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(2) what the date was of each meeting of the Cost Review Group at which updates to financial estimates were made before 26 January 2006. [173740]
Tessa Jowell: I refer the hon. Member to my answer to him of 14 June 2007, Official Report, column 1178W; which clarifies the dates of the meetings of the Cost Review Group, which were held between 26 January and 25 April 2006.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Minister for the Olympics (1) in what form financial estimates were presented to the meeting of the Cost Review Group of (a) 26 January and (b) 25 April 2006; [173738]
(2) what material was used at the meetings of the Cost Review Groups of 26 January 2006 and 25 April 2006 to discuss financial estimates; [173741]
(3) if she will place copies in the Library of the written financial estimates presented to the meetings of the Cost Review Group of 26 January 2006 and 25 April 2006. [173743]
Tessa Jowell: Meetings of the Cost Review Group were held between 26 January 2006 and 25 April 2006. Throughout this period, the group considered financial estimates in the form of oral presentations and updates. There were no formal papers tabled but oral presentations were delivered using written notes and material to support agenda discussions.
The Cost Review Group presented the savings they identified in the form of oral presentations and updates to financial estimates. The savings identified were incorporated into the Olympic Park Masterplan announced on 7 June 2006, and continuing work on the development of the funding package which I announced to the House on 15 March.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what records have been retained of the meetings of the Cost Review Groups of 26 January 2006 and 25 April 2006. [173739]
Tessa Jowell: Agendas for the Cost Review Group meetings of 26 January 2006 and 25 April 2006 are available in the House Library.
Minutes taken of the Cost Review Group meetings of 26 January 2006 and 25 April 2006 have been retained. These will not be placed in the House Library as they are being used to inform the development of our ongoing policy for managing the Olympic project.
Innovation, Universities and Skills
Apprentices: Construction
Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many apprentices were registered in each construction trade in the last year for which figures are available. [170202]
Mr. Lammy:
Apprentice numbers have been published today by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) in the Statistical First Release Further
Education, Work Based Learning, Train to Gain and Adult and Community Learning—Learner Numbers in England—2006/07.
We will provide a response on the number of apprentices in each construction trade in the new year when data will be available for the further analysis required.
Sign Language: Education
Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many (a) lip reading and (b) sign language courses are offered by each local authority in England; and what the average cost is for participants. [175547]
Mr. Lammy: The information requested is not readily available and can be provided only at a disproportionate cost.
Students: Engineering
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many and what percentage of people who took up engineering courses were (a) male and (b) female in each of the last 10 years. [173257]
Bill Rammell: The latest available information is given in the table. Figures for 2006/07 will be available in January 2008.
A new classification for recording subject of study was introduced in 2002/03 and so figures from 2002/03 onwards are not comparable to earlier years.
Latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) show that the number of accepted applicants to undergraduate engineering courses in 2007/08 has risen by 4 per cent. following the fall in 2006/07, and is now near to the level of 2005/06.
| Entrants to engineering and technology undergraduate courses, by gender, English higher education institutions( 1) , academic years 1996/97 to 2005/06 | |||||
| Number | Of which : | ||||
| Academic year | Female | Male | Total | Female (%) | Male (%) |
| (1) Students from the Open university are excluded from the analysis. (2) In 2002/03 the methodology for recording subject of study was changed on the student record. Aside from the introduction of a new coding frame, JACS (previously a system called HESACODE was used), students were apportioned between their subjects of study rather than being assigned on a headcount basis to their major subject. As such, comparisons between figures for 2001/02 and earlier and for 2002/03 onwards cannot be made. Notes: 1. Figures are on a snapshot basis as at 1 December excluding those writing up, on sabbatical or dormant. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student record. | |||||
Students: Grants
Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) with reference to his written statement of 11 October 2007, Official Report, column 39WS, on higher education students' loans, grants and fees, if he will list the 100 constituencies which have the highest number of eligible students entitled to a (a) full maintenance grant and (b) partial maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement; [166624]
(2) which 20 constituencies have the (a) largest proportion of families who qualify for a full university grant, (b) largest (i) proportion and (ii) number of families qualifying for a full or partial university grant and (c) lowest proportion of young people attending university. [167155]
Bill Rammell: Question 166624 refers to the higher education maintenance grant, which will be worth up to £2,835 in academic year 2008-09. Information on the numbers of students in each parliamentary constituency who will be eligible for a full or partial grant in 2008-09 is not available. However, information on grants in 2006-07 show which areas have higher proportions of students receiving full and partial grants. The available data on grants at local authority level are given in the following table; this information is not available at constituency level. The family income threshold for full maintenance grant of £2,700 in 2006-07 was £17,500, with a partial grant available to students with a family income of up to £37,425. In 2008-09 the thresholds will be raised to £25,000 for a full grant and £60,005 for a partial grant. This very large increase in the thresholds mean that 2006-07 figures can not be used as an indication of 2008-09 full and partial grant proportions.
The main measure for tracking progress on increasing participation is currently the Higher Education Initial Participation Rate (HEIPR). This is the sum of the HE initial participation rates for individual ages between 17 and 30 inclusive. The
latest available figure is 42.8 per cent. for 2005-06. The 2005-06 figure for the young 17-20 age group is
34.0 per cent. The HEIPR is not disaggregated below national level.
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