§ Mr. Steen:To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much central Government funding is given to the General Social Care Council; and how many staff it employs. [131543]
§ Dr. Ladyman:The General Social Care Council (GSCC) will receive £15,195,000 in operating grant for the financial year 2003–04. The GSCC currently employs 119 members of staff: 113 full-time and six part-time.
The total grant is £55,482,000, which also includes training support of £10,697,000 and student bursaries of £27,826,000. The last two amounts are Department monies, which are administered by the GSCC, ringfenced for their specified use and do not form any part of their operational costs.