Rents
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the cost of renting a three-bedroom family property in each (a) region of the UK and (b) London borough in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. [166917]
Mr Prisk: The published estimates of private rents by type of property and area are published by the Valuation Office Agency, and are available online, respectively for 2011-12 and 2012-13, at:
www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/statisticalReleases/120531_PrivateResidentialRentalMarketStatistics.html
www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/statisticalReleases/130530_PrivateRentalMarket.html
The Valuation Office Agency figures show that the median, private sector, monthly rent of a three bedroom property in England was £650 in 2011-12 and also £650 in 2012-13.
More broadly, I would observe that the Office for National Statistics Index of Private Housing Rental Statistics (26 June 2013) shows that private sector rents
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rose by just 1.3% in England in the 12 months to May 2013, a fall in real terms, given consumer prices index inflation was 2.7% in the same period.
Social Rented Housing: Housing Benefit
Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make an assessment of the effects on levels of rent arrears reported by registered social landlords in (a) Barnsley central constituency, (b) Barnsley and (c) each region of England in (i) April 2012, (ii) May 2012, (iii) June 2012, (iv) April 2013, (v) May 2013 and (vi) June 2013 of the changes made in housing benefit rules which took effect on 1 April 2013. [166605]
Mr Prisk: I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 8 July 2013, Official Report, column 33W.
Travellers: Caravan Sites
Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many decisions relating to potential Traveller and show people sites have been determined by the Planning Inspectorate in 2013 to date. [166856]
Brandon Lewis: Between 1 January 2013 and 12 August, the Planning Inspectorate has determined 89 decisions relating to traveller sites (including travelling show people).
Written Questions
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many questions answered by his Department included fewer than four pages of statistics in the Official Report for the last month; [166697]
(2) if he will make it his policy to ensure that all answers provided by his Department containing tables of statistical data which would not require more than four pages in the Official Report are published in full rather than by reference to a hyperlink. [166722]
Brandon Lewis: 16 answers in June 2013 included tables of figures in the substantive answer.
As I explained to the hon. Member in my answer to him of 17 July 2013, Official Report, column 708W, tables of unpublished statistics that are short in length will generally be included in the answer but longer and more complex tables and datasets are deposited in the Library of the House on a case by case basis.
Education
Academies
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many academies have been co-sponsored by local authorities to date; and if he will make a statement. [166959]
Mr Timpson:
14 local authorities have co-sponsored 20 academies. The role of co-sponsor varies in each academy but all co-sponsors work closely with the lead sponsor. The role of a co-sponsor could include promotion
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of the academy within the local community. Co-sponsors may be appointed by the lead sponsor as a member or governor of the academy trust.
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what freedoms are available to academies that are not automatically available to local authority schools; and if he will make a statement. [166984]
Mr Timpson: Academies are independent of local authorities and have a range of freedoms and flexibilities that give headteachers and teachers more power to teach, spend money and run their schools in the way that best meets the needs of their pupils, parents and the local community.
Academy freedoms include the following areas:
(a) Deployment of budgets.
(b) Delivery of the curriculum (academies are required to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, including English, mathematics, science and religious education).
(c) Pay, conditions and employment of staff.
(d) Setting the length of school days and terms.
(e) Governance.
(f) Procuring services.
(g) Setting up early years provision.
(h) Management of assets.
Some freedoms will vary from academy to academy and are dependent on when their funding agreement was signed.
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the cost has been of each new academy built since 2010; and what the estimated costs are of each academy so far approved but not completed. [166985]
Mr Timpson: Academy new build1 projects are procured and delivered by local authorities and academy trusts with funding support from the Department. The Department does not record any additional contributions from local authorities or academy sponsors towards these schemes. As such, the Department does not hold complete information on each academy's total cost.
Since 2010, the Department has approved 105 new build academy projects. Of these, 80 were continuing new build projects under the existing Building Schools for the Future (BSF) and Framework Academies programmes. The average funding allocation for these projects was £23 million.
The remaining 25 new build projects were approved through the 71 Academies programme. These projects were subject to detailed scrutiny as part of the review following the July 2010 announcement on BSF. This resulted in substantial savings. The average funding allocation for these projects was £14 million. This is a saving of approximately 40% compared to the continuing BSF and Framework projects.
1 New build is defined as replacing 70% or more of the existing school estate with new buildings. These numbers do not include refurbishment projects. This information is supplied by third parties and cannot be guaranteed as correct.
