HC Deb 26 November 2001 vol 375 cc598-9W
Mr. Chaytor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list(a) the total budget for the Learning and Skills Council's Standards Fund, (b) the total number of funding streams within the Standards Fund and the budget for each; and, within each funding stream what is (i) the total number of projects supported to date within the following ranges (A) up to £25,000, (B) £25,000 to £50,000 (C) £50,000 to £100,000 and (D) over £100,000. [14245]

Projects supported to date
Funding streams Indicative total funding (£ million) Up to £25,000 £25,000 to £50,000 £50,000 to £100,000 Over £100,000
Provider Improvement 51.4 487 107 56 8
Professional Development 79.9 224 10 9 21
College Governance 1.0 0 0 0 1
Centres of Vocational Excellence 10.0 0 0 0 4
Dissemination of Good Practice 10.1 9 7 9 13
National Initiatives 7.6 118 27 25 0

From next year, there will be a single, unified Standards Fund for post-16 learning with no individual ring-fenced funding streams within it.