§ Mrs. Browning: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what was the gross funding of the (a) Further Education Funding Council and training and enterprise councils in the last full financial year and (b) Learning and Skills Council in its first financial year. [36028]
§ John Healey[holding answer 13 February 2002]: The Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) accounts for 2000–01 are not yet available, but planned total funding for the FEFC for all purposes in 2000–01 was £3,530 million, excluding student support funds and employer contributions. The Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) paid a total of £1,270 million to Training and Enterprise Councils in 2000–01.
The Learning and Skills Councils budget for 2001–02 is £5,493 million, excluding assumed employer contributions. This represents a 9 per cent. real terms increase compared to plans for 2000£01 in the same area.