HC Deb 14 July 2003 vol 409 cc105-6W
Peter Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of 11-year-olds in The Wrekin have achieved level 4 in each year since 1997 in(a) English and (b) maths. [124609]

Mr. Miliband

The table shows the percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above in the Key Stage 2 English and maths tests in maintained schools in The Wrekin constituency between 1997 and 2002:

The Wrekin England
English KS2 test
1997 62 63
1998 67 65
1999 71 71
2000 77 75
2001 78 75
2002 75 75
Maths KS2 test
1997 62 62
1998 61 59
1999 68 69
2000 73 72
2001 69 71
2002 73 73

Peter Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students there were in further education in The Wrekin in each year since 1997. [124611]

Alan Johnson

The numbers of people resident in The Wrekin constituency who were students at Further Education colleges in each year since 1997/98 are shown in the table below. Due to the way the data are collected, figures prior to 2000/01 are only available for students funded by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), or as it was then, the Further Education Funding Council (FEFC). Those not funded by the council are included for 2000/01, the latest full year for which information is available.

Numbers of people resident in The Wrekin constituency studying at Further Education colleges by year (thousands)
Academic year Council funded Non-council funded
1997/98 6,000 n/a
1998/99 6,200 n/a
1999/00 6,000 n/a
2000/01 6,500 1,600

Source:

Individualised Student Record

Peter Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants in schools there were in The Wrekin in each year since 1997. [124610]

Mr. Miliband

The table shows the number of regular teachers and teaching assistants in maintained schools in Telford and Wrekin local education authority since 1999. Prior to this Telford and Wrekin was part of Shropshire LEA. 2002 is the latest year for which teacher data are available.

Regular teachers1 Teaching assistants2,3,4,
1999 1,360 260
2000 1,340 280
2001 1,410 370
2002 1,420 390
20035 — 480
1 Full-time equivalent teachers in post in the maintained schools sector.
2 Includes nursery assistants, special needs support staff, minority ethnic pupil support staff.
3 Includes non-maintained special schools and special and general hospital schools.
4 Includes both full-time and the full-time equivalent of part-time.
5 Provisional