HC Deb 29 April 1999 vol 330 c230W
31. Ms Stuart

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many pupils he estimates will benefit from the new deal for schools. [81547]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Based on information supplied by Local Authorities in the third phase of the New Deal for Schools (NDS) programme, we calculate that 1.6 million pupils will benefit from the £340 million allocated recently for projects beginning in 1999–2000. Information on the number of pupils benefiting from the two previous New Deal for School rounds is not available, but we estimate that a further 1.6 million pupils have benefited from those rounds.