HC Deb 22 February 1990 vol 167 c885W
Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will set out, in 1987 prices, the expenditure on work-related further education in(a) 1986–87, (b) 1987–88, (c) 1988–89, (d) 1989–90 and (e) the projected expenditure for 1990–91.

Mr. Nicholls

The total expenditure on work-related further education by the Employment Department Group Training Agency (and its predecessors, the Training Commission and the Manpower Services Commission) is as follows:

£ million
1986–87 110.0
1987–88 106.7
1988–89 106.3
1989–90 93.1
1990–91 89.8

The figures shown are at constant 1986–87 prices and were calculated by use of the GDP deflator index.