Written question asked by Lord Austin of Dudley (Labour) on Thursday, 8 July 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 July 2010. It was answered by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Children: Databases

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department spent on the ContactPoint scheme in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Dudley borough and (c) Dudley North constituency in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2010.

Answer: The Department for Education has provided grant funding to local authorities and national partners to support the local implementation of ContactPoint. £2,621,000 was paid to the 14 children's services authorities in the west midlands in the 2009-10 financial year. Grant payments made to these authorities between 1 April and 30 June 2010 (inclusive) were £377,555.75. Within these totals, the amounts paid to Dudley metropolitan borough council were £170,000 in 2009-10, and £23,747.75 for 1 April to 30 June 2010.Figures are not available for spending broken down by parliamentary constituency.

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