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Written question asked by Lord Willetts (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 March 2010. It was answered by Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.


Building Colleges for the Future Programme

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been allocated in capital funding for further education colleges in each (a) parliamentary constituency, (b) local authority area and (c) region in each of the last three years.
Answer

In total across this current spending period, Government will spend £1.7 billion on college buildings—with a further £900 million already earmarked for the next spending period.The following three tables provide the information requested:

Table 1: Detailed college capital projects approved in the LSC financial years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10, broken down by parliamentary constituency
£
Grant approved in LSC financial year:
Local authority area 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Aldershot total 130,000 765,000 —
Altrincham and Sale, West total — 17,753,075 —
Barnsley, Central total 942,284 — 38,747,209
Barrow and Furness total — — 31,967,000
Basingstoke total — 9,368,000 —
Battersea total — 2,037,970 23,816,070
Beverley and Holderness total 12,593,550 11,620,421 —
Birmingham, Northfield total — — 53,928,565
Birmingham, Yardley total 9,579,593 — —
Bishop Auckland total — 18,249,030 —
Blackpool, South total 10,719,000 — —
Bolton, South-East total 6,402,000 73,680,080 —
Bootle total — 368,139 —
Bracknell total 26,431,460 — —
Bradford ,West total 1,933,671 — —
Brent, East total 1,720,245 — —
Brentford and Isleworth total 243,769 59,132,738 —
Bristol, East total 1,634,000 15,700,000 —
Bristol, South total — 8,223,000 —
Bromsgrove total 250,000 — —
Burnley total 48,526,000 — —
Bury, North total — 198,500 —
Cheadle total — 833,132 —
Chipping Barnet total — 20,371,333 —
City of Chester total — — 47,872,000
Colchester total 12,726,000 — —
Cotswold total — 1,464,538 —
Coventry, South total 16,881,835 — —
Crewe and Nantwich total — 58,503,405 —
Croydon, Central total — 28,969,905 —
Croydon, South total — 31,887,240 —
Dartford total 24,555,000 — 50,496,000
Derby, South total 18,479,280 1,074,800 —
Easington total 22,983,000 — —
East Hampshire total 7,532,749 1,188,000 —
Eddisbury total 6,237,944 — —
Great Yarmouth total — 5,200,000 —
Halesowen and Rowley Regis total 934,848 — —
Harborough total — 36,899,513 —
Harrow, West total 60,500 4,644,000 —
Hartlepool Total — 20,753,000 38,994,000
Hastings and Rye total — — 75,997,822
Hazel Grove total — 39,156,000 —
Hereford total 7,596,883 1,945,758 —
Hertford and Stortford total 25,806,475 — —
Hornchurch total — 1,078,000 —
Horsham total — 386,000 —
Huddersfield total 95,000 — 54,325,948
Ipswich total 42,817,000 — —
Keighley total 29,518,961 — —
Kettering total — 210,067 27,000,000
Kingston upon Hull, North total 5,510,038 10,343,700 —
Leeds, Central total 3,764,346 5,314,000 —
Leicester, South total 30,065,000 — —
Lewes total — 6,212,000 —
Leyton and Wanstead total 3,277,500 — 31,566,624
Lincoln total 502,244 136,186 —
Liverpool, Wavertree Total 432,544 17,402,873 —
Loughborough total 2,621,136 — —
Luton, North total — 49,742,000 —
Maidenhead total — 11,032,000 —
Manchester, Central total — 15,276,677 7,038,000
Mitcham and Morden total — 11,454,727 —
Newcastle upon Tyne Central total 389,417 — —
Newcastle-under-Lyme total 24,104,548 5,274,509 —
North West Norfolk total — 313,870 —
Northampton, North total — 67,024,221 —
Nottingham, South total 3,044,710 — —
Orpington total — 24,624,000 —
Pontefract and Castleford total 453,000 — —
Portsmouth, North total 23,871,000 — —
Preston total 6,424,000 — —
Regent's Park and Kensington, North total 11,143,899 92,113,362 —
Reigate total — 54,990,000 —
Rochford and Southend, East total — 3,925,000 —
Rotherham total — 250,800 —
Selby total — 24,779,157 —
Sheffield, Central total 36,067,880 — —
Sheffield, Brightside total — 66,948 —
Solihull total 1,672,580 19,864,490 —
South-East Cambridgeshire total 2,314,000 — —
South Norfolk total — 13,396,000 —
South West Surrey total 1,050,355 — —
Southampton, Itchen total — 19,404,000 —
St. Helens, South total 23,149,995 16,238,965 17,400,000
Stockport total 16,566,000 3,432,296 —
Stockton, South total — 24,281,000 —
Stoke-on-Trent, Central total 7,755,000 23,845,618 —
Tonbridge and Malling total 5,807,800 72,878,000 —
Truro and St. Austell total — 12,537,700 —
Tyne Bridge total 1,165,000 4,285,000 —
Walsall, South total 37,087,459 — —
Warley total — — 47,184,856
Warwick and Leamington total — 10,023,036 —
Watford total — 16,892,000 —
Weaver Vale total — 25,129,523 —
