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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils in (a) Lewes constituency and (b) East Sussex have participated in gifted and talented programmes in each year since 2000.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 December 2009

For answer on

5 January 2010

Answered on

6 April 2010

The Department does not collect data about participation in gifted and talented programmes. Through the School Census schools are asked to confirm the number of gifted and talented pupils they have identified. The following tables show the number and percentage of children identified as gifted and talented in the local authority of East Sussex and in the constituency of Lewes in the January census between 2006, when the question was first asked, and 2009.2006 records include secondary G&T pupil data only. Otherwise, figures include primary¹ and secondary¹, ² school data broken down by the number³ and percentage of gifted and talented pupils."¹ All data include middle schools as deemed.""² All data include city technology colleges and academies.""³ All data show solely registered pupils only."

Maintained primary and state-funded secondary¹, ² schools: Number³ and percentage of gifted and talented pupils, as at January each year, in East Sussex local authority
	Maintained primary schools	State-funded secondary schools	Primary and secondary schools
	Number of gifted and talented pupils	Percentage of gifted and talented pupils	Number of gifted and talented pupils	Percentage of gifted and talented pupils	Number of gifted and talented pupils	Percentage of gifted and talented pupils
2009	3,770	10.7	4,154	15.0	7,920	12.6
2008	4,020	11.3	4,190	14.9	8,210	12.9
2007	4,570	12.8	3,750	13.1	8,320	12.9
2006	—	—	2,990	10.4	—	—

Maintained primary¹ and state-funded secondary¹, ² schools: Number³ and percentage of gifted and talented pupils, as at January each year, in the Lewes constituency
	Maintained primary schools	State-funded secondary schools	Primary and secondary schools
	Number of gifted and talented pupils	Percentage of gifted and talented pupils	Number of gifted and talented pupils	Percentage of gifted and talented pupils	Number of gifted and talented pupils	Percentage of gifted and talented pupils
2009	580	10.0	840	18.7	1,410	13.8
2008	620	10.6	930	20.7	1,550	15.0
2007	740	12.7	540	11.7	1,280	12.3
2006	—	—	630	13.4	—	—
¹ All data include middle schools as deemed. ² All data include city technology colleges and academies. ³ All data show solely registered pupils only. Note: Pupil numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census.

A data table showing information for all constituencies in England has been placed in the Libraries.

Date

6 April 2010

Reference

508 c1350-2W; 308532

House

House of Commons

Roads: East Sussex

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will make it his policy not to take any definitive decisions pursuant to the public inquiry into the compulsory purchase orders necessary to allow the Bexhill to Hastings link road to proceed before the forthcoming general election.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 March 2010

Reference

508 c83-4W; 323172

House

House of Commons

Children's Centres: East Sussex

(2) how many children attended (a) Sure Start facilities and (b) children's centres in Lewes constituency in the last 12 months for which information is available; and how much such facilities cost in that period.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 December 2009

For answer on

5 January 2010

Answered on

25 February 2010

The following table details how many designated Sure Start children's centres there were in (a) Lewes constituency and (b) East Sussex local authority in each year since 2004 (there were none previous to this).

Table 1: Designated Sure Start children's centres
	Lewes constituency	East Sussex
2004	1	1
2005	0	4
2006	0	5
2007	1	13
2008	0	5
2009	3	7
Total	5	35

In East Sussex local authority, there are 35 designated Sure Start children's centres which have a combined reach area of over 24,000 children under five and their families. Of these, six are in Lewes constituency and have a reach area of over 5,000 children under five and their families.Reach area defines those children and families with the opportunity to access Sure Start children's centres. Figures for the number of people actually using children's centres are not collected centrally.In 2008-09, East Sussex local authority spent £4,119,141 on children's centres revenue funding; £4,189,109 on Sure Start local programmes; and £446,448 on children's centres capital funding. This is the latest 12-month period for which spend figures are available.The Department allocates funding to local authorities for Sure Start children's centres, and its predecessor Sure Start local programmes, through the Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare Grant. It is for local authorities to determine how to allocate the funding between individual centres. The Department does not collect information on how much is allocated and spent at individual centre level.The allocations for Children's Centres for East Sussex for 2008-09 to 2010-11 are shown in Table 2.

