David Simpson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of his staff in each of the last three years; and at what total cost. [72998]
Mr. Dhanda:
The following table shows the percentage of staff in my Department receiving non-pensionable bonuses in each of the last three years, and the total cost.
| | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
|
Percentage of bonuses
|
26
|
32
|
33
|
|
Cost (£)
|
922,000
|
1,462,000
|
1,835,000
|
|
Percentage of paybill
|
0.6
|
0.96
|
33
|
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Education and Inspections Bill
Mr. Hayes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the impact of human rights legislation on the drafting of the Education and Inspections Bill. [73951]
Jim Knight:
The former Secretary of State signed a certificate under section 19 of the Human Rights Act indicating that the provisions of the Bill are, in her opinion, compliant with the ECHR/HRA Schedule rights.
During consideration of the Bill on Report I indicated that I would respond in writing to the hon. Member for Brent, East regarding the human rights considerations related to confiscation of property. I will publish that letter in the Library.
Education Funding
Andrew Rosindell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the funding was per pupil in (a) primary, (b) infant, (c) junior and (d) secondary schools in each (i) London borough and (ii) local education authority in 2005-06. [75454]
Jim Knight:
The information requested is not yet available. The Department is due to collect the section 52 outturn data relating to the 2005-06 financial year from August 2006.
Education Maintenance Allowance
Jim Cousins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many education maintenance allowances are being paid in each local education authority in England; what percentage of the relevant age cohort these figures represent; and what estimate he has made of the take-up rate in each area. [75213]
Mr. Dhanda:
EMA 2005/06 take-up to April 2006 and is shown in the following table.
| | Take-up current year (April 2006) | Take-up as proportion of age cohort | Take-up as proportion of eligible population |
| Local authority | 16-year-olds | 17-year-olds | 16-year-olds (percentage) | 17-year-olds (percentage) | 16-year-olds (percentage) | 17-year-olds (percentage) |
|
Camden
|
753
|
687
|
41
|
39
|
86
|
86
|
|
Greenwich
|
1,154
|
930
|
42
|
33
|
87
|
81
|
|
Hackney
|
1,388
|
1,227
|
55
|
47
|
91
|
92
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
596
|
550
|
41
|
37
|
83
|
86
|
|
Islington
|
896
|
696
|
52
|
40
|
99
|
85
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
349
|
317
|
27
|
26
|
96
|
92
|
|
Lambeth
|
1,517
|
1,241
|
60
|
47
|
99
|
92
|
|
Lewisham
|
1,326
|
1,079
|
46
|
38
|
90
|
82
|
|
Southwark
|
1,380
|
1,162
|
51
|
44
|
92
|
90
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
1,587
|
1,336
|
64
|
53
|
93
|
87
|
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7 Jun 2006 : Column 648W
|
Wandsworth
|
900
|
689
|
46
|
36
|
96
|
81
|
|
Westminster
|
564
|
534
|
36
|
34
|
86
|
89
|
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
922
|
697
|
40
|
32
|
97
|
88
|
|
Barnet
|
1,125
|
1,009
|
29
|
27
|
89
|
92
|
|
Bexley
|
849
|
677
|
27
|
22
|
81
|
77
|
|
Brent
|
1,441
|
1,303
|
46
|
42
|
94
|
92
|
|
Bromley
|
940
|
715
|
23
|
19
|
78
|
73
|
|
Croydon
|
1,568
|
1,213
|
35
|
28
|
94
|
83
|
|
Ealing
|
1,330
|
1,266
|
39
|
37
|
87
|
91
|
|
Enfield
|
1,380
|
1,142
|
38
|
32
|
89
|
83
|
|
Haringey
|
1,228
|
1,156
|
50
|
45
|
88
|
92
|
|
Harrow
|
924
|
825
|
34
|
27
|
95
|
93
|
|
Havering
|
833
|
623
|
28
|
21
|
82
|
72
|
|
Hillingdon
|
909
|
741
|
28
|
23
|
82
|
79
|
|
Hounslow
|
978
|
804
|
39
|
32
|
93
|
84
|
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
390
|
308
|
22
|
18
|
85
|
79
|
|
