HC Deb 12 December 1997 vol 302 cc699-700W
Mr. Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many after-school clubs there were on(a) 1 May and (b) 27 November. [20051]

Mr. Alan Howarth

The Department makes funds available for after-school clubs in England under the Out of School Childcare Initiative (OSCI). The initiative is

Name Position Remuneration
Centre for Information on Language Teaching
Derek Winslow1 Governor None
Andrew Yeomans Governor None
Richard Bunker Governor None
Jeremy Arliss Governor None
Anthony Lunch Governor None
Construction Industry Training Board
Michael Fitchett Board member None
Herbert Baggaley Board member None
Stewart Tilley Board member None
Oliver Robbins Board member None
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
Norman Dunlop Chairman None
Equal Opportunities Commission
Ms Anne Gibson1 Commissioner £123 per day
Richard Grayson1 Commissioner £123 per day
Funding Agency for Schools
Sir Anthony Tippet Chairman £30,000 p. a.
Robert Lloyd Board member £155 per meeting
Professor David Johns Board member £155 per meeting
Miss Louise Anne Kidd Board member £155 per meeting
Roy Jobson Board member £155 per meeting
The Revd Dr. Alan Billings Board member £155 per meeting
Robin Wendt Board member £155 per meeting
Further Education Funding Council
Lord Davies of Oldham Chairman £37,000 p.a.
Further Education Funding Council—Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Committee
David Wille Board member None
Yvonne Rose Board member None
Professor Robert Fryer Board member None
Higher Education Funding Council for England
Dorma Urwin Board member £4,000 p.a.
Professor Ron Cooke Board member £4,000 p.a.
Dr. Keith Taylor Board member £4,000 p.a.
Mrs. Joan Bingley1 Board member £4,000 p.a.
Caroline Neville Board member £4,000 p.a.
Professor Sir Gareth Roberts Board member £4,000 p.a.
Dr. David Potter CBE Board member £4,000 p.a.
Professor Marilyn Butler Board member £4,000 p.a.

delivered locally by Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs). The Department records the number of places provided through OSCI in out of school clubs but not the number of clubs available throughout the country. The initiative has already created some 78,000 places and offers parents, especially women, the opportunity to participate more fully in the labour market by increasing the supply of good quality, affordable out of school childcare.