Mr. Rooney: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much funding was awarded to Bradford Local Education
Authority in each year from 1995-96 to 1999-2000 in respect of (a) reduction in infant class sizes, broken down by (i) revenue and
(ii) capital funds, (b) the National Grid for Learning, (c) literacy programmes, (d) numeracy programmes, (e) books for schools, (f)
truancy and behaviour initiatives, (g) school security, (h) improving school effectiveness, (i) the Excellence in Cities initiative,
(j) New Deal for Schools, (k) voluntary aided schools capital grant, (l) energy efficiency, (m) education S.S.A. and (n) music
programmes. [111029]
Ms Estelle Morris: The figures requested are shown in the following table. For Standards Fund grants, the figures include both the
Government's and Bradford Local Education Authority's contributions where appropriate. The figures shown for Education Standard
Spending Assessment also include provision for the Authority's contribution to the Standards Fund.
Allocations to Bradford Education Authority 1995-96 to 1999-2000 £
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Initiative 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
(a) Reduction of infant class sizes:
(i) Revenue n/a n/a n/a 625,000 1,387,000
(ii) Capital n/a n/a n/a 202,100 --
(b) National Grid for n/a n/a n/a 1,002,000 1,600,000
Learning (Standards Fund)
(c) Literacy Programmes n/a n/a 35,000 681,203 730,018
(Standards Fund)
(d) Numeracy Programmes n/a n/a n/a 13,700 626,375
(Standards Fund)
Literacy and Numeracy n/a 185,000 209,500 216,023 529,604
Programmes (Standards
Fund){1}
(e) Books for Schools n/a n/a 251,337 267,976 535,952
(f) Truancy and Behaviour 200,000 384,600 196,000 253,530 741,820
(Standards Fund)
(g) Schools Security n/a n/a 230,600 229,894 251,207
(Standards Fund)
(h) Improving School 1,418,600 1,529,400 1,482,800 1,649,487 2,695,144
Effectiveness (Standards
Fund)
(i) Excellence in Cities n/a n/a n/a n/a 1,733,923
(Standards Fund)
(j) New Deal for Schools n/a n/a 1,045,000 1,766,000 20,000,000
(k) Voluntary Aided Schools 142,000 85,000 321,000 472,000 581,000
Capital
(i) Energy Efficiency n/a n/a n/a 150,000 n/a
(m) Education Standard 201,900,000 209,900,000 208,500,000 225,100,000 233,800,000
Spending Assessment{2}
(n) Protecting Local n/a n/a n/a n/a 212,000
Authority Music Services
(Standards Fund)
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{1} Initiatives where expenditure on literacy and numeracy cannot be disaggregated. Includes allocations for Playing for Success and
Year 6 Booster Classes. {2} In 1997-98 £527 million was removed from Education Standard Spending at national level for the Nursery
Voucher Scheme. Note: n/a--not applicable