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Adult Education: Expenditure

Volume 463: debated on Monday 3 September 2007

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Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much has been spent from the public purse on adult education in each of the last five years. (150364)

Bill Rammell

The figures requested are shown in the following table.

Adult participation funding excluding learner support expenditure

£ millions

Financial years

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

19+ Further Education

1,692

1,695

1,882

1,902

2,011

Train to Gain/Employer Training Pilot

n/a

7

33

89

142

19+ Workbased Learning

154

211

213

243

232

Personal and Community Development Learning (PCDL)

153

194

225

237

229

Adults Total

1,999

2,107

2,353

2,471

2,614