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Education/Training (Greater London)

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding was made available for adult learning in further education colleges in Greater London in each year since 1997. [163066]

Alan Johnson: The Department allocates funds for education and training in the post-16 learning and skills sector to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). The LSC decides on allocations at individual college and regional level. Information about these allocations is not collected by the Department. This is a matter for the LSC. Mark Haysom, the Council's Chief Executive, will write to the hon. Gentleman with this information and a copy of his reply will be placed in the House Library.

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many 16 to 18-year-olds not in education, employment or training there were in Greater London in each month since the Connexions service was established, broken down by borough. [163067]

Margaret Hodge: The number of 16–18 year olds in the five London Connexions Partnerships known not to be in education, employment or training (NEET) in each month since the Connexions Service was established is shown in the following table. Information at borough level is not available.

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Number of 16–18 year olds known by the Connexions Service not to be in education, employment or training (NEET)

	Central London	East London	North London	South London	West London
2001–02
April	-	-	*N/A	3,877	-
May	-	-	*N/A	3,856
June	-	-	2,497	3,672	-
July	-	-	2,514	3,675	-
August	-	-	2,577	3,724	-
September	-	-	2,824	4,107	-
October	-	-	2,955	4,278	-
November	-	-	3,071	4,338	-
December	-	-	3,056	4,389	-
January	-	-	2,896	4,356	-
February	-	-	2,896	4,371	-
March	-	-	2,841	4,343	-
2002–03
April	-	5,409	2,539	3,117	-
May	-	5,441	2,542	2,999	-
June	3,664	5,252	2,542	2,893	-
July	3,576	5,292	2,551	2,752	-
August	3,545	5,069	2,549	2,663	-
September	4,309	6,315	2,787	2,950	3,441
October	4,501	6,650	2,918	2,977	3,559
November	4,625	7,004	3,144	3,079	3,778
December	4,541	6,849	3,060	2,890	3,826
January	4,605	6,598	3,263	2,755	3,822
February	4,581	6,595	3,185	2,616	3,747
March	4,387	6,476	3,100	2,521	3,711
2003–04
April	3,109	4,708	1,654	1,447	3,136
May	2,932	4,620	1,544	1,499	2,947
June	2,156	4,822	1,554	1,453	2,025
July	2,165	5,037	1,630	1,450	2,100
August	1,998	5,077	1,636	1,429	1,857
September	2,575	6,098	2,213	2,012	2,553
October	3,073	6,207	2,311	2,201	2,680
November	3,596	7,213	2,418	2,069	2,964
December	3,350	6,964	2,240	1,965	2,550

Notes:

(i) Connexions Partnerships were rolled out over two years commencing April 2001. North London and South London started in April 2001, East London in April 2002, Central London in June 2002 and West London in September 2002. It was expected that the NEET figures would increase during the start up period reflecting the wider remit of the Service to engage with all young people in the relevant age group.

(ii) Data for April 2001 to March 2002 are for 16–19 year olds. Data for 16–18 year olds were not available.

(iii) *Data for April 2001 and May 2001 were unavailable for North London Connexions Partnership due to initial difficulties in establishing coverage of the 16–18 cohorts.

(iv) The number of 16–18 year olds not in education, employment or training increases in September each year as summer school leavers enter the labour market for the first time.

(v) From April 2003 mandatory timescales were introduced for maintaining the currency of a young person's activity and thereby focus attention on the size of the NEET group. The variation between the partnership data from April 2003 indicates both the varying success partnerships have had in applying the follow up rules and the cyclical nature of the NEET group.

EU Accession State Students

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the number of higher education students from the EU accession states after 1 May. [161012]

Alan Johnson: In 2002/03, there were 3,374 full-time undergraduates and 362 part-time undergraduates in the UK from the 10 countries acceding to the EU on 1 May 2004. This represents 0.2 per cent. of the UK and EU domiciled undergraduate student population in UK

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institutions. The funding made available to HEFCE and English universities for 2004–05 provides for a modest increase in student numbers from EU countries following accession. It is not possible to predict the numbers with certainty at this stage since a decision to study in the UK depends on a number of factors, including the availability of HE in the student's home country and their ability to support their own living costs.

