Education Funding (Hansard, 14 July 2003)

§ Mr. Chaytor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what additional funding over and above the standard allocations(a) was spent and (b) has been allocated by the Learning and Skills Council to assist colleges in financial health category C in (i) 2000–01, (ii) 2001–02 and (iii) 2002–03 from (A) participation, (B) Standards Fund and (C) other budget heads; [124702]

GCSE/GNVQ achievements of 15-year-old pupils in schools in England, 1995 to 2002
Academic year	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Sports colleges
Percentageof total points from GCSEs	—	—	—	99.8	99.2	98.8	98.8	97.1
Percentageof total points from GNVQs	—	—	—	0.2	0.8	1.2	1.2	2.9
Technology colleges
Percentageof total points from GCSEs	100	100	99.4	98.9	98.7	98.4	98	95.5
Percentageof total points from GNVQs	0	0	0.6	1.1	1.3	1.6	2	4.5
Language colleges
Percentageof total points from GCSEs	—	100	99.9	99.8	99.3	99.2	99	98.1
Percentageof total points from GNVQs	—	0	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.8	1	1.9
Arts colleges
Percentageof total points from GCSEs	—	—	—	98.9	99.3	99.1	98.8	96.6
Percentageof total points from GNVQs	—	—	—	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.2	3.4
Grammar schools
Percentageof total points from GCSEs	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99.9
Percentageof total points from GNVQs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Secondary moderns
Percentageof total points from GCSEs	100	100	99.6	99.5	99.3	98.8	98.5	96.7
Percentageof total points from GNVQs	0	0	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.2	1.5	3.3
Non specialist comprehensives
Percentageof total points from GCSEs	100	100	99.8	99.7	99.5	99.3	99	97.6
Percentageof total points from GNVQs	0	0	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.7	1	2.4
Specialist comprehensives
Percentageof total points from GCSEs	100	100	99.5	99.1	98.8	98.7	98.4	96.3
Percentageof total points from GNVQs	0	0	0.5	0.9	1.2	1.3	1.6	3.7

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(2) how many further education colleges were assessed by the Learning and Skills Council or its predecessor bodies as being in financial health category C at (a) 31st March 2000, (b) 31 March 2001, (c) 31 March 2002 and (d) 31 March 2003; [124703]

(3) what steps have been taken by the Learning and Skills Council since April 2000 to assist colleges in financial health category C to improve their position. [124704]