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Education Funding

Shona McIsaac: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which schools in (a) North Lincolnshire and (b) North East Lincolnshire which ran a deficit budget in 2001–02; and how much each deficit is. [155575]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is contained within the following tables:

North Lincolnshire schools which ran a deficit budget⁽⁸⁾ in 2001–02

School name	Deficit(8) (£)
Frederick Gough School	54,910
Brumby School	18,756
St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School	9,457
St. Mary's Catholic Primary School	9,124
Huntcliff School	7,787
Baysgarth School	3,571
Priory Lane Infant School	621

⁽⁸⁾ Deficit budget is taken from table 2 column 12—Balance Carried Forward.

Notes:

1. The balance to be carried forward represent total resources available to the school less school expenditure and unspent allocations.

2. The data are as reported by North Lincolnshire LEA within their 2001–02 Section 52 Outturn Statement (table 2) submitted to the DfES.

North East Lincolnshire schools which ran a deficit budget⁽⁹⁾ in 2001–02

School name	Deficit(9) (£)
The Lindsey School and Community Arts College	81,554
Welholme Infants' School	35,105
St. Joseph's RC Primary School	6,005
Healing Comprehensive School	5,841

⁽⁹⁾ Deficit budget is taken from table 2 column 12—Balance Carried Forward.

Note:

1. The balance to be carried forward represent total resources available to the school less school expenditure and unspent allocations.

2. The data are as reported by North East Lincolnshire LEA within their 2001–02 Section 52 Outturn Statement (table 2) submitted to the DfES.

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Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total education budget is in Gloucestershire in 2003–04; what percentage of that budget is spent in schools; and if he will make a statement. [153403]

Mr. Miliband [holding answer 6 February 2004]: The information requested is given in the following table.

Gloucestershire education budget and percentage spent in schools for 2003–04

	£	Percentage
Individual schools budget	221,544,390	77
Central elements within the schools budget	35,695,453	12
Total schools budget	257,239,843	90
Total LEA budget	29,357,448	10
Total education revenue expenditure	286,597,291	100

Notes:

1. The data are as reported by Gloucestershire LEA within their section 52 Budget Statement (table 1) for 2003–04 submitted to the DfES at 9 February 2004. It is still subject to basic validation and could change

2. Percentages may not sum due to rounding.

3. Taken from line 1.0.1—Individual schools budget (ISB). This is the amount available for delegation to schools after provision has been made for retained items.

4. The central element within the schools budget is the total schools budget minus the ISB. This money is spent on schools rather than in schools. The data is not collected in such a way that we can say precisely how much of this central element is spent in schools.

5. Taken from line 1.7.1—Total schools budget.

6. Taken from line 2.8.1—Total LEA budget.

Faith Schools

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what criteria need to be met for a new faith school to open within the state sector. [153270]

Mr. Miliband [holding answer 6 February 2004]: School Organisation Committees or Schools Adjudicators decide proposals for new schools on individual merit and in the light of local circumstances. They must have regard to statutory guidance which specifies the factors that have to be considered for all new schools including the effect on standards, need for places, costs, impact on community cohesion, views of interested parties etc. The guidance is available on the Department's website at www.dfes.gov.uk/schoolorg. Where a competition has been held for an additional secondary school, proposals are decided by the Secretary of State, taking into account comments by the SOC. While there are no factors that relate specifically to faith schools whether or not they are being considered as part of a competition or otherwise, the decision maker will take account of the level of parental demand for the type of school proposed.

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Free School Meals

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of children were entitled to free school meals in each school in a principal seaside town on the latest date for which figures are available, listed in descending order; and if he will make a statement. [154947]

Mr. Miliband: It is the Department's policy not to publish figures about individual schools unless the schools concerned have had the opportunity to check or confirm that information. Therefore, aggregate data for the principal seaside towns in England is shown in the table.

The definition of a seaside town has been taken from a report published by Sheffield Hallam University, entitled, "The Seaside Economy".

