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Training and Enterprise Council
Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when the training and enterprise councils published their final accounts; from where copies can be obtained; and if he will make a statement. [120017]
Margaret Hodge: My Department holds copies of the audited statutory accounts for all 72 TECs in England for their final financial year of operation which ended on 25 March 2001.
Transferable Key Skills
Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if assessment of key skills through vocational settings will be balanced by general testing of competencies in transferable key skills. [126783]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: Assessment of the key skills qualifications in Communication, Application of Number and Information Technology already combines a portfolio of evidence taken from the mainstream programme (whether vocational or academic) with a short external test.
University Admissions
Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students he estimates will defer entry to university in the academic years (a) 2004–05, (b) 2005–06 and (c) 2006–07; and what action he will take to smooth any variation in numbers taking up their courses in those years. [126780]
Alan Johnson: The Department does not have information to forecast the number of students that will defer entry to university in the academic years in question.
We have set out our plans for funding and student numbers in the period up to 2005–06 in the HE White Paper and in the Secretary of State's Grant Letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England. We have no plans to intervene in the normal processes of application and admissions to universities.
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Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he has made an estimate of the number of pupils likely to attend overseas universities as a result of the impact of Office for Fair Access on UK university admissions. [118066]
Alan Johnson: The Department has made no such estimates.
The Government are committed to increasing and widening participation in higher education, and the Office of Fair Access is one of the policies that supports that goal.
University Research Ratings
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many 5 and 5* rated research departments there are in universities in Liverpool; [124214]
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- (2) how many full time academics in higher education institutions in the North West work in departments which face the removal or reduction of recurrent government funding for research; [125491]
(3) which subjects and how many departments in that subject in the North West's higher education institutions face (a) the reduction and (b) removal of recurrent government funding for research in 2003–04. [125492]
Alan Johnson: The University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University have a combined total of 22 departments that received a 5 or a 5* rating in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. 1,604 research active academic staff (full time equivalents) were included in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise by higher education institutions in the North West region in departments which have had their research grants reduced or discontinued in 2003–04. In the North West region of England as a whole, the following Units of Assessment are facing a reduction of removal of research grants between 2002–03 and 2003–04. The numbers of Departments affected within each subject unit are given in brackets.
| Clinical Dentistry (2) | Economics and Econometrics (2) |
| Anatomy (1) | Politics and International Studies (4) |
| Pharmacy (1) | Social Policy and Administration (3) |
| Environmental Sciences (1) | Sociology (4) |
| Statistics and Operational Research (3) | Russian, Slavonic and East European Languages (1) |
| General Engineering (5) | History of Art, Architecture and Design (1) |
| Town and Country Planning (3) | Philosophy (5) |
| Geography (4) | Education (6) |
University Students
Helen Southworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what evidence he has collated on the equity of participation by (a) women and (b) women from lower family income groups at each of the higher education providers. [117613]
Alan Johnson: The available information on all higher education enrolments by gender for 2001/02 is given in the table. The data for individual institutions is not benchmarked, i.e. it takes no account of prior attainment or subject spread. Nor does it take account of any differences there may be in the rates of application.
Figures with respect to earnings are not held centrally. The closest information available refers to social class by occupation and gender. The corresponding information for 2001/02 covering acceptances to full-time undergraduate study through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) is given in the following table. UCAS does not cover part-time undergraduates or postgraduates.
| Social class | Number male | Percentage male | Number female | Percentage female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I: Professional | 19,648 | 49.4 | 20,100 | 50.6 | 39,748 |
| II: Intermediate | 55,468 | 45.9 | 65,363 | 54.1 | 120,831 |
| IIIn: Skilled Non-Manual | 17,114 | 44.1 | 21,660 | 55.9 | 38,774 |
| IIIm: Skilled Manual | 23,167 | 47.9 | 25,245 | 52.1 | 48,412 |
| IV: Partly Skilled | 10,261 | 44.4 | 12,853 | 55.6 | 23,114 |
| V: Unskilled | 2,760 | 49.3 | 2,844 | 50.7 | 5,604 |
| Unknown | 24,719 | 50.5 | 24,270 | 49.5 | 48,989 |
| Total known | 128,418 | 46.4 | 148,065 | 53.6 | 276,483 |
| Total | 153,137 | 47.1 | 172,335 | 52.9 | 325,472 |
Source:
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students are being taught at universities in Liverpool; how many graduates were produced in each of the last five years; and what the drop out rate was as a percentage of total numbers admitted on an annual basis for the last five years. [124213]
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Mr. Stephen Twigg : The latest information on students and graduates is shown in the first table
Information on completion and non-completion rates of HE students is published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in 'Performance Indicators in Higher Education'. The
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latest data available are shown in the second following table. Figures for students starting courses in 2000–01 will be published in December 2003.
Figures published in 2002 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) show that the UK as a whole has one of the lowest non-completion rates among OECD countries.
| 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool John Moores University | Enrolments | 20,425 | 20,590 | 20,130 | 20,665 | 21,565 |
| Graduates | 3,365 | 3,490 | 3,250 | 3,580 | 3,435 | |
| The University of Liverpool | Enrolments | 18,310 | 19,600 | 20,010 | 22,450 | 22,200 |
| Graduates | 2,790 | 2,740 | 2,780 | 2,995 | 3,220 |
(57) Environment figures are based on a census count as at 1 December and cover all full-time and part-time home and overseas students on postgraduates courses. Graduates figures cover students completing full-time and part-time first degree courses.
| Studentsstarting in | Obtained degree | Other qualifications(59) | Obtained no qualification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool John Moores University | |||
| 1996–97 | 73 | 7 | 20 |
| 1997–98 | 75 | 5 | 20 |
| 1998–99 | 74 | 7 | 19 |
| 1999–2000 | 71 | 7 | 22 |
| University of Liverpool | |||
| 1996–97 | 87 | 5 | 8 |
| 1997–98 | 84 | 6 | 10 |
| 1998–99 | 84 | 6 | 10 |
| 1999–2000 | 89 | 4 | 7 |
(58) The projected outcomes are calculated on the assumption that the progression paths of new entrants will be the same as those for students currently in the system.
(59) Includes students who obtain undergraduates qualifications other than a degree (e.g an HND).
Written Ministerial Statements
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many written ministerial statements have been made by the Department since 29 October 2002. [126608]
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