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Vacant Homes

Mr. Holloway: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many vacant homes there are in Kent; and for what average period houses were vacant in each of the last three years. [19799]

Yvette Cooper: There were 23,364 empty homes in Kent as at November 2004, the latest year for which figures are available. The data are as reported on CTB1 & CTB1S forms submitted by billing authorities to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister each year. The figure includes both long and short-term empty properties.

Details of the average period for which houses were vacant in each of the last three years are not available centrally.

EDUCATION AND SKILLS

Adult Education

Mr. Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Learning and
 
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Skills Council funding allocations for adult education for 2005–06 on future enrolments by over-25s in Level 3 and Level 4 courses. [10741]

Bill Rammell: The Government's Skills Strategy, reaffirmed in the White Paper published on the 22 March, sets clear priorities for public funding to support adults without a platform of skills for employability. However, we also recognise the importance of higher level skills, and the Skills Strategy White Paper set out measures to strengthen support for provision at Level 3 and above. Given that higher levels of qualifications have higher rates of return for employers and individuals, it is also important that this should be reflected in the relative contributions employers and individuals make to the costs of such training.

We are committed to trialling, in two regions, providing an additional element of subsidy alongside a contribution from the employer for Level 3 training delivered flexibly through NETP. We will invest an additional £20 million per year in 2006–07 and 2007–08 to assess the impact of that way of operating prior to taking final decisions on the routing of public funds for Level 3 training through the National Employer Training Programme.

We are currently working with the LSC and others to identify the regions for the trials and expect to make an announcement shortly.

The Learning and Skills Council is responsible for the funding allocations for 2005/06 and for planning provision which meets Government priorities and local needs. Mark Haysom, the Council's Chief Executive, will write to the hon. Friend with an assessment of participation by adults in Level 3 and 4 courses funded by the LSC. A copy of his reply will be placed in the Library.

We are currently working with the LSC and others to identify the regions for the trials and expect to make an announcement shortly.

The Learning and Skills Council is responsible for the funding allocations for 2005/06 and for planning provision which meets Government priorities and local needs. Mark Haysom, the Council's Chief Executive, will write to my hon. Friend with an assessment of participation by adults in Level 3 and 4 courses funded by the LSC. A copy of his reply will be placed in the Library.

Letter from Mark Haysom to Mr Gordon Marsden dated 28 July 2005:

I write in response to your recent Parliamentary Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills regarding participation in, and funding allocations for, adult education.

As you will know, adult participation in education and skills development can take many forms. The main LSC-funded programmes are Work Based Learning (WBL), general Further Education (FE) and Adult & Community Learning (ACL). Annex 1 attached shows how much funding has been allocated to each of our local Learning and Skills Councils for these programmes, in total, for the 2003/04 and 2004/05 years. For 2005/06, you will see that in some regions (where monetary amounts appear against the Regional Office) the details are not yet finalised. We aim to publish final information on our web site as soon as we can.

 
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We also allocate funding for other types of adult provision:

employer-based provision through the Employer Training Pilots (ETP), soon to be rolled-out across the country as a National Employer Training Programme and the Workforce Development programme. Taken together, approximate funding levels for these programmes over the 3 years are 2003–04 £84 million, 2004–05 £140 million, 2005–06 £196 million;

learning specifically aimed at people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities (LLDD). For adults, spend figures over the 3 years are approximately £50 million in 2003/04, £66 million in 04/05 and we expect around £67 million in 05/06;

programmes arranged by the University for Industry (UfI), where budgets for the 3 years are in the region of £164 million, £164 million and £141 million;

School 6th Form provision for students aged 19+ at approximately £3.6 million in 03/04 and £4.5 million in 04/05. We can't say how many pupils there will be aged 19 and over in 2005/06 just yet.

