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Sure Start

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has further to develop Sure Start programmes in Tamworth constituency, with particular reference to rural areas. [173279]

Margaret Hodge: Children's centres represent the next stage of the Government's plans to expand high quality integrated service provision for young children. By March 2008 we aim to have children's centres services available to all under-fives and their families living in the 20 per cent. most disadvantaged wards, which include Glascote in Tamworth.

As a first step to achieving this, local authorities have been allocated funding and targets to enable them to reach 65 per cent. of under-fives and their families through children's centres by March 2006. We expect them to build on their existing Sure Start local programmes, Early Excellence Centres and Neighbourhood Nurseries. Additional funding has also been made available to cover the extra costs of providing children's centre services in rural areas. It is the local authority's responsibility to determine how to allocate these resources to best serve the needs of families.

Targeted Capital Fund

Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the bids he received from Staffordshire Local Education Authority for the 2004–05 Targeted Capital Fund by (a) name of school, (b) type of school, (c) location of school, (d) purpose of bid, (e) amount of bid and (f) whether the bid was successful. [174732]

Mr. Miliband: Staffordshire local education authority (LEA) submitted three bids to the Targeted Capital Fund (TCF) for 2004–05. One was for a project at LEA schools and two were for projects at voluntary aided (VA) schools. These are in the following table:
Bid A—Rugeley reorganisation

Schools included	Type of school	Location of school	Purpose	Amount of bid	Successful (yes or no)
Chancel Infants	Community	All Rugeley	To rationalise the schools, provide additional early years places, community and special Education need (SEN) facilities and remove 520 surplus places.	3,531,000	Yes
Churchfield C of E (C) Junior	Voluntary controlled
Flaxley Primary	Community
Hob Hill C of E/Methodist Primary	Voluntary controlled
Nursery Fields Primary	Community
Pear Tree Community Primary	Community
Ravenhill Primary	Community
Western Springs Primary	Community

 
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Bid C—Extension/alterations to St. John Fisher Catholic School

Schools included	Type of school	Location of school	Purpose	Amount of bid (£)	Successful (yes or no)
St. John Fisher Catholic High School	VA	Newcastle	To raise standards, by expanding opportunity and flexibility of provision especially at 14–19: extending provision for SEN and the wider inclusion agenda providing for worksorce reform.	3,329,054	No

Bid D—St John the Evangelist Catholic School Amalgamation

Schools included	Type of school	Location of school	Purpose	Amount of bid (£)	Successful (yes or no)
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Primary	VA	Stoke on Trent	To amalgamate St. John the Evangelist Catholic split site primary school onto the upper site in Gloucester Road.	1,875,465	No

Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the purpose is of the 2004–05 Targeted Capital Fund; [174736]

(2) if he will list the criteria by which bids for the 2004–05 Targeted Capital Fund were judged; [174737]

(3) what plans the Department has to invite bids for a further Targeted Capital Fund; [174729]

(4) how many bids for the 2004–05 Targeted Capital Fund were made by (a) state schools and (b) voluntary-aided schools; [174731]

(5) if he will list the 68 projects which were successful in making bids of £186 million to the 2004–05 Targeted Capital Fund; [174734]

(6) how many bids for the 2004–05 Targeted Capital Fund were made by schools in the West Midlands region; and how many were successful. [174730]

Mr. Miliband: The Targeted Capital Fund (TCF) is a relatively limited programme and is intended to support projects which contribute directly to meeting the
 
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Government's educational priorities, and which might not otherwise be supported through formulaic allocations to local education authorities (LEAs) and schools.

The key criteria for 2004–05 TCF bids focused on schools causing concern, curriculum improvements, expansion of popular and successful schools, surplus place removal, improved special education needs provision and innovative use of buildings. Full details of the bid criteria for 2004–05 are listed in the guidance, a copy of which can be found in the Library. Bids for TCF projects are made to the Department by LEAs on behalf of their schools.

We hope to announce shortly the arrangements for the TCF for 2005–06. For the 2004–05 TCF round, we received 202 LEA bids covering 373 schools in total, and 199 voluntary aided school bids covering 223 schools. For the West Midlands region, 39 bids were made, nine of which were successful.

