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Building Schools for the Future Programme

Volume 469: debated on Tuesday 11 December 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what proportion of schools built under the Building Schools for the Future programme have (a) up to and including 1,000 pupils, (b) 1,001 to 1,500 pupils, (c) 1,501 to 2,000 pupils and (d) more than 2,000 pupils; (170787)

(2) how many and what proportion of schools to be built under the Building Schools for the Future programme are expected to have (a) up to and including 1,000 pupils, (b) 1,001 to 1,500 pupils, (c) 1,501 to 2,000 pupils and (d) more than 2,000 pupils.

The number of pupils in the schools that are expected to be rebuilt or refurbished in waves 1 to 3 of Building Schools for the Future is set out in the following table. This includes the early wins and the Bristol Brunei academy, which opened in September.

These are the current plans, which may change as projects develop. Plans for schools in later waves of the programme have not yet been finalised.

Number of pupils

Number of schools

Percentage of total

0 to 1000

230

56

1,001 to 1,500

155

38

1,501 to 2,000

22

5

2,000+

5

1

Notes:

1. Includes mainstream and special schools.

2. Waves 1 to 3 only.

3. Does not include recently built schools which are only receiving ICT funding under BSF.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of each local authority's likely total spending on the Building Schools for the Future programme; what the timetable of the programme is in each authority; and if he will make a statement. (172112)

The latest allocation details for each local authority in Building Schools for the Future waves 1 to 4 are set out in the following table. For wave 4 authorities the detailed split between conventional funding (capital grant) and PFI credits is still to be determined. Some of these allocations may also be subject to change as projects develop, particularly for wave 4. Work is ongoing on initial funding envelopes for waves 5 and 6. Local authorities joining the programme in wave 7 or later will receive their allocations on or after 2011-12.

Indicative funding (£ million)

Local authority

Conventional

PFI credits

Wave 1

Bradford

7

117

Bristol

8

157

Greenwich

57

184

Knowsley

4

250

Lancashire

34

247

Leeds

142

186

Leicester

165

151

Lewisham

9

119

Manchester

182

0

Newcastle

111

81

Newham

95

65

Sheffield

70

89

Solihull

29

87

South Tyneside and Gateshead

104

113

Stoke

190

0

Sunderland

119

0

Waltham Forest

62

54

Wave 2

Birmingham

209

92

Hackney

152

0

Haringey w2 and 4

176

0

Islington

72

104

Kingston on Hull

149

159

Lambeth

87

0

Liverpool

167

0

Middlesbrough

103

0

Nottingham

126

67

Tower Hamlets

88

0

Wave 3

Barnsley

28

324

Bradford

112

0

Durham (east)

69

79

Derbyshire (NE)

60

55

Kent

151

99

Lewisham

68

102

Luton

100

32

North Lincolnshire

89

0

Salford

65

134

Sandwell

128

60

Southwark

145

83

Tameside

87

118

Westminster

152

0

Local authority

Indicative funding (capital value £ million)

Wave 4

Barking and Dagenham

274

Blackburn

122

Bristol

101

Cambridgeshire

110

Coventry

137

Essex

126

Hertfordshire

153

Kent

143

Manchester

102

Oldham

195

Rochdale

171

Sheffield

222

Somerset

87

Telford and Wrekin

149

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when waves 7 to 14 of the Building Schools for the Future programme will be completed. (169124)

Building Schools for the Future aims to renew all secondary schools in England where there is need, in fifteen waves of investment which started in 2005-06. We have now launched six waves of Building Schools for the Future projects, which include 72 authorities, allocating funding until 2010-11.

We are reviewing the roll-out of waves 7-15 of Building Schools for the Future and will consult on this shortly. Following the consultation, local authorities will be able to resubmit their expressions of interest, and we will publish the revised national programme for waves 7-15 later in 2008. This will give schools, planning authorities and the private sector good time to get themselves ready to deliver waves 7 and 8.