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199W<br />
Written Answers<br />
26 OCTOBER 2009<br />
Written Answers<br />
200W<br />
2008-09 Revenue 2008-09 Capital<br />
LA name Per pupil (£) Total (£000)<br />
Waltham Forest 5,330 19,374<br />
Wandsworth 5,980 12,763<br />
Warrington 4,320 9,205<br />
Warwickshire 4,320 26,221<br />
West Berkshire 4,570 8,734<br />
West Sussex 4,370 34,129<br />
Westminster 6,260 6,164<br />
Wigan 4,510 21,023<br />
Wiltshire 4,250 26,285<br />
Windsor and<br />
4,630 7,603<br />
Maidenhead<br />
Wirral 4,630 14,566<br />
Wokingham 4,360 8,845<br />
Wolverhampton 4,940 12,900<br />
Worcestershire 4,300 28,893<br />
York 4,360 6,776<br />
Notes:<br />
Revenue Figures:<br />
1. This covers funding through the Dedicated Schools Grant, School<br />
Standards Grant, School Standards Grant (Personalisation) and Standards<br />
Fund as well as funding from the Learning and Skills Council; it excludes<br />
grants which are not allocated at LA level.<br />
2. Price Base: Cash<br />
3. These figures are for all funded pupils aged 3-19.<br />
4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10.<br />
5. Some of the grant allocations have not been finalised. If these do change,<br />
the effect on the funding figures is expected to be minimal.<br />
Capital Figures<br />
1. These figures are provided on an allocations basis. They include devolved,<br />
targeted and strategic programmes, funded by grant, supported borrowing and<br />
PFI.<br />
2. Where figures for some authorities appear particularly large, this will<br />
normally reflect a Building Schools for the Future allocation where<br />
expenditure will take place over a number of succeeding years.<br />
Schools: Asbestos<br />
Mr. Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Children, Schools and Families how many schools have<br />
been found to contain hazardous asbestos in the last<br />
12 months; in how many of those schools all asbestos<br />
has been removed; at what cost; and what assessment<br />
has been made of the health of (a) teachers and (b)<br />
pupils attending schools where asbestos has been found.<br />
[291622]<br />
Mr. Coaker: During any major refurbishment project,<br />
the Department expects those responsible, to remove<br />
hazardous asbestos and asbestos likely to be disturbed.<br />
Outside major projects, periodic asbestos surveys identify<br />
Asbestos Containing Materials that are likely to deteriorate<br />
and we expect them to be removed or encapsulated.<br />
There is no requirement for routine reports of the<br />
condition of asbestos containing materials; for each<br />
public building there is an individual with specific statutory<br />
duties related to asbestos but routine reporting is not<br />
one of those duties. So, data is not available on the<br />
number of schools found to contain hazardous asbestos<br />
in the last 12 months.<br />
Earlier this year, the Prime Minister gave a commitment<br />
to find out more about local authority management of<br />
asbestos.<br />
In September 2008 DCSF and HSE sought to determine,<br />
by questionnaire, how asbestos is being managed in<br />
system-built schools.<br />
Initial evaluation of the responses is complete. It has<br />
highlighted the need for further investigation and follow-up<br />
action. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) officials will<br />
discuss with the Department in November how to take<br />
this forward.<br />
Schools: Buildings<br />
Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Children, Schools and Families if he will review the<br />
adequacy of the provisions of the Education (School<br />
Premises) Regulations 1999, with particular reference<br />
to statutory provision for (a) water and (b) toilets.<br />
[295469]<br />
Mr. Coaker: The officials and colleagues from<br />
Partnerships for Schools are arranging to meet the<br />
Paediatric Continence Forum to discuss the adequacy<br />
of water and toilet provision in schools. This will include<br />
considering statutory methods that might be appropriate.<br />
This issue has already been addressed in the Building<br />
Schools for the Future programme with the 2007 publication<br />
of Toilets in Schools, a DCSF guidance note to encourage<br />
the use of standard layouts and designs to make toilets<br />
more attractive, cleaner and safer for pupils to use.<br />
Schools: Cricket<br />
Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Children,<br />
Schools and Families (1) what percentage of state<br />
schools are linked to a cricket club; [292568]<br />
(2) what percentage of state schools include<br />
organised games of cricket in the sports curriculum.<br />
[292569]<br />
Mr. Iain Wright: The 2008/09 School Sport Survey,<br />
published on 14 October, shows that 58 per cent. of<br />
schools are linked to a local cricket club and 89 per<br />
cent. of schools include cricket as part of the curriculum.<br />
A copy of the 2008/09 School Sport Survey will be<br />
placed in the Libraries.<br />
Schools: Heating<br />
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Children, Schools and Families how many schools use<br />
heat generated by (a) solar panels and (b) ground<br />
source heat pumps. [292013]<br />
Mr. Coaker: The Department does not hold information<br />
on the numbers of schools that use heat generated by<br />
(a) solar panels and (b) ground source heat pumps.<br />
Investment in measures of this nature would typically<br />
be funded from budgets delegated to schools and local<br />
authorities. This information may be held at a local<br />
authority.<br />
The Department receives information on planned<br />
installations of renewable energy systems for new school<br />
projects that are being delivered within Building Schools<br />
for the Future and the Academies programme. We have<br />
received details for 71 new school projects since January<br />
2008. Of these, 39 are planning to install systems that<br />
generate heat from solar panels, and eight plan to install<br />
ground source heat pumps for heat generation.<br />
Schools: Standards<br />
John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Children, Schools and Families what proportion of (a)