Maintained primary schools⁽¹⁰⁾: number and percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals⁽¹¹⁾January 2003: Principal seaside towns in England⁽¹²⁾

	Primary
	All pupils(13)	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals
Blackpool	11,180	2,890	25.8
Bridlington	3,100	670	21.4
Southend-on-Sea	7,470	1,590	21.2
Clacton-on-Sea	5,450	1,150	21.0
Morecambe and Heysham	4,680	980	21.0
Hastings/Bexhill	6,010	1,220	20.2
Great Yarmouth	9,490	1,780	18.7
Scarborough	6,000	1,110	18.5
Isle of Wight	7,270	1,310	18.1
Lowestoft	5,100	920	18.0
Torbay	10,330	1,850	17.9
Brighton	14,730	2,580	17.5
Eastbourne	7,210	1,200	16.7
Penzance	3,130	500	15.9
Weston-super-Mare	6,800	1,060	15.6
llfracombe	1,300	190	14.7
St. Ives	760	110	14.5
Dawlish/Teignmouth	2,010	290	14.2
Minehead	870	120	13.6
Whitby	1,840	240	13.1
Exmouth	2,720	360	13.0
Deal	2,700	350	12.8
Falmouth	2,170	280	12.8
Skegness	2,320	290	12.6
Whitstable/Herne Bay	5,260	620	11.7
Southport	7,340	850	11.5
Folkstone/Hythe	1,290	150	11.3
Bournemouth	11,490	1,170	10.2
Newquay	2,110	200	9.7
Burnham-on-Sea	1,040	100	9.5
Bognor Regis	4,510	430	9.4
Sidmouth	880	80	8.6
Whitley Bay	3,420	270	8.0
Weymouth	4,720	370	7.7
Worthing	8,910	650	7.3
Swanage	560	20	3.6

⁽¹⁰⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed.

⁽¹¹⁾ Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.

⁽¹²⁾ Based upon postal town of schools with the exception of Isle of Wight and Torbay for which the respective local education authorities have been used.

⁽¹³⁾ Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils.

Source:

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Maintained secondary schools⁽¹⁴⁾: Number and percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals⁽¹⁵⁾January 2003: Principal seaside towns in England⁽¹⁶⁾

	Secondary
	All pupils(17)	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals	Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals
Blackpool	8,670	1,840	21.2
Clacton-on-Sea	3,520	680	19.3
Lowestoft	6,790	1,290	19.0
Morecambe and Heysham	2,760	500	18.2
Brighton	7,080	1,250	17.6
Folkstone/Hythe	1,270	210	16.9
Isle of Wight	12,060	1,930	16.0
Great Yarmouth	4,550	710	15.7
Penzance	2,220	340	15.4
Falmouth	1,270	190	15.1
Southend-on-Sea	4,460	670	15.0
Bridlington	2,540	370	14.7
Scarborough	4,290	600	14.1
Eastbourne	5,570	780	14.0
Torbay	9,020	1,250	13.9
Weston-super-Mare	4,240	580	13.7
Hastings/Bexhill	4,670	640	13.6
Whitstable/Herne Bay	2,340	310	13.3
Minehead	1,860	250	13.3
Skegness	1,860	250	13.3
Deal	1,370	160	11.7
Southport	4,930	570	11.5
Whitby	1,810	200	11.1
St. Ives	720	80	10.5
Dawlish/Teignmouth	1,880	200	10.4
Weymouth	3,660	380	10.3
Bournemouth	9,960	1,000	10.0
Newquay	2,640	260	9.9
Whitley Bay	5,010	490	9.8
llfracombe	1,290	120	9.6
Worthing	4,860	420	8.7
Exmouth	2,290	170	7.5
Bognor Regis	3,860	280	7.1
Sidmouth	850	60	6.6
Swanage	460	20	4.8
Burnham-on-Sea	(18)—	(18)—	(18)—

⁽¹⁴⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed.

⁽¹⁵⁾ Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.

⁽¹⁶⁾ Based upon postal town of schools with the exception of Isle of Wight and Torbay for which the respective local education authorities have been used.

⁽¹⁷⁾ Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils.

⁽¹⁸⁾ Not applicable, no schools of this type

Source:

Annual Schools' Census

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Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils were eligible for free school meals in 2002–03, broken down by region; and if he will make a statement. [155457]

Mr. Miliband [holding answer 23 February 2004]: The information requested is shown in the following table.

