Asked by: Anneliese Midgley (Labour - Knowsley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she hold discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of providing multi-year funding to (a) The First Step in Knowsley and (b) other organisations that seek to protect the safety of women and girls.
Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
We have set out to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.
This will be achieved by drastically improving the police and wider criminal justice response, including a relentless pursuit of dangerous perpetrators and sustained support for victims.
The Ministry of Justice provides core funding to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to allocate at their discretion, based on their assessment of local need.
All decisions on funding after March 2025 will be subject to the next spending review.
Asked by: Anneliese Midgley (Labour - Knowsley)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people from Knowsley constituency have studied A levels in another local authority in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
The department does not in general hold the specific information on students who study qualifications outside of their home local authority in the format requested.
The below table provides data on the number of students entering A or AS level examinations for the last five academic years for students whose home postcode is in the Knowsley local authority. The data covers students who reached the end of 16 to 18 study in the academic year stated, having attended a state-funded school or college, which could either be in Knowsley local authority or in another local authority in England.
| 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
Students residing in Knowsley entering A/AS levels | 553 | 498 | 472 | 526 | 555 |
Separately, the ‘A level and other 16 to 18 results’ statistical release provides data on the number of students entering A/AS levels by the end of 16-18 study, by the local authority where the state-funded schools and colleges they attend is located. This data release is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results. This is available for Knowsley local authority at the following link: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/4c733e68-1da4-40f4-cf42-08dcca5019b8.
Asked by: Anneliese Midgley (Labour - Knowsley)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil was in mainstream schools in (a) Knowsley constituency, (b) Merseyside, (c) the North West and (d) England in each of the last ten years.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
The tables below set out funding statistics for Knowsley constituency, Knowsley local authority, the North West and England in the last five years. Knowsley local authority is included instead of Merseyside, since Merseyside is not a local authority.
The department cannot provide comparable funding data for each of the last 10 years due to the changes in the funding system since that time. The scope of the per pupil funding before and after 2018/19 are not directly comparable. In particular, funding for the central services provided by local authorities was split out from the schools block funding in 2018/19, and instead funded separately through the central school services block from that year onwards.
For Knowsley local authority, the North West and England, the figures represent the funding provided through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). All of the figures in table one exclude growth funding but include premises.
The DSG is allocated at local authority level, and as such the equivalent figures are not available for Knowsley constituency. The constituency level data for Knowsley is therefore calculated based on the notional schools national funding formula (NFF) allocations for all mainstream schools in the constituency. The figures in table two are not comparable to those in table one, not only because DSG funding cannot be aggregated down to constituency level, but also because the context of the funding figures is not the same.
The tables below provide average per pupil funding from 2020/21 to 2024/25.
Table one
Year | DSG Schools Block per pupil funding * | ||
Knowsley local authority | North West | England | |
2020/21 | £5,382 | £4,838 | £5,055 |
2021/22 | £5,752 | £5,221 | £5,212 |
2022/23 | £6,082 | £5,524 | £5,534 |
2023/24 | £6,465 | £5,835 | £5,838 |
2024/25 | £6,651 | £5,962 | £5,957 |
* Additional grants, such as the School Supplementary grant (SSG) and the Mainstream Schools Additional grant (MSAG) are included in these figures once they have been incorporated into the DSG.
Table two
NFF Schools Block per pupil funding ** | |
Year | Knowsley constituency |
2020/21 | £5,619 |
2021/22 | £5,760 |
2022/23 | £5,932 |
2023/24 | £6,272 |
2024/25 | £6,867 |
** The allocations that schools within a constituency actually receive are determined by the local funding formula in their area. Additional grants, such as the School Supplementary grant (SSG) and the Mainstream Schools Additional grant (MSAG) are included in these figures once they have been incorporated into the DSG.
Asked by: Anneliese Midgley (Labour - Knowsley)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish, for every school in England (a) the unique reference number for that school, (b) the local government areas and their ONS codes within which the school falls, (c) the Parliamentary constituency within which the school falls, (d) the phase of education which the school provides, (e) whether the school teaches children of both sexes, (f) the number of children currently attending that school, (g) whether the school is a state school or a private school, (h) any faith or religious character to the school, including denomination information, (i) the name of the academy trust, and (j) how many schools in total are run by that trust.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
The information requested can be found in the attached files. This information has been extracted from the department’s ‘Get Information about Schools (GIAS)’.
GIAS is the department’s register of schools and colleges in England and the information in the answer shows the position as at 1 August 2024.
The pupil numbers data used in the answer is at January 2024 and is taken from the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2024’ statistical publication, which is available here: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2024.