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Selective Education

20. Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the merits of selective education; and if she will make a statement. [22060]

Jacqui Smith: If all local education authority areas returned the same value added as selective local education authority areas, the average results would improve by the equivalent of about one and a half grades in one subject at GCSE.

However, this calculation does not take account of the different characteristics of pupils educated in different LEAs. The Government's position on selection is clear. It is socially divisive, we do not support it and we do not wish to see it extended.

Further Education

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils aged 16 to 18 have been educated in (a) further education colleges and (b) sixth forms in schools, in England since 2000, broken down by local authority. [15877]

Bill Rammell [pursuant to the reply, 10 October 2005, Official Report, c. 344W]: The accompanying tables contained an error—the columns were transposed and incorrectly labelled.
Participation in full-time education of 16 and 17-year-olds by local authority in England, end 2000 onwards Number

	School sixth forms (including independent)				FE colleges (including sixth form colleges)(1)
	2000	2001	2002	2003(2)	2000	2001	2002	2003(2)
North East	16,000	16,800	17,000	17,100	23,200	23,600	24,000	24,100
Hartlepool	300	300	300	300	1,300	1,200	1,200	1,300
Middlesbrough	300	300	300	400	2,300	2,300	2,200	2,300
Redcar and Cleveland	—	100	100	100	2,100	2,100	2,100	2,300
Stockton-on-Tees	700	800	800	800	2,600	2,600	2,600	2,600
Darlington	200	300	200	200	1,300	1,300	1,300	1,400
Durham	3,200	3,500	3,400	3,400	3,900	4,000	4,000	3,900
Northumberland	3,700	3,800	3,800	3,800	1,400	1,300	1,300	1,300
Gateshead	1,700	1,600	1,600	1,600	1,100	1,400	1,400	1,400
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,900	3,000	3,100	3,200	1,100	1,200	1,100	1,100
North Tyneside	1,500	1,700	1,700	1,700	1,400	1,400	1,400	1,500
South Tyneside	300	300	400	400	1,700	1,900	2,200	2,100
Sunderland	1,000	1,200	1,300	1,300	2,900	3,000	3,100	3,100
North West	39,800	40,500	41,000	41,200	68,800	70,900	73,900	74,800
Halton	500	500	400	400	1,400	1,500	1,800	2,000
Warrington	1,300	1,300	1,300	1,300	1,800	1,800	1,900	2,000
Cheshire	6,500	6,300	6,400	6,500	5,000	5,200	5,400	5,100
Cumbria	4,600	4,800	4,700	4,800	2,900	3,100	3,000	3,100
Bolton	1,800	1,800	2,000	2,000	2,800	2,700	2,700	2,800
Bury	500	600	600	600	2,500	2,700	2,800	2,800
Manchester	2,000	2,000	2,100	2,200	4,800	5,000	5,500	5,600
Oldham	1,200	900	900	900	2,800	2,900	3,000	3,000
Rochdale	800	1,000	900	900	2,200	2,200	2,400	2,500
Salford	100	200	200	200	2,400	2,600	2,800	2,800
Stockport	600	700	800	800	4,100	4,000	4,100	4,100
Tameside	300	300	300	300	2,900	3,100	3,100	3,200
Trafford	1,700	1,600	1,600	1,700	1,800	1,800	2,000	2,100
Wigan	500	600	600	500	3,800	3,900	4,100	4,100
Blackburn with Darwen	600	700	700	700	2,000	2,100	2,200	2,200
Blackpool	300	400	400	400	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,700
Lancashire	4,800	5,100	5,000	5,100	13,300	13,300	13,700	13,900
Knowsley	300	700	700	700	1,800	1,900	1,900	1,900
Liverpool	4,300	4,300	4,500	4,500	2,500	2,700	2,800	2,900
St. Helens	1,000	900	900	900	1,900	1,900	2,000	2,000
Sefton	2,600	2,300	2,400	2,300	2,900	2,900	2,900	3,000
Wirral	3,400	3,500	3,600	3,700	1,900	2,100	2,000	2,100
