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Further Education (Enrolments)
Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list (a) the total enrolments and (b) the full-time equivalent enrolments in further education in England in each year since 1992. [112118]
Mr. Wicks [holding answer 28 February 2000]: The information requested is shown in the tables.
| 000s | |
|---|---|
| 1992-93 | -- |
| 1993-94 | -- |
| 1994-95(4) | 3,034 |
| 1995-96(4) | 3,845 |
| 1996-97(4) | 4,245 |
| 1997-98(4) | 4,259 |
| 1998-99(5) | 4,142 |
| 000s | |
|---|---|
| 1992-93(4) | 1,101 |
| 1993-94(4) | 1,140 |
| 1994-95(4) | 1,179 |
| 1995-96(4) | 1,262 |
| 1996-97(4) | 1,295 |
| 1997-98(5) | 1,263 |
| 1998-99 | -- |
(4) Actual
(5) Provisional
Notes:
1. The figures are provided on a whole year basis. Student numbers include Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) funded and non funded students.
2. Table (a):
Student numbers for 1992-93 and 1993-94 are excluded as the available figures are inconsistent with later years.
Student numbers for 1994-95 onwards are from the Individualised Student Record and give the numbers of students enrolling, rather than the total number of qualifications entered.
The figures relate to FE sector colleges and FEFC funded students in External Institutions.
External Institutions did not return data in 1994-95 and are not included in the student numbers for that year. For later years only FEFC funded provision is included.
In line with the normal publishing convention, Specialist Designated Institutions (SDI's) are not included.
FEFC funded HE students in FE sector colleges are included but FE students in HE institutions are excluded.
Three colleges transferred to the HE sector in 1998-99 and are not included in the figures for 1998-99.
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Sure Start
Mr. Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on the progress of the Sure Start pilots. [111666]
Yvette Cooper: I have been asked to reply.
Of the 60 Sure Start trailblazers that were announced in January 1999, 47 have now received approval and are now starting to help young children and their families. The remaining 13 will follow shortly. In November 1999 we launched the second wave of Sure Start by inviting a further 69 areas to develop local programmes, and these are now drawing up their outline plans. This brings the number of Sure Start programmes so far announced to 129, more than half-way towards the target of 250 by March 2002.
Food Technology (National Curriculum)
Mrs. Dean: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will replace food technology with home economics in the National Curriculum. [111951]
Jacqui Smith: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced in September last year the revised National Curriculum which will apply from September 2000. The revisions were the outcome of a wide-ranging review and consultation which considered, among other matters, how pupils are taught about food, nutrition and textiles in the curriculum.
Within the revised National Curriculum, food technology (including cooking) and textiles remain within the Design and Technology programmes of study; and nutrition and health eating are covered in Science and Personal, Social and Health Education. Home economics also can play a complementary role, and many schools include it within their curriculum. It is also available as a GCSE option.
We are continuing to look at food and cooking in the curriculum with the aim of ensuring a more coherent approach. We will, of course, take into account the role of home economics in this context.
Mr. Gareth R. Thomas:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what action he is taking to encourage sporting links between private schools and state schools; and if he will make a statement. [113679]
Jacqui Smith:
We are keen to encourage links between independent and state schools in all areas, including sport. The Government are currently considering the future role of sport and PE in schools, and part of that will involve developing links that can be made with the independent sector.
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There is already good practice in this area including sharing facilities and teaching resources. We will seek to build on that.
Mr. Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many meetings of the G8 Development Ministers, Ministers in her Department have attended since 1 May 1997, indicating the Minister involved and the date and location of each meeting. [113090]
Mr. Foulkes:
Neither the Secretary of State nor myself has attended any meetings of the G8 Development Ministers.
Ms Drown:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much bilateral aid has been spent on technical co-operation in each of the last 10 years (a) in cash terms and (b) as a proportion of total overseas development aid. [113492]
Mr. Foulkes:
Technical Co-operation is defined to include expenditure on personnel, training, scholarships, knowledge and research. DFID's expenditure on Technical Co-operation over the latest 10 years is shown in the table, both in cash terms and as a percentage of the bilateral programme in each year.
| £000 | As percentage of DFID bilateral programme | |
|---|---|---|
| 1989-90 | 309,335 | 31 |
| 1990-91 | 354,568 | 33 |
| 1991-92 | 412,956 | 38 |
| 1992-93 | 422,975 | 37 |
| 1993-94 | 423,811 | 36 |
| 1994-95 | 430,447 | 38 |
| 1995-96 | 453,149 | 40 |
| 1996-97 | 467,682 | 44 |
| 1997-98 | 496,003 | 47 |
| 1998-99 | 503,878 | 43 |
Ms Drown: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of technical co-operation contracts are awarded to non-UK companies. [113489]
Mr. Foulkes: In the financial year 1998-99 DFID issued just under 3,000 contracts for services with a value of nearly £250 million. Of these 776 contracts with a value of some £14 million were issued by DFID's Overseas Offices to local consultants, i.e. non-UK companies.
Aid Programme
Ms Drown:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the likely impact on the UK economy of (a) unilaterally, and (b) multilaterally untying the UK's aid programme. [113487]
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Mr. Foulkes:
Studies have shown that both unilateral and multilateral untying are likely to bring benefits to the UK economy. Multilateral untying will, however, bring greater development benefits. We are working to encourage all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries to join the OECD's Development Assistance Committee initiative to untie development assistance to the least developed countries.
Ms Drown:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the services that management consultants provided to her Department in each of the last 10 years, indicating the remuneration made in each case and the number of person days employed. [113491]
Mr. Foulkes:
DFID does not collate this information centrally and it could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Streeter:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when the projected spending plans by her Department in Mozambique for 2000-01 and 2001-02 were first included in a document in the public domain. [113662]
Mr. Foulkes:
The plans for Mozambique for 2000-01 and 2001-02 were first published on 30 March 1999 in the Departmental Report 1999.
Mr. Streeter:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development at what time on what date officials in her Department first discussed sending helicopters to Mozambique with the Ministry of Defence. [113663]
Mr. Foulkes:
We first asked the Ministry of Defence what military assets were available in the region on Saturday 26 February at 19.30. At that point we were informed that no military assets were available within 3,000 miles.
On Tuesday 29 February at 9:00 we held further discussions regarding the use of UK military helicopters with the Ministry of Defence.
Mr. Corbyn:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on what date her Department first requested assistance from the armed services to alleviate hardship in the floods of Mozambique. [113674]
Mr. Foulkes:
We first asked the Ministry of Defence what military assets were available in the region on Saturday 26 February. At that point we were informed that no military assets were available within 3,000 miles.
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