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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in the Greater London area have only outside toilet facilities on their premises; and if she will make a statement. - Including figure.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 February 2005

Reference

218200; 431 c940W;431 c936W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many primary schools in the Greater London area she estimates will need to be replaced within the next five years; and if she will make a statement. - Including figures.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 February 2005

Reference

218199; 431 c940W;431 c936W

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of how many people have returned to live permanently in Fallujah since the recent military action in the city; and if he will make a statement; how many people living in Fallujah have...

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

31 January 2005

For answer on

10 February 2005

Answered on

10 February 2005

Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what assessment his Department has made of how many people have returned to live permanently in Fallujah since the recent military action in the city; and if he will make a statement; [213451] (2) how many people living in Fallujah have access to water and electricity; [213452] (3) how many hospitals are open and treating patients in Fallujah; and if he will make a statement; [213453] (4) how many schools in Fallujah are open and are teaching pupils; and if he will make a statement; [213485] (5) what recent visits have been made by officials from his Department to Fallujah; when each visit took place; what reports have been sent to him following such visits; and if he will make a statement. [213494] Hilary Benn: The Multi-National Force Iraq estimates that around 30,000 people have now returned to live in Fallujah. Safe drinking water is available to everyone living and working in Fallujah from standing water tanks which are filled daily. Bottled water is also available for all citizens at humanitarian assistance sites. Piped water supplies are being restored. Reconstruction of power transmission and distribution is continuing. Mains electricity and street lighting have been reconnected in some areas. However, most residences are not connected. Power is being supplied to hospitals from stand-alone generators. Fallujah general hospital and the Jordanian hospital on the outskirts of Fallujah are open and treating patients. Three primary care clinics and one mobile clinic are also in operation. 15 schools are open in Fallujah, with around 670 pupils as of 7 February. The Iraqi Ministry of Education is increasing efforts to publicise the opening of schools in order to encourage greater attendance. DFID staff and consultants based in Baghdad have been visiting Fallujah regularly since military operations concluded, to participate in weekly co- ordination meetings and monitor the situation on the ground. The first meeting in Fallujah attended by DFID took place on 6 December and the most recent on 7 February. DFID humanitarian and conflict advisers have also visited the city. Reporting and analysis based on these visits are provided regularly to London.

Date

10 February 2005

Reference

430 c1640-1W; 213451;213452;213453;213485;213494

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many fires there were in schools in England in each of the last three years; and how many she estimates were caused by arson. - Inc table and figures.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 February 2005

Reference

430 c1808W; 215170

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money has been granted to the London Borough of Wandsworth in helping to improve (a) primary and (b) secondary school buildings in each of the last five years. - Inc table.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 January 2005

Reference

211064; 430 c507W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent on improving school sports facilities at schools within the London Borough of Wandsworth in each of the last three years.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 January 2005

Reference

211060; 430 c508W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the London Borough of Wandsworth are connected to the internet. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 December 2004

Reference

204740; 428 c1291W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school playing fields have been sold in England and Wales in each of the last five years. - Inc table.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 November 2004

