§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list for each(a) area based and (b) other regeneration-related initiative for which her Department is responsible (i) the amount budgeted and (ii) the total expenditure in each financial year for the planned lifetime of each initiative (1) nationally and (2) in the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency. [16213]
§ Mr. Ivan Lewis[holding answer 19 November 2001]: Department for Education and Skills' programmes contribute to the regeneration of all deprived neighbourhoods by raising the educational attainment, skills and aspirations of children, young people and adults. Levels of funding for the initiatives listed by the Cabinet Office Regional Co-ordination Unit as being the responsibility of the Department for Education and Skills are as follows:
259WFunding for Education Action Zones (EAZ) within the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency is:
East Cleveland EAZ: DfES grant £102,400 (1999–2000); £851,900 (2000–01).Middlesbrough (East) EAZ: DfES grant £517,500 (1998–99); £866,700 (1999–2000); £803,100 (2000–01).Funding for the Healthy Schools Programme in Middlesbrough was £26,761 (2001–02).
It is not possible to provide figures at constituency level for the Neighbourhood Support Fund or Community Champions.
The Excellence in Cities (EiC) programme is designed to transform secondary education in our cities. The budget is some £200 million in 2001–02. As the programme comes on stream across all the new EiC authority areas and across all strands this figure is expected to rise to up to £300 million by 2003–04. In addition, over the life of the programme £124 million of capital investment is being made available. Funding for the three main strands of EiC (learning mentors, learning support units and extended opportunities for gifted and talented children) in Middlesbrough is £1,300,000 (2001–02). In addition, they have received a capital allocation of £1,200,000 for the new City Learning Centre.
The Early Excellence Centres (EEC) programme is a national Beacon initiative aimed at developing and disseminating good practice in the provision of integrated early years education, child care and family services. The total investment in the programme from 1997 to 2004 is £45 million. There are currently no EECs in the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Skills is also responsible for the Children's Fund which is administered by the cross-departmental Children and Young People's unit and for which my right hon. Friend the Minister responsible for Young People has day to day responsibility. She is also responsible for Sure Start together with my hon. Friend the Minister for Public Health which is administered by the cross-departmental Sure Start Unit. The provisional budgeted figures for these programmes are:
£ million Children's fund Sure start1 1998–99 — — 1999–20002 — 7 2000–013,4 — 58 2001–024,5 65 184 2002–034,5 114 449 1 The figure for Sure Start in 2000–01 is for estimated outturn. Outturn will be published later this year in line with audited reports 2 Outturn 3 Estimated Outturn 4 From DfEE Departmental Report, published March 2001 5 Plans Figures are not available for the Children's Fund at the level of the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency. Funding allocation for the Sure Start programme in East Cleveland constituency is: £20,000 (1999–2000); £799,911 (2000–01); £570,950 (2000–02).