§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how much of the £390 million over the next three years for nursery vouchers announced on 28 November(a) will be spent on administration costs and (b) will be spent on staff training and capital investment; [3743]
(2) if the £390 million over the next three years for nursery vouchers announced on 28 November is in addition to the £185 million announced in her statement to the House on 6 July, Official Report, columns 517–32; and what proportion of the £390 million will be spent in each of the three years; [3741]
(3) what proportion of the extra £390 million for nursery vouchers announced on 28 November will be channelled through local authorities; and what proportion will go to the private company appointed to administer the voucher scheme. [3742]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe £390 million for the nursery education voucher scheme announced on 28 November is in respect of those four-year-olds who do not have a place in a maintained school, with £21 million for phase 1 in 1996–97 and £185 million for 1997–98 when the scheme is fully implemented and for the following year. It will be added to sums deducted from each LEA in respect of existing places for four-year-olds.
121WThe Government's contract with Capita Managed Services Ltd. to administer phase 1 of the nursery voucher scheme was awarded after competitive tender. The financial details are commercially confidential. The contract for phase 2 will also be the subject of a competitive tender.
The proportion of the £390 million channelled through local authorities will depend on where new places are created.
The value of the voucher includes elements for training and the servicing of capital debt.
Educational psychologists in service and children with statements of special educational needs maintained by each Local Education Authority area in England Position as at January in each year 1985 Educational psychologists Children with statements1 Full-time equivalent per 10,000 pupils in schools2 Number1 per 10,000 pupils in schools2 Corporation of London 4— 4— 4—4— 4— Camden 4— 4— 4— 4— Greenwich 4— 4— 4— 4— Hackney 4— 4— 4— 4— Hammersmith and Fulham 4— 4— 4— 4— Islington 4— 4— 4— 4— Kensington and Chelsea 4— 4— 4— 4— Lambeth 4— 4— 4— 4— Lewisham 4— 4— 4— 4— Southwark 4— 4— 4— 4— Tower Hamlets 4— 4— 4— 4— Wandsworth 4— 4— 4— 4— Westminster 4— 4— 4— 4— Barking and Dagenham 7.0 2.8 384 154.1 Barnet 8.5 1.8 644 136.7 Bexley 5.0 1.4 713 205.7 Brent 9.6 2.6 5— 5— Bromley 8.0 1.8 766 171.7 Croydon 9.0 1.7 791 151.3 Ealing 5.4 1.3 513 119.5 Enfield 9.0 2.2 779 188.9 Haringey 7.0 2.3 556 184.5 Harrow 6.0 1.9 596 186.7 Havering 8.0 2.0 626 158.5 Hillingdon 5.0 1.3 698 184.6 Hounslow 5.9 1.8 12 3.6 Kingston upon Thames 2.0 0.9 340 160.2 Merton 5.0 1.9 160 60.9 Newham 11.0 2.9 755 199.5 Redbridge 6.0 1.7 724 210.5 Richmond upon Thames 4.0 1.7 305 133.0 Sutton 4.0 1.6 190 75.8 Waltham Forest 8.0 2.3 716 203.8 Birmingham 37.2 2.0 3,478 188.7 Coventry 12.3 2.2 1,232 222.7 Dudley 7.5 1.5 908 181.7 Sandwell 8.0 1.5 1,103 203.1 Solihull 7.3 1.9 84 22.1 Walsall 7.0 1.3 777 148.4 Wolverhampton 6.0 1.2 720 150.0 Knowsley 7.0 2.2 348 111.4 Liverpool 15.5 1.8 1,663 188.0 St. Helens 4.0 1.1 647 185.3 Sefton 9.0 1.7 581 109.3 Wirral 8.0 1.3 1,277 211.6 Bolton 4.0 0.8 675 135.4 Bury 3.5 1.1 507 165.9 Manchester 14.0 1.8 345 43.2 Oldham 5.0 1.2 661 159.3 Rochdale 9.0 2.3 618 159.8 Salford 6.0 1.4 815 191.0