§ Yvette CooperTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the grants and awards that require bids from applicants which his Department is responsible for administering and awarding(a) nationally and (b) that people and groups within 114W Wakefield Metropolitan District are eligible to bid for; if he will publish the deadlines for these applications; and if he will produce this list on a regular basis. [69089]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisA list of specific grants for education managed by the Department for Education and Employment for 1999–2000 which require bids from local education authorities, and the deadlines for those bids, are listed in the table. All local education authorities, including Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, are able to bid for these grants. This list will be produced as and when requested, normally grant programmes represented by these bids are revised annually.
Grant Deadline The Standards Fund Programme (as set out in DfEE Circular 13/98) 16 November 1998 Protecting and expanding local education authority music services 15 January 1999 New Deal for Schools Phase 3 22 January 1999 Reduction in Class Size (Revenue) 30 October 1998 Reduction in Class Size (Capital) 20 November 1998 Independent/State School Partnerships 5 February 1999 Voluntary Aided Schools Capital Grants 19 October 1998 Education Action Zones 16 April 1999