To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his estimate is of spending on the National Challenge for Schools in each year between 2008 and 2012, broken down by smallest geographical area available; and if he will make a statement. (224668)

In June 2008, the Secretary of State announced our intention to invest £400 million to ensure that in every secondary school at least 30 per cent. of students achieve five or more good GCSEs including English and mathematics by 2011. Distribution of the available funding will depend upon the assessment by schools, national challenge advisers and local authorities, with the DCSF, of how we can best support the achievement of young people. No decisions about allocations to particular geographical areas or in individual years have yet been made.