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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of project Enthuse in meeting its objectives.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 January 2009

Reference

486 c1142W; 247243

House

House of Commons

Public Service Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on progress towards the Public Service Agreement target to raise standards in English, mathematics, ICT and science in secondary education so that by 2007 85 per cent. of 14 year olds achieve level 5...

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 November 2005

For answer on

9 November 2005

Answered on

14 November 2005

Progress against the Department's outstanding public service agreements (PSAs) was most recently reported in the 2005 departmental report, published in June 2005, together with the Department's assessment towards achievement of the targets. A copy of the report is available from the House of Commons Library.Provisional results for 2005 key stage 2 tests were published in a Statistical First Release (SFR) on 23 August 2005. The provisional data show 79 per cent. of pupils achieved level 4 and above in English, and 75 per cent. of pupils achieved level 4 and above in mathematics. The corresponding figures for 2004 are 78 per cent. and 74 per cent. respectively. In 1997, 63 per cent. of pupils achieved level 4 and above in English, and 62 per cent. of pupils achieved level 4 and above in mathematics. This year's results mean that compared with 1997, around 84,000 more 11-year-olds started secondary school this year with the basic literacy and numeracy skills to do well.Provisional results for 2005 key stage 3 tests were published in an SFR on 8 September 2005. The provisional data show: 74 per cent. of pupils achieved level 5 and above in English; 74 per cent. in mathematics; 70 per cent. in science; and 69 per cent. in ICT. The corresponding figures for 2004 are: 71 per cent.; 73 per cent.; 66 per cent. and 67 per cent. respectively. In 1997, 57 per cent. of pupils achieved level 5 and above in English; 60 per cent. in mathematics; 60 per cent. in science; and 50 per cent. in ICT. Approximately 103,000 more 14-year-olds in English and 86,000 more in maths achieved the target level at key stage 3 this year than did so in 1997.

Date

14 November 2005

Reference

26792; 439 c947W;439 c947W

House

House of Commons

Public Service Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to ensure the target is met in respect of science in the public service agreement target to raise standards in secondary schools.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 November 2005

Reference

26796; 439 c948W;439 c948W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the percentage change in the science budget in schools has been in Buckingham in each year since 1997.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 March 2004

Reference

419 c238W; 161581

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Supplementary on the place of science and innovation in the Government's industrial policy and the impact of regulatory reforms.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

5 December 2002

Reference

395 c1035-6

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what change there has been in UK performance on the Science Citation Index since 1999.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2002

Reference

47351; 383 c376W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many spinouts in the university sector have been created (a) since 1997-98 and (b) in 2001-02 by the Science Enterprise Challenge Scheme. - Inc figures.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2002

Reference

383 c376W; 47348

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on progress with the public service agreement target on the overall international ranking of the science and engineering company base in terms of quality, relevance and cost-efficiency. - Includes figures. (Printed in Bound Volume...

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 December 2001

For answer on

16 January 2002

Answered on

16 January 2002

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on progress with the public service agreement target on the overall international ranking of the science and engineering company base in terms of quality, relevance and cost- efficiency. [23171] Ms Hewitt: The most recent measurements of the international ranking of the Science and Engineering Base (SEB) in terms of quality, relevance and cost- effectiveness indicate that the UK continues to maintain its position relative to other G7 nations. The details are as follows: The quality of the science and engineering base is measured by the UK's world ranking in terms of citations of published papers. Over the period 1981-2000 the UK received a 9.1 per cent. share of the citations in the international Science Citation Index, second only to the US. The UK was second in `citation shares' for 15 out of 20 scientific fields with the lowest placing being fifth. One measure of relevance is the UK's world ranking in terms of the proportion of university research funding from non- governmental sources. For the latest year for which data are available (1997), the UK was again ranked first among the G7 countries. Cost-effectiveness is measured by the UK's world ranking in terms of the number of papers published per £1 million of public expenditure on science. In 1990, 1993, 1996 and 1999, the UK was the leading country in the G7. For the latest year (2000) the UK was again ranked first. These measures were put in place at the time of the Comprehensive Spending Review and were continued for the period of the 2000 Spending Review (2001-02 to 2003-04). While the public service agreement targets described here provide a valuable indication of the strength of the UK science base relative to our competitors, other indications are also available. The results of the latest Research Assessment Exercise were published on 14 December and show that, since 1996 when the last study was carried out, many university research groups have significantly improved their performance.

Date

16 January 2002

Reference

23171; 378 c324-5W;378 c338-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 January 2002

Reference

377 (Not in Daily Part);377 c569-70W; 23171

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what categories of reports are funded under the Call for Proposals for indirect research and technological development actions in the framework of the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration in the field of improving the human research potential...

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 May 2000

Reference

121493; 350 c194W;350 c197W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

How much money in current prices the science budget received in each year since 1979. - Inc table.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

29 July 1997

Answered on

29 July 1997

Mr. Bercow: To ask the President of the Board of Trade how much money in current prices the science budget received in each year since 1979. [11343] Mr. Battle: Details of the Science Budget since 1979-80 are set out below. Expenditure on the Science Budget 1979-80 to 1997-98 £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 Cash 329.4 394.0 439.4 468.7 503.2 535.4 571.0 602.7 658.2 706 1997-98 891.8 901.6 916.7 912.9 936.7 948.9 959.5 983.1 1,019.3 1,025.1 prices _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 Cash 814.4 902.0 935.6 1,056.4 1,163.1 1,220.5 1,295.1 1,319.1 1,330.4 1997-98 prices 1,104.9 1,133.1 1,104.7 1,197.2 1,280.9 1,324.1 1,367.5 1,355.4 1,330.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. Data are taken from appropriation accounts and supply estimates. 2. Expenditure has been repriced to 1997-98 prices using the GDP deflator. 3. Between 1992-93 and 1994-95 there was a phased transfer of funds from the higher education funding councils to the research councils amounting to £154 million in 1994-95, which was associated with the transfer of responsibility to research council project grants of any remaining direct costs except academic staff salaries and the cost of premises and central computing and an overhead contribution assessed at 40 per cent. of total direct staff costs. 4. Between 1988-89 and 1994-95 certain expenditure of the Agriculture and Food Research Council and its successor council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, totalling some £53 million was met from the receipts from the sale of the Plant Breeding Institute and the National Seed Development Organisation.

Date

29 July 1997

Reference

11343; 299 c222-4W

House

House of Commons

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