Yorkshire Evening Post in December 2006 spoke of up to £200 million being made available. However, news hit the headlines in spring 2009 of a serious and unexpected financial deficit within the LSC's national Building Colleges for the Future program, from where the grant would normally have been allocated. This has cast doubts on how just how much money (if any) will be made available for this merger, and when it would be released. See also Park Lane College Leeds Leeds Thomas Danby Leeds College of Technology Joseph Priestley College References External links Further education colleges in Leeds Further education colleges in the Collab Group Educational institutions established in 2009 Higher education colleges in England 2009 establishments in England