Further Education (Funding)

Mr. Chaytor
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proposals he has to review (a) the Further Education Funding Council's funding methodology and (b) its policy of funding convergence. [5325]

Dr. Howells
The report of a working group of the Further Education Funding Council on the funding methodology is due to be published shortly. The Council's announcement last month on funding convergence policy followed consultation with colleges earlier in the year.

Mr. Byers
The information requested is shown in the following table.------------------------------
|Position as at January      |
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|1997 (provisional estimates)|
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|1996                        |
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|1995                        |
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|1994                        |
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|1993                        |
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|1992                        |
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|1991                        |
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|1990                        |
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|1989                        |
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|1988                        |
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Mr. McNulty
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what are the average and maximum numbers of children in primary school classes in (i) Harrow, East and (ii) Harrow, West; and how many are educated in class sizes of over 30 pupils. [5352]

Mr. Byers
The available information is shown in the following table.The information in Table 2 puts into context the information on maximum class sizes in Table 1.-------------
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|Harrow West|
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|Harrow East|
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