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Jon Cruddas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students participated in higher education in each year since 1995, broken down by socio-economic category. [107376]
Bill Rammell: The latest available information is given in the following tables. Final figures for 2006 entry will be available in January 2007. The latest provisional figures for 2006 entry show that, as at mid- October 2006, the proportion of English domiciled acceptances from the lower socio-economic groups was slightly up compared to the corresponding point for 2005 entry (31.7 per cent. of acceptances are from the bottom four socio-economic groups this year, compared to 31.4 per cent. at this point last year).
The figures are taken from data collected by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
which are limited to students who apply to full-time first degree courses via the UCAS application system. The figures do not therefore cover part-time students nor those full-time students who apply directly to higher education institutions.
The socio-economic classification was introduced in 2002/03 to replace the social class categories, and so the two sets of data in these tables are not directly comparable.
Accepted applicants to UK higher education institutions by social class for years of entry 1995-2001 | |||||||
Year of entry | |||||||
1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) |
Accepted applicants to UK higher education institutions by socio-economicStatus for years of entry 2002-05 | ||||
Year of entry | ||||
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) |
Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the Information Sharing Index will be compatible with the National Identity Register. [104652]
Beverley Hughes: There are no operational dependencies between plans for implementation of the information sharing index and for the National Identity Register (NIR) that will underpin the National Identity Scheme for those aged 16 years and over. The objectives of the index are quite distinct from the objectives of the NIR.
The purpose of the index is to support local agencies in their duties to co-operate to promote the well-being of children, and to safeguard them and promote their welfare, as set down in Sections 10 and 11 of the Children Act 2004 and in the safeguarding duty for schools and colleges in Section 175 of the Education Act 2002. The data to be held about children on the index are clearly specified and limited by Section 12 of the Children Act 2004 and in draft regulations, on which we are currently consulting. This consultation will close on 14 December 2006.
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many mainstream nursery providers there were in England in (a) 1995 and (b) 2005. [104496]
Beverley Hughes: The available information on child care providers is shown in Tables 1 and 2.
Table 1: Number ( 1,2) of registered child care providers for children under eight years of age by type of careEngland | |
Type of care | Position at 31 March 2005 |
(1) Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 if under 100, and to the nearest 100 if over 100. (2) Data Source: Ofsted |
Table 2: Number ( 1,2) of day care providers for children under eight years of age by type of providerEngland | |
Type of provider | Position at 31 March 1995 |
(1) Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 if under 100, and to the nearest 100 if over 100. (2) Data Source: Childrens Day Care Facilities Survey. |
Local authorities were responsible for the registration and inspection of childrens day care facilities until these responsibilities were transferred to Ofsted in September 2001. The figures for 2005 were derived from the Ofsted database of registered child care providers. The figures for 1995 were derived from the Childrens Day Care Facilities Survey, which was discontinued in 2001. Therefore the figures for child care providers for 2005 are not directly comparable with the day care figures for 1995.
With the introduction of the National Day Care Standards and the transfer of responsibilities for registration and inspection of child care providers from Local Authority Social Service Departments to Ofsted in September 2001, child care places were classified according to the type of day care provided: full day care, sessional day care, childminder, out of school day care or creche day care. Ofsted have produced figures based on this classification on a quarterly basis from March 2003. Their latest figures were published in their report Registered Childcare Providers and Places, September 2006, which is available on their website:
www.ofsted.gov.uk/
Up until March 2001, child care providers were classified according to the type of provider: day nurseries, playgroups and pre-schools, childminders, out of school clubs and holiday schemes. Figures based on this classification were published in a series of Statistical Bulletins, which are available from the Departments website:
www.dfes.gov.uk/statistics.
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