Child Workforce Development Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what budget he has allocated to the Child Workforce Development Council for (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) each future year for which figures are available. (283236)

The Children’s Workforce Development Council has been allocated a core grant allocation of £31,003,000 for 2010-11 as part of the comprehensive spending review agreements. The additional contributions for specific programme delivery have not yet been agreed.

The financial years 2011-12 and 2012-13 are beyond the extent of this comprehensive spending review cycle and therefore information is not available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time equivalent staff the Child Workforce Development Council employed in each year since its establishment. (283237)

Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) was established in 2005. The following table details the average monthly number of full-time equivalent staff employed by CWDC in each year since its establishment:

	Permanent	Other	Total
2005-06¹	10	—	10
2006-07¹	43	—	43
2007-08²	99	15	114
2008-09³	133	18	151
¹ Taken from published Annual Reports and Financial Statements. ² As will be restated in draft audited accounts 2008-09 to be laid before summer recess 2009. ³ Taken from draft audited accounts 2008-09.

Volume 495: debated on Tuesday 7 July 2009