§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to her answer of 3 February,Official Report, column 468, what sanctions the Further Education Funding Council is able to apply to further education colleges who are operating deficits. [14646]
§ Mr. PaiceThe Further Education Funding College applies no sanctions to further education colleges with operating deficits. Colleges that are categorised as being in a financially weak position are, however, required to draw up recovery plans.
§ Mr. PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 31 January,Official Report, column 397, when she last met the chairman or chief executive of the Further Education Funding Council to discuss the state of college finances [14645]
§ Mr. PaiceMy right hon. Friend has not met the chairman or chief executive of the Further Education Funding Council for England recently. On her behalf, as the Minister with responsibility for further education, I last met them to discuss the funding of further education on 5 February 1997.