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Dept for Education and Employment

Answered by

Lord Wills (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

26 April 2001

Reference

367 c426-7

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

Answered by

Lord Wills (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

26 April 2001

Reference

367 c426-7

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

1st supplementary on parentally condoned truancy.

Asked by

David Leslie Taylor (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

26 April 2001

Reference

367 c426-7

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, What plans he has to support schools in using information technology to tackle truancy.

Asked by

David Leslie Taylor (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

26 April 2001

Reference

367 c426-7; 157908

House

House of Commons

Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill (HL) 2000/01

Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill (HL). Committee stage fourth sitting (afternoon). Clauses 3 to 16 agreed to.

Type

Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings

Notes

Received 04.04.01

Date

29 March 2001

Reference

SCB

House

House of Commons

2R, Programme motion and Money res*:Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill (HL) 2000/01

Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill (HL). Second reading debate. Amendment negatived on division (130 to 332). Main question agreed to on question. Debate on programme motion agreed to on division (283 to 122). Money resolution agreed to on question (formal).

Lead member

Lord Blunkett

Answering member

Baroness May of Maidenhead

Department

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Debates on bills

Date

20 March 2001

Reference

365 c215-305

House

House of Commons

School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Amendment of Schedule 18) (England) Order 2001

Draft SI on School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (amendment of schedule 18) (England) (SI 2001/2086). Lords debate on motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lead member

Lord Davies of Oldham

Answering member

Baroness Blatch

Department

Department of the Environment

Type

Debates on delegated legislation

Date

14 March 2001

Reference

623 c956-61

House

House of Lords

Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill (HL) 2000/01

Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill (HL) 2000/01. Lords third reading debate. Privilege amendment made. Agreed to on question. Passed and sent to the Commons.

Lead member

Baroness Blackstone

Answering member

Baroness Blatch

Department

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Debates on bills

Date

1 March 2001

Reference

622 c1283-354

House

House of Lords

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps have been taken to ensure that parents are notified that supply of emergency contraception will be permitted under a school's sex and relationships education policy; what steps he is taking to ensure that parents are properly consulted before...

Asked by

Lord Brady of Altrincham (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 February 2001

For answer on

28 February 2001

Answered on

28 February 2001

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what steps have been taken to ensure that parents are notified that supply of emergency contraception will be permitted under a school's sex and relationships education policy; [151128] (2) what steps he is taking to ensure that parents are properly consulted before a school adopts a policy of supplying emergency contraception; [151127] (3) what estimate he has made of the number of schools which have made emergency contraception available to pupils. [151126] Jacqui Smith: [holding answer 26 February 2001]: Our sex and relationship education guidance, published last July, clearly states that governing bodies and head teachers should consult parents in developing their sex and relationship education policy to ensure that they develop policies which reflect the parents' wishes and the culture of the community they serve. All schools must have a policy which is made available for inspection and to parents. In the few cases where school nurses are dispensing contraception, this should be made clear in a school's sex and relationship policy, which has to be agreed with parents. These arrangements should not proceed until parents have been consulted. Ofsted is statutorily required to evaluate and comment on a school's sex and relationship policy. From January 2000, as part of its new inspection framework, Ofsted is required to evaluate and report on how well schools work in partnership with parents. We have made no estimates of the number of schools dispensing emergency contraception. However, Ofsted is aware of a few instances where emergency contraception has been dispensed by school nurses. Improving teenagers' access to contraceptive advice, including emergency contraception, is a key strand of the Government's teenage pregnancy strategy.

Date

28 February 2001

Reference

363 c661-3W; 151128;151127;151126

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many school truancies were recorded during the last 12 months in each local education authority area; and if he will make a statement. - Includes table and figures.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 January 2001

For answer on

26 February 2001

Answered on

26 February 2001

Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many school truancies were recorded during the last 12 months in each local education authority area; and if he will make a statement. [148311] Jacqui Smith: The number of half-days missed as a result of unauthorised absence (truancy) by pupils; and the percentage of those half-days missed, for each local authority area in England in 1999-2000 (the latest figures available) are shown in the table. Although there has been some significant improvement in attendance levels, too many children are still missing school without good reason. Over half of these are primary school children, most of whom will be absent with their parents' consent. That is why, last autumn, we announced a renewed drive to tackle truancy including extra resources available to schools and LEAs to tackle poor behaviour, with truancy the top priority. £174 million will be available in 2001-02--10 times the level in 1996-97. We have also begun a co-ordinated nationwide programme of truancy sweeps to pick up youngsters who should be in school. In addition, our Excellence in Cities programme is being expanded to provide more on-site learning mentors in schools to support children with barriers to attending school and learning. We are also asking schools with above average truancy records to set new targets for attendance. On 28 February, I am giving "Truancy Buster" awards of up to £10,000 to up to 50 schools in the country which have done the most to reduce truancy. From 1 March, the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 will come into effect with higher fines for the parents of persistent truants. And from 1 April, the first Connexions Service Partnerships will start, and will give priority to improving attendance at school for all young people aged 13 and over. All these measures are designed to help schools improve attendance and learning. Unauthorised absence in maintained primary and secondary schools 1999-2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Primary schools Secondary schools Primary and secondary schools Number of half Percentage of Number of half Percentage of Number of half Percentage of days missed half days missed days missed half days missed days missed half days missed Barking and Dagenham 60,889 1.4 51,301 1.7 112,190 1.5 Barnet 34,489 0.5 58,244 1.1 92,733 0.8 Barnsley 43,025 0.8 73,675 1.9 116,700 1.3 Bath and North East 11,887 0.3 18,651 0.6 30,538 0.5 Somerset Bedfordshire 18,651 0.3 49,049 0.5 67,700 0.4 Bexley 17,859 0.3 47,779 1.1 65,638 0.7 Birmingham 186,730 0.7 294,411 1.6 481,141 1.1 Blackburn with Darwen 20,386 0.5 38,810 1.4 59,196 0.9 Blackpool 27,928 0.8 43,581 1.9 71,509 1.3 Bolton 16,947 0.2 62,595 1.2 79,542 0.6 Bournemouth 16,373 0.6 20,435 0.8 36,808 0.7 Bracknell Forest 5,538 0.2 14,518 0.9 20,056 0.5 Bradford 95,943 0.9 215,869 2.0 311,812 1.4 Brent 32,672 0.6 38,519 1.0 71,191 0.8 Brighton and Hove 27,442 0.6 30,683 1.0 58,125 0.8 Bristol, City of 71,390 0.9 109,706 2.2 181,096 1.4 Bromley 25,339 0.4 30,357 0.6 55,696 0.5 Buckinghamshire 22,132 0.2 43,218 0.5 65,350 0.3 Bury 18,277 0.4 17,644 0.5 35,921 0.4 Calderdale 16,945 0.3 28,219 0.7 45,164 0.5 Cambridgeshire 46,618 0.4 67,452 0.8 114,070 0.6 Camden 33,948 1.2 39,395 1.5 73,343 1.4 Cheshire 52,539 0.3 88,581 0.7 141,120 0.5 Cornwall 36,915 0.3 36,779 0.4 73,694 0.4 Coventry 27,671 0.4 72,408 1.3 100,079 0.8 Croydon 38,308 0.5 27,778 0.6 66,086 0.5 Cumbria 16,335 0.1 50,995 0.6 67,330 0.3 Darlington 5,893 0.2 28,063 1.6 33,956 0.8 Derby City 39,697 0.7 32,464 0.8 72,161 0.7 Derbyshire 49,783 0.3 122,584 0.9 172,367 0.6 Devon 39,947 0.3 108,419 1.0 148,366 0.6 Doncaster 35,533 0.5 130,278 2.3 165,811 1.3 Dorset 20,982 0.3 41,879 0.5 62,861 0.4 Dudley 23,145 0.3 43,310 0.7 66,455 0.5 Durham 13,060 0.1 96,285 1.1 109,345 0.5 Ealing 29,720 0.5 44,899 1.2 74,619 0.7 East Riding of Yorkshire 15,019 0.2 52,312 0.9 67,331 0.5 East Sussex 44,406 0.4 87,624 1.1 132,030 0.7 Enfield 70,278 1.1 88,221 1.7 158,499 1.4 Essex 101,118 0.3 200,408 0.9 301,526 0.6 Gateshead 18,252 0.4 44,244 1.3 62,496 0.8 Gloucestershire 32,413 0.3 47,315 0.5 79,728 0.4 Greenwich 69,301 1.4 70,953 1.9 140,254 1.6 Hackney 62,469 1.5 44,246 2.2 106,715 1.7 Halton 21,724 0.7 40,320 1.6 62,044 1.1 Hammersmith and Fulham 29,917 1.2 34,337 2.2 64,254 1.6 Hampshire 89,534 0.3 166,787 0.8 256,321 0.5 Haringey 88,807 2.0 69,291 2.3 158,098 2.1 Harrow 24,764 0.5 18,796 0.7 43,560 0.6 Hartlepool 17,207 0.7 31,726 1.6 48,933 1.1 Havering 8,750 0.2 23,433 0.5 32,183 0.3 Herefordshire 9,444 0.2 18,132 0.6 27,576 0.4 Hertfordshire 70,934 0.3 123,502 0.6 194,436 0.5 Hillingdon 55,578 0.9 59,554 1.4 115,132 1.1 Hounslow 42,307 0.9 37,871 0.9 80,178 0.9 Isle of Wight 3,120 0.2 23,585 0.7 26,705 0.5 Isles of Scilly 59 0.1 23 0.1 82 0.1 Islington 47,329 1.2 40,597 2.0 87,926 1.5 Kensington and Chelsea 11,936 0.8 16,946 1.8 28,882 1.2 Kent 113,697 0.4 139,685 0.6 253,382 0.5 Kingston upon Hull, City 49,597 0.8 136,544 2.9 186,141 1.7 of Kingston upon Thames 9,432 0.3 19,896 0.9 29,328 0.6 Kirklees 56,235 0.6 94,521 1.2 150,756 0.9 Knowsley 28,188 0.7 91,945 3.1 120,133 1.6 Lambeth 47,382 1.1 20,350 1.0 67,732 1.1 Lancashire 99,490 0.3 181,547 0.8 281,037 0.6 Leeds 85,130 0.5 249,839 2.0 334,969 1.2 Leicester City 38,711 0.5 92,160 1.9 130,871 1.1 Leicestershire 22,544 0.2 140,758 1.2 163,302 0.6 Lewisham 81,270 1.5 96,545 2.9 177,815 2.1 Lincolnshire 42,390 0.3 95,001 0.8 137,391 0.5 Liverpool 67,499 0.6 138,857 1.6 206,356 1.0 London, City of 1,024 1.9 0 - 1,024 1.9 Luton 25,802 0.5 29,957 0.9 55,759 0.7 Manchester 94,704 0.9 125,859 1.9 220,563 1.3 Medway 24,487 0.4 52,977 1.0 77,464 0.7 Merton 21,164 0.6 38,336 1.7 59,500 1.0 Middlesbrough 20,005 0.5 42,628 1.6 62,633 1.0 Milton Keynes 21,588 0.4 15,988 0.5 37,576 0.4 Newcastle upon Tyne 24,397 0.5 61,491 1.3 85,888 0.9 Newham 112,799 1.7 138,744 2.7 251,543 2.1 Norfolk 81,321 0.4 111,608 0.9 192,929 0.6 North East Lincolnshire 13,357 0.3 61,350 1.8 74,707 1.0 North Lincolnshire 7,559 0.2 34,017 1.1 41,576 0.6 North Somerset 12,289 0.3 23,256 0.7 35,545 0.5 North Tyneside 3,907 0.1 23,362 0.6 27,269 0.3 North Yorkshire 18,933 0.2 48,373 0.5 67,306 0.3 Northamptonshire 60,425 0.4 101,031 0.8 161,456 0.6 Northumberland 6,545 0.1 32,956 0.4 39,501 0.3 Nottingham, City of 64,112 0.9 121,271 2.9 185,383 1.7 Nottinghamshire 65,448 0.4 198,475 1.3 263,923 0.8 Oldham 31,354 0.5 70,778 1.4 102,132 0.9 Oxfordshire 38,426 0.3 131,774 1.3 170,200 0.8 Peterborough, City of 29,298 0.7 30,768 0.9 60,066 0.8 Plymouth, City of 21,594 0.4 27,565 0.6 49,159 0.5 Poole 14,347 0.5 11,589 0.6 25,936 0.5 Portsmouth 31,589 0.8 54,904 1.8 86,493 1.2 Reading 26,231 0.9 12,116 0.8 38,347 0.9 Redbridge 41,755 0.8 28,671 0.6 70,426 0.7 Redcar and Cleveland 7,970 0.2 37,027 1.1 44,997 0.6 Richmond upon Thames 8,031 0.3 43,129 1.8 51,160 0.9 Rochdale 24,480 0.4 55,914 1.4 80,394 0.8 Rotherham 42,593 0.6 64,038 1.2 106,631 0.9 Rutland 510 0.1 4,045 0.6 4,555 0.3 Salford 34,118 0.6 49,408 1.3 83,526 0.9 Sandwell 34,569 0.5 86,784 1.5 121,353 0.9 Sefton 16,017 0.2 38,403 0.7 54,420 0.4 Sheffield 113,920 1.0 152,458 1.8 266,378 1.3 Shropshire 8,019 0.1 27,593 0.6 35,612 0.3 Slough 25,687 0.9 22,578 1.1 48,265 1.0 Solihull 11,321 0.2 23,330 0.5 34,651 0.4 Somerset 23,354 0.2 39,978 0.5 63,332 0.3 South Gloucestershire 18,155 0.3 58,487 1.4 76,642 0.7 South Tyneside 5,051 0.1 14,009 0.4 19,060 0.3 Southampton 36,341 0.8 38,365 1.1 74,706 0.9 Southend 24,865 0.7 40,652 1.4 65,517 1.0 Southwark 84,689 1.6 55,399 1.9 140,088 1.7 St. Helens 9,109 0.2 35,031 1.0 44,140 0.6 Staffordshire 39,798 0.2 86,304 0.5 126,102 0.4 Stockport 32,670 0.5 50,048 1.0 82,718 0.7 Stockton on Tees 6,311 0.1 23,333 0.6 29,644 0.3 Stoke on Trent 29,378 0.5 50,435 1.2 79,813 0.8 Suffolk 25,476 0.2 80,462 0.6 105,938 0.4 Sunderland 12,809 0.2 57,674 1.0 70,483 0.6 Surrey 50,539 0.2 108,267 0.7 158,806 0.5 Sutton 14,316 0.4 13,892 0.4 28,208 0.4 Swindon 16,281 0.4 26,873 0.8 43,154 0.5 Tameside 13,743 0.2 51,592 1.1 65,335 0.6 Telford and Wrekin 18,481 0.5 28,057 1.0 46,538 0.7 Thurrock 21,849 0.6 32,237 1.3 54,086 0.9 Torbay 7,226 0.3 21,494 1.0 28,720 0.6 Tower Hamlets 77,542 1.5 97,731 2.5 175,273 2.0 Trafford 12,377 0.2 31,455 0.7 43,832 0.5 Wakefield 46,449 0.6 41,679 0.7 88,128 0.6 Walsall 44,614 0.7 42,750 0.8 87,364 0.7 Waltham Forest 36,280 0.7 52,773 1.4 89,053 1.0 Wandsworth 26,960 0.6 20,973 0.8 47,933 0.7 Warrington 13,082 0.3 20,231 0.5 33,313 0.4 Warwickshire 20,301 0.2 61,075 0.7 81,376 0.4 West Berkshire 7,525 0.2 10,884 0.4 18,409 0.3 West Sussex 37,578 0.2 80,898 0.7 118,476 0.4 Westminster, City of 19,135 0.9 63,464 3.1 82,599 2.0 Wigan 25,307 0.3 64,573 1.0 89,880 0.6 Wiltshire 30,471 0.3 46,427 0.6 76,898 0.5 Windsor and Maidenhead 9,608 0.4 14,908 0.6 24,516 0.5 Wirral 29,395 0.4 37,838 0.6 67,233 0.5 Wokingham 10,007 0.3 10,284 0.4 20,291 0.3 Wolverhampton 42,545 0.7 55,442 1.3 97,987 0.9 Worcestershire 32,772 0.3 84,509 0.8 117,281 0.6 York, City of 12,444 0.3 23,224 1.1 35,668 0.6 England 5,223,695 0.5 9,164,962 1.0 14,388,657 0.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

26 February 2001

Reference

148311; 363 c340-5W

House

House of Commons

Parent Governor Representatives (England) Regulations 2001

SI 2001/478 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 15 March 2001

Department

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

21 February 2001

Reference

SI 2001/478

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance has been given to schools on whether the dispensation of emergency contraception to girls under the age of 16 years should be allowed by the sex and relationship education policy of the school; what provisions have been made...

Asked by

Lord Brady of Altrincham (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 February 2001

Reference

363 c46-7W; 150071;150072

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many schools made requests to parents for additional financial support towards school funds in 1999; and if he will make a statement. - Information not held centrally.

Asked by

Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 December 2000

Reference

359 c142W;359 c140W; 141942

House

House of Commons

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