§ Mr. CoakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when the Sure Start Plus scheme will start; and if he will make a statement. [120120]
§ Yvette CooperI announced the 20 Sure Start Plus pilot areas on 1 March 2000. Further guidance on Sure Start Plus will be issued in early summer inviting programmes to draw up plans for implementation in the autumn.
§ Mr. CoakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when the next round of applications for Sure Start schemes will be announced. [120121]
§ Yvette CooperSure Start is committed to establishing at least 250 local Sure Start programmes in areas of greatest need by the end of 2001–02. Of these, 121 have already been announced. A further round will be announced in the summer.