Maintained primary and secondary schools⁽¹⁹⁾ number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals⁽²⁰⁾ As at January 2003.By Local Education Authority area

	All pupils(21)
	Primary Schools			Secondary Schools
	Number on roll	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free schools meals	Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals	Number on roll	Number of pupils known to be eligible for free schools meals	Percentage known to be eligible for free school meals
England	4,309,780	727,630	16.9	3,308,490	478,920	14.5
North East	226,230	50,420	22.3	180,390	32,670	18.1
841 Darlington	9,050	1,670	18.5	6,310	1,030	16.2
840 Durham	44,250	8,770	19.8	32,580	5,610	17.2
390 Gateshead	17,230	3,980	23.1	11,880	2,310	19.5
805 Hartlepool	9,720	2,280	23.5	6,720	1,490	22.2
806 Middlesbrough	14,820	4,300	29.0	7,030	2,270	32.3
391 Newcastle upon Tyne	20,030	6,450	32.2	17,810	4,210	23.7
392 North Tyneside	17,190	3,380	19.7	13,840	2,100	15.1
929 Northumberland	20,420	2,810	13.7	30,680	3,460	11.3
807 Redcar and Cleveland	14,450	3,270	22.6	10,380	2,180	21.0
393 South Tyneside	14,040	3,930	28.0	10,410	2,340	22.5
808 Stockton-on-Tees	18,520	3,590	19.4	12,790	2,300	18.0
394 Sunderland	26,510	6,000	22.6	19,970	3,380	16.9
North West	629,440	130,710	20.8	470,930	88,610	18.8
889 Blackburn with Darwen	15,060	3,760	25.0	9,560	2,420	25.3
890 Blackpool	12,270	2,980	24.3	8,670	1,840	21.2
350 Bolton	26,120	4,480	17.2	19,770	2,990	15.1
351 Bury	16,830	2,300	13.6	11,940	1,690	14.2
875 Cheshire	58,090	6,740	11.6	47,290	4,480	9.5
909 Cumbria	42,360	5,810	13.7	34,610	3,940	11.4
876 Halton	11,090	2,890	26.1	8,350	1,860	22.3
340 Knowsley	17,110	5,780	33.8	10,280	4,010	39.0
888 Lancashire	98,780	15,580	15.8	76,410	10,750	14.1
341 Liverpool	41,300	14,450	35.0	33,750	10,720	31.8
352 Manchester	41,690	18,180	43.6	24,070	10,090	41.9
353 Oldham	23,660	5,480	23.1	16,780	3,610	21.5
354 Rochdale	21,040	4,980	23.6	14,450	3,560	24.6
355 Salford	21,150	6,050	28.6	12,700	3,150	24.8
343 Sefton	25,120	4,650	18.5	21,280	3,770	17.7
342 St. Helens	16,660	3,250	19.5	12,180	2,180	17.9
356 Stockport	25,130	3,030	12.0	17,010	2,180	12.8
357 Tameside	21,600	3,830	17.7	15,830	2,890	18.2
358 Trafford	19,890	2,340	11.8	16,080	1,910	11.9
877 Warrington	18,270	1,850	10.1	14,060	1,260	9.0
359 Wigan	27,900	4,510	16.2	21,140	2,970	14.1
344 Wirral	28,330	7,810	27.6	24,730	6,350	25.7
Yorkshire and The Humber	466,730	81,680	17.5	347,630	55,580	16.0
370 Barnsley	21,470	3,990	18.6	13,490	2,930	21.7
380 Bradford	51,270	11,480	22.4	34,510	9,150	26.5
381 Calderdale	19,700	3,260	16.5	15,330	2,160	14.1
371 Doncaster	29,110	5,490	18.9	21,720	3,480	16.0
811 East Riding of Yorkshire	27,200	2,630	9.7	23,350	1,790	7.6
810 Kingston Upon Hull, City of	24,430	6,160	25.2	16,310	3,960	24.3
382 Kirklees	36,810	6,490	17.6	26,790	4,570	17.1
383 Leeds	65,360	12,210	18.7	47,780	8,080	16.9
812 North East Lincolnshire	15,350	3,330	21.7	11,830	2,220	18.8
813 North Lincolnshire	14,380	2,030	14.1	10,820	1,340	12.3
