Higher Education: Finance

Hugh Bayley
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much mainstream grant funding was allocated by the Training and Development Agency for Schools to (a) the University of York and (b) York St. John University in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Coaker
The recurrent mainstream funding amounts allocated by the Training and Development Agency for schools for academic years 1996/97 and 2009/10 are as follows:

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|                        |Funding (£)|
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|University of York      |           |
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|1996/97                 |471,263    |
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|2009/10                 |778,880    |
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|                        |           |
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|York St. John University|           |
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|1996/97                 |2,168,728  |
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|2009/10                 |3,773,560  |
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These figures exclude grant allocated to cover student support costs and employment-based initial teacher training provision.