Yorkshire and the Humber	34,700	35,500	36,100	36,600	40,400	42,200	43,200	44,000
East Riding of Yorkshire	2,900	2,900	2,900	3,000	2,200	2,200	2,400	2,500
Kingston Upon Hull, City of	500	700	700	700	2,700	3,000	3,100	3,400
North East Lincolnshire	400	500	500	500	2,100	2,200	2,300	2,300
North Lincolnshire	300	300	300	300	2,300	2,300	2,400	2,500
York	1,200	1,400	1,300	1,400	1,600	1,700	1,600	1,600
North Yorkshire	6,100	5,700	5,800	5,900	3,500	4,300	4,100	4,200
Barnsley	300	400	400	400	2,400	2,500	2,500	2,600
Doncaster	2,600	2,600	2,700	2,800	1,700	1,700	1,800	1,700
Rotherham	1,800	1,500	1,500	1,500	2,300	2,300	2,400	2,400
Sheffield	2,100	2,500	2,600	2,800	4,200	4,100	4,300	4,600
Bradford	5,200	5,900	5,800	5,900	2,600	2,600	2,800	2,700
Calderdale	2,000	2,000	2,100	2,100	1,100	1,100	1,100	1,100
Kirklees	1,700	1,800	1,700	1,600	4,500	4,600	4,600	4,600
Leeds	6,000	5,700	5,900	6,000	4,100	4,400	4,600	4,700
Wakefield	1,700	1,700	1,800	1,700	3,100	3,200	3,200	3,200
East Midlands	35,600	36,200	36,700	37,700	28,300	30,200	31,000	31,300
Derby	1,500	1,600	1,700	1,700	1,900	1,800	1,800	1,800
Derbyshire	5,700	5,900	5,900	6,000	4,400	5,100	5,300	5,400
Leicester	1,000	1,300	1,400	1,500	3,900	4,100	4,200	4,300
Rutland	600	700	700	700	400	400	400	400
Leicestershire	7,000	6,900	6,800	7,100	3,300	3,400	3,500	3,500
Lincolnshire	5,800	5,600	5,500	5,800	4,000	4,500	4,500	4,500
Northamptonshire	6,600	6,700	6,900	6,900	3,300	3,500	3,600	3,900
Nottingham	1,100	1,300	1,400	1,500	2,600	2,700	2,700	2,600
Nottinghamshire	6,200	6,200	6,300	6,400	4,500	4,800	5,000	5,100
West Midlands	39,100	40,100	40,700	41,700	46,600	47,300	48,700	49,400
Herefordshire	600	700	700	600	2,000	2,100	2,100	2,200
Worcestershire	5,300	5,300	5,300	5,600	4,300	4,400	4,500	4,600
Telford and Wrekin	800	600	700	700	1,900	1,900	2,000	2,000
Shropshire	2,000	2,000	2,000	1,900	3,000	2,900	3,000	3,200
Stoke-on-Trent	300	500	500	500	2,900	2,800	2,800	2,800
Staffordshire	7,500	7,600	7,700	7,900	5,600	5,800	5,600	5,800
Warwickshire	4,200	4,200	4,300	4,500	4,000	4,000	4,200	4,200
Birmingham	7,500	7,700	7,800	7,800	9,600	9,900	10,200	10,000
Coventry	3,000	3,100	3,200	3,300	1,900	1,900	2,000	1,900
Dudley	400	600	600	600	3,700	3,700	4,000	4,100
Sandwell	1,000	1,200	1,300	1,500	2,800	2,900	3,100	3,000
Solihull	1,300	1,200	1,200	1,200	2,300	2,400	2,500	2,400
Walsall	2,700	2,800	2,700	2,700	1,500	1,400	1,500	1,600
Wolverhampton	2,500	2,700	2,700	2,800	1,200	1,200	1,400	1,500
East of England	48,100	49,000	49,800	49,800	38,700	38,300	40,100	41,900
Luton	200	400	400	500	2,900	2,800	3,100	3,100
Bedfordshire	4,800	4,900	5,100	5,000	1,700	1,800	2,000	2,100
Peterborough	2,000	1,700	1,700	1,600	800	800	900	900
Cambridgeshire	3,700	4,100	4,200	4,100	5,200	5,300	5,300	5,600
Southend-on-Sea	1,400	1,200	1,300	1,300	1,200	1,100	1,200	1,200
Thurrock	—	100	100	100	1,800	1,900	1,900	2,000
Essex	9,100	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,800	10,400	10,900	11,300
Hertfordshire	14,400	13,700	14,200	14,500	5,600	5,300	5,300	5,400
Norfolk	5,500	5,800	5,700	5,600	5,500	5,400	5,800	6,100
Suffolk	6,900	7,100	7,000	7,000	3,300	3,600	3,800	4,100
Greater London	58,700	62,300	63,900	67,100	54,700	56,200	59,200	59,800
Inner London	17,100	18,600	19,000	19,800	21,800	22,500	23,900	24,100
Outer London	41,700	43,700	44,900	47,300	32,900	33,600	35,200	35,800
Barking and Dagenham	1,300	1,300	1,300	1,400	1,000	1,000	1,100	1,200
Barnet	4,100	3,800	3,900	4,100	1,800	1,900	1,900	1,900
