Appropriation (No 2) Act 2006 (repealed)

1. To help build a competitive economy and inclusive society by creating opportunities for everyone to develop their learning; releasing potential in people to make the most of themselves, and achieving excellence in standards of education and levels of skills

Loans to voluntary aided schools; provision relating to former grant-maintained schools; the Assisted Places Scheme; music and dance schools; support for the Academy of Gifted and Talented Youth; City Technology Colleges; support for Academies; the school curriculum and its assessment; education action zones; modernising the teaching profession and other educational services and initiatives; costs associated with the Schools Food Trust; initiatives to write-off student loans to teachers in England and Wales; class size reductions; school and local education authority intervention; specialist schools; excellence in cities and other specific grants to local authorities including those through the Standards Fund; Dedicated School Grants; grants in aid to the National College for School Leadership, the Training and Development Agency for Schools, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, the Schools Food Trust, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority and the Partnerships for Schools; support for the Centre for Information Learning Technology; capital grants to schools including those through the Standards Fund; the youth service; careers guidance and services including through the Connexions Service including working capital grants and loans for capital purchases; higher, further and other education provision and initiatives, including the Higher Education Innovation Fund, the Science and Research Investment Fund and Higher Education Business Fellows; capital grants to music, dance and other schools; payments for education in prisons and other custodial institutions; student grants; the payment of access funds and education maintenance allowances; the provision of training and assessment programmes for young people and adults; initiatives to improve education, training and qualifications arrangements and access to these; the promotion of enterprise, including Career Development Loans; teacher training initiatives; payments to the Department for Work and Pensions to support the UK subscription to the International Labour Organisation and other international educational programmes; payments to support other international education and skills programmes; costs associated with the UK presidency of the European Union; Millennium Volunteers; payments to the Home Office to support the Criminal Records Bureau and the payment of certain fees; loans and grants to the University for Industry; payments and grants to support personal and children's social services and initiatives relating to teenage pregnancy, hospital and community health services; children, secure accommodation and family policy; family parenting and law grants; Grants in Aid to the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service and the Children's Commissioner; payments and grants to support parenting and parenting organisations; grants to support Strengthening Families, Marriages and Relationships; payments to support and develop vetting and barring; support for Pilot Local Area Agreements; investments and loans to support PFI; payments related to the Sector Skills Councils; payments to the Arts Council for Arts and Drama initiatives; payments to the Department of Trade and Industry in connection with the Regional Development Agencies and the London Development Agency; loans and residual costs of the winding up of the Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs); the distribution of residual TEC assets, returned to the Secretary of State under the terms of the TEC Licence, to local voluntary, community and business support organisations; the resource consequences of loans to students, reimbursement of fees for qualifying European Community students and post graduate awards; mandatory student awards and their administration; student loans and the cost of sales of the student loans debt; grants to the Royal Anniversary Trust, grants in aid to the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Learning and Skills Council, the Adult Learning Inspectorate, Investors in People UK, the Student Loans Company, Office for Fair Access, the Quality Improvement Agency and Sector Skills Development Agency; grant in aid, grants and working capital loans to the General Teaching Council; the Department's own administration and research and payments for the administration of teachers' pensions; information and publicity services; initiatives and programmes supported by the European Union, the Capital Modernisation Fund and with other Government Departments under the Invest to Save Budget; compensation payments to teachers and staff of certain institutions and teachers' medical fees; and associated non-cash items.

2. Promoting the physical, intellectual and social development of babies and young children through Sure Start, Early Years Provision and Childcare

Promoting the physical, intellectual and social development of babies and young children; childcare initiatives including quality assurance arrangements, children's centres; the education of under-fives; supporting families and communities; evaluating the programme; Sure Start support for Pilot Local Area Agreements; the administration of the Sure Start Unit; and associated non-cash items.

3. Tackling child poverty and social exclusion by helping vulnerable children and young people, and their families, to break the cycle of deprivation and disadvantage through the Children's Fund

Payments and grants to support people, funding preventative services, primarily for 5 to 13-year-olds, through local partnerships in line with the objectives of the Children's Fund; funding voluntary groups countering social exclusion and poverty amongst children and young people in line with the objectives of the Children's Fund; supporting voluntary groups and other organisations to promote and facilitate consultation, participation and representation of children and young people including the UK youth Parliament; Children's Fund Support for Pilot Local Area Agreements; monitoring and evaluating the Children's Fund; and associated non-cash items.