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Written question asked by David Lidington (Conservative) on Wednesday, 16 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 November 2005. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 November 2005 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Standards Fund

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was paid by her Department to (a) Buckinghamshire local education authority and (b) Milton Keynes local education authority under the ethnic minority achievement element of the Standards Fund in each year since 2003–04; how much is planned to be paid in each case in each year until 2007–08; and what the percentage change in (i) cash and (ii) real terms is between the amount paid in 2003–04 and the amount planned to be paid for 2007–08.
Answer

Changes to the distribution of the Ethnic Minority Achievement (EMAG) element of the Standards Fund were introduced in 2004–05 to bring a better targeted, fairer and more sensible distribution to this grant. These changes were widely endorsed by the DfES ““Aiming High: Raising the Achievement of Minority Ethnic Pupils”” consultation of 2003.Total EMAG funding will increase by £10 million between 2005–06 and 2007–08.The redistribution of funding will lead to a small number of local authorities receiving less funding than they did under the previous system. However, losses in any one year will be limited to 0.05 per cent. of each authority's overall school funding.The allocations for Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes for the years 2003–04to 2007–08 and the cash, as well as real terms changes, are detailed as follows:

£
Programme year Buckinghamshire Milton Keynes
2003–04 797,446 233,834
2004–05 797,446 233,834
2005–06 673,398 234,098
2006–07 549,350 241,545
2007–08 425,302 260,251
(62) Provisional DfES contribution.

In 2003–04 to 2005–06 the DfES contribution was matched funded by local authorities at 50 per cent. grant rate.

Buckinghamshire Milton Keynes
2003–04 (£) 797,446 233,834
2007–08 (Provisional) (£) 425,302 260,251
Actual difference (£) -412,231 +1,887
Percentage difference real terms -51.7 +0.8

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
30607; 439 c1961-2W;439 c1963-4W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Ethnic groups Buckinghamshire Milton Keynes Standards Fund
Link
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