HC Deb 25 February 1997 vol 291 cc149-50W
Mr. Timms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment on what date she was informed that the Further Education Funding Council intended to issue its letter to colleges dated 27 January, indicating the abolition of the demand-led element of further education funding. [17268]

Mr. Paice

On 24 January.

Mr. Timms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment she had made of the impact of abolishing the demand-led element of funding on the numbers of students in further education. [17269]

Mr. Paice

The Government's spending plans are intended to provide for the continuing growth of the further education sector. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I look to the Further Education Funding Council for England to review the options open to it in consultation with the further education sector.