§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many ring-fenced grants(a) are provided and (b) were provided in each of the last five years to (i) each school in England and (ii) each local education authority in England; and what the (A) name, (B) purpose and (C) financial value of each was. [89342]
§ Mr. MilibandThe following ring-fenced grants have been provided by the Department since 1997–98:
Standards Fund Grant (1997–98 to 2002–03):
The Government's main means of targeting funds towards national priorities, such as the literacy and numeracy strategies and Excellence in Cities to reflect the central priority of raising standards in schools.
School Standards Grant (2000–01 to 2002–03):
To help schools to improve standards.
School Budget Support Grant (2000–01):
To increase the budget shares of schools maintained by local education authorities.
Education Budget Support Grant (2001–02):
To provide support to help some local education authorities manage funding changes in the financial year.
Post Sixteen Budget Support Grant (2002–03):
To provide support to local education authorities in respect of the transfer of funding for sixth form provision to the Learning and Skills Council.
Teachers' Pay Reform Special Grants (2000–01 to 2002–03):
719WTo support the costs of the teachers pay reforms.
Nursery Education Grant (1997–98 to 2002–03):
To providers of early education to enable them to make free high quality, part-time early education places available to eligible children.
Childcare Grant (1998–99 to 2002–03):
To help improve locally, the infrastructure for the provision of child care.
GM Transitional Funding Grant (2000–01 to 2001–02):
To contribute towards local authority expenditure on the costs of transitional funding paid to former grant-maintained and grant-maintained special schools.
GM Transitional Insurance Grant (1999–2000 to 2002–03):
To help schools meet the cost of any insurance contract entered into when they were still grant-maintained schools.
Education Action Zone Grant (1998–99 to 2002–03):
To enable local partnerships of schools, parents and the private sector to develop innovative and radical solutions which will raise educational standards.
Education Maintenance Allowance (1999–2000 to 2002–03):
A financial incentive targeted at young people from less well off families to encourage them to enter and remain in further education.
Capital Grants (1997–98 to 2002–03)
To assist in raising educational standards by contributing towards meeting the capital investment needs of buildings at schools including condition, suitability, sufficiency and modernisation needs.
Most funding provided by the Department is distributed via local education authorities (LEAs). EAZ funding is paid direct to the EAZ and not to the LEA. All maintained schools receive almost all their public funding from their LEA. The Department does not hold information on funding provided to individual schools.
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