§ Mr. RooneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received on the level of funding next year for prison education.
§ Mr. Peter LloydI have received a number of representations about the competitive tendering exercise which the Prison Service is currently undertaking to determine the arrangements for the provision of education in prisons from 1 April 1993. Some of these have referred to future levels of funding. The level of financial provision for 1993–94 will need to take account of the outcome of the competitive tendering exercise and will be published in the supply estimates in due course. Payments to local education authorities in 1992–93 for the provision of education in prisons are expected to total £29.9 million, an increase of 14 per cent.—over 8 per cent. in real terms—on expenditure in 1991–92.