AS-level Courses (Hansard, 27 February 2002)

HC Deb 27 February 2002 vol 380 cc1298-9W 1298W

§ Mr. Brady
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding arrangements are proposed for pupils taking AS-level courses before age 16; and what the implications will be for the budgets of(a) the local learning and skills councils and (b) the LEAs respectively. [37955]
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§ Mr. Timms
Funding for pupils of compulsory school age who are not in a sixth form but are taking an AS-level a year or more early continues to be the responsibility of the LEA. In developing future funding arrangements we will take into account responses to the recent Green Paper "14-19—extending opportunities, raising standards".