§ Mr. PickthallTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether he plans to amend the conditions of service of supply teachers. [86492]
§ Mr. Miliband[holding answer 12 December 2002]My right hon. Friend has no current plans to re-examine supply teachers' conditions of service. Local education authorities pay supply teachers in accordance with the statutory arrangements for teachers, laid down in the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document. Private supply teacher agencies agree pay rates and terms of service with the teachers they supply. However, we have introduced a range of measures designed to lever up standards of supply teaching and the recruitment and management practices of agencies.
Westminster local education authority £ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Standards Fund (departmental contribution) 522,203 844,387 3,656,354 5,363,083 7,036,287 8,800,474 School Standards Grant 0 0 0 687,000 1,468,500 1,539,800 School Budget Support Grant 0 0 0 127,900 0 0 Nursery Education Grant1 1,208,802 506,879 739,880 1,358,423 2,050,488 1,171,716 Childcare Grant2 0 55,000 172,000 240,880 595,249 557,597 Teachers Pay Reform Grant 0 0 0 532,338 874,748 566,437 Education Action Zone (Departmental Core Grant)3 0 0 0 493,000 589,000 432,000 Capital4 1,741,000 2,161,000 1,627,000 4,454,000 4,104,000 6,108,433 1 Reductions in 1998–99 and 1999–2000 are due to the transfer of nursery education grant for four year olds to education standard spending. 2 Westminster Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership (EYDCP) has been additionally allocated £1,055,181 funding in 2001–04 for the neighbourhood nurseries initiative for Westminster. It will be up to the EYDCP to decide the breakdown between years. 3 Funding made directly to the Education Action Zone in Westminster. 4 Funding includes Basic Need (ACG), Standards Fund Grant (departmental contribution), Voluntary Aided School Grant, Schools Access Initiative, Supplementary Credit Approvals, New Deal for Schools, Nursery Education Grant and Childcare Grant.
Kensington and Chelsea local education authority £ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Standards Fund (departmental contribution) 364,865 330,902 2,112,362 2,975,947 4,378,402 6,767,151 School Standards Grant 0 0 0 430,000 944,500 976,500 School Budget Support Grant 0 0 0 69,800 0 0 Post 16 Budget Support Grant 0 0 0 0 0 75,000 Nursery Education Grant1 805,775 251,970 208,222 603,585 825,660 891,576 Childcare Grant2 0 51,000 144,500 209,090 514,669 428,981 Teachers Pay Reform Grant 0 0 0 60,132 841,059 346,851 Transitional Funding/Transitional Grant Insurance 0 0 8,633 105,755 123,581 0 Capital3 470,000 1,277,000 1,021,000 2,695,000 3,308,000 2,646,558 1 Reductions in 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01 are due to the transfer of Nursery Education Grant for four year olds to Education Standard Spending. 2Kensington and Chelsea Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership (EYDCP) has been additionally allocated £936,490 funding in 2001–04 for the Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative for Kensington and Chelsea. It will be up to the EYDCP to decide the breakdown between years. 3 Funding includes Basic Need (ACG), Standards Fund Grant (departmental contribution), Voluntary Aided School Grant, Schools Access Initiative, Supplementary Credit Approvals, New Deal for Schools ,Nursery Education Grant and Childcare Grant.