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Vocational Training: Expenditure

Stephen Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of the (a) Train to Gain, (b) 19+ FE and (c) 19+ work-based learning budget was spent on (i) first full Level 1, (ii) first full Level 2, (iii) first full Level 3 and (iv) spending outside these categories in the most recent year for which figures are available. [145426]

Phil Hope: We have increased public investment in further education by 48 per cent. in real terms between 1997-98 and 2005-06. Adult education funding will increase by 7 per cent. between 2005-06 and 2007-08, with funding for young people increasing by 13 per cent. over the same period. This means that overall in 2007-08, through the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) we will invest £11.2 billion, an increase of £716 million compared with 2006-07. This includes the significant investment in Train to Gain to ensure more employers are able to receive the training they need for employees. Train to Gain has yet to complete a first year. It started in April 2006, and reached full coverage across England in August 2006. Train to Gain full operational capacity will be reached at the end of 2007-08. The Train to Gain budget will grow by 62 per cent. to £460 million in 2007-08.

The Department does not hold information on publicly funded post-16 provision at levels requested. Mark Haysom, the Learning and Skills Council’s chief
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executive will reply to the hon. Member with the requested information and will place a copy of his reply in the House Library.

Warrington Collegiate: Finance

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding was allocated to Warrington Collegiate in each year since 1997, broken down by funding stream category. [141158]

Bill Rammell: This Government are fully committed to developing a world leading FE system. In 1996-97, Government expenditure for FE capital was nil. In 2007-08, the Government plan to spend just under
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£500 million on FE capital. In a little over a decade, the total investment by this Government in the FE sector’s buildings and facilities will be just over £2 billion.

We have increased revenue funding in further education by 48 per cent. in real terms between 1997-98 and 2005-06. In 2007-08, through the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), we will invest £11.2 billion, an increase of £716 million compared with 2006-07.

The LSC capital and revenue funding allocations to Warrington Collegiate for each year since 2001, when the LSC was established, are set out in Table 1. Information on allocations prior to 2001-02 is a matter for LSC and Mark Haysom, the LSC Chief Executive, will write to the hon. Member with this information and a copy of his reply will be placed in the House Library.

Table 1: LSC funding allocations to Warrington Collegiate
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

FE: 16-18

2,538,489

3,216,000

3,623,812

4,138,886

4,676,780

4,832,393

FE: 19+

4,345,011

4,790,000

5,063,000

4,877,459

4,507,113

3,653,868

FE: Adult Learner Support (ALS)

1,323,750

1,139,000

1,116,000

1,027,605

1,053,295

1,079,627

Total FE

8,523,900

8,207,250

9,145,000

9,802,812

10,043,950

10,237,188

9,565,888

Apprenticeships

438,780

624,066

618,536

628,829

847,115

1,003,627

1,198,916

Train to Gain

263,016

420,350

Total LSC Revenue Allocation

8,962,680

8,831,316

9,763,536

10,431,641

10,891,065

11,503,831

11,185,154

Total LSC Capital Allocation

8,100,000

Source:
LSC.

Young People: Death

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many fatalities there were of children aged (a) zero to four, (b) five to eight, (c) nine to 12 and (d) 13 to 16 years where the cause of death occurred in (i) the home, (ii) at school, (iii) in hospital, (iv) on a sports ground or similar space where sporting activities occur, (v) public parks and (vi) other places in each year since 1997. [144277]

John Healey: I have been asked to reply.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 25 June 2007:


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Table 1: N umber of deaths in children by age group from all causes and deaths with a coroner’s verdict of accident( 1) England and Wales, 1997-2005( 2)
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

All deaths

0 to four(3)

4,509

4,347

4,326

3,958

3,828

3,678

3,892

3,734

3,760

Five to eight

356

344

316

301

313

285

274

251

230

Nine to 12

381

344

344

342

284

308

306

273

274

13 to 16

625

587

537

502

570

562

506

516

485

Accidental deaths

0 to four(4)

138

147

141

118

117

104

115

97

88

Five to eight

69

42

60

50

47

46

40

25

32

Nine to 12

100

90

84

83

56

61

49

59

46

13 to 16

198

163

149

160

177

142

140

150

148

(1) Selected using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes E800-E928 for the years 1997 to 2000 and Tenth Revision (LCD-10) codes V01-X59, Y40-Y84from 2001 onwards.
(2) Figures are for occurrences of death in each calendar year.
(3) Includes neonatal deaths (deaths occurring within the first 28 days of life).
(4) Excludes neonatal deaths (deaths occurring within the first 28 days of life) as, since 1986, a single underlying cause of death is not know for these deaths.

Table 2a: N umber of deaths in children by age group with a coroner’s verdict of accident( 1) by place of occurrence of injury, England and Wales, 1997-2000( 2)
1997 1998 1999 2000

At home

0 to four(3)

70

81

85

68

Five to eight

10

7

10

12

Nine to 12

13

16

11

13

13 to 16

26

24

21

23

Place for recreation and sport( 4)

0 to four(3)

0

0

1

2

Five to eight

5

1

3

0

Nine to 12

3

4

5

1

13 to 16

5

2

3

4

Public building( 5)

0 to four(3)

1

1

0

0

Five to eight

4

2

0

1

Nine to 12

0

1

1

0

13 to 16

1

2

2

1

Other specified and unspecified place( 6)

0 to four(3)

22

21

27

17

Five to eight

9

6

7

9

Nine to 12

13

13

10

14

13 to 16

25

26

14

21

Transport accidents( 7)

0 to four(3)

45

44

28

31

Five to eight

41

26

40

28

Nine to 12

71

56

57

55

13 to 16

141

109

109

111

(1) Selected using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes E850-E928.
(2) Figures are for occurrences of death in each calendar year.
(3) Excludes neonatal deaths (deaths occurring within the first 28 days of life) as, since 1986, a single underlying cause of death is not know for these deaths.
(4) Selected using 4(th) digit of ICD-9 code. 0.
(5) Selected using 4(th) digit of ICD-9 code. 4 and includes public park and playground, including school playground.
(6) Selected using 4(th) digit of ICD-9 code .6.
(7) Selected using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes E880-E848.

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