§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the separate schemes under the622W support for further education programme of his Department; and what are the total sums expended on them since 1983.
§ Mr. ForthMy Department has supported further education with a number of schemes at various times since 1983. £3 .2 million has been expended on the further education scheme for IT skills updating, £5 .1 million was expended on the CNC machine tools scheme and £2.5 million on the scheme for computer aided design.
The further education sector also benefited from a number of schemes which also applied to higher education, schools and management education. Separate figures for further education are not available.