Education and Skills written question – answered at on 10 June 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what he expects the funding gap between school sixth forms and further education colleges to be in (a) 2004–05, (b) 2005–06 and (c) 2006–07.
holding answer
The Government have set out its investment plans for 2003–04 to 2005–06 which should enable the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to increase funding for further education significantly. For the academic year 2003/04, base funding rates per qualification increased by 3 per cent. for school sixth forms and by 4.5 per cent. for further education colleges on a broadly comparable basis. Our expenditure plans to 2005–06 should see this trend continue. Although the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on
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