§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what responsibilities which his Department had prior to the Comprehensive Spending Review are to be(a) discontinued by his Department, (b) transferred to another department, (c) transferred to an executive agency and (d) added to his Department over the period 1998–99 to 2001–02. [68407]
§ Mr. MudieLeaving aside the changes in the Department's responsibilities as a result of legislation in the 1997–98 and 1998–99 Sessions, the following changes since 1998–99 have taken or will take place
responsibility for the grant support in respect of projects to address educational disadvantage in ethnic minorities under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 transfers from the Home Office to DfEE from April 1999;responsibility for the regulation of day care under Part X of the Children Act 1989 transferred from the Department of Health to DfEE in April 1998; and 709W from April 1999, the Department has a new responsibility, jointly with HM Treasury and the Department of Health, for the Sure Start initiative to provide integrated services for children aged 0–3 in deprived areas.