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Written question asked by Phyllis Starkey (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 January 2010. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Sure Start Programme

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many Sure Start centres have been opened since 2005 (a) nationally and (b) in Milton Keynes; and how much capital funding has been allocated to such centres.
Answer

Please see table 1 for the Sure Start Children's Centres designated since 2005.

Table 1
Milton Keynes England
2005 1 254
2006 2 603
2007 5 836
2008 4 1,029
2009 6 471
Note:
This table does not include centres designated before 2005. At the end of December 2009 there were a total of 3,381 designated Sure Start Children's Centres including 19 centres in Milton Keynes.

The Department allocates capital funding for Sure Start Children's Centres and their predecessor Sure Start Local Programmes to local authorities. It is for local authorities to decide how to allocate the grant flexibly to best meet their local objectives.In 2004 local authorities received a two year allocation (2004-06). Since 2006-07 all children's centres capital formed part of the main capital block of the Sure Start Early Years and Childcare Grant. Please see table 2 for the Milton Keynes and national capital allocations from 2004-06 and 2009-10.

Table 2
Milton Keynes England
2004-06 512,168 320,870,605
2006-07 1,330,667 272,254,576
2007-08 2,579,838 545,033,570
2008-09 1,647,002 81,000,006
2009-10 2,263,493 169,000,002

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
506 c655-6W; 311248
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Sure Start programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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