The figures for the anti-bullying strand of the Improving Behaviour and Attendance strategy, which is used centrally to support schools and local authorities in their anti-bullying work, are given as follows:
Spend on anti-bullying (£) 2002/03 184,000 2003/04 1,054,000 2004/05 1,613,000 2005/06 1,145,000 2006/07 1,400,000
Figures for earlier years are not available because the anti-bullying strand of behaviour work was not disaggregated. Other funding on behaviour and attendance may also have an effect on reducing bullying but is not used exclusively to combat bullying.