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Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the amount of guaranteed funding per school pupil in Hendon is from the (a) dedicated schools grant and (b) other specific grants in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09. [177925]

Jim Knight: The Department allocates education so funding to local authorities the requested information for the Hendon constituency is not available. The guaranteed unit of funding per pupil for Barnet local authority for 2007-08 was £4,344 and for 2008-09 it will be £4,559. We do not apply a guaranteed unit of funding to specific grants.

Schools: Inspections

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools in Hendon were inspected by Ofsted in the last 12 months; what the outcome was of each inspection; and if he will make a statement. [177692]

Jim Knight: This is a matter for Ofsted. Her Majesty’s chief inspector of schools, Christine Gilbert, has written to my hon. Friend and a copy of her reply has been placed in the Library.


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Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 14 January 2008:


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URN Inspection date Grade School name

134798

26 February 2007

2 good

London Academy

101336

27 February 2007

2 good

St. Joseph’s RC Infant School

101355

14 March 2007

3 satisfactory

Dollis Junior School

101326

21 March 2007

2 good

St. Paul’s CofE Primary School

130935

21 March 2007

3 satisfactory

The Hyde School

101359

25 April 2007

2 good

Mill Hill County High School

103119

15 May 2007

2 good

St. Mary’s and St. John’s CE Primary School

101364

17 May 2007

2 good

St. James’ Catholic High School

101258

22 May 2007

1 outstanding

Barnfield Primary School

101357

24 May 2007

2 good

Hendon School

101395

14 June 2007

1 outstanding

Northway School

101376

28 June 2007

1 outstanding

Mathilda Marks-Kennedy Jewish Primary School

101339

3 July 2007

2 good

Blessed Dominic RC School

133749

11 September 2007

2 good

Northgate School

101274

14 November 2007

1 outstanding

Deansbrook Infant School

101342

29 November 2007

1 outstanding

The Annunciation RC Junior School

101275

10 December 2007

3 satisfactory

Dollis Infant School

101343

11 December 2007

1 outstanding

Independent Jewish Day School


Schools: Isle of Wight

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what discussions he has had with officials on changes to numbers of teaching staff resulting from the reorganisation of schools on the Isle of Wight. [180732]

Jim Knight: I have had no discussions with officials on changes to numbers of teaching staff resulting from the reorganisation of schools on the Isle of Wight. This is entirely a matter for the local authority.

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families who would be responsible for funding for redundancies arising from the reorganisation of schools on the Isle of Wight. [180733]

Jim Knight: It will be the responsibility of Isle of Wight council to fund any redundancy payments that may result from the reorganisation of schools on the island for which the council is responsible.

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the cost of redundancy payments brought about by the reorganisation of schools on the Isle of Wight. [180734]

Jim Knight: No estimates have been made in respect of any redundancies that may result from the reorganisation of schools on the Isle of Wight, as these decisions are a matter for local determination.

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether his Department has conducted a study of the effect of the reorganisation of schools on the Isle of Wight on the number of road miles driven and car journeys made to travel to schools. [180735]

Jim Knight: No such study has been undertaken by the Department. It is for local authorities to decide how best to organise the schools in their areas in the light of local circumstances. Concerns about the proposal should therefore be directed to Isle of Wight council.

In making proposals, authorities must consider the implications for school travel and transport, and the Department’s statutory guidance to decision-makers makes clear that they should bear in mind that proposals should not unreasonably extend journey times or increase transport costs. In addition, the proposals should not result in too many children being prevented from walking or cycling to school because routes are unsuitable.

Schools: Listed Buildings

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many educational establishments in receipt of funding from his Department are accommodated in listed buildings; and how many of these have been designated as in need of significant repair. [180350]

Jim Knight: The Department does not hold information on which educational buildings are listed.


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The bulk of schools capital is allocated by formula to authorities and schools, so that they can address their local asset management planning priorities, including any necessary repairs to listed buildings. Schools decide on the amount of revenue funding to allocate to building repairs and maintenance.

Central Government capital support for investment in schools has increased from under £700 million in 1996-97 to £6.4 billion in 2007-08, and will rise further to £8 billion by 2010-11. While reducing maintenance requirements is a long-term aim, the primary objectives for funding are to raise educational standards and tackle local deprivation. A substantial proportion of capital funding is targeted at transformational programmes, such as Building Schools for the Future and the primary capital programmes. Over time, these programmes will significantly reduce future maintenance requirements.

