HC Deb 06 February 2001 vol 362 c447W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list for each of the past 12 months(a) income and (b) expenditure of the New Opportunities Fund; and what the latest figure is for his (i) unused and (ii) uncommitted reserves of that fund. [148860]

Kate Hoey

Monthly income and expenditure figures from January to December 2000 are shown in the table. At 31 December 2000 the New Opportunities Fund's cumulative income since its establishment in July 1998 was £724 million, including interest; £636 million has been awarded as grants. The balance available in the National Lottery Distribution Fund is £553 million, of which £511 million is committed to grant recipients.

New Opportunities Fund Income and Expenditure for the 12 month period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000
£000
Income Expenditure (incl. hard commitments)
January 16,522.5 15,977.1
February 22,652.5 40,423.3
March 37,364.2 16,138.1
April 16,312.4 12,221.3
May 21,239.1 20,797.0
New opportunities fund out of school hours childcare grants in the Harrow, West constituency since 1997
Date of Award School Organisation Running Project Amount (£) Provision
1999 Earlsmead F and M School Earlsmead F and M School 3,559 16 before and 16 after school places for children aged 5 to 14 years old
1999 Harrow High School and St. Gregory's High School Kufi Educational Service 10,000 Summer School
2000 St. George's School St. George's School and Parents and 23,200 Staff Association 23,200 35 additional after school, 20 before school and 20 holiday places for children aged 3 to 11 years old
2000 Schools local to Rayners Lane Estate Rayners Lane Estate Tenants and Residents Association 6,915 25 place holiday club for children ages 5 to 11 years old
2000 Kenmore park First School, Roxeth Manor Middle School and Horsenden School Chosen Generation Services 48,000 84 after school and 40 before school places for children aged 3 to 11 years old

The Fund has also allocated £718,884 to Harrow local education authority under the Information and Communications Technology Training for Teachers programme.