Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has allocated to (a) phase 1 and (b) phase 2 of the implementation of the National Assessment and Accreditation system.

The government has spent £3.66 million in consulting on and preparing for the introduction of the National Assessment and Accreditation System for children and family social workers.

The government has allocated for phase 1 and phase 2 of the National Accreditation and Assessment System: £2.7 million for the preparation of local authorities and social workers; and £4.86 million for the introduction, operational delivery and evaluation of the assessment.

This total is split £2.7 million for local authorities and £8.52 million for private companies.