§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much new(a) capital and (b) revenue funding has been made available to schools and colleges in (i) Liverpool and (ii) Liverpool, Riverside since May 1997; and what the total amount of Government funding of education in Liverpool has been in these years. [154427]
§ Jacqui SmithThe information showing the schools in the Liverpool, Riverside constituency which benefited under the New Deal for Schools is shown in Table A. These allocations formed part of the £16.873 million investment made so far in schools in Liverpool 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
Table A: New deal for schools-allocations to schools in the Liverpool, Riverside constituency Year School Project details Grant awarded (£) 1997–98 St. Michael in the Hamlet Primary New build 2 form entry school 11,275,000 Pleasant Street Primary First stage of new build school 11,275,000 1998–99 St. Michael in the Hamlet Primary Completion of new school 675,000 Pleasant Street Primary Phase 2 of new build school 800,000 Matthew Arnold Primary Replacement school 1,641,000 1999–2000 32 Primary schools Development cost of PFI bid 1100,000 2000–01 Morrison Junior Replacement building 2,021,071 Abercromby Nursery Part of 117 school package for roof replacements 15,000,000 Lidderdale Infant Mersey View Special Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary Our Lady of Reconciliation Catholic Primary St. Anne's Catholic Primary St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Primary St. Charles' Catholic Primary St. Finbar's Catholic Primary St. Gerard's Catholic Primary St. Nicholas' Catholic Primary 1Denotes total allocations made to package projects covering more than one school Liverpool local education authority will be able to advise the value of projects at schools in the Liverpool, Riverside constituency which benefited from these allocations
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Table B: All capital allocations to Liverpool local education authority £000 1997–98 1958–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Basic Credit Approvals 4,957 6,832 5,954 4,968 Supplementary Credit Approvals 3,134 2,738 2,360 1,330 Grant to Voluntary Aided Schools 5,809 5,137 1,406 2,272 New Deal for Schools 1,275 4,016 2,738 8,844 School Security Grant 131 162 169 165 PFI Credits — — — 74,300 Energy Efficiency Initiative — 155 — — Class Size Initiative — 85 221 154 built up after 18 years of under funding under the previous Administration. It has been in addition to other capital funds made available to Liverpool local education authority.
In total, since 1997, Liverpool local education authority has received some £147.253 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 million in school buildings in total from 2001–02 to 2003–04.
I refer my hon. Friend to the letter sent to her by the Secretary of State of 16 February for details of increases to revenue funding; for schools in Liverpool. An extract covering the revenue funding allocated is shown in Table C. Information at constituency level is not readily available.
Since 1997, the Further Education Funding Council has allocated £19.37 million of capital grant to the projects at the City of Liverpool Community College listed in Table D. Revenue funding for the college since 1997 is shown in Table E.
The total amount of Government funding in schools and colleges in Liverpool since 1997 is shown in Table F.
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Table B: All capital allocations to Liverpool local education authority £000 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 National Grid for Learning Grant — 979 1,050 1,649 Assistance with Asset Management Plans — — 66 — Seed Challenge Funding — — — 295 Devolved Formula Capital for Schools — — — 3,528 Renewal of School Laboratories — — — 296 Nursery Provision — — — 78 Total 15,306 20,104 13,964 97,879
Table C: Revenue funding allocations—Liverpool local education authority £ million Standard spending assessment Grants 1997–98 210.2 8.1 1998–99 229.9 2.8 1999–2000 238.3 7.8 2000–01 248.4 25.8 Note
The following revenue grants have been included: DfEE contributions to the Standards Fund; Class Size Reduction Grant; Funding for Education Action Zones; Grant for Nursery Vouchers in 1997–98; School Budget Support Grant; School Standards Grant; and Education Budget Support Grant
Table D: Central Government capital investment made in the City of Liverpool Community College Year/education establishment £000 1997–98 Myrtle Street Centre for Performing Arts and Media Studies1 26,541 1998–99 Clarence Street1 24,469 Refurbishment at the Old Swan and Bankfield sites 3,100 2000–01 Merchants Square—New Build of Service Industry Training and Community Learning Centre and construction of a new Technology Centre at Plumpfields Business Park 25,260 Total 19,370 1New Build Project 2These projects are located in the Liverpool, Riverside constituency
Table E: Revenue funding for the City of Liverpool Community College Year £ 1997–98 21,021,505 1998–99 19,984,675 1999–2000 20,572,499 2000–01 20,285,784
Table F: Total amount of Government funding in schools and colleges in Liverpool since 1997 £000 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Schools Capital funding 15,306 20,104 13,964 97,879 Revenue funding 210,200 229,900 238,300 248,400 FE college Capital funding 6,541 7,569 — 5,260 Revenue funding 21,021 19,985 20,572 20,286 Total 253,068 277,558 272,836 371,825