Kettering Constituency Labour Party

LABOUR DELIVERS -   IN THE KETTERING CONSTITUENCY 

Since the 1^st May 1997 we have had a Labour Government. Below is a summary of some of the main achievements in the Kettering Constituency during the eight years that Phil Sawford served as the Member of Parliament. 

PUBLIC SAFETY

1. Over 100 additional Police officers in Northamptonshire - 1,285  (Sept 2004). Up from 1181 in May 1997
2. 23 Community Support Officers in the County and funding for a further 12 announced in November 2004.
3. The A6 Rothwell / Desborough bypass opened in August 2003. (£11.5 million)
4. Lighting installed on the A14 between Kettering and Rothwell (£1 million).
5. Speed cameras installed on the A43 in Geddington.
6. CCTV cameras installed in Rothwell, Desborough and Burton Latimer.
7. New pedestrian crossings in Northampton Road Kettering, Rothwell High Street, Station Road Desborough and 3 on the Ise Village as part of the 'Safe Routes to School' initiative.
8. Crime is down 30% since 1997 and the chance of being a victim of crime is the lowest for 20 years.
9. New ‘Airwave’ combined data, radio and mobile phone system for Northants Police  (£4 million capital & £1 million revenue)

 HEALTH

1. Kettering is in the Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Strategic Health Authority. Across the area there are 963 more nurses, 393 more Doctors and 176 more Consultants than there were in 1997.
2. New CAT scanner at Kettering General Hospital (£500,000).
3. New MRI scanner at Kettering General Hospital (£1 million).
4. New skin care unit opened at KGH February 2003 (£1 million).
5. New Opthalmology unit at KGH £300,000.
6. Extension to the intensive care unit at KGH (£900,000).
7. New Orthopaedic theatre at KGH (£650,000).
8. New Endoscopy suite at KGH (£400,000).
9. Modernisation of A & E at Northampton Hospital (£500,000)
10. New 'Rapid Access' Chest Pain Clinic opened at KGH 2001
11. Work has started on a £24 million modernisation plan at Kettering General Hospital with the construction of a £14.5 million short stay treatment centre
12.  A new ‘Robotic Analyser Machine’ has been installed in the pathology lab (£1 million)
13.  A second CAT scanner is due to be installed and operational by mid March 2005 (£500,000)
14.  Extension to the education and training centre will be completed by the end of 2005 (£4 million)

EDUCATION

1. Rothwell Junior School - 8 new classrooms (£380,000) opened in March 2000.
2. More Teachers - 470 more in Northamptonshire than in 1998 (total 5,720). 
3. St Thomas More RC Primary - new heating system and new classrooms.
4. Hawthorn Road School - 3 new classrooms (£235,000).
5. Montsaye Community College - 8 new classrooms (over £1 million).
6. Avondale Junior School - new classrooms (£75,900).
7. New school (Hall Meadow) opened in Kettering.
8. Park Infant School- new classrooms (£90,000).
9. Brambleside Primary School - 2 new classrooms (£180,000).
10. Grange Primary - 2 new classrooms (£126,000) opened September 2000
11. Rothwell Victoria Infants School - New Classrooms (£250,000). At the opening 25 balloons were released to mark the 25 years that mobile classrooms had been on the site.
12. Latimer Community Arts College (£1.7 million Arts centre).
13. Montagu School - £1.5 million for new sports hall.
14. New sport and community facilities at Grange School (£980,000).
15. New classrooms opened September 2003 to replace 50 year old prefabricated classrooms at Guilsborough Primary School (£400,000).
16. New science and maths block at Montsaye (Rothwell)  (£900,000)
17. Two new classrooms opened at Maidwell Primary School June 2000. One of the 'Mobile' classrooms was actually a discarded builders cabin from the A14 construction site.
18. New teaching block at Montsaye opened June 2004 (£1,27 million)
19. New sports facilities and refurbishment of swimming pool Montsaye Community College £1.7 million.
20. New entrance and new admin facilities Montsaye Community College £250, 000).
21. New Sixth form centre at Guilsborough School (£1.2 million).
22. New School opened at Mawsley (September 2004)
23. New £400,000 Sixth form block at Latimer Community Arts College (opened October 2004)

EDUCATION (Investment through the 'New Deal' in case you had forgotten what 18 years of neglect had done to the fabric of our schools) 

New Deal for Schools (1999/ 2000) 

Avondale Junior        Mobile Replacement             £82,000

Latimer Arts College  Mobile Replacement             £80,000

Meadowside Junior    Flat roof                                  £45,000

New Deal for Schools (2000/ 2001) 

Avondale Infant                Flat roof                                  £34,192

Bishop Stopford               Flat roof                                  £302.020

