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<p>Published further education (FE) college accounts for 2009/10 show that total funding
body and government agencies income came to £5,888 million. Adjusted for inflation,
that is the equivalent of £6,724 million in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>Published FE college
accounts data shows that total income to FE colleges from funding body grants in 2017/18
came to £4,642 million. This includes data from those colleges which had submitted
their finance record by 31 December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The difference in part reflects
reforms to funding, which have led to colleges receiving income from other sources.
The 2017/18 figure does not include college income from Advance Learner Loans, employer
payments for apprenticeships, or higher education tuition fees. There has also been
demographic change, with a decline in the number of 16-19 year olds in the publication
during the period covered.</p><p> </p>
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