§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much additional finance has been provided to teach Welsh as a second language to students of constituent colleges of the university of Wales for each year since 1989; and if he will make a statement. [30747]
§ Mr. HagueThe Higher Education Funding Council for Wales has made the following allocations to the constituent colleges of the university of Wales under its Welsh for adults programme:
- 1993–94: £304,500
- 1994–95: £431,600
- 1995–96: £1,116,255
- 1996–97: £1,179,500.
Colleges are also able to use the general funding made available to them by the funding council to increase the resources for teaching Welsh to their students. In addition, the allocations in 1993–94 and 1994–95 were supplemented by the colleges from the funding for extra mural activities made available by the funding council.
Comparable information for the period prior to 1993–94 is not available.