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Small local authorities (Isles of Scilly and City of London) receive £25,000 and all other local authorities receive set up costs of around £50,000, a further sum is allocated on the basis of population estimates for each local authority and, adjusted according to a number of factors including area costs and deprivation.<\/p>

The link below provides further background and amounts for individual local authorities:<\/p>

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The National Scholarship Fund was introduced in 2011 following a commitment in the Importance of Teaching white paper to encourage teachers to deepen their subject knowledge. This year the priority subject area was special educational needs.<\/p>

In round two, the National Scholarship Fund was expanded to include a scholarship for special educational needs (SEN) support staff to undertake a SEN related course or activity. There were 493 applications from SEN support staff and in round three of the National Scholarship Fund there were 225 applications from SEN support staff and in this year\u2019s round (round 4) there were 215 applications from SEN Support Staff.<\/p>

Of the £1 million made available for teachers and SEN Support staff in the National Scholarship Fund 2014-15, £792,652.63 was offered to applicants as awards.<\/p>

Scholarships will only be awarded where applications are judged to be of sufficient merit. This will determine the number of scholarships awarded. We sought the assistance of colleagues from the sector to form an expert panel to judge the applications. The panel interrogated and ratified the internal assessment process. As impartial educational professionals they brought particular and relevant expertise to the process. They acted as independent external verifiers to ensure the rigour and consistency of the assessment process, and to endorse the scholarly nature of funded development activity.<\/p>

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The National Scholarship Fund was introduced in 2011 following a commitment in the Importance of Teaching white paper to encourage teachers to deepen their subject knowledge. This year the priority subject area was special educational needs.<\/p>

In round two, the National Scholarship Fund was expanded to include a scholarship for special educational needs (SEN) support staff to undertake a SEN related course or activity. There were 493 applications from SEN support staff and in round three of the National Scholarship Fund there were 225 applications from SEN support staff and in this year\u2019s round (round 4) there were 215 applications from SEN Support Staff.<\/p>

Of the £1 million made available for teachers and SEN Support staff in the National Scholarship Fund 2014-15, £792,652.63 was offered to applicants as awards.<\/p>

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The Department designed and developed the mental health strategy, No Health Without Mental Health<\/em>, published February 2011, which sets out this Government\u2019s overall ambition for mental health.<\/p>

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We legislated for parity of esteem by enshrining in law the equal status of mental and physical health through the Health and Social Care Act 2012.<\/p>

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The Department holds NHS England to account for the quality of mental health services, through the Government\u2019s Mandate to NHS England and measures outcomes for mental health patients through the NHS, Public Health and Adult Social Care Outcomes Frameworks.<\/p>

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As steward of the system, the Department works with its partners to achieve the objectives set out in No Health Without Mental Health<\/em>.<\/p>

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Early in 2014, we published Closing the gap: priorities for essential change<\/em> which set out the areas where urgent action was most needed. Progress has already been made in a number of areas:<\/p>

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