§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for which funding schemes the Minister for Children is responsible [155933]
§ Margaret HodgeTable A which sets out funding schemes where I have responsibility is as follows. It has been drawn from last year's Departmental Report and includes Sure Start, which is a cross-government programme where I work closely with Baroness Catherine Ashton who is the Minister for Sure Start in both the Department for Education and Skills and the Department for Work and Pensions. Table B is an extract from the Local Authority Social Services Letter, LASSL (2003) 7, and sets out the schemes that have transferred from the Department of Health to become my responsibility. In addition to these schemes the Home Office has transferred Family Grants, including Parentline, The Department for Constitutional Affairs has transferred Marriage and Relationship Support (MARS) grants, and Treasury have transferred the Parenting Fund.
Table A: Extract from Table 3.2 in the Departmental Report 2003 Early Years and Child Care Sure Start Support for Young People Connexions Service Neighbourhood Support Fund Millennium Volunteers Youth Services Children's Fund
Table B: Extract from the Local Authority Social Services Letter. LASSL (2003)7 Local Authority provided Children's Services Unhypothecated Revenue Formula Spending Safeguarding Children Ring fenced Revenue Grants Quality Protects Adoption Support and Special Guardianship Choice Protects Children's Trusts Teenage Pregnancy Local Implementation Regional Development Workers Secure Accommodation (Bed Bank) Capital SCE(R) Single Capital pot Secure Accommodation Grant Children's Services