written question – answered on 9 October 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which Minister has responsibility for the academies programme; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his estimate is of the number of children in academies in each year from 2002 to 2008; what proportion was entitled to free...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) parent governors and (b) local authority governors there are for each academy; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what start-up grants are made available to new academies; how long they last; and what their average amount is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which academies (a) do and (b) do not follow national pay and conditions for staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will make a statement on rates of exclusion from academies compared with other maintained schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which academies have been identified by his Department as making inadequate improvement in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what powers his Department has to intervene where academies are making inadequate progress; and how often such powers have been used.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which academies (a) do and (b) do not recognise trade unions; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 928, on the Building Schools for the Future Programme, if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children starting primary school in (a) Bassetlaw constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England had previously...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many students were entitled to education maintenance allowance in each local authority area in the academic year 2007-08; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what costs are incurred by students seeking to re-take (a) mathematics and (b) English language GCSE examinations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many students have taken (a) mathematics and (b) English language GCSE examinations for a second time in each of the last 10...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many key stage two scripts were unmarked as at 14 July; and if he will make a statement; (2) how many key stage two and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent steps the Government have taken to assist parents seeking employment with their child care responsibilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many pupils spent some time in a pupil referral unit in each year since their introduction; (2) how many and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of 14 year olds (a) not entitled and (b) entitled to free school meals achieved level five in English,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of 7-year-olds (a) not entitled and (b) entitled to free school meals achieved level two in literacy and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent steps the Government has taken to provide assistance to children who fall behind in writing and mathematics in school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many requests for marking reviews of (a) key stage 2 and (b) key stage 3 2008 tests were received before 30 September 2008;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many children eligible for free school meals received an A grade in (a) mathematics, (b) physics, (c) chemistry, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what procedures govern the means by which capital funding is devolved to each category of maintained school; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what advice he has given to local authorities on seeking clawbacks from individual schools' reserves; and what assessment he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools in each local authority have had no entrants for (a) French, (b) German and (c) Spanish examinations in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools in each local authority area are in special measures; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils achieved five good GCSEs in (a) comprehensive and (b) independent schools in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what percentage of pupils obtained five good GCSEs including English and mathematics in the 100 least deprived lower super...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his estimate is of the proportion of children in each local authority who obtained (a) five or more A* to C GCSEs and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils had a recorded unauthorised half-day absence while in year (a) nine, (b) 10 and (c) 11 in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will publish each local authority's latest estimate of the GCSE results of each school in the National Challenge for (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of children under 11 years of age live in families where there has been social services involvement during the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many schools have applied to become trust schools; (2) how many foundation schools have (a) become trust schools and...