Merton
|
682
|
526
|
33
|
25
|
91
|
81
|
|
Newham
|
2,021
|
1,749
|
56
|
49
|
96
|
93
|
|
Redbridge
|
1,139
|
1,045
|
33
|
32
|
80
|
85
|
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
352
|
309
|
20
|
18
|
83
|
82
|
|
Sutton
|
595
|
482
|
25
|
20
|
83
|
76
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
1,246
|
1,037
|
45
|
38
|
84
|
83
|
|
Birmingham
|
6,330
|
5,262
|
44
|
37
|
86
|
83
|
|
Coventry
|
1,569
|
1,176
|
38
|
29
|
85
|
73
|
|
Dudley
|
1,402
|
1,087
|
34
|
27
|
85
|
76
|
|
Sandwell
|
1,834
|
1,445
|
47
|
37
|
89
|
82
|
|
Solihull
|
728
|
542
|
25
|
19
|
83
|
74
|
|
Walsall
|
1,374
|
1,090
|
39
|
32
|
86
|
77
|
|
Wolverhampton
|
1,508
|
1,134
|
45
|
35
|
87
|
76
|
|
Knowsley
|
1,178
|
891
|
51
|
39
|
92
|
82
|
|
Liverpool
|
2,839
|
2,188
|
48
|
37
|
89
|
77
|
|
St. Helens
|
976
|
759
|
41
|
33
|
99
|
84
|
|
Sefton
|
1,602
|
1,260
|
39
|
31
|
85
|
79
|
|
Wirral
|
1,749
|
1,274
|
40
|
29
|
86
|
71
|
|
Bolton
|
1,433
|
1,161
|
37
|
31
|
82
|
79
|
|
Bury
|
812
|
647
|
30
|
24
|
76
|
72
|
|
Manchester
|
2,685
|
2,213
|
46
|
39
|
88
|
83
|
|
Oldham
|
1,407
|
1,005
|
45
|
32
|
91
|
74
|
|
Rochdale
|
1,246
|
1,036
|
40
|
34
|
81
|
79
|
|
Salford
|
997
|
816
|
35
|
29
|
81
|
80
|
|
Stockport
|
993
|
897
|
26
|
24
|
75
|
76
|
|
Tameside
|
1,183
|
891
|
38
|
29
|
84
|
73
|
|
Trafford
|
919
|
805
|
32
|
30
|
82
|
80
|
|
Wigan
|
1,476
|
1,125
|
36
|
27
|
85
|
76
|
|
Barnsley
|
1,008
|
789
|
34
|
28
|
81
|
74
|
|
Doncaster
|
1,445
|
1,075
|
36
|
27
|
86
|
74
|
|
Rotherham
|
1,191
|
880
|
34
|
26
|
85
|
73
|
|
Sheffield
|
2,213
|
1,742
|
35
|
28
|
81
|
75
|
|
Bradford
|
2,963
|
2,256
|
43
|
34
|
90
|
79
|
|
Calderdale
|
984
|
720
|
37
|
27
|
83
|
69
|
|
Kirklees
|
1,883
|
1,546
|
34
|
29
|
82
|
77
|
|
Leeds
|
3,154
|
2,221
|
33
|
23
|
88
|
73
|
|
Wakefield
|
1,429
|
1,064
|
32
|
24
|
82
|
72
|
|
Gateshead
|
971
|
783
|
40
|
32
|
84
|
78
|
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
1,149
|
893
|
35
|
29
|
88
|
77
|
|
North Tyneside
|
905
|
676
|
36
|
27
|
80
|
70
|
|
South Tyneside
|
791
|
632
|
38
|
31
|
84
|
78
|
|
Sunderland
|
1,645
|
1,248
|
43
|
33
|
87
|
76
|
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7 Jun 2006 : Column 650W
|
Bath and NE Somerset
|
599
|
440
|
26
|
20
|
82
|
74
|
|
Bristol, City of
|
1,561
|
1,067
|
34
|
24
|
90
|
69
|
|
North Somerset
|
725
|
567
|
29
|
23
|
75
|
71
|
|
South Gloucestershire
|
821
|
598
|
25
|
18
|
77
|
68
|
|
Hartlepool
|
607
|
429
|
47
|
33
|
87
|
73
|
|
Middlesbrough
|
920
|
773
|
46
|
39
|
85
|
78
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
749
|
613
|
39
|
32
|
85
|
81
|
|
Stockton-on-Tees
|
917
|
756
|
34
|
29
|
82
|
77
|
|
Kingston upon Hull, City of
|
1,580
|
1,202
|
46
|
35
|
88
|
76
|
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
1,404
|
1,127
|
32
|
27
|
80
|
74
|
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
1,061
|
813
|
45
|
34
|
89
|
78
|
|
North Lincolnshire
|
779
|
619
|
36
|
30
|
80
|
74
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
2,241
|
1,670
|
26
|
20
|
85
|
75
|
|
York
|
637
|
493
|
29
|
23
|
87
|
79
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
1,302
|
1,012
|
24
|
19
|
80
|
73
|
|
Luton
|
1,227
|
1,032
|
47
|
39
|
87
|
81
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
1,337
|
1,037
|
20
|
16
|
86
|
81
|
|
Milton Keynes
|
890
|
702
|
30
|
23
|
80
|
75
|
|
Derbyshire
|
3,067
|
2,374
|
30
|
25
|
81
|
72
|
|
Derby
|
1,088
|
718
|
34
|
24
|
87
|
68
|
|
Dorset
|
1,516
|
1,160
|
28
|
21
|
79
|
72
|
|
Poole
|
535
|
406
|
30
|
22
|
84
|
74
|
|
Bournemouth
|
624
|
465
|
33
|
26
|
85
|
74
|
|
Durham
|
2,408
|
1,851
|
38
|
30
|
84
|
73
|
|
Darlington
|
520
|
360
|
38
|
28
|
87
|
71
|
|
East Sussex
|
2,079
|
1,690
|
31
|
26
|
76
|
72
|
|
Brighton and Hove
|
923
|
721
|
34
|
27
|
87
|
77
|
|
Hampshire
|
4,165
|
3,079
|
25
|
19
|
82
