§ Mr. Hilary BennTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the schools in the Leeds, Central parliamentary constituency which have received funding under the New Deal for schools since May 1997, showing the amount of funding in each case. [145341]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 15 January 2001]: The following table shows those schools in the Leeds, Central constituency which have benefited from investment
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New Deal for Schools—allocations for schools in the Leeds, Central constituency Year/school Project Total allocation (£) 1997–98 Included within packages: General maintenance 11,402,000 Copperfield College Agnes Stewart CE High Blenheim Primary Grafton School Merlyn Rees High Mount St. Mary's RC High Toilet provision/refurbishment 1998–99 Included within a two school package: Replacement of dangerous staircases 1146,625 Mount St. Mary's RC High Included within a five school package: Implementation of Fire Officer's safety recommendations 184,000 Matthew Murray High Primrose High Included within a five school package: Implementation of Fire Officer's safety recommendations 168,250 Merlyn Rees High St. Francis of Assisi RC Replacement of old boilers 82,500 St. Joseph's Primary Included within a two school package: Replacement of old boilers 154,000 Merlyn Rees High 1999–2000 Included within an eight school package: Fire Officer's safety recommendation package 115,000 Copperfield College Included within a 10 school package: Fire Officer's safety recommendation package 115,000 Grafton School Included within a 10 school package: Replacement of boilers and heating plant 428,950 Hugh Gaitskell Primary 2000–01 Matthew Murray High Electrical refurbishment 701,500 Mount St. Mary's RC High Science facility refurbishment 538,301 Mount St. Mary's RC High Maths faculty refurbishment 301,684 Included within a six school package: Heating improvements 329,588 Rosebank Included within a seven school package: Heating improvements 336,050 Corpus Christi Rosebank Included within an eight school package: Electrical works 675,625 Cottingley Included within a 15 school package: Kitchen refurbishment 405,375 Richmond Hill 1 Denotes allocations made to package projects. Leeds local education authority will be able to advise the value of investment made in these schools. through the New Deal for Schools programme, which commenced in 1997–98. These allocations formed part of the £16.5 million investment made in schools in Leeds local education authority under the New Deal for Schools programme.
In total, since 1997, Leeds local education authority has received some £98.6 million of funding for capital investment in school buildings.
Nationally, investment in school buildings has tripled from £683 million a year in 1996–97 to over £2 billion in 2000–01. It will be £3.2 billion in 2003–04, including grant, credit approvals and Private Finance Initiative credits. There will be central Government investment of £7.8 billion in school buildings in England from 2001–02 to 2003–04.