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EDUCATION AND SKILLS

Transitional Funding

Mr. Daisley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list by local education authority and for each financial year for which the present grant maintained transitional funding arrangements have been in operation (a) the level of transitional grant payable by the local education authority to former grant maintained schools and (b) the level of grant paid by the Department to the local education authority towards meeting the cost. [28888]

Mr. Timms [holding answer 25 January 2002]: The information requested is set out in the following table. No grant was payable by the Department in respect of transitional funding for former grant-maintained schools in the financial year 1999–2000. Comprehensive figures for the financial year 2001–02 are not yet available.

Transitional funding for former grant-maintained schools, by LEA£

		1999–2000	2000–01
	LEA	Transitional Funding	Transitional funding	DfEE grant
302	Barnet	71,031	530,634	195,885
800	Bath and NE Somerset	0	176,783	120,106
820	Bedfordshire	885,955	768,730	407,874
303	Bexley	95,848	44,174	37,034
330	Birmingham	1,642,412	1,692,411	1,025,975
889	Blackburn with Darwen	34,672	0	0
350	Bolton	184,475	259,095	190,428
837	Bournemouth	0	578,784	293,882
380	Bradford	147,960	0	0
304	Brent	2,123,836	2,299,839	995,431
305	Bromley	1,392,578	783,673	581,622
825	Buckinghamshire	761,590	793,965	288,901
351	Bury	35,346	17,575	16,954
381	Calderdale	65,817	12,696	12,696
873	Cambridgeshire	688,107	323,530	195,964
202	Camden	291,273	108,754	19,240
875	Cheshire	69,279	142,966	58,816
892	City of Nottingham	190,075	65,362	65,362
874	City of Peterborough	504,672	62,835	60,937
879	City of Plymouth	108,504	77,238	49,615
908	Cornwall	24,074	0	0
306	Croydon	500,640	652,682	405,598
909	Cumbria	649,980	388,718	198,556
831	Derby	225,299	0	0
830	Derbyshire	269,787	175,616	128,227
878	Devon	122,660	256,891	202,821
371	Doncaster	0	0	0
835	Dorset	55,256	62,010	30,728
332	Dudley	60,516	58,637	58,637
307	Ealing	594,335	310,791	260,371
811	East Riding of Yorkshire	140,971	103,829	29,416
308	Enfield	80,452	119,981	119,172
881	Essex	950,631	769,272	630,844
916	Gloucestershire	662,130	191,671	191,671
203	Greenwich	84,453	115,942	24,592
204	Hackney	40,160	6,039	6,039
876	Halton	128,574	41,673	41,673
205	Hammersmith and Fulham	187,471	315,634	100,010
850	Hampshire	1,528,892	842,926	527,765
309	Haringey	102,843	0	0
310	Harrow	57,105	53,737	40,388
311	Havering	36,160	0	0
919	Hertfordshire	1,186,804	880,096	585,439
312	Hillingdon	211,838	481,515	192,612
313	Hounslow	53,507	0	0
207	Kensington and Chelsea	320,136	178,120	99,445
886	Kent	1,573,338	429,705	322,950
314	Kingston-upon-Thames	205,874	171,245	57,363
382	Kirklees	0	0	0
340	Knowsley	145,282	147,431	52,585
208	Lambeth	1,290,889	3,290,324	653,913
888	Lancashire	460,342	418,547	196,887
383	Leeds	7,047	50,955	48,533
856	Leicester City	0	0	0
855	Leicestershire	142,928	147,873	123,545
209	Lewisham	124,228	107,826	29,306
925	Lincolnshire	1,736,810	726,020	500,963
341	Liverpool	236,785	28,608	18,954
821	Luton	518,253	492,626	284,149
352	Manchester	0	0	0
887	Medway	0	39,815	39,815
315	Merton	102,048	65,718	63,267
826	Milton Keynes	1,720,803	1,140,724	367,308
316	Newham	0	97,518	67,692
926	Norfolk	290,250	674,673	527,581
392	North Tyneside	29,430	0	0
815	North Yorkshire	14,009	27,152	3,072
928	Northamptonshire	0	0	0
929	Northumberland	4,412	493	493
891	Nottinghamshire	241,444	204,787	106,176
931	Oxfordshire	14,212	0	0
836	Poole	0	0	0
851	Portsmouth	106,441	25,600	18,174
870	Reading	160,112	288,276	128,445
317	Redbridge	36,118	100,035	41,613
354	Rochdale	0	50,393	38,649
857	Rutland	51,266	36,622	10,883
355	Salford	142,434	101,789	41,316
333	Sandwell	174,859	74,434	54,019
373	Sheffield	n/a	694,477	214,427
893	Shropshire	50,261	81,801	62,413
871	Slough	40,048	24,876	10,926
334	Solihull	11,525	0	0
933	Somerset	174,827	235,726	65,257
852	Southampton	36,860	43,883	43,883
882	Southend	459,236	49,719	46,170
210	Southwark	210,422	29,184	25,957
860	Staffordshire	141,638	149,237	138,410
861	Stoke	29,437	144,425	71,418
936	Surrey	1,816,620	1,145,033	540,039
319	Sutton	186,052	0	0
866	Swindon	369,963	197,579	196,778
357	Tameside	10,098	25,408	25,408
894	Telford and Wrekin	0	0	0
883	Thurrock	55,824	80,996	51,327
880	Torbay	127,842	151,976	82,767
211	Tower Hamlets	0	0	0
358	Trafford	551,626	0	0
335	Walsall	156,050	193,182	130,414
320	Waltham Forest	634,230	638,143	241,662
212	Wandsworth	1,992,248	2,322,908	636,380
937	Warwickshire	352,368	770,093	349,159
869	West Berkshire	234,476	150,876	97,074
938	West Sussex	23,921	51,545	19,735
865	Wiltshire	86,110	211,455	164,937
868	Windsor and Maidenhead	102,045	154,079	66,864
344	Wirral	207,686	229,985	177,210
872	Wokingham	7,616	17,988	12,540
336	Wolverhampton	445,066	268,721	170,163
885	Worcestershire	40,033	31,986	14,317

