identified by Partnerships for Schools as a potential site for a one form entry primary school, 16-19 school, studio school, Alternative Provision or special school and would not be large enough to serve as a permanent site for Michaela Community School. If a need for temporary accommodation is identified for Michaela Community School, Balham Youth Court may be considered. The Department would fund the purchase of Balham Youth Court if it was required for a free school.
Physical Education
Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he has taken to monitor progress against recommended guidelines in the activity level of school children. [88673]
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Tim Loughton: We have removed from schools the burden of having to fill in physical education and sport survey returns, which was a requirement of the previous Government. Instead, the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Surrey (Mr Hunt), will introduce a much lighter-touch system of measurement, focusing specifically on schools' participation in competitive sport as part of the School Games. In addition, there will be an independent impact study of the School Games which will sample trends in schools' participation. The details of these are currently being developed.
Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he plans to take to support children who are not motivated by competition in physical education lessons to meet guidelines for levels of physical activity. [88674]
Tim Loughton: Physical Education (PE) is a compulsory subject of the national curriculum for all pupils aged five to 16. PE will remain compulsory following the review of the national curriculum, but will have a greater focus on competitive sport. Competitive sport will not, however, be the only element of the revised programme of study for PE. As they do now, schools will teach PE in a way which motivates and engages all pupils and encourages them to be physically active.
Postgraduate Education: Admissions
Mr Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) places and (b) applications there were for PGCE courses in each subject in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011. [85569]
Mr Gibb: The available information on the number of (a) places and (b) applications for Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) courses by subject can be found in Tables A and B respectively.
| Table A: Places allocated for Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) courses by subject to start in the 2010/11 and 2011/12 academic years, England | ||
| Places | ||
| Subject | 2010/11 | 2011/12 |
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| (1) Art includes Applied Art and Design; Geography includes Leisure and Tourism; Design and Technology includes Engineering; ICT includes Applied ICT; Business Studies includes Applied Business; Science includes Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, General Science and Physics. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 5. Source: TDA ITT Trainee Numbers Census | ||
| Table B: Applications for Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) courses by subject to start in the 2010/11 and 2011/12 academic years, England | ||
| Applications (all) | ||
| Subject | 2010/11 | 2011/12 |
| (1) Modern Languages includes French, German, Italian, Other Modem Languages, Russian and Spanish; Science includes Biology, Chemistry, Combined and General Science and Physics. Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5 and include some withdrawn applications. 3. Some applications for Postgraduate ITT courses are made independently of the Graduate Teacher Training Registry and are not included in the figures. 4. Data for 2011/12 are provisional as at the end of the application process so are subject to change. 5. Membership to the GTTR changes between years, therefore the Higher Education Institutes covered may vary. Source: Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) | ||
Private Education: Inspections
Mr Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what progress has been made in transferring responsibility for inspecting child safeguarding arrangements at independent schools from Ofsted to the Independent Schools Inspectorate. [87888]
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Mr Gibb: The Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) has for many years conducted education inspections of schools affiliated to the Independent Schools Council (ISC). Until recently, all boarding welfare inspections in independent schools, including those affiliated to ISC, were conducted by Ofsted. In 2010 ISI was approved in principle to carry out boarding welfare inspections of ISC affiliated schools as this would allow combined education and boarding welfare inspections to take place. The Department took powers in the Education Act 2011 to allow Ofsted to monitor independent inspectorates' inspection of boarding provision, in the same way that it currently carries out monitoring of education inspections.
ISI carried out a small number of pilot boarding welfare inspections during the autumn term 2011, and will undertake a full schedule of boarding welfare inspections this term.
