§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding the Department provided to the National Foundation for Educational Research in each year since 1990; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the Foundation's document, Sounds before letters: final evaluation of POPAT. [127199]
§ Alan JohnsonInformation on funding provided to the national Foundation for Educational Research is only available from 1995. The cost of providing information prior to this date would be disproportionate. The funding provided by the Department each year from April 1995 is as follows.
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£ Funding provided by the Department 1995 312,808 1996 307,100 1997 200,984 1998 311,924 1999 759,209 2000 304,547 2001 319,090 2002 104,943 The Department did not commission the National Foundation for Educational Research to evaluate POPAT.