In addition, we provide support for learners through Additional Learning Support for specific student needs, around 40 per cent. of which is attributable to adults or, over the 3 years roughly £123 million, £132 million and £135 million, Learner Support Funds, also provide financial support in cases of hardship and to meet childcare costs. These total £80 million a year for adults. Adult Learning Grants are also being piloted in 19 LSC areas at an annual cost of £12 million.

We also fund information, advice and guidance services for adult learners and potential learners at £36 million, £37 million and £38 million over the 3 years in question.

I have not included in Annex 1, the current funding for these programmes, because this would distort the comparison between local LSCs, as some of this funding is routed to particular parts of the country where provision is available or where we are piloting.

Annex 2 provides the participation information requested for 2003/04 and 2004/05. Figures for 2003/04 are actuals. Those for 2004/05 are estimated outturns—the 2004/05 academic year is yet to finish and, particularly for adult education which is primarily made up of shorter courses, the pattern of delivery across the academic year changes from year to year, making accurate prediction of full-year outturn difficult. Local LSCs are currently talking with providers across the whole range of our programmes for the 2005/06 year. It is too early to say what levels of participation we will see, but the LSC expects to achieve the targets we have been set on delivering the Government's priorities. This will lead to shifts in the balance of provision across programmes and we do expect a reduction in adult numbers in 2005/06 as a result. Our current estimate is that this will be around 300,000 learners, a reduction of around 7 per cent. from the 2004/05 planned level.

Regarding your question on future enrolments by over 25s in level 3 and level 4 courses, we are not able to say at this time, what the impact will be. Whilst each of our local LSCs plan provision with their providers, we don't manage providers at that level of detail. Colleges and other adult education providers will make their own decisions on the number of learners they recruit and the level of fees they may charge to meet course costs.

I hope this is helpful.

