§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list by individual school and further education college in England the total budget allocated to each participating institution to fund GNVQs in each year since 1991; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. BoswellThis information is not available to the Department. The great majority of the funding allocated to schools and colleges by local education authorities, the Further Education Funding Council and the Funding Agency for Schools is unhypothecated and total funds for the support of GNVQs are not therefore identified separately.
As part of the GNVQ part 1 pilot scheme announced by the Minister of State on 21 December, 118 schools will receive specific support for part 1 GNVQ in 1995–96 under the Government's GEST programme or through other special grants. A table concerning the allocations made for individual schools has been placed in the Library.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what resources were specifically allocated in order to fund general national vocational qualifications in schools and further education colleges in England in each year since 1990; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. BoswellUnder the Government's specific grant programmes, the following allocations have been made for vocational qualifications since 1990–91. Since 1992–93, these have focused on GNVQ support in schools, following the introduction of GNVQs in September 1992.
Year £ million 1990–91 2.0 1991–92 2.1 1992–93 3.0 1993–94 5.5 1994–95 5.2 1995–96 13.3