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Education Maintenance Allowance

20. Laura Moffatt: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many young people in (a) Crawley constituency and (b) England have been granted an education maintenance allowance. [31328]

Maria Eagle: By the end of October 2005 3,710 young people in the West Sussex local education authority area, and 327,500 in England had received one or more EMA payment.

Adult Education

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what Government funding for adult education courses has been in each of the last five years for which records are available, broken down by local authority. [17795]

Phil Hope: The Department allocates funds for education and training in the post-16 learning and skills sector, including adult education, to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). The LSC was established in 2001 bringing the planning and funding of post-16 education together under one body.
 
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In 2001–02 the Learning and Skills Council spent £2,236 million on adult programmes including FE, Work Based Learning, Adult and Community Learning and other programmes. This increased to £2,427 million in 2002–03 and to £2,866 million in 2003–04. These figures are available in the LSC's published accounts. Figures for adult education for the years prior to 2001 are not comparable as the budget was split between a range of different organisations. The Departmental Annual Report sets out total expenditure on Further Education, Adult Training and Skills and Lifelong Learning for this period.

My Department does not hold funding figures for adult education at the local level. As the allocation of funding in local areas relates to the LSC's operational
 
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responsibilities, the LSC's Chief Executive, Mark Haysom, has written to the hon. Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply has been placed in the Library.

Letter from Mark Haysom to Dr. Vincent Cable, dated 4 November 2005:

I write in response to your recent Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, referred to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) by Phil Hope, regarding funding for adult education courses in the last five years.

Unfortunately the LSC does not hold this information broken down by local authority. However, we are able to provide the information you requested broken down by local LSC area for each of the years since the inception of the LSC, in 2001.

I attached 2 spreadsheets, the first listing the funding allocations as above, the second explaining the programme funding contained within the Other" column for each year.

Expenditure on Adult Education Programmes: Financial Year 2001–02

LSC	LSC name	ACL	FE	WBL	Other	Total
EE060	Norfolk	1,491,252	17,564,780	1,836,697	1,411,227	22,303,956
EE070	Cambridgeshire	1,525,848	17,509,709	1,518,644	1,737,492	22,291,693
EE080	Suffolk	1,884,708	11,974,544	1,996,544	1,395,186	17,250,982
EE090	Bedfordshire and Luton	1,239,216	17,774,462	859,639	1,211,184	21,084,501
EE100	Hertfordshire	1,853,772	23,140,444	1,851,169	2,048,265	28,893,650
EE110	Essex	5,396,508	26,951,950	3,144,294	2,837,725	38,330,477
EE900	East England Regional Office	0	0	0	0	0
EM010	Derbyshire	4,726,184	34,043,535	2,253,311	2,726,306	43,749,336
EM020	Nottinghamshire	2,286,396	55,236,902	3,413,353	2,927,240	63,863,891
EM030	Lincolnshire and Rutland	1,743,888	17,773,016	1,867,103	1,491,945	22,875,951
EM040	Leicestershire	4,780,836	35,549,033	1,350,876	2,445,267	44,126,012
EM050	Northamptonshire	1,488,048	14,579,674	1,847,237	1,256,980	19,171,939
EM900	East Midlands Regional Office	0	0	0	0	0
GL120	London—North	3,461,880	53,794,704	1,569,344	3,300,310	62,126,238
GL130	London—West	4,842,252	59,113,594	1,986,021	4,048,885	69,990,752
GL140	London—Central	9,125,808	110,550,419	2,756,463	8,265,431	130,698,121
GL150	London—East	11,091,060	97,639,299	3,121,406	6,887,834	118,739,599
GL160	London—South	5,726,880	39,341,618	2,552,931	2,828,792	50,450,221
GL900	Greater London Regional Office	0	0	0	0	0
NE170	Northumberland	167,043	5,980,322	881,131	533,884	7,562,380
NE180	Tyne & Wear	3,149,412	53,547,415	3,600,054	3,215,160	63,512,041
NE190	County Durham	1,495,452	16,434,382	1,050,307	1,159,926	20,140,067
NE200	Tees Valley	2,782,788	26,526,548	2,625,859	2,568,828	34,504,023
NE900	North East Regional Office	0	0	0	0	0
NW210	Cumbria	1,023,492	13,376,794	1,403,428	1,069,267	16,872,982
NW220	Lancashire	6,475,500	56,873,632	3,603,830	3,699,169	70,652,132
NW230	Greater Merseyside	5,343,300	57,133,442	5,987,930	4,122,187	72,586,860
NW240	Greater Manchester	9,651,933	98,995,154	7,899,402	8,838,023	125,384,512
NW250	Cheshire and Warrington	1,508,292	23,207,549	2,864,273	1,999,872	29,579,987
NW900	North West Regional Office	0	0	0	0	0
SE260	Milton Keynes, Oxon and Bucks	4,158,048	29,746,359	3,299,050	3,262,785	40,466,242
SE270	Berkshire	2,588,940	23,642,736	2,405,102	2,028,302	30,665,080
SE280	Hampshire and Isle of Wight	1,618,716	50,265,847	3,441,615	3,698,675	59,024,853
SE290	Surrey	2,832,696	19,134,168	782,527	1,752,752	24,502,143
SE300	Sussex	3,218,568	33,310,850	2,831,186	2,832,082	42,192,686
SE310	Kent and Medway	6,036,432	35,109,395	3,332,919	2,935,675	47,414,421
SE900	South East Regional Office	0	0	0	0	0
SW320	Devon and Cornwall	4,598,964	45,709,961	4,716,282	3,292,954	58,318,162
SW330	Somerset	2,780,688	15,981,793	822,292	2,182,567	21,767,339
SW340	Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole	1,336,668	18,529,074	2,031,351	1,449,215	23,346,309
SW350	West of England	1,339,944	39,204,702	1,813,922	2,320,398	44,678,967
SW360	Wiltshire and Swindon	468,388	20,413,021	1,131,243	1,469,035	23,481,687
SW370	Gloucestershire	1,891,656	13,949,740	1,340,082	1,100,466	18,281,944
SW900	South West Regional Office	0	0	0	0	0
WM380	Shropshire	486,120	12,941,103	3,093,089	880,770	17,401,082
WM390	Staffordshire	2,161,200	33,609,202	2,660,575	2,364,946	40,795,923
WM400	Black Country	3,745,591	52,371,633	3,147,419	3,943,365	63,208,008
WM410	Birmingham and Solihull	4,342,824	78,758,818	3,111,389	9,490,332	95,703,363
WM420	Herefordshire and Worcestershire	399,528	21,069,563	1,812,696	1,790,840	25,072,627
WM430	Coventry and Warwickshire	3,948,360	36,668,744	2,084,865	2,804,470	45,506,438
WM900	West Midlands Regional Office	0	0	0	0	0
YH440	North Yorkshire	2,175,720	20,179,281	1,703,836	1,455,046	25,513,883
YH450	West Yorkshire	4,361,988	67,440,906	4,405,869	5,806,952	82,015,716
YH460	South Yorkshire	1,959,144	46,502,082	3,416,988	3,590,644	55,468,858
YH470	Humberside	2,718,720	30,983,254	2,117,560	1,860,028	37,679,562
YH900	Yorkshire Regional Office	0	0	0	0	0
AA*	National Office	0	59,160,075	34,864,843	2,295,860	96,320,778
Total		153,430,650	1,769,295,232	154,207,949	138,634,545	2,235,568,877

