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Schools: Finance

Volume 495: debated on Wednesday 8 July 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding from each source fund of his Department's standards funds has been allocated in the last 12 months; and how much such funding he expects to be allocated in the next 12 months. (283224)

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

(£ millions)

2008-09

2009-10

Revenue Grants

School Development Grant1

1,915.0

1,916.2

School Lunch Grant

78.8

78.8

Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant

184.9

194.0

Targeted Improvement Grant2

12.2

4.4

Making Good Progress

7.7

126.6

1-2-1 Tuition and Participation Key Stage 2 early roll out3

15.7

Extended Schools—Sustainability

73.5

134.4

Extended Schools Subsidy

7.1

37.8

Targeted Support for the Primary National Strategy

195.8

207.4

Targeted Support for the Secondary National Strategy

109.5

106.3

City Challenge2

32.8

3.6

Extending and increasing flexibility of free entitlement for 3 to 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 Challenge2

54.9

0.7

Total Revenue Grants

2,880.2

3,094.6

Capital Grants4

Devolved Formula Capital

802.0

1,090.5

Building Schools for the Future (BSF)5

635.8

845.9

Primary Capital Programme

143.5

740.2

Targeted Capital Fund (TCF)—Standards and Diversity

53.6

43.6

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

25.2

Targeted Capital Fund (TCF)—Cookery in the Curriculum

1.0

27.3

Targeted Capital Fund (TCF)—14-19 Diploma/SEN

303.0

Targeted Capital Fund (TCF)—Specialist Sports Colleges6

22.0

Modernisation

300.6

Harnessing Technology

200.8

200.8

Framework Academies5

101.3

199.9

Extended Schools (Capital)

84.0

89.0

Miscellaneous Capital

24.8

34.1

Basic Need Safety Valve

22.7

19.3

City Learning Centres

15.8

15.5

Specialist Schools Capital

17.5

3.4

School Travel Plans7

15.4

Home Access for Targeted Groups 7

18.0

Total Capital Grants

2,750.3

4,298.9

1 Provisional allocation for 2009-10. Subject to change as a result of final pupil numbers.

2 Further allocations to be made during 2009-10 as projects progress.

3 Within Making Good Progress from 2009-10.

4 From October 2009 the Department intends to transfer certain of its operational functions in relation to schools capital funding, including capital grant payments to local authorities, to Partnerships for Schools.

5 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.

6 Part of TCF Standards and Diversity programme in 2008-09.

7 Allocations for 2009-10 yet to be made.

8 Home Access programme will be not routed through local authorities in 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding from each source fund of the area-based grant scheme he expects to be allocated in the next 12 months. (283225)

The following DCSF funding streams, totalling £1,305,693,127, will be paid as part of the area based grant in the 2009-10 financial year:

£

School Development Grant (LA element)

168,304,785

Extended Schools Start-up Grant

171,887,387

Primary National Strategy (Central Coordination)

29,978,887

Secondary National Strategy (Central Coordination)

29,999,869

Secondary Behaviour and Attendance Central Coordination

13,761,080

School Improvement Partners

23,604,520

Education Health Partnerships

13,210,940

School Travel Advisers

6,874,000

Choice Advisers

5,599,998

School Intervention grant

14,998,900

Flexible 14-19 Partnerships funding

14,499,986

Sustainable Travel to School (General Duty)

3,997,308

Extended Rights to free transport

19,734,979

Connexions

466,732,009

Children’s Fund

131,804,428

Positive activities for young people

74,500,037

Teenage pregnancy

27,500,000

Children’s Social Care Workforce

18,156,004

Youth Taskforce

4,343,719

Care matters

47,379,999

Child death review process

7,399,995

Child Trust Fund

1,122,023

Substance Misuse

7,002,274

Designated Teacher Funding

3,300,000

Total

1,305,693,127