Public Expenditure
Mr Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department spent in (a) Birmingham, (b) Newcastle, (c) Wakefield, (d) Manchester, (e) Leeds, (f) Liverpool, (g) Coventry, (h) Bristol, (i) Sheffield, (j) Bradford, (k) Leicester and (l) Nottingham in the latest financial year for which figures are available. [85443]
Tim Loughton: For the financial year 2010-11 the Department for Education (DfE) provided funding to the local authorities as set out in the following table:
| Local authority | £ 000 |
Pupil Exclusions
Charlotte Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils were excluded from school in each parliamentary constituency in the latest year for which figures are available. [87398]
Mr Gibb: The requested information has been placed in the House Libraries.
Pupil Referral Units: Standards
Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of pupil referral units received each level of Ofsted rating since 2001; and how that compares with the proportion of all secondary schools receiving each level of Ofsted rating over the same period. [87681]
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Mr Gibb [holding answer 20 December 2011]:This is a matter for Ofsted. The former HM Chief Inspector, Miriam Rosen, has written to the hon. Member, and a copy of her response has been placed in the House Libraries.
Letter from Miriam Rosen, dated 19 December 2011:
Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for response.
The latest annual period for which published figures are available about maintained school inspection outcomes is the 2010/11 academic year. Since 1 September 2005, maintained school inspections have been carried out under section 5 of the Education Act 2005. Ofsted records all judgements made by inspectors in section 5 inspections, including the judgement for overall effectiveness of the school.
Schools inspected under section 5. of the Education Act 2005 were graded against a four point scale: 1—outstanding, 2—good, 3—satisfactory, and 4—inadequate.
Prior to 1 September 2005 maintained schools were inspected under section 10 of the Schools inspection Act 1996.
Schools inspected under section 10 were graded against a seven point scale: 1—excellent; 2—very good, 3—good, 4—satisfactory, 5—unsatisfactory, 6—poor, and 7—very poor.
A direct comparison cannot be made between judgements made on section 10 and section 5 inspections as different factors were taken into account when the overall effectiveness grades were awarded to schools. Thus, the following analysis breaks
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down into two sections: schools that have been inspected under section 10 and schools that have been inspected under section 5.
Table A shows the number and proportion of pupil referral units and secondary schools inspected and their overall effectiveness judgement, at their section 10 inspection, prior to 1 September 2005. Table B snows similar information for pupil referral units and secondary schools under section 5 inspections from 1 September 2005, for each academic year between 2005/06 and 2010/11.
In September 2009, Ofsted implemented a policy of more proportionate inspection using risk assessment. In doing so we selected for inspection a greater proportion of previously satisfactory or inadequate schools and a smaller proportion of previously good or outstanding schools. Inevitably, this skews the sample of schools inspected and means that comparisons between years should be treated with caution. Prior to 2009 we inspected across the whole range of schools, but from 2009 onwards the range was not representative of the national profile of schools.
Statistics covering the outcomes of ail inspections carried out in each academic year since 2005/06 can be found at:
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/advanced/resources-search/results/%2A/all/all/any/200/any?solrsort=im_search_date_mktime%20desc
The most recent official statistics release covering the outcomes of maintained school inspections carried out between 1 July 2011 and 30 September 2011 was released on 13 December 2011 and can be accessed at the same link.
A copy of this reply has been sent to Nick Gibb MP, Minister of State for Schools, and will be placed in the library of both Houses.
| Table A: Overall effectiveness judgement for pupil referral units and secondary schools inspected under section 10 for academic years between 2001/02 and 2004/05 (number and percentage of schools) (1, 2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Overall effectiveness | ||||||||||||||||
| Excellent | Very good | Good | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Poor | Very poor | ||||||||||
| Phase | Academic Year | Total | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| Table B: Overall effectiveness judgement for pupil referral units and secondary schools inspected under section 5 for academic years between 2005/06 and 2010/11 (number and percentage of schools) (1, 2) | ||||||||||
| Overall effectiveness | ||||||||||
| Outstanding | Good | Satisfactory | Inadequate | |||||||
| Phase | Academic Year | Total | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
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| (1) Percentages in the tables are rounded and may not add to 100. (2) Percentages for small numbers should be treated with caution. | ||||||||||