§ Mr. Mark FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many full-time day-care places are available through the Sure Start initiative; and how many children are within reach of the programme. [33014]
§ Yvette CooperThe first 260 Sure Start programmes will have created 10,000 new full-time child care places by 2003–2004, including full-time daycare, full-time child minder places and wraparound care places.
Sure Start will reach approximately 400,000 children under four living in areas of disadvantage by 2003–04. There are 190,000 children under four living in the 252 Sure Start programmes currently operational.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was budgeted and what was the(a) outturn and (b) planned outturn for Sure Start in (i) 1998–99, (ii) 1999–2000, (iii) 2000–01 and (iv) 2001–02. [36018]
§ Yvette Cooper[holding answer 13 February 2002]: Sure Start was launched in 1998 with a budget of £84 million for 1999–2000, £184 million for 2000–01 and £184 million for 2001–02, with £100 million for end year flexibility also available in 2001–02. Final outturn information is available for 1999–2000 when the outturn was £7 million and for 2000–01 when the outturn was £43 million.