Public Accounts - Sixty-Third Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 27 July 1998.

TABLE OF CONTENTS



Terms of Reference

REPORT

Introduction and Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations
The management and funding of growth
The financial health of the sector
Patterns of growth
Student retention and achievement

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

EVIDENCE (Wednesday 25 March 1998) (HC 665-i (97-98))

MEMORANDUM INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
1 Paper by the FE 21 Group (PAC/222)

WITNESSES
Mr Michael Bichard, Permanent Secretary, the Department for Education and Employment
Professor David Melville, Chief Executive, the Further Education Funding Council
Sir John Bourn, KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General
Mr Frank Martin, Second Treasury Officer of Accounts

APPENDICES
1  Supplementary memorandum by the Further Education Funding Council (PAC/247)
2  Supplementary memorandum by the Department for Education and Employment (PAC/261)
3  Letter from the Further Education Funding Council (PAC/356)

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Prepared 7 August 1998