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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Ms Glenda Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what funding he has given to each school in Hampstead and Highgate under the New Deal for Schools. [147875] Jacqui Smith: The information showing the schools in the Hampstead and Highgate constituency which benefited under the New Deal for Schools is shown in the following Table A. These allocations formed part of the £3.462 million investment made so far in schools in Camden local education authority under the New Deal for Schools programme. The New Deal for Schools was introduced as a new additional programme targeted specifically at addressing the backlog of urgent repairs in school buildings that had built up after 18 years of under funding under the previous Administration. It has been in addition to other capital funds made available to Camden local education authority. In total, since 1996, Camden local education authority has received some £10.66 million of funding for capital investment in school buildings as shown in the following Table B. Nationally, investment in school buildings has tripled from £683 million a year in 1996-97 to over £2 billion in 2000-01. It will be £3.2 billion in 2003-04, including grant, credit approvals and Private Finance Initiative credits. There will be central Government investment of £7.8 billion in school buildings in total from 2001-02 to 2003-04. Table A: New Deal for schools. Allocations to schools in the Hampstead and Highgate constituency _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year School Project details Grant awarded (£) 1997-98 Hampstead Secondary School Refurbishment of ground floor \ laboratory and conversion into | {1}178,000 two smaller units Brookfield Primary School Creation of additional teaching | space as a new classroom Fitzjohn's Primary School Refurbishment/upgrade and / enclosure of external toilets 1998-99 Christchurch Primary School Reconstruction of boundary wall 10,067 Parliament Hill School Food technology room--full 58,432 refurbishment Carlton Primary School Refurbishment of lantern lights 22,325 to main roof 1999-2000 Gospel Oak Primary School Replacement of teaching block 310,764 Gospel Oak Primary School Structural works repairing 113,405 foundation and defective windows 2000-01 Brookfield primary School Replacement of temporary 173,875 classrooms and new library building Included within a two school package: Parliament Hill Secondary Conversion and upgrade of {1}147,609 School science laboratories Included within a six school package: New End Primary School Replacement of lead supply | {1}154,889 pipework Rosary RC Primary School | _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Denotes total allocations made to package projects covering more than one school. Camden local education authority will be able to advise the value of projects at schools in the Hampstead and Highgate constituency which benefited from these allocations. Table B: All capital allocations to Camden local education authority £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 Basic Credit Approvals 216 36 284 579 845 Supplementary Credit 43 183 65 225 211 Approvals Grant to Voluntary Aided 89 188 223 374 556 Schools New Deal for Schools -- 178 621 761 1,902 School Security Grant -- 33 42 46 46 Removal of Outside Toilets -- -- 70 -- -- Energy Efficiency -- -- 51 -- -- Initiative Key Stage 1 Class Size -- -- -- 110 -- Initiative National Grid for Learning -- -- 500 384 457 Grant Schools Access Initiative 2 5 3 -- -- Grant Assistance with Asset -- -- -- 18 -- Management Plans Seed Challenge Funding -- -- -- -- 120 Devolved Formula Capital -- -- -- -- 1,004 for Schools Renewal of School -- -- -- -- 130 Laboratories Nursery Provision -- -- -- -- 60 Total 350 623 1,859 2,497 5,331 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

147875; 362 c110-2W;362 c110-1W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Finance Schools New deal for schools Hampstead and Highgate

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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