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the (a) GCSE results and (b) truancy rates were for each academy in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement. [166986]
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Mr Timpson: Results for all academies are published in the “School and College Performance Tables” each year.
The closest measure we have to assess truancy rates is the unauthorised absence rate. This includes family holidays taken during term time but not agreed by the head teacher, late arrival at school, and any other absence that is not authorised.
At secondary level, rates of unauthorised absence are lower in academies than in all state-funded schools—in 2011/12, there was a rate of unauthorised absence of 1.2% in secondary academies, compared to 1.3% in all state-funded secondary schools.
Information on unauthorised absence for those academies with GCSE results for 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12 has been placed in the House Library.
Chethams School of Music
Lucy Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he has received the action plan from Chethams School of Music expected in May 2013; and whether he is confident that the necessary safeguarding and child protection measures are in place to protect pupils at the school. [167088]
Mr Timpson: The school's action plan was received on 7 May and after evaluation by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, it was approved by the Department with modifications. The school is now working to complete the actions set out in the plan. A progress monitoring inspection will be carried out early in the autumn term and on the basis of that, and any other evidence available, the Secretary of State will decide whether regulatory standards have been met.
Children in Care
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children have been (a) in care and (b) taken into care in each year since 2010; if he will place in the Library a breakdown of the reasons why children went into care; and if he will make a statement. [166950]
Mr Timpson: The information requested has been provided in the table.
A child taken into care is defined as one who starts to be looked-after, or one who is looked-after, under a legal status of care order: police protection order, emergency protection order or child assessment order. Children in care or taken into care are a subset of those looked-after or who start to be looked-after at any point during the year ending 31 March.
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Children: Day Care
Lucy Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the availability of places for the 130,000 disadvantaged two-year-olds eligible for the free 15 hours childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds scheme. [167000]
Elizabeth Truss: From 1 September 2013 local authorities will be under a statutory duty to secure a place for any eligible two-year-old should their parents wish them to take up a place. The early years market is already responding positively to the increase in demand for early learning for two-year-olds. In April 2013 reports from local authorities suggested that more than 50,000 two-year-olds were already accessing a place. The Government will continue to monitor take-up closely.
Lucy Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) whether the Government have any plans to regulate nannies and other home child carers working outside the childcare regulatory system; [167001]
(2) what assessment his Department has made of the role of grandparents and other extended family members in providing informal childcare. [167003]
Elizabeth Truss: On 16 July 2013 we launched a public consultation on the regulation of childcare. This has been placed in the House Library. We propose to streamline registration processes while maintaining and strengthening safeguarding and welfare requirements for registered providers. The types of provision the questions refer to are not currently required to register with Ofsted. We are not proposing to change those arrangements which provide essential flexibility for busy, working parents. The consultation will close on 30 September:
https://www.education.gov.uk/consultations/index.cfm?action =consultationDetails&consultationId=1921&external =no&menu=1
Children: Mental Health Services
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to improve access to mental health services for children; and if he will make a statement. [166949]
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Mr Timpson: The Government are helping children and young people access good mental health services through the Improving Access for Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme, which is the responsibility of NHS England. The Department of Health have funded Children and Young People's IAPT with £54 million, and underlined that commitment by emphasising the importance of children and young people's mental health through the NHS Mandate. This will encourage local clinical commissioning groups to invest in children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).
It is best practice for CAMHS to offer a triage service so they can more quickly identify children and young people who need specialist provision very quickly, or where needs are less urgent, signpost them to a more appropriate source of support. Many schools and colleges offer pastoral support, including access to counselling sessions to support their students' mental health and well-being.
Increased targeted access to CAMHS, as well as other support services, will be reinforced by reforming the current behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD) category of special educational need. The new category description will promote awareness of mental health issues and enable more targeted support.
Classroom Assistants
Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent assessment he has made of the role of teaching assistants. [166855]
Mr Laws: The Department's recent publication, ‘Review of Efficiency in the School System’1 outlines a range of reforms to support and encourage effective work force deployment. The review shows that differences in the impact of teaching assistants on school attainment can be explained by factors associated with their deployment. We have, therefore, begun gathering information about models of effective practice, which we intend to share with schools.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-efficiency-in-the-schools-system
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what change there has been in the number of teaching assistants in England since 2010; what assessment he has made of the effects of that change on levels of pupil attainment; and if he will make a statement. [166951]
Mr Laws: The number of teaching assistants in publicly funded schools has increased by 18,400, from 213,900 in 2010 to 232,300 in 2012.
