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EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Education Information
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many (a) consultation documents, (b) regulations, (c) revised or corrected regulations, (d) guidance notes, (e) requests for statistical information in addition to form 618G and form 7 and (f) letters from Ministers, have been sent to local education authorities by his Department since May 1997. [153489]
Jacqui Smith: Since May 1997 this Department has sent local education authorities communications on the following topics. Very few of these items were sent to schools.
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Modern Apprenticeships
Mr. Gorrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will take steps to encourage headteachers and careers and guidance staff to become more involved in placing suitable young people in modern apprenticeships. [154401]
Mr. Wicks: The Government are determined to ensure that all young people receive high quality, impartial advice about all the learning opportunities available to them. To deliver this we are setting up the new Connexions Service starting in 12 areas in England from April this year, which will ensure that young people who could benefit are actively encouraged to consider vocational options, including Modern Apprenticeships. Connexions Personal Advisers will provide careers advice to all young people about their learning options. Those Personal Advisers based in schools will work as part of a team under the management of headteachers.
Further Education Students (London)
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people in each London borough were in further and higher education (a) in 1996 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. [155003]
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Mr. Wicks [holding answer 26 March 2001]: Information on the numbers of students from London who were enrolled in Higher Education institutions is not available in the form requested. In the 1999-2000 academic year, there were 267,200 full and part-time students from the Greater London area who were registered at Higher Education Institutions in the United Kingdom. This compares with a figure of 206,500 for the 1995-96 academic year.
Information on the numbers of students from London who were registered at Further Education institutions in the United Kingdom during the 1996-97 and 1999-2000 academic years is shown in the following table.
| LEA | 1996-97 all students | 1999-2000 all students |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | 487 | 478 |
| Camden | 12,265 | 15,478 |
| Greenwich | 12,256 | 18,195 |
| Hackney | 16,266 | 17,790 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 8,420 | 10,774 |
| Islington | 12,721 | 15,531 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 8,006 | 12,169 |
| Lambeth | 20,437 | 25,696 |
| Lewisham | 17,491 | 20,042 |
| Southwark | 17,562 | 22,196 |
| Tower Hamlets | 15,613 | 12,327 |
| Wandsworth | 14,544 | 15,833 |
| Westminster | 11,488 | 14,390 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 7,647 | 8,521 |
| Barnet | 20,058 | 22,122 |
| Bexley | 11,896 | 12,323 |
| Brent | 20,390 | 23,674 |
| Bromley | 14,516 | 13,654 |
| Croydon | 21,511 | 22,037 |
| Ealing | 18,367 | 20,521 |
| Enfield | 15,920 | 18,176 |
| Haringey | 14,707 | 19,487 |
| Harrow | 15,024 | 15,886 |
| Havering | 13,637 | 14,326 |
| Hillingdon | 11,552 | 12,367 |
| Hounslow | 14,593 | 14,630 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | 6,823 | 6,893 |
| Merton | 10,191 | 10,292 |
| Newham | 17,626 | 23,127 |
| Redbridge | 13,874 | 14,053 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames | 9,907 | 11,609 |
| Sutton | 10,108 | 10,545 |
| Waltham Forest | 17,498 | 19,260 |
| Total London LEAs | 453,401 | 514,402 |
(38) Includes data for FEFC funded and non-funded FEFC funded students in FE sector colleges and FEFC funded students in external Institutions (EIs) and in Specially Designated Institutions (SDIs).
Note:
FEFC funded students in higher education institutions (HEIs) are not included.
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of households have children in further and higher education in each London borough who do not have to pay full fees. [155004]
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Mr. Wicks [holding answer 26 March 2001]: The information requested is not available.
In England and Wales, students on undergraduate courses and their families are expected to make a contribution towards their tuition fees only if they can afford to do so.
In academic year 1998-99, the latest year for which data are available, for Inner London as a whole, the proportion of higher education students who are dependent on their parents and are liable for fees under the Education (Student Support) Regulations and who do not have to pay full fees is estimated to be 81 per cent. Of these, an estimated 66 per cent. were assessed to make no contribution towards fees and an estimated 15 per cent. made a partial contribution towards fees.
These students were also eligible for maintenance support, around 25 per cent. of which was subject to income assessment.
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In further education, 16 to 18-year-olds are not required to pay fees. For those aged 19 and over, colleges charge or waive fees according to their own policies. However, there is full fee remission for disadvantaged groups including those on means-tested state benefits.
Education Statistics (Northern Region)
Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many (a) registered nursery and (b) playgroup places there were in the Northern Region in (i) 1996 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available. [155011]
Ms Hodge: The available information is contained in the following table. This includes information on day nurseries and playgroups for March 1996 and March 2000.
Since September 1998 there has been a free part-time early education place for all four-year-olds, whose parents want one, and a steadily increasing number of free places for three-year-olds. From September 2004 all three-year- olds will be entitled to a free early education place.
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| 1996 | 2000 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day nurseries | Playgroups | Day nurseries | Playgroups | |||||
| Providers | Places | Providers | Places | Providers | Places | Providers | Places | |
| North East | 136 | 4,554 | 380 | 9,275 | 189 | 8,027 | 482 | 12,399 |
| Darlington(39) | (41)-- | (41)-- | (41)-- | (41)-- | 10 | 439 | 24 | 580 |
| Durham | 29 | 1,059 | 145 | 3,197 | 32 | 1,406 | 81 | 1,777 |
| Cleveland | 23 | 677 | 88 | 2,761 | (41)-- | (41)-- | (41)-- | (41)-- |
| Gateshead | 15 | 562 | 39 | 988 | 21 | 845 | 32 | 794 |
| Hartlepool(40) | (41)-- | (41)-- | (41)-- | (41)-- | 8 | 358 | 4 | 103 |
| Middlesbrough(40) | (41)-- | (41)-- | (41)-- | (41)-- | 14 | 585 | 21 | 532 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 22 | 914 | 65 | 1,372 | 25 | 1,152 | 57 | 1,264 |
| North Tyneside | 6 | 189 | (42)-- | (42)-- | 19 | 770 | 29 | 593 |
| Northumberland | 14 | 376 | (42)-- | (42)-- | 1 | 78 | 128 | 2,909 |
| Redcar and Cleveland(40) | (41)-- | (41)-- | (41)-- | (41)-- | 11 | 506 | 15 | 2,052 |
| South Tyneside | 5 | 117 | 13 | 255 | 7 | 240 | 32 | 568 |
| Stockton-on-Tees(40) | (41)-- | (41)-- | (41)-- | (41)-- | 19 | 853 | 28 | 671 |
| Sunderland | 22 | 660 | 30 | 702 | 22 | 795 | 31 | 556 |
(39) From 1 April 1997
(40) From 1 April 1996
(41) Not applicable
(42) Not available
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