HC Deb 08 February 1999 vol 325 cc106-7W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list(a) the budget for the Standards Fund for each year between 1998–99 and 2001–2002 and (b) the expenditure committed to date under the fund for each of those years. [70012]

Ms Estelle Morris

For 1998–99 the Standards Fund budget and expenditure committed is £625.5m. For 1999–2000 Local Education Authorities have been offered allocations from a Standards Fund budget totalling £843m. The expenditure committed for 1999–2000 will be known once Authorities have responded to those offers and to allocations yet to be made. These figures include grant contributed by the Department and contributions from Local Education Authorities. The Standards Fund programme is reviewed annually and decisions about the budget for 2000–2001 will be made in due course.