Schools: Finance Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the difference between budgeted and actual costs incurred in the construction of all new (a) schools and (b) academy schools; and if he will make a statement. Jim Knight The schools for which the Department holds cost information are academies, as follows, with estimated costs including sponsorship. My Department does not hold cost information for other recently completed schools, which were procured locally, Building prices vary significantly according to the size of school, site development costs and local prevailing construction pricing levels. ------------------------------------------------------------- |Academy |Area |£ million| ------------------------------------------------------------- |Bradford Academy |Bradford |20 5 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Brunei Academy |Bristol |24.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |City of London Academy (Southwark) |Southwark |33.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |David Young Community Academy |Leeds |23.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Djanogly City Academy |Nottingham |23.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Folkestone Academy |Kent |36.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Grace Academy |Solihull |31.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy|Lewisham |40.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Harris Academy |Croydon |38.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |John Madejski Academy |Reading |27.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Leigh Technology Academy |Kent |36.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |London Academy |Barnet |34.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Northampton Academy |Northampton |27.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Paddington Academy |Westminster |31.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Salford City Academy |Salford |16.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Sandwell Academy |Sandwell |27.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Stockley Academy |Hillingdon |27.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |The Academy at Peckham |Southwark |30.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |The Academy of St. Francis of Assisi|Liverpool |20.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |The Bridge Academy |Hackney |47.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |The City Academy |Bristol |27.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |The Marlowe Academy |Kent |27.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |The Petchey Academy |Hackney |34.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |The Samworth Enterprise Academy |Leicester |19.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Thomas Deacon Academy |Peterborough|50.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Trinity Academy |Doncaster |25.1 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |West London Academy |Ealing |32.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------- |Westminster Academy |Westminster |30.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Dismore To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the amount of guaranteed funding per school pupil in Hendon is from the (a) dedicated schools grant and (b) other specific grants in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09. Jim Knight The Department allocates education so funding to local authorities the requested information for the Hendon constituency is not available. The guaranteed unit of funding per pupil for Barnet local authority for 2007-08 was £4,344 and for 2008-09 it will be £4,559. We do not apply a guaranteed unit of funding to specific grants.