26 Oct 2006 : Column 2061W—continued
IT Projects
Dr. Cable:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which information technology projects are being undertaken by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies; what the (i) start date, (ii) original planned completion date, (iii) expected completion date, (iv) originally planned costs and (v) estimated costs are of each; and if he will make a statement. [95862]
Mr. Dhanda:
The information as requested is not readily available centrally within the Department for Education and Skills. To respond fully would involve an extensive internal and external information collection exercise which would exceed the recommended disproportionate cost threshold.
However, to be helpful, some historical information is available. Analysis of the Department’s individual learning account (ILA) programme is given in the report: “The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts (2003), Individual Learning Accounts, Tenth Report of Session 2002-03 (Ref: HC 544), TSO, London”.
An analysis of the Department’s UK e-University Project is given in the report: “The House of Commons Education and Skills Select Committee (2005), UK e-University, Third Report of Session 2004-05 (Ref: HC 205), TSO, London”.
In addition, I refer the hon. Member to the answers given by my right hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families (Beverley Hughes) on 13 June 2005, Official Report, column 192W, and 3 November 2005, Official Report, column 1314W.
26 Oct 2006 : Column 2062W
Prison Education
John Bercow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to measure education, training or employment outcomes for released prisoners. [65807]
Mr. Sutcliffe:
I have been asked to reply.
Information on the education, training or employment (ETE) status of each prisoner due for release is recorded on the Prison Service’s PSimon database for KPI monitoring.
The following table shows an increase of 9 per cent. in prisons’ compliance with recording over the past three years, along with a 23 per cent. rise in ETE outcomes. ETE outcomes also include those who attended FRESHSTART appointments at Jobcentre Plus. FRESHSTART is the initiative whereby prisoners who do not have a job or training place to go to on release are linked into employment, training and benefits advice and support immediately after release.
| | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
|
Discharges
|
86,353
|
87,449
|
85,685
|
|
Information Recorded
|
77,188
|
82,650
|
83,991
|
|
Information Recorded (percentage of Discharges)
|
89
|
95
|
98
|
|
ETE outcomes (inc. FRESHSTART )
|
21,327
|
33,946
|
41,146
|
|
ETE outcomes (inc. FRESHSTART ) as percentage of total discharges
|
25
|
39
|
48
|
School Buildings
Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total capital investment in school buildings was in (a) each local education authority area and (b) each constituency in each of the last 20 years. [93842]
Jim Knight:
The Department maintains central records of capital allocations to local authorities and schools in England since 1996-97. Detailed records are not available before this date. Allocations by local authority area, and by year since 1996-97, are summarised in the following tables, in £000. The Department does not maintain records on a constituency basis.
Capital allocations to local authorities in each year represent a financial commitment by the Department to provide resources. Capital expenditure on school buildings in each year will, due to timing differences and priorities agreed locally, differ from this. The local authority may have access to additional funding, including borrowing and proceeds from the sale of assets, which it may use to invest in school capital assets.
