§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what information he collates on levels of attainment at each of the Key Stages and GCSE/GNVQ by socio-economic class. [185806]
§ Mr. MilibandThe following table shows a time series of estimates from the Youth Cohort Study (YCS) of the proportion attaining five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C or equivalent by year 11 by Socio-Economic Group. Similar information is not available at earlier Key Stages from the YCS. Attainment data up to Key Stage 4 for pupils from English maintained schools is, however, available using Free School Meals as a proxy for Socio-Economic Class for 2002 and 2003. For this data see tables 9–12 and 25–28 of DfES Statistical First Release 04/2004 available at http://www.dfes.gov.uk/ rsgatewav/DB/SFR/s000448/index. shtml.
§ Mr. MilibandNo funds are paid to the Emmanuel Schools Foundation direct in the case of the Academies programme. Capital and recurrent funding is paid to the governing body of each school. Capital funding of £21,604,359 has been awarded to King's Academy, £23,645,530 to Trinity Academy and £8,512,945 to Emmanuel College, giving a total of £53,762,834. In addition we pay recurrent funding to each school which is 499W comparable to funding for other maintained schools. For 2004£05 the amount of recurrent funding for Emmanuel College is £5,472,000 and for King's Academy is £5,032,367. Apart from, as yet, undetermined recurrent costs for Trinity Academy, when it opens in 2005, we have no other funding commitment s at this time.