HC Deb 04 July 2002 vol 388 cc487-8W
34. Conn Burgon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money has been allocated for new school buildings and renovations in the current financial year; and if she will make a statement. [64429]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

Government support for capital investment in schools in England for 2002–03 is over £3 billion. We allocate most of this funding to schools and local education authorities (LEAs) by needs related formulae, so that they can prioritise investment in line with locally agreed Asset Management Plans. We do not collect information on the spread of capital investment between new buildings and renovation.

Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what Government funding has been given to each London education authority to improve and upgrade school buildings in each of the last three years. [65049]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The table sets out the amount of funding we have allocated to each London education authority to support capital expenditure in the last three years. This funding was provided for the improvement, renovation or replacement of school buildings.

Capital allocation
£000
LEA 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Inner London
Camden 5,754 4,937 21,737
City of London 67 155 133
Hackney 6,412 8,472 7,816
Hammersmith and Fulham 3,677 3,608 4,133
Haringey 8,330 10,700 14,944
Islington 6,885 3,870 8,885
Kensington and Chelsea 2,506 2,968 2,099
Lambeth 6,970 9,401 6,420
Lewisham 8,387 8,239 66,549
Newham 12,678 38,464 13,915
Southwark 7,841 6,499 11,811
Tower Hamlets 6,602 7,904 10,211
Wandsworth 7,469 6,843 12,261
Westminster 4,088 3,572 5,256
Outer London
Barking and Dagenham 5,026 5,794 39,816
Barnet 10,149 6,126 13,157
Bexley 8,439 7,344 48,900
Brent 16,705 8,206 39,563
Bromley 7,970 6,825 6,695
Croydon 10,575 6,250 23,965
Ealing 9,402 9,265 46,323
Enfield 8,166 7,474 19,778
Greenwich 6,485 11,319 11,743
Harrow 5,534 4,038 18,130
Havering 6,729 6,133 8,171
Hillingdon 10,000 8,103 23,710
Hounslow 6,435 4,295 6,308
Kingston-upon-Thames 5,076 4,621 5,579
Merton 4,554 32,702 14,014
Redbridge 10,913 26,521 8,482
Richmond-upon-Thames 4,092 18,821 3,244
Sutton 8,945 6,684 7,938
Waltham Forest 7,368 8,517 63,789
Total capital allocation 240,229 304,661 595,475

Notes:

1. Allocations comprise of capital grant and credit approvals, including Private Finance Initiative (PFI) credits for school buildings.

2. The total allocation for 2000–01 includes £9 million of PFI credits.

3. The total for 2000–01 also includes £610.8 million announced for New Deal for Schools 4, which was available for use in 2000–01 and 2001–02.

4. The total allocation for 2001–02 includes £84.2 million of PFI credits.

5. The total allocation for 2002–03 includes £298.1 million of PFI credits.

6. All allocations include funding allocated direct to schools within each LEA.