§ Mr. ChidgeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to increase the funding of further education colleges in England over the next five years. [56169]
§ John HealeyFunding from 2003–04 to 2005–06 is the subject of the current spending review in which we will be considering the resources available to deliver the Government's ambitions for further education in 2003–04 and beyond. The Government are making a massive investment in further education. By next year funding for FE will have risen by 26 per cent. in real terms since 1997 on current plans.