§ Mr. StevensonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list(a) formats, (b) value and (c) specific purpose of grants additional to the education standard spending assessment in Stoke-on-Trent local education authority for each year since 1997. [139516]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisListed are the Department's funding allocations for education in Stoke-on-Trent local education authority for each year since 1997. Details of the individual grants within the Standards Fund and Capital grants have been placed in the Library.
581WIn addition, one Specialist School (an Arts College) was designated in September 2000 and will receive a capital grant of £100,000 this year. The grant must be used to undertake building work and/or to purchase equipment to enhance the school's facilities for the teaching of the specialist arts. Also, while not paid to Stoke-on-Trent LEA, £241,607 was paid to "Stoke-on-Trent Rainbow Zone" Education Action Zone in 1999–2000 which was passed on to schools in Stoke. For 2000–01, £395,000 has been paid to date to "Stoke-on-Trent Rainbow Zone".
Since 1997–98 spending per pupil in England has increased by £300 in real terms.