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FE provider spend 1997-98 to 2005-06
Annual spend (cash) £ millions Real terms increase/decrease on previous year (percentage) Real terms increase from 1997-98 to 2005-06

1997-98

3,131

-2.7

1998-99

3,101

-3.4

1999-2000

3,300

+4.3

2000-01

3,471

+3.7

2001-02

4,102

(1)+15.4

2002-03

4,400

+4.0

2003-04

4,788

+5.7

2004-05

5,081

+3.3

2005-06

5,590

(2)+7.7

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(1) There was a significant increase in funding allocated to colleges in 2001-02 (the year in which the LSC was created) compared to 2000-01. This was due to a combination of factors: an increase in full-time equivalent learner volumes compared to previous years, a small increase in non-participation funds allocated to colleges, and a larger increase in capital investment in colleges. (2 )Based on provisional outturn.

Higher Education

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many further education leavers went on to higher education in each of the last five years for which records are available. [88690]

Bill Rammell: The latest available information is shown in the table. The figures are limited to students who applied to full-time undergraduate courses via UCAS, so they do not therefore cover part-time students or those full-time students who apply directly to higher education institutions.

Accepted applicants to full-time undergraduate courses via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
Previous educational establishment Year of entry
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Maintained school

116,713

119,935

121,595

123,317

133,178

Independent school

30,285

30,293

30,824

31,389

31,835

Further/higher education establishments(1)

112,288

110,083

111,656

112,395

117,848

Other

1,484

3,456

3,889

4,127

4,587

Not known(2)

64,702

67,958

65,978

63,067

72,796

Total

325,472

331,725

333,942

334,295

360,244

(1) Students from further education establishments cannot be separately identified in all years. However, in 2002 its is known that out of 110,083 students entering higher education from further/higher education establishments only 2,627 came from higher education establishments. (2 )Not all students provide details of their previous school. Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

Illegal Knives

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he is taking to reduce the number of illegal knives being carried in secondary schools. [89032]

Jim Knight: In the main, schools are very safe places and the majority of pupils have never carried a knife. It is a criminal offence to carry an offensive weapon on school premises and to assist schools with those pupils who choose to ignore the law, we propose a power in the Violent Crime Reduction Bill to enable schools to search, without consent, pupils they suspect are carrying a knife or other weapon. Where schools have
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suspicions they can call the police, and should do so if they believe pupils or staff are at risk of serious harm. Schools and local police can agree a Safer School Partnership to prevent crime in and around a school. Programmes to improve behaviour; curriculum opportunities for learning about responsibility, conflict, and safety, and other DfES programmes for young people and parenting also help.

Integrated Children's System Database

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been spent on the Integrated Children’s System database; and how much is budgeted for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. [88019]

Beverley Hughes: Local authorities will receive a total of £60 million to develop their electronic systems to support the implementation of the Integrated Children’s System. Of this £15 million will be available in 2006-07 and a further £20 million in 2007-08. Additionally over the period 2005-06 and 2006-07 a total of £1.38 million has been budgeted by the DfES centrally from programme expenditure to support the development.

International Students

Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many international students were granted visa extensions to (a) work and (b) continue studies in the last year. [48603]

Mr. Byrne: I have been asked to reply.

I am advised that the number of foreign nationals who were in the UK under any category and were subsequently granted leave to remain as students in the financial year 2005-06 was 128,608. Information on how many of these individuals previously had leave as students is not available without examination of individual records at disproportionate cost.

This information has not been quality assured, and is not a National Statistic. It should be treated as provisional management information subject to change.

IT Contracts

Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. [88996]

Beverley Hughes: Such information is not held centrally within the Department for Education and Skills. To respond fully would involve an extensive information collection exercise which could be completed only at disproportionate cost.

However, I refer the hon. Member to the answers given by the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children Young People and Families, my hon. Friend for Liverpool, Garston (Maria Eagle) on 13 June 2005, Official Report, column 192W, and 3 November 2005, Official Report, column 1314W.


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Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. [88997]

Beverley Hughes: The information as requested is not held centrally within the Department for Education and Skills. To respond fully would involve an extensive information collection exercise which could be completed only at disproportionate cost. However, I can refer the hon. Member to the analysis of the Department’s Individual Learning Account (ILA) Programme is given in the report: “The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts (2003), Individual Learning Accounts, Tenth Report of Session 2002-03 (Ref: HC 544), TSO, London”. An analysis of the Department’s UK e-University Project is given in the report: “The House of Commons Education and Skills Select Committee (2005), UK e-University, Third Report of Session 2004-05 (Ref: HC 205), TSO, London”.

Literacy/Numeracy Targets

Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of children in (a) Houghton and Washington East constituency and (b) Sunderland city council area met the Government's literacy and numeracy targets in each year since 1997. [87372]

Jim Knight: The Government have set themselves the following Public Service Agreement targets for literacy and numeracy:

Raise standards in English and mathematics so that:

The information for Houghton and Washington East constituency and Sunderland local authority (LA) is as follows. In addition national figures have been supplied for comparison.

Key Stage 2


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Houghton and Washington East
English Mathematics
Number of eligible pupils( 1) Number achieving Level 4 or above( 2) Percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above( 2) Number of eligible pupils( 1) Number achieving Level 4 or above( 2) Percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above( 2)

1997

1,088

604

55.5

1,088

658

60.5

1998

1,124

728

64.8

1,124

675

60.1

1999

1,071

743

69.4

1,071

749

69.9

2000

1,076

793

73.7

1,076

786

73.0

2001

1,089

812

74.6

1,089

770

70.7

2002

1,143

845

73.9

1,143

840

73.5

2003

1,085

808

74.5

1,085

816

75.2

2004

1,097

860

78.4

1,097

857

78.1

2005

1,040

799

76.8

1,040

774

74.4


Sunderland LA
English Mathematics
Number of eligible pupils( 1) Number achieving Level 4 or above( 2) Percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above( 2) Number of eligible pupils( 1) Number achieving Level 4 or above( 2) Percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above( 2)

1997

3,953

2,354

59.5

3,952

2,476

62.7

1998

3,956

2,511

63.5

3,956

2,339

59.1

1999

3,940

2,688

68.2

3,942

2,671

67.8

2000

3,842

2,772

72.1

3,843

2,709

70.5

2001

3,817

2,751

72.1

3,817

2,662

69.7

2002

3,919

2,779

70.9

3,920

2,830

72.2

2003

3,903

2,782

71.3

3,903

2,775

71.1

2004

3,566

2,725

76.4

3,566

2,662

74.6

2005

3,515

2,743

78.0

3,515

2,577

73.3


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