West Lancashire total 1,322,000 — 32,596,186
Westmorland and Lonsdale total 10,126,000 — —
Wolverhampton, South-West total 1,350,000 — —
Table 2: Detailed college capital projects approved in the LSC financial years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10, broken down by local authority area
£
Grant approved in LSC financial year:
Local authority area 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Barnet LBC total — 20,371,333 —
Barnsley MBC total 942,284 — 38,747,209
Birmingham City Council total 9,579,593 — 53,928,565
Blackpool Council total 10,719,000 — —
Bolton Council total 6,402,000 73,680,080 —
Bracknell Forest Borough Council total 26,431,460 — —
Bradford total 29,518,961 — —
Bradford MDC total 1,933,671 — —
Brent LBC total 1,720,245 — —
Bristol City Council total 1,634,000 23,923,000 —
Bury MBC total — 198,500 —
Cambridgeshire County Council total 2,314,000 — —
Cheshire East Council total 6,237,944 58,503,405 —
Cheshire West and Chester Council total — 25,129,523 47,872,000
Cornwall county council total — 12,537,700 —
Coventry City Council total 16,881,835 — —
Croydon LBC total — 60,857,145 —
Cumbria County Council total 10,126,000 — 31,967,000
Derbyshire County Council total 18,479,280 1,074,800 —
Dudley total 934,848 — —
Durham County Council total 22,983,000 18,249,030 —
East Riding of Yorkshire total 12,593,550 11,620,421 —
East Sussex County Council total — 6,212,000 75,997,822
Essex County Council total 12,726,000 — —
Gateshead Council total — 4,285,000 —
Gloucestershire total — 1,464,538 —
Hampshire LA total 31,533,749 11,321,000 —
Harrow Council total 60,500 4,644,000 —
Hartlepool total — 20,753,000 38,994,000
Havering total — 1,078,000 —
Herefordshire Council total 7,596,883 1,945,758 —
Hertfordshire county council total 25,806,475 16,892,000 —
Hounslow LBC total 243,769 59,132,738 —
Kensington and Chelsea LBC total — 4,445,362 —
Kent County Council total 30,362,800 97,502,000 50,496,000
Kingston upon Hull City Council total 5,510,038 10,343,700 —
Kirklees total 95,000 — 54,325,948
Lancashire County Council total 54,950,000 — 32,596,186
Leeds total 3,764,346 — —
Leeds City Council total — 5,314,000 —
Leicestershire County Council total 32,686,136 36,899,513 —
Lincolnshire total 502,244 136,186 —
Liverpool total 432,544 17,402,873 —
Luton total — 49,742,000 —
Manchester City Council total — 16,109,809 7,038,000
Merton total — 11,454,727 —
Newcastle total 1,554,417 — —
Norfolk County Council total — 18,909,870 —
North Yorkshire County council total — 24,779,157 —
Northamptonshire County Council total — 67,234,288 27,000,000
Nottinghamshire County Council total 3,044,710 — —
Rotherham MBC total — 250,800 —
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead total — 11,032,000 —
Sandwell MBC total — — 47,184,856
Sefton total — 368,139 —
Sheffield City Council total 36,067,880 66,948 —
Solihull Council total 1,672,580 19,864,490 —
Southampton City Council total — 19,404,000 —
Southend-on-sea borough council total — 3,925,000 —
St. Helen's Council total 23,149,995 16,238,965 17,400,000
Staffordshire total 24,104,548 5,274,509 —
Stockport MBC total 16,566,000 42,588,296 —
Stockton on Tees BC total — 24,281,000 —
Stoke on Trent City Council total 7,755,000 23,845,618 —
Suffolk County Council total 42,817,000 — —
Surrey County Council total 1,050,355 54,990,000 —
Trafford MBC total — 17,753,075 —
Wakefield total 453,000 — —
Walsall Council total 37,087,459 — —
Waltham Forest total 3,277,500 — 31,566,624
Wandsworth LBC total — 2,037,970 23,816,070
Warwickshire County Council total — 10,023,036 —
West Sussex County Council total — 386,000 —
Westminster City Council total 11,143,899 87,668,000 —
Wigan MBC total 1,322,000 — —
Wolverhampton City Council total 1,350,000 — —
Worcestershire total 250,000 — —
Table 3: Detailed college capital projects approved in the LSC financial years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10, broken down by region
£
Grant approved in LSC financial year:
Region 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
EM total 54,712,370 105,344,787 27,000,000
ER total 83,663,475 89,468,870 —
GI total 16,445,913 276,313,275 55,382,694
NE total 309,000 33,526,000 71,590,186
NR total 24,228,417 29,757,030 —
NW total 131,553,232 272,257,665 104,277,000
SE total 87,730,615 176,223,000 126,493,822
SW total 1,634,000 37,925,238 —
WM total 107,212,746 60,953,411 101,113,421
YH total 90,878,730 52,375,026 93,073,157

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
507 c276-84W; 319919
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Building colleges for the future programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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