§ Mr. Peter BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what grants have been made by his Department in addition to revenue support grant for each of the years 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000 to date to(a) Telford and Wrekin Council and (b) Shropshire County Council. [99058]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisDetails of the grants, in addition to revenue support grant, made available by the Department for Education and Employment in 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000 to Shropshire County Council and Telford and Wrekin Council are shown in the tables. For the Standards Fund, the figures shown include the grant made by the Department and the contribution made by the local education authority.
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Grants made available to Shropshire County Council in 1997–98 £ Shropshire Standards Fund School Effectiveness 1,255,500 School Improvement Initiatives 50,000 National Curriculum Assessment—Verification KS1 74,300 National Curriculum Assessment—Supply Cover KS1 111,500 Training for KS2 Teacher Assessment 59,500 KS3 Non-core Teacher Assessment 18,600 Primary Teachers' Subject Knowledge 160,700
Grants made available to Shrophsire County Council in 1997–98 £ Shropshire Special Educational Needs 123,300 Qualifications—GNVQ Provision 95,900 Qualifications—Part One GNVQ Pilot 46,000 Pupil Behaviour and Discipline Centres 54,500 Bilingual Pupils 27,900 Drug Prevention and Schools 44,200 Training for Careers Teachers 36,700 Youth Service 12,700 National Professional Qualification for Headship 41,500 School Security 195,300 Child Protection 26,000 Specialist Schools 115,600 Baseline Assessment 86,500 Primary Performance Tables 5,600 Books for Schools 232,996 New Deal for Schools New Deal for Schools 185,000 Total 3,059,796
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Grants made available in 1998–99 to Shropshire County Council and Telford and Wrekin Council £ Grant title Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Standards Fund School Effectiveness 922,707 473,347 School Leadership: NPQH 60,307 29,250 School Leadership: Serving Heads 20,102 9,750 Induction for Newly-Qualified Teachers 32,150 16,493 Early Years Training and Development 80,150 25,025 Reduction of Infant Class Sizes — 291,000 Baseline Assessment 63,632 32,044 Assessment: Verification KS1 26,194 23,088 Assessment: Supply Cover 69,059 45,732 Training fro KS2 Teacher Assessment 38,516 21,398 Effective use of National Curriculum Results 40,786 19,902 National Literacy Strategy— Primary 303,225 181,723 Summer Literacy Schools 18,000 20,000 Family Literacy 28,000 28,000 Special Educational Needs 122,720 — Qualifications: GNVQ, AS/A Level, Key Skills etc. 92,141 24,701 Qualifications: Part One GNVQ Pilot 10,000 — Work Related Learning at KS4 — 50,000 Improving Attendance — 99,250 Improving Behaviour — 117,000 Improving Attendance and Behaviour 36,100 — Behaviour and Discipline Projects — 54,600 Drug Prevention 40,080 21,098 Youth Service 12,807 5,000 School Security 128,600 65,972 Specialist Schools 116,900 — National Grid for Learning 672,000 322,792 Books for Schools 152,911 81,739 Children's Parliament 190 110 Year 6 Literacy and Numeracy Booster Classes 94,449 46,980 Numeracy Consultants and Leading Maths Teachers 3,740 1,870 SEN Portable CD-ROM Systems 24,000 24,000 Study Support and School Travel 2,215 —
Grants made available in 1998–99 to Shropshire County Council and Telford and Wrekin Council £ Grant title Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Capital Work to reduce class sizes 342,328 320,760 Removal of Outside Toilets 329,725 — Energy Management 70,693 40,025 New Deal for Schools New Deal for Schools 823,348 442,200 Total 4,777,775 2,934,849
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Grants made available in 1999–2000 to Shropshire County Council and Telford and Wrekin Council £ Grant title Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Standards Fund School Improvement 1,450,020 818,988 School Leadership: NPQH 124,794 63,504 School Leadership: Serving Heads 53,483 27,216 Advanced Skill Teachers 58,500 10,500 Early Years Training and Development 81,170 26,010 National Literacy Strategy—Primary 263,470 180,516 Summer Literacy Schools 33,000 33,000 Summer Literacy Schools—Conferences 12,000 9,000 National Numeracy Strategy—Primary 340,265 173,125 Summer Numeracy Schools 20,000 20,000 Family Literacy 28,000 28,000 Lifelong Learning Development Plans 55,880 42,824 Qualifications 88,986 33,951 Work Related Learning at Key Stage 4 0 37,500 Special Educational Needs 218,916 248,152 Social Inclusion: Pupil Support 260,884 255,790 Drug Prevention 40,715 23,879 Youth Service 10,765 6,313 National Grid for Learning 622,035 1,950,000 School Security 135,149 76,335 Specialist Schools 109,040 160,440 Protecting LEA Music Services 110,000 67,000 Ethnic Minority Achievement — 216,498 Access Fund for Post 16 Pupils in Schools 11,566 9,949 Year 6 Booster Classes 308,189 171,420 Asset Management Plans 49,760 25,540 PCs for Chairs of Education 2,000 2,000 Education Action Zones 20,000 20,000 Support for Parent Governor Representatives 1,000 1,000 Working Environment Fund 124,657 68,727 Administrative Support in Small Schools 248,887 73,068 Books for Schools 305,821 163,477 Class Sizes Reducing Infant Class Sizes (Revenue) 540,000 468,000 Reducing Infant Class Sizes (Capital) 493,653 110,000 New Deal for Schools New Deal for Schools 1,902,287 217,000 Total 8,124,892 5,838,722
§ Mr. Peter BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will provide estimates for(a) Shropshire County Council, (b) Telford and Wrekin Council and (c) the Wrekin constituency in respect of the impact of additional Government funding since 1997–98 on the number of (i) additional teachers appointed, (ii) infant school class sizes reduced to 30 pupils or fewer, (iii) children who have benefited from smaller class sizes, (iv) schools which have benefited from new buildings or major repairs and (v) extra books for schools. [99109]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe Government have pledged to reduce infant class sizes for all children aged 5, 6 and 7 to 30 or below by September 2001 at the latest. Recent figures show that the number of children in large infant classes has halved since September 1998 from 354,000 (22 per cent.) to 181,000 (11 per cent.) in September 1999 and that over 300,000 children have benefited since January 1998. A total of £620 million has been made available to implement the pledge early in virtually all schools by September 2000.
Table One sets out the information requested by local education authority.
Table One Total funding to reduce infant class sizes (£) Extra teachers Extra classrooms Children in large classes in September 1998 (%) Children in large classes in September 1999 (%) Shropshire 1.3 million 42 10 1,105 (15) 62 (1) Telford and Wrekin 934,000 45 3 719 (15) 251 (5) Table Two shows the number of schools benefiting from new buildings and major repairs under the New Deal for Schools. All Shropshire schools have benefited from a risk assessment for asbestos.
Table Two Number of schools Amount of expenditure supported (£ million) Shropshire 158 2,380 The Wrekin 6 0.821 Since 1997–98, Shropshire LEA has received £691,733 for books for all maintained schools and Telford and Wrekin LEA has received £245,217. A further allocation of £128,725 for Shropshire LEA and £63,223 for Telford and Wrekin LEA was made in 1998–99 to support the National Literacy Strategy in primary schools. In total, the allocation for books for schools to the two authorities was enough to buy around 225,780 books.
It should be noted that Telford and Wrekin Council has been in existence as a unitary authority only since April 1998, and that the figures for Shropshire include sums allocated before that date. It is not possible to provide figures for the Wrekin constituency.