It is for headteachers and school governors to decide whether to employ teaching assistants and in what capacity and this includes determining their role and responsibilities and how they should be deployed. In making such decisions we expect headteachers to consider evidence about the impact teaching assistants have on pupils' attainment, which indicates that this is mainly dependent on the way in which they are deployed.
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many teaching assistants are employed in each (a) Government region and (b) local education authority. [166952]
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Mr Laws: The information requested is provided in the following table:
| Number of full-time equivalent teaching assistants by local authority and region—England, November 2012 | |
| Total number of teaching assistants (full-time equivalent) | |
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| 1 The published national figure for teaching assistants is approximately 1,000 higher than the sum of local authorities and regions as it includes an estimate of teaching assistants working in the small number of schools for which data were not received. Source: School Workforce Census (Underlying data (Excel format): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2012 | |
Curriculum
Fabian Hamilton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will use any unused funds from the phonics matched funding scheme to give additional support for extra curriculum resources for schools for the new National Curriculum; and if he will make a statement; [166638]
(2) which schools have participated in the matched funding for phonics programme to date; and if he will make a statement. [166639]
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Elizabeth Truss: Until the end of October this year the Department is offering match-funding to all state-funded schools in England with key stage 1 and key stage 2 pupils to purchase phonics products and training. By the end of July we had provided match-funding to 13,432 schools.
Schools have until the end of October 2013 to claim the match-funding. If there is any unspent funding the Department will consider how to allocate it in line with its priorities.
Nic Dakin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what support he will provide for continuing professional development to ensure teachers are equipped to teach the curriculum following the National Curriculum Reform; when such budgetary support will be determined; and if he will make a statement; [166654]
(2) what steps he is taking to raise awareness among teachers of the changes made to the teaching of the curriculum following the National Curriculum Reform; and if he will make a statement. [166656]
Elizabeth Truss: The Government believe that schools are best placed to decide which professional development meets their needs to support successful implementation of the new national curriculum, and to secure these accordingly. We therefore expect schools to identify their own priorities for action, and to identify appropriate sources of support. We recognise that the high expectations set by the new national curriculum will present some challenges for schools. To assist with this, existing opportunities funded by Government in core subjects are being adapted to reflect the requirements of the new curriculum. For example, the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) has a range of support for schools on implementing the new curriculum, and Myscience.co Limited, who run the Science Learning Centres, are also refocusing their support. The match funding scheme of £3,000 for phonics materials and training has been extended until October 2013. We have made £2 million available to recruit 400 master teachers in computer science over the next two years. We also announced a further £2 million to support teaching schools to take forward the delivery of the new curriculum in their alliances. In March we announced £150 million a year of ring-fenced funding for primary school sport.
We are also working with subject experts, publishers, educational suppliers and others to identify what support for schools is already in place, any gaps that need to be filled, and how that might be done. This will also support providers in adapting their initial teacher training to take account of the new curriculum from 2013/14 onwards. In addition, we have given prominence to national curriculum subjects in our bursaries for teacher training commencing in September 2013.
We have made considerable efforts to make sure that both teachers and the general public are aware of the changes we are making to the national curriculum. Our consultation on the new programmes of study between February and April this year attracted over 17,000 responses, many of which were from teachers. When the final version of the curriculum is available in September, we will use a range of communications channels to make sure that schools are aware of the changes, and where they can access quality support to prepare to introduce them.
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Extended Schools
Mary Creagh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many breakfast clubs there are in schools by (a) region and (b) local authority. [166823]
Elizabeth Truss: The Department for Education does not collect information about the number of breakfast clubs in schools in England. It is up to schools individually to decide whether or not to operate a breakfast club.
Breakfast clubs can support a healthy start to the school day and provide more affordable child care for parents. On 12 July 2013 we published the School Food Plan1, in which the Department has agreed to provide £3.15 million over the next two years to increase healthy breakfast provision in schools where over 40% of pupils are eligible for free school meals.
The Government are also making it easier to set up on-site breakfast clubs. Subject to the will of Parliament, we will introduce legislation to allow child care providers to register once with Ofsted for provision on multiple sites. We will also work with schools and child care providers to look at ways in which we can help make it easier for out-of-hours provision to be made available on school sites.
1Note:
http://www.schoolfoodplan.com
Families: Advisory Services
Lucy Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what funding his Department has provided for Family Information Services in each of the last four years; and what such funding it plans to provide in 2014-15. [167002]
Mr Laws: Local authorities have a legal duty under section 12 of the Children's Act 2006 to provide information, advice and assistance to parents, and prospective parents, about the provision of child care, early years and other children's services.
