§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are all the education initiatives, together with their cost, which are funded by the Department for Education and Skills from the overall education budget. [HL1855]
§ Baroness Ashton of UphollandDetails of the education programmes funded by the Department for Education and Skills are set out in Table 4.2 of the Department for Education and Employment Annual Report (Cm 5102). The programmes listed in that table under the headingObjective Three: Helping People without a job into work and two of the programmes 29WA under Objective Two: Lifelong Learning (entitled "European Social Fund" and "European Regional Development Fund") are now the responsibility of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Since that report was published, we have announced an additional £197 million for education and skills projects funded under the Capital Modernisation Fund: £40 million for new investment in schools, workforce skills and measures to raise productivity; and £50 million to fund Curriculum online.