815 North Yorkshire	47,120	3,910	8.3	41,640	2,390	5.7
372 Rotherham	25,260	4,650	18.4	20,160	3,110	15.4
373 Sheffield	44,740	9,110	20.4	31,360	6,080	19.4
384 Wakefield	30,680	5,600	18.3	22,210	3,560	16.0
816 York	13,860	1,340	9.6	10,370	780	7.6
East Midlands	372,890	47,700	12.8	297,460	33,420	11.2
831 Derby	22,350	4,400	19.7	15,260	2,750	18.0
830 Derbyshire	66,290	8,130	12.3	49,650	4,940	9.9
856 Leicester	29,150	7,150	24.5	18,250	4,100	22.5
855 Leicestershire	50,300	3,650	7.3	46,370	2,680	5.8
925 Lincolnshire	54,880	3,370	6.1	46,260	3,430	7.4
928 Northamptonshire	53,990	4,960	9.2	50,700	4,950	9.8
892 Nottingham	25,540	7,740	30.3	13,910	4,540	32.7
891 Nottinghamshire	67,760	8,160	12.0	54,760	5,940	10.8
857 Rutland	2,640	130	4.8	2,300	80	3.4
West Midlands	487,700	90,150	18.5	378,640	60,320	15.9
330 Birmingham	103,580	33,410	32.3	70,620	22,320	31.6
331 Coventry	27,980	5,650	20.2	21,460	3,670	17.1
332 Dudley	29,950	4,280	14.3	20,710	2,910	14.0
884 Herefordshire	13,930	1,200	8.6	10,330	850	8.2
333 Sandwell	31,410	7,110	22.6	19,780	4,490	22.7
893 Shropshire	22,220	2,050	9.2	18,260	1,400	7.7
334 Solihull	21,090	2,320	11.0	. 15,780	1,640	10.4
860 Staffordshire	67,430	7,530	11.2	62,290	5,420	8.7
861 Stoke-on-Trent	21,850	6,040	27.7	15,200	3,210	21.1
894 Telford and Wrekin	16,030	3,350	20.9	10,500	2,000	19.1
335 Walsall	27,020	4,750	17.6	21,820	3,370	15.4
937 Warwickshire	41,920	4,050	9.7	33,920	2,400	7.1
336 Wolverhampton	24,230	5,020	20.7	16,870	3,310	19.6
885 Worcestershire	39,040	3,410	8.7	41,110	3,340	8.1
East of England	454,950	53,690	11.8	383,910	36,720	9.6
820 Bedfordshire	25,340	2,740	10.8	37,650	3,650	9.7
873 Cambridgeshire	44,650	3,840	8.6	32,140	2,470	7.7
881 Essex	111,150	12,390	11.1	89,500	7,990	8.9
919 Hertfordshire	95,910	8,390	8.7	78,350	5,120	6.5
821 Luton	18,910	4,360	23.0	12,450	3,090	24.8
926 Norfolk	67,370	8,990	13.3	46,120	4,410	9.6
874 Peterborough	15,560	3,100	19.9	12,970	2,030	15.6
882 Southend-on-Sea	14,730	2,610	17.7	12,020	1,350	11.2
935 Suffolk	47,250	5,170	11.0	54,220	5,440	10.0
London	632,950	163,370	25.8	417,940	100,470	24.0
Inner London	231,730	86,920	37.5	127,690	50,370	39.4
202 Camden	11,430	4,880	42.7	9,600	2,860	29.8
201 City of London	220	70	30.6	(22)–	(22)–	(22)–
204 Hackney	18,090	7,430	41.1	7,910	3,300	41.7
205 Hammersmith and Fulham	9,690	4,200	43.4	7,300	2,390	32.8
309 Haringey	22,030	7,450	33.8	10,890	4,090	37.6
206 Islington	15,100	6,090	40.3	7,780	3,340	42.9
207 Kensington and Chelsea	7,020	2,660	37.9	3,540	1,000	28.2
208 Lambeth	19,990	7,470	37.4	7,400	2,710	36.7
209 Lewisham	22,620	6,420	28.4	11,620	3,440	29.6
316 Newham	31,530	10,760	34.1	18,110	7,810	43.1
210 Southwark	23,820	8,610	36.1	10,820	5,080	46.9
211 Tower Hamlets	22,060	11,780	53.4	14,340	8,890	62.0
212 Wandsworth	17,440	4,950	28.4	10,090	2,590	25.7
213 Westminster	10,700	4,170	38.9	8,300	2,880	34.6
Outer London	401,210	76,450	19.1	290,250	50,100	17.3
301 Barking and Dagenham	18,640	4,300	23.1	11,670	2,820	24.2
302 Barnet	25,950	4,700	18.1	21,050	3,150	14.9
