§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if, for the second wave of the Sure Start programme, he will list(a) the areas selected, (b) the basis upon which each of the areas was selected and (c) when each of the new schemes is due to commence. [123063]
§ Yvette CooperA list of the local authority districts selected for the second wave of Sure Start is given. These were selected using DETR's Index of Local Deprivation augmented with two further measures: low birth weight 337W babies and births to teenage mothers. The catchment area for the local Sure Start programme is chosen by partnerships formed by all those working with young children within the district. The criteria for selection are set out in the guidance for second wave programmes, a copy of which was placed in the Library, and include high levels of need for support services among local families. Second wave Sure Start partnerships have been asked to submit their final plans by 23 May. Most of these are expected to receive approval during the summer and be running in the early autumn.
Areas (69) invited to submit applications for the second wave of Sure Start (England):
- Ashfield
- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnsley
- Birmingham
- Blyth Valley
- Bolsover
- Bolton
- Boston
- Bournemouth
- Bradford
- Bristol
- Burnley
- Calderdale
- Cannock Chase
- Coventry
- Croydon
- Derwentside
- Dover
- Dudley
- Ealing
- Easington
- Gateshead
- Gloucester
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Harlow
- Hartlepool
- Hounslow
- Hyndburn
- Ipswich
- Isle of Wight
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kerrier
- Kingston-upon-Hull
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Lewisham
- Lincoln
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Medway Towns
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Nottingham
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Pendle
- Peterborough
- Portsmouth
- Preston
- Reading
- Redbridge
- Rochdale
- Sedgefield
- Sefton
- Sheffield
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- Solihull
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
- Tameside
- Torbay
- Wakefield
- Walsall
- Wandsworth
- Wansbeck
- Wear Valley
- Westminster
- Wigan
- Wirral
§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if, for the third wave of the Sure Start programme, he will list the areas which have so far been selected; when he expects the remainder of these areas to be selected; and when each of these new schemes is due to commence. [123064]
§ Yvette CooperThe districts for the third phase of Sure Start local programmes will be announced later this year taken local In the first and second waves it has local programmes about six to eight months to develop their plans.