§ Mr. BlizzardTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools in Waveney constituency have benefited from investment in school buildings since May 1997. [148511]
§ Jacqui SmithTable A shows the schools in the Waveney constituency which have benefited from investment through the New Deal for Schools programme, which commenced in 1997–98. These allocations formed 307W part of the £13.331 million investment made so far in schools in Suffolk local education authority under the New Deal for Schools programme.
The New Deal for Schools was introduced as a new additional programme targeted specifically at addressing the backlog of urgent repairs in school buildings that had built up after 18 years of under-funding under the previous Administration. It is in addition to other capital funds made available to Suffolk local education authority.
In total, since 1997, Suffolk local education authority has received some £56.34 million of funding for capital investment in school buildings as shown in the following 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 £3.2 billion in 2003–04, including grant, credit approvals and Private Finance Initiative credits. There will be central Government investment of £7.8 billion in school buildings in total from 2001–02 to 2003–04.
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Table A: New Deal for Schools: Allocations to schools in the Waveney constituency Year/school Project Total allocation (£) 1997–98 Included within a 13 school package: Kirkley High Improvements 11,065,000 1998–99 Included within a three school package: Kirkley High Upgrading fire alarm systems 170,000 64 schools Safety glazing 1250,000 8 schools Safety glazing 138,900 12 schools Re-roofing 1325,000 9 schools Electrical safety work 190,000 6 schools Re-roofing 1148,000 1999–2000 Carlton Colville Primary Replacement of condemned temporary accommodation 110,000 St. Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary Replacement of condemned temporary accommodation 127,500 Warren Special School Replacement of condemned temporary accommodation 60,000 Included within an 18 school package: Albert Pye Primary Removal of friable asbestos 1350,000 Sir John Leman High Kirkley High Kirkley High Included within a 22 school package: Beccles Middle Re-roofing works 1525,000 Bungay Primary Bungay Middle St. Edmund's Primary Benjamin Britten High The Denes School Elm Tree Middle Fen Park Middle The Harris Middle Kirkley High Pakefield Middle Roman Hill Middle Included within a Five school package: Elm Tree Middle Curtain walling replacement 1200,000 Worlingham Middle Included within a 12 school package: Elm Tree Primary Replacement of obsolete boilers 1350,000 2000–01 Woods Loke Primary Replacement of temporary accommodation 185,000 Ringsfield Primary Replacement of temporary accommodation 60,000
Table A: New Deal for Schools: Allocations to schools in the Waveney constituency Year/school Project Total allocation (£) Kirkley High Replacement of Horsa buildings 280,000 Included within a three school package: Ashley School Primary Removal of asbestos panels 1185,000 Included within 36 school package: Albeit Pye Primary Removal of friable asbestos 1295,000 Elm Tree Primary Benjamin Britten High Included within a 20 school package: Carlton Colville Primary Re-roofing works 1760,000 Denes High Whitton Green Primary Included within a 29 school package: Blundeston Primary Primary Replacement of obsolete boilers 1235,000 Northfield St. Nicholas The Poplars Primary Roman Hill Middle Kessingland Primary Denes High Fen Park Primary St. Margaret's Primary Ringsfield Primary Worlingham Middle Included within a 10 school package: Woods Loke Primary Curtain walling replacement 1630,000 Included within a 16 school package: Benjamin Britten High Re-roofing 1520,000 Elm Tree Middle Harris Middle Pakefield Middle Roman Hill Middle Included within a 12 school package: Albert Pye Primary Replacement of obsolete boilers 1235,000 Beccles Middle Benjamin Britten High Kirkley High Somerleyton Primary Included within a 116 school package: Carlton Colville Primary Urgent electrical works 1500,000 Meadow Primary Roman Hill Middle Elm Tree Primary Harris Middle Oulton Broad Primary Pakefield Primary Roman Hill Primary The Denes High The Poplars Primary Worlingham Middle 1Denotes total allocations made to package projects covering more than one school. Suffolk local education authority will be able to advise the value of projects and schools in the Waveney constituency which benefited from these allocations. 309W
Table B: All capital allocations to Suffolk local education authority £000 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Basic Credit Approvals 5,067 5,337 6,700 9,051 Supplementary Credit Approvals 623 357 239 349 Grant to Voluntary Aided Schools 181 846 221 260 New Deal for Schools 1,065 1,579 2,938 7,749 School Security Grant 177 223 227 228
Table B: All capital allocations to Suffolk local education authority £000 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Removal of Outside Toilets — 20 — — Energy Efficiency Initiative — 196 — — Key Stage 1 Class Size Initiative — — 883 1,073 National Grid for Learning Grant — 1,455 975 2,296 Assistance with Asset Management Plans — — 107 — Seed Challenge Funding — — — 355 Formula Capital for Schools — — — 5,012 Renewal of School Laboratories — — — 358 Provision of Secondary Learning Support Units — — — 161 Schools Access Initiative 12 7 11 2 Total 7,125 10,020 12,301 26,894