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Deposited by
Foreign and Commonwealth Office; European Council
Type
Deposited papers
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office; European Council
Committed on
19 December 2005
Originated on
17 December 2005
Received on
19 December 2005
Subjects
Contributions; Climate change; Africa; Finance; EU enlargement; EU action; EU budget; EU economic policy; Common agricultural policy; EU external relations; North Macedonia; Migration; Terrorism; Security; Sustainable development
Lords Library location
HINF 2005/2151
Date
19 December 2005
Reference
HINF 2005/2151
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the enumeration districts which were in the top five per cent. measured by (a) reduction in population and (b) change of population in the last (i) 10, (ii) 20 and (iii) 30 years for which information is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the enumeration districts which were in the top five per cent. measured by (a) reduction in population and (b) change of population in the last (i) 10, (ii) 20 and (iii) 30 years for which information is...
Asked by
Andrew Turner
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Hanson of Flint
(Labour)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 November 2005
For answer on
28 November 2005
Answered on
2 December 2005
In the absence of my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Angela E. Smith), I have been asked to reply.The boundaries of enumeration districts, the area within which each census enumerator delivers census forms, are specific to each census reflecting changes in ward boundaries over time. It is not possible to track population changes at enumeration district level directly from available census outputs.
Subjects
Northern Ireland; Population; Migration
Date
2 December 2005
Reference
440 c837W;440 c837W; 32483
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the reasons for the rise in the number of cases of tuberculosis in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the reasons for the rise in the number of cases of tuberculosis in England.
Asked by
Charles Hendry
(Conservative)
Answered by
Caroline Flint
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
14 November 2005
For answer on
17 November 2005
Answered on
30 November 2005
[holding answer 17 November 2005]: The chief medical officer's action plan ““Stopping Tuberculosis in England”” (October 2004) recognised that tuberculosis (TB) in England increased by 25 per cent. over the previous 10 years, and is still rising.There are a number of factors that contribute to the rise in TB. TB is so common in certain parts of the world that people who live there are at a higher risk of catching it. The disease follows patterns of migration, and in England around two-thirds of TB patients are born abroad. Among these people, TB as a disease may not develop until five to 10 years later. Apart from the changing patterns of migration, other factors for increasing rates of TB include increased opportunities for international travel; homelessness in inner cities and increasing alcohol and other substance misuse. Also, HIV infection weakens a person's immunity to TB, although this only accounts for a small proportion, around 3 per cent. of the total.The Health Protection Agency (HPA) implemented a system of continuous enhanced tuberculosis surveillance in England in 1999 in response to the increase in cases of tuberculosis reported through the statutory notification system for infectious diseases, and aimed to better inform understanding of the changing epidemiology of tuberculosis.Annual tuberculosis surveillance reports are available from the HPA's website at www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/tb/epidemiology/reports.htm
Subjects
Disease control; Infectious diseases; Migration; Travel; Tuberculosis
Date
30 November 2005
Reference
440 c501W;440 c501W; 29507
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Cameroon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Cameroon.
Asked by
David Chaytor
(Labour)
Answered by
Ian Pearson
(Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 November 2005
For answer on
29 November 2005
Answered on
29 November 2005
Lord Triesman discussed human rights and migration with Dion Ngute, Minister Delegate at the Ministry of External Relations at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on 24 November. Lord Triesman met the Cameroon high commissioner on 9 November on the issue of migration.
Subjects
Cameroon; Human rights; Migration
Date
29 November 2005
Reference
440 c293W;440 c293W; 32402
House
House of Commons
The hon. Gentleman rightly makes the case that the challenge with respect to pupil mobility rests on the individual schools in which a large proportion of pupils are mobile. That is why it is absolutely right that local authority funding formulae can and should take account of differential funding for schools with high mobility. Given the wide spread of mobility across a range of local authorities, the effect of distributing between authorities on the basis of mobility would have been to flatten and reduce the extra contributions to those authorities with additional educational needs on the basis of deprivation, not to benefit authorities such as the hon. Gentleman's. That is why the decision was taken.
The hon. Gentleman rightly makes the case that the challenge with respect to pupil mobility rests on the individual schools in which a large proportion of pupils are mobile. That is why it is absolutely right that local authority funding formulae can and should take account of differential funding for schools with high mobility. Given the wide spread of mobility across a range of local authorities, the effect of distributing between authorities on the basis of mobility would have been to flatten and reduce the extra contributions to those authorities with additional educational needs on the basis of deprivation, not to benefit authorities such as the hon. Gentleman's. That is why the decision was taken.
Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern
(Labour)
Asked by
Simon Hughes
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
The Minister will know that, in boroughs such as mine, in most of inner London and in much of the rest of the country, people will be extremely unhappy with that answer. Given that some schools have a 60 per cent. turnover in classes in the same year and, in many, a third of the pupils change between the first and second sets of tests, will she look again at what the Prime Minister's strategy unit said only two years ago and at what the Association of London Government report said in June this year, both of which make it clear that a fair funding formula to reflect rapidly changing pupils in classrooms is necessary for equal educational opportunity?
Subjects
Finance; Pupils; Migration; Schools
Date
24 November 2005
Reference
439 c1656
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The Minister will know that, in boroughs such as mine, in most of inner London and in much of the rest of the country, people will be extremely unhappy with that answer. Given that some schools have a 60 per cent. turnover in classes in the same year and, in many, a third of the pupils change between the first and second sets of tests, will she look again at what the Prime Minister's strategy unit said only two years ago and at what the Association of London Government report said in June this year, both of which make it clear that a fair funding formula to reflect rapidly changing pupils in classrooms is necessary for equal educational opportunity?
The Minister will know that, in boroughs such as mine, in most of inner London and in much of the rest of the country, people will be extremely unhappy with that answer. Given that some schools have a 60 per cent. turnover in classes in the same year and, in many, a third of the pupils change between the first and second sets of tests, will she look again at what the Prime Minister's strategy unit said only two years ago and at what the Association of London Government report said in June this year, both of which make it clear that a fair funding formula to reflect rapidly changing pupils in classrooms is necessary for equal educational opportunity?
Asked by
Simon Hughes
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
24 November 2005
The hon. Gentleman rightly makes the case that the challenge with respect to pupil mobility rests on the individual schools in which a large proportion of pupils are mobile. That is why it is absolutely right that local authority funding formulae can and should take account of differential funding for schools with high mobility. Given the wide spread of mobility across a range of local authorities, the effect of distributing between authorities on the basis of mobility would have been to flatten and reduce the extra contributions to those authorities with additional educational needs on the basis of deprivation, not to benefit authorities such as the hon. Gentleman's. That is why the decision was taken.
Subjects
Finance; Pupils; Migration; Schools
Date
24 November 2005
Reference
439 c1656
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
If she will revise the funding formula for schools to take greater account of the mobility of school populations.
If she will revise the funding formula for schools to take greater account of the mobility of school populations.
Asked by
Simon Hughes
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 November 2005
For answer on
24 November 2005
Answered on
24 November 2005
In developing our proposals for the new dedicated schools grant, we considered with our partners whether there should be a mobility factor in the distribution of funding for local authorities and decided against it. Of course local authorities can already take account of pupil mobility in their local funding formulae. We will announce in the near future our final decisions on the distribution of the new dedicated schools grants for 2006–07 and 2007–08.
Subjects
Finance; Pupils; Migration; Schools
Date
24 November 2005
Reference
439 c1656; 31319
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
In developing our proposals for the new dedicated schools grant, we considered with our partners whether there should be a mobility factor in the distribution of funding for local authorities and decided against it. Of course local authorities can already take account of pupil mobility in their local funding formulae. We will announce in the near future our final decisions on the distribution of the new dedicated schools grants for 2006–07 and 2007–08.
In developing our proposals for the new dedicated schools grant, we considered with our partners whether there should be a mobility factor in the distribution of funding for local authorities and decided against it. Of course local authorities can already take account of pupil mobility in their local funding formulae. We will announce in the near future our final decisions on the distribution of the new dedicated schools grants for 2006–07 and 2007–08.
Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern
(Labour)
Asked by
Simon Hughes
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
If she will revise the funding formula for schools to take greater account of the mobility of school populations.
Subjects
Finance; Pupils; Migration; Schools
Date
24 November 2005
Reference
439 c1656
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students in further education have leave to remain in the UK as a member of a family in the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme; and how much in overseas tuition fees was paid by such students in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students in further education have leave to remain in the UK as a member of a family in the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme; and how much in overseas tuition fees was paid by such students in each of...
