Previous Section Back to Table of Contents Lords Hansard Home Page



12 Dec 2008 : Column WA13



12 Dec 2008 : Column WA13

Written Answers

Friday 12 December 2008

Health: Diabetes

Question

Asked by Lord Morris of Manchester

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families (Baroness Morgan of Drefelin): This information is not collected by the department.

Guidance issued in 2005 by the department jointly with the Department of Health, entitled Managing Medicines in Schools and Early Years Settings, specifically addresses the issue of what schools can do to help children with diabetes and other medical conditions. The guidance encourages schools to develop policies on managing medicines and supporting pupils with medical needs. It also encourages schools to draw up, in consultation with parents and medical professionals, individual health care plans for children with medical needs.

Pensions

Question

Asked by Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families (Baroness Morgan of Drefelin): Application of pension entitlement principles in individual cases is a matter for the employer concerned, in this case the London Borough of Haringey.



12 Dec 2008 : Column WA14

Schools: Male Teachers

Question

Asked by Lord Stoddart of Swindon

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families (Baroness Morgan of Drefelin): Provisional information from the database of teacher records shows that, in 2006, 16 per cent of full-time regular teachers in nursery and primary schools were male. The figure for secondary schools is 43 per cent.

Asked by Lord Stoddart of Swindon

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin: Information on the gender of teaching assistants is not collected centrally.

Schools: Meals

Question

Asked by Lord Hanningfield

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families (Baroness Morgan of Drefelin): The department does not collect this information. However, the latest annual survey undertaken by the School Food Trust reports average costs across all authorities as follows:

PrimarySecondary

2007-08—price per meal

£1.67

£1.77

Ingredient cost

£0.62

Not available

Labour cost

£1.06

Not available

The department is providing £240 million subsidy to local authorities between 2008 and 2011 towards the cost of producing school lunches.


Back to Table of Contents Lords Hansard Home Page