Braybrook Primary            Windows and doors                       £25,901

Grange Community Primary  Flat roof                              £23,445

Henry Gotch Junior           Flat roof                               £9,594

Latimer Arts College          Curtain Walling                      £228,480

Latimer Arts College          Windows and doors                 £40,320

Park Junior                     Heating                               £41,333

Park Junior                    Chimneys                             £2,400

Park Junior                         roof and walls                          £1,140

Park Junior                    Windows and doors                  £41,439

Ronald Tree Nursery         Windows and Doors               £16,835 

Rushton Primary             Windows and Doors               £17,388

St Andrews Primary          Pitched roof                         £28,646

St Andrews Primary          Toilets                               £18,718

Wilbarston                   Roofing                                £14,000

New Deal for Schools (2001/ 2004)  

Loddington Primary        Flat roof                                £3,569

Broughton Primary        Pitched roofs                          £15,831

Avondale Junior            Flat roof                               £4,680

Avondale Junior            Pitched roofs                          £17,550

Avondale Junior            Walls                                   £11,115

Avondale Junior            Windows                              £3,510

Henry Gotch Junior        Boilers                                  £79,560

Henry Gotch Junior        Roof and roof lights                  £8,190

Henry Gotch Junior         Water pipes                            £4,680

Henry Gotch Junior        Pitched roofs                          £16,380

Park Junior                  Playground                             £3,510

Park Junior                  Ext walls & decoration                £9,945

Grange Primary             External walls                            £3,510

Meadowside Infant         Playground                             £8,705

Meadowside Infant         Roof and roof lights                    £52,065

Meadowside Infant         Windows and doors                    £114,719

Meadowside Infant          Storage tank                           £3,978

Barton Seagrave            Flat roof                               £7,781

St Andrews Primary         Paths, paving and ramps             £9,945

St Andrews Primary         Walls                                   9,068

St Mary's Burton Latimer   Walls                                £18,252

St Mary's Burton Latimer  Windows                            £60,000

Ise Community College     Ext Walls                           £486,487

Ise Community College     Convector fan                       £56,160

Ise Community College     Luminaires                          £65,988

Ise Community College     Flat roof                             £222,000

Latimer Arts College       Walls                                 £242,433

Latimer Arts College       Roof & roof lights                   £35,451

Latimer Arts College      Windows and doors                  £37,206

Latimer Arts College      Drainage                              £9,945

Latimer Arts College      Boiler                                  £7,721

Millbrook Infant           Roads & Car park                     £13,759

Millbrook Junior           Roof & roof lights                   £43,963

Montagu                   Flat roof                              £84,240

Wrenn Spinney           Paths & Playground                  £7,020

Loatlands Primary       Roof, gutters rooflights               £11,700

Loatlands Primary       Windows and doors                   £5,265

Wilbarston                Walls                                  £5850

Montsaye                  Water storage tank                 £7,020

Montsaye                  Flat roofs                             £64,499

Montsaye                  Boiler                                  £23,400

Montsaye                  Luminaires                             £61,565

Total 'New Deal' allocations to schools in the Kettering Constituency  = £3,538,147. 

 EMPLOYMENT 

1.   In Kettering unemployment is down 36 percent since 1997.

2.   In Kettering - 420 young people have been helped in to work through the New Deal for young people ·        150 through the new deal for the Over 25’s. ·        150 through the new deal for the Over 50’s. ·        460 through the new deal for lone parents.

3.   The number of people in the Kettering Constituency out of work for over one year has been cut by 70% since 1997. 

HELP FOR FAMILIES

1. Thousands of families benefit through the new 'Child Tax Credit', the biggest ever increase in 'Child Benefit'.
2. New Child Trust Fund launched in the last budget.
3. In Northamptonshire 13,000 free nursery education places for three and four year olds were taken up in 2003.

 A BETTER DEAL FOR PENSIONERS      

1. Over 20,240 people over 60 years of age in the Kettering Constituency receive the £200 winter fuel allowance (a further 4660 pensioners over 80 years of age, will soon benefit by an additional £100).
2. 6,900 people over 75 in the Kettering Constituency get a free TV Licence.
3. VAT on fuel reduced from 8% to 5%.
4. Free eye test restored.
5. 4225 people are receiving Pensions Credit payments in the Kettering Constituency and the average sum is £35.82

 INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES 

1. Sure start has received £768,752 in 2005/06. In addition to this £938,000 of a capital grant will be invested in a new building which will provide a family centre, 26 full day care places and accommodation for up to 20 staff.
2. Redevelopment of the ‘Lawrences’ site in Desborough £1.7 million  government funding.
3. £1.5 million government funding for recycling household waste   

Labour - Tackling crime, Investing in education, rebuilding the NHS, supporting families and helping pensioners.

(Last updated 02.04.2005)