HC Deb 15 January 2004 vol 416 cc907-8W
Norman Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the(a) total cost and (b) cost per issue was of producing and distributing the document, "Statutory Guidance on the School Governance (England) Regulation 2003", to schools. [147401]

Mr. Miliband

The Department issued statutory and non-statutory guidance on the following governance regulations in 2003: constitution, procedures, new schools, governance federations and collaboration

Maintained primary and secondary schools1: school meal arrangements January 2003—By Lancashire Local Education Authority and each district within the authority
All pupils
Number

on roll

Number of pupils

taking free school

meals

Percentage of

pupils taking free

school meals

Number of pupils

known to be eligible

for free school meals

Percentage of pupils

known to be eligible

for free school meals

Maintained primary schools
Lancashire local education authority 98,784 13,172 13.3 15,575 15.8
Blackburn with Darwen 150 5 3.3 6 4.0
Burnley 8,300 1,625 19.6 1,977 23.8
Chorley 8,755 811 9.3 961 11.0
Fylde 5,040 386 7.7 412 8.2
Hyndburn 8,094 1,322 16.3 1,649 20.4
Lancaster 10,661 1,520 14.3 1,871 17.5
Pendle 7,904 1,487 18.8 1,753 22.2
Preston 12,062 1,991 16.5 2,383 19.8
Ribble Valley 4,791 171 3.6 201 4.2
Rossendale 6,044 838 13.9 942 15.6
South Ribble 8,919 754 8.5 822 9.2
West Lancashire 9,804 1,375 14.0 1,578 16.1
Wigan
Wyre 8,260 887 10.7 1,020 12.3
Maintained secondary schools
Lancashire local education authority 76,412 8,819 11.5 10,749 14.1
Blackburn with Darwen
Burnley 6,476 1,094 16.9 1,488 23.0
Chorley 5,757 474 8.2 575 10.0
Fylde 3,831 244 6.4 309 8.1
Hyndburn 5,052 820 16.2 968 19.2
Lancaster 9,037 868 9.6 1,146 12.7
Pendle 5,813 1,062 18.3 1,250 21.5
Preston 7,236 1,199 16.6 1,340 18.5
Ribble Valley 5,074 263 5.2 291 5.7
Rossendale 5,475 643 11.7 768 14.0
South Ribble 8,687 666 7.7 808 9.3
West Lancashire 6,107 813 13.3 1,013 16.6
Wigan 922 133 14.4 133 14.4
Wyre 6,945 540 7.8 660 9.5
1 Includes middle schools as deemed.
2 Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils.

Source:

Annual Schools' Census

regulations. The total cost of the production and distribution of this guidance for schools and LEAs was £25,986.26. The average cost for each issue of guidance was 10 pence.

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