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Schools for the Future Programme

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many schools have been (a) newly opened and (b) refurbished under the Department’s Building Schools for the Future programme in each year; [109848]

(2) on what date the first new school building opened under the Building Schools for the Future programme. [109849]

Jim Knight: Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is a core part of the Department’s capital strategy, providing a new approach to capital investment in secondary schools.

BSF aims to create world-class, 21st-century schools—environments which will inspire learning for
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decades to come and provide exceptional assets for the whole community. Subject to future public spending decisions, the intention is to achieve this aim for every secondary school pupil within 15 waves from 2005-06 onwards.

The first contracts for the BSF programme were signed earlier this year. The first “Quick Win” BSF school opened in Solihull in June and the second in South Tyneside in September. The first non-Quick Win school is scheduled to open in Bristol in September 2007.

In financial year 2007/08, we expect 14 schools will open of which three will be refurbished and a further 117 will start construction.

In financial year 2008/09, 56 schools will open of which 21 will be refurbished and a further 182 will start construction.

In financial year 2009/10, 129 will open and a further 182 will start construction.

The figures for 2009/10 are indicative as this includes Wave 4 projects, which have just been selected this month, and certain Wave 2-3 projects where authorities have not yet finalised their plans.

Schools: Darlington

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) teachers, (b) teaching assistants and (c) support staff were employed in Darlington local education authority schools in each year since 1992. [108826]

Jim Knight: The following table provides the number of full-time equivalent teachers, teaching assistants and support staff employed in local authority maintained schools in Darlington local authority, January 1998 to 2006.

Darlington local authority was created as a unitary authority with responsibilities for education on 1 April 1997. Prior to this date figures for Darlington were included in Durham local authority figures and are not available separately.


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Full-time equivalent number of teachers, teaching assistants and support staff employed in maintained schools in Darlington and former Durham local authorities January 1992 to 2006
Darlington Former Durham
January Teachers( 1) Teaching assistants( 2) Support staff( 2,3) Teachers( 1) Teaching assistants( 2) Support staff( 2,3)

1992

5,120

590

1,130

1993

5,140

580

1,180

1994

5,120

570

1,150

1995

5,020

610

1,170

1996

5,010

620

1,180

1997

4,910

640

1,230

1998

820

120

210

1999

820

130

240

2000

800

140

250

2001

780

170

300

2002

840

200

360

2003

840

210

380

2004

850

190

370

2005

860

270

480

2006

830

300

530

(1) DfES annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies (618g).
(2)Annual School Census.
(3 )Support staff figures include teaching assistants numbers.
Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Schools: South West Region

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) rural and (b) urban (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in (1) Cornwall, (2) the south west and (3) England there were in each year since 1979. [108719]

Jim Knight: The readily available information is given in the following table. The figures are based on the 2004 ONS Urban and Rural classification and are only available on this basis back to 1999.

Maintained primary and secondary schools( 1: ) Number of schools by urban/rural classification( 2 ) Position in January each year: 1999 to 2006
Number of schools
Cornwall LA
Primary Secondary
Rural( 3) Urban( 4) Total Rural( 3) Urban( 4) Total

1999

171

73

244

12

19

31

2000

172

73

245

12

19

31

2001

172

73

245

12

19

31

2002

172

73

245

12

19

31

2003

172

71

243

12

19

31

2004

170

72

242

12

19

31

2005

169

72

241

12

19

31

2006

169

70

239

12

19

31


Number of schools
South west
Primary Secondary
Rural( 3) Urban( 4) Unknown( 5) Total Rural( 3) Urban( 4) Total( 5)

1999

983

1,020

2

2,005

95

240

335

2000

985

1,014

0

1,999

95

240

335

2001

984

1,008

0

1,992

96

237

333

2002

983

1,008

0

1,991

96

237

333

2003

980

1,005

0

1,985

95

235

330

2004

978

1,003

0

1,981

95

234

329

2005

977

997

0

1,974

92

233

325

2006

975

979

0

1,954

89

231

320


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