§ Mr. LintonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what funding has been made available for improving school buildings under the New Deal for Schools in the Battersea parliamentary constituency since 1 May 1997; and if he will list the improvements concerned. [157804]
§ Jacqui SmithI refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to his previous question on 6 April 2001,Official Report, column 310W.
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Table A: New Deal for Schools (NDS). Allocation for schools in the Battersea constituency School Project Grant awarded (£) 1997–98 Alderbrook Primary Replace gas heater 1135,000 Joseph Tritton Primary Provide a secure main entrance with CCTV 1998–99 Chesterton (with Chantfield) Primary Replacement of three asbestos clad huts 123,338 St. George's C of E Primary (VA) Renew heating pipework system 73,840 Joseph Tritton Primary Major works to corroded boundary wall 57,477 Honeywell Infant Demolition of old dining hall and outside toilets and replacement with new facilities 194,419 Honeywell Junior Demolition and replacement of old dining hall and outside toilets with new facilities 196,299 Borough wide package of 22 schools Safety of chimneys/flue renewals 2379,500 1999–2000 Included within a 12 school package: Belleville Primary Renewal of mechanical and electrical services 21,015,500 High View Primary The Vines Wix Primary Included within eight school package: Chesterton Community College Asbestos removal 2157,886 2000–01 Included within a 12 school package: Allfarthing Primary Renewal of roof and associated drainage works 21,621,017 Battersea Technology College Bolingbroke Primary John Burns Primary Chesterton Primary Replacement of temporary classrooms 234,240 1 Local education authorities (LEAs) were not required to specify individual project costs for phase 1 of the NDS programme, so the amount shown is the total allocation in that year to the LEA. London borough of Wandsworth local education authority holds project level information. 2 Denotes total allocation made to package projects covering more than one school. London borough of Wandsworth local education authority will be able to advise the value of projects at schools which have benefited from these allocations. Information showing the schools in the Battersea constituency that benefited from investment under New Deal for Schools is shown in table A. These allocations formed part of the £4.651 million investment made so far in schools in the London borough of Wandsworth local education authority under the New Deal for Schools programme.
In total, since 1997 the London borough of Wandsworth local education authority has received some £13.214 million of funding for capital investment in school buildings as shown in Table B.
Nationally, investment in school buildings has tripled from £683 million a year in 1996–97 to over £2 billion in 2000–01. It will be £3.5 billion in 2003–04, including grant, credit approvals and Private Finance Initiative credits. There will be central Government investment of £8.5 billion in school buildings in total from 2001–02 to 2003–04. Capital investment already allocated to the London Borough of Wandsworth local education authority in 2001–02, including the increases announced by the Chancellor in the Budget statement of 7 March, amounts to £5.942 million.
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Table B: All capital allocations to London borough of Wandsworth local education authority £000 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Annual Capital Guideline (ACG) Basic Credit Approvals 50 274 1,614 1,166 Supplementary Credit Approvals (SCAs) 212 98 26 124 Grant to Voluntary Aided (VA) Schools 428 229 142 715 New Deal for Schools (NDS) 135 865 1,016 2,635 School Security Grant 36 45 59 59 Energy Efficiency Initiative — 25 — — Class Size Initiative — — 115 108 National Grid for Learning (NGfL) Grant — 292 455 580 Assistance with Asset Management Plans — — 23 — Seed Challenge Initiative — — — 133 Devolved Formula Capital for Schools — — — 659 Additional Devolved Formula Capital for Schools — — — 593 Renewal of School Laboratories — — — 124 Nursery Provision — — — 68 Schools Access Initiative (Grant) — 3 26 16 Outside Toilet Initiative — 66 — — Total 861 1,897 3,476 6,980