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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Ms Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the Luton, South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [156162] Mr. Wills: Outlined are details of the effects of a range of the Department's policies on the Luton, South constituency and Luton local education authority. Beacon Schools There is one Beacon School in the Luton, South constituency: Hillborough Junior School. Schools with specialist status designated since 1997 There is one Specialist School in the Luton, South constituency: Ashcroft High School, which has Technology College status. Education Maintenance Allowance Luton LEA is one of the new EMA pilot areas. Since September 2000 just over £260,000 has been paid out in EMAs to 569 students. School Achievement Awards 15 Schools in the Luton, South constituency have been awarded a total of £121,250.00 under this scheme. The schools and awards are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ Beech Hill Community Primary School 12,030 Dallow Infant School 7,500 Dallow Junior School 7,310 Denbigh High School 29,880 Denbigh Infant School 8,800 Foxdell Junior School 5,350 Hillborough Junior School 5,520 Orchard Centre PRU (formally Charles Street Tuition Centre) 2,820 Putteridge Infant School 5,460 Sacred Heart RC Infants School 3,990 Slip End Lower School 3,410 Someries Junior School 6,450 St. Mary's RC Lower School 6,020 Tennyson Road Primary School 4,840 Wigmore Primary School 11,870 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Class Sizes Luton LEA £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Revenue Capital 1998-99 0 58,000 1999-2000 130,000 574,396 2000-01 618,615 79,500 2001-02 635,881 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The September 2000 figures show that there are now only 380 (6.2 per cent.) pupils remaining in infant classes of 31 or more. The figure in January 1997 was 2,427 (42 per cent.). Luton Performance Data Key Stage 2, percentage of pupils achieving level 4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2000 1999 1998 1997 English LEA average 72 68 61 58 England average 75 71 65 63 Maths LEA average 65 62 51 54 England average 72 69 59 62 Science LEA average 82 74 61 63 England average 85 78 69 69 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. GCSE--percentage of pupils achieving _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2000 1999 1998 1997 5+ A*--C LEA average 39.7 35.8 35.0 34.3 England average 49.2 47.9 46.3 45.1 5+ A*--G LEA average 91.4 92 92.4 89.9 England average 88.9 88.5 87.5 86.4 No Passes LEA average 3.2 3.2 2.1 4.3 England average 5.6 6.0 6.6 7.7 Average Point Score LEA average 36.7 35.5 35.9 n/a England average 38.9 38.1 37.0 n/a _________________________________________________________________________________________________. A/AS level and Advanced GNVQ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2000 1999 1998 Average points for 2 or more A/AS levels LEA average 13.6 13.4 14.1 England average 18.5 18.2 17.8 A/AS average per entry LEA average 4.5 4.4 4.6 England average 5.5 5.5 5.4 Average point score GNVQs LEA average 8.1 9.0 9.5 England average 10.1 9.9 9.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Funding per pupil In Luton LEA, funding per pupil has increased by £520 in real terms between 1997-98 and 2001-02. Luton LEA capital funding £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2001-02 2000-01 1999-2000 1998-99 1997-98 Total Credit approvals ACG 1,356 2,918 556 201 171 5,202 SCA -- 217 1,033 240 40 1,530 Grants NDS Condition Funding 392 -- -- -- -- 392 NDS -- 2,275 691 322 288 3,576 NGfL 914 625 326 374 -- 2,239 VA grant 127 239 98 73 102 639 Schools devolved formula -- 1,344 -- -- -- 1,344 capital Science labs 134 134 -- -- -- 268 Energy -- -- -- 51 -- 51 AMP support -- -- 25 -- -- 25 Seed challenge 161 146 -- -- -- 307 Infant class size -- 110 545 57 -- 712 Security 46 65 65 57 46 279 SSLUs 54 61 -- -- -- 115 Schools Access 232 17 -- -- -- 249 Initiative NDS Devolved Formula 1,109 -- -- -- -- 1,109 Outside Toilets -- -- -- 6 -- 6 Nursery provision -- 64 -- -- -- 64 Total 4,525 8,215 3,339 1,381 647 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Further Education Student numbers at all Further Education Funding Council funded institutions where home postcode is in the local authority district of Luton are given in the table. 1996-97 to 1999-2000 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. FEFC funded Non-FEFC funded 16-18 Adult 16-18 Adult Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time 1996-97 3,238 794 657 9,042 88 368 69 633 1997-98 2,995 1,130 769 10,810 81 307 69 604 1998-99 3,316 723 824 10,441 105 534 71 799 1999-2000 3,385 817 817 10,159 112 379 179 1,068 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Modern Apprenticeships Information on Modern Apprenticeships for all English constituencies will be placed in the Library by the end of March. New Deal for Young People In the Luton, South constituency, 966 young people had joined the New Deal to the end of December 2000. 386 have found jobs, 299 of which are sustained. Labour market statistics The working age employment rate in Luton in autumn 2000 was 71.9 per cent., below the UK rate of 74.7 per cent. The rate in autumn 1997 was 77.0 per cent., in autumn 1998 73.0 per cent., and in autumn 1999 74.9 per cent. These figures are volatile at this level, and our best interpretation of the trend in the employment rate for Luton since 1997 is that it has been broadly flat. The claimant unemployment rate has fallen from 5.3 per cent. in February 1997 to 2.7 per cent. in February 2001 in the Luton, South constituency.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

156162; 367 c468-71W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Government departments Department for Education and Employment Luton

Contains statistics

Yes

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