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Voluntary-Aided Schools

Volume 201: debated on Monday 16 December 1991

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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on capital allocations for 1992–93 for voluntary-aided schools.

Local Education Authorities have today been informed of their allocations for capital spending by the governors of voluntary aided and special agreement schools in their areas for 1992–93. Overall grant for voluntary aided schools announced in the autumn statement rises from £131·5 million to £151·6 million, an increase of over 15 per cent. A total of £55 million has been set aside for grant aid for expenditure on external repairs, up nearly 16 per cent. on the amount set aside in 1991–92. Grant for capital spending rises from £84 million to £96·6 million, an increase of 15 per cent.I have authorised work to start on 61 major building projects over £250,000, compared with 47 such projects in 1991–92, and 37 in 1990–91. A further 47 such projects have been put on the design list to enable detailed costed plans to be drawn up, compared with 29 such projects in 1991–92.Eight of the projects authorised for a start are to improve technology facilities, and form part of my recently announced technology schools initiative.I am allocating over £19 million in grant which will support £23 million of minor works improvement projects, costing less than £250,000, by formula to each LEA based on the number of pupils in voluntary aided schools in the authority. This is double the amount I was able to allocate for equivalent projects for 1991–92, and is being distributed by formula to all LEAs for the first time. I have also allocated additional funds for 35 specific minor projects to provide new school places or to achieve the removal of surplus places.During the course of the year work has also been approved to start on a further 27 projects which have been the subject of statutory proposals approved since my statement last December.

Voluntary aided and special agreement schools—1992–allocations
Note:
1. Project Category codes as follows:
S—Starts listMJ—Major workBN—(New school places)1-Approved statutory proposals
D—Design listMN—Minor workSP—Surplus place removal2Ex 1991–92 design list
IR—Improvement or replacement
2. Figures in brackets following named projects represent amount allocated for expenditure in 1992–93 expressed in £ thousands.
Local education authorityTotal allocationAllocation componentsAgreed projectsProject categoryNew named projectsProject category
1992–93CommitmentsMinor works improvementMajor and minor projectsex 1991–92 or earlier design list or approved statutory proposalsmajor starts and design lists and minor projects
£ thousands£ thousands£ thousands£ thousands(allocations shown in brackets £ thousands)(allocations shown in brackets £ thousands)
City of London
Camden1,390335230825Maria Fidelis Sec, Somerstown RC S (163)MN, IR2Jewish Free School Sec (662)S, MJ, IR
Greenwich144144
Hackney3092152155Hackney Free and Parochial CE S (105) Skinners Company Upper Girls (50)D, MJ, IR
Skinners Company Upper Girls (50)S, MJ, IR
Hammersmith and Fulham1,8221,67014111Lady Margaret CES (11)D. MJ. IR
Islington1456139
Kensington and Chelsea3,2431,6381251,480St. Thomas More RC S (1,480)S, MJ, IR12
Lambeth217416746St. Luke's CE P (exe nursery) (46)D, MJ, IR
Lewisham81325187601Christ The King VI FM Centre (580)S. MJ, SP1All Saints CE P (21)D, MJ, IR
Southwark99635236725St. Peters CH P (640)S, MJ, IR2St. John's and St. Clement's CE P (85)D, MJ, IR
Tower Hamlets2,6472,462185
Wandsworth17813939St. Joseph's RC P (39)D, MJ, IR
Westminster84943210596St. Marylebone CE S (543)S, MJ, IR2St. Georges RC S (53)D, MJ, IR
Barking48242755
Barnet70032305363Hasmonean High J S (300) Christ Church CE S (63)S, MJ, IR
Christ Church CE S (63)D, MJ, BN
Bexley1,8801,778102
Brent2191817130St. Gregory's RC High (30)S, MJ, IR

The amount available for allocating to new improvement/replacement projects at voluntary aided schools in 1992–93 is up no less than 114 per cent. on the equivalent figure last year, at £36 million.

The effect of this substantial increase in capital grant available for projects at voluntary aided schools, taken together with the increases of the last five years, which have seen capital grant allocations rise from £32 million in 1987–88 to £96 million for 1992–93—an increase of 300 per cent.—will have enabled work to go ahead at several hundred voluntary aided schools, including many which have been bidding for allocations for many years. The distribution of funds for projects under £250,000 means that all LEAs will be able to embark on a continuing programme of improvements at their voluntary-aided schools—the first time they will have been in a position to do this.

