§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will encourage companies with Investors in People status to develop links with schools; and if he will make a statement. [104960]
§ Mr. Stephen TwiggWe welcome the involvement of business in education. We are therefore keen to encourage companies with Investors in People status to develop links with schools. We want schools and businesses to work together to help us in our drive to raise standards of achievement for all children; develop an understanding of the world of work and improve
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Group: Aged 5–10; as at 25 March 2003; Funds: Total funding; Price base: Real terms 2001–02; Actual/Rounded: Rounded £million/£pp:£ per pupil 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 201 City of London 3,390 3,390 3,730 3,950 4,050 4,490 202 Camden 3,330 3,420 3,660 4,050 4,450 4,650 203 Greenwich 3,140 3,240 3,450 3,830 4,110 4,230 204 Hackney 3,550 3,620 3,840 4,160 4,430 4,630 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,300 3,400 3,610 3,970 4,340 4,630 206 Islington 3,350 3,450 3,650 4,050 4,430 4,570 207 Kensington and Chelsea 3,030 3,300 3,590 3,970 4,420 4,820 208 Lambeth 3,450 3,600 3,840 4,130 4,390 4,590 209 Lewisham 3,280 3,380 3,550 3,860 4,170 4,330 210 Southwark 3,380 3,480 3,700 3,980 4,270 4,460 211 Tower Hamlets 3,590 3,670 3,890 4,250 4,640 4,870 212 Wandsworth 3,110 3,160 3,380 3,660 3,980 4,050 213 Westminster 3,120 3,270 3,520 3,900 4,210 4,480 301 Barking and Dagenham 2,740 2,810 2,920 3,150 3,420 3,580 302 Barnet 2,560 2,640 2,770 2,920 3,230 3,350 303 Bexley 2,460 2,540 2,650 2,810 3,040 3,150 304 Brent 2,950 3,040 3,170 3,350 3,690 3,850 305 Bromley 2,420 2,490 2,640 2,830 3,050 3,140 306 Croydon 2,630 2,720 2,850 3,030 3,250 3,370 307 Ealing 2,770 2,850 2,990 3,220 3,530 3,620 308 Enfield 2,680 2,740 2,870 3,070 3,380 3,540 309 Haringey 3,090 3,160 3,330 3,610 3,950 4,110 310 Harrow 2,520 2,590 2,690 2,890 3,110 3,250 311 Havering 2,430 2,490 2,580 2,760 3,000 3,100 312 Hillingdon 2,510 2,610 2,770 2,920 3,140 3,270 313 Hounslow 2,730 2,800 2,950 3,160 3,450 3,660 314 Kingston upon Thames 2,420 2,490 2,620 2,850 3,110 3,210 315 Merton 2,590 2,660 2,780 3,010 3,320 3,370 316 Newham 3,070 3,200 3,370 3,640 3,960 4,080 317 Redbridge 2,600 2,670 2,770 2,970 3,210 3,310 318 Richmond upon Thames 2,370 2,450 2,570 2,770 2,990 3,070 319 Sutton 2,470 2,550 2,680 2,850 3,080 3,180 320 Waltham Forest 2,860 2,940 3,090 3,340 3,660 3,790 330 Birmingham 2,500 2,580 2,750 3,040 3,320 3,410 331 Coventry 2,390 2,470 2,590 2,850 3,030 3,120 332 Dudley 2,180 2,240 2,360 2,550 2,720 2,820 333 Sandwell 2,390 2,490 2,660 2,850 3,080 3,210 334 Solihull 2,200 2,270 2,390 2,590 2,770 2,850 335 Walsall 2,320 2,380 2,520 2,750 2,940 3,040 336 Wolverhampton 2,410 2,480 2,650 2,870 3,100 3,300 340 Knowsley 2,660 2,710 2,880 3,230 3,550 3,640 341 Liverpool 2,570 2,660 2,830 3,220 3,500 3,610 342 St. Helens 2,290 2,350 2,480 2,720 3,010 3,100 343 Sefton 2,280 2,350 2,490 2,740 2,990 3,100 employability; acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes about enterprise capability; financial literary and economic and business understanding.
Education business links activities help increase motivation and attendance, and underpins, and put in context what is taught in the classroom; and prepare young people more effectively for adulthood and their working life.