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Dyslexia

Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many undiagnosed dyslexic children he estimates there are in Oxfordshire. [180529]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Education Bodies (Staffing)

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the full-time equivalent headcount of the (a) Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, (b) Higher Education Statistics Agency, (c) Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, (d) Learning and Skills Council, (e) University for Industry and (f) Learn Direct was in each year since 1997; and how much funding was allocated to each body in each year. [178207]

Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information requested is provided as follows.

The Learning and Skills Council became operational in 2001 and University for Industry in 1999.
 
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The Higher Education Statistics Agency is a non-profit making company funded from the publicly funded HE institutions in the UK. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service is a company limited by guarantee and registered charity funded by a capitation fee from institutions, by applicant fees and by marketing services for higher education. They do not directly receive any public funding.

Information for the University for Industry includes head office and regional staff engaged with the learndirect Information and Advice Service (IAS). UfI also contracts out IAS services to three companies, but these are not included.
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)

	Funding (£ million)	Full-time equivalent staff numbers
1997–98	32.6	n/a
1998–99	54.8	n/a
1999–2000	58.3	n/a
2000–01	59.7	n/a
2001–02	71.2	n/a
2002–03	77.8	578
2003–04	81.7	525
2004–05	135.8	522

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

	Full-time equivalent staff numbers
1997/98	35
1998/99	38
1999/2000	41
2000/01	41
2001/02	44
2002/03	44
2003/04	45

Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)

	Full-time equivalent staff numbers
1997/98	301
1998/99	300
1999/2000	310
2000/01	317
2001/02	336
2002/03	359
2003/04	320

Learning and Skills Council (LSC)

	Funding (£ million)	Full-time equivalent staff numbers
2001/02	5,391.3	4,427
2002/03	7,475.9	4,592
2003/04	8,366.7	4,057
2004/05	8,692.0	3,947

University for Industry (UfI)

	Funding (£ million)	Full-time equivalent staff numbers
1999/2000	41.8	97
2000/01	58.2	194
2001/02	56.7	261
2002/03	50.2	309
2003/04	47.0	354
2004/05	44.0	356

Notes:

1. Funding figures from 1997–98 to 2002–03 are final expenditure in each year. 2003–04 covers latest forecast expenditure and 2004–05 latest planned expenditure.

 
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2. Information is for financial years (April to March) apart from HESA and UCAS which operate on academic years (August to July).

3. For QCA, full-time equivalent staff numbers are not available before 2002–03.

4. Full-time equivalent staff numbers for HESA, UCAS and UfI are the average for the year. For UCAS, 2002/03 and 2003/04 figures are staff in post as at June each year.

5. Full-time equivalent staff numbers for QCA and LSC are staff in post at 31 March each year and 31 May in 2004–05.

Education Costs (London)

Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average cost of education was per pupil in each London borough in the most recent year for which figures are available. [169999]

Mr. Miliband: The information requested is contained in the following table:
Net current expenditure per pupil in 2002–03 £

LEA name	Primary education	Secondary education
Barking and Dagenham	3,350	4,510
Barnet	3,160	3,960
Bexley	2,850	3,460
Brent	3,230	4,330
Bromley	2,910	3,540
Camden	4,490	5,860
Croydon	3,030	3,820
Ealing	3,220	4,110
Enfield	3,130	4,070
Greenwich	3,660	5,030
Hackney	4,240	5,190
Hammersmith and Fulham	3,710	4,600
Haringey	3.670	4,950
Harrow	3,280	4.020
Havering	2,740	3,810
Hillingdon	2,790	3,840
Hounslow	3,500	4,480
Islington	3,720	5,540
Kensington and Chelsea	4,400	5,500
Kingston-upon-Thames	2,970	3,550
Lambeth	4,010	5,370
Lewisham	3.580	4,680
Merton	3,650	4,280
Newham	3,440	4,690
Redbridge	2,910	3,840
Richmond-upon-Thames	3,420	4,570
Southwark	4,060	5,370
Sutton	2,820	3,490
Tower Hamlets	4,690	5,800
Waltham Forest	3,340	4,320
Wandsworth	3,740	2,660
Westminster	4,290	5,410

Notes:
1. The financial data is taken from local education authorities' Section 52 Outturn Statements submitted to the DfES. Section 52 is collected at local education authority level and as such the figures are provided for all London LEAs. Data is subject to change by the LEA. Cash figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Expenditure per pupil includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by the LEA. Figures also include an estimated apportionment of LEA expenditure based on pupil numbers—this is due to the change in the way data was collected. Categories were aligned with the Consistent Financial Reporting framework and the spending by LEAs was no longer split by school sector.
3. Pupil data are drawn from the Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.




