Unfortunately the committment to extracting £100m from the Higher Education budget in favour of first time buyers within the system is still out there and contained in the Pre Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review, at page 214.
Comprehensive Spending Review & Pre Budget Report 2007
There is also an indication within that report that there will be a £2BN increase in the money spent in furtherance of the Leitch Report between 2007-8 to 2010/11, although there is no specific mention of details within the PBR-CSR 2007.
Why this tiny amount of £100m should be one of the focuses of the report (within the DIUS section) is not at all clear to me; this tiny amount being focused upon in all those billions is most puzzling. I can only conclude that the Secretary of State felt that it was really worth mentioning. I notice he did not put in the facts that this helps to destroy the widening participation and lifelong learning agenda.
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