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London borough of Enfield Sure Start Children's Centre Expenditure
	Expenditure
	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
SSLP Revenue	38,775	715,528	1,160,758	1,164,802	1,311,845	1,308,067	1,373,262
SSLP Capital	0	143,173	315,448	32,799	19,512	85,656	0
Children's Centre Revenue	0	0	0	0	0	75,792	842,401
Children's Centre Capital	0	0	0	0	0	195,082	1,424,112
Total Revenue	38,775	715,528	1,160,758	1,164,802	1,311,845	1,383,859	2,215,663
Total Capital	0	143,173	315,448	32,799	19,512	280,738	1,424,112
Grand total	38,775	858,701	1,476,206	1,197,601	1,331,357	1,664,597	3,639,775

	Expenditure		Allocation
	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	Total
SSLP Revenue	1,006,874	500,000	456,402	453,148	9,450,686
SSLP Capital	0	0	0	0	596,588
Children's Centre Revenue	2,037,493	2,440,685	4,606,498	5,988,268	15,991,137
Children's Centre Capital	1,337,013	1,183,315	694,755	1,454,749	6,289,026
Total Revenue	3,044,367	2,940,685	5,062,900	6,441,416	25,441,823
Total Capital	1,337,013	1,183,315	694,755	1,454,749	6,885,614
Grand total	4,381,380	4,124,000	5,757,655	7,896,165	32,327,437

Sure Start Programme: Lancashire

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much has been spent from the public purse on each Sure Start centre in each parliamentary constituency in the Lancashire County Council area in each year since the scheme's inception. [282073]

Dawn Primarolo: Sure Start local programmes (SSLPs), the forerunner of Sure Start children's centres, were introduced in waves from 1999-2000. By 2003-04 there were 17 SSLPs operating in Lancashire.

From 2006-07, to reflect SSLPs transition to children's centres, the SSLP Grant was paid to local authorities together with children's centre funding as part of the Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare Grant (formerly the General Sure Start Grant). Under the terms and conditions of that grant, local authorities have a degree of freedom in the allocation and use of the funding provided to best meet their local objectives. Furthermore, in an effort to reduce the monitoring burden the Department only requires them to report expenditure at a local level, rather than by individual children's centre. It is therefore not possible to provide a breakdown of expenditure by individual SSLP or children's centre.

The following tables set out total expenditure on all SSLPs and children's centres in Lancashire for each financial year since programme inception.

Lancashire Sure Start Children's Centre Expenditure
	Expenditure
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
SSLP Revenue	489,929	1,895,584	5,012,939	9,362,926	11,606,029	12,589,813
SSLP Capital	30,574	72,918	899,823	3,306,702	4,320,379	3,886,509
Children's Centre Revenue	0	0	0	0	9,023	2,514,650
Children's Centre Capital	0	0	0	0	90,870	4,638,150
Total Revenue	489,929	1,895,584	5,012,939	9,362,926	11,615,052	15,104,463
Total Capital	30,574	72,918	899,823	3,306,702	4,411,249	8,524,659
Grand total	520,503	1,968,502	5,912,762	12,669,628	16,026,301	23,629,122

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	Expenditure		Allocation
	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	Total
SSLP Revenue	12,378,766	10,722,226	10,439,383	9,020,446	83,518,041
SSLP Capital	0	0	0	0	12,516,905
Children's Centre Revenue	5,021,283	7,111,296	11,852,273	15,344,023	41,852,548
Children's Centre Capital	7,536,921	7,211,735	1,272,514	3,302,854	24,053,044
Total Revenue	17,400,049	17,833,522	22,291,656	24,364,469	125,370,589
Total Capital	7,536,921	7,211,735	1,272,514	3,302,854	36,569,949
Grand total	24,936,970	25,045,257	23,564,170	27,667,323	161,940,538

Teachers: Training

Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on teachers: training, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of teachers’ professional bodies and industry on teachers’ continuing professional development; and what recent consideration he has given to teachers’ participation in continuing professional development during school holidays. [282489]

Mr. Coaker: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families has regular discussions with representatives of teachers’ professional bodies and industry to discuss teachers’ continuing professional development (CPD). He has not given recent consideration to teachers participating in CPD during school holidays.

Under the provisions of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD), teachers are contracted to work under the direction of a head teacher for 1,265 hours over 195 days. They are required to teach and perform other duties for 190 of those days and are to be available for deployment at the head’s discretion for the other five days to perform duties other than teaching. These five days are commonly known as school closure days and schools can and do use them for a variety of CPD/school planning activities. The timing and organisation of these days is entirely for individual local authorities, governing bodies, and head teachers to determine, but we look to them to be sensitive to local circumstances in deciding which days to choose.

No teacher may be required to work on any Saturday, Sunday or public holiday unless his or her contract of employment expressly provides for this.

In relation to teachers participating in CPD during school holidays, there is nothing to prohibit teachers undertaking such activity during those periods. However, head teachers, in carrying out their duties in deploying and managing staff, must have regard to the desirability of teachers being able to achieve a satisfactory balance between the time required to discharge their professional duties and the time required to pursue their personal interests outside work.

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