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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to reform the methodology of regulatory impact assessments in order to reflect more accurately the social and economic benefits of new environmental technologies; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

David Chaytor (Labour)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 March 2005

Reference

432 c525W; 221730

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in how many specialist (a) technology, (b) sports, (c) arts and (d) languages colleges the proportion of selective admissions exceeds 10 per cent. of their pupil intake. - Includes table.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 December 2003

For answer on

17 December 2003

Answered on

17 December 2003

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills in how many specialist (a) technology, (b) sports, (c) arts and (d) languages colleges the proportion of selective admissions exceeds 10 per cent. of their pupil intake. [141795] Mr. Miliband: The information requested is set out in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Specialism Grammar schools Selection exceeds 10 per cent. Total (Non-Grammar) (a) Arts 5 1 6 (b) Language 24 -- 24 (c) Sports 6 -- 6 (d) Technology 18 5 23 Total 53 6 59 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Our figures suggest that 40 specialist schools selected by aptitude in 2001. Most of these specialist schools which select by aptitude were selecting by aptitude prior to the 1998 Act, therefore some schools select more than 10 per cent. of their pupils on this basis.

Date

17 December 2003

Reference

415 c967W; 141795

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools gained specialist status in (a) technology, (b) sports, (c) arts, (d) languages, (e) engineering, (f) science, (g) mathematics and computing and (h) business and enterprise (i) before and (ii) after September 2002. - Inc table.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 December 2003

For answer on

8 December 2003

Answered on

8 December 2003

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools gained specialist status in (a) technology, (b) sports, (c) arts, (d) languages, (e) engineering, (f) science, (g) mathematics and computing and (h) business and enterprise (i) before and (ii) after September 2002. [141798] Mr. Miliband: The data requested is given in the table set out as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Gained specialist status: (i) Before September 2002 (ii) After September 2002 Total (a) Technology Colleges 465 60 525 (b) Sports Colleges 161 68 229 (c) Arts Colleges 173 57 230 (d) Language Colleges 162 32 194 (e) Engineering Colleges 4 10 14 (f) Science Colleges 24 97 121 (g) Maths & Computing 12 65 77 (h) Business & Enterprise 18 63 81 Combined specialisms 10 10 1,019 462 1,481 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

8 December 2003

Reference

415 c294W; 141798

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) technology, (b) sports, (c) arts, (d) languages, (e) engineering, (f) science, (g) mathematics and computing and (h) business and enterprise specialist schools achieved less than 25 per cent. A* to C grades at...

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 December 2003

For answer on

8 December 2003

Answered on

8 December 2003

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of (a) technology, (b) sports, (c) arts, (d) languages, (e) engineering, (f) science, (g) mathematics and computing and (h) business and enterprise specialist schools achieved less than 25 per cent. A* to C grades at GCSE in the last year for which figures are available. [141793] Mr. Miliband: The information requested is provided in the following table. 2002 GCSE/GNVQ results _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Special school type Technology Sports Arts Languages Number of schools where less 11 6 4 1 than 25 per cent. of 15 year olds achieved five or more A*-C grades at GCSE/ GNVQ Percentage of schools where 3 6 4 1 less than 25 per cent. of 15 year olds achieved five or more A*C grades at GCSE/ GNVQ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Specialist schools covers the 674 maintained, mainstream schools which were operational specialists as at September 2002, with 2002 GCSE/GNVQ results. 2003 GCSE/GNVQ results are due to be published in January 2004, so 2002 figures have been used. There were no operational engineering, science, mathematics and computing or business and enterprise specialist schools at the time of the 2002 GCSE/ GNVQ examinations.

Date

8 December 2003

Reference

415 c279-80W; 141793

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in (a) the North East and (b) each local authority area (i) have been designated and (ii) are being considered for status as a specialist technology college. - Inc table.

