§ Mr. Tony ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the annual expenditure by her Department was on centrally financed local initiatives in(a) Northamptonshire, (b) Northampton borough and (c) Northampton, South constituency for each of the last six years. [11278]
§ Mr. TimmsThe following table shows the Department's allocated grants to Northamptonshire local education authority for each year since 1996–97.
Percentage of pupils in classes of over 30 taught by one teacher in mainland primary schools1.2 Year January 2001 January 1998 Northampton LEA Reception3 0.0 17.5 Group 13 5.5 27.1 Group 23 5.7 32.8 England Reception3 1.8 23.2 Group 13 1.3 32.7 Group 23 4.0 35.7 1 Classes as taught during a selected period in each school on the day of the census in January 2 Excludes middle schools 3 Pupils in reception classes will reach the age of 5 during the academic year and pupils in Years 1 and 2 will reach the ages of 6 and 7 respectively during the academic year.