 
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Free Learning (Adults)

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many adults he expects to (a) be eligible for and (b) undertake free learning to help them achieve a level 2 qualification. [180709]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: We estimate that up to 9.4 million people may be potentially eligible for the new level 2 entitlement to free tuition that we announced in our Skills Strategy White Paper, "21st Century Skills". This is the number of people, of working age, who are in the workforce or economically inactive and who lack a foundation of employability skills equivalent to a full level 2 NVQ or five good GCSEs.

From September 2004 the level 2 entitlement will be trialled as an integral part of a coherent offer of support for unskilled and low-skilled adults in the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) north east and south east regions. We will use the regional trials to assess demand for and take up of this offer, and this will inform how we manage its introduction nationally. This prioritisation of the needs of unskilled and low skilled adults will contribute to the Department's ambition to reduce the number of adults who lack a level 2 qualification by 40 per cent. by 2010.

Healthy Eating

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what analysis his Department has carried out of the impact of healthy eating on children's behaviour. [181101]

Mr. Stephen Twigg: The Secretary of State for Education and Skills has not carried out analysis of the impact of healthy eating on children's behaviour.

Higher Education

Linda Perham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time undergraduate students were in higher education in each year since 1997, broken down by (i) under 25, (ii) 25 to 29, (iii) 30 to 34, (iv) 35 to 39, (v) 40 to 44, (vi) 50 to 54, (vii) 55 to 59, (viii) 60 to 64, (ix) 65 to 69 and (x) 70 years or above age groups. [181110]

Alan Johnson: The available information is given in the table.
 
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Table 1: Full-time undergraduate students at English HE and FE institutions, 1997/98 to 2002/03

Age	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03(18)
Under 25	716,405	732,485	741,235	750,040	767,225	795,055
25 to 29	66,315	62,115	56,415	53,315	52,640	54,175
30 to 34	38,055	35,935	32,400	31,035	30,910	31,630
35 to 39	25,365	24,325	22,525	22,110	23,315	24,505
40 to 44	14,510	13,910	13,110	13,175	14,160	15,475
45 to 49	7,605	7,130	6,400	6,260	6,815	7,410
50 to 54	3,340	3,115	2,815	2,845	3,020	3,185
55 to 59	1,075	1,055	915	870	970	1,195
60 to 64	525	490	470	450	435	440
65 to 69	240	245	220	200	240	240
70 and over	295	180	155	135	140	160
Unknown	2,810	950	750	470	410	365
Total	876,540	881,940	877,410	880,910	900,285	933,840

⁽¹⁸⁾ Based upon 2001/02 figures for HE in FE institutions as figures for 2002/03 are not yet available.
Note:
Figures may not sum due to rounding.
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and Learning Skills Council (LSC)





Table 2: Part-time undergraduate students at English HE and FE institutions, 1997/98 to 2002/03

Age	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/031
Under 25	70,175	73,260	76,000	81,410	82,020	89,180
25 to 29	72,325	73,060	70,265	70,370	66,980	72,065
30 to 34	73,475	75,685	75,010	75,330	73,785	77,920
35 to 39	66,220	69,710	71,485	74,965	76,345	80,435
40 to 44	51,150	53,870	55,990	59,250	62,235	66,605
45 to 49	39,020	39,265	39,930	41,535	43,535	46,700
50 to 54	25,770	27,435	28,535	29,925	30,520	30,480
55 to 59	13,070	13,735	14,575	15,835	16,830	19,030
60 to 64	11,005	11,005	10,930	11,135	10,960	11,070
65 to 69	9,150	8,830	8,620	8,660	8,650	8,320
70 and over	9,335	9,355	8,955	9,625	9,805	9,710
Unknown	9,415	7,185	7,260	8,115	7,300	9,025
Total	450,115	462,400	467,560	486,150	488,970	520,535

⁽¹⁹⁾ Based upon 2001/02 figures for HE in FE institutions as figures for 2002/03 are not yet available.
Note:
Figures may not sum due to rounding.
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and Learning Skills Council (LSC).

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