Funding for early years (and childcare) in 2007/08 Note: income is generated by Children’s Centres from parents’ fees (estimated at £0.75m). They also receive a further £0.75m (estimated) Nursery Education Funding for 3 & 4 year olds from DSG (part of £14m).

2007/08 Budget Headings DSGSure Start Grant Council Tax Total Nursery education£10,070K£1,351K£11,421K Children’s centres/Early Years Centres £2,816K£3,747K£771K£7,334K Childcare£779K Extended Services£885K Improvement /Workforce development £229K£1,639K£0£1,868K SEN/CYWD£488K£740K£46K£1,274K Vol Sector Grants£104K£280K£384K Staff/Other£304K£290K£71K£665K Total£14,011K£9,430K£1,168K£24,609K Please note all budget figures are provisional figures, subject to approval by members/CYPD. (Differences due to rounding)

Children’s Centres – Budgets 2007/08 Note: figures above exclude £1.5m estimated income generated by Children’s Centres (£0.75m from parents’ fees and £0.75m from Nursery Education Funding)

Profile of centrally held funds 2007/08 Development Team costs £349,897 Area Finance Officers for 28 centres £56,000 Health SLA £45,820 Sims licence for 28 centres £38,360 Finance support £25,000 ICT setup costs £66,000 Support services £8,400 HR for Phase 2 £22,000 Payroll £2,000 Systems adminstrator £7,500 Transition Funding £1,753,372 Maintains existing levels of funding for individual centres Long term Childcare sustainability funding up to £700,000 in the centrally held funding