§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if the ILAs to be accessed through community action pilots as part of the regeneration strategy announced on 15 January will(a) be subject to the same criteria as other ILAs and (b) be of the same individual value; if the figure announced for take-up of 10,000 is in addition to existing credits; if this figure represents (i) an estimate and (ii) a target; and what arrangements he will put in place for evaluating pilot studies. [146057]
§ Mr. Wicks[holding answer 22 January 2001]: Individual Learning Accounts accessed through community action pilots will be subject to the same criteria, and of the same value as, other Individual Learning Accounts. The 10,000 accounts announced will be part of the first one million Individual Learning Account holders to benefit from the £150 incentive. Already 560,000 people have opened Individual Learning Accounts.
We are making support costs available to the Community Groups to test out new ideas on reaching those who have not been engaged in learning rather than asking these groups to achieve set targets. The figure of 10,000 is therefore the estimate from the five participating community groups. Information from this pilot work will inform the full Individual Learning Accounts evaluation to be carried out from May 2001.
Table A: Central Government capital investment in schools in Birmingham local education authority £000 Funding stream 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–20 2000–01 Basic Credit Approvals 5,384 2,811 3,611 2,229 2,730 Supplementary Credit Approvals 1,381 1,330 262 510 620 Grant to Voluntary Aided Schools 193 514 530 687 1,172 Schools Renewal Challenge Fund 446 — — — — New Deal for Schools — 1,193 2,766 6,860 13,816 School Security Grant — 263 327 357 355 Removal of Outside Toilets — — 80 — — Energy Efficiency Initiative — — 310 — — Key Stage 1 Class Size Initiative — — — 298 733 National Grid for Learning Grant — — 4,000 4,000 4,000 PFI Credits — — 51,000 — — Assistance with Asset Management Plans — — — 135 — Seed Challenge Funding — — — — 593 Formula Capital for Schools — — — — 7,501 Renewal of School Laboratories — — — — 555 Nursery Provision — — — — 122 Total 7,404 6,111 62,886 15,076 32,197 32W
Table B:Forecast investent in schools in Birmingham local education authority £000 Funding stream 2001–02 2002–03 2003–4 Basic Credit Approvals 1,245 1— 1— Grant to Voluntary Aided Schools 2,337 1— 1— New Deal for Schools Devolved Formula 4,064 5,467 10,562 New Deal for Schools Condition Funding 2,901 8,073 10,257 Seed Challenge Funding 690 1,271 1,271 Renewal of School Laboratories 555 1— 1— Schools Access Initiative 1,046 1— 1— Total 12,838 14,811 22,090 1 Future years' allocations shown are only those already announced as being attributable to Birmingham Local Education Authority.