§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the value was, for each local education authority found to be failing by OFSTED, of additional payments from her Department to assist improvement of local education authority management in the last 12 months. [9908]
§ Mr. TimmsBetween October 2000 and September 2001, the Department for Education and Skills has paid the following authorities the amounts shown as part of its response to an adverse report by OFSTED which resulted in formal DfES intervention.256W
£ 1Amount Bradford 680,419 Bristol 117,886 Calderdale 528 Derby 48,997 Dudley 66,390 Hackney 115,398 Haringey 721,773 Islington 202,021 Leeds 1,509,584 Leicester City 372,728 Liverpool 12,805 Redbridge 67,360 Rochdale 187,144 Rotherham 388,075 Sheffield -22,222 South Tyneside 184,475 Southwark 744,804 Walsall 310,653 Waltham Forest 561,444 1 Figures rounded to the nearest pound The payments relate to work such as specialist advice and interim managers sought to support the authorities during the intervention process. The cost of individual contracts for intervention work is commercial in confidence.