Annex 1

LSC Name	2003/04 Allocation
	FE	WBL (19+)	ACL	Total
Norfolk	19,157,086	2,921,592	2,351,796	24,430,474
Cambridgeshire	18,507,467	2,222,370	2,484,608	23,214,445
Suffolk	14,770,183	3,162,014	2,823,263	20,755,460
Bedfordshire and Luton	20,688,000	1,222,944	1,965,011	23,875,955
Hertfordshire	23,671,000	2,651,779	2,860,994	29,183,773
Essex	29,412,441	4,805,988	7,716,175	41,934,604
Regional Budget— East of England				0
East of England Total	126,206,177	16,986,687	20,201,847	163,394,711
Derbyshire	33,090,901	3,816,306	6,058,735	42,965,942
Nottinghamshire	47,859,536	5,074,842	3,520,897	56,455,275
Lincolnshire and Rutland	14,067,201	2,588,687	2,387,475	19,043,363
Leicestershire	36,440,740	2,038,038	6,208,593	44,687,371
Northamptonshire	15,927,000	2,665,697	2,292,541	20,885,238
Regional Budget— East Midlands				0
East Midlands Total	147,385,378	16,183,570	20,468,241	184,037,189
London North	54,021,810	2,045,319	5,186,291	61,253,420
London West	59,337,184	2,647,081	6,717,814	68,702,079
London Central	118,090,284	4,531,838	12,542,537	135,164,659
London East	112,132,881	5,055,375	16,505,406	133,693,662
London South	47,508,170	3,774,394	7,522,002	58,804,566
Regional Budget— Greater London				0
Greater London Total	391,090,329	18,054,007	48,474,050	457,618,386
Northumberland	6,520,864	1,236,167	508,585	8,265,616
Tyne and Wear	54,746,306	5,605,844	5,868,356	66,220,506
County Durham	15,902,129	1,764,859	2,239,611	19,906,599
Tees Valley	25,100,362	3,926,953	4,357,504	33,384,819
Regional Budget— North East				0
North East Total	102,269,661	12,533,823	12,974,056	127,777,540
Cumbria	12,584,017	2,018,950	1,475,744	16,078,711
Lancashire	50,267,380	5,193,195	8,687,600	64,148,175
Greater Merseyside	56,949,165	9,589,191	8,430,726	74,969,082
Greater Manchester	93,061,000	12,419,682	14,578,452	120,059,134
Cheshire and Warrington	22,952,000	4,168,432	2,413,581	29,534,013
Regional Budget— North West				0
North West Total	235,813,562	33,389,450	35,586,103	304,789,115
MKOB	31,455,029	5,409,905	5,689,540	42,554,474
Berkshire	21,310,729	3,290,962	3,577,090	28,178,781
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	50,355,843	5,122,003	3,089,659	58,567,505
Surrey	21,810,689	1,237,358	3,833,000	26,881,047
Sussex	38,065,188	4,369,946	4,635,867	47,071,001
Kent and Medway	38,956,000	4,599,361	8,433,000	52,988,361
Regional Budget— South East				0
South East Total	202,953,478	24,029,535	29,258,156	256,241,169
Devon and Cornwall	50,581,051	6,829,575	6,510,514	63,921,140
Somerset	16,731,352	1,390,494	3,617,476	21,739,322
Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole	18,123,058	2,825,082	2,009,599	22,957,739
West of England	37,539.261	2,438,197	2,161,025	42,138,483
Wiltshire and Swindon	16,308,000	1,724,101	1,112,386	19,144,487
Gloucestershire	13,829,027	1,837,789	2,746,411	18,413,227
Regional Budget— South West				0
South West Total	153,111,749	17,045,238	18,157,411	188,314,398
Shropshire	13,771,361	5,604,524	1,050,733	20,426,618
Staffordshire	35,333,725	4,865,306	3,605,596	43,804,627
Black Country	44,434,141	4,577,219	6,011,062	55,022,422
Birmingham and Solihull	82,482,484	4,835,478	6,502,855	93,820,817
Herefordshire and Worcestershire	20,458,371	2,623,052	953,026	24,034,449
Coventry and Warwickshire	32,967,245	3,158,085	5,080,851	41,206,181
Regional Budget— West Midlands				0
West Midlands Total	229,447,327	25,663,664	23,204,123	278,315,114
North Yorkshire	17,948,819	2,392,078	3,077,223	23,418,120
West Yorkshire	73,184,533	6,462,091	7,672,248	87,318,872
South Yorkshire	44,809,370	5,223,684	4,119,027	54,152,081
Humberside	32,006,135	3,077,900	4,083,006	39,167,041
Regional Budget—
Yorkshire & Humberside				0
Yorkshire & Humberside Total	167,948,857	17,155,753	18,951,504	204,056,114
National Contracting
Service	0	19,748,833	0
	1,756,226,518	200,790,560	227,275,491	2,164,543,736

