Funding for Sure Start Children’s Centres and predecessor Sure Start local programmes is allocated to local authorities as part of the Sure Start, Early Years and child care grant. The following table sets out Coventry City council’s children’s centre revenue and capital allocations for the current spending review period, 2008-11. Local authorities have flexibility within the terms of the grant to decide how much they spend on centres.
08/09 09/10 10/11 Children’s centre revenue1 6,347,490 7,183,175 7,799,339 Children’s centre capital 342,131 705,093 440,460 1 Revenue figures include the element within the Sure Start Early Years and Child care Grant that is ringfenced for children’s centres based on the earlier Sure Start local programmes in Coventry.