Asked by
Andrew Pelling
(Conservative)
Answered by
Andy Burnham
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
31 October 2005
For answer on
2 November 2005
Answered on
9 November 2005
I have been asked to reply.The figures requested are not held centrally as the Home Office does not record whether dependants of migrants under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme are in further education. However, dependants, aged 16 to 18, of migrants with leave under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme are allowed to study in the UK without paying fees. The Department for Education and Skills has no information on the specific immigration leave of overseas students in further education in England and cannot identify any fees they may pay.
Subjects
Dependants; Fees and charges; Further education; Immigration; Overseas students; Migration; Migrant workers; Skilled workers
Date
9 November 2005
Reference
439 c596W;439 c596W; 24425
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Lords papers;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
European Union Committee
Subjects
Asylum; Immigration controls; Undocumented migrants; European Union; EU action; Migration
Date
1 November 2005
Reference
HL 58 2005-06
House
House of Lords
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment her Department has made of whether there is a link between pupils who move school often and social and economic deprivation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment her Department has made of whether there is a link between pupils who move school often and social and economic deprivation.
Asked by
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
20 July 2005
For answer on
10 October 2005
Answered on
10 October 2005
The Department commissioned the Pupil Mobility in Schools project to produce a report on the nature and causes of pupil mobility in schools and the implications of high mobility for national strategies to raise achievement. This project identified strong associations between pupil mobility and social deprivation, family break up and moves into and out of temporary accommodation. Mobile pupils are more likely to be eligible for free school meals, have English as an additional language, have a special educational need or have behavioural problems."Dobson/Henthorne/Lynas (2000): Pupil Mobility in Schools—Final report, London: University College London."
Subjects
Pupils; Migration
Date
10 October 2005
Reference
15053; 437 c362W;437 c340W
House
House of Commons
(4) what assessment her Department has made of the impact of high levels of pupil mobility on other children within affected schools;
(4) what assessment her Department has made of the impact of high levels of pupil mobility on other children within affected schools;
Asked by
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 July 2005
For answer on
7 July 2005
Answered on
14 July 2005
We have been considering with our education partners, including representatives of head teachers and local authorities, whether there should be a mobility factor in the national school funding distribution formula, because of schools in some areas facing higher levels of pupil turnover than in others. We expect to announce our decisions on this issue soon. Local authorities are already allowed to take account of mobility in their funding formulae for schools.This work has not included consideration of the costs to schools of high levels of pupil mobility or the impact of pupil mobility on other children in affected schools. We have not commissioned any research looking specifically at the impact of pupil mobility on others, but we did commission a research study ““Pupil Mobility in Schools—Dobson et al 1999—DfEE research report number 168”” which investigated the general issue of pupil mobility.In the current primary school achievement and attainment tables, a mobility indicator is provided alongside each school's value added measure. This provides context for the value added measure by showing the extent to which pupils eligible for the key stage 2 tests were not in the school for the whole of their key stage 2 education.In the secondary tables, a pilot of ““contextual value added”” is taking place in 2005. This will directly take account of a range of contextual factors which are outside the school's control and which are correlated with outcomes even after taking account of prior attainment. Mobility will be one of the factors included, since pupils who move between schools outside of normal transitions make lower progress than non-mobile pupils. A similar pilot is planned for primary schools in 2006.The Department does not collect information from individual schools that is specifically about pupil mobility. However pupils' dates of entry to schools are collected as part of the Pupil Level Annual Schools census. Based upon these dates of entry various mobility rates can be calculated depending upon the definition used.The Department published a school level mobility indicator as part of the 2004 Primary School (Key Stage 2) Achievement and Attainment Tables.This indicator shows the percentage of pupils who were registered at the school for their entire key stage 2 education. However, this indicator has not been defined or calculated at LEA level.
