§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the education initiatives launched since May 1997 under which specific grants are allocated(a) through the Standards Fund and (b) by other means, stating in each case and for each financial year the funding provided by central Government. [88170]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe following table lists the education initiatives launched since May 1997 for which funding is allocated to schools and local education authorities through the Standards Fund and other specific grants showing for each initiative the amount of funding provided by the Government in each financial year. The figures for the Standards Fund do not include Local Education Authorities' contributions. For 1999–2000, the 5.7 per cent. increase in Education Standard Spending Assessment included provision for Authorities' contributions to the Standards Fund.
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Specific grants supporting Department of Education and Employment (DfEE) initiatives launched since May 1997 £ million DfEE specific grant 1997–98 1998–99 1999–100 Youth Service — 1.0 1.0 National Grid for Learning — 51.0 52.2 School Security — 15.0 16.4 Beacon Schools — 1.3 4.5 Specialist Schools — 19.3 43.9 Education of Traveller and Displaced Persons — — 8.9 Expanding central music services — — 6.2 Protecting central music services — — 28.9 Ethnic Minority Pupil Achievement — — 81.6 Access Fund for pupils aged 16–19 in schools — 0.0 6.0 Year 6 Booster Classes — 13.5 4.0 Asset Management Plans — — 7.0 Health Education Partnerships: Pilot projects — 0.6 2.0 Numeracy Consultants and Leading Maths Teachers — 0.6 — Portable CD Rom Systems for SEN Coordinators — 4.0 — Books for Schools 23.5 73.5 — Childrens Parliament — 0.04 — Reduction of Infant Class Sizes (Revenue) — 22.0 72.0 Total Standards Fund 23.5 367.1 630.5 Capital grants paid through the Standards Fund Removal of Outside Toilets — 16.5 — Energy Management — 13.2 — New Deal for Schools 83.0 165.0 225.0 Reduction of Infant Class Sizes (Capital) — 45.4 80.0 Total Capital 83.0 240.1 305.0 Other specific grants Education Action Zones — 11.9 30.0 Nursery Education Grant 637.0 130.0 — Total other specific grants 637.0 141.9 30 Total All Grants 743.5 749.1 965.5 1Part of School Improvement Grant Notes:
1. Grant for the Education of Traveller and Displaced Persons was in existence prior to May 1997 but became a Standards Fund grant in 1999–2000.
2. Ethnic Minority Pupil Achievement replaced the schools' education element of the Home Office Section 11 grant.
3. Both grants for the reduction of class sizes will be paid through the Standards Fund mechanism in 1999–2000 but are covered by their own Regulations.
4. The Books for Schools grant includes provision for grant maintained schools paid via the Funding Agency for Schools.
5. In 1998–99 a large proportion of nursery education funding was channelled through the Revenue Support Grant.