HC Deb 13 November 1996 vol 285 cc272-3W
27. Mr. Pickthall

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) higher education institutions and (b) further education institutions currently do not have cash reserves to cover 30 days of total expenditure. [2097]

Mr. Forth

Eighty-eight higher education institutions did not have net cash balances sufficient to cover 30 days' expenditure at 31 July 1995. At the same date, 128 further education institutions had less than 30 days' cash in hand.