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Written question asked by Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 July 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 July 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Thursday, 16 July 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Schools: Sandwell

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much capital spending there was on (a) schools and (b) children's centres in Sandwell in each of the last 20 years.
Answer

The information is as follows.(a) Support for capital investment in schools in Sandwell is shown in the table. Information prior to 1996-97 is not held centrally.

Schools (£ million)
1996-97 3.4
1997-98 5
1998-99 3.4
1999-2000 4.6
2000-01 ¹27.3
2001-02 10.2
2002-03 20.4
2003-04 20.2
2004-05 20
2005-06 17.6
2006-07 16.7
2007-08 15
2008-09 14.1
¹ Includes a PFI project of £17 million

In addition, Sandwell has a Building Schools for the Future (BSF) wave 3 project with an indicative allocation of £137.2 million of conventional funding and £62.9 million of PFI credits.Sandwell has a further BSF wave 5 project at planning stage. Allocations have also been made for traditionally procured academies of £24.4 million in 2002-03 and £57 million in 2006-07.(b) Support for capital investment on Children's Centres in Sandwell is shown in the table.

Children's Centres (£ million)
1999-2005 4.8
2005-06 3.2
2006-07 5.0
2007-08 2.1
2008-11 1.3

A breakdown for the years 1999 to 2005 is not available as the funding was provided as a single capital allocation through the Sure Start Local Programme. Please note the total allocation for the current spending period (2008-11) has been provided as the 2008-09 audited spend data are not yet available.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
496 c643-4W;496 c642W; 286380
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Schools Sandwell
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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