§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list(a) the education authorities which did not accept Standards Fund grants available through the provision of matching funding in each of the last two years and (b) the amount of grant involved in each case; and how the undistributed funds were used. [126319]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe tables show the sums initially surrendered for the main Standards Fund programme. We cannot separately identify where this was due to difficulty in finding match funding. Most authorities accepted allocations in full in both years. The requirement for authorities to contribute to the 2000–01 Standards Fund of over £1.6 billion supported expenditure was allowed for in the 5.4 per cent. increase in education Standard Spending Assessment for 2000–01. Surrendered sums are re-used in full for supporting education priorities, mainly within the Standards Fund programme.
270W77 requires a local authority, or the governing body of a maintained school, to obtain the Secretary of State's consent before disposing, or changing the use, of any school playing field. Local authorities are aware of the tough criteria against which their applications are considered and only put forward those applications they are confident will meet the criteria. The table shows the requested information.
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Standards Fund £ Local education authority Initial DfEE grant 2000–01 surrendered allocations 302 Barnet 1,972,471 370 Barnsley 183,866 820 Bedfordshire 365,107 867 Bracknell Forest 50,000 304 Brent 1,084,292 846 Brighton and Hove 114,685 305 Bromley 56,666 351 Bury 200,256 875 Cheshire 1,379,056 801 City of Bristol 473,857 909 Cumbria 469,808 841 Darlington 36,739 878 Devon 1,284,058 835 Dorset 79,418 332 Dudley 66,178 840 Durham 167,038 811 East Riding of Yorkshire 73,411 308 Enfield 200,610 916 Gloucestershire 163,112 850 Hampshire 303,731 207 Kensington and Chelsea 319,145
Standards Fund £ Local education authority Initial DfEE grant 810 Kingston-upon-Hull 24,500 314 Kingston upon Thames 169,515 856 Leicester 424,956 855 Leicestershire 325,750 821 Luton 37,571 315 Merton 40,055 806 Middlesbrough 150,216 391 Newcastle upon Tyne 700,740 926 Norfolk 120,006 802 North Somerset 43,118 928 Northamptonshire 755,049 929 Northumberland 1,407,923 892 Nottingham City 78,910 891 Nottinghamshire 637,089 353 Oldham 100,000 874 Peterborough 270,035 879 Plymouth 127,434 870 Reading 85,832 807 Redcar and Cleveland 41,956 354 Rochdale 274,135 857 Rutland 201,567 333 Sandwell 1,252,750 343 Sefton 15,319 893 Shropshire 424,384 393 South Tyneside 36,740 342 St. Helens 303,158 356 Stockport 52,500 935 Suffolk 390,455 936 Surrey 245,527 880 Torbay 59,090 358 Trafford 128,804 937 Warwickshire 50,000 869 West Berkshire 250,000 359 Wigan 214,004 865 Wiltshire 145,555 872 Wokingham 95,000 816 York 6,790 Total 18,729,923
Standards Fund £ Local education authority DfEE grant 1999–2000 surrendered allocations Barnsley 6,000 Brent 476,538 Coventry 101,580 Devon 47,260 East Riding of Yorkshire 87,750 Greenwich 25,000 Hillingdon 48,450 Manchester 18,750 Newcastle 31,792 North Lincolnshire 18,705 North Somerset 32,831 Northumberland 19,689 Richmond on Thames 20,000 Salford 16,004 Solihull 10,000 Southampton 34,000 South Tyneside 9,000 Suffolk 374,665 Trafford 20,000 Wandsworth 14,644 Warrington 5,500 Total 1,418,156 Notes:
1. Adjustments to 2000–01 are continuing. Once complete, they will result in reductions to the total allocations initially surrendered.
2. Reasons given for the surrender by authorities include claim of difficulty with matching funding.