For answer on

8 December 2004

Answered on

8 December 2004

Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school playing fields have been sold in England and Wales in each of the last five years. [201649] Mr. Stephen Twigg: Section 77 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 was introduced in England on 1 October 1998 to stop the indiscriminate sale of school playing fields that occurred in the 1980s and early to mid 1990s. As the legislation only applies to England, we have no records of how many school playing fields have been sold in Wales. The sale of school playing fields in Wales is a matter for the Welsh Assembly. Applications to sell school playing fields are only approved where it is clear that any proceeds will be used to improve school sports provision or education facilities. All applications made since 16 July 2001 are scrutinised by the independent School Playing Fields Advisory Panel to make sure that they meet our published criteria. The Panel comprises representatives from the National Playing Fields Association, the Central Council of Physical Recreation, Learning through Landscapes, the National Association of Headteachers and the Local Government Association. The figures requested are shown in the following table. In 15 of these 109 applications new or replacement sports pitches of the same size or greater were to be bought from the proceeds. A further 41 applications involved land at closed or closing school sites and in 39 of the remaining 53 cases, the proceeds are to be used to improve sports facilities, such as new all-weather pitches, sports hails or improved grass sports pitches. In the remaining 12 cases, the proceeds are to provide better education facilities at schools, such as new classrooms and performing arts facilities. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Calendar year Sports pitch applications approved 2000 32 2001 22 2002 24 2003 17 2004 (to 26 November) 14 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. The table comprises applications from local authorities, foundation, voluntary and former grant-maintained schools to sell school playing fields capable of forming at least a small sports pitch. 2. All sale proceeds are to be used to provide new or improved sports or education facilities at maintained schools. 3. "Sports pitch" means an area of open grassed land which is equal to, or larger than, the Football Association's recommended 2,000m2 area for games played by under-10s and which has a configuration making it suitable for sports, whether laid out as a sports pitch or not.

Date

8 December 2004

Reference

201649; 428 c527-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many young people have been excluded by each local education authority in Greater London in each of the last three years. - Including table and figures.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 November 2004

For answer on

18 November 2004

Answered on

18 November 2004

Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information requested is shown in the table. Maintained primary and secondary schools(125) and special schools(126): number of permanent exclusions, Academic years 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03, each local education authority in London _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2000/01 3 2001/02 2002/03 Number of Percentage of Number of Percentage of Number of Percentage of permanent the school permanent the school permanent the school exclusions population exclusions population exclusions population (128) (128) (128) London 1,448 0.14 1,456 0.14 1,473 0.14 Inner London 538 0.15 489 0.13 465 0.13 Camden 34 0.15 28 0.12 33 0.15 City of London 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 Hackney 34 0.13 33 0.12 27 0.10 Hammersmith and Fulham 40 0.24 37 0.22 32 0.19 Haringey 30 0.09 32 0.09 32 0.10 Islington 19 0.08 12 0.05 18 0.08 Kensington and Chelsea 17 0.16 13 0.12 16 0.15 Lambeth 41 0.15 38 0.14 33 0.12 Lewisham 83 0.24 66 0.19 44 0.13 Newham 36 0.07 50 0.10 64 0.13 Southwark 63 0.18 50 0.14 47 0.13 Tower Hamlets 46 0.13 38 0.10 43 0.12 Wandsworth 66 0.23 65 0.23 41 0.15 Westminster 29 0.16 27 0.14 35 0.18 Outer London 910 0.13 967 0.14 1,008 0.14 Barking and Dagenham 19 0.06 24 0.08 30 0.10 Barnet 55 0.11 54 0.11 50 0.11 Bexley 79 0.20 60 0.15 71 0.18 Brent 49 0.13 38 0.10 54 0.14 Bromley 61 0.13 85 0.18 80 0.17 Croydon 118 0.24 145 0.29 124 0.25 Ealing 33 0.08 64 0.15 56 0.13 Enfield 72 0.15 72 0.15 56 0.12 Greenwich 39 0.11 51 0.14 46 0.13 Harrow 68 0.23 68 0.24 68 0.24 Havering 32 0.09 45 0.12 35 0.09 Hillingdon 65 0.16 43 0.10 50 0.12 Hounslow 48 0.13 59 0.16 77 0.21 Kingston upon Thames 8 0.04 3 0.01 5 0.02 Merton 32 0.14 23 0.10 39 0.17 Redbridge 28 0.06 32 0.07 65 0.15 Richmond upon Thames 31 0.15 31 0.16 49 0.25 Sutton 24 0.08 35 0.12 14 0.04 Waltham Forest 49 0.14 35 0.10 39 0.11 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (125) Includes middle schools as deemed. (126) Includes Maintained and Non-Maintained Special Schools. (127) Permanent exclusions for 2000/01 are estimated as a number of local education authorities did not confirm the data for their schools. (128) The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) pupils in Primary, Secondary and Special schools, excluding dually registered pupils in special schools. Source: Annual Schools' Census.

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

198884; 426 c2152W;426 c2158W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent measures his Department has taken to increase the awareness in schools in the Greater London area of the dangers of smoking. - Including figures.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 November 2004

Reference

195366; 426 c1392-3W;426 c1396-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Ofsted inspections of schools in (a) the Greater London area and (b) London Borough of Wandsworth there have been in each of the last three years. - Ofsted Chief Inspector will write.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 November 2004

Reference

426 c756W;426 c760-1W; 196726

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children played truant during the last 12 months at schools in the London Borough of Wandsworth. - Inc table.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 July 2004

Reference

179040; 423 c1231W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many special schools there are in each of the education authorities in the Greater London area. - Table given.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 June 2004

For answer on

22 June 2004

Answered on

22 June 2004

Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many special schools there are in each of the education authorities in the Greater London area. [179051] Mr. Miliband: The information requested is shown in the table. Special schools1: Number of schools--January 2004 (provisional)--local education authorities within Greater London _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of schools London 156 Inner London 68 Camden 6 City of London 0 Hackney 5 Hammersmith and Fulham 5 Haringey 4 Islington 3 Kensington and Chelsea 2 Lambeth 6 Lewisham 7 Newham 2 Southwark 9 Tower Hamlets 7 Wandsworth 10 Westminster 2 Outer London 88 Barking and Dagenham 1 Barnet 4 Bexley 5 Brent 5 Bromley 6 Croydon 6 Ealing 6 Enfield 6 Greenwich 5 Harrow 4 Havering 3 Hillingdon 8 Hounslow 5 Kingston upon Thames 3 Merton 3 Redbridge 5 Richmond upon Thames 2 Sutton 5 Waltham Forest 6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Source: Annual Schools' Census

Date

22 June 2004

Reference

179051; 422 c1399-400W

House

House of Commons

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on local government performance and practice in Wandsworth Council

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on local government performance and practice in Wandsworth Council.

Lead member

Tom Cox

Answering member

Phil Hope

Department

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

16 March 2004

Reference

419 c54-61WH

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many fires in school buildings in each of the last three years have been attributed to (a) accidents and (b) arson. - Not available centrally.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 September 2003

Reference

123314; 409 c756W;409 c757W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the estimated cost of fires in schools was to local education authorities in each of the last three years. - The Department does not collect these figures.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 July 2003

Reference

123315; 408 c676W;408 c674W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools have had to close for a period of time owing to fire in each of the last three years. - Inc ref to 'Managing School Facilities Guide 6, Fire Safety' and 'How to Combat Arson in Schools'.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 June 2003

For answer on

7 July 2003

Answered on

7 July 2003

Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools have had to close for a period of time owing to fire in each of the last three years. [123313] Mr. Miliband: The Department does not have this information. However, the issue of fire safety is of primary importance. If a fire should happen in a school, the Department's primary concern is for the safety of pupils, teachers and other users. Regulation 17 of the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999 requires that every part of a school building, and of the land provided for a school, shall be such that the safe escape of the occupants in case of fire is reasonably assured. Schools are also covered by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and by subsequent related regulations. These include aspects of fire safety. To help schools manage fire safety, the Department published "Managing School Facilities Guide 6, Fire Safety", in 2000. This offers guidance on how to minimise the risks of both accidental and malicious fires occurring, and advises on how to identify hazards and carry out risk assessments. It also gives advice on training and on fire detection and alarm systems. In addition, officials from the Department sit on the Arson in Schools Working Group, a group of experts representing the insurance industry, the fire and police services, local authorities and Government Departments. The group exists to research and promote ways of reducing malicious fires in schools. One of its outputs has been the publication of the guide "How to Combat Arson in Schools", copies of which have been sent to all schools in the UK.

Date

7 July 2003

Reference

123313; 408 c631W;408 c629W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many fires there have been in schools in each of the last three years. - The Department does not collect these figures.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 July 2003

Reference

123312; 408 c631W;408 c629W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in the London Borough of Wandsworth have undergone an Ofsted inspection within the last 12 months. - HM Chief Inspector, David Bell, will write and place copy of letter in Library.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 July 2003

Reference

123318; 408 c632W;408 c630W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school children are permanently excluded from schools in the Greater London area. - Including table.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 May 2003

For answer on

9 June 2003

Answered on

9 June 2003

Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school children are permanently excluded from schools in the Greater London area. [116707] Mr. Ivan Lewis: The information requested is shown in the table. Number of permanent exclusions by type of school 2001-02 (provisional estimates)1by local education authority area in London _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Primary2 Secondary2 Special3 Total Number of Percentage Number of Percentage Number of Percentage Number of Percentage permanent of the permanent of the permanent of the permanent of the exclusions school exclusions school exclusions school exclusions school population4 population4 population4 population4 England 1,451 0.03 7,741 0.24 343 0.36 9,535 0.12 London 205 0.03 1,196 0.29 55 0.45 1,456 0.14 Inner London 80 0.03 386 0.30 23 0.50 489 0.13 Camden 2 0.02 24 0.22 2 0.68 28 0.12 City of London 0 0.00 5-- 5-- 5-- 5-- 5-- 5-- Hackney 9 0.05 21 0.26 3 0.80 33 0.12 Hammersmith and Fulham 2 0.02 34 0.47 1 0.32 37 0.22 Haringey 5 0.02 27 0.24 0 0.00 32 0.09 Islington 0 0.00 12 0.16 0 0.00 12 0.05 Kensington and Chelsea 3 0.04 9 0.25 1 1.32 13 0.12 Lambeth 9 0.05 29 0.40 0 0.00 38 0.14 Lewisham 13 0.06 51 0.44 2 0.38 66 0.19 Newham 12 0.04 37 0.21 1 1.39 50 0.10 Southwark 14 0.06 31 0.29 5 1.05 50 0.14 Tower Hamlets 1 0.00 36 0.26 1 0.25 38 0.10 Wandsworth 9 0.05 49 0.49 7 0.96 65 0.23 Westminster 1 0.01 26 0.32 0 0.00 27 0.14 Outer London 125 0.03 810 0.29 32 0.43 967 0.14 Barking and Dagenham 10 0.05 14 0.12 0 0.00 24 0.08 Barnet 3 0.01 51 0.24 0 0.00 54 0.11 Bexley 11 0.05 45 0.25 4 1.00 60 0.15 Brent 3 0.01 34 0.23 1 0.25 38 0.10 Bromley 6 0.02 79 0.37 0 0.00 85 0.18 Croydon 25 0.08 110 0.62 10 1.79 145 0.29 Ealing 4 0.01 59 0.38 1 0.21 64 0.15 Enfield 6 0.02 64 0.31 2 0.39 72 0.15 Greenwich 18 0.09 31 0.22 2 0.35 51 0.14 Harrow 5 0.03 63 0.70 0 0.00 68 0.24 Havering 2 0.01 42 0.26 1 0.42 45 0.12 Hillingdon 8 0.03 35 0.21 0 0.00 43 0.10 Hounslow 7 0.04 50 0.31 2 0.52 59 0.16 Kingston upon Thames 1 0.01 2 0.02 0 0.00 3 0.01 Merton 3 0.02 18 0.24 2 0.78 23 0.10 Redbridge 2 0.01 30 0.16 0 0.00 32 0.07 Richmond upon Thames 3 0.02 25 0.34 3 1.99 31 0.16 Sutton 1 0.01 34 0.23 0 0.00 35 0.12 Waltham Forest 7 0.03 24 0.18 4 0.59 35 0.10 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 19 LEAs in England have yet to confirm the data for their schools. Based on data as at 29 May 2003. 2 Includes middle schools as deemed. 3 Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. 4 The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) pupils in primary, secondary and special schools, excluding dually registered pupils in special schools in January 2002. 5 Not applicable (no schools of this type) Source: Annual Schools' Census

Date

9 June 2003

Reference

116707; 406 c605-6W

House

House of Commons

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