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Bournemouth LEA

Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) full-time teachers and (b) teaching assistants were employed in Bournemouth local education authority in each year since 1997. [44846]

Jacqui Smith: The following table provides the number of full-time regular teachers and the full-time equivalent number of teaching assistants employed in Bournemouth local authority in each January since 1998. Teaching assistant data can only be provided on a FTE basis. The FTE of regular teachers has been provided for consistency.

Bournemouth local authority was created on 1 April 1997. As figures are collected in January of each year figures are not available for 1997.
Full-time regular teachers and full-time equivalent number of teaching assistants in Bournemouth local authority

	Teachers(12)
	Full-time	FTE	Teaching assistants FTE(13)
1998	950	1,040	130
1999	970	1,070	170
2000	980	1,090	210
2001	1,000	1,110	240
2002	1,040	1,140	380
2003	1,010	1,130	380
2004	1,010	1,130	410
2005	1,020	1,130	400

⁽¹²⁾ Source: DfES annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies, 618g.
⁽¹³⁾ Source: Annual School Census.

Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the annual budget of (a) Bournemouth local education authority and (b) Middlesbrough local education authority was in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. [44847]

Jacqui Smith: The figures requested are set out in the following table. We do not hold comparable figures prior to 1999–2000.
The Education (Budget Statements) (England) RegulationsTotal budgeted education revenue expenditure by Bournemouth and Middlesbrough local authorities since 1999–2000 Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 23 January 2006

	Budgeted education revenue expenditure (£)
	Bournemouth	Middlesbrough
1999–2000	56,548,000	67,420,000
2000–01	63,138,000	72,112,000
2001–02	67,582,000	80,978,000
2002–03	71,647,000	85,643,000
2003–04	76,987,000	86,853,000
2004–05	82,032,000	88,898,000
2005–06	86,880,000	94,898,000

1. Budgeted education revenue expenditure is drawn from local authorities' Section 52 Budget Statements submitted to the DfES. This is calculated as the gross elements of any grants lines plus the net elements of the remainder of the education revenue budget.
2. Cash figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000.





 
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The figures for Middlesbrough are affected by some pupils in the area attending academies rather than maintained schools.

Care Leavers

Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what national target she has set for increasing the proportion of care leavers aged 19 years who are in employment, education or training. [44857]

Maria Eagle: The DfES collects information from each local authority on the percentage of care leavers aged 19, who were looked after in their 17th year, who are participating in education, training or employment. However, currently there is no national target concerned with the proportion that is in employment, education and training.

Class Setting

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of lessons inspected by Ofsted were recorded as setted in science in years (a) seven, (b) eight, (c) nine, (d) 10, (e) 11 and (f) all years in (i) England and (ii) West Sussex local education authority in each year since 1995. [42492]

Jacqui Smith: This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Maurice Smith, will write to the hon. Member and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Library.

Letter from Maurice Smith, dated 13 January 2006:

Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for reply.

You asked what proportion of lessons inspected by Ofsted were recorded as setted in science in years (a) seven, (b) eight, (c) nine,
 

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(d) ten, (e) eleven and (f) all years in (i) England and (ii) West Sussex local education authority in each year since 1995.

The tables attached show the percentage of lessons which were setted by ability, seen by inspectors during the academic years 1996/97 to 2002/03. Prior to 1996/97 inspectors were not required to record information about grouping and from 2002/03 records do not distinguish between setting and streaming (banded).

 
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The data at individual subject level and for the individual LEA, West Sussex, should be interpreted with caution as the small numbers of records are unlikely to be fully representative of the grouping arrangements as a whole in the LEA.

A copy of this reply has been sent to Jacqui Smith and will be placed in the Library of both Houses.

Science

	1996/97		1997/98		1998/99		1999/2000
Year group	Total number of lessons	Percentage of setted lessons	Total number of lessons	Percentage of setted lessons	Total number of lessons	Percentage of setted lessons	Total number of lessons	Percentage of setted lessons
England
Year 7	2,629	20	1,476	27	2,160	27	1,692	28
Year 8	2,655	46	1,522	49	2,090	52	1,625	54
Year 9	2,796	65	1,667	68	2,459	69	1,926	69
Year 10	3,059	77	2,069	76	2,948	76	2,268	77
Year 11	4,664	69	2,058	76	3,111	76	2,336	77
Total 7–11	15,803	58	8,792	62	12,768	62	9,847	63
West Sussex
Year 7	22	0	4	100	32	38	22	32
Year 8	32	34	3	100	26	42	15	80
Year 9	27	74	4	0	9	22	22	73
Year 10	21	86	3	0	25	32	25	76
Year 11	57	86	4	0	39	33	18	61
Total 7–11	159	62	18	39	131	35	102	64

	2000/01		2001/02		2002/03
Year group	Total number of lessons	Percentage of setted lessons	Total number of lessons	Percentage of setted lessons	Total number of lessons	Percentage of setted lessons
West Sussex
Year 7	1,325	32	1,206	34	1,121	40
Year 8	1,311	64	1,104	62	1,013	62
Year 9	1,723	76	1,467	77	1,345	74
Year 10	1,857	85	1,539	85	1,359	80
Year 11	1,945	82	1,672	86	1,528	83
Total 7–11	8,161	71	6,988	71	6,366	70
Year 7	9	44	6	33	16	44
Year 8	21	71	8	25	17	41
Year 9	38	84	12	75	20	70
Year 10	36	92	13	77	23	83
Year 11	31	90	8	63	20	85
Total 7–11	135	83	47	60	96	67

Notes:
Framework changes occurred in January 2000 and September 2003. Changes in the way groupings in lessons are recorded may mean that data are not directly comparable from one framework to another.
From January 2000 to July 2003, the inspection arrangements included full and short inspections. The majority of lessons observed will have been in full inspections. The most effective schools had short inspections.

Class Sizes (West Lancashire)

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average class size is in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in West Lancashire. [45010]

Jacqui Smith: The requested information is given in the table.
Maintained primary and secondary schools⁽¹⁴⁾: average size of classes taught by one teacher⁽¹⁵⁾—as at January 2005—West Lancashire parliamentary constituency

	Average class size
Key Stage 1(16)	23.5
Key Stage 2	26.1
Primary	24.6
Secondary	21.9

⁽¹⁴⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed.
⁽¹⁵⁾ Classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census in January.
⁽¹⁶⁾ Includes reception classes.
Source:
Annual Schools Census

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