§ Mr. WattsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what factors other than language are measured in the ethnicity factor; and what proportion of the ethnicity factor is based on additional language criteria. [78610]
§ Mr. Stephen TwiggThe ethnicity factor in the existing Education Standard Spending Assessment is measured by country of birth data taken from the 1991 national census. Under the proposals issued for consultation on 8 July, two factors are proposed for ethnicity, both taken from the Annual Schools' Census:
£million 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 KS1 SATS 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.2 KS2 SATS 3.1 10.5 10.6 11.4 12.2 KS3 SATS 3.5 10.5 11.0 11.9 13.0 KS3 SATS 1–3 total 8.2 22.6 23.3 25.2 27.4 GCSE 86.0 92.7 95.8 102.0 108.9 A Level 36.4 42.4 44.4 59.5 64.6 Notes:
- 1. Because of budgeting methods, the individual KS1–3 SATS figures are an indicative breakdown of the KS SATs subtotals.
- 2. Figures for KS SATS for 1997–98 are from 1 October 1997 (when QCA commenced operations).
- 3. Figures for A Level include AS and A2.
- 4. Figures for GCSE and A-Level for 2001–02 are estimates.