§ Mr. ForthTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the procedures are for monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of the funding by the Department of schools' e-registration systems. [148745]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisBefore schools can be awarded Capital Modernisation funding for electronic registration they must submit plans to the Department showing how they would spend it. Departmental officials only authorise local education authorities to release funding to a school when they are satisfied that its plans comply with stringent conditions set by the1318W project. Local education authorities are then expected to work with schools to ensure the efficiency of systems installed.
We have also commissioned the University of Warwick to conduct an independent evaluation of the project. A summary of interim findings is available on the school attendance website, http://www.dfes.gov.uk/ schoolattendance/. A final report is expected in February 2006.