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Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 November 2010. It was answered by Stuart Bell (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 November 2010 on behalf of the House of Commons Commission.

Parliament's Education Service: Finance

Question
To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the House of Commons Commission how much was spent on the outreach programme in each financial year since it was established; and how much the House of Commons Commission expects to spend on the programme in 2010-11.
Answer

The Parliamentary Outreach service was set up following the Administration Committee's 2007 report Improving Facilities for Educational Visitors to Parliament (HC 434 2006-07), which included a recommendation to develop a parliamentary outreach service including regional outreach officers working throughout the UK. The service is being built up over three years, commencing with a pilot year in 2008-09, when the first of the regional outreach officers were appointed.Parliamentary Outreach is funded jointly with the House of Lords (70:30 split). Costs to the Commons are as follows:

£
2008-09 165,471
2009-10 457,003
2010-11 ¹575,000
¹ Estimated expenditure

As part of the House-wide savings programme and subject to approval, it is anticipated that there will a reduction in the budget of the outreach programme in future years.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24389; 518 c844W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Finance Parliament's Education Service
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk