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School Funding
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if he will break down funding for each category under school spending in table 2.4 of the Department's Annual Report for 2004 between (a) grants provided by the Department, (b) revenue support grant, (c) amounts collected through the council tax and (d) other revenue streams for each local education authority for each financial year since 1998–99; [171769]
(2) pursuant to Table 2.2 of the Department's 2004 Annual Report, if he will break down the spending on schools between primary and secondary schools. [171770]
Mr. Miliband: It is not possible to answer these questions in precisely the way they have been asked as data are not collected centrally on this basis and local authorities are generally free to determine the distribution of grant between the primary and secondary sectors as they see fit, although the data in Table 2.3 indicate an approximate 45:55 split between primary and secondary schools.
Table 2.2 provides details of DfES grants to schools and local education authorities that support schools. The bulk of Government support for schools for the figures in Table 2.4 is provided through the Education Formula Spending Share, details of which are provided in Table 2.1, but it is not possible to sub-divide this distribution accurately between the sectors in Table 2.4.
School Results
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of 15 and 16-year-olds in Oldham, West and Royton achieved five or more GCSRs at grade A*–C or GNVQ equivalent in each of the last seven years. [170923]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is as follows:
| Academic year | Oldham, West and Royton | England |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 34.6 | 45.1 |
| 1998 | 35.8 | 46.3 |
| 1999 | 34.8 | 47.9 |
| 2000 | 38.5 | 49.2 |
| 2001 | 37.8 | 50.0 |
| 2002 | 38.1 | 51.6 |
| 2003 | 40.9 | 52.9 |
(13) GCSE/GNVQ results are reported as standard as the results of pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year i.e. 31 August and therefore reaching the end of compulsory education at the end of the school year.
School Sports
Mr. Meacher:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if he will make a statement on
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the effects on schools of changes since 1997 in the level of investment in school sports in Oldham, West and Royton; [170906]
(2) how much money has been invested in school sports in Oldham, West and Royton since 1997. [170907]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information is not held in the format requested. Within the context of the statutory National Curriculum, where Physical Education (PE) is compulsory for pupils aged 5 to 16, it is for individual schools to use their budgets as they judge appropriate.
The Government are investing more than £1 billion in England to transform PE, school sport and club links. The funding will help deliver an ambitious Public Service Agreement target, shared with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, to increase the percentage of 5 to 16-year-olds who spend a minimum of two hours each week on high quality PE and school sport within and beyond the curriculum to 75 per cent. by 2006.
The Department is providing just over £316,000 to support the delivery of a School Sport Partnership in the Oldham LEA area. The partnership includes five secondary and 25 primary schools and provides enhanced sports opportunities for all young people to ensure that their pupils spend a minimum of two hours a week on high quality PE and School Sport. A key objective for all School Sport Partnerships is to ensure that the improvements and enhanced opportunities that they deliver are sustainable and embedded within schools to ensure a lasting legacy. The New Opportunities Fund has provided schools in the Oldham LEA area with over £3.3 million specifically to enhance PE and school sport facilities.
Mr. Benton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the effects on schools of changes since 1997 in the level of investment in school sports in Bootle. [171483]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information is not held in the format requested. Within the context of the statutory National Curriculum, where physical education (PE) is compulsory for pupils aged five to 16, it is for individual schools to use their budgets as they judge appropriate.
The Government are investing more than £1 billion in England to transform PE, school sport and club links. The funding will help deliver an ambitious Public Service Agreement target, shared with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, to increase the percentage of five to 16-year-olds who spend a minimum of two hours each week on high quality PE and school sport within and beyond the curriculum to 75 per cent. by 2006.
The Department is providing £273,121 to support the delivery of a School Sport Partnership in the Sefton area. The partnership includes six secondary and 19 primary schools and provides enhanced sports opportunities for all young people to ensure that their pupils spend a minimum of two hours a week on high quality PE and school sport. A key objective for all School Sport Partnerships is to ensure that the improvements and enhanced opportunities that they deliver are sustainable and embedded within schools to ensure a lasting legacy. The New Opportunities Fund
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has provided schools in the Sefton LEA area with over £3,331,000 specifically to enhance PE and school sport facilities.
Schools (South Ribble)
Mr. Borrow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in South Ribble deemed to be failing since 1997 have since reached satisfactory standards. [171661]
Mr. Miliband: No schools in South Ribble have been deemed to be failing since 1997.
Mr. Borrow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money has been spent to develop school sports in South Ribble since 1997. [171671]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information is not held in the format requested. Within the context of the statutory National Curriculum, where Physical Education (PE) is compulsory for pupils aged 5–16, it is for individual schools to use their budgets as they judge appropriate.
The Government is investing more than £1 billion in England to transform PE, school sport and club links. The funding will help deliver an ambitious Public Service Agreement target, shared with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, to increase the percentage of 5–16 year olds who spend a minimum of two hours each week on high quality PE and school sport within and beyond the curriculum to 75 per cent. by 2006.