| £000 |
| Local authority name | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 |
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
3,812
|
1,375
|
3,200
|
3,535
|
5,544
|
|
Barnet
|
3,096
|
1,764
|
5,622
|
3,859
|
11,917
|
|
Barnsley
|
3,875
|
3,167
|
7,237
|
5,112
|
7,574
|
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26 Oct 2006 : Column 2064W
|
Bath and North East Somerset
|
3,276
|
2,765
|
2,591
|
2,400
|
5,497
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
3,162
|
2,821
|
6,261
|
7,230
|
16,740
|
|
Bexley
|
1,834
|
4,299
|
6,374
|
6,592
|
9,156
|
|
Birmingham
|
7,539
|
6,110
|
62,661
|
15,499
|
38,284
|
|
Blackburn with Darwen
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
1,818
|
3,142
|
6,414
|
|
Blackpool
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
2,805
|
4,331
|
7,301
|
|
Bolton
|
2,096
|
3,383
|
5,066
|
8,898
|
12,049
|
|
Bournemouth
|
n/a
|
2,096
|
1,946
|
3,749
|
6,614
|
|
Bracknell Forest
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
1,761
|
2,015
|
2,953
|
|
Bradford
|
6,350
|
6,539
|
8,937
|
54,129
|
59,152
|
|
Brent
|
224
|
889
|
3,082
|
6,860
|
17,355
|
|
Brighton and Hove
|
n/a
|
3,926
|
4,467
|
6,139
|
8,161
|
|
Bristol, City of
|
3,475
|
1,214
|
5,830
|
6,996
|
14,447
|
|
Bromley
|
1,657
|
1,399
|
2,786
|
3,729
|
8,971
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
12,013
|
5,493
|
9,318
|
13,072
|
21,116
|
|
Bury
|
821
|
941
|
2,705
|
3,676
|
5,583
|
|
Calderdale
|
1,382
|
1,257
|
3,150
|
3,226
|
8,239
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
8,988
|
9,146
|
11,955
|
12,294
|
23,939
|
|
Camden
|
393
|
622
|
1,892
|
2,430
|
6,302
|
|
Cheshire
|
10,386
|
8,372
|
9,784
|
15,337
|
27,912
|
|
City of London
|
51
|
1
|
2
|
12
|
73
|
|
Cornwall
|
7,306
|
8,107
|
10,910
|
11,621
|
81,513
|
|
Coventry
|
4,362
|
6,964
|
10,250
|
4,445
|
9,741
|
|
Croydon
|
2,425
|
2,697
|
5,560
|
6,993
|
11,526
|
|
Cumbria
|
6,310
|
4,920
|
7,750
|
10,412
|
19,703
|
|
Darlington
|
n/a
|
669
|
857
|
2,168
|
4,039
|
|
Derby
|
n/a
|
2,930
|
4,448
|
4,690
|
8,340
|
|
Derbyshire
|
5,239
|
4,037
|
12,965
|
13,855
|
27,405
|
|
Devon
|
14,180
|
15,942
|
13,202
|
16,841
|
27,336
|
|
Doncaster
|
6,449
|
1,458
|
2,253
|
5,097
|
10,657
|
|
Dorset
|
5,138
|
18,873
|
8,405
|
7,256
|
13,247
|
|
Dudley
|
2,972
|
1,206
|
36,108
|
6,764
|
11,100
|
|
Durham
|
2,989
|
9,230
|
11,525
|
12,308
|
19,777
|
|
Ealing
|
764
|
5,164
|
9,641
|
7,204
|
10,266
|
|
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
545
|
1,324
|
5,218
|
36,964
|
16,235
|
|
East Sussex
|
20,125
|
16,452
|
15,093
|
30,258
|
18,149
|
|
Enfield
|
7,392
|
8,806
|
23,180
|
8,121
|
8,866
|
|
Essex
|
12,186
|
11,477
|
15,510
|
21,928
|
57,317
|
|
Gateshead
|
4,988
|
2,540
|
6,188
|
6,716
|
10,985
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
12,229
|
7,947
|
7,019
|
12,942
|
26,870
|
|
Greenwich
|
1,692
|
4,393
|
5,455
|
4,549
|
7,294
|
|
Hackney
|
1,024
|
2,369
|
3,650
|
4,553
|
7,075
|
|
Halton
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
1,675
|
3,165
|
4,880
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
1,133
|
1,443
|
3,252
|
3,837
|
4,155
|
|
Hampshire
|
19,691
|
14,651
|
22,054
|
19,190
|
43,116
|
|
Haringey
|
2,733
|
4,729
|
7,361
|
68,752
|
9,036
|
|
Harrow
|
3,555
|
1,738
|
2,275
|
3,882
|
6,084
|
|
Hartlepool
|
137
|
613
|
