§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the relationship between the number of pupils attending a primary school and educational standards; and if she will make a statement. [36100]
§ Mr. TimmsThe following tables set out the distribution of achievement at Key Stages 1 and 2 by the size of a school's pupil cohort. For schools with a cohort of 10 or more pupils, school size appears to have little significant effect on the proportion of children achieving the expected standard for their age.
departmental expenditure limit and administration costs limits for 2001–02. [37369]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Education and Skills' DEL (including the Office for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools (Ofsted) which has a separate Estimate) will be increased by £83,651,000 from £20,220,827,000 to £20,304,478,000 and the administration costs limits will be changed as follows.
£000 Original Change Revised DfES (RfR1) 219,045 685 219,73 Sure Start (RfR3) 3,449 441 3,890 Children and Young People's Unit (RfR4) 2,666 -175 2,491 Ofsted 27,095 0 27,095 Within the DEL change, the impact on the resources element and the capital element are as set out in the following table:
609W
£000 Of which: Change New DEL Voted Non-voted Resources RfR 1 59,953 17,015,128 6,675,262 10,339,866 RfR 3 441 125,833 125,833 0 RfR 4 -1,543 98,073 98,073 0 Total change 58,851 — — — Ofsted 694 152,019 152,019 0
£000 Of which: Change New DEL Voted Non-voted Capital RfR1 1,938 2,820,374 1,851,123 969,251 RfR 3 21,462 80,470 80,470 0 RfR 4 0 0 0 0 Total change 23,400 — — — Ofsted 706 12,581 12,581 0 The increase in the voted resource element of the DEL for RfR1, (£129,703,000) arises from the take up of £108,000,000 of End-Year Flexibility provision; the increase in receipts of £20,000,000 resulting from the winding up of the Training and Enterprise Councils; the increase of £30,000,000 in receipts surrendered to the Consolidated Fund, the transfer of £8,511,000 to the Department for Work and Pensions for Basic Skills, disability issues undertaken by the Disability Rights Commission and hardship payments to young people in lieu of bridging allowances; the transfer of £2,175,000 from the Department for Trade and Industry; the transfer from Student Tuition Fees of £1,450,000 to the Teacher Training Agency Grant in Aid; the transfer of £1,400,000 to the Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England to fund increased contract prices and the monitoring of schools facing challenge; the transfer of £1,105,000 from the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions for a project to address the training and skills in the Road Haulage Industry, Neighbourhood Surveys and a pilot project on Resident's Consultancy; the transfer to the Home Office of £920,000 for the prison education service and a contribution to the Black Training and Enterprise Group; the transfer of £500,000 to the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs towards the Milk and Milk Products (Pupils in Educational Establishments) (Scotland) Regulations 2001; the net transfer of £137,000 to the Department of Health for the Care Standards Tribunal, Personal Social and Health Education and the Protection of Children Act Tribunal; the net transfer of £84,000 to the Scottish Executive for the Scottish Council of National Training Organisations and European education programmes; the transfer of £45,000 from the Office for National Statistics for Neighbourhood Statistics; the transfer of £8,037,000 to the Department for Work and Pensions, £568,000 to the Department of Trade and Industry and £15,000 to the Cabinet Office as part of the machinery of government changes announced by the Prime Minister on 8 June 2001; and the virement of £90,000,000 from non-voted DEL to reflect the changes in funding certain departmental programmes.
The increase of £441,000 in the voted resource element of the DEL for RfR3 arises from the take up of End-Year Flexibility.
The reduction in the voted resource element of DEL for RfR4 arises from the transfer of £1,543,000 to the Home Office for the evaluation of programmes.
The increase of £694,000 in the voted resource element of DEL for Ofsted arises from the transfer from DfES (RfR1) for increased contract prices and the monitoring of schools facing challenge.
610WThe decrease in the voted capital element of the DEL for RfR1, (£4,875,000) arises from receipts of £6,063,000 from the Department of Trade and Industry, the virement of £1,200,000 from non-voted capital to fund the loss on the sale of Letchworth Skill Centre, the transfer of £45,000 from the Office for National Statistics for Neighbourhood Statistics and the transfer of £57,000 to the Department of Trade and Industry as part of the machinery of government changes announced by the Prime Minister on 8 June 2001.
The increase of £21,462,000 in the voted capital element of the DEL for RfR3 arises from the take up of End-Year Flexibility.
The increase of £706,000 in the voted capital element of the DEL for Ofsted arises from the transfer from DfES (RfR1) for increased contract prices and the monitoring of schools facing challenge.
The decrease in the non-voted resource element of the DEL for RfR1, (£69,750,000) arises from an increase of £20,000,000 to the grant in aid to the Learning and Skills Council, a transfer of £1,450,000 from Student Tuition fees to the Teacher Training Agency to fund flexible Initial Teacher Training Fees and a virement of £91,200,000 to voted DEL to reflect the changes in funding certain departmental programmes and the loss on the sale of Letchworth Skill Centre.
The increase in the non-voted capital element of the DEL for RfR1, (£6,813,000) arises from the transfer from the Department of Health for the National Institute of Psychiatry (£750,000) and the increase of £6,063,000 in the provision for the Higher Education Funding Council for England funded by the receipts from the Department of Trade and Industry.