 
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LSC Name	2004/05 Allocation
	FE	WBL (19+)	ACL	Total
Norfolk	18,597,748	2,577,472	2,378,488	23,553,708
Cambridgeshire	18,840,300	2,642,018	2,517,813	24,000,131
Suffolk	15,625,277	3,209,003	2,834,436	21,668,716
Bedfordshire and Luton	20,674,000	1,388,856	1,941,481	24,004,337
Hertfordshire	23,785,434	2,894,867	2,946,360	29,626,661
Essex	31,919,325	3,996,808	7,671,588	43,587,721
Regional Budget— East of England				0
East of England Total	129,442,084	16,709,024	20,290,166	166,441,274
Derbyshire	31,530,715	3,922,506	6,244,794	41,698,015
Nottinghamshire	47,160,881	5,457,695	3,794,823	56,413,399
Lincolnshire and Rutland	14,690,955	2,925,478	2,464,911	20,081,344
Leicestershire	40,281,977	3,079,758	6,464,205	49,825,940
Northamptonshire	14,984,652	2,713,267	2,285,598	19,983,517
Regional Budget— East Midlands				0
East Midlands Total	148,649,180	18,098,704	21,254,331	188,002,215
London North	55,905,370	2,104,756	5,202,180	63,212,306
London West	60,906,749	2,584,523	7,146,533	70,637,805
London Central	123,049,936	4,920,764	12,551,168	140,521,868
London East	120,663,295	3,101,449	16,345,420	140,110,164
London South	52,072,024	4,035,401	7,756,336	63,863,761
Regional Budget— Greater London				0
Greater London Total	412,597,374	16,746,893	49,001,637	478,345,904
Northumberland	7,361,877	1,245,000	503,565	9,110,442
Tyne and Wear	58,478,806	3,570,000	5,586,983	67,635,789
County Durham	19,120,012	1,988,000	2,404,457	23,512,469
Tees Valley	27,185,009	3,657,000	4,471,093	35,313,102
Regional Budget— North East				0
North East Total	112,145,704	10,460,000	12,966,098	135,571,802
Cumbria	12,493,547	1,924,759	1,684,384	16,102,690
Lancashire	52,371,000	5,104,629	9,003,261	66,478,890
Greater Merseyside	57,783,962	8,402,182	9,101,803	75,287,947
Greater Manchester	95,189,660	12,157,667	14,669,938	122,017,265
Cheshire and Warrington	24,069,864	4,114,892	2,489,792	30,674,548
Regional Budget— North West				0
North West Total	241,908,033	31,704,129	36,949,178	310,561,340
MKOB	35,620,654	7,098,404	5,803,101	48,522,159
Berkshire	25,417,860	4,530,508	3,723,248	33,671,616
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	47,880,510	6,906,564	3,146,465	57,933,539
Surrey	24,647,296	2,203,198	3,867,629	30,718,123
Sussex	40,754,000	4,827,932	4,760,137	50,342,069
Kent and Medway	39,275,000	4,646,469	8,488,329	52,409,798
Regional Budget— South East				0
South East Total	213,595,320	30,213,075	29,788,909	273,597,304
Devon and Cornwall	52,665,397	7,517,714	6,624,841	66,807,952
Somerset	17,190,677	1,572,974	3,618,569	22,382,220
Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole	19,512,489	3,201,500	2,079,617	24,793,606
West of England	40,121,859	2,670,000	2,371,258	45,163,117
Wiltshire and Swindon	16,001,540	2,430,000	1,098,300	19,529,840
Gloucestershire	14,344,793	1,981,820	2,692,739	19,019,352
Regional Budget— South West				0
South West Total	159,836,755	19,374,008	18,485,324	197,696,087
Shropshire	14,410,580	1,678,277	1,014,644	17,103,501
Staffordshire	38,379,523	5,826,000	3,419,531	47,625,054
Black Country	45,526,650	5,296,439	6,101,301	56,924,390
Birmingham and Solihull	87,370,383	5,238,322	6,694,680	99,303,385
Herefordshire and Worcestershire	22,607,078	3,571,716	1,027,009	27,205,803
Coventry and Warwickshire	36,683,124	3,600,270	5,218,631	45,502,025
Regional Budget— West Midlands				0
West Midlands Total	244,977,338	25,211,024	23,475,796	293,664,158
North Yorkshire	19,434,000	2,989,838	3,178,451	25,602,289
West Yorkshire	76,774,543	7,206,974	7,553,028	91,534,545
South Yorkshire	48,386,149	6,383,653	4,190,689	58,960,491
Humberside	33,657,087	2,802,753	4,142,383	40,602,223
Regional Budget—
Yorkshire & Humberside				0
Yorkshire & Humberside Total	178,251,779	19,383,218	19,064,551	216,699,548
National Contracting
Service	2,491,877	51,670,956	0	54,162,833
	1,843,895,444	239,571,031	231,275,990	2,314,742,465

