Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent classroom teachers have been employed in schools in (a) Copeland constituency, (b) Cumbria and (c) England in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The following table provides the number of full-time equivalent classroom teachers in service in state funded schools in Copeland constituency, Cumbria local authority area, and England for November 2010 to November 2014.
Copeland Constituency | Cumbria | England | |
November 2010 | 520 | 3,258 | 375,259 |
November 2011 | 481 | 3,166 | 371,674 |
November 2012 | 462 | 3,128 | 379,342 |
November 2013 | 492 | 3,218 | 385,459 |
November 2014 | 496 | 3,351 | 388,655 |
Source: School Workforce Census
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding was provided to each pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Copeland constituency (A) in cash terms and (B) at 2015 prices in each financial year since 2005-06.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
Funding from the department is primarily allocated at a local authority level so figures for Cumbria local authority are given below.
Average per pupil revenue funding figures for Cumbria are given below. With the introduction of the dedicated schools grant (DSG) in 2006-07, the changes to the funding mechanism meant figures were no longer available to be shown split by phase of education.
Figures for financial years 2005 to 2013 are shown below. These are in cash terms:
Average revenue per pupil funding (cash) | 2005-06 (baseline) | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Cumbria LA | 3,800 | 4,020 | 4,280 | 4,440 | 4,640 | 4,860 | 4,830 | 4,830 |
These are in real terms using September 2015 GDP deflators in 2014-15 prices:
Average revenue per pupil funding (real) | 2005-06 (baseline) | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Cumbria LA | 4,670 | 4,790 | 4,960 | 5,020 | 5,120 | 5,210 | 5,090 | 5,000 |
Per pupil figures are using DSG allocations plus other schools related grants, e.g. school standards grant, school standards grant (personalisation), standards fund, and pupils aged 3-15 rounded to the nearest £10. Most of the additional grants were mainstreamed into DSG in 2011-12.
The changes to DSG funding in financial year 2013 to 2014 with funding allocated through three blocks, namely schools, early years and high needs, means there is no longer a comparable overall figure with previous years. The table below shows the DSG schools block unit funding figures in cash and real terms for Cumbria LA.
DSG schools block per pupil funding | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 |
|
Cumbria LA (cash) | 4,449 | 4,449 | 4,569 |
Cumbria LA (real)* | 4,513 | 4,449 | 4,524 |
*Real terms figures shown in 2014-15 prices using GDP deflators at 30.09.15
Since 2011-12, schools have received the pupil premium which targets funding at pupils from the most deprived backgrounds to help them achieve their full potential. In 2011-12, the premium was allocated for each pupil known to be eligible for free school meals, looked after children and children of parents in the armed services. In 2012-13 coverage was expanded to include pupils known to have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years. The amounts per pupil amounts for each type of pupil are shown in following table in cash terms:
Pupil Premium per pupil (£) | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 |
Free School Meal Pupil Primary | £488 | £623 | £953 | £1323 | £1320 |
Free School Meal Pupil Secondary | £488 | £623 | £900 | £935 | £935 |
Service Children | £200 | £250 | £300 | £300 | £300 |
Looked After Children | £488 | £623 | £900 | £1900* | £1900* |
*Also includes children adopted from care
Total pupil premium allocations for Cumbria local authority and schools in the Copeland constituency for each year are shown in the following table in cash terms:
Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions) | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-16 (prov.) |
Cumbria LA | 4.080 | 7.885 | 12.159 | 16.095 | 16.077 |
Copeland constituency | 0.675 | 1.288 | 1.967 | 2.538 | 2.557 |
These figures in real terms:
Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions) | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-16 (prov.) |
Cumbria LA | 4.303 | 8.166 | 12.333 | 16.095 | 15.918 |
Copeland constituency | 0.712 | 1.334 | 1.995 | 2.538 | 2.532 |
Price Base: Real terms at 2014-15 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 30.09.2015
Figures for Copeland exclude the looked after children element as this is not available at a parliamentary constituency level.
The table below shows capital funding to Cumbria for the financial years that are available. The data is in cash terms as allocations are phased across more than one year making real terms calculations meaningless. Complete information on the split of capital between phases of education is not held centrally.
Cumbria | |
£m | Capital allocations |
2005-06 | 28.3 |
2006-07 | 25.0 |
2007-08 | 26.6 |
2008-09 | 31.2 |
2009-10 | 83.3 |
2010-11 | 77.0 |
2011-12 | 45.6 |
2012-13 | 34.7 |
2013-14 | 24.4 |
2014-15 | 24.2 |
2015-16 (prov.) | 5.4 |
Notes:
1. Capital allocations includes capital grant and supported borrowing allocations.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100,000.
3. Funding in 2015-16 is still subject to project progress and is therefore subject to change. The funding figures provided for 2015/16 only include formulaic programmes and payments to date. Further funding is yet to be released for capital programmes dependent upon project progress and this has not been reflected in the figures.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current status is of schools placed in special measures in Cumbria.
