§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the total amount awarded to schools in the Lewes constituency to improve school buildings was in each year since 1992. [145454]
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Table B— all capital allocations to East Sussex Local Education Authority £000 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Basic Credit Approvals 15,234 11,939 9,251 5,067 4,618 Supplementary Credit Approvals 2,120 2,835 1,150 2,357 1,237 Grant to Voluntary Aided Schools 1,126 727 705 786 1,738 Schools Renewal Challenge Fund 1,555 — — — — New Deal for Schools — 1,815 2,088 1,663 4,874 School Security Grant — 108 135 137 138 Removal of Outside Toilets — — 205 — — Energy Efficiency Initiative — — 124 — — Key Stage 1 Class Size Initiative — — 547 515 97 National Grid for Learning Grant — — 783 675 1,397 PFI Credits — — — 19,000 —
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 16 January 2001]: Table A shows the schools in the Lewes constituency which have benefited from investment through the New Deal for Schools programme, which commenced in 1997–98. This is the only constituency level information which is readily available. These allocations formed part of the £9.861 million investment made so far in schools in East Sussex 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 has been in addition to other capital funds made available to East Sussex Local Education Authority.
In total, since 1996, East Sussex Local Education Authority has received some £100.381 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 £3.2 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 Lewes constituency Year/School Project details Grant awarded (£) 1998–99 17 schools Partial re-roofing 1386,000 19 schools Replacement of boilers and controls 1625,000 10 schools Repairs to timber framed buildings 1307,000 1999–2000 Newick CE Primary First of three phases to replace school 570,000 16 schools Replace roofs 1515,000 14 Schools Electrical re-wiring 1478,000 2000–01 Newick CE Primary Phases two and three to replace school 1,265,824 Rodmell CE Primary Replacement of defective hutted buildings 278,400 Parkmead Primary Replacement of temporary accommodation 201,000 St. Peter's Primary Provision of new hall 380,000 1 Denotes allocations made to package projects. East Sussex Local Education Authority will be able to advise whether any schools in the Lewes constituency benefited from these allocations.
Table B—all capital allocations to East Sussex Local Education Authority £000 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Assistance with Asset Management Plans — — — 58 — Seed Challenge Funding — — — — 252 Formula Capital for Schools — — — — 2,970 Renewal of School Laboratories — — — — 245 Provision of Secondary Learning Support Units — — — — 94 Schools Access Initiative — — — — 16 Total 20,035 17,424 14,988 30,258 17,676