Education and Skills written question – answered at on 22 November 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has for increasing funding to further education colleges; and if she will make a statement.
The Government plan to continue their substantial investment in further education. This year total further education funding via the Learning and Skills Council is up by £527 million compared with 2000–01, a 12 per cent. real terms increase. This brings the planned total to £4,029 million.
Next year we plan a further 3 per cent. in real terms rise. These are resources to meet our ambitious aims for the learning and skills agenda and confirms the importance of FE in delivering it.
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