§ Ms CorstonTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what sums of public money(a) have been spent and (b) are allocated to the national coaching foundation scheme for Scottish and national vocational qualifications for coaching. [30327]
§ Mr. SproatThe Sports Council will provide £1,500,500 grant aid to the National Coaching Foundation in 1996–97 for a work programme which will include assistance to the national governing bodies of sport to help them develop their coach education programmes. A total of £183,000 is to be allocated to work on the Scottish/national vocational qualifications—S/NVO. This will involve assisting the governing bodies of sport to convert their existing coach award schemes in line with S/NVQ standards. For the last three years, the corresponding figures for Sports Council grant to the NCF have been:
1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 Total grant 1,494,000 1,420,000 1,550,500 S/NVQ element 164,000 153,661 176,136 I understand that funds are also made available by the Further Education Funding Council.