House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 15 May 2003 (pt 8)

Pupil Spending

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the per pupil spending figure was in (a) South Tyneside, (b) the North East and (c) England in each year since 1997. [108737]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is contained in the following table:

South Tyneside LEA and the North East of England: Average expenditure per pupil

Pre-primary and primary Secondary Pre-primary, primary and secondary

South Tyneside

1997–98 1,960 2,650 2,230

1998–99 2,120 2,760 2,370

1999–00 2,300 2,780 2,500

2000–01 2,620 2,970 2,770

2001–02 2,910 3,430 3,130

North East

1997–98 2,070 2,720 2,350

1998–99 2,190 2,780 2,440

1999–00 2,360 2,870 2,580

2000–01 2,550 3,070 2,780

2001–02 2,810 3,330 3,050

England

1997–98 2,150 2,900 2,420

1998–99 2,270 2,940 2,520

1999–00 2,410 2,980 2,650

2000–01 2,610 3,140 2,830

2001–02 2,850 3,400 3,090

	Pre-primary and primary	Secondary	Pre-primary, primary and secondary
South Tyneside
1997–98	1,960	2,650	2,230
1998–99	2,120	2,760	2,370
1999–00	2,300	2,780	2,500
2000–01	2,620	2,970	2,770
2001–02	2,910	3,430	3,130

North East
1997–98	2,070	2,720	2,350
1998–99	2,190	2,780	2,440
1999–00	2,360	2,870	2,580
2000–01	2,550	3,070	2,780
2001–02	2,810	3,330	3,050

England
1997–98	2,150	2,900	2,420
1998–99	2,270	2,940	2,520
1999–00	2,410	2,980	2,650
2000–01	2,610	3,140	2,830
2001–02	2,850	3,400	3,090

Notes:

1. Net Current Expenditure (NCE) includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by LEAs. The spend per pupil figures for pre-primary/primary relate the gross current expenditure (after recharges) in the pre-primary sector and maintained primary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained nursery and primary schools sector.

2. Real Terms figures are adjusted to 2001–02 prices using the March 2003 GDP deflators.

3. Pre-primary, primary and secondary column contains the per pupil costs across all three phases of education. The figure is not a 'sum' but a weighted average of the previous two columns figures.

4. Figures rounded to the nearest 10.

5. Financial data are drawn from the RO1 forms up to 1998–99 and from the DfES Section 52 outturn statements from 1999–2000.

6. Pupil data are drawn from the Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.

7. SEN Schools expenditure not included because it distorts the unit costs and can make meaningful comparison difficult.

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Schools Assessment Criteria

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what criteria are used to assess the gap between the best and worst performing (a) secondary and (b) primary schools; whether this gap is widening or narrowing; and at what rate. [106506]

Mr. Miliband: The Department uses a range of Key Stage and GCSE/GNVQ performance measures to report publicly on the attainment of pupils in their schools. Achievement information for individual schools is published in Performance Tables, and the Department's autumn package of pupil performance contains several school level attainment distributions for groups of schools categorised by different proportions of pupils 'known to be eligible for free school meals', and by different levels of aggregate pupil prior attainment.

The following tables show two changes in the national distributions of school performances:

(a) Percentage of pupils achieving 5+A*-C at GCSE/GNVQ.

Year Percentage point

Percentile 1997 2002 Change

95th 89 93 4

Upper quartile 55 62 7

60th 46 53 7

Median 41 48 7

40th 36 43 7

Lower quartile 27 34 7

5th 14 18 4

(b) Percentage of pupils achieving Level 4+ at Key Stage 2 English.

Source:DfES Autumn Package

	Year		Percentage Point
Percentile	1997	2002	Change
95th	93	97	4
Upper quartile	78	87	9
60th	71	82	11
Median	67	78	11
40th	61	73	12
Lower quartile	52	66	14
5th	32	46	14

Source:

DfES Autumn Package

These show that since 1997 the range of performance at Key Stage 2 has decreased with the performance of schools in the lowest quartile increasing faster than the national average. Improvement in school performance for the GCSE/GNVQ measure has been broadly the same across the attainment distribution.

Skills Development

Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what figures he collated for annual expenditure on skills development for persons over 16 (a) by publicly-financed and (b) by private sector providers in the last three years. [112202]

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Mr. Ivan Lewis: Latest figures for expenditure and training by my Department on education and training over the last three years will be contained in the Departmental Report which was published on Wednesday 14 May 2003. Information is not available on expenditure on skills development by all private sector providers. A survey conducted in 2000 estimated that the cost of providing off-the-job training for employers with 10 or more employees is £9 billion per year, excluding trainee wages, and that employers with 10 or more employees incur total costs on training of £23.5 billion per year, including trainee wages and on-the job training.

Supply Teachers

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what percentage supply teachers represent of the total number of teachers in (a) Jarrow, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear and (d) England; [108739]

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(3) how many supply teachers are working in (a) Jarrow, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear and (d) England. [108741]

Mr. Miliband: The information is not available at constituency level.

