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Plater College
Mr. Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money Plater college has received from (a) her Department and (b) the bodies for which it is responsible in each of the last 20years. [7045]
Bill Rammell: The Learning and Skills Council allocated funds to Plater college as follows:
| £ | |
|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 573,546 |
| 2001–02 | 590,033 |
| 2002–03 | 657,189 |
| 2003–04 | 742,206 |
| 2004–05 | 900,000 |
Information regarding the funding provided to Plater college from other sources or in previous years is not held centrally and cannot be readily retrieved without incurring disproportionate costs.
Mr. Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the date was of the Secretary of State's confirmation that there was proper governing documentation in place to enable Plater college to enter the further education sector in accordance with section 29 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. [7047]
Bill Rammell:
Plater college is one of a small group of specialist designated colleges within the further education (FE) sector. This group of colleges were designated as suitable to receive funding and entered the FE sector in 1993. The approval of the Plater college governing documentation was part of the designation process. The college was designated as an institution in the FE sector by statutory instrument 1993/435 which came into effect on 1 April 1993.
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School Build (Waltham Forest)
Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on (a) building and (b) repairing schools in Waltham Forest in each year since 1997. [6110]
Jacqui Smith: Decisions on how capital resources should be invested in schools are taken by the local education authority in accordance with locally prepared asset management plans. The following table shows capital resources allocated to Waltham Forest local education authority and its schools since 1997:
| £000 | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 1,838 |
| 1998–99 | 2,823 |
| 1999–2000 | (30)23,199 |
| 2000–01 | 8,116 |
| 2001–02 | 9,613 |
| 2002–03 | (31)66,949 |
| 2003–04 | 10,364 |
| 2004–05 | 10,260 |
| 2005–06 | 10,752 |
(30)Including £18.5 million PFI credit
(31)Including £53.6 million PFI credit
The Department is in discussions with the Waltham Forest LEA about its revenue expenditure figures. I will write to my hon. Friend when these are available.
School Meals
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school children in Lancashire (a) receive free school meals and (b) pay for school meals, broken down by district. [6605]
Jacqui Smith: The available information about take up and eligibility for free school meals is given in the tables. Information about the number of children who pay for school meals is not collected centrally.
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(32)Includes middle schools as deemed.
2Includes dually registered pupils.
(33)Number of pupils who took a free school meal on the day of the census in January.
4Provisional figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Annual Schools Census
(34)Includes middle schools as deemed.
2Includes dually registered pupils.
(35)Number of pupils who took a free school meal on the day of the census in January.
4Provisional figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
(36)Not applicable
Source:
Annual Schools Census
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Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether schools that have opted out of local authority catering contracts will be eligible for access to the £280 million package to improve school dinners announced by her Department on 30 March. [7150]
Jacqui Smith [holding answer 27 June 2005]: Over the three years 2005–06 to 2007–08 all maintained schools in England, regardless of their type of school meal provision, will receive a share of the £220 million set aside to help local education authorities and schools strengthen their support for healthy eating and to provide better quality food. Of this, £30 million each year will go to schools to help them meet transitional costs, and £30/£50/£50 million will go to LEAs to enable them to support schools to improve the quality of their meals, with an emphasis on schools in deprived areas and schools starting from a low base.
The first instalment of this additional funding will be available to schools and LEAs this autumn. Further details about the distribution of both grants between individual local authorities and schools will be announced over the summer.
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills in (a) what circumstances and (b) in how many cases in the past three years she and her predecessor exercised powers to direct a school to meet school lunch standards. [7245]
Jacqui Smith: We have not directed any school to meet school lunch standards during the past three years.
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