These increases demonstrate the government's continuing determination to improve school buildings and underlines our commitment to the continuing partnership between Church and state in the delivery of education.

The allocations to LEAs, together with a list of the projects authorised to start or on which design work can begin, and a list of projects approved as a result of statutory proposals since last year's announcement together with those projects which form part of the technology schools initiative, follows.

Local education authority

Total allocation

Allocation components

Agreed projects

Project category

New named projects

Project category

1992–93

Commitments

Minor works improvement

Major and minor projects

ex 1991–92 or earlier design list or approved statutory proposals

major starts and design lists and minor projects

£ thousands

£ thousands

£ thousands

£ thousands

(allocations shown in brackets £ thousands)

(allocations shown in brackets £ thousands)

Bromley84183
Croydon1,090561179350Archbishop Tenison CE S (350)S, MJ, IR
Ealing17413143St. Saviour's CE P (43)D, MJ, IR
Enfield1,260949197114St. George's RC JMI (11)S, MJ, IR
Bp Stopford CE S (53)D, MJ, IR
Winchmore Hill, St. Paul's Primary (50)MN. BN
Haringey2478213827SS David and Katherine CE S Phase 1 (27)S, MJ, IR
Harrow1219427Wealdstone Salvatorian RC Coll (27)D, MJ, IR
Havering19650146
Hillingdon230118112Bishop RamseyCE S(112)S, MJ, IR
Hounslow9689141818St. Mark's RC Sec (818)S, MJ, IR2
Kingston upon Thames1469650St. Lukes CE P (50)D, MJ, IR
Merton13113118
Newham48439094
Redbridge1501610628Trinity High RC (28)D, MJ. IR
Richmond upon Thames8484
Sutton1,7701,68684
Waltham Forest5757
Birmingham1,799859620320St. Ambrose Barlow RC P (300)S MJ IR2St. John Wall RC Comp (20)S MJ IR
Coventry2,9102,725185
Dudley90368996118Jesson's CE P (26)D MJ IR1Bishop Milner RC S (35)D MJ IR
Castle High (Phase III) (57)D MJ SP1
Sandwell6262
Solihull40541114250Berkswell CE Combined (250)S MJ IR2
Walsall137137
Wolverhampton33697239Holy Trinity RC P (200)S MJ IR2St. Peter's Collegiate CE S (39)D MJ IR
Knowsley33025205100Huyton CE Inf(70)MN IR1Whiston, St. Leo's Primary (30)MN SP
Liverpool5,3964,080650666St. Lawrence CE P (Phase 2) (250)S MJ IR1St. Francis de Sales RC P (12)D MJ IR
St. Finbar's RC P (250)S MJ SP2St. Nicholas Primary (56)MN SP
St. Gregory's RC P (103)S MJ SP2
Cardinal Heenan RC S (195)S MJ SP12
St. Helens1,194980214
Sefton2,1351,398326411St. Luke's CE P, Halsall (400)S MJ IR2English Martyrs RC P(11)D MJ IR
Wirral33110018150St. Anne's RC P, Rockferry (50)S MJ SP
Bolton1,5611,328233
Bury434155154125Our Lady of Grace RC P (125)S MJ IR2
Manchester1,8361,36343934Xaverian VI Form College (34)D MJ IR
Oldham671106212353Crompton House CE S (300)S MJ IR2Blue Coat CE S (53)D MJ IR
Rochdale395239156
Salford54733718129Broughton Jewish Primary (29)D MJ IR
Stockport1369127
Tameside2054712038St. Thomas More RC S (38)D MJ IR
Trafford1,7091,57111325St. Anne's RC P (25)MN IR1
Wigan1,498749459290Sacred Heart RC P (250)S MJ SP2Bryn, Downhall Green Primary (40)MN SP
Barnsley1802357100St. Michael's RC S(100)S, MJ, IR
Doncaster9595
Rotherham1053273
Sheffield1,169301031,036All Saints RC S (1,036)S, MJ, IR2

