§ Paul FarrellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the bids he received from Staffordshire Local Education Authority for the 2004–05 Targeted Capital Fund by(a) name of school, (b) type of school, (c) location of school, (d) purpose of bid, (e) amount of bid and (f) whether the bid was successful. [174732]
§ Mr. MilibandStaffordshire local education authority (LEA) submitted three bids to the Targeted Capital Fund (TCF) for 2004–05. One was for a project at LEA schools and two were for projects at voluntary aided (VA) schools. These are in the following table:
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Bid C—Extension/alterations to St. John Fisher Catholic School. Schools included Type of school Location of school Purpose Amount of bid (£) Successful (yes or no) St. John Fisher Catholic High School VA Newcastle To raise standards, by expanding opportunity and flexibility of provision especially at 14–19: extending provision for SEN and the wider inclusion agenda providing for worksorce reform 3,329,054 No
Bid D—St John the Evangelist Catholic School Amalgamation Schools included Type of school Location of school Purpose Amount of bid (£) Successful (yes or no) St. John the Evangelist Catholic Primary VA Stoke on Trent To amalgamate St. John the Evangelist Catholic split site primary school onto the upper site in Gloucester Road. 1,875,465 No
§ Paul FarrellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the purpose is of the 2004–05 Targeted Capital Fund; [174736]
(2) if he will list the criteria by which bids for the 2004–05 Targeted Capital Fund were judged; [174737]
(3) what plans the Department has to invite bids for a further Targeted Capital Fund; [174729]
(4) how many bids for the 2004–05 Targeted Capital Fund were made by (a) state schools and (b) voluntary-aided schools; [174731]
(5) if he will list the 68 projects which were successful in making bids of £186 million to the 2004–05 Targeted Capital Fund; [174734]
(6) how many bids for the 2004–05 Targeted Capital Fund were made by schools in the West Midlands region; and how many were successful. [174730]
§ Mr. MilibandThe Targeted Capital Fund (TCF) is a relatively limited programme and is intended to support projects which contribute directly to meeting the
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2004–05 TCF projects LEA Project Net cost (£) Hackney Replacement and expansion of primary school 4,803,120 Hammersmith and Fulham Establishment of centralised single-site pupil referral unit 507,500 Islington Physical and Sensory SEN Service Area Development—school co-location 3,896,000 Tower Hamlets To raise standards by improving premises 681,264 Croydon Autistic resource at special school 960,000 Ealing Replacement SEN School with new centre of excellence 4,520,000 Enfield Wilbury Primary School, new build and remodelling to replace huts 3,868,000 Kingston-upon-Thames Regeneration of primary school 2,694,268 Kingston-upon-Thames To provide a learning centre based on the City Learning Centre model 1,862,436 Merton Improvement of SMART centres to meet pupils medical educational needs 692,000 Coventry New replacement 1.5 FE community primary school and nursery 3,000,000 Sandwell New build primary school and children's centre, Tipton 3,019,753 Walsall To open a two FE primary with a 26 FTE nursery class 2,550,818 Wolverhampton Primary rationalisation 3,506,090 Liverpool New building for amalgamated school 3,157,472 Wirral Rationalisation of science accommodation 644,010 Wirral Construction of sports hall 1,540,887 Bury A new high school for Radcliffe 5,000,000 Manchester Development and expansion of two successful and popular primary schools 4,960,000 Rochdale Transformation in Central Heywood primary schools 3,391,635 Stockport Inclusive space to raise standards and to deliver the Workplace Reform 1,772,290 Trafford Replace school with significant defects and remove surplus places 3,999,163 Bradford Specialist provision for pupils with emotional and behavioural needs 4,106,500 Cornwall Improve primary and SEN provision in Penzance 1,415,248 Tameside To replace one primary school with a 1.5 FE building 2,125,000 Wigan New primary school in Platt Bridge 2,405,601 Sheffield Woodthorpe 3,100,000 Calderdale New sixth form and community facility 4,786,444 Government's educational priorities, and which might not otherwise be supported through formulaic allocations to local education authorities (LEAs) and schools.
The key criteria for 2004–05 TCF bids focused on schools causing concern, curriculum improvements, expansion of popular and successful schools, surplus place removal, improved special education needs provision and innovative use of buildings. Full details of the bid criteria for 2004–05 are listed in the guidance, a copy of which can be found in the Library. Bids for TCF projects are made to the Department by LEAs on behalf of their schools.
We hope to announce shortly the arrangements for the TCF for 2005–06. For the 2004–05 TCF round, we received 202 LEA bids covering 373 schools in total, and 199 voluntary aided school bids covering 223 schools. For the West Midlands region, 39 bids were made, nine of which were successful.
The following table shows the 68 successful 2004–05 TCF bids:
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2004–05 TCF projects LEA Project Net cost (£) Kirklees Refurbishment and remodelling of two schools in special measures 2,492,000 Leeds Establishment of a new school in the Holbeck area 3,507,930 South Gloucestershire King Edmund Target Capital Fund bid 2,471,930 Stockton-on-Tees Replacement of faculty of science and technology to enhance curriculum 1,569,500 North Lincolnshire Establishment of new school to replace existing school 3,375,804 York Performing arts and community education centre 2,600,000 Milton Keynes Successful school expansion to be enhanced by ICT Infrastructure 4,970,000 Derbyshire New library, ICT and music block 1,640,800 Derbyshire Learning resource centre 2,590,049 Derby Establish accommodation for a pupil referral unit for KS3 1,849,600 Durham 21st century community school—Gurney Valley 2,714,856 Brighton and Hove Provision of post-16 places for young people with special needs 3,028,800 Leicestershire Project to support inclusion and develop SEN expertise in the area 3,526,264 Leicester Braunstone Primary Reorganisation 2 1,649,032 Leicester Braunstone Primary Reorganisation 1 2,996,125 Staffordshire Rugeley Reorganisation 3,531,000 Stoke-on-Trent Proposed Woodhouse primary school 2,064,000 Wiltshire Integrated provision for ASD pupils in Key Stages 3 and 4 862,420 Swindon Autistic spectrum disorder—centre of excellence 1,600,000 Bracknell Forest Raising performance at Brakenhale Campus through the provision of an OLC 2,400,000 Wokingham The Wokingham Special School of the Future 5,000,000 Cambridgeshire Residential provision for children with special educational needs 435,115 Devon Raising standards in Exeter 3,621,501 Devon 14 to 19 Learning Centre to increase participation in rural community 741,407 Plymouth Modernisation and refurbishment of special school 2,711,035 Torbay Brixham primary re-organisation 1,475,840 Southend-on-Sea Improvement of support, PE and performing arts infrastructure 2,464,236 Southend-on-Sea Remodelling special schools as centres of excellence 2,101,791 Thurrock Improved special educational needs provision 5,000,000 Worcestershire provision of additional accommodation, science facilities and LRC 2,268,800 Worcestershire To provide enhanced management facilities and new focused entrance 502,240 Kent Replace temporary accommodation by incorporating into main building 2,004,800 Medway Creation of a full service extended school: community hub 2,312,407 Nottingham Establishment of new school to replace unsuitable 1930's school 4,216,337 Gloucestershire Archway School refurbishment 4,999,602 Hertfordshire Design technology replacement and additional accommodation 1,869,040 Norfolk South Lynn—new school and relocation of nursery 3,066,431 Northamptonshire Transfer of Raeburn Special School to Tiffield 4,576,000 Northumberland First school replacement 1,604,000 Suffolk Primary school—regeneration 5,000,000
§ Paul FarrellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the projects which made successful bids to the Targeted Capital Fund by(a) name of school, (b) location of school, (c) type of school, (d) name of local education authority, (e) purpose of bid and (f) amount of money awarded. [174738]
§ Mr. MilibandThe information requested has been placed in the Libraries.