Funding for this was included in the Early Intervention Grant, which from 2013-14 transferred into the Department of Communities and Local Government's new Business Rates Retention Scheme. The Early Intervention Grant and the Business Rates Retention Scheme are not ring-fenced and it is for each local authority to decide how to allocate the available funding to best meet local needs and priorities.
The Department does not therefore hold a breakdown of this information.
Financial Services: Education
Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what importance he proposes to give to (a) the principles of financial education and (b) financial mathematics in his revision of the National Curriculum. [166509]
Elizabeth Truss: The Government have made financial education and financial mathematics a priority in our revision of the national curriculum.
Through our proposed revisions to the citizenship curriculum, for the first time we are making financial education compulsory in maintained schools from age 11 to 16.
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We have also strengthened the mathematics curriculum in two ways. Primary school pupils will focus more on mastering arithmetic, including arithmetic with money and percentages, giving them the necessary foundations for their financial education in secondary school. Secondary school pupils will be taught the mathematics necessary to enable them to make sound financial decisions on matters such as mortgages and loan repayments. We also intend to include financial mathematics in the new mathematics GCSE from 2015.
Free School Meals
Lucy Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he plans to consult on the eligibility of free school meals for children whose parents will be in receipt of universal credit ahead of the introduction of universal credit. [166994]
Mr Laws: We have not yet made final decisions on what the entitlement criteria for free school meals under universal credit will be. We are working with the Department for Work and Pensions to develop suitable criteria which will ensure that free lunches continue to be available to those families on the lowest incomes.
We will allow good time for interested parties to comment on our proposals before we introduce the new criteria.
Free Schools
Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what discussions he had with the (a) Roman Catholic Church and (b) Church of England when deciding on a 50% cap on admissions for Free Schools. [166900]
Mr Timpson: Ministers from the Department for Education met representatives of the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England during the passage of the Academies Act 2010, discussing a range of issues of interest to the churches, including admissions. Our position remains that when schools are undersubscribed, there is no cap restricting the number or proportion of pupils of a particular faith who can be admitted to a faith free school; and when faith free schools are oversubscribed, they can offer up to 50% of places on the basis of faith.
GCSE
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of GCSE entries from (a) independent schools and (b) state schools scored an A* or A grade in each year since 2010. [166963]
Mr Laws: The requested information is given in the following table.
| Proportion of GCSE examination entries1 for pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieving A* to A grades, between 2009/10 to 2011/122 in England | |||
| Percentage | |||
| 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | |
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| 1 Includes attempts and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years. 2 Discounting has been applied. This means that the best grade is only counted where pupils have taken the same subject more than once. 3 State-funded schools include academies, free schools, city technology colleges and state-funded special schools but exclude independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools and alternative provision, including pupil referral units. Source: 2011/12 Key Stage 4 attainment data (Final) | |||
Headteachers
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of head teachers in England are within (a) one year, (b) two, (c) three, (d) five and (e) 10 years of standard pension age; and if he will make a statement. [166956]
Mr Laws: The following table provides the percentage of full-time equivalent head teachers in service in publicly funded schools in England within one year, two years, three years, five years and 10 years of their normal pension age (NPA) of 60 in November 2012, the latest information available. No head teachers with a NPA of 65 were within 10 years of that age.
| Years before normal pension age | Percentage of head teachers1,2 |
| 1 Percentages are cumulative. 2 There were a further 6.1% of head teachers in service who were over their NPA. Source: School Workforce Census | |
Members: Correspondence
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects that the Minister of State for Schools will reply to the letter to him of 3 July 2013 from the hon. Member for Harrow West; and if he will make a statement. [166920]
Mr Laws: A response to the letter of 3 July 2013 was sent to the hon. Member for Harrow West on 6 August 2013.
Offences against Children
Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what support his Department is providing to local safeguarding children's boards to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation among Year 6 and Year 7 students; [166816]
(2) what steps his Department is taking to ensure the provision of resources for voluntary organisations that are effectively supporting official agencies in tackling child sexual exploitation. [166817]
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Mr Timpson: The Government are leading a concerted campaign against child sexual exploitation (CSE). The foundations laid through the Government's 2011 Tackling CSE Action Plan are now being taken forward through the wider drive to tackle sexual violence against children and vulnerable people announced on 24 July 2013.
Local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) play a lead role in tackling CSE, agreeing strategies and awareness raising with local statutory partners, and putting in place effective measures to protect and support those most at risk. To support these activities, the Department issued revised Working Together guidance in April 2013. This sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and how practitioners should conduct the assessment of children.