303 Bexley	21,680	2,870	13.2	17,700	1,710	9.7
304 Brent	22,850	6,210	27.2	16,280	3,750	23.0
305 Bromley	24,470	3,280	13.4	21,840	2,380	10.9
306 Croydon	30,720	6,610	21.5	18,400	3,450	18.8
307 Ealing	26,320	6,420	24.4	15,590	4,580	29.4
308 Enfield	27,030	6,310	23.4	21,120	4,070	19.3
203 Greenwich	20,680	7,320	35.4	13,550	3,950	29.1
310 Harrow	19,550	2,840	14.5	8,980	1,590	17.7
311 Havering	20,480	2,350	11.5	16,340	1,630	10.0
312 Hillingdon	24,530	3,700	15.1	17,420	2,640	15.1
313 Hounslow	19,150	4,190	21.9	16,500	3,120	18.9
314 Kingston upon Thames	11,710	860	7.4	9,090	800	8.8
315 Merton	14,490	1,980	13.6	8,560	1,380	16.2
317 Redbridge	23,820	3,810	16.0	19,710	2,850	14.5
318 Richmond upon Thames	12,430	1,210	9.7	7,390	1,200	16.2
319 Sutton	15,400	1,920	12.5	15,400	1,230	8.0
320 Waltham Forest	21,330	5,580	26.1	13,690	3,820	27.9
South East	645,590	65,790	10.2	507,310	42,410	8.4
867 Bracknell Forest	8,990	580	6.5	5,990	330	5.5
846 Brighton and Hove	17,580	3,090	17.6	12,470	2,000	16.1
825 Buckinghamshire	40,490	2,200	5.4	34,220	2,150	6.3
845 East Sussex	37,760	5,140	13.6	28,610	3,210	11.2
850 Hampshire	100,760	8,650	8.6	72,610	4,550	6.3
921 Isle of Wight	7,270	1,310	18.1	12,060	1,930	16.0
886 Kent	113,760	14,010	12.3	96,740	8,380	8.7
887 Medway	23,960	2,910	12.2	20,490	1,950	9.5
826 Milton Keynes	22,520	2,680	11.9	12,480	1,330	10.7
931 Oxfordshire	45,250	3,990	8.8	38,600	3,310	8.6
851 Portsmouth	15,100	2,560	16.9	10,200	1,520	14.9
870 Reading	10,260	1,620	15.8	6,290	750	12.0
871 Slough	11,350	1,840	16.2	8,160	1,190	14.5
852 Southampton	17,140	3,730	21.7	12,150	2,020	16.6
936 Surrey	79,700	5,930	7.4	58,520	3,390	5.8
869 West Berkshire	12,240	830	6.8	11,940	520	4.3
938 West Sussex	60,470	3,680	6.1	44,500	2,830	6.4
868 Windsor and Maidenhead	8,410	580	6.9	10,360	520	5.0
872 Wokingham	12,620	480	3.8	10,930	520	4.8
South West	393,320	44,130	11.2	324,290	28,720	8.9
800 Bath and North East Somerset	12,670	1,210	9.5	12,360	820	6.7
837 Bournemouth	11,150	1,150	10.4	9,960	1,000	10.0
801 Bristol, City of	30,690	7,130	23.2	17,830	3,490	19.6
908 Cornwall	40,860	4,650	11.4	32,760	3,540	10.8
878 Devon	55,680	6,220	11.2	41,700	3,590	8.6
835 Dorset	25,090	1,380	5.5	30,240	2,010	6.6
916 Gloucestershire	45,320	4,370	9.6	39,870	2,670	6.7
420 Isles of Stilly	270	0	0.0	(22)–	(22)–	(22)–
802 North Somerset	14,920	1,580	10.6	12,780	980	7.7
879 Plymouth	20,430	3,770	18.5	19,010	2,280	12.0
836 Poole	10,900	600	5.5	8,560	480	5.5
933 Somerset	38,390	3,630	9.4	32,740	2,710	8.3
803 South Gloucestershire	23,330	1,770	7.6	16,870	1,160	6.9
866 Swindon	17,350	2,070	11.9	11,590	1,050	9.1
880 Torbay	10,330	1,850	17.9	9,020	1,250	13.9
865 Wiltshire	35,960	2,770	7.7	28,990	1,710	5.9

⁽¹⁹⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed.

⁽²⁰⁾ Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items

and totals as shown.

⁽²¹⁾ Includes dually registered pupils and boarding pupils.

⁽²²⁾ Not applicable, no schools of this type

Source:

Annual Schools' Census

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