Further Education Funding Council

HC Deb 26 February 1996 vol 272 c365W

Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans she has to allow private companies to bid for FEFC funding. [16406]

Mr. Paice

The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 already allows private companies to obtain funding from the Further Education Funding Council, provided that they are sponsored by an institution within the further education sector. The Government plan to legislate to remove the sponsorship requirements.