Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:42 pm on 3 November 2008.
Lord Young of Norwood Green
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Skills & Apprenticeships), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, Lords in Waiting (Skills & Apprenticeships), HM Household, Government Whip, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills) (Skills & Apprenticeships)
2:42,
3 November 2008
My Lords, I shall have another go. Funding for adult skills is rising from £4.6 billion in 2007-08 to £5.3 billion in 2010-11. That is an increase of 7 per cent in real terms. It is expected to support an average of more than 3 million adult learners per year over the Comprehensive Spending Review period. We have moved away from funding lots of lower-quality courses to funding the ones that give people the best chances of employability and further progression.
