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Education Funding
34. Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on the proportion of education funding which goes (a) directly to schools and (b) to local education authorities. [143493]
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Ms Estelle Morris: Maintained schools receive delegated funding, and in 2000-01 this amounts to 84.2 per cent. of local education authorities' local school budgets. This includes devolved Standards Fund moneys. We have set a target of a minimum 85 per cent. delegation for 2001-02 and 87 per cent. for 2002-03. In addition, schools have received amounts ranging from £3,000 to £50,000 per school as School Standards Grant; this will continue for the next three years. In 2001-02 a typical primary school will receive £20,000 and a typical secondary school £60,000.
Nursery and Pre-school Education
Mr. Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the total amount spent on (a) nursery and (b) pre-school education in (i) England in 1980 to 2000 and (ii) Wales in 1980 to 1998. [141680]
Ms Hodge [holding answer 11 December 2000]: Total Government expenditure on under-fives in England is estimated to increase by £1 billion in 2003-04 compared with 1996-97. All four-year-olds already have a guaranteed early education place. The Government have made a commitment to provide a free nursery education place for all three-year-olds by 2004.
The following table gives, in real terms at 1999-2000 prices, local education authority current expenditure on under-fives (including rising fives) in England from 1979-80 through to 1999-2000, including the nursery voucher scheme funding of £636 million in 1997-98. These figures include all local authority expenditure on nursery and pre-school education, including funding from sources outside that specifically allocated for this purpose.
| Year | £ million |
|---|---|
| 1979-80 | 500 |
| 1980-81 | 531 |
| 1981-82 | 526 |
| 1982-83 | 559 |
| 1983-84 | 578 |
| 1984-85 | 614 |
| 1985-86 | 617 |
| 1986-87 | 678 |
| 1987-88 | 1,034 |
| 1988-89 | 1,084 |
| 1989-90 | 1,172 |
| 1990-91 | 1,221 |
| 1991-92 | 1,345 |
| 1992-93 | 1,460 |
| 1993-94 | 1,533 |
| 1994-95 | 1,623 |
| 1995-96 | 1,643 |
| 1996-97 | 1,671 |
| 1997-98 | 1,778 |
| 1998-99 | 1,810 |
| 1999-2000 | (3)1,904 |
(3) Estimate
Before 1987-88 the figures only include expenditure on under-fives in nursery schools. From 1987-88 onwards the figures include spending both in nursery schools and on under-fives in primary schools.
Responsibility for education matters in Wales rests with the National Assembly for Wales.
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Government Policies (Blackpool, South)
Mr. Gordon Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Blackpool, South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [142235]
Mr. Wills: Blackpool LEA achieved unitary status on 1 April 1998 following local government reorganisation. It is therefore difficult to make statistical comparisons from 1997 to 2000. Outlined are details of the effect on the Blackpool, South constituency and Blackpool LEA of a range of the Department's policies.
There is a Sure Start programme centred on Mereside. There is a strong emphasis on community capacity building, particularly through training both to increase self-confidence and to promote self-sufficiency. Parents and grandparents are involved in providing some of the services, such as running storytelling and rhyme clubs. The programme has received total funding of up to £1,950,070.
The LEA has two Beacon Schools--Anchorsholme County Primary School and Christ the King Catholic Primary School.
There are two specialist schools--Bispham High School (Arts) and Montgomery High School (Language).
| Blackpool LEA | Revenue | Capital |
|---|---|---|
| 1998-99 | 73,000 | 414,500 |
| 1999-2000 | 351,000 | 278,125 |
| 2000-01 | 588,710 | 171,200 |
The September 2000 figure shows that in Blackpool there are now only 192 (4.1 per cent.) pupils remaining in infant classes of 31 or more. The figure in January 1997 was 2,369 (45.4 per cent.). Key Stage Test Results
| English | Maths | Science | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 60 | 56 | 62 |
| 1999 | 64 | 64 | 70 |
| 2000 | 72 | 66 | 79 |
| Percentage 5 or more A*-C | Percentage no passes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
| Blackpool | 34.6 | 36.5 | 36.1 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 6.3 |
| England | 46.3 | 47.9 | 49.2 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 5.6 |
Partnership Programme for Independent and State Schools
Langdale Preparatory School (Independent) and Claremont Primary School (State) received Independent/ State School Partnerships grant of £17,000 in 1999-2000
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for one year. The schools worked together to explore "The Development of Blackpool and its Relationship to Tourism". The project involved most areas of the curriculum with emphases on History, Geography, Science, Art, Mathematics and English.
