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Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what steps his Department is taking to consult voluntary sector organisations over changes to the mechanisms by which they can apply for European Social Fund grants. [R] [139125]
Ms Jowell: We have published a consultation document, "The European Social Fund: proposals for co-financing in England". We have sent a summary version to providers. The summary and full documents are also available on the ESF News website. The consultation was launched at a conference hosted by TEN (Training and Employment Network); that conference was attended mainly by representatives of voluntary and community organisations. The TEN website also carries the consultation documents. Voluntary and community organisations have been invited to attend regional consultation events. Officials are also holding more informal discussions with providers from the voluntary sector.
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment he has made of the voluntary sector's use of ESF Objective 3 grants; and if he will make a statement. [R] [139127]
Ms Jowell: Our evaluation strategy for the ESF Objective 3 programme, which has been agreed with the European Commission and the Great Britain Monitoring Committee, has been primarily concerned with assessing
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the extent to which ESF has helped disadvantaged groups compete for jobs. There has not been any assessment of the voluntary sector's use of ESF assistance.
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the total amount of private sector revenue and capital promised to each Education Action Zone in (a) phase I, (b) phase II and (c) the audited accounts for 1998-99 and 1999-2000; and what was the total amount of revenue and capital actually provided by the private sector for each Education Action Zone. [138852]
Ms Estelle Morris [holding answer 17 November 2000]: The total amount of private sector sponsorship pledge to all Education Action Zones (EAZs) (including small zones created under the Excellence in Cities initiative) in their first three years of operation is currently £34.8 million. The breakdown of information per large Education Action Zone is published in zone annual accounts once the amounts have been audited and confirmed. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is writing to the hon. Member separately about this, in response to his letter of 1 November.
The audited annual accounts for the first 25 zones for the period 1998-99, ie the first seven months (12 zones) or three months (13 zones) of their existence, confirm that a total amount of over £1.3 million private sector sponsorship was received. The figures for each zone, together with the total pledged figures to date, are contained in the following Table 1.
Details of pledged sponsorship to date for Round 2 zones are contained in the following Table 2. These have not yet been audited or checked against DfEE match funding rules.
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Name of zone | Start date | Amount as reflected in NAO audited accounts for FY 1998-99 (£) | Total amount pledged to date (unaudited) |
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Aston (B'ham) | January 1999 | 0 | 803,500 |
Barnsley | September 1998 | 20,000 | 493,164 |
Blackburn | September 1998 | 150,521 | 378,650 |
Brighton | January 1999 | 0 | 369,425 |
East Basildon | January 1999 | 5,012 | 163,054 |
Halifax | January 1999 | 0 | 833,200 |
Herefordshire | September 1998 | 28,043 | 80,233 |
Kingston Upon Hull | January 1999 | 5,100 | 747,979 |
Lambeth | September 1998 | 41,000 | 350,230 |
Leicester | September 1998 | 3,000 | 705,012 |
Leigh (Wigan) | January 1999 | 50,000 | 209,339 |
Middlesbrough | September 1998 | 56,500 | 703,137 |
New Addington | September 1998 | 12,087 | 249,865 |
Newcastle | September 1998 | 120,000 | 151,600 |
Newham | September 1998 | 400,000 | 1,007,000 |
Next Steps, Grimsby | September 1998 | 111,000 | 292,505 |
North Somerset (Weston) | September 1998 | 33,006 | 119,124 |
Nottingham | January 1999 | 19,000 | 329,000 |
Plymouth | January 1999 | 1,050 | 191,950 |
Salford and Trafford | September 1998 | 63,164 | 299,495 |
Shard End/Kitts (B'ham) | January 1999 | 6,500 | 467,750 |
Sheffield NE | January 1999 | 6,000 | 841,000 |
South Tyneside | January 1999 | 34,000 | 59,622 |
Southwark | January 1999 | 116,000 | 260,207 |
