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Written Answers
20 JUNE 2011
Written Answers
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Numbers and rates per 10,000 children aged under 18 years
Rates 4
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Worcestershire 37 40 41 45 50
1
Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements.
2
Historical data may differ from older publications. This is mainly due to the implementation of amendments and corrections sent by some
local authorities after the publication date of previous materials.
3
England totals have been rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000, and to the nearest 10 otherwise. Regional totals have been
rounded to the nearest 10. Other numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.
4
The rates per 10,000 children under 18 years have been derived using the mid-year population estimates for 2009 provided by the Office for
National Statistics.
Source:
SSDA 903
Departmental Renewable Energy
David Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for
Education how many buildings (a) owned and (b)
leased by his Department have had renewable energy
equipment installed to provide power in the last 12
months; and what type of equipment was installed in
each such case. [59671]
Tim Loughton: The Department for Education has
not installed renewable energy equipment in any of its
owned or leased buildings in the last 12 months.
However, 123 photovoltaic panels were installed
onto the roof of 2 St Paul’s Place in Sheffield, a
property owned by the Department, in May 2010.
These panels generate approximately 16,000 kWh of
electricity a year, for use within the building.
Departmental Responsibilities
Mr Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for
Education what strategic framework his Department
has developed for the delivery of its core functions
during the comprehensive spending review period.
[59731]
Tim Loughton: The Department for Education’s
business plan, initially published in November 2010
with a refreshed version published in May 2011, sets
out the Department’s high-level vision and reform
priorities for the whole of the spending review period,
alongside the resources we will spend and the data we
will be making available to the public to show the
impact our reforms are having. Progress against the
business plan is set out in the structural reform plan
monthly updates on the No. 10 website.
Design: Curriculum
Simon Kirby: To ask the Secretary of State for
Education whether he has assessed the effects on the
creative industries and manufacturing of the potential
removal of design and technology from the national
curriculum. [59822]
Mr Gibb: As part of the current review of the
national curriculum we will be considering all the
relevant evidence before making proposals on which, if
any, subjects beyond English, mathematics, science and
physical education should remain part of the national
curriculum in future.
We have already completed a Call for Evidence to
which the public were invited to contribute their views
and experiences about curriculum subjects, including
design and technology. We received nearly 5,800
responses, including many from representatives of
industry and commerce, and these are currently being
analysed. We will draw on this and other evidence,
including relevant international evidence, in drawing
up our proposals. There will then be a further statutory
consultation on those proposals early next year, before
final decisions are taken.
Home Education
Yasmin Qureshi: To ask the Secretary of State for
Education what assessment he has made of the effects
of funding reductions on the provision of one-to-one
tuition in the summer term for pupils approaching
examinations or end of primary school assessments.
[60897]
Mr Gibb: £256 million was allocated to schools in
2010-11 through the Standards Fund for one-to-one
tuition. This funding has not been reduced and schools
can use it until 31 August 2011. The conditions for the
use of this funding have been relaxed to allow all
schools the flexibility to offer one-to-one tuition at Key
Stage 4, from within their Key Stage 3 allocations.
Funding for one-to-one tuition for 2011-12 has been
included as part of schools’ overall budgets through
the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). Schools can use
their DSG funding as they see fit. Where schools decide
to offer one-to-one tuition, they will have more
flexibility to provide it in the way that best suits their
pupils.
Marriage Guidance: Grants
Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for
Education pursuant to the answer of 27 April 2011,
Official Report, column 497W, on marriage guidance:
grants, what proportion of the work of each organisation
listed funded by his Department’s Voluntary and
Community Sector Grants Scheme will be (a) preventative
couple relationship support, (b) relationship counselling
for couples in difficulty and (c) work with families
which have already experienced break-up; in which
local authorities they will work; and how many couples
he expects each organisation to help. [61057]