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(b) FE Colleges
£
Borough	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Barking	19,968,043	21,174,741	21,920,138	23,020,360
Barnet	32,410,895	33,059,377	34,211,226	34,009,807
Bexley	10,369,460	9,743,442	9,833,560	9,080,839
Brent	29,828,693	28,229,661	26,914,860	27,044,348
Bromley	24,581,006	24,730,461	24,665,705	24,993,535
Camden	13,077,251	12,649,100	12,866,165	13,104,999
Croydon	36,460,857	39,364,090	40,703,887	40,663,608
Enfield	28,530,401	30,329,506	30,764,048	31,314,647
Greenwich	13,833,420	13,863,845	13,628,983	13,151,366
Hackney	45,598,018	45,795,803	45,059,909	44,411,749
Hammersmith and Fulham	41,479,000	41,508,407	41,436,257	42,966,868
Haringey	24,633,015	24,397,304	24,430,925	25,713,127
Harrow	29,661,000	31,711,662	34,360,611	32,136,826
Havering	31,340,968	32,745,168	34,139,136	34,911,646
Hillingdon	19,204,000	19,730,834	20,615,144	22,430,805
Hounslow	16,507,000	17,410,402	17,870,623	18,483,282
Islington	36,123,186	36,611,300	36,714,671	38,354,767
Kensington and Chelsea	9,604,919	9,253,040	9,029,740	10,238,068
Kingston	20,831,054	20,970,647	21,273,894	21,412,623
Lambeth	35,683,709	35,213,169	35,299,215	36,525,662
Lewisham	36,920,881	37,920,520	38,681,642	40,063,395
Merton	12,426,918	12,718,567	12,866,441	13,904,143
Newham	45,977,076	46,503,779	48,290,147	47,640,789
Red bridge	10,624,598	12,000,884	12,291,740	12,710,661
Richmond	28,264,265	28,770,992	29,228,386	30,773,885
Southwark	21,678,393	22,115,664	22,734,932	23,871,707
Sutton	14,976,290	15,367,548	15,605,932	15,940,469
Tower Hamlets	23,302,396	23,554,084	23,767,773	22,396,198
Waltham Forest	37,425,688	38,606,687	39,485,062	39,920,921
Wandsworth	26,889,108	27,899,794	28,280,172	31,214,031
Westminster	72,204,673	75,193,554	76,800,931	80,167,187

Adult Education: Crafts

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what funding his Department makes available for adult courses in craft work in North Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement. [220027]

Mr. Lammy: The Government are committed to ensuring that learning serves the needs of the whole community and that everyone can lead healthy and fulfilling lives by participating fully in work, education and society as a whole. Our recent consultation on Informal Adult Learning has been looking closely at learning that helps develop families and communities by meeting the basic human need for creativity and stimulation. It has started a discussion which will lead to a new vision of Informal Adult Learning for the 21^(st) century and we will publish our response to the consultation in September.

The exact funding, makeup and distribution of learning provision at local level are matters for local Learning and Skills Councils and their partners in colleges and other providers, according to their assessment of local needs and priorities. Mark Haysom the LSC’s Chief Executive will write to the hon. Lady with more detailed information. A copy of his reply will be placed in the Library.

Letter from Mark Haysom, dated 16 July 2008:

I am writing in response to your Parliamentary Question that asked; how many students received monies from Learning Skills Council funding in North Yorkshire in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

There are only a limited number of programmes where LSC funding is received directly by students and these are within the Learner Support range of programmes.

Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) is an income assessed weekly allowance paid to learners from low income households to support them in learning undertaken beyond the statutory school leaving age. The allowance is paid on a ‘something for something’ basis and the learner may also receive bonuses where the learner remains on their learning programme, makes good progress and achieves the standards of behaviour and effort agreed with the learning provider. The table below shows the number of students who have received this allowance:

Education maintenance allowance
Area type	Area name	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08( 1)
National	England	297,259	429,627	527,319	542,710
LSC	North Yorkshire	2,684	5,161	6,219	6,293
(1) Year to date—28 August 2007 to 31 May 2008.

Adult Learning Grant (ALG) is, subject to a financial assessment, a weekly payment payable to adults aged 19+ undertaking full time studying towards their first full level 2 / 3 qualification. The table below shows the number of students who have received this grant:

Adult learning grant
Area	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08( 1)
North Yorkshire	0	0	0	(2)225	300
(1) As at 21 May 2008. (2) 1(st) year of national rollout.

Adult Education: Hemsworth

Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people in (a) Hemsworth constituency and (b) Wakefield District have been enrolled in adult education courses in each of the last five years. [215876]

Bill Rammell: Our planned and continuing strategy is to realign funding from a high number of very short and low quality courses to qualifications such as Skills for Life, full level 2 and full level 3 that offer the greatest opportunity for adults to gain the skills for employability and further progression in learning.

The following table shows the total number of Learning and Skills Council (LSC) funded learners aged 19+ resident in (a) Hemsworth constituency and (b) Wakefield district from 2003/04, the earliest year for which comparable data are available.

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Number of LSC funded adult learners resident in Hemsworth constituency and Wakefield district
Academic year	Hemsworth constituency	Wakefield district
2003/04	8,640	29,230
2004/05	8,600	28,750
2005/06	7,890	25,370
2006/07	7,650	25,500
Notes: 1. Numbers in the table have been rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Figures cover Further Education, Work Based Learning, Adult Safeguarded Learning and Train to Gain provision (TTG started in 2005/06, with full rollout in 2006/07). Source: Learning and Skills Council Individualised Learner Record.

We understand that as well as increasing skills, education is also about meeting the basic human desire for intellectual stimulation. That is why we have safeguarded £210 million each year through to 2010-11 to support informal adult learning. Through our recent consultation we have led discussion on a new vision for informal adult learning for the 21st century.

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