HC Deb 06 February 1992 vol 203 c261W
Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science by what order, made under section 134 of the Education Reform Act 1988, he made the conditions on the funding by the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council which he notified to the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council on 19 February 1991 and to the Committee of Directors of Polytchnics on 2 September 1991.

Mr. Alan Howarth

Under section 134(6) of the Education Reform Act 1988, the Secretary of State may make grants to the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding council of such amounts and subject to such conditions as he may determine. Section 134(7) provides that such conditions shall not relate to making of grants or other payments by the council to any specified institution. Neither of those subsections provides for the making of an order and none was made. Section 134(8) and (9) gives power to the Secretary of state to give directions to the funding council by order but that power was not exercised.