§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the amounts to be allocated to each of the access funds for education in Scotland for 1993–94; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 18 June 1993]: A total of £3.606 million will be available for the access funds for higher and further education institutions in Scotland for academic year 1993–94; individual allocations to the three funds have yet to be determined. In the academic year 1992–93, a total of some £3.3 million was disbursed in access funds to higher and further 273W education institutions, including universities, in Scotland. The overall provision for 1993–94 thus represents an increase of about 9.6 per cent. over 1992–93.
With the change in funding arrangements for higher education under the Further and Higher Education Acts 1992, responsibility for the provision of access funds for students at previously Universities Funding Council-funded universities in Scotland has been transferred to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State.