§ Mr. Ian BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when letters will be sent to grant-maintained schools setting out their capital allocations for the financial year 1990–91
§ Mrs. RumboldLetters are being sent today to existing grant-maintained schools and those approved as grant-maintained schools from April 1990 setting out allocations of capital grant totalling £6.6 million for the financial year 1990-91. A further sum of up to £1.9 million is available to meet commitments and contingencies, including the needs of schools coming into the sector after 1 April 1990.
Following bids from the schools, £5.8 million of the £6.6 million is allocated to named projects and £0.3 million is for committed expenditure resulting from projects in progress before the schools became grant-maintained.
The remaining £0.5 million is being allocated through a small formula-based capital allocation for each grant-maintained school. Governing bodies will be able to use this allocation for items of capital equipment and small capital works which, because of their relatively small size, were outside the scope of the capital bidding system adopted for grant-maintained schools.
Priority in the allocations has been given to schools' most pressing needs, including projects related to the health and safety of pupils. The allocations will also help with the introduction of the national curriculum.
The following is a list of the allocations:
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School Formula allocation Named project Named project allocation Total allocation Heckmondwike Grammar School (Kirklees) 16.4 Repairs and asbestos removal 84 Flat roof repairs 43 New boilers 71 198 214.4 Hendon School (Barnet) 18 Washroom facilities 35 Laboratory improvements 99 Renew windows 46 180 198.0 Lancaster Royal Grammar School (Lanes) 18.1 Rewiring 87 Convert technical drawing room into information technology room 24 Build washrooms 44 155 173.1 London Nautical School (London) 15.4 Repairs 100 115.4 London Oratory School (London) 20 Renovation of laboratories 151 171.0 Netherthorpe School (Derbyshire) 16.3 16.3 Old Swinford Hospital (Dudley) 16.3 Repairs to stairs 20 Repairs to fencing 7 Extension to science prep room 8 35 51.3 Queen Elizabeth's Grant-Maintained School (Lincs) 15 Replace temporary accommodation 100 115.0 Queen Elizabeth's Grant-Maintained School for Boys (Barnet) 19.2 Repairs 90 109.2 Queensbury School (Beds) 16.8 Repairs 27 Extractor fan in CDT room 20 Fire safety work 10 57 73.8 Ribston Hall High School (Gloucs) 16 New technology unit 280 296.0 Skegness Grammar School (Lincs) 16.4 Furniture and equipment for ongoing project 25 Remodelling of classroom 39 Conversion of art room into a geography room 28 92 108.4 Small Heath School (Birmingham) 17.6 Roof repair/wiring 50 67.6 Southfields School for Girls (Northants) 16.7 Still to bid 16.7 Southlands School (Berkshire) 16.2 Still to bid 16.2 St. Francis Xavier's College (Liverpool) 19 Repair to flat roof 32 51.0 St. James CE (Bolton) 17 Rebuild block 650 667.0 The Grammar School for Girls Wilmington (Kent) 15.7 Roof repairs 23 Repairs to old block 21 44 59.7 The King's School Grantham (Lines) 17.5 2 new classrooms 128 145.5 Wilson's School (Sutton) 17.4 Build technology workshop and convert old space to science laboratories 200 217.4 Total 494.4 5,785 6,279.4