HC Deb 13 February 1996 vol 271 cc529-30W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how much each region has received from the FEFC each year since its formation; [14518]

(2) how many colleges are funded by the FEFC in each region. [14519]

Mr. Paice

Details of the allocation of funding to colleges, and the number of FEFC-funded colleges in each region are matters for the Further Education Funding Council. I am therefore asking the council's chief executive to write to the hon. Member.

Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much it costs annually to run the Further Education Funding Council. [14517]

Mr. Paice

The amounts paid to the council to cover running costs in each financial year from 1992–93 to 1994–5 are as follows:

  • Financial Year
  • 1992–93: £4.3 million
  • 1993–94: £18.8 million
  • 1994–95: £23.7 million.

In the current financial year there is provision of £24.2 million to cover the council's running costs.

The council's running costs are expected to be lower in subsequent years. Estimated totals for 1996–97 to 1998–99 are as follows:

  • Financial Year
  • 1996–97: £23.6 million
  • 1997–98: £23.0 million
  • 1998–99: £23.0 million.