§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the grants given to quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations by his Department in each year from 1985.
§ Mr. BoswellThe grants given to the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by the Department are listed in the table. Those made to the research councils and to the Sports Council, formerly sponsored by the then Department of Education and 545W Science and now by the Office of Public Service and
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1985–86 £ million 1986–87 Cash 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Outturn 1993–94 Estimate Business and Technology Education Council1 — — — — — — — — — Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges2 1.831 1.731 1.760 1.813 2.184 3.021 3.498 3.848 4.084 Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research 0.359 0.369 0.395 0.383 0.472 0.535 0.652 0.949 0.807 Council for Educational Technology (United Kingdom) 0.758 0.998 0.870 Merged April 1988 to form National Council for Educational Technology Micro-Electronics in Education Support Unit — 2.791 3.075 National Council for Educational Technology3 — — — 4.729 4.227 4.660 4.961 5.658 4.946 Council for National Academic Awards4 — — — — — — — — — Further Education Unit 3.495 3.359 3.038 3.525 2.486 3.871 3.129 3.545 5— National Youth Bureau 0.483 0.478 0.490 6— 0.557 0.571 7— 7— 7— National Youth Agency 8— 8— 8— 8— 8— 8— 1.840 1.495 1.706 Education Assets Board3 — — — 0.770 0.642 0.552 0.500 0.858 2.694 School Curriculum and Development Council 1.053 1.140 1.340 Wound up August 1988. Replaced by School Examinations and Assessment Council and National Curriculum Council School Examinations Council 2.341 2.484 2.339 School Examinations and Assessment Council Established 1988 Wound up 1993 3.681 5.250 7.730 10.532 12.383 10.427 National Curriculum Council 5.338 7.345 7.340 7.698 8.135 6.400 School Curriculum and Assessment Authority9 — — — — — — — — 3.600 Teaching as a Career Unit3 — — 0.513 0.934 0.954 1.487 1.402 1.407 1.182 Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council10 — — — — 1,113.603 1,104.255 993.158 1,034.601 — Universities Funding Council11 — — — — 1,851.661 1,836.708 1,782.142 1,806.426 — Higher Education Funding Council for England 12 — — — — — — — 130.500 2,806.458 Further Education Funding Council12 — — — — — — — 1324.417 2,552.911 Funding Agency for Schools14 — — — — — — — — 132.000 1 Nil (self-funded body). Became wholly independent and ceased to be NDPB sponsored by Department of Further Education October 1993. 2 Merged with British Council December 1993. Henceforth sponsored by Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 3 Established 1988. 4 Nil (self-funded body). Wound up March 1993. 5 Subsumed in Further Education Funding Council grant. 6 Not separately available. 7 Wound up 1991 and replaced by National Youth Agency. 8 Established April 1991 incorporating National Youth Bureau and Council for Education and Training in Community Work. 9 Established October 1993. 10 Up to April 1989 polytechnics funded by local authorities. Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council established April 1989, wound up March 1993. 11 Up to April 1989 grants to universities distributed on advice of University Grants Committee. Universities Funding Council established April 1989, wound up March 1993. 12 Established April 1993. 13 Preparatory costs. 14 To be established April 1994. Science and the Department of National Heritage respectively, are published in the appropriation accounts, copies of which are in the Library.
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