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Bookstart (Kettering)
Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children have participated in the Bookstart scheme in Kettering constituency, broken down by location; and how many books have been distributed. [34110]
Beverley Hughes:
This is essentially a matter for Book trust. The total number of Bookstart packs issued in Kettering from 2002 to October 2005 is 6,206. This information cannot be further broken down by location.
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Childcare Bill
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what financial provision her Department expects to make to (a) English and (b) Hertfordshire local authorities to enable them to fulfil their statutory duties in part 1 of the Childcare Bill. [33516]
Beverley Hughes: The Government have invested well over £17 billion on early years and child care services since 1997.
The new duties described in the Childcare Bill will be funded through their General Sure Start Grant (GSSG) allocations. An announcement of GSSG funding for 2006–07 and 2007–08 is due to be made shortly.
The substantial additional funding agreed in the spending review 2004, and pre-Budget report (PBR) for 2004, will enable governmental spending on Sure Start to reach £1.8 billion in 2007–08, around double the 2004–05 figure. This represents an average real annual increase of 24 per cent.
Consultants
Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list departmental projects conducted by consultants in each year since 2000; what the cost was in each case; and what the total cost of employing consultants was in each year. [29103]
Maria Eagle: No projects have been conducted by consultants for the Department for Education and skills in the years since 2000.
With regard to the total cost of employing consultants in the years since 2000, I refer the hon. Member to the answers given by the Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education on 21 July 2005, Official Report, column 2057W, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families on 23 June 2005, Official Report, column1168W.
Dental Schools
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 3 November 2005, Official Report, column 1310W, on dental schools, how many of the temporary allocation places are the subject of bids to make them permanent; and at which schools the places are. [32158]
Bill Rammell: Due to the competitive nature of the bidding process, we are unable to release details about the bids from individual dental schools. However, all the dental schools that received a temporary allocation of dental student numbers have submitted bids for permanent places. In total, an increase of 142 dental student places is being sought by the existing dental schools.
The bids from existing dental schools, together with the bids to support new dental schools, will be considered by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)/Department of Health Dental Joint Implementation Group (JIG) on 9 December. Recommendations from the JIG will be put to the HEFCE board in January 2006.
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Departmental Estate
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which buildings and sites used by her Department and related agencies (a) have ceased to be used in the last year and (b) will be closed under plans for relocation. [31773]
Bill Rammell: The Department for Education and Skills have not ceased to use any buildings and sites in the last year or have buildings and sites that will be closed under current plans for relocation.
Departmental Expenditure
Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much the Department and its agencies have spent on (a) the design and production of new logos and (b) employing external (i) public relations and (ii) graphic design agencies in each year since 2000, broken down by project. [33216]
Bill Rammell: It would only be possible to provide details of expenditure on design and production of new logos at disproportionate cost.
Expenditure by year, on external public relations for my Department is listed in the following table. The detailed breakdown of expenditure by project (from January 2001) has been placed in the Library for reference.
Financial year | Expenditure on Public Relations (£ million) |
|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 0.8 |
| 2001–02 | 1.7 |
| 2002–03 | 2.4 |
| 2003–04 | 1.9 |
| 2004–05 | 0.9 |
| 2005–06 (Expenditure to date for 2005–06) 0.3 | |
Expenditure on graphic designs agencies is not identified separately from other design costs and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Report
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the programmes aggregated as Other Miscellaneous programmes in each section of table 12.2 of her Department's 2005 departmental report. [33147]
Bill Rammell: The Miscellaneous Programmes in table 12.2 of the Department for Education and Skills 2005 departmental report are listed in more details as follows.
Support for Children, Young People and Families
Special Educational Needs including support for Early Years, Communities Aid Project, Disability Tribunal and Non-maintained Special Schools
Further Education, Adult Learning, Skills and Lifelong Learning
Activities to Support all Functions
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