§ Hugh BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how much funding has been allocated to the City of York Council for repairs to school buildings in each year since it became a unitary authority, including funding delegated direct to schools; [46769]
(2) how much funding has been allocated to the City of York Council for new or modernised classrooms in each year since it became a unitary authority, including funding delegated direct to schools; [46765]
(3) how much funding has been allocated to the City of York Council or delegated direct to schools for (a)new build, (b)modernisation and (c)repairs over the next three years. [46766]
§ John HealeyWe do not hold information in the form requested. Much capital support for school buildings is allocated to Local Education Authorities and schools on a formulaic basis. Records of how it is utilised for specific projects are held locally. However, the table sets out the capital allocations made to date to York Local Education Authority (LEA) and its schools from 1996–97 to 2003–04.
Allocations to York Local Education Authority by the department for education and skills for school accommodation 1996–97 to 2003–04 £000 Financial year New deals for schools 1–4 allocations1 Other capital allocations Grand total 1996–97 n/a 800 800 1997–98 180 1,083 1,263 1998–99 691 775 1,466 1999–2000 1,626 2,544 4,170 2000–01 2,065 4,722 6,787 2001–02 n/a 4,135 4,135 2002–032 n/a 7,763 7,763 2003–042 n/a 4,759 4,759 1This covers allocations made under the original New Deal for Schools programme, which utilised resources raised from the Windfall Tax in order to address the backlog of repairs. 2Includes allocations made as of 31 March 2002, including £3 million allocated in 2002–03 from the Targeted Capital Fund.
§ Hugh BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the percentage change in real terms was in education SSA in the City of York in each year since it became a unitary authority, including funding delegated direct to schools. [46768]
§ Mr. TimmsYork became a unitary authority in 1996–97. Its Education SSA in real and cash terms is as follows.
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York's SSA increases Real terms Cash terms Year Total SSA (£ million) Annual increase (Percentage) Total SSA (£ million) Annual increase (Percentage) 1996–97 58,30 n/a 52.79 n/a 1997–98 55.91 -4.11 52.18 -1.16 1998–99 59.49 6.40 57.08 9.38 1999.00 61.39 3.19 60.32 5.68 2000–01 63.44 3.35 63.44 5.17 2001–02 64.28 1.32 65.89 3.85 2002–03 66.25 3.07 69.60 5.64 1996–97 7.95 13.63 16.81 31.84 1Change since Notes
1. Figures reflect all sub-blocks of the Education SSA. The Private and Voluntary Institutions' element of the SSA that replaced Nursery Education Grant funding is not included in the figures for 2001–02 and 2002–03.
2. In 1997–98 £527 million was taken out of the SSA to fund the nursery voucher scheme.
3. Real terms figures are calculated using GDP deflators published by the Treasury on 20 December 2001
4. 2002–03 figures are gross of the Learning and Skills Council allocation.