§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list each category of grant, and the amount of each grant, paid by his Department to(a) Westminster and (b) Kensington and Chelsea in (i) 1997–98, (ii) 1998–99, (iii) 1999–2000 and (iv) 2000–01; and what the projected figure is for 2001–02. [146309]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisListed are the Department's school education grants and funding allocations paid to the City of Westminster and the Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea for each of the last three years and the current year, and projected grant figures for 2001–02 where known. These do not include funding for former GM schools in 1997–98 and 1998–99 which received grant directly from the Funding Agency for Schools. The figures for 2000–01 are the total grants currently estimated to be paid to these local education authorities. 473W
Allocations 1997–98 to 2000–01 for the Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea £000 Grant 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Nursery Education Grant(3-year-olds) — — — 806 Teachers Pay Reform Threshold Special Grant — — — 270 Partners for Study Support Grant — — — 10 Independent/State School Partnership Grant Scheme — — — —
Projected grant figures for 2001–01, where known £000 Grant Westminster Kensington and Chelsea School Capital 2,683 1,109 School Standards Grant 1,240 810 Nursery Education Grant (3-year-olds) 1,091 826 Partners for Study Support Grant 9 10 Final allocations of the Standards Fund, transitional funding for GM schools and Teachers Pay Reform Threshold Special Grant are not yet known for 2001–02.
In addition, Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea will receive in 2000–01 and 2001–02 Special Grant funding to support other elements of the pay reform package:
- performance pay progression;
- appointments to assistant head posts (leadership group grant);
- deputies assimilation.
It is not possible to predict figures per local education authority.
The Volunteer Bureau within the Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea in partnership with Westminster Volunteer Bureau have been awarded £80,000 funding spread over two years, 2000–02, to co-ordinate both the recruitment of volunteers and the provision of mentoring support across both boroughs. This includes training volunteers' mentors to support a number of primary and secondary schools mentoring programmes.
Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea are one Excellence in Cities partnership. In 1999–2000 and 2000–01 they jointly received £35,000 for small scale projects and £6,000 for laptops in respect of this partnership. In 2000–01 they received £2,000 for good practice in respect of the partnership.
There have also been a number of miscellaneous payments made to Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea regarding the Graduate Teacher Programme and Registered Teacher Programme. This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Table 1: Children aged three in free early years education places1 England and each local education authority in England, 1996–2000
Position as at January 19962 19972 19982 19992 20003,7 England 210,075 214,173 222,031 225,669 266,350 North East 23,955 23,707 22,944 22,452 24,280 Cleveland5 7,427 — — — — Hartlepool4,6 — 1,143 1,179 1,193 1,100 Middlesbrough4,6 — 1,919 1,898 1,840 1,740 Redcar and Cleveland4,6 — 1,988 1,794 1,784 1,800 Stockton-on—Tees4,6 — 2,351 2,177 2,001 1,980 Under this Government, funding per pupil has already increased by over £300 in real terms, and it will increase by a further £150 per pupil for 2001–02. Under the last Government, funding per pupil fell by £60 in real terms between 1994–95 and 1997–98. There will be further increases in funding following the year 2000 spending review: a further £370 per pupil over the three year period, taking the total increase to nearly £700 between 1997–98 and 2003–04.