§ Ms Glenda JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what funding he has given to each school in Hampstead and Highgate under the New Deal for Schools. [147875]
§ Jacqui SmithThe information showing the schools in the Hampstead and Highgate constituency which benefited under the New Deal for Schools is shown in the following Table A. These allocations formed part of the £3.462 million investment made so far in schools in Camden 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 Camden local education authority.
In total, since 1996, Camden local education authority has received some £10.66 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 B: All capital allocations to Camden local education authority £000 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Schools Access Initiative Grant 2 5 3 — — Assistance with Asset Management Plans — — — 18 — Seed Challenge Funding — — — —, 120 Devolved Formula Capital for Schools — — — — 1,004 Renewal of School Laboratories — — — — 130 Nursery Provision — — — — 60 Total 350 623 1,859 2,497 5,331