Subjects
Pupils; Migration
Date
14 July 2005
Reference
10751; 436 c1236-7W;436 c1236-7W
House
House of Commons
(2) what representations she has received from (a) teachers' bodies, (b) local education authorities and (c) individual teachers on the effect of high levels of pupil mobility on teachers;
(2) what representations she has received from (a) teachers' bodies, (b) local education authorities and (c) individual teachers on the effect of high levels of pupil mobility on teachers;
Asked by
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 July 2005
For answer on
7 July 2005
Answered on
14 July 2005
We have been considering with our education partners, including representatives of head teachers and local authorities, whether there should be a mobility factor in the national school funding distribution formula, because of schools in some areas facing higher levels of pupil turnover than in others. We expect to announce our decisions on this issue soon. Local authorities are already allowed to take account of mobility in their funding formulae for schools.This work has not included consideration of the costs to schools of high levels of pupil mobility or the impact of pupil mobility on other children in affected schools. We have not commissioned any research looking specifically at the impact of pupil mobility on others, but we did commission a research study ““Pupil Mobility in Schools—Dobson et al 1999—DfEE research report number 168”” which investigated the general issue of pupil mobility.In the current primary school achievement and attainment tables, a mobility indicator is provided alongside each school's value added measure. This provides context for the value added measure by showing the extent to which pupils eligible for the key stage 2 tests were not in the school for the whole of their key stage 2 education.In the secondary tables, a pilot of ““contextual value added”” is taking place in 2005. This will directly take account of a range of contextual factors which are outside the school's control and which are correlated with outcomes even after taking account of prior attainment. Mobility will be one of the factors included, since pupils who move between schools outside of normal transitions make lower progress than non-mobile pupils. A similar pilot is planned for primary schools in 2006.The Department does not collect information from individual schools that is specifically about pupil mobility. However pupils' dates of entry to schools are collected as part of the Pupil Level Annual Schools census. Based upon these dates of entry various mobility rates can be calculated depending upon the definition used.The Department published a school level mobility indicator as part of the 2004 Primary School (Key Stage 2) Achievement and Attainment Tables.This indicator shows the percentage of pupils who were registered at the school for their entire key stage 2 education. However, this indicator has not been defined or calculated at LEA level.
Subjects
Pupils; Migration
Date
14 July 2005
Reference
10750; 436 c1236-7W;436 c1236-7W
House
House of Commons
(7) what information her Department collects about pupil mobility at individual school level.
(7) what information her Department collects about pupil mobility at individual school level.
Asked by
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 July 2005
For answer on
7 July 2005
Answered on
14 July 2005
We have been considering with our education partners, including representatives of head teachers and local authorities, whether there should be a mobility factor in the national school funding distribution formula, because of schools in some areas facing higher levels of pupil turnover than in others. We expect to announce our decisions on this issue soon. Local authorities are already allowed to take account of mobility in their funding formulae for schools.This work has not included consideration of the costs to schools of high levels of pupil mobility or the impact of pupil mobility on other children in affected schools. We have not commissioned any research looking specifically at the impact of pupil mobility on others, but we did commission a research study ““Pupil Mobility in Schools—Dobson et al 1999—DfEE research report number 168”” which investigated the general issue of pupil mobility.In the current primary school achievement and attainment tables, a mobility indicator is provided alongside each school's value added measure. This provides context for the value added measure by showing the extent to which pupils eligible for the key stage 2 tests were not in the school for the whole of their key stage 2 education.In the secondary tables, a pilot of ““contextual value added”” is taking place in 2005. This will directly take account of a range of contextual factors which are outside the school's control and which are correlated with outcomes even after taking account of prior attainment. Mobility will be one of the factors included, since pupils who move between schools outside of normal transitions make lower progress than non-mobile pupils. A similar pilot is planned for primary schools in 2006.The Department does not collect information from individual schools that is specifically about pupil mobility. However pupils' dates of entry to schools are collected as part of the Pupil Level Annual Schools census. Based upon these dates of entry various mobility rates can be calculated depending upon the definition used.The Department published a school level mobility indicator as part of the 2004 Primary School (Key Stage 2) Achievement and Attainment Tables.This indicator shows the percentage of pupils who were registered at the school for their entire key stage 2 education. However, this indicator has not been defined or calculated at LEA level.
