Written question asked by Damian Green (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 November 2003. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 November 2003 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what has been spent since 1997 on projects to improve behaviour in schools. - Including figures.

Answer: Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what has been spent since 1997 on projects to improve behaviour in schools. [133696] Mr. Ivan Lewis: Funding for behaviour improvement in schools comes from a wide variety of sources and is aggregated to varying degrees with funding for other activities. It is therefore impossible to give a discrete total. The School Inclusion: Pupil Support grant provided about £560 million in Government grant and LEA contributions between 1999 and 2003. But this gave schools funding to tackle pupil disaffection more widely and was not just for behaviour improvement initiatives. In 2003-04 the Government will be allocating over £90 million to schools as part of its national behaviour and attendance strategy. This builds on the £50 million provided to targeted schools and LEAs through the Behaviour Improvement Programme in 2002-03.

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