§ Mr. HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many Teacher Training Agency-funded higher education providers there are in each Government office region; and how many will remain in each Government office region following decisions to re-direct in-service funding from some higher education providers. [42134]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe table shows the number of HE providers currently in receipt of TTA INSET funding in each Government Office region.
Government Office region Numbers of HE providers with TTA INSET funds 1997–98 South West 7 South East 1 London 10 West Midlands 8 Eastern 6 East Midland 8 North West 4 Merseyside Yorkshire and Humberside 12 North East 5 Other (the Open University) 1 The number which will be in receipt of TTA funds in three years' time, at the end of the current allocations cycle, cannot be estimated because there will be interim bidding rounds relating to 1999–2000 and 2000–01.