HC Deb 30 November 2000 vol 357 cc827-8W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list from the earliest and most recent years for which figures are available the(a) amount and (b) percentage of total expenditure spent on (i) staff costs, (ii) operating expenses and (iii) other expenses of the Further Education Funding Council. [141042]

Mr. Wicks

For the first and last years of available data for the Further Education Funding Council for England, expenditure on pay costs and non-pay costs and the percentage of total expenditure that represents were as follows (the figures for staff costs include all staff and agency employees. Contract staff are included in operational costs):

1993–941 1999–2000
Staff costs (£) 8,607,000 13,421,000
percentage of total expenditure 0.32 0.40
Operational costs (£) 13,134,000 11,779,000
percentage of total expenditure 0.49 0.35
1 16 months