§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the initiatives launched by his Department since May 1997 under which specific grants are allocated, indicating in each case and for each financial year the funding provided by central Government. [109309]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 10 February 2000]: The following table lists the education initiatives launched since May 1997 under which specific grants are located, showing for each initiative the amount of funding allocated by the Government in each financial year. The figures for the Standards Fund do not include local education authorities' contributions. The 5.7 per cent. and 5.4 per cent. national increases in Education Standard Spending in 1999–2000 and 2000–01 respectively, include provision for authorities' contributions to the Standards Fund. The Government are also making £390 million available, over the three years from 1999–2000, to increase by 66 per cent. the number of free early years education places available for three-year-olds by 2002.
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Specific grants supporting Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) initiatives launched since May 1997 £ million DfEE specific grant 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Baseline Assessment — 4.7 Part of School Improvement Grant Part of School Improvement Grant National Curriculum Assessment — 11.4 Part of School Improvement Grant Part of School Improvement Grant Effective use of National Curriculum Results — 2.5 Part of School Improvement Grant Part of School Improvement Grant School Leadership — 6.9 21.0 24.9 Advanced Skills Teachers — 0.6 6.4 9.5 Local Recruitment Measures — — 2.9 Transferred to Teacher Training Agency Early Years Training and Development four-year-olds — 4.5 4.5 4.5 Early Years Training and Development three-year-olds — — 1.5 2.3 Early Excellence Centres — 1.9 4.2 2.1 National Literacy Strategy—Primary — 24.6 24.4 24.1 National Numeracy Strategy—Primary — — 24.8 34.0 Summer Literacy Schools and Key Stage 3 Literacy — 3.7 6.5 Part of merged grant below Summer Numeracy Schools — 0.3 1.5 Part of merged grant below National Numeracy Strategy—Key Stage 3 — — 0.5 Part of merged grant below Summer Literacy and Numeracy Schools and Literacy and Numeracy at Key Stage 3 — — — 10.3 Playing for Success — 0.8 1.5 1.7 Family Literacy — 1.7 2.5 Part of Family Literacy and Numeracy Family Numeracy — — 0.5 Part of Family Literacy and Numeracy Family Literacy and Numeracy — — — 3.5 Local Authority Lifelong Learning Development Plans — — 4.5 9.0 Qualifications — 9.5 9.5 9.5 Work Related Learning — 2.0 2.0 Part of School Improvement Grant Special Educational Needs — 9.0 17.5 27.5 Social Inclusion: Pupil Support — 10.2 28.7 70.0 Drug Prevention — 3.5 3.7 Part of Social Inclusion grant Youth service — 1.0 1.0 Part of Social Inclusion grant National Grid for Learning — 51.0 52.2 102.5 School Security — 15.0 16.4 16.5 Beacon Schools — 1.3 5.5 8.0 Specialist Schools — 19.3 41.8 To be allocated Ethnic Minority Pupil Achievement (EMAG) — — 81.6 95.0 Education of Traveller and Displaced Persons — — 8.9 Part of EMAG Expanding central music services — — 6.2 10.3 Protecting central music services — — 28.9 29.9 Access Fund for pupils aged 16–19 in schools — 0.0 6.0 9.0 Year 6 Booster Classes — 13.5 48.0 42.0 Asset Management Plans — — 7.0 — Health Education Partnerships: Pilot projects — 0.6 2.0 To be allocated Numeracy Consultants and Leading Maths Teachers — 0.6 — Part of the National Numeracy Strategy Portable CD Rom Systems for SEN Coordinators — 4.0 — — Books for Schools 23.5 73.5 — — Childrens Parliament — 0.04 — — PCs for Chairs of Education — — 0.3 — Applications for Education Action Zones — — 1.0 — Small Education Action Zones — — 0.1 — Education Maintainence Allowances — — 13.2 31.9 Excellence in Cities (EiC): Development — — 0.8 — Learning Mentors and Learning Support Units (EiC) — — 16.9 34.3 Gifted and Talented Children (EiC) — — 6.0 18.0 Best Practice Research Scholarships (EiC) — — 0.2 — City Learning Centres (EiC) — — 1.8 To be allocated Dom-x Project — — 0.2 To be allocated Study Support Summer School Pilots — — 0.4 — Support for Parent Governor Representatives — — 0.2 0.2 Working Environment Fund — — 20.0 20.0 Administrative Assistance in Small Schools — — 20.0 30.0 PCs for Heads of Small Primary and Special Schools — — 3.0 — New National Curriculum — — — 9.0 Teenage Pregnancies — — — 5.0 Study Support — — — 9.8 Teaching Assistants — — — 117.0 Small School Support Fund — — — 10.0 Performance Management and Threshold Assessment Training — — — 12.0 Supported Early Retirement Scheme for Heads — — — 5.6 Adult: Pupil Ratios in Reception Classes — — — 8.6 Total Standards Fund 23.5 351.4 683.6 1,002.8 Capital grants paid through the Standards Fund Removal of Outside Toilets — 16.5 — — Energy Management — 13.2 — — Reduction of Infant Class Sizes (Capital) — 45.4 80.0 60.0 Seed Challenge Capital Grant — — — 30.0 Capital grants paid through the Standards Fund and other routes New Deal for Schools 83.0 257.0 340.0 To be allocated Formula Capital Grant — — — 186.9
Specific grants supporting Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) initiatives launched since May 1997 £ million DfEE specific grant 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Total Capital 83.0 332.1 420.0 186.9 Other specific grants Reduction of Infant Class Sizes (Revenue) — 22.0 80.0 160.0 Education Action Zones — 11.9 30.0 59.0 Nursery Education Grant 637.0 130.0 125.0 To be allocated Total other specific grants 637.0 163.9 235.0 219.0 Notes:
1. Grant for the Education of Traveller and Displaced Persons was in existence prior to May 1997 but became a standard 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 from 1999–2000 but are covered by their own Regulations and are therefore listed outside the Standards Fund.
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.
6. Nearly £1.5 million of credit approval has been allocated for the removal of outside toilets, in addition to the £16.5 million of grant allocated through the Standards Fund.
7. Under the New Deal for Schools, grant that has not been paid through the Standards Fund has been paid direct to voluntary aided schools and to former grant-maintained schools (either direct or through the Funding Agency for Schools).
8. Formula capital grant is paid to schools either through the Standards Fund or direct to Voluntary Aided schools.