§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for each(a) area-based and (b) other regeneration-related initiative
£ million Outturn Estimated outturn Forecast budget FY 1997–98 FY 1998–99 FY 1999–2001 FY 2000–01 FY 2001–02 Education Action Zones (Rounds 1 and 2) — 10.2 29.2 50.0 60.0 Employment Zones (prototypes from 1998–2000—fully fledged from 2000–02) 1.0 5.0 16.0 56.0 56.0 Neighbourhood Support Fund — — 20.0 20.0 20.0 Sure Start1 — — 219.0 184.0 184.0 Excellence in Cities — — 32.0 200.0 3— Early Excellence Centres 0.12 1.9 4.1 10.0 10.0 Early Years Nursery Education Grant funding for education places for three-year-olds — — 38.0 110.0 250.0 New Start 0.93 3.85 5.6 5.0 4— Millennium Volunteers5 — 0.4 4.0 15.0 15.0 Community Champions — — 0.46 1.0 — Adult and Community Learning Fund — 65.46 6.1 6.5 5.0 New Deal for Schools7 78.077 223.710 282.355 500.400 293.400 1Sure Start is a cross-departmental programme, which is overseen by a steering group involving Ministers from the Departments of Education and Employment, Health, Social Security, Environment, Transport and the Regions, Culture, Media and Sport and the Home Office, the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Treasury. 2Spending in the first year was lower than originally planned; the underspend will be carried forward and used to meet the costs of programme activity in future years. 3The final figure for the third year of this initiative is dependent on the Year 2000 Review. 4To be decided in the light of the phased introduction of the Connexions Service which will build on the New Start partnership working from April 2001. 5These figures do not include a total of £12.75 million from the Windfall Tax which has been made available as start-up funding for the programme in England over the lifetime of this Parliament. 6This figure includes £3.27 million on Laptop Programme for Adult and Community Learning Tutors. 7These are total funding figures. A substantial proportion is spent in schools serving disadvantaged areas.