HC Deb 10 November 2003 vol 413 cc81-2W
Dr. Tonge

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the costs have been of setting up the National Healthy School Award; [136209]

(2) how many schools have signed up to the Healthy Schools programme; and how many of those schools have been accredited with the National Healthy School Standards, broken down by local education authority. [136210]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

The table shows the level of direct financial support for the National Healthy Schools Standard (NHSS) from central Government sources since its launch in 1999–2000. Information on any additional support from the local NHSS or from Local Education Authorities is not held centrally.

£ million
Year

(allocations)

 From the

Department of

Health

 From the

Department

for Education

and Skills

 Total
1999–2000 2 2 4
2000–01 6 2 8
2001–02 5.8 2 7.8
2002–03 5.5 2 7.5
2003–04 5.5 2 7.5

Over 14,000 schools have signed up to the Healthy Schools programme of which we expect 9,482 to be accredited as working at the most intensive level of involvement of level 3 by March 2004. The table attached shows the number of schools accredited with the standard and the breakdown by each local education authority.

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