HC Deb 06 November 2003 vol 412 cc753-4W
Dan Norris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the schools in Bath and North East Somerset which have benefited significantly from the Government's capital initiatives since 1997. [136319]

Mr. Miliband

All schools in Bath and North East Somerset have benefited significantly from capital investment, as we introduced Devolved formula capital for all schools in 2000–01. For a typical primary school of 250 pupils this is worth £21,900 in 2003–04, rising to £25,500 in 2005–06. A typical secondary of 1,000 pupils would receive £74,900 in 2003–04, rising to £87,250 in 2005–06.

As the majority of capital funding is now allocated to local education authorities by formula, so that they can fund locally agreed priorities, the Department does not collect detailed information about the work carried out. This should be held locally. Overall capital investment is set to rise from £3.8 billion this year to over £5 billion in 2005–06, compared with under £700 million in 1996–97.

Dan Norris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will estimate how many support staff were employed by schools in Bath and North East Somerset in(a) 1997 and (b) 2003. [136333]

Mr. Miliband

Support staff numbers in maintained schools in England by local authority are shown in table 19 of the Schools Workforce in England statistical first release (SFR) of 9 September 2003. A copy of this SFR has been placed in the Library. The table is also available on the statistics section of the DfES website at: http://www.dfes gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000411/index. shtml

Dan Norris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many full-time equivalent teachers there were in Bath and North East Somerset in(a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2003. [136334]

Mr. Miliband

Full-time equivalent teacher numbers in maintained schools in England by local authority are shown in table 15 of the Schools Workforce in England statistical first release (SFR) of 9 September 2003. A copy of this SFR has been placed in the Library. The table is also available on the statistics section of the DfES website at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000411/index.shtml

Dan Norris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what proportion of 15-yearolds in Bath and North East Somerset in 2002–03 entered for GCSE or equivalent examinations; [136340]

(2) what proportion of 15-year-olds in Bath and North East Somerset in (a) 1996–97 and (b) 1997–98 achieved (a) five or more A*-C GCSE grades and (b) one or more GCSE passes. [136341]

Mr. Miliband

The statistical information for Bath and North East Somerset requested in the two questions 136340 and 136341 is detailed in the table:

Percentage of:
Academic Year 15-year-old Pupils who entered for 1 or more GCSE/GNVQ 15-year-olds achieving 5 or more grades A*-C GCSE/GNVQ 15-year-olds achieving 1 or more gradesA*-G GCSE/GNVQ
1997 96.4 51.3 95.3
1998 97.2 53.2 96.5
2003 (provisional) 97.1 59.7 95.9