§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what changes have been made to the funding of individual sixth forms by the Learning and Skills Council,(a) excluding pure indexation and (b) in absolute terms. [11130]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe Learning and Skills Council will begin funding local education authorities for their school sixth-form provision from April 2002. Schools have been given a guarantee that their funding will not fall in real terms provided their pupil numbers have not fallen.