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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Letwin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for South-West Bedfordshire of 25 January 2002, Official Report, columns 1185-86W, on Government funding of the voluntary sector, if she will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which (a) her Department and (b) the Basic Skills Agency distributes funding to voluntary sector organisations. [51408] Mr. Ivan Lewis: [holding answer 19 April 2002]: The information requested is as follows. This includes relevant grant schemes and policy and research programmes which involve the distribution of funds to the voluntary sector. (a) Funding programmes under which payments were made to voluntary organisations by the Department for Education and Skills, financial year 2000-01. Active Engagement Policy Anne Frank Education Pack Baseline Survey of Parents Demand for Childcare--Extra Analysis British Social Attitudes Survey (BSAS): 1999-2002 Career Service Initial Training Child Safety Week Community Champions Fund Community Links Connexions Development of Citizenship Education Resources Disability: attitudes and experiences. Drug Education Forum--Core and other funding Early Years and Childcare Small Grants programme Education and Prevention Team--Core funding Educational Grants Advisory Service (EGAS) European Social Fund Excellence and Access Project (Personal Finance in Schools) Family Support Policy Fourth and Fifth Annual Surveys of Parents of Three and Four-year-olds Grant under Section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 Improving the take-up of free school meals (FSM) Improving the Training Market Independent/State School Partnerships Grant Scheme Learning Partnerships Millennium Volunteers Music for Youth National Adult Learning Survey (NALS) 2001 National Children's Bureau--Core funding National Health Education Group--Core funding National Mentoring Network National Reading Campaign National Voluntary Youth Organisations Grant Scheme Neighbourhood Support Fund On Track Outward secondments (financial value of) Personal Adviser Training Partners for Study Support Playing for Success Quality Standards Project Repeat of "Parents' Demand for Childcare" survey School Governor Training and Development School Sport Coordinators School Business Links Special Educational Needs Small Programmes Fund Sex Education Forum--core and other funding Social Inclusion Pupil Support Grant (SIPS) Study of Movement from Playgroups to Reception Classes Summer Activities For 16-Year-Olds Pilot Sure Start Volunteer Reading Help Youth Cohort Study (YCS)--Interview and postal survey of 17 and 19-year-olds. (b) Funding programmes under which payments were made to voluntary organisations by the Basic Skills Agency, financial year 2000-01. Financial literacy and basic skills Community Based Education for Speakers of Other Languages (CBESOL) Family Programmes National Voluntary Organisations Partnership Programme.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

51408; 384 c304-5W;384 c304-6W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Finance Government departments Grants Voluntary organisations Department for Education and Skills Basic Skills Agency

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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