I propose to take Questions Nos. 116, 129 and 175 together.
In line with a commitment in the PPF, and following consultations with relevant Departments and the social partners, certain essential services currently provided by participants on community employment – CE – are being mainstreamed. This process involves the transfer of CE funding for specific services to other Departments with functional responsibility for these services.
The mainstreaming of schools services is currently under way and after an appropriate transition period to allow participants work out their contracts in schools, such services will be solely the responsibility of the Department of Education and Science. Arising from these changes, an additional £46 million is to be made directly available to schools on an annual basis, phased in by 2003, for the purposes of providing replacement services in schools.