§ Mr. SymsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much has been spent to date on436W achieving the Government's target that no Key Stage 1 pupil will be in a class of more than 30 pupils; and what is his estimate of the total expenditure that will be incurred to meet the target. [74741]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisWe have allocated £221 million to local education authorities and schools to enable them to make a start in implementing our pledge that by September 2001 at the latest, there will be no infant classes of more than 30 pupils. We have made available a total of £620 million for the additional teachers and classrooms required to implement our pledge.
§ Mr. SymsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list by region the amounts spent to date on(a) employing extra teachers and (b) building new classrooms in order for schools to ensure that no five to seven-year-olds are in classes with more than 30 pupils; and what is his estimate of the total expenditure that will be incurred. [74735]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisWe have made available a total of £620 million in order to ensure that we meet in full our pledge that, by September 2001 at latest, no infant class will contain more than 30 pupils. The following table sets out the allocations we have made for 1998–99 and 1999–2000 by region.
£000 Region 1998–99 Capital (classrooms) 1998–99 Revenue (teachers) 1999–2000 Capital (classrooms) 1999–2000 Revenue (teachers) Eastern 3,434 951 6,860 6,282 East Midlands 4,671 3,283 8,196 7,703 London 5,598 1,970 12,403 4,646 Northern 2,335 1,520 2,801 3,752 North West 10,036 2,959 16,585 12,302 South East 5,975 1,157 11,162 9,531 South West 4,757 2,615 8,238 9,108 West Midlands 5,051 3,203 8,014 8,114 Yorks and Humberside 3,560 3,662 7,662 10,444