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Student Maintenance Grant

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimates she has made of the cost of reintroducing a student maintenance grant; and at what levels. [12744]

Margaret Hodge: We will consider the costs of making changes to the current system of student support as part of the review my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced in October.

Higher Education

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils entered higher education at 18 (a) in authorities which retain grammar schools and (b) in authorities which are fully comprehensive, at the latest date for which figures are available. [11630]

Margaret Hodge [holding answer 5 November 2001]: The latest available data on the proportion of 18-year-olds from each local education authority in England entering full-time undergraduate courses in the UK via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) are given in the table. The student figures in the table are

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based on the home domicile of 18-year-olds, but it should be noted that pupils will not always attend a school or college in the same authority as the one in which they live.

English domiciled students aged 18 accepted to full-time undergraduate courses in the UK via UCAS, autumn 2000 entry

Local education authorityPopulationAcceptancesPercentage
Barking and Dagenham1,96319810.1
Barnet(19) 4,0601,19629.5
Barnsley2,68141215.4
Bath and North East Somerset2,06140519.7
Bedfordshire4,7141,13124.0
Bexley(19) 2,62047218.0
Birmingham(19)13,8882,25516.2
Blackburn with Darwen1,95938419.6
Blackpool1,57426316.7
Bolton3,45775021.7
Bournemouth(19)1,71035820.9
Bracknell Forest1,31527220.7
Bradford6,8121,14716.8
Brent3,25592428.4
Brighton and Hove2,68634112.7
Bromley(19) 3,18992929.1
Buckinghamshire(19)6,0891,76028.9
Bury2,30657825.1
Calderdale(19)2,30244219.2
Cambridgeshire7,1481,39719.5
Camden2,15036416.9
Cheshire7,9632,43230.5
City of Bristol4,84366413.7
City of Derby2,90349817.2
City of Kingston upon Hull3,2642888.8
City of London412253.8
City of Westminster2,34729512.6
Cornwall5,8541,29822.2
Coventry4,18271517.1
Croydon4,0651,01324.9
Cumbria(19)5,5651,21321.8
Darlington1,25724319.3
Derbyshire8,3761,74420.8
Devon(19)8,3471,67620.1
Doncaster3,76158515.6
Dorset4,54495621.0
Dudley3,58774420.7
Durham6,5681,10616.8
Ealing3,63795126.1
East Riding of Yorkshire3,91188022.5
East Sussex5,4921,15621.0
Enfield(19)3,01480226.6
Essex(19)15,2813,24121.2
Gateshead2,49642316.9
Gloucestershire(19)6,8761,72425.1
Greenwich2,80034412.3
Hackney2,44728511.6
Halton1,73323813.7
Hammersmith and Fulham1,52025116.5
Hampshire15,5533,44222.1
Haringey2,43245218.6
Harrow2,75096353.0
Hartlepool1,20118815.7
Havering2,77547817.2
Herefordshire1,98250325.4
Hertfordshire11,9473,25027.2
Hillingdon3,02663721.0
Hounslow2,53764425.4
Isle of Wight1,42829520.7
Isles of Scilly28414.3
Islington1,91729815.5
Kensington and Chelsea1,82130516.7
Kent(19)15,9543,57522.4
Kingston upon Thames(19)1,62944127.1
Kirklees(19)4,9521,02520.7
Knowsley2,21326612.0
Lambeth2,84041214.5
Lancashire(19)14,5653,30322.7
Leeds8,8311,56717.7
Leicester City3,87068917.8
Leicestershire7,5831,71022.6
Lewisham2,80044615.9
Lincolnshire(19)7,4981,60221.4
Liverpool6,19795315,4
Luton2,43039516.3
Manchester6,32769311.0
Medway Towns(19)3,12554317.4
Merton1,94443922.6
Middlesbrough2,05634016.5
Milton Keynes2,85549717.4
Newbury1,96443922.3
Newcastle upon Tyne3,51760917.3
Newham3,36159917.8
Norfolk9,0941,53816.9
North East Lincolnshire2,02231115.4
North Lincolnshire1,89639720.9
North Somerset2,24249221.9
North Tyneside2,39947419.8
North Yorkshire(19)7,2951,82625.0
Northamptonshire7,7681,52419.6
Northumberland3,81494624.8
Nottingham City3,8283529.2
Nottinghamshire8,8611,81320.5
Oldham2,91250217.2
Oxfordshire7,8681,66221.1
Peterborough2,15732214.9
Plymouth(19)3,55651314.4
Poole(19)1,63031319.2
Portsmouth2,30626911.7
Reading(19)1,70129317.2
Redbridge(19)2,88489531.0
Redcar and Cleveland1,85230216.3
Richmond upon Thames1,89954128.5
Rochdale2,86348216.8
Rotherham3,17548415.2
Rutland69011316.4
Salford2,78135312.7
Sandwell3,68647412.9
Sefton3,56791625.7
Sheffield6,17195115.4
Shropshire3,64186723.8
Slough(19)1,39430421.8
Solihull2,42870429.0
Somerset5,9491,26421.2
South Gloucestershire2,69156521.0
South Tyneside1,95033016.9
Southampton2,74931911.6
Southend(19)1,99034617.4
Southwark2,58833312.9
St. Helens2,26349621.9
Staffordshire9,8182,25623.0
Stockport3,48390225.9
Stockton-on-Tees2,48155022.2
Stoke on Trent(19)3,10138212.3
Suffolk7,8161,65721.2
Sunderland3,81257215.0
Surrey12,7603,42926.9
Sutton(19)1,95352426.8
Swindon2,15737617.4
Tameside2,79144015.8
Telford and the Wrekin(19)1,97035418.0
Thurrock1,59716810.5
Torbay(19)1,45226418.2
Tower Hamlets2,56534113.3
Trafford(19)2,71069925.8
Wakefield3,86361015.8
Walsall(19)3,22756017.4
Waltham Forest2,54951420.2
Wandsworth2,21646120.8
Warrington2,25250622.5
Warwickshire(19)5,9371,36022.9
West Sussex8,4221,80821.5
Wigan3,86467317.4
Wiltshire(19)5,2401,19422.8
Windsor and Maidenhead1,77545425.6
Wirral(19)4,2101,04324.8
Wokingham1,83758832.0
Wolverhampton3,19362519.6
Worcestershire6,2831,48723.7
York2,28046820.5
Not known90
Total606,687123,70820.4