Asked by

Ashok Kumar (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 December 2003

For answer on

8 December 2003

Answered on

8 December 2003

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in (a) the North East and (b) each local authority area (i) have been designated and (ii) are being considered for status as a specialist technology college. [141868] Mr. Miliband: The data requested is set out in the following table. Technology college designations _________________________________________________________________________________________________. LEA/region Technology college designations Being considered for technology college status North East region 35 0 Local education authorities London borough of Barking and Dagenham 1 -- London borough of Barnet 3 1 Barnsley 1 -- Bath and North East Somerset 3 -- Bedfordshire 2 -- London borough of Bexley 1 -- Birmingham 17 1 Blackburn with Darwen 3 -- Blackpool -- -- Bolton 2 -- Bournemouth 1 -- Bracknell Forest 1 -- Bradford 3 -- London borough of Brent 3 -- Brighton and Hove 2 -- City of Bristol 1 1 London borough of Bromley 5 1 Buckinghamshire 5 -- Bury 1 -- Calderdale 2 -- Cambridgeshire 7 -- London borough of Camden 2 -- Cheshire 8 1 Corporation of London -- -- Cornwall 7 -- Coventry 3 1 London borough of Croydon 2 -- Cumbria 5 1 Darlington 2 -- City of Derby 2 -- Derbyshire 8 2 Devon 6 -- Doncaster 3 -- Dorset 5 -- Dudley 1 -- Durham 9 -- London borough of Ealing 3 -- East Riding of Yorkshire 4 -- East Sussex 6 -- London borough of Enfield 2 -- Essex 12 1 Gateshead 2 -- Gloucestershire 12 -- London borough of Greenwich 2 -- London borough of Hackney 3 -- Halton 2 -- London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham -- -- Hampshire 9 3 London borough of Haringey 1 -- London borough of Harrow 2 -- Hartlepool 1 -- London borough of Havering 2 -- Herefordshire 2 -- Hertfordshire 10 1 London borough of Hillingdon 2 -- London borough of Hounslow 2 -- Isles of Scilly -- -- Isle of Wight 1 -- London borough of Islington 1 -- Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea -- -- Kent 12 -- City of Kingston upon Hull 1 -- Royal borough of Kingston- upon-Thames 2 -- Kirklees 5 -- Knowsley -- -- London borough of Lambeth 2 -- Lancashire 18 2 Leeds 6 1 Leicester City 2 -- Leicestershire 7 -- London borough of Lewisham -- -- Lincolnshire 15 1 Liverpool 7 -- Luton 1 -- Manchester 3 -- Medway 3 -- London borough of Merton 1 -- Middlesborough 1 -- Milton Keynes 1 -- Newcastle upon Tyne 5 -- London borough of Newham 3 -- Norfolk 10 -- North East Lincolnshire 2 -- North Lincolnshire 2 -- North Somerset 2 -- North Tyneside 2 -- North Yorkshire 9 1 Northamptonshire 7 -- Northumberland 5 -- City of Nottingham 3 -- Nottinghamshire 9 1 Oldham 2 -- Oxfordshire 7 -- City of Peterborough 2 -- City of Plymouth 4 -- Poole 2 -- Portsmouth 1 -- Reading 2 -- London borough of Redbridge 4 1 Redcar and Cleveland 1 -- London borough of Richmond- upon-Thames -- -- Rochdale 2 -- Rotherham 2 -- Rutland 1 -- Salford 1 -- Sandwell 3 -- Sefton 2 -- Sheffield 4 -- Shropshire 6 -- Slough 1 -- Solihull 1 -- Somerset 9 -- South Gloucestershire 3 -- South Tyneside 2 -- Southend-on-Sea 2 -- Southampton 1 -- London borough of Southwark 2 -- St. Helens 2 -- Staffordshire 11 1 Stockport 1 1 Stockon on Tees 2 -- Stoke on Trent 1 1 Suffolk 11 1 Sunderland 3 -- Surrey 12 3 London borough of Sutton 1 -- Swindon 2 -- Tameside 1 -- Telford and Wrekin 2 -- Thurrock 1 -- Torbay 1 -- London borough of Tower Hamlets 1 -- Trafford 3 -- Wakefield 3 -- Walsall 3 -- London borough of Waltham Forest 2 -- London borough of Wandsworth 1 -- Warrington 3 -- Warwickshire 7 1 West Berkshire 3 -- West Sussex 5 -- London borough of Westminster 1 -- Wigan 4 -- Wiltshire 5 1 Royal borough of Windsor and Maidenhead 1 -- Wirral 4 1 Wokingham -- -- Wolverhampton 3 -- Worcestershire 6 -- City of York 2 -- Total 529 31 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

