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Higher Education (Specialist Courses)
Sir Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many specialist textile and clothing education courses are available in universities and colleges; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of such courses. [167590]
Alan Johnson: This Department does not collect data on the number and type of courses available at universities and colleges. However, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) lists available courses by subject. There are around 450 higher education courses associated with textiles including 340 in fashion and 27 in clothing. I have made no assessment of adequacy of provision. As independent organisations, higher education institutions themselves determine what programmes and courses they offer.
Information and Communications Technology
Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money has been allocated to schools in Burnley for information and communications technologies since 2001. [167937]
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Mr. Charles Clarke: I refer my hon. friend to my answer to his question on 22 April, for the funding spent on computers for schools in Burnley in each of the last seven years.
Interactive Computer Displays
Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate his Department has made of the cost to (a) Government and (b) individual schools of installing interactive computer display whiteboards. [168669]
Mr. Charles Clarke: A total of £50 million has been announced for the provision of interactive whiteboards to primary and secondary schools. This funding has been split equally between the financial years 2003–04 and 2004–05 and has been allocated to LEAs. All LEAs in England will receive funding and we would expect over 18,000 classrooms to benefit.
The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) have created an interactive whiteboards framework contract which delivers significant savings in price and considerably reduces the time and effort that would be needed to procure them. Details are available at www.whiteboards.becta.org.uk. LEAs and schools are also able make purchases via this contract with funds not associated with the central initiative.
Jobs (Burnley)
Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the (a) change and (b) percentage change was in full-time permanent jobs in Burnley from 1997 to 31 December 2003; [167909]
(2) how many new jobs have been created in Burnley since 1997. [167910]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Peter Pike, dated April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions about full-time jobs and jobs created in Burnley. (167909,167910)
While statistics of new jobs created are not available explicitly, statistics from surveys enable comparisons to be made of net changes, in numbers of jobs, from year to year.
The attached table shows the information requested, relating to all jobs and full-time jobs, in Burnley, for 1997 and the latest year available, 2002. No information is available about whether the jobs were permanent.
| Full-time | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of employees | ||
| 1997 | 25,700 | 35,000 |
| 2002 | 24,200 | 35,800 |
| Change from 1997 to 2002 | ||
| Absolute | 1,500 | 900 |
| Percentage | 5.9 | 2.5 |
(42) Employee jobs only, not self-employed jobs
Source:
1997; Annual Employment Survey, rescaled 2002; Annual Business Inquiry (ABI)
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Millennium Volunteers
Mr. Woodward: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the Government's policy is on the recruitment of 16 to 24-year-old millennium volunteers; and how many have been recruited (a) in total and (b) in St. Helens South. [165332]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Department's Spending Review settlement provided funding for the MV programme at national level of £15 million a year for the period to March 2006. The Millennium Volunteers (MV) programme, which forms part of the Connexions Service portfolio of services for young people, provides volunteering opportunities for young people aged between 16 and 24 to engage with their local communities. To date over 136,000 young people have participated in the programme in England, with nearly 67,000 completing 100 hours or more of volunteering. We do not hold the information on the number of volunteers in St. Helens South.
National Childcare Strategy
Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many children in Burnley have been affected by the National Childcare Strategy; [167921]
(2) how many child care places have been created in Burnley since 1997. [167938]
Margaret Hodge: The Department is unable to provide details of child care places for Burnley. However, from April 1999 to December 2003 Lancashire local authority created 20,860 new child care places helping some 36,821 children. This shows an increase in the stock of child care places, taking into account turnover, of 9,046 helping some 16,274 children.
