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Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of the extra funding given to further education in June (a) has been and (b) will be allocated to (i) school sixth forms, (ii) work-based learning providers, (iii) sixth form colleges and (iv) further education colleges. [190574]
Dr. Howells: It is for the LSC to determine the distribution of funding to the learning and skills sector. Mark Haysom, the LSC's Chief Executive, will write to the hon. Member with this information and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Library.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of students taking (a) GCSE mathematics, (b) GCSE history, (c) GCSE English, (d) GCSE French and (e) GCSE physics received an (i) A grade, (ii) C grade and (iii) pass or better in each year from 1989 to 2004; and if he will make a statement. [192133]
Mr. Miliband:
The information requested is shown in the following table.
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Maths | History | English | |||||||
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Year1,2 | A*/A | C | A*-G | A*/A | C | A*-G | A*/A | C | A*-G |
1989 | | | | | | | | | |
1990 | | | | | | | | | |
1991 | | | | | | | | | |
1992 | 7.8 | 22.5 | 94.0 | 11.5 | 19.9 | 94.9 | 8.3 | 26.0 | 98.3 |
1993 | 10.2 | 24.2 | 94.5 | 13.9 | 20.7 | 95.6 | 10.9 | 26.4 | 98.6 |
1994 | 10.2 | 20.2 | 95.3 | 14.5 | 20.4 | 95.6 | 11.2 | 25.8 | 97.0 |
1995 | 9.5 | 21.3 | 94.9 | 15.0 | 19.7 | 94.8 | 11.1 | 25.1 | 96.9 |
1996 | 10.1 | 21.3 | 95.5 | 16.5 | 19.5 | 96.0 | 11.6 | 24.8 | 97.3 |
1997 | 10.7 | 21.3 | 95.6 | 17.3 | 19.5 | 96.0 | 11.3 | 24.8 | 97.4 |
1998 | 11.1 | 20.2 | 95.0 | 19.6 | 18.9 | 96.5 | 12.3 | 25.6 | 99.0 |
1999 | 11.6 | 20.3 | 96.2 | 21.1 | 18.8 | 96.9 | 13.0 | 25.1 | 99.1 |
2000 | 11.9 | 21.0 | 96.8 | 22.8 | 18.4 | 97.3 | 14.0 | 24.9 | 98.9 |
2001 | 12.3 | 21.3 | 96.7 | 23.6 | 18.2 | 97.2 | 14.4 | 25.0 | 98.8 |
2002 | 13.3 | 21.3 | 96.9 | 24.2 | 18.3 | 96.8 | 14.5 | 24.7 | 98.6 |
2003 | 12.9 | 21.2 | 96.1 | 25.5 | 18.3 | 96.9 | 15.2 | 24.3 | 98.6 |
2004 | 13.2 | 22.3 | 96.5 | 26.2 | 18.0 | 97.1 | 15.6 | 25.1 | 98.0 |
French | Physics | |||||
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A*/A | C | A*-G | A*/A | C | A*-G | |
1989 | | | | | | |
1990 | | | | | | |
1991 | | | | | | |
1992 | 12.4 | 14.5 | 96.0 | 16.1 | 25.2 | 98.0 |
1993 | 17.4 | 15.4 | 96.5 | 29.2 | 22.4 | 99.0 |
1994 | 17.8 | 16.0 | 97.1 | 35.2 | 22.7 | 99.4 |
1995 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 96.6 | 38.7 | 19.0 | 99.0 |
1996 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 97.0 | 39.2 | 17.1 | 99.3 |
1997 | 17.9 | 16.8 | 96.9 | 39.7 | 19.1 | 99.3 |
1998 | 17.0 | 18.3 | 98.5 | 43.2 | 19.9 | 99.4 |
1999 | 17.2 | 19.6 | 98.7 | 45.5 | 19.3 | 99.5 |
2000 | 17.0 | 20.2 | 98.6 | 45.5 | 18.9 | 99.6 |
2001 | 16.7 | 22.0 | 98.5 | 45.7 | 19.7 | 99.5 |
2002 | 16.9 | 21.9 | 98.5 | 46.8 | 19.6 | 99.5 |
2003 | 16.7 | 20.4 | 97.8 | 46.6 | 19.5 | 99.6 |
2004 | 17.1 | 20.8 | 97.9 | 48.2 | 19.1 | 99.7 |
Mr. Martlew: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of 15 and 16 year olds in (a) Carlisle, (b) Cumbria and (c) England achieved five or more GCSEs at grade A*-C in each of the last seven years. [191573]
Mr. Miliband: The information requested is:
Carlisle constituency | Cumbria LEA | England | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 45.1 |
1998 | 38.6 | 43.9 | 46.3 |
1999 | 41.6 | 47.6 | 47.9 |
2000 | 44.6 | 50.6 | 49.2 |
2001 | 45.4 | 50.8 | 50.0 |
2002 | 45.2 | 52.7 | 51.6 |
2003 | 44.9 | 52.9 | 52.9 |
Mr. Horam: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many meetings of the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers were attended by the Department's Green Minister in (a) 200203 and (b) 200304. [190849]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The Secretary of State for Education and Skills is DfES's Green Minister and in this role is a member of the Ministerial Committees of Green Ministers. However, it has been established practice under successive Governments not to disclose information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet Committees. This practice is now formalised by Exemption 2 of Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.
Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the financial situation of higher education institutions. [190583]
Dr. Howells: The following table shows the overall financial position of the publicly funded higher education sector in England.
Total income | Operating surplus | |
---|---|---|
200001 | 11,669 | 44 |
200102 | 11,843 | 90 |
200203 | 12,723 | 218 |
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of working age people in the Buckingham constituency hold a qualification at degree level or equivalent or above; and what the national average is. [191052]
Dr. Howells:
The latest available figures from the Local Area Labour Force Survey 2002 show that the proportion of people of working age resident in the constituency of Buckingham who hold a qualification at NVQ level 4 or above is 31.9 per cent., with a 95 per cent. confidence interval of 25.9 per cent. to 37.9 per cent.
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This compares to a figure of 24.2 per cent. for Great Britain, with a 95 per cent. confidence interval of 24.0 per cent. to 24.4 per cent. NVQ level 4 covers degrees, HMDs and other undergraduate qualifications.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of each age cohort entered higher education in each year from 1985/86 to 2004/05; and if he will make a statement. [191308]
Dr. Howells: The individual year of age entry rates derived from the Higher Education Initial Participation Rate (HEIPR), for academic years 1999/2000 to 2002/03, are shown in the first table below. The HEIPR was developed to monitor progress towards the Government's goal of 50 per cent. participation in HE by 2010 and was not calculated prior to 1999/00. The available participation rate data for these earlier years, which show participation in terms of age bands rather than single ages, are shown in the second table.
Academic year | ||||
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Age(17) | 1999/2000 2 | 2000/01 2 | 2001/02 2 | 2002/03 (provisional) 2 |
17 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
18 | 19.1 | 19.8 | 20.4 | 20.0 |
19 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 9.9 |
20 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
21 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
22 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
23 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
24 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
25 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
26 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
27 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
28 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
29 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
30 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Total(19) | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 |
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