Written question asked by Henry Smith (Conservative) on Monday, 1 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 November 2010. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 November 2010 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Teaching Methods

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) with reference to his Department's press notice on the 2010 Spending Review of 20 October 2010, what mechanism he plans to adopt to divide between schools the funding previously allocated to the Every Child a Reader and Every Child Counts programmes after this academic year;

Answer: Funding for Every Child a Reader (ECAR) and Every Child Counts (ECC) is part of the schools budget announced in the spending review, which will increase by 0.1% in real terms each year. Details of school funding allocations for 2011-12 will be announced later in the autumn. It will be for local authorities, in consultation with their Schools Forum, to decide whether to take account of the previous level of this funding in each school when making their 2011-12 allocations to schools.

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