The Department is providing £440,130 to support the delivery of a School Sport Partnership in the South Ribble area. The partnership includes 6 secondary and 20 primary schools and provides enhanced sports opportunities for all young people to ensure that their pupils spend a minimum of two hours a week on high quality PE and School Sport. A key objective for all School Sport Partnerships is to ensure that the improvements and enhanced opportunities that they deliver are sustainable and embedded within schools to ensure a lasting legacy. The New Opportunities Fund has provided schools in the Lancashire LEA area with nearly £12 million specifically to enhance PE and school sport facilities.
Mr. Borrow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if he will list the building improvements in each school in South Ribble since 1997; and how much was spent on each improvement; [171672]
(2) how much public funding has been spent on repairing schools in South Ribble in each year since 1997; [171665]
(3) how much funding each school in South Ribble has received from the New Deal for Schools. [171663]
Mr. Miliband:
The majority of capital support is allocated to schools and local education authorities (LEAs) 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. Table A sets out the capital support given by the
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Government to Lancashire LEA since 1997–98, in total and by programme, including devolved formula capital grants to each school. Table B shows the schools in the
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South Ribble constituency that benefited from investment through the New Deal for Schools (NDS) programme, which ran between 1997–98 and 2000–01.
| Type | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 1 | 2005–06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional NDS Grant (615) | — | — | — | — | 1,510 | — | — | — | — |
| Assistance with AMPs | — | — | 189 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Basic L C Vap | — | — | — | — | 378 | 2,167 | 2,813 | — | — |
| Basic need | 5,388 | 5,519 | 4,766 | 6,543 | 2,931 | 4,597 | 9,312 | 1,200 | 2,713 |
| 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 | 11,811 | — |
| Energy | — | 353 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Modernisation (Primary) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,965 | — |
| Modernisation LEA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,500 | — |
| Modernisation LEA | — | — | — | — | — | 3,296 | 5,574 | 7,000 | 9,514 |
| Modernisation VA | — | — | — | — | — | 1,255 | 3,176 | 6,233 | 3,664 |
| 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 | 1,509 | 1,465 |
| Schools Renewal Challenge Fund | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Secondary Learning Support Units | — | — | — | 290 | 314 | 389 | — | — | — |
| Seed challenge | — | — | — | 604 | 703 | 1,288 | 1,282 | 1,281 | — |
| 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 | 36,499 | 17,356 |
(14) Further allocations to be announced.
| School | Project details | Grant awarded | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | Balshaw's Church of England High School | Refurbishment of technology areas and laboratories | LEA-wide grant | 2,006,000(15) |
| St. Anne's Catholic Primary School, Leyland | Schemes submitted by District Liaison Committees (cont) | LEA-wide grant | 2,006,000(15) | |
| 1999–2000 | Penwortham Priory High School | Replacement of roof and floor and remedial drainage work | 80,059 | |
| Farington Primary School | Boilers/heating | Project including 17 schools | 601,900(16) | |
| Lostock Hall Community Primary School | Playground repairs | Project including 25 schools | 300,000(16) | |
| Woodlea Junior School | Window repairs/replacement | Project including 14 schools | 516,000(16) | |
| Whitefield Primary School | Playground repairs | Project including 25 schools | 300,000(16) | |
| Lever House Primary School | Rewires | Project including 18 schools | 1,007,100(16) | |
| Penwortham Middleforth Church of England Primary School | Playground repairs | Project including 25 schools | 300,000(16) | |
| Our Lady and St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock Hall | Boilers/heating | Project including 17 schools | 601,900(16) | |
| Leyland St. Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School | Rewires | Project including 18 schools | 1,007,100(16) | |
| Wellfield High School | Window repairs/replacement | Project including 14 schools | 516,000(16) | |
| Wellfield High School | Roof works | Project including 13 schools | 549,700(16) | |
| Penwortham Girls High School | Roof works | Project including 13 schools | 549,700(16) | |
| 2000–01 | St. Catherine's RC Primary School | Replacement of two classroom Portakabin | 6,671 | |
| Woodlea Junior School | Playground repairs | Project including 29 schools | 270,090(16) | |
| Woodlea Junior School | Replacement of boilers/heating systems | Project including 36 schools | 1,143,110(16) | |
| Worden High School | Roof repairs/replacement | Project including 11 schools | 548,460(16) | |
| Penwortham Girls High School | Roof repairs/replacement | Project including 11 schools | 548,460(16) |
(15) For NDS 1 grant was allocated for Lancashire LEA-wide projects, part of which was used for work at each of two schools in the South Ribble constituency. The LEA will be able to say how much was allocated to each school.
(16) Allocations shown are the totals for packages of projects within Lancashire LEA which included the schools shown that are in the South Ribble constituency. The LEA will be able to say how much was allocated to each school.
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