Answered by Nick Gibb
As of 30 September there are three schools in Cumbria judged by Ofsted as requiring special measures. Of these:
Two are local authority maintained; the first, a PRU is judged to be making reasonable progress towards the removal of special measures. The second, a small community
primary school, is making reasonable progress towards the removal of special measures.The third, a sponsored academy has recently been re-inspected. We are awaiting Ofsted’s report from this inspection.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was allocated to further education in (a) Copeland and (b) Cumbria in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The Department does not hold the information requested. Published funding allocations are available on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of school leavers entered (a) further education and (b) apprenticeships in (i) Copeland constituency and (ii) Cumbria in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Nick Boles
Destination measures have been published for four years and show the proportion of pupils completing key stage 4 and key stage 5[1] going to a range of sustained[2] education and training destinations. The latest data available are for students entering a destination in 2012/13.
Destination measures data at Parliamentary constituency level were not published in the first year.
Destination measures data are published online at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations
[1] Defined as students entered for A level or other level 3 qualification.
[2] Defined as October to March in the destination year
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to (a) identify and (b) support young carers.
Answered by Edward Timpson
We have changed the law to improve how young carers and their families are identified and supported. Changes introduced through the Children and Families Act 2014 consolidate and simplify the legislation relating to young carers’ assessments, making rights and duties clearer to both young people and practitioners. They extend the right to an assessment of needs to all young carers, regardless of who they care for or what type of care they provide. They make it clear to local authorities that they must carry out an assessment of a young carer’s needs for support on request or on the appearance of need. These new duties came into effect in April 2015.
We know that schools play a very important part in identifying pupils who are young carers and in offering them appropriate support. The Department for Educaton has worked with the Children’s Society and the Carers Trust since 2011 to share existing tools and good practice. Since 2011 we have provided grant funding and contracts worth over £3.4m to help support schools and local authorities in the identification and support of young carers. This includes over £500,000 we are providing to Carers Trust in 2015-16 to work with local authorities to develop models for identification, assessment and support services which specifically address the needs of young carers. DfE are also providing over £110,000 of grant-funding to Suffolk Family Carers to run a local project which aims to raise awareness of young carers amongst teachers, non-teaching staff and school nurses, supporting Suffolk County Council’s strategy on young carers. The Department of Health is also training school nurses to be champions for young carers. They will speak up on their behalf and help head teachers and governors decide how best to support them at school.
I am also familiar with and welcome two initiatives led by the voluntary sector. The Big Lottery Fund are financing The Children’s Society’s “Young Carers in Focus” programme and The Queen’s Trust, too, are funding the Carers Trust to develop and test best practice on young carer support in schools. We are also grateful to the National Governors’ Association and Ofsted for their help in raising awareness of the impact of caring on school attendance and attainment and sharing resources amongst governors and inspectors.
We will continue to encourage schools to use the resources that are already freely available to them and to make links to their local young carers support groups.
We recognise that consistent identification of young carers remains challenging. DfE has commissioned a research study into the lives of young carers in England which aims to provide firmer information on the numbers and needs of young carers and their families. The research will be completed in spring 2016.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Copeland constituency have been identified as gifted and talented in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The table below shows the number of pupils identified as gifted and talented in the Copeland constituency for the years in which data is available. The data was not collected until 2007 and has not been collected since 2011.
Year | Number of Gifted & Talented Pupils | Total Pupils in Constituency | Percentage Gifted & Talented |
2007 | 1,114 | 12,838 | 8.7 |
2008 | 1,112 | 12,187 | 9.1 |
2009 | 1,035 | 11,918 | 8.7 |
2010 | 1,003 | 11,461 | 8.8 |
2011 | 1,047 | 11,116 | 9.4 |
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current status is of schools placed in special measures in (a) Copeland constituency and (b) Cumbria.
Answered by Edward Timpson
As of 20 July, there are six schools in Special Measures in Cumbria. Of these:
• Five are local authority maintained, of which three are currently in the process of becoming sponsored academies;
• One is currently a sponsored academy.
There are no schools currently in Special Measures in Copeland.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start children's centres closed in each of the last three years in (a) England and (b) Copeland constituency.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
As at 30 June 2015, 214 main children’s centres had closed since the beginning of 2013 following local authority consultation on the needs of local families. The department collects data at local authority level rather than by constituency. Cumbria local authority has not closed any of its children's centres. The numbers of closed children’s centres are given by year in the tables (a) and (b) below:
a. Closures in England by year:
2013 | 2014 | 2015[1] |
32 | 83 | 99 |
b. Closures in Cumbria LA by year:
2013 | 2014 | 2015[1] |
0 | 0 | 0 |
There is a strong network of children’s centres. 2,677 main children’s centres remain open, along with 705 additional sites. Most recent data shows a record number of families are using children’s centres and that centres are successfully reaching out to 90% of eligible families registered.
[1] As at 30 June 2015.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in Year 3 or above in Copeland constituency were eligible for free school meals in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The department does not hold this information in the format requested.
The department does publish information at regional and local authority level on the number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals in the “Statistics: schools and pupil numbers” series[1] for 2010 to 2015 inclusive, though this is not broken down by year group or available at constituency level. National level figures on the number of children in each national curriculum year group are also contained within this series. Equivalent data for earlier years are available via the National Archives[2].
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers