§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Great Grimsby constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [156248]
§ Mr. WillsOutlined are the details of the effects of a range of the Department's policies on the Great Grimsby constituency and North-East Lincolnshire LEA.
Sure Start
There are two Sure Start programmes in North-East Lincolnshire.
Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park: The programme was approved in January 2000. The level of grant approved was a maximum of £2,304,430 up until 31 March 2002 of which £785,000 for capital projects and £1,518,930 for revenue costs. The catchment area covers Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park, which is about two miles outside Grimsby and covers 550 0 to three-year-olds. Nunsthorpe and Bradley Park is a local authority led programme which offers services such as Story Sacks where parents work with an Adult Education Tutor to boost their involvement in their children's learning, a versatile information service which can be booked into various locations (schools, clinics etc.) and a Family Literacy Programme. The programme has close links with the Early Excellence Centre, which is adjacent to the main Sure Start Centre.East Marsh: A round 4 programme, which covers 800 0 to three-year-olds and is in an early stage of development. The programme is currently working to draw up its outline plan, which is due in the Sure Start Unit on April 25. Deadline for full delivery of the plan is 18 July 2001.Beacon Schools
There is one Beacon school in North-East Lincolnshire Strand Infant School, which started in January 2001.
Schools with specialist status designated since 1997
There are three Specialist Schools in North-East Lincolnshire. Hereford School and Western School are jointly designated (Technology) and The Lindsey School (Arts).
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North-East Lincolnshire has one EAZ. Grimsby EAZ is a first round zone, which was established in September 1998. It has been approved for extension from three to five years, taking it to August 2003. The zone consists of 11 primary, three secondary schools and a nursery school (details follow). The zone receives up to £1 million in additional public and private sector funding each year.
The zone's key activities are:
Open school TV programmes taking the classroom into the living room via local TV station.Secondary schools as ICT Centres of excellence linking primary schools.Virtual classroom via the Internet.Daily sessions focusing on literacy, numeracy and IT for all pupils in the zone.In-school units for years eight and nine to reduce permanent exclusions.The zone has had some very encouraging results. Between 1998 and 2000 the proportions of zone children achieving level 2 in reading, writing and maths at key stage 1 have increased by 15 per cent., 15 per cent. and 16 per cent., compared with 4 per cent., 4 per cent. and 6 per cent. seen nationally. At key stage 4, the proportions of pupils gaining 5+ A*-C, 5+ A*-G and 1+ A*-G have increased by 4 per cent., 7 per cent. and 7 per cent., compared with national gains of 3 per cent., 1 per cent. and 1 per cent. respectively.
Class sizes
£ Revenue Capital 1998–99 0 518,483 1999–2000 377,000 171,532 2000–01 715,302 448,212 2001–02 646,908 0 The September 2000 figures show that there are now only 98 (1.8 per cent.) pupils remaining in infant classes of 31 or more. The figure in January 1997 was 2,393 (38 per cent.).
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North-East Lincolnshire Performance Data Key Stage 2, percentage of pupils achieving level 4 2000 1999 1998 English LEA 71 66 58 England 75 71 65 Maths LEA 68 66 53 England 72 69 59 Science LEA 80 73 62 England 85 78 69
GCSE—percentage of pupils achieving 2000 1999 1998 5+A*-C LEA 35.8 35.5 33.3 England Average 49.2 47.9 46.3 5+A*-G LEA 87.0 84.8 82.7 England Average 88.9 88.5 87.5 No passes LEA 6.7 7.8 10.1 England Average 5.6 6.0 6.6 Average point score LEA 33.5 32.3 30.8 England Average 38.9 38.1 37.0
North-East Lincolnshire LEA capital funding £000 2001–02 2000–01 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98 Annual Capital Guideline (ACG) 191 601 957 1,075 474 Supplementary Credit Approval (SCA) — 228 119 38 20 New Deal for Schools (NDS) — 2,173 1,600 1,472 328 Voluntary Aided (VA) grant 38 53 203 199 36 Seed Challenge Initiative 151 138 — — — Public Private Partnerships (PPP) — — — — — Formula Capital (Including additional) — 259 — — — National Grid for Learning (NGfL) 847 587 390 520 — Science labs 133 133 — — — Early Excellence Centre grant — 153 67 — — Assist Management Plan (AMP) Assistance — — 24 — — Access at 85 per cent. 232 — 3 1 — Security 41 60 60 59 47 Outside toilets — — — — — Energy — — — 60 — Class Size Initiative — 492 91 518 — Nursery Provision — 60 — — — Secondary Learning Support Units 43 49 — — — NDS Devolved Formula 675 — — — — Additional NDS Devolved Formula 351 — — — — NDS Condition Funding 495 — — — — Education Maintenance Allowance
In September 2000 we extended the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) scheme to 41 additional pilot areas, one of which is the North-East Lincolnshire LEA area. This is one of five pilots designed to identify the extent to which transport costs are a barrier to learning. There are currently over 700 young people in receipt of an allowance. Recent published evaluation
1996–97 to 1999–2000 FEFC funded Non-FEFC funded 16–18 Adult 16–18 Adult Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time 1996–97 1,081 368 416 5,715 58 314 55 771 1997–98 1,158 381 292 5,628 100 274 26 855 1998–99 1,237 360 344 5,653 44 281 32 827 1999–2000 1,272 388 300 6,601 40 280 62 1,143 Modern Apprenticeships
Information on Modern Apprentice ships for all English constituencies will be placed in the Library by the end of March.
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A/AS level and Advanced GNVQ 2000 1999 1998 Average points for fewer than 2 A/AS levels LEA 2.6 2.8 3.1 England Average 3.0 3.0 3.0 Average points for 2 or more A/AS levels LEA 16.2 15.9 14.1 England Average 18.5 18.2 17.8 Advanced GNVQs LEA 8.5 6.9 10.8 England Average 10.1 9.9 9.6 Funding per pupil
In North-East Lincolnshire LEA, funding per pupil has increased by £590 in real terms between 1997–98 and 2001–02.
reports show that EMAs are making a positive difference to young people's lives. On average, an additional 5 per cent. of eligible 16 and 17-year-olds are staying in education in the pilot areas because of EMAs.
Further Education
Student numbers at all Further Education Funding Council funded institutions where home postcode is in the local authority district of Great Grimsby are given in the table.
New Deal for Young People
In the Great Grimsby constituency, 1,974 young people have joined the New Deal to end December 2000. 991 have found jobs, 701 of which are sustained.
475WLabour market statistics
The working age employment rate in North-East Lincolnshire in autumn 2000 was 68.6 per cent., below the UK rate of 74.7 per cent. The rate in autumn 1997 was 66.6 per cent.
The claimant unemployment rate has fallen from 8.9 per cent. in February 1997 to 6.5 per cent. in February 2001 in the Great Grimsby constituency.