HC Deb 19 April 2004 vol 420 cc36-7W
Mr. Goodman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding has been allocated to(a) Aimhigher, (b) the Children's Fund, (c) community champions, (d) early cxcellence centers, (e) education action zones, (f) Excellence in Cities, (g) extended schools, (h) Healthy Schools Programme, (i) Local Network Fund for Children and Young People, (j) neighbourhood leaning centers, (k) neighbourhood nurseries, (l) Neighbourhood Support Fund, (m) new entrepreneur scholarships, (n) Sure Start, (o) Sure Start Plus and (p) Young Volunteer Challenge Pilot in (i) 2004–05, (ii) 2005–06 and (iii) total. [163723]

Alan Johnson

Funding allocations are shown in the table below. Information on additional local

Initiative 2004–05 2005–06 Total for initiative up to and including 2004–06
Aimhigher1.2 87 89 352
Children's Fund 160 To be confirmed 600
Community Champions3 3 3 17
Early Excellence centers 15 13 96
Education Action Zones 61 61 384
Excellence in Cities 306 386 1,615
Extended Schools 31 To be confirmed 56
Healthy Schools Programme4 8 58 50
Local Network Fund for Children and Young People 40 40 50
Neighbourhood Learning centers 30 630 90
Neighbourhood nurseries 95 54 253
Neighbourhood Support Fund 10 10 80
New Entrepreneur Scholarships7 6 To be confirmed 18
Sure Start local programmes8 463 507 1,722
Sure Start Plus9 3 3 17
Young Volunteer Challenge Pilot10 3 0 5
1These figures exclude amounts for Opportunity Bursaries and contributions towards HEFCE's widening participation allocation
2These figures relate only to the DfES contribution. From August 2004, additional contributions are being made by HEFCE and the Department of Health and, subject to confirmation, from the LSC
3Includes £1 million per year Home 0ffice contribution from 2001–02 to 2003–04
4These figures include funds from the Department of Health.
5This figure is indicative
6This figure is indicative
7New Entrepreneur Scholarships are I ended by the Learning and Skills Council.
8The figures for Sure Start relate to spend/allocation for Sure Start local programmes. They do not include programmes funded by the former Early Years and Childcare Unit which now come under the remit of the Sure Start Unit as a result of decisions taken in the last spending review.
9Sure Start Plus was administered by the Department of Health until Monday 29 March 2004, when it transferred to DfES.
10The overall budget for YVC Pilot is £4.5m up to the end of March 2005.
Note:
All amounts are £ millions and rounded to the nearest million