HC Deb 28 March 1991 vol 188 c484W
Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what criteria he has applied to decide whether adult education centres run by local authorities should be included in his proposals to change the status of further education colleges so that they come under a funding council; and if he will make a statement;

(2) what criteria he has applied to decide whether colleges of higher education run by local authorities should be included in his proposals to change the status of further education colleges so that they come under a funding council; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Eggar

As my right hon. and learned Friend made clear in his statement to the House on 21 March, the Government propose that all further education colleges offering full-time education should be taken out of local authority control. Most of these colleges make provision for adults, and some offer courses of higher education.

Arrangements for funding and administering education for adults, both within and outside the new sector, will be discussed in the forthcoming White Paper.