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New Opportunities Fund
Mr. Kilfoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much money from the New Opportunities Fund has been allocated to Liverpool, Walton in each year since 1997. [166975]
Estelle Morris: The New Opportunities Fund began making grants in 1999. The awards to Liverpool, Walton are shown in the table.
| Financial Year | Amount (£) |
|---|---|
| 1998–99 | — |
| 1999–2000 | 13,751 |
| 2000–01 | 38,432 |
| 2001–02 | 774,705 |
| 2002–03 | 1,137,366 |
| 2003–04 | 274,644 |
| Total | 2,238,898 |
The information is derived from the Department's Lottery award database, which uses information provided by the Lottery distributors.
Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much money from the New Opportunities Fund was allocated to Manchester, Gorton in each year since 1997. [167344]
Tessa Jowell: The New Opportunities Fund began making grants in 1999. The awards to Manchester, Gorton are shown in the table.
| Financial Year | Amount (£) |
|---|---|
| 1998–99 | — |
| 1999–2000 | — |
| 2000–01 | 238,285 |
| 2001–02 | 5,000 |
| 2002–03 | 78,810 |
| 2003–04 | 192,057 |
| Total | 514,152 |
The information is derived from the Department's Lottery award database, which uses information provided by the Lottery distributors.
EDUCATION AND SKILLS
Accountancy Services
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG and (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers since 2000–01 by the Department and its agencies. [166098]
Mr. Stephen Twigg:
My Department does not hold a central record of the nature of individual agreements (be they contracts, consultancies or other services) nor of their value. However, our financial records show the following total payments made by the Department to (a) Deloitte and Touche, (b) Ernst and Young, (c) KPMG and (d) PricewaterhouseCoopers in financial years 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04 to date (i.e. excluding any subsequent prior year adjustments).
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| Organisation | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 To date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deloitte and Touche | 275,594 | 201,670 | 249,007 |
| Ernst and Young | 0 | 38,449 | 0 |
| KPMG | 396,353 | 1,014,559 | 1,870,513 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | 5,349,686 | 3,847,542 | 3,803,767 |
Information about spend by the Department's Non Departmental Public Bodies could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Adult Education (Birkenhead)
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what public funding has been spent on adult (a) literacy and (b) numeracy in Birkenhead in each of the last five years. [166297]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The estimated total spend on Skills For Life (the Government's strategy for literacy, language and numeracy needs of all post-16 learners from pre-entry level up to and including level 2) and on Key Skills (essential skills of communication, application of number and information technology), from April 2001 to July 2003, in the Greater Merseyside Learning and Skills Council (LSC) area is set out in the table below:
| April 2001 to July 2001 1 | August 2001 to July 2002 | August 2002 to July 2003 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic skills | Key skills | Basic skills | Key skills | Basic skills | Key skills |
| 3,803 | 1,094 | 6,575 | 1,564 | 10,677 | 1,755 |
(13) The figures for April to July 2001 include costs incurred from August 2000 on learning aims continuing into April 2001.
From the information available to the LSC it has not been feasible to obtain estimates at constituency level or separate figures by subject without incurring disproportionate cost. Likewise it has not been feasible to obtain comparable figures for periods before April 2001 when the Skills for Life strategy was launched and the LSC was formed, but information shows it was considerably less than at present.
Advanced Vocational Certificate
Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the future of the advanced vocational certificate of education. [165862]
Mr. Miliband: The specifications for the Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education are currently being revised in order that, from September 2005, they will follow the same AS/A2 format as the GCE. Their longer-term future is being considered by the Working Group on 14–19 Reform, whose final report is due in the autumn.
Apprenticeships (Birkenhead)
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of Birkenhead have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last five years. [166335]
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Mr. Ivan Lewis:
The information requested is not available at parliamentary constituency level. Nor is the information available for a consistent geographical area over the last five years. However, the following table shows the number of starts on apprenticeships (formerly known as Advanced Modern Apprenticeships) and apprenticeships at level two (formerly known as
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Foundation Modern Apprenticeships) in Greater Merseyside Learning and Skills Council (LSC) area between April 2001 and the end of July 2003, as well as the number of starts from April 98 to March 2001 in the four TECs that amalgamated to become Greater Merseyside LSC.
| Time period | TEC/LSC | Apprenticeships | Apprenticeships at level 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 1998 to March 1999 | CEWTEC (14) | 1,400 | 300 |
| Merseyside | 2,400 | 1,200 | |
| St. Helens CCTE | 300 | 100 | |
| North and Mid Cheshire (14) | 1,200 | 200 | |
| April 1999 to March 2000 | CEWTEC (14) | 1,000 | 900 |
| Merseyside | 2,600 | 3,500 | |
| St. Helens CCTE | 300 | 400 | |
| North and Mid Cheshire(14) | 900 | 500 | |
| April 2000 to March 2001 | CEWTEC(14) | 1,100 | 1,300 |
| Merseyside | 2,500 | 4,100 | |
| St. Helens CCTE | 300 | 500 | |
| North and Mid Cheshire(14) | 1000 | 900 | |
| April 2001 to July 2002 | Greater Merseyside LSC | 2,600 | 7,100 |
| March 2001 to July 2002 | Greater Merseyside LSC | 2,000 | 6,000 |
Notes:
(14) TEC also became part of Cheshire and Warrington LSC
Source:
TEC management information.
LSC Individualised Learner Record.
Computer Provision (Birkenhead)
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people in Birkenhead have received a computer to assist in seeking employment or retraining. [166332]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: At present no centrally funded DfES schemes exist which enable people to acquire free or low price recycled computers.
School Budgets (Devon)
Mr. Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school budgets in Devon Local Education Authority were in deficit in each of the last seven years. [164787]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is not available for the last seven years. However, the number of schools in budget deficit for the last four years is shown in the following table:
| Number of schools | |
|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | 71 |
| 2000–2001 | 48 |
| 2001–2002 | 33 |
| 2002–2003 | 27 |
Notes:
1. The data are as reported by Devon LEA as at 30 March 2004 and taken from their section 52 outturn statements submitted to the DfES.
2. 2002–03 data are subject to changes by the LEA which may alter the results for that period.
3. For 1999–00 to 2001–02 the data are taken from the Balance Carried Forward column. In 2002–03 data come from Other Revenue Balance.
4. Section 52 data are available from 1999–00. Prior to then the ODPM's R01 statement provides information but not at school level.
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