Local education authority

Total allocation

Allocation components

Agreed projects

Project category

New named projects

Project category

1992–93

Commitments

Minor works improvement

Major and minor projects

ex 1991–92 or earlier design list or approved statutory proposals

major starts and design lists and minor projects

£ thousands

£ thousands

£ thousands

£ thousands

(allocations shown in brackets £ thousands)

(allocations shown in brackets £ thousands)

Bradford541298243
Calderdale12512113
Kirklees9178130779St. John Fisher RC High (760)S. MJ. BN2Batley Parish CEP(19)D, MJ, BN
Leeds5,8305,466364
Wakefield35114512185Sandal Magna Endowed CE (27)MN, IR1St. Austin's J & I (5)MN, BN
St. Mary's CE P (53)MN, IR1
Gateshead2711369837St. Edmund Campion RC S (37)D, MJ, IR
Newcastle upon Tyne51233814628Sacred Heart RC P (28)D, MJ, IR
North Tyneside41171340St. Thomas More RC S (170)S, MJ, IR
WallsendCEP(170)S, MJ, SP
South Tynesidc7777
Sunderland1,129986143
Avon2922825113PortburyCE P(13)S, MJ, IR
Bedfordshire43820818842Cardinal Newman RC High (42)D, MJ, IR
Berkshire58526524377Windsor. Trinity St. Stephen First (77)MN SP
Buckinghamshire1,057374153530Waddesdon CE S (530)S, MJ, IR2
Cambridgeshire835483152200Bury CE P (200)S, MJ, IR2
Cheshire2,9022,180558164St. Mary's RC P Middlewich (105)S, MJ, IR2Bunbury. Aldersey Primary (47)MN, BN
St. Nicholas RC S, Hartford (12)D, MJ, BN
Cleveland1,281704345232Sacred Heart RC P (208) English Martyrs RC S (24)S, MJ, IR S, MJ. IR
Cornwall262139123
Cumbria1,9381,403332203Keswick Sec (143) St. Bernard's RC S. Barrow (60)D MJ IR D, MJ, SP
Derbishire710459251
Devon1,7021,176288238St. Boniface RC P (238)S, MJ, IR
Dorset3,1142,156292666Dorchester Upper (300)S, MJ, SP1St. Edward's RC S (42)D, MJ, IR
St. Mark's CE P (208)S, MJ, BN1St. Osmund's CE M (25)S, MJ, IR
St. John's CE P (76)S, MJ, BN1
St. WalburgasRC P(15)MN BN1
Durham1,3131,070243
East Sussex873141219513Bp. Bell CE S. Eastbourne (53)D, MJ, BN
Cardinal Newham RC Sec (460)S, MJ, BN
Essex70941486182Bradwell on Sea Endowed CE P (150)S, MJ, IR1Loughton. Davenant Foundation (32)MN, BN
Gloucestershire1,8971,227203467St. Peter's RC High (300)S, MJ, BN2Hardwicke Parochial (150)MN, BN
Mitcheldean Endowed (17)MN, SP
Hampshire66425033480Milford-on-Sea CE P (80)MN, BN
Hereford and Worcester1,119551336232St. George's CEP (176)S, MJ, IR
Bp. of Hereford Bluecoat CE S (15)D, MJ, IR
Ross on Wye. Lea Primary (20)MN, BN
Evesham. St. Mary's (21)MN, BN
Hertfordshire932175584173John F. Kennedy RC S (53)D, MJ, IR
St. George's Sec (120)MN, BN
Humberside3991158240St. Bede's RC Sec (240)S, MJ, IR
Isle of Wight1419546
Isles of Scilly
Kent3,0482,154559355Bennett Memorial CE S (254)S, MJ, IR1St. George's CE M. Sheerness (81)D, MJ, IR
Lancashire6,4374,6421,548247St. Joseph's RC P, Barnoldswick (13)S, MJ, IR
St. Mary's RC High (88)D, MJ, SP
Sacred Heart RC P(I2)D, MJ, SP
Lytham St. Anne's, Lylham St. Peter's (30)MN, BN
Over Wyre. St. Aidan's High (14)MN, BN
Preston, Fulwood St. Clare's (30)MN, BN
Blackburn, Holy Souls (30)MN, BN
Tarleton, Hesketh with Becconsall (30)MN, BN

