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PGCE
Mr. Fallon: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many Post Graduate Certificate in Education places were provided for classics in this academic year; and how many she expects to be provided in the (a) 2006/07 and (b) 2007/08 academic years. [44025]
Jacqui Smith: 29 trainees were recruited onto secondary postgraduate classics initial teacher training courses in 2005/06. The number of classics places allocated to providers for 2006/07 is 29 and for 2007/08 27.
Pupil Funding
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the (a) mean, (b) median and (c) mode annual funding per pupil is for each local education authority in 2005–06; and if she will make a statement. [43915]
Jacqui Smith:
The data for mean and median values for Dedicated Schools Grant per pupil across all local authorities are set out in the following table for 2006–07 and 2007–08. There is no modal value for DSG per pupil in either of those years, since each authority has a unique value of DSG per pupil.
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| 2006–07 | 2007–08 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mean DSG per pupil | 3,642.98 | 3,888.20 |
| Median DSG per pupil | 3,578.40 | 3,822.00 |
Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total funding per pupil in (a) cash and (b) real terms is for each local education authority in England for 2005–06, calculated on the basis used for the figures provided to the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire on 9 November 2004; what the figures are planned to be in (i) 2006–07 and (ii) 2007–08; and what the national average is for each year. [42022]
Jacqui Smith: Total funding per pupil for each local education authority in 2005–06 in cash terms is set out in Table 1. Real terms figures are only used when making comparisons between one year and another.
The funding methodology for schools and other local authority services is changing from 2006–07, so the Department is working on developing a new series to show funding on the new basis.
Notes:
1. Price Base: Cash.
2. Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks from the education formula spending (EFS) settlement and include the pensions transfer to EFS and the Learning and Skills Council.
3. Total funding also includes ail revenue grants in DfES departmental expenditure limits relevant to pupils aged 3–19 and exclude education maintenance allowances (EMAs) and grants not allocated at LEA level.
4. The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to £ per pupil are those underlying the EFS settlement calculations.
5. Rounding: Figures are rounded to the nearest £10.
6. Status: 2005–06 figures are provisional as some grants have not yet been finalised/audited.
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Respect Action Plan
Mr. Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what additional funds will be made available to Kent local education authority to implement the Government's new Respect Action Plan to provide provision for those who are out of school. [43282]
Jacqui Smith:
We are making additional funds totalling £16 million per year available to schools and local authorities from September 2007 for them to provide suitable full-time education to excluded pupils from the sixth day of their exclusion. We are developing a formula for allocating this to local authorities and will be consulting on this with key stakeholders during the course of this year. It will be for local authorities to decide how much to allocate to schools.
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School Buildings
Mr. Paul Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the levels of capital expenditure on (a) new, (b) improvements to and (c) repairs to school buildings in England were in each year since 1997. [44484]
Jacqui Smith: The information is as follows.
1. Capital allocations to local authorities and schools are higher than ever before. In 2005–06 they are £5.5 billion and they are planned to rise to £6.3 billion in 2007–08.
2. Capital allocations made to local authorities and schools since 1997 are set out in the following table:
| £ billion | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 0.5 |
| 1996–97 | 0.6 |
| 1997–98 | 1.3 |
| 1999–2000 | 1.6 |
| 2000–01 | 2.5 |
| 2001–02 | 2.5 |
| 2002–03 | 3.3 |
| 2003–04 | 4.2 |
| 2004–05 | 4.9 |
| 2005–06 | 5.5 |
3. We expect local authorities and schools to take decisions on allocating funds between new buildings, improvements and repairs in accordance with local asset management plans. Accordingly, records of these categories of capital expenditures are not held centrally.
Mr. Paul Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what support is provided to church schools within the state sector in England for (a) repairs and improvements to school buildings and (b) new school buildings and facilities. [44485]
Jacqui Smith: Church schools—those with a religious character—are funded in the same way as other maintained schools. Those that are Foundation or Voluntary Controlled receive funding for normal repairs and maintenance through their local authorities. They also receive capital funding through a combination of formulaic and targeted programmes. The latter includes Building Schools for the Future, our programme to renew or refurbish all secondary schools over a 15-year period. We will shortly be consulting on a programme of investment in primary schools. Those church schools that are Voluntary Aided are funded in a similar way except that they must usually contribute 10 per cent. towards the cost of capital work, and they receive their capital funding direct from the Department for Education and Skills. Local authorities are responsible for capital work to playing fields at Aided schools. Details of our programmes are published on our website at www.teachernet.gov.uk/schoolscapital.
Capital investment in buildings for all schools in the current spending review period is £5.5 billion in 2005–06, rising to £6.3 billion by 2007–08. It is not possible to say how much of this is allocated to schools with a religious character.
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