§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether further education level initiatives qualify for know-how fund initiatives;
(2) what funding the British Council is receiving in order to fund further education college level initiatives in Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
§ Mrs. ChalkerUnder the know-how-fund, the British Council has been asked to manage programmes of academic links between British and Hungarian and Czechoslovakian institutions. The annual level for funding for each country is currently set at £100,000. Colleges of further education can submit proposals for consideration under these schemes, which also operate in Poland, where the annual level of funding is £150,000.