§ Mr. ÖpikTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what will be the total level of his Department's budget in 1995–96 prices, for(a) further and (b) higher education 402W in (i) 1997–98 and (ii) 1998–99; if he will estimate what such figures would be for (1) 1997–98 and (2) 1998–99 on the basis of the estimates of the GDP deflator contained in the November 1996 Budget; and if he will make a statement. [21955]
§ Mr. Ron DaviesThe Department's grant for the Further and Higher Education Funding Councils for Wales is as follows:
£ million Provisional 1997–98 Planned 1998–99 FEFCW Cash 177.0 175.0 1995–96 prices 169.3 162.9 1996–97 prices 173.5 167.0 HEFCW Cash 236.8 232.3 1995–96 prices 226.5 216.2 1996–97 prices 232.1 221.6