Local education authority

Total allocation

Allocation components

Agreed projects

Project category

New named projects

Project category

1992–93

Commitments

Minor works improvement

Major and minor projects

ex 1991–92 or earlier design list or approved statutory proposals

major starts and design lists and minor projects

£ thousands

£ thousands

£ thousands

£ thousands

(allocations shown in brackets £ thousands)

(allocations shown in brackets £ thousands)

Leicestershire1,09124217850Sacred Heart RC P (26)D, MJ, IR
English Martyrs RC S (824)S MJ, IR
Lincolnshire695169526Butterwick. Pinchbeck Endowed (80)MN, BN
Cowbit Endowed Primary (69)MN, BN
Leadenham Primary (28)MN, BN
Lincoln. Bp. King Primary (108)MN, BN
Partney Primary (32)MN, BN
Spalding Parish Church Primary (60)MN, BN
Spalding Grammar (149)S MJ, IR
Norfolk376147229Archbishop Sancroft CE High (129)S. MJ, IR1Notre Dame RC High (47)D, MJ, IR
King's Lynn, Whitefriars Primary (35)MN, BN
Cromer. The Belfry Primary (18)MN, BN
North Yorkshire884369257258St. Wilfred's RC P (258)S, MJ, IR
Northamptonshire599187412St. David's RC Middle (359)S, MJ, IR1Bp. Stopford CE S. Kettering (53)D, MJ, IR
Northumberland659198135326St. Mary's RC P, Hexham (326)S, MJ, BN1
Nottinghamshire418106312
Oxfordshire2,3531,980196177Our Lady of Lourdes RC P (157)S, MJ, IR1St. Edburg's CE P, Bicester (20)D, MJ, SP
Salop12612114
Somerset2,5972,173128296St. Augustine of Canterbury CE/RC S(l50)S, MJ, BN1
Trull CE Primary. Taunton (146)MN, BN1
Staffordshire2,1071,456385266St. George's RC P, Stoke (100)S, MJ, IR1St. Peter's CE P. Stoke (120)S, MJ, IR
St. Peter's CE High Stoke (46)D, MJ, IR
Suffolk34018312928S. Lowestoft. St. Mary's Primary (28)MN, BN
Surrey94636250480St. Nicholas CE P (36)S, MJ, IR1St. Peter's RC Comp. Guildford (44)D, MJ, IR
Warwickshire92067223810St. Francis RC P. Bedworth (10)S, MJ, IR
West Sussex649335314
Wiltshire769596200
TOTALS108,07364,89522,99320,185

3 V A school statutory proposals approved since December 1990—funds allocated as committed expenditure

LEA and School

  • Bedfordshire—St. John Rigby RC
  • Bexley—St. Stephen's RC
  • Birmingham—Erdington CE
  • Bolton—St. Peter's CE, Smithhills Dean
  • Cheshire—Newman RC. Warrington
  • St. Gregory's, Warrington
  • Devon—St. John's RC, Tiverton
  • Rockenford CE
  • Dorset—Verwood Emmanuel CE
  • Enfield—New Jewish Primary School
  • Lambeth—Archbishop Sumner
  • Lancashire—Burnley Wellfield CE/Meth
    • St. John/St. Michael CE
    • St. Alban's RC, Blackburn
    • Bishop Martin, Skelmersdale
    • English Martyrs, Preston
    • St. Oswald, Accrington
    • St. James, Chorley
    • Thornton Cleveleys, St. Teresa's (previously part of St. Bernadette's)
  • Lewisham—St. Ursula's
  • Liverpool—St. John's RC
  • St. Gerard's RC
  • Manchester—St. Andrew's CE
  • Shropshire—St. Matthew's CE
  • Tameside—St. Mary's CE
  • Tower Hamlets—Blessed John Roche
    • Bishop Challoner

Technology initiative VA projects named to start in 1992–93

Barnsley—St. Michael's Secondary

  • Birmingham—St. John Wall Comp, Hansworth
  • Brent—St. Gregory's High, Kenton
  • Cleveland—English Martyrs, Hartlepool
  • Croydon—Archbishop Tenison's
  • Hackney—Skinner's Company Upper Girls
  • Haringey—St. David and St. Katherine
  • Humberside—-St. Bede's, Scunthorpe