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of funding arrangements outside centralised programmes for the allocation of resources to ensure that schools are properly maintained; and if he will make a statement. [178583]

Jim Knight: The Department does not collect the information requested from schools or local authorities. It is the responsibility for each local authority and its schools to make decisions locally on repairs and maintenance.

Schools: Rural Areas

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding was allocated to each local authority to support small rural schools in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [178452]

Jim Knight: The allocation formula for dedicated schools grant (DSG) does not separately allocate money to support small rural schools; it starts from local authorities’ spending on schools for 2005-06, which is closely related to the formula for schools formula spending shares in use that year. That formula took account of the needs of sparsely populated authorities to keep open small rural primary schools, using an indicator of sparsity. The following table sets out estimated amounts within 2007-08 allocations of DSG, derived from the amounts allocated through the schools FSS formula in 2005-06 on the basis of sparsity, updated appropriately.


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Authority Estimated amount for sparsity (£ million)

Barking and Dagenham

Barnet

Barnsley

0.30

Bath and North East Somerset

0.49

Bedfordshire

2.49

Bexley

Birmingham

Blackburn with Darwen

0.20

Blackpool

Bolton

Bournemouth

Bracknell Forest

0.08

Bradford

0.48

Brent

Brighton and Hove

Bristol, City of

Bromley

0.06

Buckinghamshire

2.79

Bury

Calderdale

0.55

Cambridgeshire

5.88

Camden

Cheshire

3.52

City of London

0.002

Cornwall

5.27

Coventry

Croydon

Cumbria

6.37

Darlington

0.34

Derby

Derbyshire

4.36

Devon

8.99

Doncaster

1.62

Dorset

3.90

Dudley

Durham

2.61

Ealing

East Riding of Yorkshire

3.75

East Sussex

2.74

Enfield

Essex

6.27

Gateshead

0.12

Gloucestershire

4.16

Greenwich

Hackney

Halton

0.06

Hammersmith and Fulham

Hampshire

5.86

Haringey

Harrow

Hartlepool

0.13

Havering

Herefordshire

2.87

Hertfordshire

2.68

Hillingdon

Hounslow

Isle of Wight

0.92

Islington

Kensington and Chelsea

Kent

5.92

Kingston upon Hull, City of

Kingston upon Thames

Kirklees

1.01

Knowsley

0.23

Lambeth

Lancashire

4.66

Leeds

0.69

Leicester

Leicestershire

3.49

Lewisham

Lincolnshire

9.35

Liverpool

Luton

Manchester

Medway

0.42

Merton

Middlesbrough

Milton Keynes

0.76

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newham

Norfolk

8.80

North East Lincolnshire

0.42

North Lincolnshire

1.40

North Somerset

0.77

North Tyneside

North Yorkshire

10.17

Northamptonshire

4.15

Northumberland

3.29

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

3.27

Oldham

0.21

Oxfordshire

4.19

Peterborough

0.49

Plymouth

Poole

Portsmouth

Reading

Redbridge

Redcar and Cleveland

0.39

Richmond upon Thames

Rochdale

Rotherham

0.49

Rutland

0.57

Salford

Sandwell

Sefton

Sheffield

0.32

Shropshire

4.36

Slough

Solihull

0.39

Somerset

5.39

South Gloucestershire

1.14

South Tyneside

Southampton

Southend-on-Sea

Southwark

St. Helens

0.13

Staffordshire

4.10

Stockport

Stockton-on-Tees

0.29

Stoke-on-Trent

Suffolk

6.12

Sunderland

Surrey

2.14

Sutton

Swindon

0.43

Tameside

Telford and Wrekin

0.59

Thurrock

0.21

Torbay

Tower Hamlets

Trafford

Wakefield

0.24

Walsall

Waltham Forest

Wandsworth

Warrington

0.06

Warwickshire

3.38

West Berkshire

1.05

West Sussex

2.96

Westminster

Wigan

Wiltshire

5.87

Windsor and Maidenhead

0.38

Wirral

Wokingham

0.38

Wolverhampton

Worcestershire

2.34

York

0.32


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