St. Helens Schools (Hansard, 19 July 2004)

§ Mr. Watts
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) head teachers, (b) teachers and (c) support workers were employed in St. Helens schools in each year from 1997 to 2004. [184621]

§ Mr. Miliband
The following table gives the full-time equivalent number of head teachers all regular teachers and support staff employed in the maintained sector in St. Helens local education authority for each year between 1997 and 2003, the latest information available.

Head teachers¹ All teachers² Support staff³

2003 78 1,630 800

2002 78 1,580 790

2001 75 1,570 680

2000 77 1,570 570

1999 81 1,570 530

1998 84 1,570 500

1997 83 1,590 480

¹ Source: Annual Survey of Teachers in Service 2001 to 2003 and Database of Teachers Records (DTR) 1997 to 2000. The DTR is maintained primarily for pensions purposes. The figures include all teachers who are being paid as head teachers.

² Source: Annual Survey of Teachers in Service

³ Source: Annual School Census. Support staff include teaching assistants, administrative staff, technicians and other medical, child care and education support staff.

§ Mr. Watts
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average pay was for teachers in St. Helens in each year from 1997 to 2004. [184623]
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have gone to out of city schools in the last academic year; (ii) what funding was transferred out of the city as a result; and (iii) how many pupils in each of the last three years have been returned to city schools during the course of the year. [184662]

§ Mr. Miliband
The information is as follows:
(i) The information requested is shown in the following table.

§ Mr. Miliband
The following table shows the average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers inthe maintained schools sector in England and Wales as at March of each year. The latest information available is for 2002.

As at March £

2002 28,720

2001 27,200

2000 25,390

1999 24,440

1998 23,540

1997 22,900

Source:

The Database of Teacher Records. Figures cover all grades and include all allowances.

§ Mr. Watts
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what major development and spending projects(a) have taken place since 1997 and (b) are planned to take place over the next two years in St. Helens; [184626]
(2) what the level of (a) capital and (b) revenue spend was in St. Helens primary schools in each year from 1997 to 2004. [184622]

§ Mr. Miliband
The bulk of capital funding is allocated to local education authorities (LEAs) and schools by formula so that they can decide their priorities for investment in line with locally decided asset management plans. We do not, therefore, hold detailed information about school building developments and projects that have taken place, or are planned.
The following table shows the capital allocations made to St. Helens LEA and all its schools, both primary and secondary, from 1996–97 to 2003–04.
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Capital allocations to St. Helens and its schools

1996–97 2,286

1997–98 1,818

1998–99 3,244

1999–2000 3,802

2000–01 6,603

2001–02 5,562

2002–03 10,234

2003–04 7,152

For revenue spend in primary schools in St. Helens, the figures are as follows:

St. Helen's: Net institutional expenditure (NIE)¹ (cash terms)

£

NIE (pre-primary and primary)² NIE (pre-primary)² NIE (primary)²

1996–97 29,540,000 — —

1997–98 27,484,000 — —

1998–99 29,286,000 — —

1999–2000 33,966,565 514,585 33,451,980

2000–01 37,197,870 828,287 36,369,583

2001–02 39,765,740 1,174,816 38,590,924

2002–03³ 39,865,585

¹ Net institutional expenditure (NIE) includes all school-recurrent funding, including teaching staff and non-teaching staff salaries, school premises costs, equipment and supplies. It takes account of unspent balances held by schools at the year end It does not include the cost of school meals, home to school transport, LEA central administration or the financing costs of capital expenditure.

² Prior to 1999–2000 figures are drawn from the RO1 return which collected combined information for pre-primary and primary. In 2002–03 the structure of the form changed to collect in-school expenditure information from the primary, secondary and special sectors only.

³ The outturn 2002–03 tables captured the data in a fundamentally different way to the previous years. Categories were aligned with the Consistent Financial Reporting framework and the spending by LEAs was no longer split by school sector. Consequently the expenditure reported in 2002–03 is not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Source:

The expenditure data prior to 1999–2000 is drawn from the annual 'RO1' spending returns which local authorities submitted to the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions. From 1999—2000 onwards, data is taken from local education authorities' Section 52 Outturn Statements submitted to the DfES.

	Head teachers¹	All teachers²	Support staff³
2003	78	1,630	800
2002	78	1,580	790
2001	75	1,570	680
2000	77	1,570	570
1999	81	1,570	530
1998	84	1,570	500
1997	83	1,590	480
¹ Source: Annual Survey of Teachers in Service 2001 to 2003 and Database of Teachers Records (DTR) 1997 to 2000. The DTR is maintained primarily for pensions purposes. The figures include all teachers who are being paid as head teachers.
² Source: Annual Survey of Teachers in Service
³ Source: Annual School Census. Support staff include teaching assistants, administrative staff, technicians and other medical, child care and education support staff.

As at March	£
2002	28,720
2001	27,200
2000	25,390
1999	24,440
1998	23,540
1997	22,900
Source:
The Database of Teacher Records. Figures cover all grades and include all allowances.

Capital allocations to St. Helens and its schools
1996–97	2,286
1997–98	1,818
1998–99	3,244
1999–2000	3,802
2000–01	6,603
2001–02	5,562
2002–03	10,234
2003–04	7,152

St. Helen's: Net institutional expenditure (NIE)¹ (cash terms)
			£
	NIE (pre-primary and primary)²	NIE (pre-primary)²	NIE (primary)²
1996–97	29,540,000	—	—
1997–98	27,484,000	—	—
1998–99	29,286,000	—	—
1999–2000	33,966,565	514,585	33,451,980
2000–01	37,197,870	828,287	36,369,583
2001–02	39,765,740	1,174,816	38,590,924
2002–03³			39,865,585
¹ Net institutional expenditure (NIE) includes all school-recurrent funding, including teaching staff and non-teaching staff salaries, school premises costs, equipment and supplies. It takes account of unspent balances held by schools at the year end It does not include the cost of school meals, home to school transport, LEA central administration or the financing costs of capital expenditure.
² Prior to 1999–2000 figures are drawn from the RO1 return which collected combined information for pre-primary and primary. In 2002–03 the structure of the form changed to collect in-school expenditure information from the primary, secondary and special sectors only.
³ The outturn 2002–03 tables captured the data in a fundamentally different way to the previous years. Categories were aligned with the Consistent Financial Reporting framework and the spending by LEAs was no longer split by school sector. Consequently the expenditure reported in 2002–03 is not strictly comparable with earlier years.
Source:
The expenditure data prior to 1999–2000 is drawn from the annual 'RO1' spending returns which local authorities submitted to the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions. From 1999—2000 onwards, data is taken from local education authorities' Section 52 Outturn Statements submitted to the DfES.