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Dept for Education and Employment

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Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the projects that (a) the New Deal for Schools programme and (b) Seed Challenge funding have supported in the borough of Sefton in each year since 1997; which it will support in each year up to 2004; and how much money (i) has been and (ii) will be allocated to each project. [151290] Jacqui Smith: The table shows those schools in the borough of Sefton which are benefiting from investment through the New Deal for Schools programme, allocated over the four years from 1997-98 to 2000-01. These allocations total £6.768 million. In the same period, Sefton local education authority has been allocated some £19.536 million of funding in total for capital investment in schools. A total of £196,000 of Seed Challenge funding was made available to Sefton local education authority in 2000-01. The authority will be able to provide a breakdown of individual projects and costings. 2000-01 is the first year in which Seed Challenge funding has been allocated to local education authorities. In January this year, we announced that the New Deal for Schools would be extended over the next three years to 2003-04. Allocations which will benefit schools in Sefton local education authority, announced in January 2001 under the New Deal for Schools, total £11.23 million over three years; of this, £1.89 million is for 2001-02, £3.69 million for 2002-03 and £5.65 million for 2003-04. This funding does not include the new £550 million New Deal for Schools Modernisation programme for which detailed allocations will be announced later this year. An increase in Seed Challenge funding was also announced in January 2001, with allocations to Sefton local education authority totalling £970,000 over the three years to 2003-04. This comprises £220,000 in 2001-02, £375,000 in 2002-03 and £375,000 in 2003-04. It will be for Sefton local education authority, working with local schools and within guidelines provided by the Department, to allocate this new funding to individual school projects. New Deal for Schools Allocation for schools in Sefton local education authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year/school Project Grant awarded (£) 1997-98 Included within an LEA-wide package: Hillside High Conversion and refit of laboratory \ Sacred Heart RC High Refit of three science laboratories | Range High Refit of three science laboratories | Christ The King RC High Refit of two science laboratories | St. Winefride's RC Primary Major structural repair due to ground | {1}836,000 subsidence Litherland High Replace felt roof | Maghull High Replace felt roof | Ramborough Road Infant Replace two classroom units | Lydiate County Primary Demolition of reinforced concrete covered | walkway Grange County Primary Wet rot repairs and external painting / 1998-99 Litherland High Heating repairs 55,850 Holy Trinity CE Primary Rewiring 55,850 Holy Trinity CE Primary Heating repairs 44,680 Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary Boiler replacement 44,680 Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary Replacement kitchen 112,310 St. Andrew's CE Primary Rewiring 55,850 Ainsdale High Fire safety improvements 11,549 Linacre Primary Heating repairs 61,435 1999-2000 Churchtown School Replace temporary accommodation 1,862,285 2000-01 Farnborough Road Infant and Junior, Bootle Boiler replacement {2}368,283 High, Christ the Church High Hillside High Replace temporary classrooms 528,513 Forefield Infant Replace temporary classrooms 513,231 Greenbank High Replace temporary classrooms 424,253 St. Luke's Formby CE Replace temporary classrooms 605,594 Melling Primary Replace temporary classrooms 396,048 Forefield Junior Replace temporary accommodation 393,539 Waterloo Primary Replacement dining room 398,079 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Local education authorities (LEAs) were not required to specify individual project costs for phase 1 of the NDS programme, so the amount shown is the total allocation in that year to the LEA. Sefton local education authority holds project level information. {2} The total allocation made to package projects covering more than one school. Sefton local education authority will be able to advise the value of projects at schools which have benefited from these allocations.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

151290; 363 c659-61W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Finance Education Schools Sefton New deal for schools

Contains statistics

Yes

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