Pupil Funding

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding was spent per pupil in Buckingham in each of the last seven years. [161315]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is submitted to the Department according to local education authority areas, rather than districts within an area. Buckingham is a district of Buckinghamshire local education authority. The information for Buckinghamshire LEA is as follows:

Net current expenditure per pupil

	Pre-primary education	Primary education	Pre-primary and primary education	Secondary education	Special schools
1995–96	n/a	n/a	1,821	2,626	12,809
1996–97	n/a	n/a	1,862	2,616	13,197
1997–98	n/a	n/a	1,862	2,670	14,438
1998–99	n/a	n/a	1,983	2,608	15,177
1999–2000	17,353	2,024	2,089	2,700	12,727
2000–01	19,128	2,245	2,319	3,025	18,310
2001–02	36,634	2,437	2,546	3,334	23,845

Notes:

1. Net current expenditure (NCE) includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by the LEAs.

2. Expenditure was not distinguished between pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of the Section 52 outturn statement in 1999–2000.

3. The NCE per pupil figures for pre-primary and primary relate the net current expenditure (after recharges) in the pre-primary sector and maintained primary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained nursery and primary schools sector.

4. The NCE per pupil figures for secondary relate the net current expenditure (after recharges) in maintained secondary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained secondary schools sector.

5. The NCE per pupil figures for special schools relate the net current expenditure (after recharges) in maintained special schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained special schools sector.

6. 1995–96 and 1996–97 figures are for Buckinghamshire LEA prior to local government reorganisation. From 1997–98 onwards part of Buckinghamshire LEA moved into Milton Keynes LEA.

7. 1999–2000 figures reflect the return of GM schools to local authority maintenance.

8. The financial data are taken from Buckinghamshire LEA's Section 52 Outturn Statement submitted to the DfES from 1999–2000 onwards and the ODPM's RO1 statement previously.

9. Pupil data are drawn from the Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding was spent per pupil in Chorley in each of the last seven years. [161453]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is submitted to the Department according to local education authority areas rather than districts within an

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area. Chorley is a district of Lancashire local education authority. The information for Lancashire LEA is as follows:

Net current expenditure per pupil

	Pre-primary education	Primary education	Pre-primary and primary education	Secondary education	Special schools
1995–96	n/a	n/a	1,802	2,551	13,987
1996–97	n/a	n/a	1,805	2,594	15,988
1997–98	n/a	n/a	1,824	2,631	17,315
1998–99	n/a	n/a	2,002	2,701	17,768
1999–2000	7,130	2,108	2,173	2,763	18,487
2000–01	11,033	2,326	2,437	2,914	18,768
2001–02	16,391	2,629	2,797	3,230	20,597

Notes:

1. The financial data are taken from Lancashire LEA's Section 52 Outturn Statement submitted to the DfES from 1999–2000 onwards and the ODPM's R01 statement prior to then.

2. Pupil data are drawn from the Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.

3. Net current expenditure (NCE) includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by the LEAs.

4. Expenditure was not distinguished between pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of the Section 52 outturn statement in 1999–2000.

5. The NCE per pupil figures for pre-primary and primary relate the net current expenditure (after recharges) in the pre-primary sector and maintained primary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained nursery and primary schools sector.

6. The NCE per pupil figures for secondary relate the net current expenditure (after recharges) in maintained secondary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained secondary schools sector.

7. The NCE per pupil figures for special schools relate the net current expenditure (after recharges) in maintained special schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained special schools sector.

8. 1995–96, 1996–97 and 1997–98 figures are for Lancashire LEA prior to local government reorganisation. From 1998–99 onwards parts of Lancashire LEA became Blackburn LEA and Blackpool LEA.

9. 1999–2000 figures reflect the return of GM schools to local authority maintenance.

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