§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students in further and higher education there were in(a) 1979, (b) 1985 and (c) the last year for which figures are available; and what was the average amount of money spent by the Government per student in each of those years.
§ Mr. FormanData are shown in the table for financial years 1979–80, 1985–86 and 1989–90, the latest year for which data are available. Further details are available from table 8 of Statistical Bulletin 10/92, a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mr. ForthThis information is not currently available. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment will be announcing shortly his proposals for the 1993–94 local government settlement, including proposals for standard spending assessments. He also intends to announce proposals to specify a relevant notional amount for each authority to be used as the basis of comparison for the exercise of his capping powers for 1993–94 reflecting, inter alia, his estimate of authorities' 703W budgeted expenditure in 1992–93 on those functions which will become the responsibility of the Further Education Funding Council from 1 April 1993.