§ Mr. GallieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish details of the level of access funds provision in Scotland for Session 1995–96.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonA total of £4.33 million will be available for the access funds at higher and further education institutions in Scotland in academic year 1995–96. This compares with a total of £4.14 million in 1994–95, and the provision for 1995–96 thus represents an increase of about 4.6 per cent. over the current session.
The sum has been allocated between the three funds as shown:
£ million Higher Education fund 2.61 Postgraduate fund 0.83 Further education fund 0.89 The detailed 1995–96 allocations will be notified to the individual academic institutions in late summer.