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Foreign Language Teachers
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) applicants and (b) acceptances there were for university courses in modern foreign languages, (i) not combined with and (ii) combined with non-language subjects in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [207937]
Dr. Howells: Our national languages strategy emphasises the importance of encouraging students in higher education to take an active part in learning modern foreign languages and we shall continue to pursue this aim.
The available information is taken from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and covers all applicants and accepted applicants to full- time undergraduate courses in the UK. Figures are in the table.
(26) Includes combinations of languages (including classical languages) with law, social studies, business studies, humanities, art and education. Combinations of languages with science subjects cannot be easily identified separately. Does not include combinations of three subjects.
(27) Acceptances may be larger than applicants as acceptance figures include students who did not achieve their first choice course and it includes those students accepted through clearing.
(28) For entry in 2002 onwards, the subjects are classified using the joint academic coding system (JACS) which differs to the method used in previous years (HESACODE).
Source:
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
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Sixth Form and Further Education
Dr. Starkey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the per capita funding for 16 to 19-year-olds in Milton Keynes was in (a) school sixth forms and (b) further education colleges in each of the last five years. [210748]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The Department allocates funds for education and training in the post-16 learning and skills sector to the Learning and Skills Council. The Department does not collect information on the level of per capita funding for 16 to 19- year-olds in school sixth forms and further education colleges at the local level. Mark Haysom, the Learning and Skills Council's chief executive, will write to the hon. Member with details of the level of per capita funding for 16 to 19-year-olds in (a) school sixth forms and (b) further education colleges in each of the last five years in the Milton Keynes area. A copy of his letter will be placed in the House Library.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average cost is per pupil of education in (a) maintained school sixth forms, (b) sixth form colleges and (c) other further education colleges; and what projections her Department has made for funding per pupil over the next five years in each of these types of establishment. [210177]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The Further Education funding system is different to schools. Funding is paid for learning aims as well as an entitlement per 16 to 18 payment.
Under the Learning and Skills Council's (LSC's) funding formula the basic cost to the public purse of delivering three A-levels in a sixth form college and a further education college to a student in the 2004/05 academic year will be £3,045. This figure comprises £766 for the delivery of each A-level learning aim, and £747 for each student for the entitlement element of their learning programme.
Under the LSC's funding formula the basic cost to the public purse of delivering three A-levels to a student at an English maintained secondary school will be £3,212. This figure comprises £785 for the delivery of each A-level learning aim, £750 for each student for the entitlement element of their learning programme, and £107 for each student to meet additional employers' contributions to teachers' pensions.
These figures do not represent all funding that colleges and school sixth forms receive and are not directly comparable. For example the further education funding rates include consolidated funds for pay and staff training that are not reflected in the school sixth form rates. Also, in each case additional funding may also be available to take account of the higher costs of delivering learning in particular geographical areas, in higher cost subjects, or to students with particular disadvantages or individual needs.
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It is expected that base funding rates per qualification will be increased by 4 per cent. for school sixth forms and by 5 per cent. for further education colleges, on a broadly comparable basis, in 2005/06. LSC will decide funding rates for each academic year nearer the time in light of the funding it has available and where priorities lie.
The Department is discussing with the LSC how to take forward the next stage of the Skills Strategy from 2006/07, including the roll out of a National Employer Training Programme, and more broadly how the increases in funding from the 2004 Spending Review are applied, and until those discussions are concluded it will not be possible to set out precise forecasts of FE funding per learner.
GCSEs and A-levels
Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people have entered (a) GCSE and (b) A level examinations in each year since 1997 in (i) Hartlepool and (ii) England and Wales for the following subjects (A) English, (B) mathematics, (C) history and (D) a foreign language. [210647]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information requested is shown in the following tables. Figures for Wales are a matter for the Welsh Assembly.
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Home Carers Scheme
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many nannies have (a) applied for and (b) received Government accreditation via the home carers scheme. [204405]
Margaret Hodge: The Government do not have a breakdown of the occupations of those who have (a) applied for; and (b) received accreditation via the home child carers' scheme.
A new Childcare Approval Scheme was announced on 8 December. This will allow for the approval of child care provided in the child's home or, for children over the age of seven, on other domestic premises. Carers will be able to apply for approval from 4 January 2005. By using an approved carer parents have been able to access financial support through the child care element of the working tax credit or through employer supported child care. Parents who are eligible will be able to claim financial support from 6 April 2005. The new scheme will provide parents with more flexible, affordable, opportunities for home based care.
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