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Timber

Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much certified timber has been purchased by his Department over the past six months; and what proportion of total timber purchases this represents. [152144]

Mr. Wills: The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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SATs

Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the average cost of a SATs test per pupil tested (a) nationally and (b) in East Sussex. [151853]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 6 March 2001]: The average cost of a National Curriculum assessment test per pupil per subject nationally in 2000 was £5.30. This covers the costs of developing, printing and distributing test papers across Key Stages 1-3; and costs of external marking and data collection for tests at Key Stage 2 and 3. The figure excludes the cost of supply cover for teachers

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administering the national curriculum tests, audit costs and the administration costs incurred by schools.

It is not possible to identify costs below national level.

Capital Investment (Primary Schools)

Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much capital investment there has been in primary schools since 1996 in (a) London and (b) each London borough. [152194]

Jacqui Smith: This information is not readily available. The following tables show the total central Government support to capital investment in all schools made in London and each London borough since 1996-97.

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Central Government support to capital investment in London schools 1996-97 to 2000-01

						£000
	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	Total
Barking	3,812	1,376	3,163	3,537	5,501	17,389
Barnet	3,055	1,763	5,417	3,894	10,695	24,824
Bexley	1,789	4,299	6,304	6,598	9,169	28,159
Brent	194	889	3,047	3,316	8,353	15,799
Bromley	1,614	1,400	2,591	3,776	8,921	18,302
Camden	350	623	1,859	2,497	5,331	10,660
City of London	37	1	1	40	73	152
Croydon	2,380	2,697	5,483	6,643	11,257	28,460
Ealing	719	5,164	9,515	7,042	10,019	32,459
Enfield	7,350	8,807	7,210	7,459	9,611	40,437
Greenwich	1,658	4,394	5,310	4,444	6,554	22,360
Hackney	993	2,369	3,615	4,170	5,940	17,087
Hammersmith	1,088	1,443	3,219	3,837	3,764	13,351
Haringey	2,713	4,729	7,291	6,202	8,519	29,454
Harrow	3,529	1,739	2,240	3,885	6,087	17,480
Havering	291	1,012	2,021	2,355	7,521	13,200
Hillingdon	3,879	2,828	4,573	5,361	10,734	27,375
Hounslow	3,104	3,786	4,489	3,791	7,287	22,457
Islington	250	869	2,443	2,760	7,306	13,628
Kensington and Chelsea	581	471	1,253	829	2,158	5,292
Kingston upon Thames	1,023	4,060	4,483	5,772	6,680	22,018
Lambeth	761	1,662	4,281	3,121	6,371	16,196
Lewisham	2,804	4,614	6,690	5,084	8,373	27,565
Merton	345	583	1,987	3,291	5,888	12,094
Newham	4,435	3,631	6,770	10,611	14,940	40,387
Redbridge	9,876	9,374	5,008	5,201	11,637	41,096
Richmond	221	628	2,876	3,595	6,110	13,430
Southwark	593	2,501	2,251	2,986	8,268	16,599
Sutton	4,174	5,691	5,269	4,673	9,572	29,379
Tower Hamlets	11,169	7,963	5,789	4,330	6,662	35,913
Waltham Forest	2,451	1,838	2,798	4,640	7,392	19,119
Wandsworth	1,182	861	1,897	3,476	6,980	14,396
Westminster	1,206	1,741	2,126	1,572	4,454	11,099
London Total	79,626	95,806	133,269	140,788	248,127	697,616

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Central Government support for private finance initiative investment in London schools 1997-98 to 2000-01

					£000
	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	Total
Lewisham	4,000	--	--	--	4,000
Enfield	--	16,000	--	--	16,000
Hillingdon	--	19,000	--	--	19,000
Westminster	--	25,000	--	--	25,000
Brent	--	--	23,000	--	23,000
Haringey	--	--	62,500	--	62,500
Lambeth	--	--	11,500	--	11,500
Tower Hamlets	--	--	68,500	--	68,500
Waltham Forest	--	--	18,500	--	18,500
Brent	--	--	--	9,000	9,000
	4,000	60,000	184,000	9,000	257,000

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Infant Classes

Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children there were in infant classes with over 30 children (a) in 1996 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available in (i) each London borough and (ii) London. [152197]

Ms Estelle Morris: The information requested is shown in the table.

Class size data were published in a Statistical Bulletin "Class Sizes and Pupil Teacher Ratios in England 2000" on 20 December 2000, copies of which are available from the Library, or alternatively can be accessed from the

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Department for Education and Employment statistical website: www.dfee.gov.uk/statistics. Figures from this release show that in September 2000, there were just 30,000 infants in classes of over 30 compared with 485,000 in January 1998. Just 2 per cent. of infants are now in such classes compared with 29 per cent. in January 1998.

Number of pupils in infant classes over 30

	January 1996	January 2000	September 2000
London	47,752	22,110	3,642
Inner London	6,004	2,766	757
Camden	127	93	93
City of London	0	0	0
Hackney	413	93	95
Hammersmith and Fulham	313	93	0
Haringey	566	124	32
Islington	443	162	159
Kensington and Chelsea	62	62	31
Lambeth	381	249	63
Lewisham	567	344	64
Newham	734	503	0
Southwark	707	409	31
Tower Hamlets	349	35	31
Wandsworth	1,118	568	(11)158
Westminster	224	31	0
Outer London	41,748	19,344	2,885
Barking and Dagenham	734	284	31
Barnet	730	217	62
Bexley	3,984	1,135	379
Brent	786	515	0
Bromley	5,121	2,139	188
Croydon	3,497	1,065	93
Ealing	2,499	968	124
Enfield	3,621	1,782	382
Greenwich	470	406	0
Harrow	1,929	746	224
Havering	2,439	1,804	604
Hillingdon	1,378	317	0
Hounslow	2,354	1,051	296
Kingston upon Thames	3,430	1,935	62
Merton	1,958	1,469	0
Redbridge	3,307	1,342	(11)96
Richmond upon Thames	1,414	888	282
Sutton	1,077	680	31
Waltham Forest	1,020	601	31

⁽¹¹⁾ Less than 95 per cent. of expected returns were received from these Local Education Authorities

Pupil Literacy

Mr. Tony Clarke: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of pupils gained the expected level of literacy in (a) 1997 and (b) 2000. [152497]

Ms Estelle Morris: In the 2000 Key Stage 2 tests, 75 per cent. of 11-year-olds achieved the expected standard for their age in English, an increase of 12 percentage points since 1997. The 2000 results are clear evidence of the success of the National Literacy Strategy.

City Academies

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the names and location of city academies (a) established to date and (b) in the process of being established together with, for each city academy, (i) the private sector investors, (ii) the

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total private sector financial contribution, (iii) the total public expenditure contribution and (iv) the total number of pupils in attendance and the admission limit. [152502]

Ms Estelle Morris: To date we have announced City Academy partnerships in Brent, Lambeth, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Haringey and Hillingdon. Further announcements will be made shortly. Private and voluntary sector sponsors announced to date are Frank Lowe of the Lowe Group of Advertising Agencies and Octagon sports management, Barry Townsley, of stockbrokers Insinger Townsley, BT, Marconi, Amey plc, the Church of England and the Grieg Trust. These partnerships are developing detailed project plans to establish City Academies. The total public sector and private and voluntary sector financial contributions, and the total number of pupils and the admission limits, will depend on the plans developed for each City Academy.

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