§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding has been made available to Sure Start projects in the London borough of Islington for each year since the inception of Sure Start; and what the projected funding for future years is. [184723]
§ Margaret HodgeThe London borough of Islington has six Sure Start local programmes, two Early Excellence Centres and eight Neighbourhood nurseries, the first of which was approved in October 2000. The revenue funding for these initiatives is shown in the following table:
Table 1 £ Amount (Revenue) 2000/01 448,250 2001/02 894,900 2002/03 2,277,208 2003/04 4,030,346 2004/05 4,910,149 2005/06 5,227,097 Total 17,837,950 The total amount of capital allocated to the Sure Start initiatives in Islington is £7,587,100. In addition Islington has been allocated £1,033,126 revenue and £3,149,773 capital to develop children's centres over the period of 2004–06
These figures do not include local authority funding for child care and nursery education allocated to Islington.
The Chancellor announced in the Spending Review that the Sure Start Unit will be allocated £1,167 million, 89W £1,483 million and £1,667 million for 2005/06, 2006/07 and 2007/08 respectively for England. At this stage it is not possible to say how much will be allocated to individual local authorities.