The costs of consultancy charged to programmes budgets (supporting external front-line delivery) before November 2004 were not recorded centrally, and could now be provided only at disproportionate cost. The total cost of consultancy charged to programmes from November to March 2004-05 was £4.4 million.
From the year 2005/06, consultancy costs as a whole have been captured. Set out as follows are comparable annual consultancy costs for the Department; your request for quarterly expenditure details is however one which could be met only at disproportionate cost.
Expenditure on consultants
£ million
2005/06
21.5
2006/07
45.1
2007/08
61.4
2008/09
59.2
Departmental Internet
Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which officials in his Department write the tweets on his Department's Twitter site. [293376]
Ms Diana R. Johnson:
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Unit. Updates to it form part of the business as usual editorial process for corporate news updates. For some policy announcements, officials from across the Department will provide the draft text for updates, which are then reviewed and edited as necessary.
Departmental NDPBs
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what budget his Department has agreed with each of its non-departmental bodies for the period 2009 to 2011. [283290]
Ms Diana R. Johnson:
Funding has been agreed only for 2009-10 and is shown in the following table.
2009-10
Name
£ million
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA)
43
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS)
124
Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
70
National College for School Leadership (NCSL)
86
Partnership for Schools (PFS)
21
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)
132
School Food Trust (SFT)
7
Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA)
708
11 Million
3
Departmental Public Expenditure
Michael Gove:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to table 8.4 of his Department's annual report for 2009, which individual programmes and corresponding allocations for 2010-11 are aggregated under the items (a) Sure Start, (b) 14-19 Development, (c) Qualifications and Curriculum, (d) Youth Programmes, (e) other students' fund, (f) school standards grants and (g) academies. [292052]
Ms Diana R. Johnson:
The Department's programmes shown aggregated in DCSF's Departmental Annual Report 2009 for the year 2010-11 are provided in the following table:
Departmental report allocation 2010-11
Programme details
£000
(a) Sure Start
Sure Start: Other Current Programmes
72,309
Sure Start LA Current Grants
1,540,382
Childcare Initiative
41,900
Sure Start-LA Capital Grants
315,025
Extended Schools and Study Support
457,466
Sure Start total
2,427,082
(b) 14-19 Development
14-19 Local Delivery
116,681
14-19 Diploma Costs
25,500
Attainment at 19
30,071
Bridging Allowances and Community Industry Pensions
1,455
14-19 Development total
173,707
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(c) Qualifications and Curriculum
Qualifications and Curriculum
91,762
Qualifications and Curriculum total
91,762
(d) Youth Programmes
Contact Point (Capital)
35,200
Youth Challenge Fund
4,300
Workforce Development Capital Grant
218
National Youth Agency (NYA)/National Voluntary Youth Agency (NVYO) Grants
8,000
Children and Families Directorate (CFD) Capital Grant
21,334
Voluntary Child Services (VCS) Children Young People and Families (CYPF) Grant and capacity improving
21,802
Communications/Participation/Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAHMS)
864
Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS)/Integrated Children's System (ICS)/Making Safeguarding Everyone's Responsibility (MSER)/Adoption Strategy/Quality Protects (QP)
59,523
Family Fund Trust/Contact a Family
23,322
10 Year Strategy Additions
66,000
Youth Sector Support
40,000
Peer Mentoring
240
Youth Programmes total
280,803
(e) Other Standards Fund
Standards Fund Current
2,213,161
Other Standards Fund total
2,213,161
(f) School Standards Grant
School Standard Grants
1,665,925
School Standards Grant total
1,665,925
(g) Academies
City Academy recurrent
284,312
Academies total
284,312
Education: Finance
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what resources from which standards funds have been allocated by his Department in the last 12 months. [293405]
Mr. Coaker:
The following table shows the Standards Fund allocations made to local authorities for 2008-09 and 2009-10 to date.
Standards Fund allocations to local authorities
£ million
2008-09
2009-10
Revenue Grants
School Development Grant
1,915.0
1,950.8
School Lunch Grant
78.8
78.8
Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant
184.9
194.0
Targeted Improvement Grant(1)
12.2
15.1
Making Good Progress
7.7
126.6
1-2-1 Tuition and Participation Key Stage 2 early roll out(2)
15.7
-
Extended Schools-Sustainability
73.5
134.5
Extended Schools Subsidy
7.1
37.8
Targeted Support for the Primary National Strategy
195.8
220.3
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Targeted Support for the Secondary National Strategy
109.5
108.3
City Challenge(1)
32.8
10.13
Extending and increasing flexibility of free entitlement for 3-4 year olds
80.0
170.0
Music
82.6
82.5
Playing for Success
12.8
13.1
Key Stage 4 Engagement Programme
17.0
18.5
National Challenge(1)
54.9
37.3
Total Revenue Grants
2,880.2
3197.7
Capital Grants( 3)
Devolved Formula Capital
802.0
1,090.5
Building Schools for the Future (BSF)(4)
635.8
849.4
Primary Capital Programme
143.5
734.8
Targeted Capital Fund (TCF)-Standards and Diversity
53.6
66.8
Targeted Capital Fund (TCF)-One School Pathfinders
435.4
329.0
Targeted Capital Fund (TCF)-Main Programme
170.5
9.5
Targeted Capital Fund (TCF)-Kitchens
8.3
47.1
Targeted Capital Fund (TCF)-Cookery in the Curriculum
1.0
30.1
Targeted Capital Fund (TCF)-14-19 Diploma/SEN
-
302.3
Targeted Capital Fund (TCF)-Specialist Sports Colleges(5)
-
22.0
Modernisation
-
300.6
Harnessing Technology
200.8
200.8
Framework Academies(4)
101.3
263.0
Extended Schools (Capital)
84.0
89.0
Miscellaneous Capital
24.8
34.7
Basic Need Safety Valve
22.7
19.3
City Learning Centres
15.8
15.8
Specialist Schools Capital
17.5
12.9
School Travel Plans
15.4
11.0
Home Access for Targeted Groups(6)
18.0
-
Total Capital Grants
2,750.3
4,428.6
(1) Further allocations to be made during 2009-10 as projects progress. (2 )Within Making Good Progress from 2009-10. (3 )From October 2009 the Department has transferred certain of its operational functions in relation to schools capital funding, including capital grant payments to local authorities, to Partnerships for Schools. (4) Full year spend for 2009-10 could reach £1,010 million (BSF) and £350 million (Framework Academies) if projects in the pipeline reach their expected milestones during the year. (5) Part of TCF Standards and Diversity programme in 2008-09. (6) Home Access Programme will be not routed through local authorities in 2009-10.
