§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the level of funding by his Department for the Scottish adult basic education unit over each of the last three financial years; and what funds his Department is making available for adult basic education in the current year.
§ Mr. RifkindGrants offered to the Scottish adult basic education unit for each of the last three years were as follows:
Year Recurrent Grant Supplementary Grant 1983–84 £152,000 £7,000 1984–85 £160,650 — 1985–86 £165,500 — From 1 April 1986 the work of the unit was integrated with that of the Scottish Community Education Council. The aggregate grant to the council for 1986–87 is £542,000, an overall increase of almost 4 per cent.