 
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LSC Name	2005/06 Allocation
	FE	WBL (19+)	ACL	Total
Norfolk	16,594,109	0	2,378,488	18,972,597
Cambridgeshire	16,632,800	0	2,517,813	19,150,613
Suffolk	13,670,734	0	2,834,436	16,505,170
Bedfordshire and Luton	18,748,754	0	1,941,481	20,690,235
Hertfordshire	21,403,338	0	2,946,360	24,349,698
Essex	27,696,593	0	7,671,588	35,368,181
Regional Budget— East of England		17,127,000		17,127,000
East of England Total	114,746,328	17,127,000	20,290,166	152,163,494
Derbyshire	30,175,779	3,580,000	6,244,794	40,000,573
Nottinghamshire	45,666,009	4,845,000	3,794,823	54,305,832
Lincolnshire and Rutland	11,536,418	2,290,000	2,464,911	16,291,329
Leicestershire	39,031,307	2,917,000	6,464,205	48,412,512
Northamptonshire	14,284,624	2,524,000	2,285,598	19,094,222
Regional Budget— East Midlands		0		0
East Midlands Total	140,694,137	16,156,000	21,254,331	178,104,468
London North	57,271,062	0	5,202,180	62,473,242
London West	63,099,000	0	7,146,533	70,245,533
London Central	123,183,676	0	12,551,168	135,734,844
London East	119,202,610	0	16,345,420	135,548,030
London South	52,146,317	0	7,756,336	59,902,653
Regional Budget— Greater London		17,165,000		17,165,000
Greater London Total	414,902,665	17,165,000	49,001,637	481,069,302
Northumberland	6,677,297	1,276,125	503,565	8,456,987
Tyne and Wear	54,689,000	3,659,250	5,586,983	63,935,233
County Durham	17,973,747	1,998,750	2,404,457	22,376,954
Tees Valley	26,872,556	3,748,425	4,471,093	35,092,074
Regional Budget— North East		-1,000		-1,000
North East Total	106,212,600	10,681,550	12,966,098	129,860,248
Cumbria	11,630,193	1,973,000	1,684,384	15,287,577
Lancashire	49,528,928	5,232,000	9,003,261	63,764,189
Greater Merseyside	57,190,952	8,611,000	9,101,803	74,903,755
Greater Manchester	91,005,613	12,463,000	14,669,938	118,138,551
Cheshire and Warrington	22,240,198	4,218,000	2,489,792	28,947,990
Regional Budget— North West				0
North West Total	231,595,884	32,497,000	36,949,178	301,042,062
MKOB	29,938,656	7,448,000	5,803,101	43,189,757
Berkshire	25,376,000	5,240,000	3,723,248	34,339,248
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	48,965,498	7,265,000	3,146,465	59,376,963
Surrey	22,869,714	2,844,000	3,867,629	29,581,343
Sussex	40,395,000	5,062,000	4,760,137	50,217,137
Kent and Medway	36,782,429	4,824,000	8,488,329	50,094,758
Regional Budget— South East		-1,715,000		-1,715,000
South East Total	204,327,297	30,968,000	29,788,909	265,084,206
Devon and Cornwall	49,849,761	5,066,802	6,624,841	61,541,404
Somerset	15,306,931	1,061,968	3,618,569	19,987,468
Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole	18,883,558	2,156,287	2,079,617	23,119,462
West of England	32,229,399	1,806,263	2,323,407	36,359,069
Wiltshire and Swindon	14,852,309	1,627,607	1,098,300	17,578,216
Gloucestershire	12,864,753	1,330,301	2,692,739	16,887,793
Regional Budget— South West		6,809,772		6,809,772
South West Total	143,986,711	19,859,000	18,437,473	182,283,184
Shropshire	14,939,274		1,014,644	15,953,918
Staffordshire	36,008,000	0	3,419,531	39,427,531
Black Country	47,010,520	0	6,101,301	53,111,821
Birmingham and Solihull	90,037,855	0	6,694,680	96,732,535
Herefordshire and Worcestershire	23,102,474	0	1,227,009	24,329,483
Coventry and Warwickshire	36,616,416	0	5,218,631	41,835,047
Regional Budget— West Midlands		25,841,000		25,841,000
West Midlands Total	247,714,539	25,841,000	23,675,796	297,231,335
North Yorkshire	16,880,078	0	3,170,071	20,050,149
West Yorkshire	75,603,910	0	7,557,700	83,161,610
South Yorkshire	47,482,512	0	4,192,555	51,675,067
Humberside	31,684,376	0	4,144,225	35,828,601
Regional Budget—
Yorkshire & Humberside		19,782,000		19,782,000
Yorkshire & Humberside Total	171,650,876	19,782,000	19,064,551	210,497,427
National Contracting
Service	2,250,000	76,662,000	0	78,912,000
	1,778,081,037	266,738,550	231,428,139	2,276,247,726

