HC Deb 04 December 2003 vol 415 c188W
Charles Hendry

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total funding for Millennium volunteers for each local authority area has been for(a) 2003–04, (b) 2002–03, (c) 2001–02 and (d)2000–01; and what the anticipated level of funding for 2004–05 is. [140662]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The amount of funding allocated for Millennium Volunteers projects in each local authority area is not collected as many projects operate across boundaries. £10 million was allocated for MV in England in 2000–01 but information by region is not available.

The amount of funding allocated in each region in 2001–02,2002–03,2003–04 and 2004–05 is provided in the table. The figure for 2004–05 is lower than that in previous years because the Department invested additional funds in excess of the allocated budget in the spending period.

£
Region 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05
East Midlands 1,027,174 1,059,268 1.121.052 979,036
East of England 1,474,717 1,452,331 1,325,198 1,157,321
London 2,062,717 1,933,514 1,711,119 1,494,353
North East 1,072,368 932,442 960,734 839,027
North West 1,834,084 1,967,701 2,018,315 1,762,633
South East 1,468,231 1,933,827 1,952.871 1,705,479
South West 1,628,993 1,675.570 1,810,513 1,581,156
West Midlands 1,598,413 1,577,314 1,664,627 1,453,750
Yorks & the Humber 1,315,365 1,711.213 1,748,783 1,527,245
Totals 13,482,062 14,243,180 14,313,212 12,500,000

Charles Hendry

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the impact of the decision to fund support for Millennium volunteers through Connexions. [140681]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The impact of the decision to fund support for Millennium Volunteers through Connexions will be significant. It will ensure that the programme will be more responsive to the needs of young people and their local communities and that the programme will be marketed and supported alongside a range of support for young people. The early pilots of Connexions delivery have demonstrated that additional investment in the programme can be achieved as well as economies of scale in areas such as data collection, marketing and celebration events.