School Buildings (Hansard, 28 February 1996)

§ Mr. Spearing
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will provide a comparative table of quantities, measurements, ratios or other mathematical requirements contained in the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1981 as amended by subsequent regulations now extant together with those relating to the same features as set out in the draft regulations laid on 22 February, showing in each case the changes in figures and percentages, and for each case where figures do not occur in both parts the reasons for their omission or inclusion. [17812]

§ Mrs. Gillan
[holding answer 27 February 1996]: Both sets of regulations are available in the Library. Where figures which appear in one set of regulations are omitted

Total expenditure on furniture

1991–92 1992–93 £ 1993–94 £ 1994–95 £ ¹1995–96 £

ES Head Office 913,000 694,000 737,000 483,000 1,154,000

ES Regional Network (totals for all Regions including Jcs and UBOs 23,573,000 11,924,000 17,788,000 9,064,000 4,213,000

Former EDHQ 1,911,282 2,624,585 1,468,493 1,543,268 196,609

Former DfE HQ 4,820,007 197,000 111,000 82,500 139,500

DfEE totals 31,217,289 15,439,585 20,104,493 11,172,768 5,703,109

¹ To January 1996.

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in the other, the reasons are explained in the documents which went out for public consultation on 14 August 1995, which are also available in the Library.

§ Mr. Spearing
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many and which consultees favoured the reduction or elimination of quantifiable standards in the draft school building regulations which she laid before the House on 22 February. [17815]

§ Mrs. Gillan
[holding answer 27 February 1996]: The listed consultees favoured the reduction or elimination of one or more quantifiable standards in the draft version of the Education (School Premises) Regulations which went out to consultation in August 1995.

Local Education Authorities

Doncaster

East Sussex

Houslow

Lancashire

Lincolnshire

North Yorkshire

Oxfordshire

Stockport

Wandsworth

Warwickshire

Wiltshire

National organisations

Association of County Councils

Royal Institute of British Architects

Churches and religious bodies

Agency for Jewish Education

Diocese of Arundel and Brighton Free Churches Federal Council

Schools

Highfield Junior School, Bromley

Lady Manners School, Bakewell

Total expenditure on furniture
	1991–92	1992–93 £	1993–94 £	1994–95 £	¹1995–96 £
ES Head Office	913,000	694,000	737,000	483,000	1,154,000
ES Regional Network (totals for all Regions including Jcs and UBOs	23,573,000	11,924,000	17,788,000	9,064,000	4,213,000
Former EDHQ	1,911,282	2,624,585	1,468,493	1,543,268	196,609
Former DfE HQ	4,820,007	197,000	111,000	82,500	139,500
DfEE totals	31,217,289	15,439,585	20,104,493	11,172,768	5,703,109
¹ To January 1996.