Asked by: Anneliese Midgley (Labour - Knowsley)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have started in Knowsley constituency in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
Apprenticeship starts are published at parliamentary constituency level in the Apprenticeships official statistics, which is available here; https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/apprenticeships. Data for Knowsley for the academic years 2013/14 to 2022/23 can be found in the dataset called ‘Geography LA, PCON and Region - Starts since May 2010 and 2015’.
Asked by: Anneliese Midgley (Labour - Knowsley)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children have an education and health care plan in Knowsley constituency.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
The department publishes annual statistics from school census data on children who have education, health and care (EHC) plans down to individual school level. The most recent figures for January 2024 can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england.
In January 2024, there were 1,103 (7.1%) children with an EHC plan in Knowsley constituency. This data was published before the changes to parliamentary boundaries and will be updated to the latest boundaries with the next publication of the series.
Asked by: Anneliese Midgley (Labour - Knowsley)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in Knowsley constituency who have an education health care plan are attending the school named in that plan.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
The information requested is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Statistics on pupils with education, health and care (EHC) plans can be found at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans. These statistics include information on the type of setting that pupils with EHC plans attend, but not whether pupils attend the school named in their plan.
Asked by: Anneliese Midgley (Labour - Knowsley)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres in Knowsley constituency have closed since May 2010; and what the (a) name and (b) postcode was of each centre.
Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
Data on children’s centres is supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools database portal at: https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/.
Based on information supplied by Knowsley local authority, one Sure Start children’s centre has closed in the Knowsley constituency since May 2010. The name of the centre was St Chad’s Children’s Centre, and the postcode was L32 1TZ. This is based on information supplied by Knowsley local authority as of 1 September 2024. These figures may be different to previous answers and could change again in the future, since local authorities may update the database at any time.
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.