Key:
ACL—Adult Community Learning.
FE—FE Participation.
WBL—Work Based Learning (19+ Apprenticeships).
Other—Other Adult Programmes.





 
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2001–02

PQ Cat	L2 Description
Other	Adult Discretionary Student Support
	Adult Information Advice and Guidance
	FE Summer Schools
	Local Workforce Development
	MG Rover Inward Investment
	Neighbour Learning in Deprived
	New Entrepreneur Scholarships

2002–03

PQ Cat	L2 Description
Other	Adult Discretionary Student Support
	Adult Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant
	Adult Information Advice and Guidance
	Bite Size Courses
	Family Learning and Adult Learning Promotion
	Family Literacy and Numeracy
	FE (New) Childcare Places
	FE Summer Schools
	Health and Safety Booklets
	Improving the Training Market
	Local Workforce Development
	Local Workforce Development—PBR Pilots
	MG Rover Inward Investment/BMW Hams Hall
	National Promotions
	Neighbour Learning in Deprived
	New Entrepreneur Scholarships
	Promoting Vocational Qualifications
	Skill and View
	Skills Intelligence Network

2003–04

PQ Cat	L2 Description
Other	Adult Discretionary Student Support
	Adult Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant
	Adult Information Advice and Guidance
	Adult Learning Grant—Marketing
	Bite Size Courses
	Family Learning and Adult Learning Promotion
	Family Literacy and Numeracy
	FE (New) Childcare Places
	FE Summer Schools
	Health and Safety Booklets
	Improving the Training Market
	Local Workforce Development
	Employer Training Pilots
	MG Rover Inward Investment/BMW Hams Hall
	National Promotions
	Neighbour Learning in Deprived
	New Entrepreneur Scholarships
	Promoting Vocational Qualifications
	Skill and View
	Skills Intelligence Network
	Union Learning Fund
	Workforce Development—IIP Small Firms Initiative

 
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2004–05

PQ Cat	L2 Description
Other	Adult Discretionary Student Support
	Adult Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant
	Adult Information Advice and Guidance
	Adult Learning Grant—Marketing
	Adult Policy Development
	Adult Skills Pilot
	Basic Skills
	Bite Size Courses
	Equality and Diversity Support
	ESF Match Funding
	Family Learning and Adult Learning Promotion
	Family Literacy and Numeracy
	FE (New) Childcare Places
	FE Summer Schools
	Footballers Programme
	Health and Safety Booklets
	Improving the Training Market
	Local Workforce Development
	Employer Training Pilots
	MG Rover Inward Investment/BMW Hams Hall
	National Promotions
	National Rates Advisory Group
	NCS Delivery
	NCS Employer Pilots
	Neighbour Learning in Deprived
	New Entrepreneur Scholarships
	New Technology Institutes
	NIACE Memo of Understanding
	Offenders in the Community
	Promoting Vocational Qualifications
	Regional Skills Funds
	Research
	Skill and View
	Skills Intelligence Network
	TUC Course Materials
	Union Learning Fund
	Voluntary and Community Strategy
	Work Based Learning—Skills Task Force Rec
	Workforce Development—IIP Small Firms Initiative

 
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