Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 April 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 April 2002. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Thursday, 18 April 2002 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many learning mentors there are in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) the Buckingham constituency and (ii) England. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many learning mentors there are in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) the Buckingham constituency and (ii) England. [51389] Mr. Timms: There are currently no Learning Mentors working in primary or secondary schools in the constituency of Buckingham. Our provision of Learning Mentors is focused on schools in deprived city authorities as part of the Excellence in Cities (EiC) programme, and upon schools in Excellence Clusters which cover smaller pockets of deprivation. There are currently 1,155 Learning Mentors in England's primary schools, and 2,265 in secondary schools.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 51389; 383 c1131W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Disadvantaged Primary education Non-teaching staff Secondary education Buckinghamshire Excellence in cities Learning mentors
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk