Results 7181–7200 of 7608 for speaker:Derek Twigg

Written Answers — Education and Skills: School Admissions Policy (21 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: Guidance in the statutory School Admissions Code of Practice advises admission authorities that where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility, each for part of a week, the oversubscription criteria need to make clear how the 'home' address will be decided in a fair and considered way. It is for the individual admission authority to decide what method they will use.

Written Answers — Education and Skills: School Organising Committees (21 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has issued guidance on the conduct of members of School Organisation Committees (SOCs) which includes advice that members should declare an interest in any proposal which directly affects a school at which they are a governor or which their children attend, or in which they might have a pecuniary interest in the decision made. The guidance suggests...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: School Uniforms (21 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: School governing bodies are responsible for deciding whether their school should have a uniform policy, and if so, what it should consist of. The headteacher's role is to ensure pupils comply with the uniform policy agreed by the governing body. When setting a uniform policy the Department expects school governing bodies to behave reasonably, considering the impact of their policies on...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Sex Education (21 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: The Government believes that all young people should receive a balanced programme of sex and relationship education (SRE) at school, which encourages them to delay sexual activity until they are ready and prepares them to make responsible choices about their relationships when they do become sexually active. In 2000, DfES issued guidance to schools on the teaching of SRE. Schools are required...

Written Answers — Home Department: Anti-terrorism Measures (21 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: I have been asked to reply. My Department has issued guidelines for schools on the use of laminated glass or safety film to maintain the integrity of windows, and on the use of security patrols. We have also issued guidance on school security overall, and the Security Service has issued advice on protective security for organisations. The Government is always looking at ways of protecting...

Written Answers — Health: Teenage Sex (10 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: I have been asked to reply. The Government believe that all young people should receive a balanced programme of sex and relationships education (SRE) at school, which encourages them to delay sexual activity until they are ready and prepares them to make responsible choices about their relationships when they do become sexually active. In 2000, DfES issued non-statutory guidance to schools on...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Consultants (10 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: Within the Department for Education and Skills the total cost of consultants charged to administration budgets was £8.216 million in 1996–97 and £4.7 million in 2003–04. The cost charged to programmes is not recorded centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. To provide estimated costs for consultants for 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2007–08 would require a...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Contract Awards (10 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: During the last two years (2003, 2004) the Department for Education and Skills has not awarded any contracts to (a) EDS or (c) EDS and Fujitsu jointly. One contract was awarded to (b) Fujitsu to undertake the proof of concept of the Cybrarian Project. The objective of this project was to assist in decreasing the digital divide by facilitating access to the internet and to learning...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: In-house Magazines (10 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: Expenditure on the production of in-house publications within my Department is set out as follows. It is not possible, except at disproportionate cost, to separately identify spend on internal publications prior to April 1999. £000 Spend on internal publications 1999–2000 67.9 2000–01 89.8 2001–02 83.7 2002–03 95.1 2003–04 95.0 2004–05 80.7 Financial...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Queen's Flight (10 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: The publicly available Cabinet Office guidance, Travel by Ministers", makes clear that special flights may be authorised when a scheduled service is not available, or when it is essential to travel by air, but the requirements of official or Parliamentary business or security considerations or urgency preclude the journey being made by a scheduled service. Neither the Queen's flight service...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: School Fires (10 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: Because the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) has overall policy lead for fire safety and arson reduction across Government Departments, it is ODPM rather than this Department that compiles statistics on fires in schools. The latest set of figures we have on school fires from ODPM cover the three years 2001–02 to 2003–04. The data for 2002–03 do not include estimates for the...

Classroom Discipline ( 9 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ogmore (Huw Irranca-Davies) on securing this important debate on what is a crucial area of education. He expressed well his concern, interest and knowledge of the subject. We take behaviour in schools seriously, and we are the first Government to do so. We have invested a great deal of money in improving behaviour, because we believe that every...

Classroom Discipline ( 9 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: My hon. Friend knows that we are keen to promote best practice, and I shall come to why that is important. Some children need more; for those at risk of exclusion, support needs to be available within the school but outside the classroom. Schools should have access to approaches such as learning support units, learning mentors and behaviour support teams, which have shown their value in...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Civil Servants (Retirement) ( 9 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: The cost of releases to my Department in the financial years 1997–98 to 2003–04 were: Financial year Total cost to DfES (£ million) 1997–98 5.145 1998–99 2.73 1999–2000 4.237 2000–01 4.06 2001–02 6.142 2002–03 5.57 2003–04 2.54 The estimated cost of releases in the financial years 2004–05 and 2005–06 are: Financial year Total cost...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Disruptive Pupils ( 9 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: On 1 February my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to Chief Education Officers announcing that she expected that by September 2007 all secondary schools would be part of a local group of schools working together to manage pupil behaviour. To support this approach she asked that each local authority should hold discussions with its school funding forum about the adequacy of local...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Disruptive Pupils ( 9 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: Supportive parents are vitally important in achieving and maintaining good behaviour in schools. We want parents to be prepared to support the behaviour policy in their child's school, and to take responsibility for their child's behaviour. A Pastoral Support Programme is an option schools may use to help pupils to improve their behaviour. Parents of disruptive pupils are involved in the...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Disruptive Pupils ( 9 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to Chief Education Officers on 1 February announcing that she expected all secondary schools to be part of a group of schools managing pupil behaviour by September 2007. By that date she expects such groups to have agreed admission protocols in place for previously excluded pupils. She also asked that local authorities should hold discussions...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Education Funding ( 9 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: This information is not collected centrally.

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Education Funding ( 9 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: The information requested is contained within the following table: £ Combined LEA and school based expenditure (6),(7) per pupil(8)—Cash terms LEA name(9) Combined LEA and school based expenditure per pupil 1997–98(10) Pre-LGR Cheshire 2,560 2003–04 Warrington 3,450 (6) The combined LEA and school based expenditure includes all expenditure on the education of...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Exclusions (Derbyshire) ( 9 Feb 2005)

Derek Twigg: The available information is given in the table. Exclusions data for 2000–01, 2001–02 and 2002–03 are known to have been under-reported by some schools in England. The Department carried out a checking exercise, but this was at LEA level only. As a result, this information is not available at parliamentary constituency level for the three most recent years. Maintained primary, secondary...


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