Written Question · S3W-12679 · Session 3
How much funding will be provided for (a) Education and Lifelong Learning, (b) further education, (c) higher education and (d) student supp…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding will be provided for (a) Education and Lifelong Learning, (b) further education, (c) higher education and (d) student support in each of the next three years and how much was provided in each of the last three years.
The answer
Information relating to Education and Lifelong Learning funding can be found in the following documents:
The Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007 (Chapter 22), which covers allocations for 2007-08 and projected allocations from 2008-09 to 2010-11, at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240/23.
The Scottish Executive Consolidated Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2007 (page 31, 32), at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/10/30102402/11 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/10/30102402/12.
The Scottish Executive Consolidated Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2006 (page 30, 31), at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/10/31084836/11, and http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/10/31084836/12.
The Scottish Government funds colleges and universities to deliver a range of levels of education and does not specify levels of provision of further or higher education. Therefore there are no specific figures for funding of further and higher education.
Colleges use their funding to deliver further education (including student support) and higher education and higher education institutions also deliver both teaching and research. It is for individual institutions to determine the balance of provision on the basis of demand and strategic direction.
Following spending review 2007, funding for schools has been transferred to revenue support grant (RSG) for allocation to local authorities.
The Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007 (Chapter 22), which covers allocations for 2007-08 and projected allocations from 2008-09 to 2010-11, at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240/23.
The Scottish Executive Consolidated Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2007 (page 31, 32), at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/10/30102402/11 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/10/30102402/12.
The Scottish Executive Consolidated Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2006 (page 30, 31), at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/10/31084836/11, and http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/10/31084836/12.
The Scottish Government funds colleges and universities to deliver a range of levels of education and does not specify levels of provision of further or higher education. Therefore there are no specific figures for funding of further and higher education.
Colleges use their funding to deliver further education (including student support) and higher education and higher education institutions also deliver both teaching and research. It is for individual institutions to determine the balance of provision on the basis of demand and strategic direction.
Following spending review 2007, funding for schools has been transferred to revenue support grant (RSG) for allocation to local authorities.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-12679 by reference.