§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many new schools have been funded by faith organisations since 1997, broken down by faith; and how many are planned. [90903]
§ Mr. MilibandThe following table gives numbers of new grant maintained and voluntary aided faith schools that have opened, or have been approved to open, since 1997. These include independent schools approved for establishment as new maintained schools; but do not include former community schools which closed and reopened with a religious character. All these proposals, except one Jewish school, involved some capital building work and a financial contribution by the promoters.
§ Mr. MilibandWe are committed during this Parliament to the recruitment of at least an extra 10,000 extra teachers. We also estimate that there will be 50,000 new support staff in the same period. Both figures are for full-time equivalents.
The additional pay bill costs1 in the 2005–06 academic year, compared to the 2000–01 academic year, of the additional teachers are estimated as some £200 million.
721WThe costs of the additional support staff will depend on school decisions about the level and mix of support staff they recruit and the wide range of support staff pay levels for different roles. The additional pay bill costs' in the 2005–06 academic year, compared to the 2000–01 academic year, are estimated as some £650–750 million.
Total school revenue budgets will rise by some £6 billion in the 2005–06 financial year compared to this year.
1 At today's prices and including NI and superannuation.