(19) Authorities with grammar schools

Note:

Population figures are based on estimates as at 1 January 2001, with age as at 31 August 2000. Acceptance figures based on age at 30 September 2000.


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Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students are in full-time studies in universities in England and Wales. [12745]

Margaret Hodge: The available data are given in the table.

Full-time higher education students in England and Wales(20), 2000–01

Number
Postgraduate143,623
Undergraduate933,265
Total1,076,888

(20) Home and overseas students in HE and FE institutions, and the Open University


Consultation Documents

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many consultation documents were issued by her Department and its predecessors from (a) 15 October to 14 January, (b) 15 January to 14 April, (c) 15 April to 14 July and (d) 15 July to 14 October in each year from 1996. [12897]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: The answer is as follows.

Number of consultation documents
1996
15 January to 14 April4
15 April to 14 July7
15 July to 14 October6
1996–97
15 October to 14 January5
15 January to 14 April14
15 April to 14 July19
15 July to 14 October27
1997–98
15 October to 14 January21
15 January to 14 April40
15 April to 14 July46
15 July to 14 October36
1998–99
15 October to 14 January38
15 January to 14 April51
15 April to 14 July49
15 July to 14 October49
1999–2000
15 October to 14 January42
15 January to 14 April13
15 April to 14 July23
15 July to 14 October14
2000–01
15 October to 14 January22
15 January to 14 April25
15 April to 14 July18
15 July to 14 October17

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