Annex 2, Adult Participation
2003/04 actuals, 2004/05 planned




 
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2003/04
		FE	WBL	ACL	Total
	National Employer Service	36,793	21,503	—	58,296
EE060	Norfolk	55,171	1,701	15,307	72,179
EE070	Cambridgeshire	39,864	1,338	13,248	54,450
EE080	Suffolk	27,914	1,607	17,313	46,834
EE090	Bedfordshire and Luton	49,236	813	10,785	60,834
EE100	Hertfordshire	38,314	1,665	4,217	44,196
EE110	Essex	55,658	2,039	32,855	90,552
EM010	Derbyshire	79,412	1,710	13,870	94,993
EM020	Nottinghamshire	99,087	2,555	13,918	115,560
EM030	Lincolnshire and Rutland	87,553	1,232	15,569	104,354
EM040	Leicestershire	77,012	1,361	25,029	103,402
EM050	Northamptonshire	29,437	1,450	14,861	45,748
GL120	London North	63,167	766	10,281	74,214
GL130	London West	59,295	830	26,394	86,519
GL140	London Central	151,908	1,744	40,750	194,402
GL150	London East	187,455	1,318	43,534	232,307
GL160	London South	73,273	1,802	31,637	106,712
NE170	Northumberland	9,097	588	4,178	13,863
NE180	Tyne and Wear	97,531	2,498	25,155	125,184
NE190	County Durham	40,481	932	6,693	48,106
NE200	Tees Valley	62,973	1,399	15,827	80,199
NW210	Cumbria	32,292	1,003	10,950	44,245
NW220	Lancashire	103,162	2,760	59,624	165,546
NW230	Greater Merseyside	99, 226	4,377	20,977	124,580
NW240	Greater Manchester	159,429	6,280	28,619	194,328
NW250	Cheshire and Warrington	53,207	2,364	18,445	74,016
SE260	Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire	64,206	2,734	46,500	113,439
SE270	Berkshire	36,091	1,986	19,302	57,378
SE280	Hampshire and Isle of Wight	130,446	2,874	28,610	161,930
SE290	Surrey	45,693	891	27,037	73,621
SE300	Sussex	64,372	2,104	55,660	122,136
SE310	Kent and Medway	86,652	2,148	34,284	123,083
SW320	Devon and Cornwall	118,982	4,009	45,174	168,165
SW330	Somerset	33,499	806	15,559	49,864
SW340	Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole	38,628	2,443	13,545	54,616
SW350	West of England	53,638	1,338	6,078	61,054
SW360	Wiltshire and Swindon	44,394	1,351	8,265	54,010
SW370	Gloucestershire	30,296	928	17,746	48,969
WM380	Shropshire	27,632	887	3,244	31,763
WM390	Staffordshire	74,910	2,416	22,152	99,478
WM400	Black Country	83,978	2,492	17,869	104,339
WM410	Birmingham and Solihull	124,760	1,875	15,183	141,818
WM420	Herefordshire and Worcestershire	59,254	1,638	1,000	61,892
WM430	Coventry and Warwickshire	74,708	1,534	8,400	84,642
YH440	North Yorkshire	55,918	1,395	13,696	71,010
YH450	West Yorkshire	133,304	3,739	28,610	165,652
YH460	South Yorkshire	81,921	2,409	12,000	96,330
YH470	Humberside	81,769	1,495	18,000	101,264
	TOTALS	3,413,000	111,125	977,950	4,502,075

