§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 2 March 2000,Official Report, column 391W, on peat compost, what percentage of the compost used in his Department's estate gardens is peat; when use of peat compost will be phased out on his Department's estates; and if he will make a statement. [114142]
§ Mr. Wills[holding answer 10 March 2000]: Peat compost is no longer purchased by my Department, or used in the Department's estate gardens. A small amount
Allocations to North Tyneside 1997–98 to 1999–2000 £ Initiative 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 (a) Reduction of infant class sizes: (i) revenue 1— — 192,000 (ii) capital 1— 352,000 241,000 (b) National grid for learning (Standards Fund) 1— 563,533 669,000 (c) Literacy programmes (Standards Fund) 20,900 276,073 347,283 (d) Numeracy programmes (Standards Fund) 1— 9,845 247,910 (e) Books for schools 87,500 94,781 189,562 (f) Truancy (Standards Fund) 288,400 350,607 634,440 (g) School security (Standards Fund) 85,600 85,842 87,173 (h) School effectiveness (Standards Fund) 550,700 615,917 935,253 (i) Excellence in cities (Standards Fund) 1— 1— 1— (j) New Deal for Schools 406,000 613,000 1,363,628 (k) Voluntary Aided Schools Capital 348,000 87,000 109,000 (l) Energy efficiency 1— — 1— (m) Music programmes 1— 1— 78,289 (n) Year 6 booster classes 1— 50,140 170,539 (o) Education standard spending assessment2 67,840,000 74,460,000 77,620,000 1 Not applicable 2 In 1997–98 £527 million was removed from Education Standard Spending at national level for the Nursery Voucher Scheme.