Bexley	2,000	2,100	2,200	2,400	1,300	1,400	1,400	1,400
Brent	2,300	2,800	2,900	3,200	2,100	2,200	2,300	2,200
Bromley	4,100	3,800	3,900	4,000	1,000	1,100	1,200	1,100
Croydon	2,300	2,700	3,000	3,200	3,300	3,300	3,500	3,600
Ealing	2,300	3,200	3,300	3,400	2,300	2,200	2,300	2,300
Enfield	3,000	3,100	3,000	3,100	2,000	2,000	2,300	2,300
Enfield	3,000	3,100	3,000	3,100	2,000	2,000	2,300	2,300
Greenwich	1,700	2,000	2,100	2,300	1,400	1,400	1,400	1,500
Harrow	800	2,000	2,100	2,200	2,700	2,800	2,800	2,800
Havering	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,100	2,600	2,600	2,700	2,700
Hillingdon	2,900	2,800	2,800	2,800	1,300	1,400	1,600	1,600
Hounslow	2,800	2,100	2,200	2,200	1,400	1,500	1,500	1,500
Kingston upon Thames	1,900	1,600	1,600	1,800	900	900	900	900
Merton	900	1,300	1,400	1,400	1,500	1,400	1,500	1,600
Redbridge	4,100	3,600	3,500	3,700	1,200	1,400	1,400	1,400
Richmond upon Thames	1,000	1,300	1,300	1,400	1,400	1,500	1,500	1,600
Sutton	2,600	2,000	2,100	2,200	1,000	900	1,000	1,000
Waltham Forest	800	1,300	1,300	1,300	2,600	2,700	2,900	3,000
South East	70,200	70,700	71,800	73,200	63,200	64,700	67,000	69,200
Bracknell Forest	1,300	1,400	1,400	1,400	700	700	700	800
Reading	1,400	1,500	1,500	1,500	700	800	800	700
Slough	1,100	1,100	1,100	1,200	800	900	1,100	1,000
West Berkshire	2,600	2,300	2,200	2,300	600	600	700	600
Windsor and Maidenhead	2,200	2,100	2,200	2,300	600	600	600	500
Wokingham	1,900	2,000	2,100	2,300	800	900	900	800
Milton Keynes	1,900	2,400	2,400	2,500	800	1,000	1,200	1,300
Buckinghamshire	6,600	6,400	6,700	6,700	2,000	2,200	2,100	2,000
Brighton and Hove	1,600	1,500	1,500	1,500	2,100	2,100	2,100	2,200
East Sussex	3,100	3,300	3,100	3,200	4,800	4,900	5,200	5,300
Portsmouth	500	500	500	400	2,200	2,300	2,500	2,700
Southampton	400	400	400	300	2,500	2,700	2,600	2,600
Hampshire	2,900	3,200	3,200	3,200	17,100	17,700	18,200	19,100
Isle of Wight	1,400	1,400	1,400	1,400	800	800	800	800
Kent	16,100	16,100	16,400	16,900	6,800	6,800	7,300	7,500
Medway	2,800	2,700	2,800	2,900	1,600	1,600	1,700	1,500
Oxfordshire	6,600	6,900	7,000	7,200	3,500	3,100	3,000	3,200
Surrey	10,200	10,200	10,500	10,500	8,200	8,500	8,500	9,100
West Sussex	5,500	5,300	5,400	5,500	6,700	6,600	7,100	7,300
South West	42,200	42,700	43,300	44,500	37,900	38,400	40,000	40,800
Bath and North East Somerset	2,500	2,200	2,100	2,100	900	900	1,000	1,100
Bristol, City of	2,600	3,000	3,200	3,100	2,700	3,000	3,000	3,200
North Somerset	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,600	1,500	1,500	1,600
South Gloucestershire	2,400	2,300	2,200	2,300	1,500	1,500	1,600	1,600
Cornwall	2,900	3,000	3,000	3,000	5,600	5,500	5,700	5,600
Plymouth	3,100	2,900	2,800	2,900	1,000	1,100	1,200	1,200
Torbay	1,300	1,200	1,200	1,300	700	700	700	700
Devon	4,900	5,500	5,700	5,900	5,700	5,600	5,700	5,900
Bournemouth	1,100	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,200	1,200	1,300	1,200
Poole	1,500	1,400	1,500	1,600	900	900	900	800
Dorset	4,200	4,500	4,500	4,800	2,100	2,200	2,400	2,300
Gloucestershire	6,000	5,900	6,200	6,400	3,400	3,400	3,600	3,700
Somerset	3,400	3,500	3,600	3,700	5,300	5,400	5,500	5,600
Swindon	400	400	300	400	2,200	2,400	2,500	2,800
Wiltshire	4,200	4,400	4,400	4,400	3,100	3,200	3,300	3,400
	384,400	393,900	400,200	409,000	401,800	411,700	426,900	435,300

⁽¹⁾ Further education colleges will include a small number of 16 and 17-year-olds in HE institutions.
⁽²⁾ Provisional.



 
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