Table 2: Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare grant allocations for East Sussex local authority
	Revenue	Capital
	Main Revenue Block	SSLP Block	Main Capital Block
	Children's centres	Total main revenue	Sure Start local programmes	Children's Centres	Total Main Capital
2008-09	3,995,304	7,360,556	3,460,552	698,435	2,771,127
2009-10	5,261,515	8,358,567	3,154,933	1,456,072	3,528,764
2010-11	6,348,245	10,101,509	2,886,240	872,667	2,945,359
Total	3,995,304	7,360,556	3,460,552	698,435	2,771,127

Date

25 February 2010

Reference

506 c688-9W; 308462

House

House of Commons

Children's Centres: East Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many children's centres there were in (a) Lewes constituency and (b) East Sussex in each year since 1997;

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 December 2009

For answer on

5 January 2010

Answered on

25 February 2010

Table 1: Designated Sure Start children's centres
	Lewes constituency	East Sussex
2004	1	1
2005	0	4
2006	0	5
2007	1	13
2008	0	5
2009	3	7
Total	5	35

Table 2: Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare grant allocations for East Sussex local authority
	Revenue	Capital
	Main Revenue Block	SSLP Block	Main Capital Block
	Children's centres	Total main revenue	Sure Start local programmes	Children's Centres	Total Main Capital
2008-09	3,995,304	7,360,556	3,460,552	698,435	2,771,127
2009-10	5,261,515	8,358,567	3,154,933	1,456,072	3,528,764
2010-11	6,348,245	10,101,509	2,886,240	872,667	2,945,359
Total	3,995,304	7,360,556	3,460,552	698,435	2,771,127

Date

25 February 2010

Reference

506 c688-9W; 308453

House

House of Commons

Bankruptcy: Sussex

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many bankruptcies of (a) individuals in each age group resident in and (b) businesses based in (i) Lewes constituency and (ii) East Sussex there were in each of the last five years.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2010

For answer on

10 February 2010

Answered on

22 February 2010

Figures for bankrupts in East Sussex and Lewes constituency by age group for the last five years are shown in Tables 1 and 2 below.

Table 1: Bankruptcies in Lewes¹
	Age group²
	Under 25	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	Unknown
2004	2	17	18	17	6	0	4
2005	7	22	17	19	12	3	4
2006	6	28	39	23	10	4	9
2007	4	22	24	29	15	6	11
2008	1	13	25	16	10	3	16
¹ Where bankrupt has provided a valid postcode (from 94.5 per cent. in 2004 to 96.9 per cent. in 2008).
² Where bankrupt has provided a valid date of birth (from 92.3 per cent. in 2004 to 93.4 per cent. in 2008).

Table 2: Bankruptcies in East Sussex¹
	Age group-
	Under 25	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	Unknown
2004	26	107	126	102	52	9	41
2005	32	152	180	125	80	22	53
2006	43	179	238	143	93	26	41
2007	27	151	217	141	102	34	53
2008	26	146	194	152	64	36	79
¹ Where bankrupt has provided a valid postcode (from 94.5 per cent. in 2004 to 96.9 per cent. in 2008)
² Where bankrupt has provided a valid date of birth (from 92.3 per cent. in 2004 to 93.4 per cent. in 2008).

Self-employed traders may be declared bankrupt (or enter into an individual voluntary arrangement [IVA]), however, registered companies are the subject of liquidation (compulsory liquidation or creditors voluntary liquidation (CVL)).Table 3 shows the number of self employed traders who were declared bankrupt in each of the last five years.

Table 3: Bankruptcies amongst sole traders in Lewes and East Sussex
	Area¹
Year²	Lewes	East Sussex
2004	22	132
2005	14	144
2006	33	154
2007	20	140
2008	28	138
¹ Where bankrupt has provided a valid postcode (from 94.5 per cent. in 2004 to 96.9 per cent. in 2008).
² Figures from October 2006 are compiled on a different basis and are not comparable to earlier figures.

Regional figures for 2009 are not currently available for bankruptcies, as they are compiled on an annual basis. They should be available later in 2010.Statistics covering corporate insolvencies, including liquidation, are not currently available at a sub-national level within England and Wales.

Date

22 February 2010

Reference

506 c282-3W; 317029

House

House of Commons

Apprentices: East Sussex

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Lewes constituency and (b) East Sussex are employing apprentices.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 February 2010

For answer on

4 February 2010

Answered on

22 February 2010

Record numbers of people are taking up and achieving an apprenticeship. Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts in Lewes parliamentary constituency, East Sussex and Brighton and Hove local authorities.

