§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much funding his Department has given to the Council for Education in World Citizenship in each of the last five years. [48765]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe Department has provided funding of £360,000 over the period 1993–94 to 1997–98 as follows:
£ 1993–94 92,000 1994–95 84,000 1995–96 85,000 1996–97 60,000 1997–98 39,000 We are currently developing proposals for new funding arrangements to support organisations working in the field of education for citizenship which move away from core funding individual organisations to a more flexible approach which supports overall policy development in this area.