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Mr. Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assistance is provided to former grant maintained schools which make staff redundant on changing to foundation school status. [98366]
Ms Estelle Morris: The costs of making teachers redundant must be met by the local education authority, except in so far as an authority has good reason to deduct some or all of the cost from the school's budget share.
Bilateral Concordat
Ms Ryan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when he will be publishing the bilateral concordat between his Department and the Scottish Executive. [98410]
Mr. Blunkett: I have now concluded the concordat with my counterparts in the Scottish Executive. I am arranging for a copy to be placed in the Library.
Service Development Fund
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what sums have been allocated to the Service Development Fund for (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02 indicating those allocations and expenditures made from the Service Development Fund to date. [98250]
Mr. Blunkett: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Expenditure Statistics
Mr. Willis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the (a) planned and
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(b) actual education expenditure by (a) central and (b) local government for 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99, indicating the change for each year compared with the previous year in (i) cash and (ii) real terms. [98335]
Mr. Blunkett:
I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Willis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if the decision to class student loans as Government assets was taken into account when the total additional educational expenditure announced under the Comprehensive Spending Review (Cm. 4011) was calculated. [98336]
Mr. Blunkett:
I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Willis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what (a) amount and (b) percentage of the extra money for education announced under the Comprehensive Spending Review (Cm. 4011) is to be expended (i) through the Standards Fund, (ii) through education standard spending assessments and (iii) otherwise. [98251]
Ms Estelle Morris:
I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy in the Library.
Mr. Willis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the announcements of additional expenditure on education made between May 1997 and the publication of the Comprehensive Spending Review (Cm. 4011), stating the date of the announcement and the amount announced in each case. [98253]
Mr. Blunkett:
In July 1997 the Chancellor announced an additional £1.3 billion for schools in the UK (£1.1 billion for England) over the life of the Parliament, financed by the Windfall Tax, to start tackling the backlog of repairs to school buildings. At the same time, he announced that in 1998-99 an extra £1 billion would be available UK-wide for local authority current spending on schools (£835 million in England). In March 1998, he announced a further £200 million for education in England in 1998-99, of which £10 million was for Education Action Zones; £90 million for capital spending in schools to reduce infant class sizes, eliminate outside toilets and improve heating systems; £90 million to improve skills and £10 million for the University for Industry.
Mr. Willis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much of the extra money for education announced under the Comprehensive Spending Review (Cm. 4011) has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent on (i) employment and (ii) Welfare to Work programmes, for each relevant financial year. [98246]
Mr. Blunkett:
None of the extra money announced for education under the Comprehensive Spending Review has been allocated to, or spent on, employment. Of the
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Department's total budget the following sums have been allocated to employment and Welfare to Work programmes:
| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 1,028 | 1,026 | 1,022 |
| Welfare to Work(19) | 86 | 86 | 86 |
(19) The majority of the Welfare to Work programmes are funded from the Windfall Tax levy. The Comprehensive Spending Review settlement did not include Windfall Tax levy allocations.
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the announcements of extra expenditure on education since July 1998 not included in the additional money announced under the Comprehensive Spending Review (Cm. 4011), giving the dates of those announcements and amounts announced in each case. [98252]
Mr. Blunkett: The March 1999 Budget provided £400 million for England from the Capital Modernisation Fund for a network of learning centres aimed at improving standards and access to IT; £230 million across the UK from the National Lottery's New Opportunities Fund to help teachers purchase IT equipment for use at home (England's share of this was £180 million, 80 per cent.) and £49 million for schools in England to spend on books.
The November 1999 Pre-Budget Report provided £100 million PFI credits for schools; and £50 million from the windfall levy for the New Deal for Schools to repair and replace school buildings (of which England's share was £43 million).
Mr. Willis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much of the extra money for education announced under the Comprehensive Spending Review (Cm. 4011) included (a) matched funding for standards fund and other centrally-managed projects contributed by local authorities and (b) permission to local authorities and others to increase their borrowings. [98245]
Ms Estelle Morris:
Plans for the standards fund and capital allocations for 2000-01 and 2001-02 have not been finalised, so it is not possible to give a full answer to the question. In 1999-2000, English local authorities matched funding contributions to the Standards Fund were £120m higher than in 1998-99; Education Standard Spending Assessments in 1999-2000 rose by £1,100m. Credit approvals for education capital expenditure in England increased by £77m in the same period. The costs of this additional borrowing are supported through the capital financing standard spending assessment (CFSSA); the increases in CFSSA do not form part of the £19 billion.
Mr. Willis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 28 June 1999, Official Report, columns 56-58, concerning education initiatives launched since May 1997, how much of each initiative's budget was (a) spent centrally and (b) distributed in grants in financial years (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 1998-99. [98327]
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Mr. Blunkett:
The programmes listed in my right hon. Friend's response of 28 June are all specific grants distributed by my Department. None of these funds were spent centrally.
Mr. Boswell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what arrangements he will make to ensure that personal advisers to socially excluded young people are (a) suitably qualified, (b) monitored in their activities and (c) offered a career structure. [94749]
Ms Jowell:
I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Chaytor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the total number of vehicles used by his Department and its agencies fuelled by (a) petrol, (b) diesel and (c) liquid petroleum gas; and what plans he has to increase the rate of conversion of those vehicles to liquid petroleum gas. [98208]
Mr. Wills:
I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Mr. Chaytor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to set targets for the recycling of waste (a) paper, (b) cardboard, (c) glass, (d) metal, (e) plastic and (f) other products created by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. [98222]
Mr. Wills:
I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
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