§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if she will give for 1995–96 the distribution of the moneys allocated for repairs and improvements to schools by education authority and opted-out schools; [15871]
106W(2) what amount (a) was made available in 1995–96 and (b) will be made available in 1996–97 to education authorities for repairs and improvements; and what this sum represents per pupil. [15870]
§ Mrs. GillanThe amounts made available to authorities for improvement work not covered by other priority categories totalled £18.5 million in 1995–96 and £31 million in 1996–97. The 1995–96 amounts distributed by formula to each authority totalled £15 million and are given in the following table. In addition, almost £3.5 million has been allocated for specific projects by supplementary credit approval. For 1996–97, £10 million will be distributed by formula and at least a further £21 million will be available through the schools renewal challenge fund.
These sums represent over £3 per pupil in 1995–96 and an estimated £5 per pupil in 1996–97 and are additional to the amounts available from capital receipts and other sources of funding at authorities' disposal.
The distribution of moneys to opted-out schools is a matter for the Funding Agency for Schools. I have asked the chairman of the funding agency to write to the hon. Member.
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1995–96 formula allocations for improvement work to local authorities £000 Barking 45 Barnet 53 Bexley 58 Brent 48 Bromley 60 Croydon 78 Ealing 298 Enfield 57 Haringey 111 Harrow 82 Havering 81 Hillingdon 56 Hounslow 79 Kingston 47 Merton 69 Newham 102 Redbridge 56 Richmond 47 Sutton 40 Waltham Forest 85 City 0 Camden 51 Westminster 13 Greenwich 96 Hackney 88 Hammersmith 32 Islington 80 Kensington 22 Lambeth 112 Lewisham 178 South wark 56 Wandsworth 61 Tower Hamlets 88 Birmingham 370 Coventry 59 Dudley 82 Sandwell 101 Solihull 40 Walsall 81 Wolverhampton 106 Knowsley 113 Liverpool 124 108W
1995–96 formula allocations for improvement work to local authorities £000 St. Helen's 65 Sefton 47 Wirral 72 Bolton 66 Bury 37 Manchester 313 Oldham 76 Rochdale 89 Salford 127 Stockport 52 Tameside 44 Trafford 57 Wigan 72 Barnsley 49 Doncaster 63 Rotherham 64 Sheffield 398 Bradford 271 Calderdale 48 Kirklees 110 Leeds 308 Wakefield 161 Gateshead 45 Newcastle 179 North Tyneside 78 South Tyneside 61 Sunderland 65 Isles of Scilly 0 Avon 226 Bedfordshire 109 Berkshire 158 Buckinghamshire 182 Cambridgeshire 174 Cheshire 291 Cleveland 132 Cornwall 152 Cumbria 190 Derbyshire 298 Devon 242 Dorset 190 Durham 394 East Sussex 149 Essex 734 Gloucestershire 331 Hampshire 353 Hereford 127 Hertfordshire 200 Humberside 279 Isle of Wight 52 Kent 425 Lancashire 383 Leicestershire 170 Lincolnshire 93 Norfolk 164 North Yorkshire 304 Northamptonshire 155 Northumberland 67 Nottinghamshire 271 Oxfordshire 233 Shropshire 80 Somerset 113 Staffordshire 336 Suffolk 181 Surrey 201 Warwickshire 84 West Sussex 157 Wiltshire 99