Question
Asked by
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided to (a) the Institute for Learning, (b) the United Kingdom Commission for Employment and Skills, (c) Foundation Degree Forward, (d) the National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education, (e) the 157 Group, and (f) BECTA, in each of the last four years for which figures are available. [HL42]
Government funding for each of the organisations over the past four financial years is set out in the table below.
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (a) Institute for Learning 589 932 2,864 5,048 (b) UK Commission for Employment and Skills - - - 66,635(b) (c) Foundation Degree forward 4,662 2,036 5,748 4,589 (d) National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education 2,548 2,574 9,579(b) 5,353(c) (f) BECTA 30,400 30,274 38,394 61,550
Footnotes:
(a) These figures cover known funding from BIS/DCSF or predecessor bodies. It is possible that other parts of the public sector have contracted for specific activity with the organisations in the table, such information is not held centrally.
(b) Excludes £1 million from the devolved administrations and £10.9 million from the National Occupational Standards Levy.
(c) Includes £6 million for the merger with the Basic Skills Agency.
(d) Includes £2 million for the merger with the Basic Skills Agency.
We are not aware of any direct funding to the 157 Group.