Mr. Benton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Bootle have benefited from the National Childcare Strategy. [169084]
Margaret Hodge:
The Department is unable to provide details of child care places for Bootle. However, from April 1999 to December 2003 Sefton local authority created 3,417 new child care places helping
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some 6,128 children. This shows an increase in the stock of child care places, taking into account turnover, of 1,859 helping some 3,400 children.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many children in East Worthing and Shoreham have benefited from the National Childcare Strategy; [169034]
(2) how many child care places have been created in East Worthing and Shoreham since 1997. [169036]
Margaret Hodge: The Department is unable to provide details of child care places for East Worthing and Shoreham. However, from April 1999 to December 2003 West Sussex local authority created 12,005 new child care places helping some 21,702 children. This shows an increase in the stock of child care places, taking into account turnover, of 7,334 helping some 13,837 children.
New Deal for Schools
Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how much funding each school in Burnley has received from the New Deal for Schools; [167924]
(2) how much public funding money has been spent on repairing schools in Burnley in each year since 1997. [167922]
Mr. Miliband: Table A shows the schools in the Burnley constituency that benefited from investment through the New Deal for Schools (NDS) programme, which ran between 1997–98 and 2000–01.
Since 2001, the majority of capital support has been allocated to schools and local education authorities by formula, and they decide how to invest it in line with their asset management plans. The Department does not, therefore, have complete information about capital investment at constituency level; this should be held at local authority level. Table B sets out the capital support made by the Department to Lancashire local education authority and its schools since 1997–98, in total and by programme (including all allocations through NDS mentioned in table A).
Notes:
1. For NDS 1 grant was allocated for Lancashire local education authority (LEA) wide projects, part of which was used for building maintenance work and improved security at each of two schools in the Burnley constituency. The LEA will be able to say how much was allocated to each school.
2. Where the project includes a package for a number of schools, each school received a share of the funding.
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| 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional NDS Grant (615) | — | — | — | — | 1,510 | — | — |
| Assistance with Asset Management Plans | — | — | 189 | — | — | — | — |
| Voluntary Aided formulaic allocations | — | — | — | — | 378 | 2,167 | 2,813 |
| Basic Need | 5,388 | 5,519 | 4,766 | 6,543 | 2,931 | 4,597 | 9,312 |
| Class Size initiative | — | 1,238 | 3,711 | 2,190 | 347 | 89 | — |
| Condition | — | — | — | — | 7,923 | 12,228 | 16,043 |
| Devolved Formula | — | — | — | 9,115 | 7,517 | 11,489 | 17,518 |
| Energy | — | 353 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Modernisation | — | — | — | — | — | 4,551 | 8,750 |
| NDS 1 | 2,006 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NDS 2 | — | 3,468 | — | — | — | — | — |
| NDS 3 | — | — | 7,538 | — | — | — | — |
| NDS 4 | — | — | — | 13,376 | — | — | — |
| Outside Toilets | — | 275 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Private Finance Initiative | — | — | 13,400 | — | — | — | — |
| School Labs | — | — | — | 591 | 591 | — | — |
| School Security | 373 | 408 | 429 | 429 | 301 | 258 | — |
| Schools Access Initiative | 75 | 211 | 400 | 620 | 980 | 1,634 | 2,138 |
| Schools Renewal Challenge Fund | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Secondary Learning Support Units | — | — | — | 290 | 314 | 389 | — |
| Seed Challenge | — | — | — | 604 | 703 | 1,288 | 1,282 |
| Specialist Schools | — | — | — | 100 | 100 | 500 | — |
| Staff Workspace | — | — | — | — | — | 220 | 526 |
| Supplementary Credit Approvals | 2,021 | 454 | 1,149 | 365 | 454 | — | — |
| Supplementary NDS for VA Schools | — | — | — | 63 | 3 | — | — |
| Targeted Capital Funding | — | — | — | — | 2,093 | 2,689 | — |
| Targeted Capital Funding—VA | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,225 |
| Voluntary Aided School Grant | 3,425 | 5,031 | 3,597 | 3,735 | 3,633 | 4,371 | — |
| Total | 13,288 | 16,957 | 35,179 | 38,021 | 29,778 | 46,470 | 62,607 |
To date we have allocated £53.8 million capital funding for 2004–05 and 2005–06.