The following table shows the 68 successful 2004–05 TCF bids:
2004–05 TCF projects

LEA	Project	Net cost (£)
Hackney	Replacement and expansion of primary school	4,803,120
Hammersmith and Fulham	Establishment of centralised single-site pupil referral unit	507,500
Islington	Physical and Sensory SEN Service Area Development—school co-location	3,896,000
Tower Hamlets	To raise standards by improving premises	681,264
Croydon	Autistic resource at special school	960,000
Ealing	Replacement SEN School with new centre of excellence	4,520,000
Enfield	Wilbury Primary School, new build and remodelling to replace huts	3,868,000
Kingston-upon-Thames	Regeneration of primary school	2,694,268
Kingston-upon-Thames	To provide a learning centre based on the City Learning Centre model	1,862,436
Merton	Improvement of SMART centres to meet pupils medical educational needs	692,000
Coventry	New replacement 1.5 FE community primary school and nursery	3,000,000
Sandwell	New build primary school and children's centre, Tipton	3,019,753
Walsall	To open a two FE primary with a 26 FTE nursery class	2,550,818
Wolverhampton	Primary rationalisation	3,506,090
Liverpool	New building for amalgamated school	3,157,472
Wirral	Rationalisation of science accommodation	644,010
Wirral	Construction of sports hall	1,540,887
Bury	A new high school for Radcliffe	5,000,000
Manchester	Development and expansion of two successful and popular primary schools	4,960,000
Rochdale	Transformation in Central Heywood primary schools	3,391,635
Stockport	Inclusive space to raise standards and to deliver the Workplace Reform	1,772,290
Trafford	Replace school with significant defects and remove surplus places	3,999,163
Bradford	Specialist provision for pupils with emotional and behavioural needs	4,106,500
Cornwall	Improve primary and SEN provision in Penzance	1,415,248
Tameside	To replace one primary school with a 1.5 FE building	2,125,000
Wigan	New primary school in Platt Bridge	2,405,601
Sheffield	Woodthorpe	3,100,000
Calderdale	New sixth form and community facility	4,786,444
Kirklees	Refurbishment and remodelling of two schools in special measures	2,492,000
Leeds	Establishment of a new school in the Holbeck area	3,507,930
South Gloucestershire	King Edmund Target Capital Fund bid	2,471,930
Stockton-on-Tees	Replacement of faculty of science and technology to enhance curriculum	1,569,500
North Lincolnshire	Establishment of new school to replace existing school	3,375,804
York	Performing arts and community education centre	2,600,000
Milton Keynes	Successful school expansion to be enhanced by ICT Infrastructure	4,970,000
Derbyshire	New library, ICT and music block	1,640,800
Derbyshire	Learning resource centre	2,590,049
Derby	Establish accommodation for a pupil referral unit for KS3	1,849,600
Durham	21st century community school—Gurney Valley	2,714,856
Brighton and Hove	Provision of post-16 places for young people with special needs	3,028,800
Leicestershire	Project to support inclusion and develop SEN expertise in the area	3,526,264
Leicester	Braunstone Primary Reorganisation 2	1,649,032
Leicester	Braunstone Primary Reorganisation 1	2,996,125
Staffordshire	Rugeley Reorganisation	3,531,000
Stoke-on-Trent	Proposed Woodhouse primary school	2,064,000
Wiltshire	Integrated provision for ASD pupils in Key Stages 3 and 4	862,420
Swindon	Autistic spectrum disorder—centre of excellence	1,600,000
Bracknell Forest	Raising performance at Brakenhale Campus through the provision of an OLC	2,400,000
Wokingham	The Wokingham Special School of the Future	5,000,000
Cambridgeshire	Residential provision for children with special educational needs	435,115
Devon	Raising standards in Exeter	3,621,501
Devon	14 to 19 Learning Centre to increase participation in rural community	741,407
Plymouth	Modernisation and refurbishment of special school	2,711,035
Torbay	Brixham primary re-organisation	1,475,840
Southend-on-Sea	Improvement of sport, PE and performing arts infrastructure	2,464,236
Southend-on-Sea	Remodelling special schools as centres of excellence	2,101,791
Thurrock	Improved special educational needs provision	5,000,000
Worcestershire	Provision of additional accommodation, science facilities and LRC	2,268,800
Worcestershire	To provide enhanced management facilities and new focused entrance	502,240
Kent	Replace temporary accommodation by incorporating into main building	2,004,800
Medway	Creation of a full service extended school: community hub	2,312,407
Nottingham	Establishment of new school to replace unsuitable 1930's school	4,216,337
Gloucestershire	Archway School refurbishment	4,999,602
Hertfordshire	Design technology replacement and additional accommodation	1,869,040
Norfolk	South Lynn—new school and relocation of nursery	3,066,431
Northamptonshire	Transfer of Raeburn Special School to Tiffield	4,576,000
Northumberland	First school replacement	1,604,000
Suffolk	Primary school—regeneration	5,000,000

 
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Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the projects which made successful bids to the Targeted Capital Fund by (a) name of school, (b) location of school, (c) type of   school, (d) name of local education authority, (e) purpose of bid and (f) amount of money awarded. [174738]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested has been placed in the Libraries.

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