Collegiate High School--This project (supported by NDS) was signed during summer 2000 between the school, LEA and Uforia (private contractor). Work commenced on 11 September and is expected to be completed by 7 May 2001. The project is to construct an indoor sports centre on the school grounds, which will also be available to another special school. The private sector partner will contribute capital and be granted a lease to operate the upgraded facilities out of school hours. The school currently pays rent for indoor sports facilities. Total value of the project is £1,200,000 (£750,000 NDS and £450,000 private sector contribution).
| 2000-01 | 1999-2000 | 1998-99 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACG | 3,437 | 2,124 | 642 |
| SCA | 70 | 50 | 624 |
| NDS | 1,863 | 1,259 | 661 |
| VA grant | 226 | 93 | 69 |
| SEED | 115 | -- | -- |
| PPP | -- | -- | -- |
| Capital formula | 993 | -- | -- |
| NGfL | 371 | 376 | 234 |
| Science labs | 103 | -- | -- |
| SSLUs | 35 | -- | -- |
| Assistance with AMP | -- | 14 | -- |
| Access at %85 | -- | -- | 9 |
| Security | 37 | 37 | 36 |
| Outside toilets | -- | -- | 47 |
| Energy | -- | -- | 41 |
Under New Deal for Schools (NDS) the following schools in the Blackpool, South constituency have benefited:
- NDS1
- Baines Endowed CE--Scheme submitted by District Liaison Committee--£6,548
- NDS2
- Grange Park Junior--roof repair--£1,075 and tiling toilet floors--£9,675
- Revoe Primary--roofing--£172,000
- Thames County Primary--roofing--£11,825
- Waterloo Primary--roofing--£26,875, toilet upgrades--£12,900 and gable end correction--£2,685
- Mereside Primary--refurbishment of toilets--£22,790
- Roseacre Primary--replacement toilets--£26,875
- Collegiate High--refurbishment of toilets--£12,900
- St. George's High--refurbishment of changing rooms--£6,990
- Highfield High--repairs to brick arches--£53,750
- Palatine High--repair of brickwork--£860, resurface netball courts--£1,450, resurface tennis courts--£17,200 and repair/ replace slabs--£919
- NDS3
- Collegiate High--sports facilities--£750,000
- Highfield High, Palatine High, Grange Park Infant and Junior and St. Kentigerns RC Primary--Part of 10-school package for re-roofing totalling £509,400
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- NDS4
- St. George's High--general refurbishment--£220,000
- Highfield High--refurbishment of science and food technology labs--£256,300 and part of a three-school package for replacement of temporary classrooms totalling £570,688
- Collegiate High--rewiring--£382,590
- Park School, Palatine High and Highfield High--part of a four-school package for replacement of windows totalling £220,000.
| 16-18 | Adult | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FT | PT | FT | PT | |
| FEFC funded | ||||
| 1996-97 | 954 | 277 | 538 | 4,323 |
| 1997-98 | 966 | 338 | 640 | 4,768 |
| 1998-99 | 926 | 336 | 605 | 4,906 |
| Non-FEFC funded | ||||
| 1996-97 | 140 | 110 | 120 | 115 |
| 1997-98 | 84 | 151 | 129 | 143 |
| 1998-99 | 115 | 151 | 180 | 483 |
Note:
Under 16s included in 16-18 figures; where age unknown, included in adult figures
Sources:
1996-97: Individualised Student Record 10 (December 1997)
1997-98: Individualised Student Record 13 (December 1998)
1998-99: Individualised Student Record 16 (December 1999)
for all FEFC funded institutions
Since 2 May 1997, we know of 956 starts on Modern Apprenticeships in the Blackpool, South constituency (as at 30 September 2000). Broken down by financial year these are:
| Financial year | Foundation Modern Apprenticeships(4) | Advanced Modern Apprenticeships(5) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-98 | 0 | 142 | 142 |
| 1998-99 | 23 | 169 | 192 |
| 1999-2000 | 215 | 174 | 389 |
| 2000-01(6) | 115 | 118 | 233 |
| Total | 353 | 603 | 956 |
(4) Foundation Modern Apprenticeships, formerly known as National Traineeships, were introduced nationally in September 1997.
(5) Advanced Modern Apprenticeships, formerly known as Modern Apprenticeships, were introduced nationally in September 1995.
(6) To date.
Source:
WBTYP trainee database
1. The Trainee Database System (TDS), from which these data are taken, is less complete than Management Information supplied to the Department by Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) (around 95 per cent.).
2. In addition, the postcode information on the TDS, from which parliamentary constituency data are compiled, are 95 per cent. complete.
3. TEC Management Information does not provide information at parliamentary constituency level.
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Labour Market Data
The working age employment rate in Blackpool in summer 2000 was 74.2 per cent. compared with a seasonally unadjusted UK figure of 75.1 per cent.
The working age employment rate in Blackpool increased by 1.7 percentage points between summer 1997 and summer 2000.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| Starts | 931 |
| Jobs total | 474 |
| Subsidised | 41 |
| Number | |
|---|---|
| Starts | 367 |
| Jobs total | 84 |
| Subsidised | 12 |
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