§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list actual and planned expenditure in each financial year by his 401W Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies on (a) market research, (b) conferences, (c) direct mail, (d) advertising and publicity, (e) opinion polling, (f) websites, (g) hospitality, (h) central administration costs and (i) external consultants and advisers on (i) summer literacy schools, (ii) the National Grid for Learning, (iii) the New Deal for Schools Phase 3 and (iv) special educational needs. [88182]
Summer literacy schools £ Year Market research Conferences Direct mailing Advertising and publicity Opinion polling Websites Hospitality Central administration Costs External consultants and advisers 1997–98 Planned 0 15,000 0 0 0 0 0 2,500 7,500 Actual 0 15,000 0 0 0 0 0 3,500 7,500 1998–99 Planned 0 70,000 4,000 0 0 0 0 12,000 10,000 Actual 0 70,000 4,000 0 0 0 0 10,500 10,000 1999–2000 Planned 0 0 4,000 0 0 0 0 9,000 0
National Grid for Learning—departmental spend £ Year Market research Conferences Direct mailing Advertising and publicity Opinion polling Websites Hospitality Central Administration Costs External consultants and advisers 1997–98 Planned 0 1— 780 44,000 0 0 0 1— 22,900 Actual 0 1— 780 44,000 0 0 0 1— 22,900 1998–99 Planned 0 1— 1— 98,000 0 0 0 1— 55,000 Actual 0 1— 1— 98,000 0 0 0 1— 55,000 1999–2000 Planned 0 50,000 1— 40,000 0 0 0 1— 154,200 1There costs were unable to be separated from total spend incurred in this category
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National Grid for Learning—spend incurred by British Educational Communications and Technology Agency £ Year Market Research Conferences Direct mailing Advertising and publicity Opinion polling Websites Hospitality Central administration Costs External consultants and advisers 1997–98 Planned 0 0 0 0 0 285,000 0 1— 0 Actual 0 0 0 0 0 285,000 0 1— 0 1998–99 Planned 0 0 0 27,000 0 330,000 0 333,900 137,000 Actual 0 0 0 27,000 0 330,000 0 333,900 137,000 1999–2000 Planned 0 125,000 0 0 0 435,000 0 655,350 430,000 1These costs were unable to be separated from total spend incurred in this category
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe following tables list the actual and planned expenditure for the financial years 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000 as appropriate. These costs represent expenditure which has been identified as additional to that which would have been incurred as part of the normal operational activity.
403WNew Deal for Schools Phase 3
There was no additional spend in any of the categories identified for the New Deal for Schools programme—Phase 3.
Special educational needs Year Market research Conferences Direct mailing Advertising and publicity Opinion polling Websites Hospitality Central administration costs External consulants and advisers 1997–98 Planned 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Actual 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1998–99 Planned 0 120,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 64,528 Actual 0 127,247 1,750 0 0 0 0 0 64,528 1999–2000 Planned 0 32,500 0 0 0 0 0 0 127,204