§ Mr. Silvesterasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what is the total public current expenditure on colleges of further education; and what is the total income such colleges received from student fees in the latest available year;
(2) what was the expenditure of local education authorities and his Department, shown separately, on the payment of student fees at colleges of further education in the latest available year;
(3) whether he will list the public bodies, other than local education authorities and his Department, which pay the fees of students at colleges of further education; and what estimate he has made of their contributions;
(4) if he will state the total income from fees received by colleges of further education in the latest available year for each of the categories of full-time students, part-time day students and evening students, respectively.
§ Mr. Edward ShortIn the financial year 1967–68 gross current public expenditure on further education in England and Wales, including loan charges, capital expenditure from revenue and awards to students, was £241.2 million. Fee income totalled £16.3 million, of which local authorities received £12.9 million from tuition fees, £1.2 million from92W boarding fees and £1.9 million from other fees, including examination fees. Bodies grant-aided by my Department received a further £0.3 million. Expenditure by my Department on the payment of tuition fees was negligible: I estimate expenditure by local education authorities at about £4.4 million. Information about fee income from courses of different kinds and about payments by other public bodies is not available.