8 December 2003

Reference

141868; 415 c295-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of (a) technology, (b) sports, (c) arts, (d) languages, (e) engineering, (f) science, (g) mathematics and computing and (h) business and enterprise specialist schools select 10 per cent. of their pupil intake on the basis of aptitude. -...

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

413 c1489-90W;413 c1485-6W; 140194

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd June, 407 c555W, on specialist schools, if he will list average point scores for each of the four specialisations.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 July 2003

Reference

124171; 408 c683W;408 c681W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 10th June, 406 c784W, on specialist status schools, if he will make a statement on the variation in the average capped GCSE/GNVQ point scores among pupils attending (a) languages colleges, (b) sports colleges, (c) arts...

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 June 2003

Reference

119793; 407 c555W;407 c558W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the relevance of (a) materials science and (b) engineering to the development of scientific and technological understanding in AS and A level students.

Asked by

Barry Sheerman (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 May 2003

Reference

114651; 405 c1006-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd February, 399 c783W, on specialist status schools, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of specialist status on technology colleges. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

5 February 2003

For answer on

11 February 2003

Answered on

11 February 2003

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 3 February 2003, Official Report, column 783W, on specialist status schools, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of specialist status on technology colleges. [96767] Mr. Miliband: The October 2001 Ofsted survey of the programme ("Specialist Schools: An evaluation of progress") looked at the Technology specialism alongside the three other specialisms which were part of the programme in 2000. The survey found that four out of five of the well-established specialist schools covered by the survey were in large measure achieving the aims of the programme and making good use of the advantages it brings. The survey said that for these schools specialist status had often been a catalyst for innovation and helped to sustain or accelerate the momentum of school improvement. The Ofsted survey found no problems specific to Technology Colleges. The question refers to my answer of 28 January 2003, Official Report, column 783W, which said that since the programme began, 32 Technology Colleges have lost their specialist status in comparison to one school designated in another specialism. The reason for this disparity is that Technology Colleges have been part of the programme for longer and there are many more of them. Technology was the first specialism and was introduced in 1994. Schools come up for re-designation every four years (until 2000 this was every three years). There are currently schools operating in eight specialisms in the programme-- Technology Colleges represent 45 per cent. of these schools. The first Language Colleges began operating in 1995. The first Sports and Arts Colleges began operating in 1997. The first specialist schools designated in Science, Engineering, Business and Enterprise and Mathematics and Computing began operating in September 2002.

Date

11 February 2003

Reference

96767; 399 c697W;399 c695W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, of the schools that have lost specialist status since 1996, how many were (a) arts, (b) business and enterprise, (c) engineering, (d) languages, (e) maths and computing, (f) science, (g) sports and (h) technology. - Including figures.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 January 2003

Reference

93197; 398 c783W;398 c781W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the reason underlying the decision not to shortlist the application by (a) Belvidere School and (b) Mary Webb School for technology college and science college status.

Asked by

Paul Marsden (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 December 2002

Reference

85643; 396 c107W;396 c106-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance was issued to schools this year in respect of changes to the Technology Paper III exam. - No such guidance was given by the Department. (Holding answer 28 October 2002).

Asked by

Baroness Browning (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 October 2002

Reference

77646; 391 c729W;391 c725W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions her Department has had with the OCR Board in respect of this year's Technology Paper III. - The Department has had no such discussions. (Holding answer 28 October 2002).

Asked by

Baroness Browning (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 October 2002

Reference

77647; 391 c729-30W;391 c725-6W

House

House of Commons

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