HC Deb 26 March 2001 vol 365 cc507-9W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Sutton and Cheam constituency, the effects on Sutton and Cheam of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154412]

Mr. Wills

[holding answer 21 March 2001]Outlined are details of the effects of a range of the Department's policies on the Sutton and Cheam constituency and Sutton LEA.

Beacon Schools

There is one Beacon school in Sutton LEA—St. Elphege's RC Infant School which was awarded Beacon status September 2000.

Specialist School
School St. Philomenas Catholic High School
Specialism Technology
Start September 1997
Sutton and Cheam No

Capital funding
£000
2001–02 2000–01 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98
ACG 3,902 4,411 2,848 4,021 3,563
SCA — 477 191 64 1,452
NDS — 2,462 564 516 602
VA Grant 197 95 296 57 44
Seed 153 136 — —
PPP — — — — —
Formula Capital — 1,128 — — —
NgFL — 518 337 241 —
Science labs 147 147 — — —
SSLU 32 37 — — —
Access at 85 per cent. 232 — — — —
Security 37 52 52 37 30
Class size — 109 365 288 —
Outside toilets — — — 10 —
Energy efficiency — — — 35 —
Assistance with AMP — — 20 — —
Nursery provision — — — — —

Note:

The allocation for 2001–02 also includes £621,000 for NDS Devolved Formula Capital and £432,000 NDS Condition Funding

Infant class size Number
Allocations (£ million) Capital and Revenue 2.4
January 1997 (number of children in infant class sizes of 31 or over) 1,657
September 2000 (number of children in infant class sizes of 31 or over) 31

Performance indicators—Key Stage 2 results
Percentage
2000 1999 1998 1997
Pupils achieving level 4 and above
English
LEA 80 78 68 70
England 75 71 65 63
Maths
LEA 74 73 61 66
England 72 69 59 62
Science
LEA 88 82 70 73
England 85 78 69 69
GCSE/GNVQ Results
5+A*-C
LEA average 63.4 60.1 57.9 54.7
England average 49.2 47.9 46.3 45.1
5+A*-G
LEA average 94.1 93.9 91.6 91.6
England average 88.9 88.5 87.5 86.4
No passes
LEA average 3.5 3.2 4.5 5.0
England average 5.6 6.0 6.6 7.7
A/AS level, advanced GNVQ
Average points for two or more A/AS levels
LEA average 20.9 20.3 20.3 19.1
England average 18.5 18.2 17.8 17.3
A/AS average per entry
LEA average 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.6
England average 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.3
Average point score GNVQs
LEA average 8.8 9.4 8.3 n/a
England average 10.1 9.9 9.6 n/a

Funding per pupil

In Sutton LEA, funding per pupil has increased by £180 in real terms between 1997–98 and 2000–01.

Further Education

Student number at all FEFC funded institutions where home postcode is in the local authority district of Sutton.

1996–97 to 1999–2000
16–18 Adult
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
FEFC funded
1996–97 1,260 595 629 6,981
1997–98 1,242 643 564 7,457
1998–99 1,205 550 518 7,064
1999–2000 1,198 571 486 6,235
Non-FEFC funded
1996–97 33 95 158 357
1997–98 33 112 174 354
1998–99 35 143 179 399
1999–2000 44 248 214 1,549

Modern Apprenticeships

Since 2 May 1997, we know of 565 starts on Modern Apprenticeships in the Sutton and Cheam constituency (as at 31 December 2000). Broken down by financial year these are:

Financial year Foundation Modern Apprenticeships1 Advanced Modern Apprenticeships2 Total
1997–98 2 90 92
1998–99 34 98 132
1999–2000 82 99 181
2000–013 80 80 160
Total 198 367 565
1 Foundation Modern Apprenticeships, formerly known as National Traineeships, were introduced nationally in September 1997.
2 Advanced Modern Apprenticeships, formerly known as Modern Apprenticeships, were introduced nationally in September 1995.
3 To date.

Notes:

  1. 1. The Trainee Database System (TDS), from which these data are taken, is less complete than Management Information supplied to the Department by Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) (around 95 per cent).
  2. 2. In addition, the postcode information on TDS, from which parliamentary constituency data are compiled, are 95 per cent. complete.
  3. 3. TEC Management Information does not provide information at parliamentary constituency level.

Source:

WBTYP trainee database.

New Deal for Young People

In the Sutton and Cheam constituency, 260 young people have joined the New Deal to end December 2000. 150 have found jobs, 115 of which are sustained.

Labour Market Statistics

The working age employment rate in Sutton in autumn 2000 was 84.5 per cent., above the UK rate of 74.7 per cent. The rate in autumn 1997 was 82.1 per cent.

The claimant unemployment rate has fallen from 4.3 per cent. in February 1997 to 1.7 per cent. in February 2001 in the Sutton and Cheam constituency.