§ Mr. SymsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) if he will list by(a) region and (b) local authority the (i) percentage and (ii) number of (1) Key Stage 1, (2) Key Stage 2 and (3) all pupils in maintained primary schools, who were in classes of more than 30 pupils in (i) January 1996, (ii) January 1997, (iii) January 1998, (iv) September 1998 and (v) January 1999; [74743]
(2) if he will list by (i) region and (ii) local education authority the average class size for (a) all pupils, (b) Key Stage 1 and (c) Key Stage 2 pupils in maintained primary schools in (i) January 1996, (ii) January 1997, (iii) January 1998, (iv) September 1998 and (v) January 1999. [74744]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe available information on classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools is shown in the tables, copies of which have been placed in the Library.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the total value nationwide of(a) bids made by and (b) grants made to local education authorities in (i) 1998–99 and (ii) 1999–2000, for the revenue cost of meeting the class size pledge. [77570]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisFor 1998–99, local education authorities submitted bids totalling £65.135 million and received £21.32 million in grants. For 1999–2000, there was no bidding process and authorities' revenue needs were established in the context of discussions of their implementation plans. We have recently announced grants to local education authorities of £71.882 million in total for 1999–2000.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the values of the(a) bids made by and (b) grants made to each local education authority in (i) 1998–99 and (ii) 1999–2000, for the revenue cost of meeting the class size pledge. [77569]
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§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe information requested is set out in the following table. For 1999–2000, no bids are listed as there was no bidding process and authorities' revenue needs were established in the context of discussions of their implementation plans.
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Revenue funding to reduce infant class sizes 1998–99 and 1999–2000 £000 Bids Grants Local education authority 1998–99 1998–99 1999–2000 Barking and Dagenham — — 46 Barnet 250 146 273 Barnsley 1,000 — 379 Bath and North East Somerset 150 — 161 Bedfordshire 250 — 650 Bexley 250 225 360 Birmingham — — 72 Blackburn 107 107 263 Blackpool 124 73 285 Bolton 500 — 779 Bournemouth 350 — 77 Bracknell — — 110 Bradford 500 625 1,351 Brent 500 — — Brighton and Hove 150 88 268 Bristol 250 — 192 Bromley 200 200 571 Buckinghamshire 1,000 146 1,313 Bury 1,000 584 1,082 Calderdale 162 162 308 Cambridgeshire 1,000 — 946 Camden — — 15 Cheshire 1,000 — 1,370 City of London — — — Cornwall 1,000 — 760 Coventry 1,000 452 604 Croydon 100 100 298 Cumbria 250 146 834 Darlington 250 — 186 Derby, City of 1,000 1,000 1,402 Derbyshire 1,160 1,160 2,294 Devon 1,000 1,000 1,505 Doncaster 1,126 — 507 Dorset 1,000 324 1,067 Dudley 250 — 233 Durham 500 250 810 Ealing 1,000 291 442 East Riding of Yorkshire 250 250 720 East Sussex 250 116 878 Enfield 300 — 393 Essex 1,000 — 1,183 Gateshead 100 100 181 Gloucestershire 250 — 804 Greenwich 50 — — Hackney — — 91 Halton — — 317 Hammersmith and Fulham 250 — — Hampshire 100 — 1,490 Haringey 250 146 148 Harrow 1,000 — 69 Hartlepool 100 100 194 Havering 53 — — Herefordshire 500 146 323 Hertfordshire 805 510 1,369 Hillingdon 500 291 427 Hounslow 100 — 100 Isle of Wight 135 135 308 Isles of Scilly — — — Islington — — — Kensington and Chelsea — — — Kent 1,000 — 1,126 Kingston upon Hull 250 — 315 Kingston upon Thames 28 — 131 195W
Revenue funding to reduce infant class sizes 1998–99 and 1999–2000 £000 Bids Grants Local education authority 1998–99 1998–99 1999–2000 Kirklees 1,000 500 1,138 Knowsley 150 — 164 Lambeth 250 — 69 Lancashire 1,000 1,000 2,390 Leeds 1,020 500 1,313 Leicester City 1,000 584 650 Leicestershire 500 291 943 Lewisham 100 — — Lincolnshire 250 102 503 Liverpool 500 — 124 Luton 500 — 110 Manchester 1,000 — 41 Medway — — 384 Merton 60 — 131 Middlesbrough 250 146 244 Milton Keynes 500 — 195 Newcastle upon Tyne 1,000 500 759 Newham 250 257 329 Norfolk 502 291 1,217 North East Lincolnshire 120 — 253 North Lincolnshire 675 675 889 North Somerset — — 260 North Tyneside 775 — 192 North Yorkshire 1,000 — 1,018 Northamptonshire 1,020 — 349 Northumberland 500 324 738 Nottingham, City of 1,000 146 412 Nottinghamshire — — 1,100 Oldham — — 589 Oxfordshire 1,000 584 1,011 Peterborough 150 150 368 Plymouth 500 500 870 Poole 250 — 164 Portsmouth 250 — 91 Reading — — 144 Redbridge 1,000 — 131 Redcar and Cleveland 1,000 — 69 Richmond upon Thames 585 — 117 Rochdale — — 471 Rotherham 375 219 471 Rutland — — 50 Salford 1,000 146 416 Sandwell 1,000 1,000 1,212 Sefton 100 59 357 Sheffield 900 525 1,005 Shropshire 250 — 540 Slough 250 88 275 Solihull 1,000 584 848 Somerset 1,000 — 795 South Gloucestershire 500 500 1,008 South Tyneside 100 100 160 Southampton — — 123 Southend on Sea 100 — 123 Southwark 150 — — St. Helens — — 110 Staffordshire 1,000 — 1,201 Stockport 350 204 749 Stockton on Tees 250 — 137 Stoke on Trent 500 — 278 Suffolk 1,000 — 234 Sunderland 500 — 82 Surrey 250 — 990 Sutton 168 168 295 Swindon 1,000 — 343 Tameside 500 291 590 Telford and Wrekin 500 291 468 Thurrock — — 82 Torbay — — 167 Tower Hamlets — — —
Revenue funding to reduce infant class sizes 1998–99 and 1999–2000 £000 Bids Grants Local education authority 1998–99 1998–99 1999–2000 Trafford 339 — 288 Wakefield 100 60 427 Walsall 300 146 360 Waltham Forest 100 — — Wandsworth 250 146 150 Warrington 250 59 151 Warwickshire 1,000 584 1,139 West Berkshire — — 94 West Sussex — — 521 Westminster — — — Wigan 496 290 659 Wiltshire 500 291 935 Windsor and Maidenhead — — 128 Wirral 1,000 — 273 Wokingham 1,000 — 82 Wolverhampton 500 — 288 Worcestershire 1,000 — 548 York, City of 250 146 350 Total 65,135 21,320 71,882