§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total education budget awarded to Havering was in(a) 1997, (b) 1999, (c) 2001, (d) 2003 and (e) 2004. [169946]
§ Mr. MilibandThe following table provides the total education funding for 1997–98 to 2004–05. There have been changes to the structure of Standard Spending Assessments and their successor from 2003–04, Education Formula Spending, which make them incomparable over time: for example, several large transfers from SSA/EFS to grant funding. Only total funding per pupil (including SSA/EFS and grants) is comparable between years. Also, for 2003–04 and 2004–05, pension transfers to EFS and the Learning and Skills Council are excluded from EFS and total funding figures to enable comparison between years.
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£ million (real terms at 2002–03 prices) SSA/EFS Grants1 Grants 1997–98 98.5 3.5 101.9 1998–99 104.2 1.6 105.7 1999–2000 106.4 2.6 109 2000–01 110.7 8.1 118.8 2001–02 115.1 12.9 128 2002–03 113.1 17.6 130.7 2003–04 116.6 218.4 2135 2004–05 121.2 318.9 3140.1 1 Grants are all revenue grants in DfES Departmental Expenditure Limits relevant to EPS pupils aged three to 19.
Education Maintenance Allowance's (EMAs) and grants not
allocated at LEA level are excluded.
2 Provisional. 3 Estimated. Note: Real terms figures based on GDP deflators as at 26 March 2004 (2002–03 prices).
§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many new computers the Department plans to put in schools in the next five years; and how many of those will be put in schools in Havering. [169949]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeOur targets for 2004 were to achieve computer: pupil ratios of 1:8 in primary schools and 1:5 in secondary schools. We have already reached the primary school target and confidently expect to reach the secondary target this year. Funding for ICT in schools is currently available through the Standards Fund and the Devolved Capital Grant and it is for schools to decide how to spend their allocations to best meet their local need and circumstances.
§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the forecast budget for the Borough of Havering for education is for 2005–06. [169985]
§ Mr. MilibandThe Government do not produce forecast budgets by local education authority. The settlement for 2005–06 will be announced in the autumn of 2004.