A total of £211,964,049 has been paid to the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral during the financial year 2013-14 by the Department for Education.<\/p>
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Birkenhead is not a local authority and is within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and therefore payments to this area are included in the data above.<\/p>
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Our online surveys of academies and free schools asked the extent to which (if at all) they intended to follow the new national curriculum in September 2014, for a number of subjects.<\/p>
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Figure 13 of the report called \u201cDo academies make use of their autonomy?\u201d provides the data for academies. The overall conclusion of the research was that the a large majority of academies are planning to follow the national curriculum to some extent or a great extent in all subjects and particularly in English and mathematics where only 1 per cent do not plan to do so. The report is published online at:<\/p>
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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/do-academies-make-use-of-their-autonomy<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Figure 3 of the report called \u201cAre free schools using innovative approaches?\u201d provides the data for free schools. The overall conclusion is similar to that for academies with a large majority of free schools planning to follow the national curriculum in all the subjects that they offer and all planning to do so in English and mathematics. The report is published online at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/innovative-thinking-within-free-schools<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/91949/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department for Education and its executive agencies have no directly employed staff or agency workers paid below the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> External contractors who provide facilities management services to the Department have confirmed that they have 146 staff paid under this rate. This includes 48 staff paid under the London Living Wage and 98 staff paid under the UK Living Wage. All contracted staff are paid above the minimum wage.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/50100/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department for Education routinely collects information on pupils who are both eligible for and claiming free school meals. This information is published in the \u2018Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics, January 2013' Statistical First Release[1]. Identifying pupils who are eligible for but not claiming free school meals is more difficult.<\/p> <\/p> The Department has published a research paper \u2013 \u2018Pupils not claiming free school meals: 2013'[2] \u2013 which presents estimates of the numbers and proportions of pupils who are entitled to receive free school meals but are not claiming. The paper compares registration rates for children aged between four and 15 and highlights regions and local authorities where under-registration rates are high. A table showing under registration rates by local authority can be found in the annex.<\/p> <\/p> The Department has developed a free school meals Eligibility Checking System (ECS). The ECS enables local authorities to check very quickly and determine whether a parent can claim free school meals by linking benefits information from DWP, HMRC and the Home Office. It represents a significant achievement in reducing bureaucracy and cost for local authorities and encouraging more parents to sign up their children for a free school lunch. The ECS has been extended to allow parents to check their own eligibility, and to apply online, for free school meals. The new system reduces the time, stigma and bureaucracy previously associated with applications for free school meals.<\/p> <\/p> Resources are also available from the Children's Food Trust to help schools increase take-up of free school meals.[3]<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> [1]https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013<\/a>.
[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-not-claiming-free-school-meals-2013<\/a>.<\/p>