Notes:

The figures relating to 1999–2000 derive from information provided by local education authorities, through the budget statements produced by them under section 52 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 and in response to subsequent inquiries by the Department.

n/a—indicates that figures are not available.

The figures for 2000–01 are derived from LEAs' section 52 budget statements, modified where necessary in the light of information subsequently provided by LEAs in connection with their grant claims; and from the Department's grant records.

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Mr. Daisley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list by local education authority and for each financial year for which present arrangements have been in operation the former grant maintained schools with protected funding receiving transitional funding of more than 5 per cent. of their protected funding, indicating in each case (a) the level of transitional grant and (b) the transitional grant as a percentage of the protected funding. [28889]

Mr. Timms [holding answer 25 January 2002]: The information requested for the financial years 1999–2000 and 2000–01 is set out in tables, copies of which have been placed in the Library. Comprehensive figures for the financial year 2001–02 are not yet available.

LEAs (Repairs)

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her answer of 17 January 2002, Official Report, column 447W, on LEAs (Repairs), if she will categorise the estimated cost of repair or renewal work needed for each local authority by (a) priority 1, (b) priority 2 and (c) priority 3 work. [32896]

John Healey: The following table summarises school premises condition information derived from the asset management plan data provided by local education authorities. Priority 1 covers urgent work; Priority 2 shows work needed within two years; Priority 3 is for work needed within three to five years. Costs have been adjusted to current prices and take account of regional variations in pricing levels.

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The figures are derived from data supplied by LEAs over the past two years, based on surveys carried out mainly in 1999 or early 2000. Over £5.5 billion of capital funding has been made available by the Department from 1999–2000 until 2001–02, enabling LEAs and schools to tackle a significant proportion of the school repair and renewal needs which had built up over many years. A further £6.3 billion will be available from 2002–03 to 2003–04.

