§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students in further education colleges were engaged on franchised courses in each of the last four financial years; and what proportion of total students this represented in each case. [29299]
§ Dr. HowellsThe following table sets out the number of students on franchised provision funded by the Further Education Funding Council for 1994–95 (the first year for which figures are available) to 1996–97. The figures are collected by academic, not financial, year.
Academic year Number of students on franchised provision Percentage of the total number of students 1994–95 140,000 5 1995–96 545,000 18 1996–97 660,000 19