Further Education Colleges

HC Deb 15 January 1998 vol 304 cc295-6W

Mr. Gorrie

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will establish a further education funding council to help to decide the allocation of grants to further education colleges. [22269]

Mr. Wilson

The establishment of a Further Education Funding Council was one of the recommendations of the Scottish Committee of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education. There have been extensive consultations on the Committee's recommendations but final decisions have not yet been taken.