Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average distance between home and school was for school-aged children in (a) London and (b) each London borough on 1 January in each year from 2010 to 2016.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school-aged children in each London borough attended a maintained school outside their borough of residency on 1 January of each year from 2010 to 2016.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The number of pupils in each London borough attending a school outside their borough of residency can be found in the cross border movement tables which can be found as part of the ‘Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics’ statistics[1]. Data for 2016 has not been collected yet but is expected to be available in June 2016.
[1] 2015 data can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015 - click on ‘Cross-border movement Local Authority Tables’
2014 data can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014 - click on ‘Cross-border movement Local Authority Tables’
2013 data can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013 - click on ‘Cross-border movement Local Authority Tables’
2012 data can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2012 - click on ‘Additional Tables 1’
2011 data can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2011 - click on ‘Additional Tables 1’
2010 data can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2010 - click on ‘Additional Tables 3’
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childcare places there were in each London borough on 1 January of each year from 2010 to 2016.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
Local authorities are required to report annually to elected council members on how they are meeting their duty to secure sufficient childcare, and make this report available and accessible to parents. The Department does not hold borough level estimates centrally.
The Department for Education’s Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey[1] collects data on all registered childcare places, including those in maintained schools and nurseries. However, data is only available at a national and regional level.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) surplus and (b) shortfall in childcare places in each London borough on 1 January of each year from 2010 to 2016.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
Local authorities are required to report annually to elected council members on how they are meeting their duty to secure sufficient childcare, and make this report available and accessible to parents. The Department does not hold borough level estimates centrally.
The Department for Education’s Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey[1] collects data on all registered childcare places, including those in maintained schools and nurseries. However, data is only available at a national and regional level.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average (a) monthly and (b) annual cost of childcare per household was in (i) England and Wales, (ii) London and (iii) each London borough in each year since 2010.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The Government uses a range of information from a number of difference sources to consider the affordability of childcare including:
We are committed to supporting hard-working parents with the costs of childcare and to make it more affordable. That is why we will be investing an extra £1billion per annum by 2019-20 to help hardworking families with the cost of childcare.
We are already funding 15 hours a week of free early education for all three- and four-year-olds and for disadvantaged two-year-olds – this saves families around £2,500 per child per year. Through our Childcare Bill we are making plans to fund and deliver an additional 15 hours of free childcare for the working parents of three- and four-year olds from September 2017 (with early implementation in some areas from September 2016) – worth around another £2,500 per child per year. We also continue to invest in the Early Years Pupil Premium.
We are also introducing Tax-Free Childcare from early 2017, under which around 2 million families could benefit by up to £2,000 per child per year or £4,000 per child per year if a child is disabled.
For working parents on low and middle incomes, working tax credit pays up to 70% of their childcare costs and this will increase to 85% under Universal Credit from April 2016. This support will be available, for the first time, to those working fewer than 16 hours per week.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints of each type her Department (a) received and (b) upheld against childcare providers in (i) England and Wales, (ii) London and (iii) each London borough in each year since 2010.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
Ofsted, as the regulator for childcare providers in England, is responsible for considering and responding to complaints about them and Her Majesty's Chief Inspector will be writing to the hon. Member about this. A copy of that letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Responsibility for childcare in Wales is a devolved matter and it would be for the Welsh Government and Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales to respond. Their contact address is Care and Social Services Inspectorate National Office, Welsh Government office, Rhydycar Business Park, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1UZ or cssiw@wales.gsi.gov.uk.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school pupils were eligible for free school meals in each London borough in December 2015.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The department does not hold data for the number of pupils eligible for free school meals specifically in December 2015. The latest published figures, drawn from the January 2015 school census and broken down by local authority, are available in tables 8a, 8b and 8c of the ‘Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics: January 2015’ statistics.[1]
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015 - refer to the local authority tables.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions (a) knives, (b) guns and (c) other offensive weapons were found in schools and colleges in each London borough in (i) 2010 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department does not hold information on the number of occasions knives, guns or other offensive weapons have been found in schools and colleges.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school pupils were eligible for free school meals in each London borough in June (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014; and in the most recent months in 2015 for which figures are available.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
Information on the number of pupils eligible for and claiming free schools meals in each local authority in London for January 2010 to 2015 is published in the “Statistics: schools and pupil numbers” series[1]. This is based on the January School census.
A collated version of this information has been provided in the attached Excel spreadsheet.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department paid to (a) G4S, (b) Serco, (c) Sodexo, (d) GEOAmey, (e) Capita, (f) Atos, (g) Mitie, (h) Working Links, (i) A4E, (j) MTC Amey, (k) GEO Group and (l) Carillion in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The table below lists the amounts paid to the suppliers as recorded in the Department for Education’s finance systems:
Organisation | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
G4S | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
G4S FIRE & SECURITY SYSTEMS |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 | 12,458.31 | 12,458.31 |
SERCO | 22,708,767.65 | 1,866,032.89 | 3,947,420.89 | 2,215,156.65 | 30,737,378.08 |
SODEXO | 6,787.41 | 217.50 | 2,147,460.65 | 2,240,588.92 | 4,395,054.48 |
GEOAmey | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
AMEY |
70.38 |
0.00 |
0.00 | 151,126.73 | 151,197.11 |
CAPITA | 741,581,058.23 | 376,783,648.98 | 116,807,524.23 | 82,368,692.26 | 1,317,540,923.70 |
ATOS CONSULTING LTD | 194,862.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 | 194,862.00 |
MITIE | 4,563,022.84 | 3,574,876.83 | 704,330.19 | 5,329.44 | 8,847,559.30 |
WORKING LINKS |
0.00 | 16,280.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 | 16,280.00 |
A4E LTD | 2,269,275.08 | 1,509,218.60 | 1,657,892.66 | 1,436,479.29 | 6,872,865.63 |
MTC Amey | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
GEO Group | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
CARILLION | 124,275.35 | 56,359.00 | - 43,612.00 | 156,484.00 | 293,506.35 |