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Teaching Vacancies
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated with regard to the number of (i) head teacher and (ii) teacher vacancies; and if she will make a statement. [47479]
Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she proposes to publish the 2002 Census of Teachers undertaken in January; and if she will make a statement. [48227]
Mr. Timms: The annual Form 618g survey of teacher numbers and vacancies was conducted on 17 January 2002. I expect the provisional results of the survey to be published in late April or early May.
Green Paper
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she will publish the responses received as part of the consultation exercise linked to the publication of the Green Paper 1419: Extending Opportunities, Raising Standards. [47486]
Mr. Timms: It is not usual practice to publish all the individual responses to an official consultation. In line with Cabinet Office guidelines, we intend to make widely available analysis of the responses to the Green Paper later this year alongside announcement of decisions taken following consultation.
In line with established open Government practices, we would also expect to make available, on request, copies
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of responses from individuals and organisations who have not specifically asked that their response be kept confidential.
Departmental Policies
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the (a) title, (b) subject and (c) associated funding of each (i) project, (ii) scheme, (iii) initiative and (iv) policy announced by the Department for Education and Employment since 1997, on a monthly basis. [47497]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: Information is not held in the format requested and generating it would incur disproportionate cost.
I refer the hon. Member to the Departmental Report (April 2000) for information on the Government's policies on education and associated expenditure.
Research
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated with regard to the number of teachers in secondary schools who are teaching a subject in which they are not specifically trained; and if she will make a statement. [47480]
Mr. Timms: This information is collected as part of the Secondary Schools Curriculum and Staffing Survey. Preparations for the next survey are in hand.
Parliamentary Questions
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will take steps to improve the response time to parliamentary questions. [47719]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: In its response to the Public Administration Select Committee's Second Report of Session 200001 on Ministerial Accountability and Parliamentary Questions, the Government made clear their commitment to providing prompt and accurate answers to parliamentary questions. This continues to be the Government's position.
Learning Support Units
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding each learning support unit has attracted for each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. [47740]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: Funding for learning support units is allocated to local education authorities through the Standards Fund and the Excellence in Cities Programme. Decisions on the amount made available for each unit are made at the local level, this information is not held centrally. The tables show the funding available for each local education authority for learning support units.
Table 1 shows the funding available for learning support units and learning mentors for each authority in the Excellence in Cities programmewhich commenced
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in 1999. The table also includes those authorities with schools taking part in the Excellence Clusters programme. Funding for learning support units is made available alongside complementary support for learning mentors, it is not possible therefore to disaggregate this funding.
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Since April 2000 funding has been available for authorities outside the Excellence in Cities programme to set up and run secondary school learning support units, including capital funding in the first two years. Table 2 shows the funding available for each authority.
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Note:
Includes capital and recurrent funding in 200001 and 200102.
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Mrs. Laing: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding has been provided to each learning support unit in each year since their creation, broken down by local education authority. [48274]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: I refer the hon. Member to the reply provided earlier today to the hon. Member for Ashford (Mr. Green).
Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many learning support units in England (a) opened and (b) closed in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. [47745]
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Mr. Ivan Lewis: We are unable to provide a full breakdown of how many learning support units per local education authority have opened or closed since 1997 as we do not collate this information centrally.
However, the table does show a breakdown of the learning support units that are funded through Excellence in Cities as at 1 February 2002, including those proposed as part of the pilot set up for EiC Phase 1 Primary schools. Not all are up and running yet, the figures reflect the numbers and LEA location for approved learning support unit plans.
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| Secondary | Primary | |
|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | 8 | |
| Barnsley | 9 | |
| Birmingham | 10 | 4 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 4 | |
| Blackpool | 8 | |
| Bradford (2) | 14 | 4 |
| Brent (2) | 6 | |
| Bristol | 4 | |
| Camden | 2 | 2 |
| Corp of London | | |
| Doncaster | 17 | |
| Ealing (2) | 4 | |
| Enfield | 6 | |
| Gateshead | 6 | |
| Greenwich | 14 | 7 |
| Hackney | 8 | 2 |
| Halton | 9 | |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 5 | 1 |
| Haringey | 5 | 2 |
| Hartlepool | 6 | |
| Hounslow | 7 | |
| Islington | 7 | 2 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 4 | 1 |
| Kingston upon Hull | 9 | |
| Knowsley | 11 | 2 |
| Lambeth | 6 | 2 |
| Leeds | 15 | 5 |
| Leicester City | 4 | |
| Lewisham | 12 | 2 |
| Liverpool | 6 | 5 |
| Luton | 12 | |
| Manchester | 20 | 3 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 12 | |
| Newham | 15 | 3 |
| North Tyneside | 4 | |
| Nottingham | 21 | |
| Oldham | 8 | |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 4 | |
| Rochdale | 14 | |
| Rotherham | 17 | 2 |
| Salford | 6 | 2 |
| Sandwell | 7 | |
| Sefton (2) | 12 | |
| Sheffield | 9 | 3 |
| Solihull | 3 | |
| Southwark | 7 | 2 |
| South Tyneside (2) | 11 | |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 5 | |
| Stoke on Trent | 11 | |
| St. Helens (2) | 5 | |
| Sunderland (2) | 6 | |
| Tower Hamlets | 14 | 2 |
| Waltham Forest | 8 | 4 |
| Wandsworth | 4 | 2 |
| Westminster | 8 | 1 |
| Wirral (2) | 16 | |
| Totals | 491 | 65 |
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