HC Deb 17 May 2004 vol 421 cc694-6W
Mr. Gordon Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many child care places have been created in Blackpool, South since 1997. [173066]

Margaret Hodge

The Department is unable to provide details of child care places for Blackpool, South. However, from April 1999 to March 2004 Blackpool local authority created 3,060 new child care places helping some 5,505 children. This shows an increase in the stock of child care places, taking into account turnover, of 2,149 helping some 3,899 children.

Mr. Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was spent on capital projects in schools in(a) the County of Essex in each year from 1980 to 1997 and (b) the County of Essex and the unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock in each year from 1998 to 2003. [173322]

Mr. Miliband

The majority of capital funding is now allocated to local authorities and schools by needs-related formulae. Authorities invest according to priorities agreed in their asset management plans. The following table shows total capital allocations to Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock local education authorities (LEA) since 1996–97. We do not hold details of the capital allocation figures per authority for periods before 1996–97.

Capital allocations in £
Essex LEA Southend-on-Sea LEA Thurrock LEA
1996–97 12,186,000
1997–98 11,477,000
1998–99 13,796,000 2,577,000 1,874,000
1999–2000 20,204,000 1,056,000 3,190,000
2000–01 53,120,000 6,547,000 6,014,000
2001–02 35,575,000 5,868,000 5,129,000

Nursery and primary
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
City of London 10 20 20 20 20 20 20
Camden 580 560 550 560 550 580 610
Greenwich 1,020 990 980 990 1,000 960 980
Hackney 840 860 870 880 910 870 950
Hammersmith and Fulham 440 400 400 440 470 470 500
Islington 780 770 720 730 700 820 750
Kensington and Chelsea 360 350 360 340 360 380 400
Lambeth 1,010 1,020 980 940 970 1,030 1,020
Lewisham 960 970 940 1,030 1,050 1,080 1,100
Southwark 1,000 1,010 1,040 1,050 1,140 1,170 1,210
Tower Hamlets 1,180 1,090 1,200 1,170 1,140 1,160 1,130
Wandsworth 820 810 840 850 900 900 900
City of Westminster 560 530 530 530 610 630 620
Barking and Dagenham 710 690 690 700 750 740 750
Barnet 1,160 1,210 1,200 1,190 1,250 1,280 1,290
Bexley 880 860 900 880 930 930 890
Brent 1,100 1,090 1,090 1,020 1,050 1,080 1,120
Bromley 960 980 990 990 1,120 1,140 1,120
Croydon 1,400 1,390 1,370 1,430 1,570 1,490 1,510
Ealing 1,190 1,190 1,200 1,180 1,200 1,210 1,160
Enfield 1,070 1,090 1,080 1,260 1,180 1,300 1,270
Haringey 980 970 960 970 990 1,020 1,020
Harrow 930 880 860 770 900 900 910
Havering 880 880 890 910 910 940 940
Hillingdon 910 910 920 970 1,020 1,050 1,030
Capital allocations in £
Essex LEA Southend-on-Sea LEA Thurrock LEA
2002–03 75,405,000 6,330,000 5,249,000
2003–04 63,462,000 9,907,000 11,007,000
2004–05 60,322,000 13,242,000 12,834,000
*Includes allocations to the voluntary aided sector