HC Deb 16 June 1998 vol 314 cc145-6W
Mr. Chaytor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment he has made of the financial impact on colleges of the removal of Schedule 2A qualifications for the financial year 1998–99. [45046]

Dr. Howells

[holding answer 11 June 1998]: The effect on college budgets is not a factor taken into account when determining qualifications for inclusion under Schedule 2(a). The Further Education Funding Council is not proposing to withdraw allocated funding from colleges which currently offer qualifications no longer on

Dr. Howells

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is unaware of any such proposal.

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