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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which grant maintained schools have received extra funding from the FAS for urgent repairs since 1st May 1997; and in each case how much; and what total sum the FAS has distributed to grant maintained schools since 1 May 1997;...

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 February 1998
Reference
306 c739W;306 c737W; 29267;29271;29269;29270
House
House of Commons

What assessment she has made of the recent Audit Commission report on the Government's policies in respect of parental choice over school places and provision.

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
13 January 1997
Reference
10406; 288 c75-6W
House
House of Commons

What was the amount and the percentage of its total education budget spent on provision for pupils out of school for each local education authority in each of the last five years. - Inc table.

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 July 1995
Reference
263 c236-40W
House
House of Commons

What is the current average cost of providing a full-time nursery place in each local education authority in England and Wales. - Not held centrally for local education authorities in England. Local education authorities in Wales are the responsibility of the Sec of State for Wales.

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
9 May 1995
Reference
259 c368W
House
House of Commons

If she will list the numbers of grant maintained schools in each local education authority area and the political control of the authority when those schools voted to become grant maintained. - Inc table showing total number of GM schools in each LEA area and the current political control of...

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 March 1995
Reference
257 c449-51W;257 c446-9W
House
House of Commons

If she will list for each local education authority budgeted spending for 1995-96. - Will be available later this year.

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 March 1995
Reference
256 c510-1W;256 c510W
House
House of Commons

What estimates of the costs for (a) teaching staff, (b) books and equipment and (c) repairs and maintenance he made when calculating the control total for the education service block of the total standard spending for 1995-96. - (Holding answer 13 March 1995).

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 March 1995
Reference
256 c542W
House
House of Commons

What amount of GEST funds was available at the original introduction of the National Curriculum; and what amount is available to local education authorities now; and if she will list the amount of GEST funds allocated to each education authority at the original introduction of the national curriculum and for...

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 January 1995
Reference
252 c394W;252 c396W
House
House of Commons

That this House notes with concern the crisis in the funding of legal training arising from the virtual collapse of the discretionary award system; recognises that local authorities faced with cuts in their education budget are ceasing to make discretionary awards available for students seeking post-graduate vocational training as lawyers;...

Primary sponsor
Lord Boateng (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
18 May 1993
Reference
2026; 2026A1
House
House of Commons

What progress has been made to reduce the time taken by local education authorities in issuing statements of special needs; and which local education authorities have met his Department's recommended time of issuing special needs statements. - Inc fact that info requested has not to date been collected centrally.

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 May 1993
Reference
224 c97W
House
House of Commons

That this House draws attention to the individual needs of disabled people, many of whom are unable to participate in full-time higher education; welcomes the introduction of the disabled students' allowance, a means-tested benefit which is part of the mandatory awards system, but regrets that it does not apply to...

Primary sponsor
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
27 April 1993
Reference
1870
House
House of Commons

If he will give an estimate of the number of children classified as autistic in the United Kingdom who attend schools run by (a) local education authorities and (b) voluntary or charitable organisations. - Inc figures & ref to 281 c454W & research project into the education & treatment of...

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 February 1993
Reference
219 c510W;219 c501W
House
House of Commons

If he will list the local education authorities who have contracted out their school meals service to private companies; and what has been the change in employment as a result. - Inc fact that Department does not collect this information.

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 February 1993
Reference
219 c510W;219 c502W
House
House of Commons

That this House expresses concern that the current arrangements for discretionary awards distributed by local education authorities provide neither consistency nor coherence; and supports the Tertiary Colleges Association in drawing to the attention of the Secretary of State for Education the considerable anomalies in application which now exist and seeks...

Primary sponsor
Lord Bilston (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
3 February 1993
Reference
1316
House
House of Commons

What measures he is taking to reduce the time taken in the issuing of statements of special needs for children.

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 January 1993
Reference
217 c641W;217 c639W
House
House of Commons

How many full-time and part-time staff are available to each local education authority for education other than at school. - Total number employed in England to provide education other than at school is estiamted at 2,600 full-time equivalents in Jan 1992. Reliable figures for individual authorities are not available.

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 January 1993
Reference
216 c572W;216 c571W
House
House of Commons

If he will list the average time taken by each local education authority to assess a child as special needs from the initial application to the issue of a statement of special needs.

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 November 1992
Reference
214 c847W;214 c851W
House
House of Commons

If he will make it his policy to ring fence funding for books in the allocation of resources to local education authorities.

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 November 1992
Reference
214 c558W;214 c562W
House
House of Commons

What proposals he has to ensure that local education authorities remain able to monitor the delivery of the National Curriculum within the schools throughout their area.

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Education and Science
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 January 1992
Reference
202 c510W
House
House of Commons

That this House recognises that the Court of Appeal ruling in R. v Lancashire County Council ex parte CM 1989 means that local education authorities have a duty to fund speech therapy for children who need help to enable them to communicate fully; and calls upon the Government to ensure...

Primary sponsor
John Hannam (Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Date
17 May 1991
Reference
857; 857A1
House
House of Commons