§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 12 January 2004,Official Report, column 585W, on the School Fruit Scheme, how much the Government spent centrally on administering the National School Fruit Scheme in (a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03, excluding the cost of the fruit. [152750]
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§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 3 February 2004]: Payments by the Department to local operators in the 27 areas that piloted the National School Fruit Scheme in 2001–02 included an estimated £20,000 for administration.
All costs in 2002–03, in these pilot areas and in the three whole regions that joined the scheme during the year, were met by bodies receiving grants from the lottery-funded New Opportunities Fund. These grants included 1.7 per cent. for administration; on the basis of which the estimated cost of administrating the scheme in 2002–03 was £170,000.