Table 1: Apprenticeship starts, Lewes parliamentary constituency, East Sussex and Brighton and Hove local authorities (2003/04 to 2008/09)
	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09
Lewes parliamentary constituency	240	240	230	210	280	280
East Sussex local authority	1,500	1,500	1,400	1,400	1,800	2,000
Brighton and Hove local authority	600	700	700	600	700	800
Notes:
1. Parliamentary constituency volumes are rounded to the nearest 10. Local authority figures are rounded to the nearest 100.
2. Parliamentary constituency and local authority are based upon the home postcode of the learner.
3. Information is not currently available on the size of the employer for apprentices. For the 2009/10 academic year, this information will become available on the ILR when a unique employer identifier will have to be provided by all employers of apprentices.
Source:
WBL/ER Individualised Learner Record

We can provide an estimate of the size of employers, nationally, that offer and have recruited apprentices from the National Employers Skills Survey (NESS). These data are based on repeated surveys of up to 79,000 employers across all business sectors in England. Table 2 shows information from the published 2007 National Employer Skills survey¹ on the number of organisations that had any staff undertaking an apprenticeship in the 12 months prior to interview, by size of employer.

Table 2: Percentage of employers that had any staff undertaking an apprenticeship over the previous 12 months (NESS 2007)
	Percentage
All employers	8
Number of employees of employer
2-4	5
5-24	10
25-99	15
100-199	18
200-499	25
500+	33
¹ http://readingroom.lsc.gov.uk/lsc/National/nat-nessurvey2007mainreport-may08.pdf
accessed on 4 February 2010.

Date

22 February 2010

Reference

506 c279-80W; 315760

House

House of Commons

Health Visitors: East Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health visitors have been employed in the Sussex Downs and Weald Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 February 2010

For answer on

4 February 2010

Answered on

9 February 2010

The information is shown in the following table:

National health service hospital and community health services: Health visitors in the East Sussex Downs and Weald primary care trust (PCT), as at 30 September each year
	Headcount
2002	91
2003	84
2004	75
2005	81
2006	42
2007	72
2008	70
Notes: 1. East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT was formed in October 2006 from a complete merger of Eastbourne Downs PCT and Sussex Downs and Weald PCT. Figures for 2002-06 are an aggregate of these predecessor organisations. 2. It is impossible to map PCT staff figures prior to the formation of the PCTs. 3. Data for 2009 will be released in March 2010. 4. It appears that figures supplied by Eastbourne Downs PCT failed to include around 30 health visitors for 2006. 5. Data Quality Work force statistics are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and PCTs in England. The Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data. Processing methods and procedures are continually being updated to improve data quality. Where this happens any impact on figures already published will be assessed but unless this is significant at national level they will not be changed. Where there is impact only at detailed or local level this will be footnoted in relevant analyses. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care Non-Medical Workforce census.

Date

9 February 2010

Reference

505 c918W; 315764

House

House of Commons

Unemployment: East Sussex

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants in each constituency in East Sussex had been claiming the allowance for (a) up to three, (b) between three and six, (c) between six and 12 and (d) between 12 and 24 months...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

United Kingdom Statistics Authority

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 February 2010

For answer on

4 February 2010

Answered on

8 February 2010

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated 5 February 2010:"As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants in each constituency in East Sussex had been claiming the allowance for (a) up to three, (b) between three and six, (c) between six and 12 and (d) between 12 and 24 months in each month since September 2009 (315762).""The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles the number of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system.""Table 1 shows the number of computerised claims of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for people, aged 16 or over resident in each parliamentary constituency in East Sussex, by duration of the claim in each month since September 2009. Table 2 shows the percentage of all claimants in each constituency by duration of the claim for the same periods.""National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at""http://www.nomisweb.co.uk"

Table 1—Number of persons claiming jobseeker's allowance by duration of claim
	September 2009	October 2009
Duration of claim	Up to 13 weeks	Over 13 weeks up to 26 weeks	Over 26 weeks up to 52 weeks	Over 52 weeks up to 104 weeks	Total	Up to 13 weeks	Over 13 weeks up to 26 weeks	Over 26 weeks up to 52 weeks	Over 52 weeks up to 104 weeks	Total
Bexhill and Battle	615	305	335	120	1,405	635	305	315	150	1,435
Brighton, Kemptown	1,060	490	550	255	2,500	1,140	490	535	265	2,580
Brighton, Pavilion	1,375	480	575	275	2,840	1,325	515	565	290	2,830
Eastbourne	980	470	485	215	2,175	950	485	485	225	2,175
Hastings and Rye	1,195	780	765	350	3,140	1,325	715	800	375	3,280
Hove	1,065	560	460	245	2,475	1,080	515	465	265	2,470
Lewes	640	310	270	95	1,345	640	310	285	100	1,365
Wealden	600	265	265	70	1,215	570	250	265	80	1,175

