Adult Education

(asked on 26th September 2014) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the adult skills budget has been in each year since 2010.


Answered by
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Nick Boles
This question was answered on 15th October 2014

The Adult Skills Budget (ASB) and ASB expenditure for financial years 2010-11 to 2014-15 are presented in Table 1.

Table 1: Adult Skills Budget (ASB) and Expenditure, 2010-11 to 2014-15

Financial Year

ASB Budget

ASB expenditure per the Annual Report & Accounts

£000

£000

2010-2011

2,942,768

2,920,306

2011-2012

2,677,988

2,673,136

2012-2013

2,581,456

2,617,064

2013-2014

2,438,609

2,453,231

2014-2015

2,240,415

Notes:

1) ASB expenditure per the Annual Report & Accounts excluding expenditure on Employer Ownership and Growth and Innovation Fund.

2) Although expenditure was above budget in years 2012-13 to 2013-14 on Adult Skills, expenditure overall was within the total programme budget.

3) For 2014-2015 the Annual budget has been provided, expenditure subject to completion of financial year and publication of the Annual Report & Accounts.

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