§ Mr. Ivan HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding has been given718W to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the Harwich constituency for the refurbishment of school buildings since 1997. [30983]
§ John HealeyInformation is not available in the form requested. Allocations of most capital funding for schools are made at local education authority level, which will hold information about how allocations have been made at school level.
The new deal for schools (NDS) programme was introduced in 1997, particularly to focus on refurbishing schools and also to help address the backlog of urgent repairs in school buildings. The following table sets out the capital resources made available for schools in Essex under the NDS programme, including those already announced for future years. Total capital resources for schools allocated to Essex over the period 1997–98 to 2003–04 amount to £10million.
New deal for schools: Essex £ million Allocation 1997–98 1.2 1998–99 2.6 1999–2000 6.2 2000–01 24.3 2001–02 14.5 2002–03 24.5 2003–04 36.7 Total 110.0