§ Mr. TimmsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment she has made of the likelihood that capital grants to further education colleges will have to be repaid to the European regional development fund, where the grant was conditional on an increase in student numbers which was to be funded through the demand-led element of further education funding. [17271]
§ Mr. PaicePayments under the European regional development fund depend on project performance and delivery outputs. For projects involving the provision of training infrastructure, outputs may include vocational qualification gained or trainees trained. These outputs do not necessarily require a net increase in student numbers in all cases.