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<p>The following table shows the funding allocated to the Frontline social work trainee
programme, the Think Ahead trainee programme, the Step Up to Social Work trainee programme
and social work teaching partnerships in the 2016-17 financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Programme</p></td><td><p>2016-17
£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frontline social work trainee programme Contract
to deliver a national fast-track programme Pilot grant</p></td><td><p>2.4 7.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Think
Ahead trainee programme</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Step Up to Social
Work trainee programme</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social work teaching
partnerships</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The 2016-17
funding for university social work programmes via student bursaries and the Education
Support Grant is currently being finalised and as such is not yet available.</p><p>
</p><p>The final costs of the assessment and accreditation system for child and family
social workers are subject to future procurement, but will be met within the Department
for Education (DfE) Spending Review settlement.</p><p> </p><p>The budgets in future
years for each of these programmes, with the exception of the contract with Frontline,
an independent charitable organisation, to deliver a national fast-track programme,
are not yet agreed and are subject to business planning in the normal way.</p><p>
</p><p>DfE has a protected budget of £320 million each year of the Spending Review
period for children’s services and Ministers are in the process of making decisions
about how best to allocate resources within this envelope. DfE programme figures in
this response show the allocations which have already been made.</p><p> </p><p>The
following table below shows the allocations to Frontline, up to and including 2019-20,
to deliver a national fast-track programme.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Programme</p></td><td><p>2017
– 18 £ million</p></td><td><p>2018 – 19 £ million</p></td><td><p>2019 – 20 £ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contract
to deliver a national fast-track programme</p></td><td><p>11.07</p></td><td><p>16.24</p></td><td><p>18.49</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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