HC Deb 16 February 1999 vol 325 cc711-2W
Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the(a) grants and (b) other financial support given by his Department to (i) Westminster City Council and (ii) the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, other than through

Grants to Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea
£000
1997–98 (actual) 1998–99 (estimated) 1999–2000 (planned)
Grant Westminster Kensington and Chelsea Westminster Kensington and Chelsea Westminster Kensington and Chelsea
VA Capital Grant1 729 92 595 152 375 139
New Deal for Schools Capital 313 244 988 527 2— 2—
Nursery Education (4 year olds) 3 1,209 806 486 356 2— 2—
Standards Fund4 796 610 1,698 978 4,290 2,551
Travellers Grant5 — 34 — 35 — 48

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