From September 2012 to March 2014 the Department is providing £240,000 in funding to the Association of Independent LSCB chairs which, among other things, has allowed the appointment of a lead officer to share and embed effective practice on CSE, missing and trafficked children.
The Department is also investing £1.8 million in the following four new voluntary and community sector projects that are developing and undertaking various activities to tackle CSE:
The National Working Group project, which supports LSCBs on CSE issues by providing information, specialist advice and guidance;
Parents Against Child Sexual Exploitation (PACE), an organisation who help to engage parents and carers in safeguarding children from abuse and exploitation;
A Barnardo's project, Families and Communities Against Sexual Exploitation, which aims to embed more effective practice on safeguarding children and young people, including those in foster care; and
A project run by Yorkshire MESMAC (Men who have sex with men—action in the community) which aims to improve awareness of the prevalence of sexual exploitation among boys and young men.
David T. C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Education further to his letter to the hon. Member for Monmouth, what progress his Department has made on locating the school attended by Adil Rashid. [166926]
Elizabeth Truss: We are currently in contact with Nottingham Crown Court regarding this case, following which the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools, Lord Nash, will write to my hon. Friend.
Primary Education: Class Sizes
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will estimate the annual cost of reducing class sizes at Key Stage 1 in English schools to (a) 20 or fewer and (b) 25 or fewer. [166957]
Mr Laws: We have not made estimates of the costs of specific smaller class size limits.
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Publications
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance his Department gives to its officials on making references to the policies of the previous Government in the drafting of press releases, statements, explanatory memoranda and other departmental publications. [166989]
Elizabeth Truss: The Department for Education does not issue specific guidance on making references to the policies of the previous Government in the drafting of press releases, statements, explanatory memoranda and other departmental publications. They are all drafted in accordance with the Civil Service Code, which forms part of the terms and conditions of employment of every civil servant.
Pupil Exclusions
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of appeals against permanent exclusion were decided in favour of parents in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement. [166978]
Elizabeth Truss: Information on the number and percentage of appeals determined in favour of the parent for 1997/98 to 2011/12 in maintained primary, secondary and special schools can be found in table 13 of the ‘Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools in England 2011/12’ Statistical First Release1. A copy of this document has been placed in the House Library.
This Government have ensured that from September 2012 appeal panels can no longer force heads to readmit pupils they permanently excluded.
1 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/224893/SFR29-2013.pdf
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils were (a) temporarily and (b) permanently excluded from English (i) infant schools, (ii) primary schools, (iii) secondary schools and (iv) colleges in each year since 2010, by age; and if he will make a statement. [166987]
Elizabeth Truss: Information for state-funded primary schools and state-funded secondary schools for 2009/10 to 2011/12 is shown in the table. The Department does not have information for colleges.
To provide data for infant schools would incur disproportionate cost.
The latest information on the number of permanent and fixed period exclusions for the 2011/12 school year is published in the ‘Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools in England 2011/121 Statistical First Release'.
1Note:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-from-schools-in-england-2011-to-2012-academic-year
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| State-funded primary and state-funded secondary schools1,2,3: number of permanent exclusions and number of pupils with one or more fixed period exclusions by age, England, 2009/10 to 2011/12 | ||||||||
| Permanent exclusions | ||||||||
| State-funded primary schools1,2 | ||||||||
| 2009/104 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2009/104 | |||||
| Age6 | No. of permanent exclusions | % of the school population5 | No. of permanent exclusions | % of the school population5 | No. of permanent exclusions | % of the school population5 | No. of permanent exclusions | % of the school population5 |
| Permanent exclusions | ||||
| State-funded secondary schools1,3 | ||||
| 2010/11 | 2011/12 | |||
| Age6 | No. of permanent exclusions | % of the school population5 | No. of permanent exclusions | % of the school population5 |
| Pupils with one or more fixed period exclusions7 | ||||||||
| State-funded primary schools1,2 | ||||||||
| 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2009/10 | |||||
| Age6 | No. of pupils with one or more fixed period exclusions | % of the school population8 | No. of pupils with one or more fixed period exclusions | % of the school population8 | No. of pupils with one or more fixed period exclusions | % of the school population8 | No. of pupils with one or more fixed period exclusions | % of the school population8 |
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| Pupils with one or more fixed period exclusions7 | ||||
| State-funded secondary schools1,3 | ||||
| 2010/11 | 2011/12 | |||
| Age6 | No. of pupils with one or more fixed period exclusions | % of the school population8 | No. of pupils with one or more fixed period exclusions | % of the school population8 |