1,141
|
2,065
|
3,578
|
|
Havering
|
291
|
1,012
|
2,119
|
2,223
|
7,297
|
|
Herefordshire
|
6,021
|
6,568
|
4,097
|
5,376
|
8,541
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
7,092
|
12,039
|
14,850
|
15,183
|
36,733
|
|
Hillingdon
|
3,924
|
2,828
|
23,114
|
5,472
|
10,939
|
|
Hounslow
|
3,149
|
3,786
|
4,559
|
3,966
|
7,103
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
3,108
|
2,944
|
3,844
|
4,640
|
7,792
|
|
Isles of Scilly
|
n/a
|
66
|
137
|
63
|
249
|
|
Islington
|
295
|
868
|
2,472
|
2,760
|
7,577
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
626
|
470
|
1,277
|
1,021
|
2,733
|
|
Kent
|
26,600
|
25,331
|
23,174
|
21,598
|
63,044
|
|
Kingston Upon Hull, City of
|
865
|
5,379
|
2,603
|
6,271
|
9,468
|
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
1,042
|
4,060
|
4,518
|
7,376
|
5,493
|
|
Kirklees
|
2,780
|
3,573
|
4,899
|
6,808
|
74,020
|
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26 Oct 2006 : Column 2066W
|
Knowsley
|
1,574
|
2,662
|
3,674
|
5,543
|
7,318
|
|
Lambeth
|
806
|
1,662
|
4,590
|
23,624
|
7,688
|
|
Lancashire
|
12,937
|
13,288
|
19,457
|
36,807
|
42,300
|
|
Leeds
|
8,737
|
9,200
|
10,439
|
17,294
|
74,055
|
|
Leicester
|
n/a
|
951
|
4,941
|
10,800
|
11,015
|
|
Leicestershire
|
3,565
|
2,920
|
6,503
|
9,232
|
20,957
|
|
Lewisham
|
2,835
|
8,913
|
6,760
|
4,975
|
9,066
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
8,081
|
6,981
|
6,310
|
9,702
|
26,968
|
|
Liverpool
|
5,791
|
15,306
|
20,209
|
14,764
|
113,215
|
|
Luton
|
n/a
|
647
|
1,418
|
3,368
|
8,185
|
|
Manchester
|
10,871
|
9,096
|
13,418
|
7,396
|
24,309
|
|
Medway
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
5,301
|
5,588
|
12,128
|
|
Merton
|
383
|
583
|
2,022
|
4,214
|
5,032
|
|
Middlesbrough
|
1,696
|
2,589
|
2,406
|
2,171
|
4,656
|
|
Milton Keynes
|
n/a
|
10,745
|
6,570
|
10,460
|
10,584
|
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
1,024
|
3,014
|
8,766
|
9,229
|
7,889
|
|
Newham
|
4,480
|
3,630
|
6,840
|
11,115
|
13,462
|
|
Norfolk
|
4,786
|
4,907
|
10,815
|
12,089
|
28,303
|
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
291
|
858
|
3,507
|
3,527
|
6,137
|
|
North Lincolnshire
|
383
|
950
|
2,835
|
2,391
|
6,436
|
|
North Somerset
|
2,644
|
4,296
|
5,111
|
3,268
|
7,879
|
|
North Tyneside
|
1,389
|
2,521
|
3,012
|
10,924
|
20,420
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
4,018
|
5,366
|
8,500
|
11,250
|
31,470
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
7,524
|
8,453
|
15,394
|
12,308
|
26,802
|
|
Northumberland
|
3,102
|
2,551
|
4,654
|
6,174
|
15,496
|
|
Nottingham
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
3,050
|
4,236
|
8,992
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
3,898
|
8,196
|
10,105
|
16,391
|
45,404
|
|
Oldham
|
2,030
|
4,624
|
7,474
|
6,913
|
9,076
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
8,692
|
7,352
|
11,779
|
13,814
|
24,973
|
|
Peterborough
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
2,256
|
2,399
|
10,597
|
|
Plymouth
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
3,058
|
5,663
|
7,905
|
|
Poole
|
n/a
|
1,710
|
2,835
|
2,417
|
3,435
|
|
Portsmouth
|
n/a
|
3,136
|
16,223
|
3,487
|
5,764
|
|
Reading
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
3,142
|
1,677
|
4,555
|
|
Redbridge
|
9,921
|
9,374
|
5,206
|
5,001
|
11,710
