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Child Care Projects

Mr. Swinney: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown by (a) local authority and (b) policy objective of the money made available for child care projects in financial years 1992-93 to 1997-98; what money has been allocated for child care by policy heading and local authority in financial years 1998-99 and 1999-2000; what are the proposed total amounts to be made available for child care over each of the next three financial years; and what percentage of this will be under the control of the Scottish Parliament. [65927]

Mr. Galbraith [holding answer 18 January 1999]: Grant Aided Expenditure (GAE) for children's services provided by local authorities for the years 1992-93 to 1999-2000 is shown in Table 1. It is for authorities to determine the proportion that may be spent on child care projects.

In addition to this funding, following the publication of the Green Paper "Meeting the Childcare Challenge: a Childcare Strategy for Scotland" (Cm 3958) an additional £4.7 million has been made available in 1998-99 to develop and support child care generally. Of this, £3.8 million was allocated to local authorities. The breakdown by authority is given in Table 2. Also in

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1998-99, an extra £515,000 was allocated to Scottish Enterprise and £50,000 to Highland and Islands Enterprise to support the child care strategy.

Following the Comprehensive Spending Review, a further £49 million will be available over the three year period covering 1999-2000 to 2001-02 to support implementation of the child care strategy. £33 million of this will be allocated to local authorities: £5.75 million in 1999-2000, £13.75 million in 2000-01, and £13.75 million in 2001-02. In addition, £42 million will be made available to local authorities over 1999-2002 to expand support for families with very young children in areas of greatest need: £9 million in 1999-2000, £14 million in 2000-01, and £19 million in 2001-02. The breakdown of funding by authority for 1999-2000 is given in Columns 1 and 2 of Table 3. Decisions on allocations of funding to individual authorities in later years will be taken in due course.

A new Children's Services Development Fund totalling £36.7 million over 3 years from 1999-2000 was announced in November last year. The Fund will help provide improved advocacy for children, extension of fostering services and expansion of support for families with very young children. The first year allocations are set out in Column 3 of Table 3. Allocations for later years will be determined in due course.

This funding will come under the control of the Scottish Parliament.

Table 1: Services for children

GAE £000
Local authority1992-931993-941994-951995-96
Borders1,9561,9592,2952,003
Central9,1346,25810,95914,798
Dumfries and Galloway3,5543,8864,5354,143
Fife10,0289,84712,53412,055
Grampian16,43015,30015,68912,224
Highland5,5325,5556,3426,679
Lothian27,24027,53530,85529,198
Strathclyde114,053110,928119,404106,520
Tayside14,51414,64914,85814,023
Orkney319316355405
Shetland414586461414
Western Isles631614624642

Table 1 (continued): Services for children

GAE £000
Local authority1996-971997-981998-991999-2000
Aberdeen City6,7166,4056,8247,082
Aberdeenshire3,7654,0402,9982,942
Angus2,6832,5752,5422,644
Argyll and Bute2,5552,5282,3622,300
Clackmannanshire1,7271,7291,7081,799
Dumfries and Galloway3,7883,9053,7674,215
Dundee City7,4757,5108,4758,519
East Ayrshire4,7934,9604,9935,232
East Dunbartonshire2,4342,1071,8521,529
East Lothian2,4442,4721,9572,375
East Renfrewshire1,8371,9911,7571,624
Edinburgh, City of17,60217,89418,75817,313
Eilean Siar628609480499
Falkirk4,9144,6825,0585,325
Fife10,65211,46011,63411,964
Glasgow City44,26444,18246,87348,385
Highland6,2046,0485,4495,769
Inverclyde4,4284,1454,6614,472
Midlothian2,3332,5322,8142,779
Moray1,6771,9581,6171,544
North Ayrshire6,5456,2156,5347,075
North Lanarkshire13,49513,75414,00014,877
Orkney Islands275275237242
Perthshire and Kinross2,8142,9892,9152,949
Renfrewshire7,4627,8427,7727,863
Scottish Borders2,0162,2292,0431,931
Shetland Islands338330301295
South Ayrshire3,2653,3893,4223,187
South Lanarkshire10,0329,96910,1649,960
Stirling2,5542,4012,4602,553
West Dunbartonshire5,4665,4106,0356,150
West Lothian5,6106,4986,7256,334

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Table 2: Additional money available in 1998-99 to develop and support child care
£000 rounded to nearest £000

Local authority1998-99
Aberdeen City126
Aberdeen145
Angus82
Argyll and Bute73
Clackmannanshire58
Dumfries and Galloway100
Dundee City122
East Ayrshire105
East Dunbartonshire83
East Lothian72
East Renfrewshire75
Edinburgh, City of240
Eilean Siar43
Falkirk104
Fife218
Glasgow City491
Highland135
Inverclyde87
Midlothian69
Moray72
North Ayrshire114
North Lanarkshire239
Orkney Islands39
Perthshire and Kinross91
Renfrewshire135
Scottish Borders77
Shetland Islands41
South Ayrshire87
South Lanarkshire205
Stirling70
West Dunbartonshire93
West Lothian112

Table 3: Additional money allocated for 1999-2000 to develop and support child care
£000

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Local authorityChild care strategy developmentSupport for families with very young childrenChildren's services development fund
Aberdeen City198315301
Aberdeenshire228257182
Angus116151135
Argyll and Bute95117106
Clackmannanshire699192
Dumfries and Galloway146207190
Dundee City157341391
East Ayrshire134229241
East Dunbartonshire11312395
East Lothian100130116
East Renfrewshire10010986
Edinburgh, City of429735747
Eilean Siar503227
Falkirk147239237
Fife368581584
Glasgow City9261,6992,039
Highland213309285
Inverclyde102176191
Midlothian94126120
Moray10011795
North Ayrshire154287314
North Lanarkshire368637667
Orkney Islands452216
Perthshire and Kinross132169150
Renfrewshire188337353
Scottish Borders109129107
Shetland Islands492820
South Ayrshire116161156
South Lanarkshire325518515
Stirling93123117
West Dunbartonshire116232265
West Lothian169270258

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Excellence Fund

Mr. Swinney: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown by (a) local authority and (b) policy objective or project over £10,000 of the money made available through the Excellence Fund to support children's learning in financial year 1997-98; what moneys have been allocated by policy objective or project or by local authority under the Excellence Fund in financial years 1998-99 and 1999-2000; what are the proposed total amounts to be made available under this heading for each of the next three financial years; and what percentage of this will be under the control of the Scottish Parliament. [65929]

Mrs. Liddell [holding answer 18 January 1999]: The Excellence Fund for Schools was announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland on 15 July 1998. The Fund will operate for the three years 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02 and comprises a Core Programme and a Special Programme. The £322 million of the Core Programme will be allocated by formulae to authorities in accordance with Scottish Office Education Circulars 4/98, 6/98 and 9/98 copies of which have been placed in the library.

£55 million will be made available under the Special Programme to support New Community Schools (£26 million), School Action Plans (£15 million) and Specialist Provision (£14 million). This money will be allocated to authorities on the basis of bids made against specific criteria. The Scottish Parliament will assume responsibility for expenditure from July.

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