§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make it her policy to ensure that the amounts that local education authorities are required to transfer to learning and skills councils from April 2002 for post-16 education broadly matches the education standard spending assessment for that group for each local education authority. [17965]
§ Margaret Hodge[holdinganswer 26 November 2001]: Local education authorities will, from April, receive funding for their sixth form provision from the learning and skills council (LSC). Initial funding allocations will be announced by the LSC by mid-December. The deduction from each authority's education SSA will be equal to the amount received from the LSC for sixth form funding.
§ Mr. ChidgeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills to whom members of local learning and skills councils are accountable; and how. [20695]
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Local LSC School Representatives School Governors LEA Representatives Other LA Representatives North West Cheshire/Warrington — 3 1 Elected 1 Official Cumbria — 2 2 Official 1 Elected Lancashire — 2 1 Elected 1 Official Greater Manchester — 3 —. 1 Elected 1 Official Greater Merseyside 1 2 1 Elected 1 Elected West Midlands Birmingham/Solihull — 2 1 Official 1 Elected Black Country — 1 — 1 Elected 1 Official Coventry /Warwickshire 1 5 — 1 Elected 1 Official Hereford/Worcester 1 1 — 1 Elected 1 Official
§ Margaret HodgeMembers of local learning and skills councils (LSCs) are accountable to the Secretary of State through the LSC's National Council.
§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list those local learning and skills councils which(a) have at least one member who is a representative from the school sector and (b) have no such representative. [14558]
§ Margaret Hodge[holdinganswer 13 November 2001]: All 47 local learning and skills councils include representatives with relevant experience from the school sector. These include:
- three teachers; 17 headteachers;
- 36 local LSC members appointed with a local education authority (LEA) background (typically Directors of Education);
- eight local executive directors who have previous LEA officer or head teacher experience; and
- 101 local council members who are school governors.
In addition, further experience of the schools and education sectors is brought by the vast range of other local authority representation (in most cases at council leader or chief executive level).
In April 2002, the LSC assumes responsibility for school sixth form funding. In recognition of this we will encourage the LSC to appoint further representatives with experience of the school sector as and when local vacancies arise.
A breakdown showing which local LSCs include representation from the schools and LEA/LA sector is given in the table.
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Local LSC School Representatives School Governors LEA Representatives Other LA Representatives Shropshire — 1 — 2 Elected 1 Official Staffordshire — 3 1 Elected 1 Official South West Devon/Cornwall — 2 — 1 Elected 1 Official Bournemouth/Dorset/Poole — — 1 Official 1 Elected Gloucestershire 1 2 — 1 Official Somerset — 2 — 1 Elected 2 Official Wiltshire/Swindon — 3 1 Elected 2 Elected 1 Official West of England 1 — — 1 Elected North East County Durham 1 2 — 1 Elected 1 Official Northumberland — 3 1 Official — Tees Valley — 3 — 2 Elected Tyne and Wear — 1 — 2 Elected Yorkshire and Humber South Yorkshire — 1 1 Official 2 Elected 1 Official North Yorkshire 1 3 1 Official 2 Elected West Yorkshire — 2 1 Official 1 Elected Humberside — 2 1 Official 1 Elected 1 Official East Midlands Derbyshire — 4 1 Elected 1 Elected 1 Official Leicestershire — 3 2 Official 1 Elected Lincolnshire — 6 2 Official 1 Elected Northamptonshire 1 2 1 Official 2 Elected Nottinghamshire — 3 1 Elected 1 Elected East of England Bedfordshire 1 4 — 2 Elected Cambridgeshire 1 4 1 Official 2 Elected 1 Official Essex 1 1 1 Official 2 Elected 1 Official Hertfordshire 2 — 1 Official 1 Elected 1 Official Norfolk 1 — 1 Official 1 Elected Suffolk 2 4 — 4 Elected London Central London 1 3 — 1 Elected 1 Official East London — 4 1 Elected 1 Official North London 1 2 — 1 Elected 1 Official South London 1 1 1 Official 1 Elected West London — 2 — 1 Official South East Berkshire — 1 1 Official 1 Official Hampshire/Portsmouth/IOW — 1 1 Official 1 Official Kent/Medway — 1 1 Official 2 Elected 1 Official Milton Keynes — 2 2 Official 3 Elected Surrey 1 1 1 Official 1 Elected 1 Official Sussex — 1 2 Official 1 Elected 1 Official