HC Deb 09 February 2004 vol 417 cc1401-2W
Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the £30 million budget set aside for further education student incentives. [153068]

Alan Johnson

As announced in the White Paper "21st Century Skills: Realising Our Potential" in July 2003, we are currently piloting an Adult Learning Grant (ALG) in 10 local Learning and Skills Council areas. We are trialling the approach and will evaluate the impact of the pilots to establish, in the light of the conclusions of the next spending review, the best operational design for ALGs, with the intention of implementing a national roll-out of ALGs.

No announcement has been made on the budget for 2004/05 for the ALG pilots.