Written question asked by Lord Gove (Conservative) on Monday, 15 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 March 2010. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Children's Workforce Development Council: Finance

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding his Department allocated to the Children's Workforce Development Council for (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07, (d) 2008-09 and (e) 2009-10.

Answer: [holding answer 18 March 2010]: The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) was established in 2005. There was therefore no funding allocation for the 2004-05 financial year. The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) funding allocations for each of CWDC's first three financial years, when it was an employer- led workforce reform body were; 2005-06, £960,000; 2006-07, £31,921,000 million and 2007-08, £55,181,000 million. The funding allocations for the next two years, when CWDC became an executive non departmental public body of the DCSF and experienced significant expansion to its remitted activities were; 2008-09, £82,454,000 million and 2009-10, £108,228,000 million.

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