§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what mechanism will be used to deliver the extra funds announced in the Budget to schools; when the schools will receive the money; and what the basis will be for determining the relevant sum for each school. [117514]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 3 April 2000]: My right hon. Friend laid a special report before the House on 6 April, under section 88B of the Local Government Act 1988. It will empower him to make payments to local authorities on condition that they pass those payments to schools, within a specified time period. It is expected that payments will be made to schools in May. Each school will receive the amount set out in the following table. The pupil numbers to be used will be those recorded for the schools' census on 20 January 2000.
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School Grant £ Primary school with 100 pupils or fewer 3,000 Primary school with more than 100 pupils, but fewer than 201 pupils 6,000 Primary school with 201 pupils or more 9,000
School Grant £ Middle deemed primary school which does not have a year 8 or 9 9,000 Special school 15,000 Secondary school with 600 pupils or fewer 30,000 Secondary school with more than 600 pupils, but less than 1,201 pupils 40,000 Secondary school with 1,201 pupils or more 50,000 For the purposes of calculating grant, all middle schools deemed secondary schools, and all middle schools deemed primary schools which have a year 8 or 9, are to be treated as secondary schools. CTCs are to be funded on the same basis as secondary schools. Nursery schools are to be treated as primary schools. No grant is payable in respect of a school which is to close during the financial year 2000–01.
§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what requirements secondary schools have to meet to receive the extra funding announced in the Budget, as referred to in the Red Book. [117513]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 3 April 2000]: The additional funding will be part of secondary schools' delegated budgets, so they will be free to decide what to spend it on. It will give extra support to secondary schools in the raising of standards at Key Stage 3 programme, including the setting of challenging school-level targets, and preparation for new Year 7 tests for pupils who have not yet achieved level 4 in English and maths.
§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the allocation of the extra budget funding for each school in Shrewsbury and Atcham; and if he will make a statement. [118326]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe provisional allocation of the extra budget funding for schools in Shropshire is £1.693 million. This is based on January 1999 number pupil data, and will be updated when January 2000 pupil number data become available. The funding to be paid to each school will be based on January 2000 pupil numbers. It is not therefore possible at the moment to list individual school allocations, but I will place in the Library a complete list by constituency when the data enabling me to do so become available.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of(a) total funding for schools and (b) the additional funding allocated for schools (i) since May 1997 and (ii) in the recent Budget, have been allocated to (A) nursery, (B) primary and (C) secondary schools; what reasons underlie the disparity per head in the distribution of the funding between the three sectors; what plans he has to review that distribution; and if he will make a statement. [118273]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe following table sets out:(a) total standard spending (TSS) for education for 2000–01; (b) the increase is TSS since May 1997; and (c) the recurrent funding announced in the Budget on 21 March 2000, together with the percentages of these amounts going to under-5s, primary, secondary and other education. The principal reason for the greater historic funding per head for secondary schools is their lower pupil teacher ratios. The table demonstrates that a greater percentage of the additional funding 47W announced since May 1997 is going into under-5s and primary than the proportions for TSS in 2000–01; that reflects the extra funding the Government have made available to boost standards for pupils in the vital early years of their school career.
(a) TSS for 2000–01 (b) Increase in TSS since May 1997 (c) Extra funding in Budget Total (£ million) 23,003.6 4,495.3 297 Under-5s 7.0% 11.2% — Nursery — — 0.6% Primary 42.8% 44.7% 45.3% Secondary 47.6% 45.4% 47.5% Other 2.6% -1.3% 0% Note:
Column (c) does not total 100 per cent., since it does not include funding for special schools, CTCs or pupil referral units.