The money comes from an early settlement agreement of the ComprehensiveSpending Review (CSR) for the Department of Children, Schools andFamilies.
The amount of CSR funding for the children's centres agenda was also dueto be announced as Nursery World went to press.
Children's secretary Ed Balls said 1.1 billion would be investedin the extended schools programme, on top of the 265 millionalready set aside. He said the Government wanted to increase theaccessibility of family learning, parenting support and specialistservices as well as out-of-school clubs.
'Extended schools help families juggle work and home life by givingparents greater flexibility and providing learning and parentalsupport,' said Mr Balls. 'But above all, they give children the chanceto take part in fun activities - to practise sports, learn a musicalinstrument, have drama classes or simply catch up on homework.'
Amanda Argent, chief executive of Schoolfriend, said, 'We welcome theextra money but we feel it needs to be ring-fenced to areas ofdeprivation. A lot of local authorities will weigh up whether a clubwill be sustainable by the end of the year, because they need to meettargets. But the Government and local authorities have to realise thatsometimes you need three or four years to make a club sustainable and upuntil this point you will have to subsidise parents.
'There is quite an elite situation occurring where more affluent peopleare accessing the extended schools agenda because they can afford it andthe less well-off are missing out,' she said.
Children's minister Beverley Hughes also confirmed further funding forchildren's centres in a written answer in Parliament last Wednesday.
'We have secured additional resources through the Comprehensive SpendingReview settlement to meet our manifesto commitment of 3,500 children'scentres by 2010,' she said. 'The Department will be advising all 150local authorities in England of their children's centre revenueallocations for 2008-10 shortly.'
The Government's ten-year youth strategy builds on a joint Treasury andDCSF review and promises new youth facilities and a place for youngpeople to go in every constituency.
Anne Longfield, chief executive of the charity 4Children, said that thestrategy 'offers the potential to create a new generation of servicesfor young people' that are linked to specialist help for those who needit.
- To view Aiming High for Young People: a Ten-Year Strategy for PositiveActivities, visit www.hm-treasury.gov.uk.