Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free early years education places were provided in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex and (d) Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The attached spreadsheet provides the number of part time equivalent funded early education places from 1997 to 2014 and the number of children in receipt of some funded early education provision from 2008 to 2014. The variation between areas will reflect local demand.
The latest statistics can be found online at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provision-for-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2014
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase digital engagement by local education authorities.
Answered by David Laws
The development and use of digital media by local authorities is a matter for local decision by them.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the core target group of 16 to 19-year olds have (a) applied for and (b) been accepted onto a traineeship to date in Bury St Edmunds constituency.
Answered by Nick Boles
I can confirm that traineeships provision is available in Bury St Edmunds, although traineeships data is not available at local authority or constituency level.
Traineeships are off to a strong start. Provisional data published on 16 October shows that 7,000 16 – 18-year-olds started a traineeship in the first year of the programme.
This data is published online at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Ofsted inspections were carried out in Suffolk local education authority area in (a) primary, (b) secondary, (c) straight-through, (d) nursery and (e) other schools in each of the last five years.
Answered by David Laws
This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. A copy of his reply will be placed in the library of the House.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers took early retirement in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk and (c) England in each of the last five years.
Answered by David Laws
The following table provides the number of teachers in publicly-funded schools who took early retirement in Suffolk local authority and England in March 2008-09 to March 2012-13. This is the latest information available. Information for Bury St Edmunds constituency is not available.
Suffolk LA[1],[2] | England[1],[2] | |
March | ||
2008-09 | 130 | 8,570 |
2009-10 | 100 | 7,810 |
2010-11 | 130 | 9,380 |
2011-12[3] | 180 | 9,780 |
2012-13[3] | 150 | 8,630 |
Source: Pensioner Statistical System (PENSTATS).
[1] Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 teachers.
[2] Includes Premature Retirements, Actuarially Reduced Benefits and Ill Health.
[3]Provisional estimates. 2011-12 data will remain provisional until summer 2015 and 2012-13 data is likely to remain provisional until summer 2016.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free early years education places were provided in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
Information on the take up of free early years places in Suffolk and England is shown in the table below.
Number of three and four-year olds benefitting from funded early education places[1] | ||
Suffolk | England | |
2009 | 14,960 | 1,158,760 |
2010 | 15,140 | 1,186,370 |
2011 | 15,450 | 1,224,470 |
2012 | 16,100 | 1,264,420 |
2013 | 16,200 | 1,283,500 |
Source: Early Years Census (EYC), School Census (SC) and School Level Annual School Census (SLASC) | ||
The data is not available at parliamentary constituency level and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The response covers the information requested for England only.
[1] Count of children aged three and four at 31 December in the previous calendar year. Numbers of three and four-year-olds in schools may include some two-year-olds. Any child attending more than one provider will have only been counted once. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of young people aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 were not in full-time education or training in (i) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (ii) Suffolk, (iii) the East of England and (d) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Participation in education, training and employment, age 16 to 18' published on 13 March 2014 shows estimates of both the numbers and proportions of 16- and 17-year-olds not in full-time education or in work-based learning (almost exclusively apprenticeships). As well as those not participating in any education or training, the numbers include young people who were in part-time education and/or those undergoing training with a privately-funded training provider. Estimates are not available at sub-national level for 18-year-olds.
The SFR shows estimates for Suffolk Local Authority, the East of England, and England. The data is not available at parliamentary constituency level nor does an estimate exist that includes Wales.
The SFR is published online and is available at: