To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding his Department has contributed to the Travelling to School Initiative in each year since the project’s creation; how much it plans to spend on the scheme in each of the next five years; and under which budgetary headings the spending falls. (293546)

The following table details the funding the Department for Children, Schools and Families has contributed to the Travelling to School Initiative during the years 2004-05 to 2008-09 and the respective budgetary headings.

Final totals for 2009-10 are not yet known, however allocations of £14 million (capital) and £3.4 million (programme) have been made. We will continue to make capital funding of up to £20 million along with programme funding of £3.4 million for the financial year 2010-11 to ensure that as many schools as possible are able to participate in and benefit from the programme.

Resources beyond the current spending period (2011-12 and beyond) have not yet been determined, therefore future funding of this initiative will be dependent on and have to be managed from within the next spending review settlement.