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