 
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2004/05
		FE	WBL	ACL	Total
	National Employer Service	36,793	23,204	—	59,997
EE060	Norfolk	49,908	1,726	16,000	67,634
EE070	Cambridgeshire	39,320	1,264	15,833	56,417
EE080	Suffolk	32,895	1,405	17,071	51,371
EE090	Bedfordshire and Luton	42,847	775	11,000	54,621
EE100	Hertfordshire	41,062	1,588	4,000	46,651
EE110	Essex	47,494	2,051	32,400	81,946
EM010	Derbyshire	78,954	1,702	15,425	96,081
EM020	Nottinghamshire	94,355	2,539	13,918	110,811
EM030	Lincolnshire and Rutland	37,393	1,130	13,430	51,954
EM040	Leicestershire	91,285	1,509	23,530	116,324
EM050	Northamptonshire	27,756	1,324	15,150	44,230
GL120	London North	64,012	820	10,525	75,357
GL130	London West	51,298	789	28,042	80,129
GL140	London Central	135,943	1,781	41,000	178,724
GL150	London East	190,182	1,212	50,572	241,965
GL160	London South	75,152	1,539	43,350	120,041
NE170	Northumberland	9,989	538	3,684	14,210
NE180	Tyne and Wear	111,463	2,181	20,569	134,213
NE190	County Durham	44,266	842	7,030	52,137
NE200	Tees Valley	55,964	1,330	13,251	70,545
NW210	Cumbria	31,149	951	10,950	43,050
NW220	Lancashire	99,821	2,927	59,624	162,372
NW230	Greater Merseyside	95,486	4,183	24,000	123,669
NW240	Greater Manchester	159,081	5,933	28,600	193,614
NW250	Cheshire and Warrington	45,137	2,499	17,800	65,436
SE260	Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire	63,001	2,616	34,000	99,617
SE270	Berkshire	42,158	2,024	20,000	64,183
SE280	Hampshire and Isle of Wight	109,024	3,034	28,610	140,668
SE290	Surrey	48,009	1,027	24,000	73,036
SE300	Sussex	63,081	2,268	50,690	116,039
SE310	Kent and Medway	75,989	2,248	36,150	114,387
SW320	Devon and Cornwall	114,748	3,735	52,648	171,131
SW330	Somerset	41,431	809	4,265	46,505
SW340	Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole	41,428	1,528	13,760	56,716
SW350	West of England	57,655	1,329	6,100	65,084
SW360	Wiltshire and Swindon	42,948	1,237	6,386	50,571
SW370	Gloucestershire	32,589	931	16,500	50,020
WM380	Shropshire	32,934	807	5,646	39,387
WM390	Staffordshire	77,091	2,268	29,650	109,010
WM400	Black Country	82,100	2,315	18,048	102,462
WM410	Birmingham and Solihull	135,401	2,037	15,183	152,621
WM420	Herefordshire and Worcestershire	43,732	1,598	1,000	46,330
WM430	Coventry and Warwickshire	69,612	1,538	9,400	80,550
YH440	North Yorkshire	53,765	1,422	13,696	68,882
YH450	West Yorkshire	126,541	3,600	25,822	155,963
YH460	South Yorkshire	79,676	2,098	12,000	93,774
YH470	Humberside	75,011	1,387	18,000	94,398
	TOTALS	3,296,927	109,597	978,308	4,384,832

 
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Mr. Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people in adult education in Gravesham are over 60-years-old. [19814]

Bill Rammell: There were just over 4.1 million learners in further education (FE) provision funded by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) in 2003/04 in England. Of these learners, 5,459 were based in Gravesham, of which 602 were over 60 years old.

Additionally, there were over 840,000 learners funded by the LSC enrolled on adult and community learning (ACL) courses in 2003/04 in England, of which 250,000 were over 60-years-old. ACL numbers for individual parliamentary constituencies are not currently available.

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