Subjects
Pupils; Migration
Date
14 July 2005
Reference
10747; 436 c1236-7W;436 c1236-7W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what assessment she has made of the merits of targeting funding to schools or local education authorities with high levels of pupil mobility;
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what assessment she has made of the merits of targeting funding to schools or local education authorities with high levels of pupil mobility;
Asked by
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 July 2005
For answer on
7 July 2005
Answered on
14 July 2005
We have been considering with our education partners, including representatives of head teachers and local authorities, whether there should be a mobility factor in the national school funding distribution formula, because of schools in some areas facing higher levels of pupil turnover than in others. We expect to announce our decisions on this issue soon. Local authorities are already allowed to take account of mobility in their funding formulae for schools.This work has not included consideration of the costs to schools of high levels of pupil mobility or the impact of pupil mobility on other children in affected schools. We have not commissioned any research looking specifically at the impact of pupil mobility on others, but we did commission a research study ““Pupil Mobility in Schools—Dobson et al 1999—DfEE research report number 168”” which investigated the general issue of pupil mobility.In the current primary school achievement and attainment tables, a mobility indicator is provided alongside each school's value added measure. This provides context for the value added measure by showing the extent to which pupils eligible for the key stage 2 tests were not in the school for the whole of their key stage 2 education.In the secondary tables, a pilot of ““contextual value added”” is taking place in 2005. This will directly take account of a range of contextual factors which are outside the school's control and which are correlated with outcomes even after taking account of prior attainment. Mobility will be one of the factors included, since pupils who move between schools outside of normal transitions make lower progress than non-mobile pupils. A similar pilot is planned for primary schools in 2006.The Department does not collect information from individual schools that is specifically about pupil mobility. However pupils' dates of entry to schools are collected as part of the Pupil Level Annual Schools census. Based upon these dates of entry various mobility rates can be calculated depending upon the definition used.The Department published a school level mobility indicator as part of the 2004 Primary School (Key Stage 2) Achievement and Attainment Tables.This indicator shows the percentage of pupils who were registered at the school for their entire key stage 2 education. However, this indicator has not been defined or calculated at LEA level.
Subjects
Pupils; Migration
Date
14 July 2005
Reference
10748; 436 c1236-7W;436 c1236-7W
House
House of Commons
(6) what pupil mobility rates were in each education authority in England in the last period for which figures are available;
(6) what pupil mobility rates were in each education authority in England in the last period for which figures are available;
Asked by
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 July 2005
For answer on
7 July 2005
Answered on
14 July 2005
We have been considering with our education partners, including representatives of head teachers and local authorities, whether there should be a mobility factor in the national school funding distribution formula, because of schools in some areas facing higher levels of pupil turnover than in others. We expect to announce our decisions on this issue soon. Local authorities are already allowed to take account of mobility in their funding formulae for schools.This work has not included consideration of the costs to schools of high levels of pupil mobility or the impact of pupil mobility on other children in affected schools. We have not commissioned any research looking specifically at the impact of pupil mobility on others, but we did commission a research study ““Pupil Mobility in Schools—Dobson et al 1999—DfEE research report number 168”” which investigated the general issue of pupil mobility.In the current primary school achievement and attainment tables, a mobility indicator is provided alongside each school's value added measure. This provides context for the value added measure by showing the extent to which pupils eligible for the key stage 2 tests were not in the school for the whole of their key stage 2 education.In the secondary tables, a pilot of ““contextual value added”” is taking place in 2005. This will directly take account of a range of contextual factors which are outside the school's control and which are correlated with outcomes even after taking account of prior attainment. Mobility will be one of the factors included, since pupils who move between schools outside of normal transitions make lower progress than non-mobile pupils. A similar pilot is planned for primary schools in 2006.The Department does not collect information from individual schools that is specifically about pupil mobility. However pupils' dates of entry to schools are collected as part of the Pupil Level Annual Schools census. Based upon these dates of entry various mobility rates can be calculated depending upon the definition used.The Department published a school level mobility indicator as part of the 2004 Primary School (Key Stage 2) Achievement and Attainment Tables.This indicator shows the percentage of pupils who were registered at the school for their entire key stage 2 education. However, this indicator has not been defined or calculated at LEA level.