Table 1 shows occasional teachers as a percentage of the full-time equivalent teachers in the maintained sector at January 2002 ¹ .

Table 1

South Tyneside Tyne and Wear⁽²⁾ England

Regular teachers⁽³⁾ 1,460 9,710 419,620

Occasional teachers⁽⁴⁾ 100 450 17,470

All teachers 1,560 10,170 437,100

Occasional teachers as percentage of all teachers 6.4 4.4 4.0

	South Tyneside	Tyne and Wear⁽²⁾	England
Regular teachers⁽³⁾	1,460	9,710	419,620
Occasional teachers⁽⁴⁾	100	450	17,470
All teachers	1,560	10,170	437,100
Occasional teachers as percentage of all teachers	6.4	4.4	4.0

Table 2 shows occasional ⁴ teacher numbers in the maintained schools sector in January of each of the years shown.

Table 2

South Tyneside Tyne and Wear⁽²⁾ England

1997 50 2290 13,610

1998 30 330 13,150

1999 60 360 14,120

2000 60 400 16,660

2001 70 500 19,590

2002⁽¹⁾ 100 450 17,470

	South Tyneside	Tyne and Wear⁽²⁾	England
1997	50	2290	13,610
1998	30	330	13,150
1999	60	360	14,120
2000	60	400	16,660
2001	70	500	19,590
2002⁽¹⁾	100	450	17,470

⁽¹⁾ January 2002 is the most recent information currently available.

⁽²⁾ Tyne and Wear includes Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland authorities.

⁽³⁾ All teachers (FTE) on contracts of a month or more in service on the survey date (17 January 2002).

⁽⁴⁾ Teachers on contracts of less than one month in service for the whole of the day on the survey date.

Source:

DfES annual 618G survey

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Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of the total number of teachers in (a) the Bury St. Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk, (c) Norfolk, (d) Essex, (e) Cambridgeshire and (f) England supply teachers represent. [109340]

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Mr. Miliband: The information is not available at constituency level.

The table shows occasional teachers as a percentage of the full-time equivalent teachers in the maintained sector in schools on the 17 January 2002 ¹ .

Suffolk Norfolk Essex Cambridgeshire England

Regular teachers⁽⁶⁾ 5,660 6,150 10,920 4,060 419,620

Occasional teachers⁽⁷⁾ 280 340 390 110 17,470

All teachers 5,940 6,490 11,300 4,170 437,100

Occasional teachers as percentage of all teachers 4.7 5.2 3.4 2.7 4.0

	Suffolk	Norfolk	Essex	Cambridgeshire	England
Regular teachers⁽⁶⁾	5,660	6,150	10,920	4,060	419,620
Occasional teachers⁽⁷⁾	280	340	390	110	17,470
All teachers	5,940	6,490	11,300	4,170	437,100
Occasional teachers as percentage of all teachers	4.7	5.2	3.4	2.7	4.0

⁽⁵⁾ January 2002 is the most recent information currently available.

⁽⁶⁾ All teachers (FTE) on contracts of a month or more in service on the survey date (17 January 2002).

⁽⁷⁾ Teachers on contracts of less than one month in service for the whole of the day on the survey date.

Note:

Teacher numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.

Source:

DfES annual 618G survey.

Standards Fund

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money has been provided through the Raising Standards Fund in each year since the fund began for each maintained school in the East Riding of Yorkshire. [108288]

Mr. Miliband: The Standards Fund is paid to local education authorities and most is then devolved to schools. The amount of grant each school receives will depend on decisions made by the authority in consultation with its schools. The following table shows the Standards Fund grant for East Riding of Yorkshire since the Council became a local education authority in 1996–1997. The figures for 2003–04 are the grant allocated to date.

Standards Fund Grant allowed to East Riding of Yorkshire£

Year Revenue Grant Capital Grant Total Grant

1996–97 1,046,700 0 1,046,700

1997–98 1,459,767 0 1,459,767

1998–99 2,341,534 85,000 2,426,534

1999–2000 4,217,082 1,297,275 5,514,357

2000–01 6,824,041 4,151,200 10,975,241

2001–02 8,555,372 6,423,442 14,978,814

2002–03 8,685,748 9,083,498 17,769,246

2003–04 5,872,779 10,846,811 16,719,590

Year	Revenue Grant	Capital Grant	Total Grant
1996–97	1,046,700	0	1,046,700
1997–98	1,459,767	0	1,459,767
1998–99	2,341,534	85,000	2,426,534
1999–2000	4,217,082	1,297,275	5,514,357
2000–01	6,824,041	4,151,200	10,975,241
2001–02	8,555,372	6,423,442	14,978,814
2002–03	8,685,748	9,083,498	17,769,246
2003–04	5,872,779	10,846,811	16,719,590

The figures include Government grant only, they do not include local authority contributions to the Standards Fund.

The recurrent figure for 2002–03 includes class size grant of £1.7 million. The funding for class size grant is now distributed via the Education Formula Spending Shares (EFSS). East Riding of Yorkshire received an increase in EFSS per pupil of 4.9 per cent. on alike for like basis.

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