Written question asked by Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 30 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 November 2003. It was answered by Stephen Twigg (Labour) on Monday, 10 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 the costs have been of setting up the National Healthy School Award; how many schools have signed up to the Healthy Schools programme; and how many of those schools have been accredited with the National Healthy School Standards, broken down by local education authority. - Inc table.

Answer: Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the costs have been of setting up the National Healthy School Award; [136209] (2) how many schools have signed up to the Healthy Schools programme; and how many of those schools have been accredited with the National Healthy School Standards, broken down by local education authority. [136210] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The table below shows the level of direct financial support for the National Healthy Schools Standard (NHSS) from central Government sources since its launch in 1999-2000. Information on any additional support from the local NHSS or from Local Education Authorities is not held centrally. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year (allocations) From the Department of Health From the Department for Total Education and Skills 1999-2000 2 2 4 2000-01 6 2 8 2001-02 5.8 2 7.8 2002-03 5.5 2 7.5 2003-04 5.5 2 7.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Over 14,000 schools have signed up to the Healthy Schools programme of which we expect 9,482 to be accredited as working at the most intensive level of involvement of level 3 by March 2004. The table attached shows the number of schools accredited with the standard and the breakdown by each local education authority.

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