|
73
|
|
Portsmouth
|
880
|
707
|
38
|
30
|
87
|
79
|
|
Southampton
|
946
|
679
|
38
|
27
|
86
|
72
|
|
Leicestershire
|
2,347
|
1,798
|
28
|
23
|
79
|
72
|
|
Leicester
|
2,182
|
1,880
|
58
|
50
|
89
|
86
|
|
Rutland
|
82
|
62
|
13
|
8
|
78
|
60
|
|
Staffordshire
|
3,487
|
2,715
|
32
|
25
|
79
|
70
|
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
1,482
|
1,086
|
46
|
34
|
86
|
74
|
|
Wiltshire
|
1,568
|
1,148
|
26
|
19
|
78
|
69
|
|
Swindon
|
717
|
580
|
30
|
25
|
78
|
72
|
|
Bracknell Forest
|
327
|
201
|
22
|
12
|
102
|
72
|
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
295
|
254
|
16
|
12
|
78
|
79
|
|
West Berkshire
|
374
|
249
|
18
|
12
|
83
|
64
|
|
Reading
|
439
|
299
|
26
|
18
|
85
|
66
|
|
Slough
|
587
|
420
|
37
|
26
|
96
|
78
|
|
Wokingham
|
344
|
272
|
17
|
14
|
85
|
77
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
1,769
|
1,325
|
25
|
19
|
82
|
72
|
|
Peterborough
|
780
|
577
|
36
|
26
|
84
|
73
|
|
Cheshire
|
2,521
|
1,881
|
28
|
21
|
81
|
73
|
|
Halton
|
751
|
566
|
44
|
33
|
85
|
74
|
|
Warrington
|
748
|
562
|
28
|
22
|
84
|
73
|
|
Devon
|
3,370
|
2,605
|
36
|
29
|
79
|
71
|
|
Plymouth
|
1,320
|
986
|
40
|
30
|
77
|
67
|
|
Torbay
|
782
|
579
|
45
|
34
|
85
|
73
|
|
Essex
|
4,800
|
3,455
|
27
|
20
|
83
|
70
|
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
620
|
528
|
30
|
27
|
77
|
74
|
|
Thurrock
|
563
|
346
|
27
|
18
|
89
|
63
|
|
Herefordshire
|
783
|
594
|
32
|
25
|
76
|
70
|
|
Worcestershire
|
2,324
|
1,847
|
31
|
25
|
76
|
74
|
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7 Jun 2006 : Column 652W
|
Kent
|
5,519
|
4,068
|
29
|
22
|
83
|
72
|
|
Medway
|
1,180
|
897
|
32
|
24
|
79
|
70
|
|
Lancashire
|
5,374
|
4,419
|
33
|
28
|
82
|
78
|
|
Blackburn with Darwen
|
968
|
824
|
44
|
37
|
87
|
83
|
|
Blackpool
|
748
|
534
|
39
|
28
|
88
|
76
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
3,330
|
2,419
|
32
|
24
|
84
|
70
|
|
Nottingham
|
1,600
|
1,164
|
48
|
35
|
95
|
78
|
|
Shropshire
|
1,130
|
845
|
28
|
21
|
79
|
70
|
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
777
|
582
|
33
|
24
|
78
|
70
|
|
Cornwall
|
3,102
|
2,542
|
46
|
38
|
79
|
75
|
|
Cumbria
|
2,034
|
1,576
|
32
|
25
|
76
|
69
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
2,121
|
1,659
|
27
|
22
|
79
|
74
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
3,217
|
2,465
|
23
|
18
|
81
|
74
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
710
|
618
|
41
|
36
|
72
|
73
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
3,149
|
2,374
|
34
|
26
|
79
|
72
|
|
Norfolk
|
3,484
|
2,556
|
34
|
26
|
83
|
70
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
2,477
|
1,741
|
27
|
19
|
80
|
68
|
|
Northumberland
|
1,326
|
1,020
|
33
|
26
|
78
|
69
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
1,496
|
1,105
|
19
|
14
|
84
|
74
|
|
Somerset
|
2,181
|
1,717
|
30
|
23
|
79
|
73
|
|
Suffolk
|
2,982
|
2,248
|
33
|
26
|
80
|
70
|
|
Surrey
|
2,447
|
1,916
|
18
|
14
|
83
|
77
|
|
Warwickshire
|
1,798
|
1,313
|
26
|
19
|
83
|
72
|
|
West Sussex
|
2,651
|
2,057
|
27
|
22
|
81
|
75
|
| | | | | | | |
|
England
|
220,523
|
171,980
|
33
|
26
|
84
|
76
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Notes: 1. Take-up figures are the number of learners who have received one or more EMA payments. 2. The eligibility estimates are produced using income distributions (derived from the Family Resources Survey) and expected numbers in full-time further education. When applied to individual localities, the figures may be subject to some variation but they provide a useful estimate. 3. City of London has been omitted because of small population size (see note 2, above). Take-up of EMA in the authority to date is 19 16-year-olds and 42 17-year-olds have received at least one payment.
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