§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what information he has about the amount of money spent by local education authorities for each of the last five years on education in those areas which will come under the auspices of the Further Education Funding Council(a) in cash terms and (b) in constant 1992 purchasing power.
§ Mr. FormanThis information is not available centrally. LEAs' expenditure returns do not distinguish between expenditure on courses for which the FEFC will be responsible from next April and those for which LEAs will have continuing responsibility.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Education on what basis the resources currently available to the Further Education Funding Council for 1993–94 were calculated; and how much they are in(a) cash terms and (b) constant 1992 purchasing power.
§ Mr. FormanThe Government's expenditure plans for further education in England in the financial year 1993–94 provide for the launch of the newly independent sector, taking account of a projected 8 per cent. increase in student numbers compared with the financial year 1992–93. The total funds to be made available to the 43W Further Education Funding Council in 1993–94 are planned to be £2,549 million for recurrent expenditure and £152 million for capital expenditure: expressed in 1991–92 prices, the real terms figures are £2,380 million and £142 million respectively.