HC Deb 02 March 2004 vol 418 cc887-8W
Mr. Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding has been made available for adult learning in further education colleges for each year since 1997. [154234]

Alan Johnson

The information requested is set out in the following table:

Adult participation funding (including additional learning support)
£ million
1997–98 1,296
1998–99 1,321
1999–2000 1,346
2000–01 1,485
2001–02 1,608
2002–03 1,733

These figures represent allocations made to further education colleges funded by the Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) until 2000–01, and the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) from 2001–02.