Subjects
Pupils; Migration
Date
14 July 2005
Reference
10749; 436 c1236-7W;436 c1236-7W
House
House of Commons
(3) what assessment her Department has made of the costs to schools of high levels of pupil mobility;
(3) what assessment her Department has made of the costs to schools of high levels of pupil mobility;
Asked by
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 July 2005
For answer on
7 July 2005
Answered on
14 July 2005
We have been considering with our education partners, including representatives of head teachers and local authorities, whether there should be a mobility factor in the national school funding distribution formula, because of schools in some areas facing higher levels of pupil turnover than in others. We expect to announce our decisions on this issue soon. Local authorities are already allowed to take account of mobility in their funding formulae for schools.This work has not included consideration of the costs to schools of high levels of pupil mobility or the impact of pupil mobility on other children in affected schools. We have not commissioned any research looking specifically at the impact of pupil mobility on others, but we did commission a research study ““Pupil Mobility in Schools—Dobson et al 1999—DfEE research report number 168”” which investigated the general issue of pupil mobility.In the current primary school achievement and attainment tables, a mobility indicator is provided alongside each school's value added measure. This provides context for the value added measure by showing the extent to which pupils eligible for the key stage 2 tests were not in the school for the whole of their key stage 2 education.In the secondary tables, a pilot of ““contextual value added”” is taking place in 2005. This will directly take account of a range of contextual factors which are outside the school's control and which are correlated with outcomes even after taking account of prior attainment. Mobility will be one of the factors included, since pupils who move between schools outside of normal transitions make lower progress than non-mobile pupils. A similar pilot is planned for primary schools in 2006.The Department does not collect information from individual schools that is specifically about pupil mobility. However pupils' dates of entry to schools are collected as part of the Pupil Level Annual Schools census. Based upon these dates of entry various mobility rates can be calculated depending upon the definition used.The Department published a school level mobility indicator as part of the 2004 Primary School (Key Stage 2) Achievement and Attainment Tables.This indicator shows the percentage of pupils who were registered at the school for their entire key stage 2 education. However, this indicator has not been defined or calculated at LEA level.
Subjects
Pupils; Migration
Date
14 July 2005
Reference
10746; 436 c1236-7W;436 c1236-7W
House
House of Commons
(5) what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of value added measures of school performance in reflecting the work of schools with high levels of pupil mobility;
(5) what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of value added measures of school performance in reflecting the work of schools with high levels of pupil mobility;
Asked by
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 July 2005
For answer on
7 July 2005
Answered on
14 July 2005
We have been considering with our education partners, including representatives of head teachers and local authorities, whether there should be a mobility factor in the national school funding distribution formula, because of schools in some areas facing higher levels of pupil turnover than in others. We expect to announce our decisions on this issue soon. Local authorities are already allowed to take account of mobility in their funding formulae for schools.This work has not included consideration of the costs to schools of high levels of pupil mobility or the impact of pupil mobility on other children in affected schools. We have not commissioned any research looking specifically at the impact of pupil mobility on others, but we did commission a research study ““Pupil Mobility in Schools—Dobson et al 1999—DfEE research report number 168”” which investigated the general issue of pupil mobility.In the current primary school achievement and attainment tables, a mobility indicator is provided alongside each school's value added measure. This provides context for the value added measure by showing the extent to which pupils eligible for the key stage 2 tests were not in the school for the whole of their key stage 2 education.In the secondary tables, a pilot of ““contextual value added”” is taking place in 2005. This will directly take account of a range of contextual factors which are outside the school's control and which are correlated with outcomes even after taking account of prior attainment. Mobility will be one of the factors included, since pupils who move between schools outside of normal transitions make lower progress than non-mobile pupils. A similar pilot is planned for primary schools in 2006.The Department does not collect information from individual schools that is specifically about pupil mobility. However pupils' dates of entry to schools are collected as part of the Pupil Level Annual Schools census. Based upon these dates of entry various mobility rates can be calculated depending upon the definition used.The Department published a school level mobility indicator as part of the 2004 Primary School (Key Stage 2) Achievement and Attainment Tables.This indicator shows the percentage of pupils who were registered at the school for their entire key stage 2 education. However, this indicator has not been defined or calculated at LEA level.
Subjects
Pupils; Migration
Date
14 July 2005
Reference
10745; 436 c1236-7W;436 c1236-7W
House
House of Commons
Deposited by
Home Office
Type
Deposited papers
Author
Home Office
Committed on
20 June 2005
Originated on
20 June 2005
Received on
21 June 2005
Subjects
Crime prevention; Budgeting; Equality; Finance; Immigration; Investment; Economic planning; Public expenditure; Public opinion; Migration; Standards; Business plans; Financial targets
Lords Library location
HINF 2005/1089
Date
20 June 2005
Reference
DEP 05/820
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of likely net migration in each of the next 10 years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of likely net migration in each of the next 10 years.
Asked by
Lord Field of Birkenhead
(Labour)
Answered by
Ivan Lewis
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 May 2005
For answer on
26 May 2005
Answered on
26 May 2005
The most recent estimates come from the Government Actuary's latest (2003-based) national population projections. The information requested is available from the GAD website at: http://www. gad.gov.uk/Population/2003/methodology/migrass.htm
Subjects
Migration
Date
26 May 2005
Reference
1051; 434 c200W;434 c202W
House
House of Commons