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
1,829
|
792
|
3,542
|
10,671
|
4,876
|
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
259
|
628
|
2,994
|
4,435
|
4,211
|
|
Rochdale
|
974
|
2,923
|
5,125
|
3,193
|
6,476
|
|
Rotherham
|
2,552
|
2,893
|
6,632
|
6,844
|
12,328
|
|
Rutland
|
n/a
|
108
|
1,305
|
385
|
1,342
|
|
Salford
|
7,007
|
5,495
|
5,644
|
5,515
|
12,886
|
|
Sandwell
|
3,402
|
5,026
|
3,405
|
4,580
|
27,290
|
|
Sefton
|
1,904
|
1,634
|
2,389
|
5,376
|
10,344
|
|
Sheffield
|
4,983
|
7,506
|
14,783
|
69,342
|
17,151
|
|
Shropshire
|
7,109
|
5,054
|
7,421
|
5,131
|
9,436
|
|
Slough
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
822
|
2,090
|
3,565
|
|
Solihull
|
3,052
|
3,612
|
6,003
|
5,588
|
9,213
|
|
Somerset
|
3,568
|
3,845
|
8,765
|
9,188
|
18,148
|
|
South Gloucestershire
|
2,614
|
5,139
|
8,655
|
8,667
|
12,943
|
|
South Tyneside
|
1,560
|
1,499
|
2,474
|
3,391
|
5,681
|
|
Southampton
|
n/a
|
981
|
2,155
|
5,279
|
8,332
|
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
2,577
|
1,356
|
7,032
|
|
Southwark
|
598
|
2,500
|
2,286
|
7,556
|
8,083
|
|
St. Helens
|
2,286
|
1,818
|
3,944
|
4,349
|
7,203
|
|
Staffordshire
|
3,685
|
7,421
|
28,435
|
18,549
|
34,145
|
|
Stockport
|
1,582
|
2,362
|
5,576
|
5,718
|
11,796
|
|
Stockton-on-Tees
|
792
|
983
|
2,360
|
7,141
|
8,193
|
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
—
|
1,381
|
5,129
|
98,773
|
10,154
|
|
Suffolk
|
7,926
|
7,126
|
10,154
|
12,401
|
27,386
|
|
Sunderland
|
8,882
|
7,915
|
6,960
|
8,579
|
14,202
|
|
Surrey
|
8,473
|
11,681
|
16,986
|
14,101
|
33,113
|
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26 Oct 2006 : Column 2068W
|
Sutton
|
4,219
|
5,691
|
5,469
|
4,662
|
9,398
|
|
Swindon
|
n/a
|
1,450
|
3,049
|
5,208
|
6,056
|
|
Tameside
|
3,233
|
3,279
|
5,963
|
4,657
|
30,652
|
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
2,541
|
6,664
|
10,249
|
|
Thurrock
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
2,099
|
3,395
|
6,464
|
|
Torbay
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
2,600
|
18,223
|
5,410
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
11,214
|
7,963
|
5,859
|
110,270
|
7,442
|
|
Trafford
|
3,809
|
5,006
|
4,406
|
4,627
|
9,232
|
|
Wakefield
|
13,498
|
5,241
|
7,912
|
7,402
|
13,366
|
|
Walsall
|
479
|
2,233
|
3,705
|
11,823
|
9,285
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
2,496
|
1,838
|
2,823
|
23,199
|
8,116
|
|
Wandsworth
|
1,227
|
861
|
1,929
|
3,607
|
8,001
|
|
Warrington
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
3,673
|
4,687
|
8,711
|
|
Warwickshire
|
24,118
|
3,025
|
6,414
|
7,339
|
17,511
|
|
West Berkshire
|
6,137
|
3,836
|
1,671
|
5,689
|
8,640
|
|
West Sussex
|
5,342
|
8,079
|
10,922
|
9,990
|
21,593
|
|
Westminster
|
1,247
|
1,740
|
2,161
|
1,627
|
4,454
|
|
Wigan
|
4,476
|
6,472
|
9,964
|
11,468
|
13,860
|
|
Wiltshire
|
4,826
|
7,603
|
7,572
|
7,221
|
54,228
|
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
2,304
|
2,264
|
4,119
|
|
Wirral
|
3,268
|
2,410
|
5,291
|
7,186
|
69,014
|
|
Wokingham
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
2,709
|
3,123
|
7,263
|
|
Wolverhampton
|
2,675
|
1,332
|
2,473
|
5,182
|
8,585
|
|
Worcestershire
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
9,658
|
12,554
|
26,799
|
|
York
|
830
|
1,263
|
1,801
|
4,541
|
7,431
|
