§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money has been allocated for(a) capital repairs and (b) new buildings in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in the Portsmouth area in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. 1104945]
§ Mr. MilibandWe do not hold complete information in the form requested. However, in 1997–98 the Government introduced New Deal for Schools (NDS) as a new additional programme targeted specifically at addressing the backlog of urgent repairs in school buildings that had built up after eighteen years of under-funding under the previous administration. This programme was bid based and was in addition to other capital funds made available to Portsmouth local
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Table A: New Deal for Schools Allocations to schools in Portsmouth local education authority £ NDS 1 (1997–98) Cliffdale Primary Replacement of swimming pool 1210,000 Mayfield Boiler replacements Isambard Brunel Junior Upgrade of toilets NDS 2 (1998–99) Copnor Infant School Installation of additional fire exit 2,000 Craneswater Junior School Replacement of inadequate fire doors 4,000 Saxon Shore Infant Repairs to unsafe fire doors 6,600 Waterside School Sealing of door (fire precaution) 500 Springfield School Installation of additional balustrade rail (safety precaution) 1,200 Arundel Court Junior School Replacement of unreliable boiler 15,000 Corpus Christi RC Primary Replacement of unreliable boiler 7,000 College Park Infant School Replacement of unreliable boiler 4,000 Milton Park Infants School Replacement of leaking flat roof 18,000 Court Lane Junior Replacement of dilapidated Horsa kitchen- dining block 170,000 Devonshire Infant School Renewal of leaking valley gutters 3,600 Prior Secondary Replacement of rotting windows 18,000 College Park Infant Replacement of dilapidated 50-year-old Horsa buildings 250,000 Craneswater Junior Repairs to leaking walls 13,500 Arundel Court Infants School and Nursery Unit Safety improvements to boiler 1,700 Cliffdale Primary Replacement of unsafe electrical wiring 55,000 Springfield School Installation of pool dosing controls 5,000 Springfield School Repairs to fire alarm 15,000 Craneswater Junior Replacement of inefficient boiler 40,000 St George's Beneficial Replacement of unreliable boiler 45,000 St George's Beneficial Replacement of deteriorating tank room floor 500 Springfield School Securing of windows 10,000 Priory Secondary Installation of safety barriers on footpath 10,000 Paulsgrove Primary School Replacement of unreliable boiler 40,000 NDS 3 (1999–2000) Court Lane Infant School Replacement of temporary accommodation 1,052,828 Package (various schools) Flat roofing and insulation 11,456,978 Mayfield School Windows and doors framing 606,604 1 Denotes allocations made for multiple school or 'package' projects. We do not hold details of the individual schools included in these projects. Local education authorities hold details of the schools that benefited and of the value of each school's allocation. education authority. NDS ran through four phases from 1997–98 to 2000–01. Table A shows the schools in the Portsmouth area which benefited from investment through the original NDS programme. From 2001–02 most capital funding available for building improvements in schools has been allocated to local authorities and schools by needs-related formulae. It is for local authorities and schools to decide how their capital allocations are invested and prioritised between projects, in line with their local asset management planning. Also, from 2000–01 every school has received direct capital allocations to address their highest priorities. In addition, each year authorities have been able to bid for Basic Need funding for the provision of new pupil places. Table B shows all capital funding for school buildings allocated to Portsmouth LEA (including voluntary aided schools) since 1998–99. Looking to the future, I announced on 26 February proposals for a new approach to capital investment in a paper, "Building schools for the future". This will be a programme of rebuilding and renewal to ensure that secondary education in every part of England has facilities of 21st century standard within 10 to 15 years from 2005–06, subject to future public spending decisions. We will also aim to provide substantial investment in primary school buildings.
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Table B: Portsmouth LEA capital allocations £ million Total 1997–98 3.1 1998–99 115.9 1999–2000 3.1 2000–01 5.2 2001–02 3.8 2002–03 4.3 2003–04 5.9 1 Includes £12.4 million of Private Finance Initiative credits for Miltoncross Secondary, a newly built school.