Mr. Hendrick:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how much funding each
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school in Preston has received from the New Deal for Schools; [168128]
(2) how much public funding money has been spent on repairing schools in Preston in each year since 1997. [168130]
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Mr. Miliband: Table A shows the schools in the Preston constituency that benefited from investment through the New Deal for Schools (NDS) programme, which ran between 1997–98 and 2000–01.
Since 2001, the majority of capital support has been allocated to schools and local education authorities by formula, and they decide how to invest it in line with their asset management plans. The Department does
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not, therefore, have complete information about capital investment at constituency level, this should be held at local authority level.
Table B sets out the capital support made by the Department to Lancashire local education authority and its schools since 1997–98, in total and by programme (including all allocations through NDS mentioned in table A).
| School | Project | Package | Funding (£) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDS1—1997–1998 | Woodlands School | Improve science block | LEA wide grant | 1,170,000 |
| Preston Tutorial Centre | Schemes submitted by District Liaison Committees | LEA wide grant | 2,006,000 | |
| NDS3—1999–2000 | Brookfield Community Primary School | Playground Repairs | Project including 25 schools | 300,000 |
| Frenchwood Community Primary School | Roof Works | Project including 13 schools | 549,700 | |
| Preston Grange Primary School | Playground Repairs | Project including 25 schools | 300,000 | |
| Preston Greenlands Community Primary School | Window Repairs/Replacement | Project including 14 schools | 516,000 | |
| Ribbleton Avenue Infant School | Boilers/Heating | Project including 17 schools | 601,900 | |
| Preston Fishwick Primary School | Window Repairs/Replacement | Project including 14 schools | 516,000 | |
| Bamber Bridge St Saviour's Church of England Primary School | Playground Repairs | Project including 25 schools | 300,000 | |
| Christ The King Catholic High School, Preston | Boilers/Heating | Project including 17 schools | 601,900 | |
| NDS4—2000–2001 | Moorfield School | Raising Standards | 532,119 | |
| Walton-le-Dale High School | Extension of Design Technology/Science Building and boiler replacement | 697,323 | ||
| Brookfield Community Primary School | Replacement Windows | Project including 13 schools | 566,350 | |
| Brookfield Community Primary School | Rewires of electrical systems | Project including 17 schools | 951,650 | |
| Deepdale Junior School | Playground Repairs | Project including 29 schools | 270,090 | |
| Deepdale Junior School | Replacement of Boilers/Heating Systems | Project including 36 schools | 1,143,110 | |
| Frenchwood Community Primary School | Replacement Windows | Project including 13 schools | 566,350 | |
| Frenchwood Community Primary School | Replacement of Boilers/Heating Systems | Project including 36 schools | 1,143,110 | |
| Frenchwood Community Primary School | Playground Repairs | Project including 29 schools | 270,090 | |
| Frenchwood Community Primary School | Roof Repairs/Replacement | Project including 11 schools | 548,460 | |
| Holme Slack Community Primary School | Replacement Windows | Project including 13 schools | 566,350 | |
| Holme Slack Community Primary School | Roof Repairs/Replacement | Project including 11 schools | 548,460 | |
| English Martyrs Catholic Primary | Replacement of Boilers/Heating Systems | Project including 36 | 1,143,110 | |
| St Mary and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bamber Bridge | Replacement of Boilers/Heating Systems | Project including 36 schools | 1,143,110 | |
| Sherburn School | Replacement of Boilers/Heating Systems | Project including 36 schools | 1,143,110 |
Notes:
1. For NDS 1 grant was allocated for Lancashire local education authority (LEA) wide projects, part of which was used for building maintainance work and improved security at each of two schools in the Preston constituency. The LEA will be able to say how much was allocated to each school.
2. Where the project includes a package for a number of schools, each school received a share of the funding.
Note:
To date we have allocated £53.8 million capital funding for 2004–05 and 2005–06.
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