Thetford (Norfolk) | January 1999 | 19,779 | 438,070 |
Total | 1,300,762 | 10,544,111 |
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Name of zone | Start date | Pledged sponsorship to date |
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Ashington | January 2000 | 198,600 |
Barrow-in-Furness | January 2000 | 425,837 |
Bedford | January 2000 | 1,335,459 |
Bolton | January 2000 | 188,438 |
Bridgwater | January 2000 | 138,912 |
Bristol | April 2000 | 469,500 |
Camborne, Pool and Redruth | January 2000 | 292,260 |
Clacton and Harwich | January 2000 | 314,810 |
Corby | January 2000 | 305,000 |
Coventry Millennium | January 2000 | 542,480 |
Derby North | April 2000 | 750,150 |
Dingle, Toxteth and Granby | January 2000 | 876,000 |
Downham and Bellingham | January 2000 | 389,746 |
Dudley | December 1999 | 1,505,482 |
Easington and Seaham | January 2000 | 208,950 |
East Cleveland | January 2000 | 670,499 |
East Manchester | December 1999 | 355,000 |
Epicenter Leap (Ellesmere Port) | January 2000 | 739,460 |
Gloucester | January 2000 | 195,350 |
Great Yarmouth | April 2000 | 611,898 |
Greenwich | September 1999 | 862,250 |
Hackney | January 2000 | 415,500 |
Hamilton Oxford Schools | September 1999 | 975,000 |
Hastings and St. Leonards | January 2000 | 1,271,640 |
Heart of Slough | January 2000 | 247,094 |
Kent/Somerset Virtual | December 1999 | 181,200 |
Leigh Park (Havant) | January 2000 | 566,270 |
North East Derbyshire Coalfields | December 1999 | 196,040 |
North Gillingham | January 2000 | 301,515 |
North Islington | January 2000 | 1,050,000 |
North Stockton | April 2000 | 244,800 |
North West Shropshire | April 2000 | 2,697 |
Peterlee | January 2000 | 243,370 |
Preston | December 1999 | 167,280 |
Rainbow Zone (Stoke-on-Trent) | January 2000 | 447,000 |
South Bradford | January 2000 | 455,500 |
South East England Virtual | April 2000 | 405,260 |
South East Sheffield | April 2000 | 0 |
Southend | December 1999 | 308,498 |
Speke Garston | January 2000 | 287,484 |
Sunderland | January 2000 | 827,650 |
Telford and Wrekin | December 1999 | 361,603 |
Wakefield | January 2000 | 189,605 |
Wednesbury | December 1999 | 556,130 |
Westminster | May 2000 | 450,000 |
Withernsea and Southern Holderness | January 2000 | 447,442 |
Wolverhampton | January 2000 | 868,500 |
Wythenshawe | December 1999 | 781,814 |
Total | 23,624,973 |
Audited annual accounts for all 73 zones for the period 1999-2000 are not yet published. The National Audit Office expects to lay the first of these before Parliament in the near future.
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what discussions he has had with teachers' representatives and local education authorities about his information pack, Partners in Europe. [139474]
Mr. Wicks: The information pack for schools, Partners in Europe, was issued in January 1998 as an initiative supported by the four education departments in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the UK's last Presidency of the European Union. The decision to distribute it was influenced by requests from teachers to update materials already in existence and to provide examples of good
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practice to those teachers wishing to incorporate the European dimension into classroom activities. Since its distribution there has been no formal discussion of the pack with teachers' representatives and local education authorities, but informal feedback suggests it was well received by teachers.
Mr. Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the education Standard Spending Assessment per pupil for the primary and secondary sectors in Stoke-on-Trent local education authority for each year since 1997-98. [139512]
Ms Estelle Morris: The following table shows the primary and secondary Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) per pupil and the DfEE special and specific grants per pupil for Stoke-on-Trent local education authority for each year since 1997-98.
Primary | Secondary | |||||
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Per pupil funding | SSA | Grants | Total | SSA | Grants | Total |
1997-98 | 2,040 | 30 | 2,080 | 2,690 | 30 | 2,720 |
1998-99 | 2,160 | 40 | 2,200 | 2,820 | 40 | 2,850 |
1999-2000 | 2,280 | 120 | 2,400 | 2,940 | 90 | 3,030 |
2000-01 | 2,400 | 290 | 2,690 | 3,100 | 230 | 3,340 |
Note:
All figures have been rounded to the nearest £10
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