§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what is his Department's range of estimates of the costs of educating the extra children in the state sector who would otherwise have had an assisted place in(a) 1998–99, (b) 1999–00 and (c) 2000–01; and if he will make the relevant background papers available; [2216]
(2) what estimates his Department has made of the gross savings that will accrue in (a) 1998–99, (b) 1999–00 and (c) 2000–01 from the proposed phasing out of the assisted places scheme. [2221]
§ Mr. ByersI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 5 June to the hon. Member for South-East Cambridgeshire (Mr. Paice),Official Report, column 245.
§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children in each age group in(a) Portsmouth and (b) Havant benefit from the assisted places scheme; and which schools they attend. [2675]
§ Mr. ByersThe information requested is given in the following table and relates to the current academic year 1996–97. There are no schools participating in the assisted places scheme in Havant.
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Assisted places scheme: Portsmouth Number of assisted place holders Age 5–10 Age 11–15 Sixth form Total Portsmouth Grammar School 8 142 38 188 Portsmouth High School for Girls 3 107 25 135 St. John's College, Southsea none 156 43 199 Total 11 405 106 522
§ Mr. SandersTo ask the secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how many children from Devon are funded through the assisted places scheme; and if he will make a statement; [2497]
(2) how many of the children in Devon schools on the assisted places scheme are from the county of Devon. [2498]
§ Mr. ByersInformation about the local education authority area from which assisted pupils originate is not collected centrally. In the current academic year 1996–97, there are 942 assisted pupils in eight schools participating in the assisted places scheme in Devon.