| ‘*’ = Less than 5, or a percentage based on less than 5. 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Includes all primary academies, including free schools. 3 Includes city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools. 4 Figures relating to permanent exclusions for 2009/10 are estimates based on incomplete pupil-level data. Totals include permanent exclusions where the pupil's age could not be determined. 5 The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils in each age and school type (excluding dually registered pupils) in January each year. 6 Age as at 31 August of the previous academic year. 7 Pupils may be counted more than once if they moved schools during the year, or are registered at more than one school. 8 The number of pupils with one or more fixed period exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils in each age and school type (excluding dually registered pupils) in January each year. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | ||||
Pupils: Disadvantaged
Jonathan Lord: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much schools in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) England received in funding from the pupil premium in 2011-12; and how much such schools received in 2012-13. [166779]
Mr Laws: The pupil premium funding allocations for Woking, Surrey and England are set out in the following table:
| Financial year 2011-12 | Financial year 2012-13 | ||||
| Area | Amount received (£) | Number of pupils eligible | Amount received (£) | Number of pupils eligible | Summer schools funding (£) |
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| 1 We are unable to provide data regarding pupils attending alternative provision or those recorded as looked after children at parliamentary constituency level as these figures are collected at local authority level only. | |||||
Between 2011-12 and 2012-13, the pupil premium budget doubled in size. As a result, we extended the eligibility criteria so that a pupil who has claimed free school meals at any point in the previous six years became eligible.
In addition, the per pupil rate for the deprivation and looked after child premium increased from £488 to £623 per pupil and the service child premium increased from £200 to £250 per pupil.
In 2013-14, the pupil premium budget further increased to £1.875 billion, which allowed the per pupil rate for the deprivation and looked after child premium to rise to £900 per pupil and the service child premium increased to £300 per pupil. In 2014-15, the budget will increase to £2.5 billion and primary schools will receive £1300 per eligible pupil. We expect to announce the secondary school rate for 2014-15 shortly.
Pupils: West Midlands
Steve McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department spent per pupil for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local authority area in the West Midlands for each year since 2010. [166921]
Mr Laws: Since the introduction of the dedicated schools grant (DSG) in the financial year 2006 to 2007 the Department does not distribute funding to local authorities on the basis of phase of education. The total per pupil revenue funding figures for financial years 2010 to 2013 for all local authorities in the west midlands are provided in the following table. The following figures are for all funded pupils aged three to 15 and are in cash terms. These figures do not include pupil premium allocations, which are shown separately.
| Average revenue per pupil funding (DSG + grants cash) | |||
| £ | |||
| 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | |
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| Notes: 1. For financial year 2010 to 2011 this covers funding through the dedicated schools grant, school standards grant, school standards grant (personalisation) and standards fund; it excludes grants which are not allocated at local authority level. 2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10. 3. In financial year 2011 to 2012, most separate grants were mainstreamed in to the DSG. The exceptions were grants that were time-limited and planned to end in financial year 2010 to 2011. 4. Figures do not include pupil premium. Details of which are shown separately. | |||
The figures for the financial year 2010 to 2011 do not include funding from the Young People's Learning Agency to ensure that figures are on the basis of funding for pupils aged three to 15 and are comparable with figures for financial years 2011 to 2013.
In financial year 2013 to 2014, the DSG was reformed to allocate funding to local, authorities in three blocks (schools, early years and high needs) and so figures are not comparable to previous years. For information, the schools block unit of funding (SBUF), which does not cover funding for early years or high needs, for west midlands local authorities is given as follows:
| Local Authority | 2013-14 SBUF (£) |
From financial year 2011 to 2012 schools have received the pupil premium, which targets funding at pupils from the most deprived backgrounds to help them achieve their full potential. In that year, the premium was allocated for each pupil known to be eligible for free school meals, looked after children and children of parents in the armed services. In financial year 2012 to 2013 coverage was expanded to include pupils known to have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years. The amounts per pupil amounts for each type of pupil are shown in following table in cash terms:
| Pupil Premium per pupil (£) | |||
| 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | |
Total pupil premium allocations for all local authorities in the west midlands region for each year are shown in the following table in cash terms:
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| (£ millions) | |||
| Pupil premium allocations | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-141 |
| 1 Allocations for financial year 2013 to 2014 are indicative and are based on January 2012 pupil numbers. Final allocations will be based on January 2013 pupil numbers. | |||