Written Answers. - Departmental Expenditure.
Richard Bruton
Question:
361
Mr. R. Bruton
asked the
Minister for Education and Science
if he will give details of the total budget disaggregated into staff costs, material costs, direct grants to education bodies and other costs in relation to the early start programme, the disadvantaged area designation scheme for primary schools, the breaking the cycle programme, the home-school liaison programme for primary schools and other programmes aimed exclusively at disadvantaged areas at primary level, as well as the disadvantaged area designation scheme for post-primary schools, the home-school liaison programme for post-primary schools and other programmes aimed exclusively at disadvantaged areas at post-primary level for each of the years from 1994-96; the total number of additional staff deployed over and above normal school provision in this regard for this period; the number of individual schools areas benefiting and the number of pupils benefiting from these programmes for this period; and the projected figures for 1997 and 1998 for all programmes in these regards.
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The information requested by the Deputy in relation to expenditure up to and including 1997 are set out in the following tables. Information relating to estimated expenditure for 1998 is not available. Details of the funding for 1998 for the services in question will not be finalised until after the 1998 budget.
Early Start Pilot Pre-School Project
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
|
Staff costs i.e.
|
|
|
|
|
|
(i) Child care assistant salaries
|
60,492
|
443,863
|
663,329
|
750,469
|
|
(ii) Teacher salaries
|
246,051
|
1,124,760
|
1,141,672
|
1,184,568(projected expenditure)
|
|
Direct grants including material costs
|
80,045
|
351,645
|
220,250
|
200,350(projected expenditure)
|
|
Other costs
|
2,098
|
2,740
|
Nil
|
Nil(projected)
|
|
Number of schools in the early start pre-school programme
|
8 (13 classes)
|
40 (56 classes)
|
40 (56 classes)
|
40 (56 classes)
|
|
Number of child care assistants employed
|
13
|
56
|
56
|
56
|
|
Number of over quota teachers employed
|
13
|
56
|
56
|
56
|
|
Number of pupils benefiting from the scheme(based on enrolments on 30 September of each year)
|
369
|
1,593
|
1,566
|
1,558
|
Disadvantaged Areas Scheme-Primary
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
|
Staff costs (i.e. teachers salaries)
|
5,545,611
|
5,884,905
|
5,973,391
|
6,218,982 (projected expenditure)
|
|
*Direct grants including material grants
|
1,943,109
|
2,553,636
|
2,631,762
|
2,752,703 (expected expenditure)
|
|
Number of schools in the disadvantaged areas scheme
|
310
|
309
|
320
|
318
|
|
*Number of over quota teachers employed
|
293
|
293
|
293
|
294
|
|
Number of pupils benefiting from the scheme(based on enrolments on 30 September of each year)
|
85,287
|
81,869
|
78,302
|
Enrolments not readily available
|
* The maximum class size guideline of 29 applies to all schools included in the disadvantaged areas scheme. The number of teaching posts allocated to schools in order to adhere to this guideline are not readily available.
Home-School-Community Liaison Scheme — Primary
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
|
Staff costs (i.e teacher salaries)
|
1,419,525
|
2,108,925
|
2,140,635
|
2,263,371 (projected expenditure)
|
|
Direct grant including material grants
|
*The figures applicable to this grant are included in the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme table above.
|
|
Other costs
|
6,439
|
6,380
|
11,868
|
9200 (projected expenditure)
|
|
Number of schools in the HSCL scheme
|
133
|
181
|
*177
|
*176
|
|
Number of over quota teachers employed
|
75
|
105
|
105
|
107
|
|
Number of pupils benefiting from the scheme(based on enrolments on 30 September of each year)
|
41,225
|
53,561
|
48,776
|
Enrolments not readily available
|
* The reduction in the number of participating schools in 1996 and 1997 arises from school amalgamations.
Breaking the Cycle Pilot Project.
|
1966
|
1997
|
|
£
|
£
|
|
Staff costs (i.e. teacher salaries)
|
2,466,827
|
2,559,513 (projected expenditure)
|
|
Direct grants including material grants
|
695,940
|
669,590
|
|
Other costs
|
12,846
|
41,688 (projected expenditure)
|
|
Number of schools in breaking the cycle
|
156
|
156
|
|
|
|
|
Number of over quota teachers employed
|
121
|
121
|
|
|
|
|
Number of pupils benefiting from the scheme (based on enrolments on 30 September of each year)
|
14,294
|
Enrolments not readily available
|
Note: The breaking the cycle pilot project commenced in September 1996.
Teaching Counsellor Pilot Scheme — Primary.
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
|
Staff costs (i.e. teacher salaries)
|
542,295
|
550,449
|
571,131(projected expenditure)
|
|
Direct grants including material grants
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
Other costs
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
Number of schools in the teaching counsellor scheme
|
31
|
31
|
31
|
|
Number of over quota teachers employed
|
27
|
27
|
27
|
|
Number of pupils benefiting from the scheme(based on enrolments on 30 September of each year)
|
8,183
|
7,829
|
Enrolments not readily available
|
Note: The teacher counsellor pilot scheme commenced in September 1995.
The cost of administration of the schemes and of providing in-service courses for the teachers involved in any of the schemes mentioned are not readily available.
Second-Level Schools Designated as Disadvantaged
A total of 190 second level schools, with a total enrolment of the order of 99,000 pupils, have been designated as disadvantaged since 1994. These schools have been allocated a total of 209 additional teaching posts at an annual estimated cost of £4.2 million.
Home-School-Community Liaison Scheme (Second-Level).
|
Year
|
Grants to Schools
|
Staff costs — applies in respect of teachers assigned to the scheme up to 1994
|
Other Costs
|
Number of Schools
|
Number of Students
|
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
|
|
|
1994
|
88,880
|
369,000
|
38,599
|
50
|
28,000
|
|
1995
|
154,192
|
468,000
|
2,982
|
86
|
48,000
|
|
1996
|
149,744
|
513,000
|
24,292
|
84
|
47,000
|
|
1997
|
145,000 (Est.)
|
513,000
|
15,000
|
84
|
46,000
|
Per Capita Grant for Disadvantaged Schools (Second-Level)
A special enhancedper capita grant of £15 was introduced in 1994 for schools which have been designated as disadvantaged. The current rate of this grant is £30. Accordingly the current overall per capita grant per student in such schools is £207. The cost of this enhanced payment in the years 1994-97 is as follows:
|
Year
|
Number of Students
|
Cost
|
|
|
£
|
|
1994
|
40,000
|
600,000
|
|
1995
|
41,461
|
621,920
|
|
1996
|
47,009
|
1,410,275
|
|
1997
|
45,823
|
1,374,700
|
Book Rental-Loan Schemes: Seed Capital
A special seed capital grant for the establishment of book rental-loan schemes for necessitous pupils was introduced in 1994 under the book grant scheme to second level schools which:
were officially designated as disadvantaged (that is had at least one disadvantaged post and-or are in the home-school liaison scheme),
did not already have a loan rental scheme in place and
gave a commitment to introduce such a scheme.
As the scheme is administered directly by the principal teachers of the individual schools concerned, details of the number of students benefiting from the scheme are not readily available.
Details of the allocations 1994-96 are as follows—
|
Year
|
No. Schools/VECs
|
Expenditure
|
|
|
£m
|
|
1994
|
38
|
0.391
|
|
1995
|
47
|
0.500
|
|
1996
|
57
|
0.400
|
The allocations for 1997 have not yet been finalised, and details of the 1998 allocation are not yet available.
