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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which LEAs have behaviour improvement plans funded by central Government; what the cost of each has been; and what criteria were adopted by Government for the selection of those authorities. [71816] Stephen Twigg: The following 34 local education authorities (LEAs) were selected to submit plans to improve behaviour and attendance in particular schools under the Behaviour Improvement Programme strand of the Government's Street Crime initiative: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Barking and Dagenham Hounslow Oldham Birmingham Islington Reading Bolton Kensington and Chelsea Rochdale Bradford Knowsley Salford Brent Lambeth Sheffield Bristol Leeds Slough Camden Lewisham Southwark Enfield Liverpool Tower Hamlets Greenwich Manchester Waltham Forest Hackney Newham Westminster Hammersmith and Fulham Nottingham Wolverhampton Haringey _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All 34 plans have received initial approval and the LEAs now have access to up to £1.5 million in 2002-03 and around a further £1.25 million in 2003-04. Funding beyond 2003-04 will be determined following further consideration of the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review. The 34 LEAs were selected on the basis of crime figures and truancy data from among the 83 LEAs which fall into the ten police force areas which account for over 80 per cent. of street crime.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

389 c1345W;389 c1343W; 71816

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Discipline Costs Finance Local education authorities Schools

Link

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