Total	7,540	3,665	3,720	1,640	17,105	7,675	3,600	3,720	1,760	17,320

	November 2009	December 2009
Duration of claim	Up to 13 weeks	Over 13 weeks up to 26 weeks	Over 26 weeks up to 52 weeks	Over 52 weeks up to 104 weeks	Total	Up to 13 weeks	Over 13 weeks up to 26 weeks	Over 26 weeks up to 52 weeks	Over 52 weeks up to 104 weeks	Total
Bexhill and Battle	625	300	295	160	1,410	650	295	285	180	1,450
Brighton, Kemptown	1,160	485	520	295	2,610	1,150	515	500	315	2,640
Brighton, Pavilion	1,290	560	515	315	2,830	1,185	640	480	330	2,790
Eastbourne	985	480	475	235	2,215	995	500	455	270	2,260
Hastings and Rye	1,420	655	835	445	3,425	1,465	705	850	490	3,585
Hove	1,095	545	490	275	2,560	1,035	540	500	280	2,515
Lewes	600	305	275	115	1,340	605	295	295	130	1,365
Wealden	560	235	245	95	1,150	520	265	225	115	1,150

Total	7,740	3,585	3,665	1,950	17,560	7,620	3,765	3,605	2,120	17,770
Notes:
1. Data rounded to nearest five.
2. Age and duration data is only available for computerised claims, which account for 99.7 per cent. of all claims.
Source:
Jobcentre Plus administrative system

Table 2—Proportion of claimants of jobseeker's allowance by duration of claim
Percentage
	September 2009	October 2009
Duration of claim	Up to 13 weeks	Over 13 weeks up to 26 weeks	Over 26 weeks up to 52 weeks	Over 52 weeks up to 104 weeks	Up to 13 weeks	Over 13 weeks up to 26 weeks	Over 26 weeks up to 52 weeks	Over 52 weeks up to 104 weeks
Bexhill and Battle	44	22	24	9	44	21	22	10
Brighton, Kemptown	42	20	22	10	44	19	21	10
Brighton, Pavilion	48	17	20	10	47	18	20	10
Eastbourne	45	22	22	10	44	22	22	10
Hastings and Rye	38	25	24	11	41	22	24	12
Hove	43	23	19	10	44	21	19	11
Lewes	48	23	20	7	47	23	21	7
Wealden	49	22	22	6	48	21	23	7

Percentage
	November 2009	December 2009
Duration of claim	Up to 13 weeks	Over 13 weeks up to 26 weeks	Over 26 weeks up to 52 weeks	Over 52 weeks up to 104 weeks	Up to 13 weeks	Over 13 weeks up to 26 weeks	Over 26 weeks up to 52 weeks	Over 52 weeks up to 104 weeks
Bexhill and Battle	44	21	21	11	45	20	20	12
Brighton, Kemptown	44	19	20	11	44	20	19	12
Brighton, Pavilion	46	20	18	11	42	23	17	12
Eastbourne	45	22	21	11	44	22	20	12
Hastings and Rye	41	19	24	13	41	20	24	14
Hove	43	21	19	11	41	22	20	11
Lewes	45	23	21	9	44	22	22	10
Wealden	49	21	21	9	45	23	20	10
Note:
Age and duration data are only available for computerised claims, which account for 99.7 per cent. of all claims.
Source:
Jobcentre Plus administrative system

Date

8 February 2010

Reference

505 c804-8W; 315762

House

House of Commons

General Practitioners: East Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many, and what proportion of GP surgeries in Sussex Downs and Weald Primary Care Trust area are open (a) in the evenings and (b) at weekends.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 February 2010

Reference

505 c700-1W; 315765

House

House of Commons

Council Housing: East Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been spent on improving social housing stock owned by each district council in East Sussex in each year since 1997.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Communities and Local Government

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 February 2010

For answer on

4 February 2010

Answered on

5 February 2010

Expenditure allowances within the Housing Revenue Account Subsidy system for each authority in East Sussex with housing stock are given in the following tables. Information on actual expenditure by year on improving council owned social housing is not available.

Major repairs allowance (MRA)¹
£
	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Brighton and Hove	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7,917,463	8,195,442	8,426,205
Eastbourne	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,363,484	2,427,564	2,471,834
Lewes	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,000,557	2,052,619	2,099,581
Wealden	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,948,349	2,002,043	2,024,789

£
	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
Brighton and Hove	8,736,125	8,985,484	8,971,719	9,095,425	9,066,687	9,352,152	9,506,261
Eastbourne	2,533,226	2,583,664	2,579,098	2,615,680	2,617,231	2,711,808	2,754,288
Lewes	2,167,984	2,224,098	2,226,199	2,258,561	2,259,986	2,337,548	2,373,536
Wealden	2,094,978	2,214,481	2,215,602	2,253,976	2,251,531	2,301,688	2,323,582
¹ MRA was not introduced until 1 April 2001

Management and maintenance allowances (M and M)
£
	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Brighton and Hove	15,220,265	14,980,773	14,931,470	15,262,050	15,980,533	17,480,012	18,708,004
Eastbourne	4,093,118	3,970,916	3,873,781	3,893,232	3,970,364	4,164,987	4,373,127
Lewes	3,212,815	3,130,108	3,124,602	3,169,084	3,168,280	3,296,800	3,467,499
Wealden	4,013,082	3,920,763	3,811,434	3,694,580	3,572,902	3,584,830	3,425,284

£
	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
Brighton and Hove	18,920,816	20,215,688	21,857,677	22,305,590	22,164,072	22,910,049	23,471,525
Eastbourne	5,194,968	5,453,505	5,835,339	6,138,943	6,356,221	6,469,761	6,551,787
Lewes	4,117,387	4,398,131	4,730,086	4,900,999	4,982,217	5,098,344	5,262,638
Wealden	4,174,174	4,495,280	4,721,722	4,838,213	4,819,353	4,913,283	4,912,150
Note:
Rother transferred its housing stock in 1998-99.

Date

5 February 2010

Reference

505 c629-30W; 315761

House

House of Commons

Landfill

If he will take steps to discourage East Sussex County Council from creating landraise mountains in the countryside.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

4 February 2010

Reference

505 c437; 315364

House

House of Commons

Landfill

I welcome that statement, but in this day and age is it not unbelievable—and appalling—that my Conservative county council wants to build 60-acre wide and 80-foot high waste mountains in the lovely Sussex countryside? Will he draw the council's attention to the Government's waste hierarchy and suggest that it moves from the 15th century to the 21st?

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

4 February 2010

Reference

505 c437

House

House of Commons

Class Sizes: Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average class size was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Lewes constituency and (ii) East Sussex in (A) 1997 and (B) 2009.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 January 2010

For answer on

20 January 2010

Answered on

26 January 2010

The information requested is shown in the table.

LA maintained primary and state funded secondary¹ schools: Average class size²
	Lewes	East Sussex³
	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
1997	27.8	21.3	28.2	21.4
2009	26.9	23.5	27.2	21.6
¹ Includes city technology colleges and academies. Includes middle schools as deemed.
² One teacher classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census in January.
³ East Sussex in 1997 in pre local government reorganisation and therefore includes schools in Brighton and Hove.
Source:
School census

Date

26 January 2010

Reference

504 c843W; 312420

House

House of Commons

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the unauthorised absence rate was for pupils in (a) Lewes constituency and (b) East Sussex in each year since 1997.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 December 2009

For answer on

5 January 2010

Answered on

25 January 2010

The available information is shown in the following table.To provide information for further years would incur disproportionate cost.

Primary, secondary and special schools¹, ², ³, percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence4, 1996/97 to 2007/085
	Lewes constituency	East Sussex
1996/976	0.28	0.56
1999/2000	0.60	0.73
2003/04	0.64	0.95
2007/08	1.16	1.17
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed.
² Includes maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies).
³ Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools.
4 The number of sessions missed due to unauthorised absence expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.
5 Figures prior to 2007/08 have been sourced from the Absence in Schools Survey. Other figures are derived from the School Census.
6 East Sussex local authority area following local government reorganisation in April 1997.
Source:
Absence in Schools Survey and School Census5.

Date

25 January 2010

Reference

504 c623-4W; 308459

House

House of Commons

Drugs: East Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) trials and (b) convictions there were for drug offences in East Sussex between 2000 and 2009.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 December 2009

For answer on

5 January 2010

Answered on

7 January 2010

The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts in the Sussex police force area for drug offences, from 2000 to 2007 (latest available) can be viewed in the following table.Information held centrally cannot be broken down sufficiently to supply data for East Sussex, therefore Sussex police force area data have been provided in lieu.Data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.

Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for drug offences, Sussex police force area 2000 to 2007¹, ²
	Proceeded against	Found guilty
2000	1,009	818
2001	1,306	1,081
2002	1,383	1,179
2003	1,164	1,075
2004	974	861
2005	1,162	1,026
2006	1,166	1,013
2007	1,317	1,141
¹ The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
² Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.

Date

7 January 2010

Reference

503 c544W; 308460

House

House of Commons

Warm Front Scheme: East Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many households in (a) Lewes constituency and (b) East Sussex County Council area received assistance under the Warm Front programme in 2008-09.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 January 2010

Reference

503 c634W; 308457

House

House of Commons

Emergency Calls: East Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) genuine and (b) bogus (i) fire, (ii) ambulance, (iii) police and (iv) coastguard emergency calls have been received in East Sussex in each year since 2003.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Communities and Local Government

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 January 2010

Reference

503 c364W; 309200

House

House of Commons

Motability: East Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many vehicles were (a) purchased and (b) leased by people resident in (i) Lewes constituency and (ii) East Sussex under the Motability Scheme in each of the last five years.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 January 2010

Reference

503 c423W; 309252

House

House of Commons

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) how many (a) road traffic accidents, (b) road traffic fatalities, (c) accidents involving motorcyclists, (d) fatalities involving motorcyclists, (e) accidents involving cyclists and (f) fatalities involving cyclists there were in (i) East Sussex and (ii) Lewes constituency in each of...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 December 2009

For answer on

5 January 2010

Answered on

6 January 2010

The information requested is given in the tables.

Reported personal injury road accidents and fatalities in East Sussex 2004-08
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
All injury accidents	2,795	2,746	2,657	2,769	2,554
Fatal accidents	43	52	46	31	42
Fatalities	48	58	46	32	44
Accidents involving motorcycles	372	378	365	346	395
Fatal accidents involving motorcycles	10	12	12	12	10
Fatalities in accidents involving motorcycles	10	12	12	12	10
Accidents involving pedal cycles	230	254	248	254	259
Fatal accidents involving pedal cycles	3	2	2	4	4
Fatalities in accidents involving pedal cycles	3	2	2	4	4

Reported personal injury road accidents and fatalities in Lewes¹: 2004-08
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
All injury accidents	346	304	345	374	316
Fatal accidents	7	4	7	8	6
Fatalities	9	4	7	9	7
Accidents involving motorcycles	35	37	42	44	51
Fatal accidents involving motorcycles	2	1	3	3	1
Fatalities in accidents involving motorcycles	2	1	3	3	1
Accidents involving pedal cycles	21	21	20	19	32
Fatal accidents involving pedal cycles	0	0	0	1	1
Fatalities in accidents involving pedal cycles	0	0	0	1	1
¹ Based on 2004 constituency boundaries

Date

6 January 2010

Reference

503 c334-5W; 308464

House

House of Commons

Roads: Accidents

(2) how many road traffic accidents in (a) East Sussex and (b) Lewes constituency involved motorbikes in each of the last five years; and how many of them resulted in loss of life in each of those five years;

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 December 2009

For answer on

5 January 2010

Answered on

6 January 2010

The information requested is given in the tables.

Reported personal injury road accidents and fatalities in East Sussex 2004-08
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
All injury accidents	2,795	2,746	2,657	2,769	2,554
Fatal accidents	43	52	46	31	42
Fatalities	48	58	46	32	44
Accidents involving motorcycles	372	378	365	346	395
Fatal accidents involving motorcycles	10	12	12	12	10
Fatalities in accidents involving motorcycles	10	12	12	12	10
Accidents involving pedal cycles	230	254	248	254	259
Fatal accidents involving pedal cycles	3	2	2	4	4
Fatalities in accidents involving pedal cycles	3	2	2	4	4

Reported personal injury road accidents and fatalities in Lewes¹: 2004-08
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
All injury accidents	346	304	345	374	316
Fatal accidents	7	4	7	8	6
Fatalities	9	4	7	9	7
Accidents involving motorcycles	35	37	42	44	51
Fatal accidents involving motorcycles	2	1	3	3	1
Fatalities in accidents involving motorcycles	2	1	3	3	1
Accidents involving pedal cycles	21	21	20	19	32
Fatal accidents involving pedal cycles	0	0	0	1	1
Fatalities in accidents involving pedal cycles	0	0	0	1	1
¹ Based on 2004 constituency boundaries

Date

6 January 2010

Reference

503 c334-5W; 308465

House

House of Commons

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