§ Mr. Quentin DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what changes she has to announce to cash limits and running costs on votes within her responsibility for 1995–96. [27444]
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary revised estimate, the cash limit for class X, vote 2, higher and further education and student support will be amended as follows:
Class and Vote Current cash limit £ Change £ Revised cash limit £ X.2 5,909,345,000 -1,008,000 5,908,337,000 Notes:
The reduction in the cash limit is made up as follows:
- (a) £240,000 represents a transfer to the Welsh Office for payment to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales to cover the costs of students attending diploma in social work courses in Wales;
- (b) £246,000 is to offset increased expenditure on postgraduate awards—non-cash limited; and
- (c) £522,000 transfers from the Higher Education Funding Council for England: grant in aid subhead to student loans non-cash limited to contribute to the expected cost of loans to students attending diploma in social work courses.
The opportunity has been taken to provide for the Department to meet outstanding insurance claims from the Royal College of Arts totalling £20,000 by making a new sub-head C2. Grant in aid to the Further Education Funding Council is to be increased by £175,000 to allow for work to commence on colleges to allow for access for students with disabilities. Savings have been identified in sub-head B2—grants and bursaries for teacher training—to offset the cost of this expenditure. There is no increase in net provision as a result.