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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much of the additional expenditure for education announced in the July Comprehensive Spending Review for England has already been allocated to (a) local authority expenditure, (b) class size reduction, (c) school buildings and repairs, (d) standards fund grants, (e) early years education, (f) further education, (g) higher education and (h) other spending by his Department; and how much has been allocated to no specific purposes as yet. [63326] Mr. Blunkett: (a) The additional provision for local authority Education Standard Spending over the three years 1999-2000 to 2001-02 is £6,831 million. (b) The additional provision for class size reduction over the three years is £320 million. This is in addition to £300 million previously committed to the programme. (c) The additional resources for school buildings and repairs form the Comprehensive Spending Review is some £1.5 billion over the three years{1}. This is in addition to the extra £1.1 billion of capital investment we are making available through the New Deal for Schools. Taken with existing provision this means that there will be a £5.4 billion investment programme in school buildings over the period. (d) The Standards Fund programme will be over £900 million in 1999-2000. This includes the DfEE grant and the local education authority contribution. (e) There will be £390 million extra over the three years for early education places for 3 year olds, together with an element of the £452 million for the Sure Start programme. (f) There will be additional funding for further education of £725 million over the two years 1999-2000 to 2000-01{2}. (g) There will be additional funding for higher education of £776 million over the two years 1999-2000 to 2000-01{3}. Further details on Departmental spending programmes will be published in the Departmental Report in the Spring. {1} Includes some capital funding for class size reductions and resources for the National Grid for Learning which will go through the standards fund {2} Figure includes £95 million in increased employer contributions {3} Figure includes £308 million fee contributions

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

63326; 322 c673W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Buildings Class sizes Finance Education Further education Higher education Pre-school education Local education authorities Public expenditure Schools Repairs and maintenance Department for Education and Employment

Contains statistics

Yes