§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list for(a) Sure Start and (b) employment zones (i) the amount budgeted and (ii) the total expended in each financial year for the planned lifetime of each initiative. [35281]
§ Yvette CooperFor Sure Start, the budgeted expenditure for 1999–2000 to 2003–04 is as follows:
£ million Budget 1999–2000 84 2000–01 184 2001–02 1184 2002–03 449 2003–04 499 1 £100 million of end year flexibility also available Sure Start's budget for 2004–05 and beyond is currently under consideration as part of Spending Review 2002. Final outturn figures are available for 1999–2000, when the total outturn was £7 million and for 2000–01, when the total outturn was £43 million. Employment Zones are the responsibility of the Department for Work and Pensions; I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 23 November 2001, Official Report, column 538W.