£ million

AMP condition data	Priority 1	Priority 2	Priority 2
Barking and Dagenham	0.2	3.8	0.4
Barnet	7.1	32.9	5.0
Barnsley	0.8	23.3	11.7
Bath and North East Somerset	3.2	8.8	7.4
Bedfordshire	0.1	29.2	14.3
Bexley	5.4	10.9	12.3
Birmingham	34.2	56.6	43.7
Blackburn with Darwen	1.2	7.4	6.0
Bolton	1.0	25.4	23.0
Bournemouth	1.8	6.6	9.2
Bracknell Forest	0.7	7.7	2.8
Brent	2.6	6.8	24.8
Brighton and Hove	0.0	11.7	10.1
Bristol, City of	5.5	35.3	30.4
Bromley	5.7	3.3	18.6
Buckinghamshire	2.4	25.7	31.7
Cambridgshire	1.5	29.3	33.2
Camden	4.9	1.1	7.5
Cheshire	1.4	16.4	31.2
Cornwall	0.0	25.2	39.3
Coventry	2.9	14.2	17.0
Croydon	7.6	9.0	2.3
Cumbria	0.7	10.9	43.3
Darlington	0.1	8.0	10.9
Derby, City of	14.7	9.4	19.5
Derbyshire	3.0	90.0	50.5
Devon	3.2	37.7	45.1
Doncaster	0.0	10.2	60.4
Dorset	3.0	20.6	32.3
Durham	0.1	59.1	45.9
Ealing	16.4	13.1	7.0
East Riding of Yorkshire	1.0	29.0	52.1
East Sussex	5.9	16.0	11.3
Enfield	2.1	23.5	23.5
Essex	16.5	95.9	51.8
Gateshead	3.2	6.0	7.5
Gloucestershire	1.8	30.5	13.1
Greenwich	7.4	22.5	3.4
Hackney	3.3	18.5	9.2
Halton	2.1	1.5	14.3
Hammersmith and Fulham	3.1	7.5	6.5
Hampshire	7.6	93.5	147.2
Harrow	2.1	8.3	8.8
Hartlepool	1.1	8.0	6.8
Havering	6.1	15.5	25.3
Herefordshire	0.0	10.4	4.7
Hertfordshire	5.0	39.6	39.1
Hillingdon	3.4	11.1	10.7
Hounslow	2.0	14.4	12.2
Isle of Wight	1.9	6.3	7.3
Kensington and Chelsea	2.8	1.4	2.9
Kent	6.2	70.4	43.2
Kingston-upon-Hull, City of	0.0	24.2	28.1
Kingston-upon-Thames	5.4	8.7	7.0
Kirklees	25.5	18.0	41.6
Knowsley	1.5	7.4	25.8
Lancashire	18.2	167.5	79.0
Leeds	22.8	56.3	61.9
Leicester, City of	0.1	22.7	16.8
Leicestershire	4.0	38.0	30.5
Lewisham	2.9	14.4	24.8
Lincolnshire	10.0	12.0	12.7
Liverpool	21.2	21.1	16.2
Luton	2.1	11.2	13.4
Manchester	35.8	10.0	45.7
Medway	0.1	10.0	13.8
Merton	0.0	12.5	6.2
Milton Keynes	0.3	7.6	20.3
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	0.9	35.9	33.8
Newham	9.7	10.0	24.9
Norfolk	11.8	35.6	27.7
North-East Lincolnshire	6.2	32.3	6.9
North Lincolnshire	2.7	5.1	10.3
North Somerset	5.7	15.2	5.5
North Tyneside	0.8	13.1	18.9
North Yorkshire	3.9	11.2	28.9
Northamptonshire	2.4	21.4	40.6
Northumberland	0.0	32.8	18.9
Nottingham	1.0	26.1	25.7
Nottinghamshire	3.5	48.5	58.2
Oldham	0.1	34.4	26.3
Oxfordshire	0.0	53.6	10.6
Peterborough	8.1	9.7	14.1
Plymouth	5.7	15.4	18.8
Poole	0.0	4.5	11.4
Portsmouth	0.0	10.3	10.3
Reading	3.0	11.7	4.7
Redbridge	0.3	13.9	19.2
Redcar and Cleveland	0.0	15.7	11.6
Rochdale	12.7	15.8	25.9
Rotherham	19.9	15.7	27.6
Rutland	0.5	1.3	2.0
Sandwell	0.3	17.9	6.2
Sefton	5.9	33.9	11.3
Sheffield	12.8	22.5	35.8
Shropshire	0.7	11.4	13.1
Slough	5.5	7.3	5.9
Solihull	2.9	5.7	13.9
Somerset	0.0	27.9	24.3
South Gloucestershire	5.1	12.6	15.7
South Tyneside	0.0	16.4	14.2
Southend-on-Sea	0.0	4.4	8.2
Southwark	0.9	13.9	9.1
St. Helens	0.3	5.8	17.8
Staffordshire	0.0	43.3	40.0
Stockport	8.3	8.1	56.7
Stockton-on-Tees	17.3	12.2	17.2
Stoke-on-Trent	22.0	42.2	0.5
Suffolk	13.2	9.7	19.2
Sunderland	26.6	15.3	12.3
Surrey	0.6	49.7	18.9
Sutton	1.0	10.4	4.7
Swindon	7.4	20.4	15.9
Tameside	3.1	19.5	10.8
Telford and Wrekin	7.1	7.7	20.1
Thurrock	0.2	6.8	11.8
Torbay	2.2	4.8	4.2
Tower Hamlets	0.3	10.2	17.5
Trafford	7.2	1.9	29.2
Wakefield	11.1	24.9	36.0
Walsall	7.6	40.0	16.5
Waltham Forest	1.7	12.6	13.5
Wandsworth	0.7	40.1	9.1
Warrington	3.6	9.2	13.4
West Berkshire	5.5	7.1	4.6
West Sussex	4.2	27.1	45.1
Westminster	4.3	8.1	12.0
Wiltshire	0.0	36.3	20.5
Windsor and Maidenhead	2.3	7.4	22.8
Wirral	35.4	6.7	17.7
Wokingham	6.2	16.8	1.7
Wolverhampton	10.6	17.3	15.7
Worcestershire	1.5	38.7	20.2
Total	710.4	2,844.4	2,827.6

Note:

Fifteen authorities are currently reviewing their assessments.

More work is needed to confirm the data, but initial broad estimates

are that these authorities' needs amount to £55 million, £250 million and £330 million of Priority 1, 2 and 3 work respectively.

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